Measurement and reporting method, configuration method, transmission method, and related device

Abstract

The present application belongs to the technical field of communications and discloses a measurement and reporting method, a configuration method, a transmission method, and a related device. The measurement and reporting method in the embodiments of the present application comprises: a terminal executing at least one of measurement and reporting on the basis of first information, the first information comprising at least one of measurement and reporting configuration information and first indication information, the measurement and reporting configuration information being associated with a first-type SSB, the first-type SSB being an SSB sent on demand or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation, and the first indication information being used for indicating a sending pattern of the first-type SSB.

Description

Measurement reporting methods, configuration methods, transmission methods and related equipment

[0001] Cross-reference to related applications

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202411593938.9, filed in China on November 8, 2024, and Chinese Patent Application No. 202510597884.1, filed in China on May 9, 2025, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] This application belongs to the field of communication technology, specifically relating to a measurement reporting method, configuration method, transmission method, and related equipment. Background Technology

[0004] Currently, to save network energy, cells can be configured with On-Demand (OD) Synchronous Signal Blocks (SSBs). However, in related technologies, the SSBs used for Layer 1 (L1) and Layer 3 (L3) measurements are periodic resources, such as always-on SSBs. The corresponding measurement reporting behavior is also designed based on periodic resources. In many scenarios, the aforementioned OD-SSB is a short-term transmitted reference signal, typically a semi-static resource. Therefore, in related technologies, there is no corresponding solution for how to perform measurement reporting when an OD-SSB is configured in the cell. This can easily affect terminal behavior and consequently impact communication quality. Summary of the Invention

[0005] This application provides a measurement reporting method, configuration method, transmission method, and related equipment. When a cell is configured with a first type of SSB, the terminal can perform measurement and / or reporting based on first information. This clarifies the terminal's measurement reporting behavior when the cell is configured with a first type of SSB, thereby helping to ensure communication quality.

[0006] Firstly, a measurement reporting method is provided, which includes:

[0007] The terminal performs at least one of the measurement and reporting based on the first information;

[0008] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0009] Secondly, a measurement reporting device is provided, the device comprising:

[0010] The processing module is used to perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information;

[0011] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0012] Thirdly, a configuration method is provided, which includes:

[0013] The network-side device sends the first information to the terminal;

[0014] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0015] Fourthly, a configuration device is provided, the device comprising:

[0016] The sending module is used to send the first information to the terminal;

[0017] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0018] Fifthly, a transmission method is provided, the method comprising:

[0019] Upon receiving downlink control information (DCI), the terminal determines the effective time or starting position of the first physical random access channel (PRACH) based on the first time.

[0020] The terminal executes the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or starting position of the first PRACH;

[0021] Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last listening opportunity MO in the last paging opportunity PO in the last paging frame of the non-continuous reception DRX cycle in which the DCI is located or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

[0022] Sixthly, a transmission device is provided, the device comprising:

[0023] The processing module is used to determine the effective time or start position of the first physical random access channel (PRACH) based on the first time when receiving downlink control information (DCI).

[0024] The sending module is used to execute the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or start position of the first PRACH;

[0025] Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last listening opportunity MO in the last paging opportunity PO in the last paging frame of the non-continuous reception DRX cycle in which the DCI is located or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

[0026] In a seventh aspect, a measurement reporting device is provided, the device being configured to perform the steps of the method described in the first aspect; or a configuration device is provided, the device being configured to perform the steps of the method described in the third aspect; or a transmission device is provided, the device being configured to perform the steps of the method described in the fifth aspect.

[0027] Eighthly, a terminal is provided, the terminal including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or implementing the steps of the method as described in the fifth aspect.

[0028] A ninth aspect provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to perform at least one of measurement and reporting according to first information; wherein the first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information, the measurement reporting configuration information being associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB), the first type of SSB being an on-demand transmission SSB, or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation, and the first indication information being used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB;

[0029] or,

[0030] The processor is used to determine the effective time or start position of the first physical random access channel (PRACH) based on a first time when receiving downlink control information (DCI).

[0031] The communication interface is used to execute the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or starting position of the first PRACH;

[0032] Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last listening opportunity MO in the last paging opportunity PO in the last paging frame of the non-continuous reception DRX cycle in which the DCI is located or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

[0033] In a tenth aspect, a network-side device is provided, the network-side device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

[0034] Eleventhly, a network-side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to send first information to a terminal; wherein the first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information, the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB), the first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB, or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation, and the first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0035] In a twelfth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect, or the steps of the method described in the fifth aspect.

[0036] In a thirteenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: a terminal and a network-side device, wherein the terminal is configured to perform the steps of the measurement reporting method as described in the first aspect, and the network-side device is configured to perform the steps of the configuration method as described in the third aspect, or implement the steps of the method as described in the fifth aspect.

[0037] In a fourteenth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip including a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect, or the steps of the method described in the fifth aspect.

[0038] In a fifteenth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, which is stored in a storage medium and is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method as described in the third aspect, or the steps of the method as described in the fifth aspect.

[0039] In this embodiment, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on first information. The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of SSB, which is either an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB. Since this embodiment allows the terminal to perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on at least one of the measurement reporting configuration information associated with the first type of SSB and the first indication information indicating the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB when the cell is configured with a first type of SSB, this clarifies the terminal's measurement reporting behavior when the cell is configured with a first type of SSB, thereby helping to ensure communication quality. Attached Figure Description

[0040] Figure 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this application;

[0041] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an SSB structure provided by related technologies;

[0042] Figure 3 is a flowchart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0043] Figure 4a is one of the schematic diagrams of SSB and CSI reference resources provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0044] Figure 4b is a second schematic diagram of the SSB and CSI reference resources provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0045] Figure 4c is a flowchart of a transmission method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0046] Figure 5 is a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0047] Figure 6 is a structural diagram of a measurement reporting device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0048] Figure 7 is a structural diagram of a configuration device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0049] Figure 8 is a structural diagram of a transmission device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0050] Figure 9 is a structural diagram of the communication device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0051] Figure 10 is a structural diagram of the terminal provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0052] Figure 11 is a structural diagram of the network-side device provided in an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0053] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0054] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in this application are used to distinguish similar objects and not to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be used interchangeably where appropriate so that embodiments of this application can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same class, not limited in number; for example, the first object can be one or more. Furthermore, "or" in this application indicates at least one of the connected objects. For example, the scope of protection for "A or B" covers at least three scenarios: Scenario 1: including A but not B; Scenario 2: including B but not A; Scenario 3: including both A and B. In addition, the terms "A and / or B," "at least one of A and B," and "at least one of A or B" also cover at least the above three scenarios. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0055] The term "instruction" in this application can be either a direct instruction (or explicit instruction) or an indirect instruction (or implicit instruction). A direct instruction can be understood as one in which the sender explicitly informs the receiver of specific information, the operation to be performed, or the requested result, etc., in the instruction sent. An indirect instruction can be understood as one in which the receiver determines the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or makes a judgment and determines the operation to be performed or the requested result, etc., based on the judgment result.

[0056] It is worth noting that the technologies described in this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technologies can be used with the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as with other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes New Radio (NR) systems for illustrative purposes, and the term NR is used in most of the following description; however, these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) radio systems. th Generation 6G communication system.

[0057] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) device, robot, wearable device, flight vehicle, vehicle user equipment (VUE), shipboard equipment, pedestrian user equipment (PUE), smart home (home devices with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), game console, personal computer (PC), ATM, or self-service machine, etc. Wearable devices include: smartwatches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart chains, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among these, in-vehicle devices can also be referred to as in-vehicle terminals, in-vehicle controllers, in-vehicle modules, in-vehicle components, in-vehicle chips, or in-vehicle units, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of terminal 11 is not limited in this application embodiment. Network-side equipment 12 may include access network equipment or core network equipment, wherein access network equipment may also be referred to as Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment, radio access network function, or radio access network unit. Access network equipment may include base stations, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access points (APs), or Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) nodes, etc.The term "base station" can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), Next Generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), Access Point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), Radio Base Station, Radio Transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B (HNB), Home Evolved Node B, Transmit / Receive Point (TRP), or any other suitable term in the relevant field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The term "base station" is not limited to any specific technical terminology. It should be noted that this application embodiment only uses a base station in an NR system as an example for description and does not limit the specific type of base station.

[0058] Core network equipment, also known as core network nodes, core network functions, or core network elements, includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: Mobility Management Entity (MME), Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Session Management Function (SMF), User Plane Function (UPF), Policy Control Function (PCF), Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), Edge Application Server Discovery Function (EASDF), Unified Data Management (UDM), Unified Data Repository (UDR), Home Subscriber Server (HSS), Centralized network configuration (CNC), Network Repository Function (NRF), Network Exposure Function (NEF), Local NEF (or L-NEF), and Binding Support. The core network functions include: BSF (Block Network Function), Application Function (AF), Location Management Function (LMF), Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC), and Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF). It should be noted that this application embodiment only uses core network equipment in the NR system as an example and does not limit the specific type of core network equipment. If the name of the core network equipment mentioned in this application embodiment changes in subsequent protocol versions (e.g., 6G), it will still be within the scope of protection of this application.

[0059] Optionally, the core network equipment can be implemented by one or more functional modules in a single device, or by multiple devices working together; this application does not specifically limit this. It is understood that the aforementioned functional modules can be network elements in hardware devices, software functional modules running on dedicated hardware, or virtualized functional modules instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform).

[0060] For ease of understanding, the following describes some aspects of the embodiments of this application:

[0061] I. 5G Synchronous Signal Block (SSB)

[0062] In 5G, the SSB structure can be as shown in Figure 2. Specifically, the terminal first detects the NR-Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) to obtain a part of the Physical Cell Identifier (PCI), namely N. ID (2) ; Obtain Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol timing and frequency synchronization; then detect the Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) to obtain the other part of PCI, namely N ID (1) According to N ID (2) and N ID (1) Obtain a complete PCI, that is

[0063] Then the terminal detects the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) and the Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) of the PBCH to obtain the System Frame Number (SFN) and SSB index, and further obtains the subframe timing.

[0064] In NR, the SSB period is configured in System Information Block (SIB) 1 (SIB1), and can be 5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 40ms, 80ms, or 160ms. During initial access, if the UE has not yet received SIB1, it will search for SSBs according to the default 20ms period. SSBs do not appear only once at intervals, but rather several times within a half-frame at intervals. This is designed for beam scanning. Each of these SSBs corresponds to a beam scanning direction, and ultimately there will be one SSB in each direction. These SSBs are called an SSB set, and all SSBs in an SSB set must be within the same half-frame.

[0065] II. SSB Transmission Methods in Multi-Carrier Scenarios

[0066] Multicarrier operation is a typical operation in 5G NR networks to enhance network capacity. For primary cells (PCell) or primary secondary cells (PScell), the base station must send periodic SSBs, and the SSB period must be less than or equal to 20ms for the initial search terminal to be successfully searched.

[0067] For intra-band secondary cells (SCells), the base station can transmit SSBs, in which case the SSB-related parameters are configured when adding the Scell; alternatively, it can not transmit SSBs, in which case the SSB-related parameters are not configured when adding the Scell, and the terminal obtains the timing through the SSB on the Pcell.

[0068] For inter-band Scells, the base station must send an SSB and configure the relevant SSB parameters when adding the Scell.

[0069] III. Network Power Saving in Release 18 (R18)

[0070] Network energy efficiency is listed as one of the 13 performance requirements of International Mobile Telecommunications-2020 (IMT-2020). The majority of power consumption in NR networks comes from base stations, with 90% of the power consumption of an NR base station originating from the Active Antenna Unit (AAU). Due to higher frequency bands, wider bandwidth, and more transceiver units (TRX), the power consumption of a single NR base station is currently 3 to 4 times higher than that of LTE. Furthermore, in terms of operating expenses (OPEX), base station electricity costs account for nearly 20% of the total network operating costs. For some operators, electricity costs represent more than half of their total profits. Therefore, energy efficiency in NR networks is becoming increasingly critical for the significant success of 5G. Depending on the actual load, base stations can implement different levels of energy-saving measures, such as shutting down the base station, shutting down the carrier / cell, shutting down the channel, shutting down the SSB / beam, shutting down the antenna / panel, discontinuous transmission (DTX) and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) of the cell, and adaptive channel state information (CSI).

[0071] It should be noted that when a cell's SSB transmission supports on-demand (OD) SSB transmission, there are two ways to send OD-SSB: one is that the cell does not have an always-on SSB and only configures OD-SSB; the other is that the cell has an always-on SSB and configures OD-SSB at the same time.

[0072] It should also be noted that the time-domain unit involved in the embodiments of this application can be one or more symbols, time slots, radio subframes, radio frames, milliseconds (ms), seconds (s), etc.

[0073] The measurement reporting method provided in this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, through some embodiments and application scenarios.

[0074] Please refer to Figure 3, which is a flowchart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of this application. This method can be executed by a terminal, and as shown in Figure 3, it includes the following steps:

[0075] Step 301: The terminal performs at least one of the following actions based on the first information: measurement and reporting.

[0076] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of SSB, which is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0077] In this embodiment, the first type of SSB mentioned above can also be called OD-SSB or on-demand SSB, flexible SSB, SSB that needs to be activated or deactivated, or SSB with a switch, etc.

[0078] The aforementioned first information may be information received by the terminal from the network-side device. The aforementioned measurement reporting configuration information is used to configure SSB-based measurement reporting. For example, the aforementioned measurement reporting configuration information may include at least one of L1 measurement reporting configuration information, L3 measurement reporting configuration information, etc. Specifically, the aforementioned measurement reporting configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of SSB configuration information, measurement configuration information, etc. The aforementioned SSB configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of SSB resource configuration information (e.g., SSB frequency information, SSB index, System Frame Number (SFN) offset, half-frame indication, etc.) and SSB transmission parameters (e.g., period, number of transmissions, subcarrier spacing (SCS), power, etc.). The aforementioned L3 measurement configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of Measurement Object (MO), ReportConfig, and Measurement Identifier (MeasID). The L1 measurement configuration information mentioned above may include, but is not limited to, at least one of CSI measurement configuration (CSI-MeasConfig), CSI reporting configuration (CSI-ReportConfig), and CSI resource configuration (CSI-ResourceConfig). The first indication information mentioned above is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB. For example, the first indication information may indicate at least one of the following: the start time of transmission of the first type of SSB, the end time of transmission, and the number of transmissions.

[0079] In some optional embodiments, when the configuration period of the first type of SSB (such as OD-SSB) is not only 5ms or is not 5ms, the SFN offset and half-frame indication are configured. This is because when the period of the first type of SSB is 5ms, the first type of SSB may appear in every half-frame, so the SFN offset and half-frame indication are not needed in this case. However, when the configuration period of the first type of SSB is not only 5ms and 10ms or is not 5ms or 10ms, the SFN offset is configured. This is because when the period of the first type of SSB is 10ms, only the half-frame indication is needed to determine the possible occurrence of the OD-SSB. It should be noted that the 5ms or 10ms may be converted to other time units for configuration, such as slots.

[0080] The aforementioned measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the first type of SSB. For example, the aforementioned measurement reporting configuration information includes the configuration information of the first type of SSB, or the aforementioned measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the configuration information of the first type of SSB.

[0081] In some optional embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement reporting configuration information can also be associated with a second type of SSB. This second type of SSB can also be referred to as an always-on SSB, a regular SSB, a non-flexible SSB, a non-on-demand SSB, or an SSB that does not support activation or deactivation, etc.

[0082] In this embodiment, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on first information. The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of SSB, which is either an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB. Since this embodiment allows the terminal to perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on at least one of the measurement reporting configuration information associated with the first type of SSB and the first indication information indicating the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB when the cell is configured with a first type of SSB, this clarifies the terminal's measurement reporting behavior when the cell is configured with a first type of SSB, thereby helping to ensure communication quality.

[0083] It should be noted that in related technologies, if Channel State Information (CSI) measurement reporting is to be configured for periodic reporting, the associated measurement resources also need to be periodic. However, the main transmission mode of the current Type I SSB is a semi-static transmission. Based on this, embodiments of this application provide a method for configuring periodic measurement reporting (e.g., L1 measurement reporting) based on Type I SSBs to achieve a flexible measurement reporting mechanism, while also helping to reduce signaling overhead on the network side. Specific implementation details are provided below.

[0084] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0085] If the first condition is met, the terminal considers that the network-side device can be configured to periodically report based on the first type of SSB; or,

[0086] If the first condition is not met and / or the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal does not expect the network-side device to configure periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB, or the terminal does not expect the network-side device to configure periodic reporting.

[0087] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0088] The first type of SSB is sent to the secondary cell (SCell) for activation;

[0089] The network-side device has not configured or indicated a first parameter for the first type of SSB transmission, the first parameter including at least one of number, time duration, and transmission end time;

[0090] The network-side device configures or indicates that the number of the first type of SSB transmissions is a first value or a non-numerical value;

[0091] The network-side device activates the first type of SSB transmission based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0092] The periodic reporting indicated by the network-side device is associated with a duration or the number of periods of the first type of SSB.

[0093] In this embodiment, the sending of the first type of SSB to the SCell for deactivation can be understood as the end point of the first type of SSB sending being the SCell deactivation, that is, the sending of the first type of SSB ends when the SCell is deactivated.

[0094] The first value mentioned above can be predefined by the protocol or configured on the network side. For example, the first value can be 0. The non-numeric values ​​mentioned above can represent characters that are not numbers, such as letters.

[0095] For example, if the network-side device meets the first condition, it means that the transmission of the first type of SSB in the current situation is similar to or similar to the transmission of periodic resources. Therefore, the network-side device can configure periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB for the terminal. Accordingly, the terminal believes that the network-side device can be configured to perform periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB. If the network-side device does not meet the first condition, it means that the transmission of the first type of SSB in the current situation is significantly different from the transmission of periodic resources. Therefore, the network-side device does not configure periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB for the terminal or does not configure periodic reporting for the terminal. Accordingly, the terminal does not expect the network-side device to configure periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB or the terminal does not expect the network-side device to configure periodic reporting. This is beneficial for saving reporting resources and meets the resource requirements of periodic reporting.

[0096] In some optional embodiments, periodic reporting will only be based on the configuration of the first type of SSB if the first type of SSB is triggered by RRC information (e.g., RRC SCell addition information, or RRC configuration information of the first type of SSB and RRC SCell addition information are sent simultaneously) and continues to be sent until the SCell is deactivated.

[0097] Optionally, if the network-side device configures the terminal to periodically report based on the first type of SSB, the method further includes:

[0098] When the first type of SSB is deactivated, the terminal considers the resource used for the periodic reporting to be invalid.

[0099] For example, upon receiving signaling indicating the deactivation of a first-type SSB, the terminal may deem the first-type SSB deactivated, in which case the periodically reported resources are no longer valid. The starting time for the periodically reported resource failure can be a target duration offset backward from the time the signaling indicating the deactivation of the first-type SSB is received, where the target duration can be the processing time of the signaling indicating the deactivation of the first-type SSB.

[0100] In some optional embodiments, before the first type of SSB is deactivated, the network-side device may reconfigure the measurement or reporting configuration associated with the first type of SSB and cancel periodic reporting.

[0101] In this embodiment, when the first type of SSB is deactivated, the terminal considers the resources used for the periodic reporting to be invalid, which helps to save reporting resources.

[0102] It should be noted that related technologies often only perform measurement reporting based on Always-on SSBs. There is no corresponding solution for how to perform measurement reporting when measurement reporting configuration information configured on the network-side device is associated with multiple types of SSBs simultaneously. Therefore, this application provides a method for simultaneously associating measurement reporting configuration information configured on the network-side device with multiple types of SSBs for measurement reporting. This clarifies the terminal's behavior, facilitating understanding and synchronization between the network side and the terminal, thereby achieving network energy saving. Specific implementation details are provided below.

[0103] Optionally, the first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including:

[0104] When the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal performs the first operation;

[0105] The first operation includes the following:

[0106] At least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on a target SSB, wherein the target SSB is determined based on the location of the reported resource;

[0107] At least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on the target class SSB of the two types of SSBs, wherein the target class SSB is determined according to the state of the first type of SSB;

[0108] Report the measurement results of the two types of SSBs mentioned above;

[0109] The measurement results and second indication information of one of the two types of SSBs are reported, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the type of SSB associated with the reported measurement results;

[0110] The two types of SSBs include the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

[0111] In some implementations, when the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal can perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on the target SSB. For example, if the target SSB is a first type of SSB, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first type of SSB; if the target SSB is a second type of SSB, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first type of SSB.

[0112] The target SSB mentioned above is the SSB determined based on the location of the reported resources. The reported resources can be understood as the resources used for reporting measurement results.

[0113] Optionally, the target SSB may include: the SSB that is closest to the reported resource among the SSBs located before the reported resource, or the SSB that is closest to the reference resource among the SSBs located before the reference resource.

[0114] Optionally, when performing an L1 measurement, the target SSB may include the SSB that is closest to the reported resource among the SSBs preceding the reported resource, or the SSB that is closest to the reference resource among the SSBs preceding the reference resource.

[0115] Optionally, the reference resource may be a CSI reference resource.

[0116] In this implementation, when only one SSB needs to be measured (e.g., one SSB sample), the terminal can determine the nearest SSB among those meeting the reporting conditions based on the location of the reported resource and report the measurement. This reduces processing or buffering time, or the time occupied by the CSI processing unit. Furthermore, since the temporal location of the SSB is configured to the terminal by the network side, both the terminal and the network side know whether the SSB selected by the terminal is a Type 1 or Type 2 SSB. Therefore, the terminal does not need to additionally indicate the SSB type associated with the reported measurement result.

[0117] In other embodiments, when the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal can determine the SSB to perform measurement and / or reporting from the two types of SSBs based on the state of the first type of SSB. For example, when the first type of SSB is in an inactive state, the terminal can perform measurement and / or reporting based on the second type of SSB; when the first type of SSB is in an active state, the terminal can perform measurement and / or reporting based on the first type of SSB. Alternatively, the terminal can perform measurement and / or reporting based on both the first and second types of SSBs, which helps the terminal speed up the measurement process.

[0118] In some other implementations, when the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal can report the measurement results of both types of SSBs. This allows the network side to make better scheduling and other decisions based on the measurement results of different SSBs. It should be noted that the measurement results of the two types of SSBs can be reported together or independently; this implementation does not limit this.

[0119] In some other implementations, when the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal can report the measurement result of one of the two types of SSBs and indicate the SSB type associated with that measurement result. For example, the SSB type can be indicated using 1 bit. This implementation can improve the flexibility of measurement reporting while ensuring consistency in understanding between the terminal and the network side.

[0120] Optionally, when the first type of SSB is in a deactivated state, the target type of SSB is the second type of SSB;

[0121] And / or,

[0122] When the first type of SSB is in an active state, the target type of SSB is the first type of SSB.

[0123] In this embodiment, when the first type of SSB is in an inactive state, the terminal can perform measurements and / or report based on the second type of SSB; when the first type of SSB is in an active state, the terminal can perform measurements and / or report based on the first type of SSB. This helps to ensure that the measurement and reporting configuration will not be unusable or need to be switched to other measurement and reporting configurations when the first type of SSB is in an inactive state, thereby reducing the processing complexity of the terminal.

[0124] Optionally, the reporting of the measurement results of the two types of SSBs includes:

[0125] If the second condition is met, report the measurement results of the two types of SSBs;

[0126] The second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0127] The measurement results for the first type of SSB are different from those for the second type of SSB;

[0128] The frequencies of the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are different;

[0129] The transmission power of the first type of SSB is different from that of the second type of SSB.

[0130] In this embodiment, the measurement results of the two types of SSBs are reported when the second condition is met. This is beneficial for the network side to make better scheduling and other decisions based on the measurement results of different SSBs.

[0131] In some alternative embodiments, if the second condition is not met, the terminal may report the measurement results of one type of SSB, for example, only the measurement results of the first type of SSB, or only the measurement results of the second type of SSB.

[0132] Optionally, the second indication information is an SSB Resource Indicator (SSBRI), which is determined based on all SSBs configured for the terminal by the network-side device.

[0133] For example, if the network side is configured to send 8 SSBs, including Type 1 SSBs and Type 2 SSBs, then the SSBRI can have 8 values, with each value indicating one SSB. Therefore, the network side can determine the SSB associated with the measurement result based on the value of the SSBRI.

[0134] This embodiment uses SSBRI to indicate the SSB type associated with the reported measurement results, which can save overhead while ensuring consistency in understanding between the terminal and the network side.

[0135] Optionally, when the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal performs a first operation, including:

[0136] When the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, if the first type of SSB is activated or receives a first instruction, the terminal performs the first operation.

[0137] The first instruction is an instruction used to instruct the transmission of the first type of SSB.

[0138] For example, the aforementioned first signaling may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: Media Access Control Control Element (MAC CE), RRC, and Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0139] For example, when the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first type of SSB, or performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the target SSB, or reports the measurement results of the two types of SSBs, or reports the measurement results and second indication information of one of the two types of SSBs; when the first type of SSB is in a deactivated state, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the second type of SSB.

[0140] It should be noted that the SSB Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC) associated with L3 measurement in related technologies is a periodic measurement window, and the SSBs of both the serving cell and neighboring cells are within the SMTC's range, allowing the terminal to perform simultaneous measurements of both the serving cell and neighboring cells. However, the first type of SSB is not a periodically transmitted signal, and the serving cell may not have an always-on SSB. Based on this, this application provides a method for performing L3 measurement when the cell is configured with the first type of SSB, thereby clarifying the terminal's behavior, facilitating understanding and synchronization between the network side and the terminal, and ultimately achieving network energy saving. Specific implementation details are provided below.

[0141] Optionally, the first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including:

[0142] If the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs a second operation, wherein the first instruction is used to instruct the activation of the first type of SSB, and the second operation includes at least one of the following:

[0143] Serving cell measurements are performed based on the first type of SSB;

[0144] Stop or interrupt neighboring cell measurements.

[0145] For example, when the first type of SSB is activated, the terminal may perform serving cell measurement based solely on the first type of SSB; or, the terminal may perform serving cell measurement based on the first SSB and perform neighboring cell measurement; or, if the terminal is performing neighboring cell measurement when the first type of SSB is activated, the terminal may stop or interrupt the neighboring cell measurement and perform serving cell measurement based on the first SSB; or, the terminal may continue performing neighboring cell measurement and perform serving cell measurement based on the first SSB after the neighboring cell measurement is completed, etc.

[0146] In some optional embodiments, if the measurement reporting configuration information is also associated with a second type of SSB, when the first type of SSB is activated, the first terminal may perform serving cell measurement based solely on the first type of SSB, or the first terminal may perform serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB and perform neighbor cell measurement based on the second type of SSB, etc.

[0147] Optionally, performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB includes:

[0148] Serving cell measurements are performed preferentially based on the first type of SSB.

[0149] The above-mentioned priority is given to performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB, meaning that performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB has the highest priority. For example, when the first type of SSB is activated, serving cell measurements are first performed based on the first type of SSB, and neighbor cell measurements are performed after the serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB are completed; or, when the first type of SSB is activated, if the terminal is currently performing neighbor cell measurements, the terminal can stop or interrupt the neighbor cell measurements and start performing serving cell measurements based on the first SSB, etc.

[0150] In some optional embodiments, the priority of serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB includes at least one of the following: when the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are on the same frequency, if the terminal can only measure one frequency at a time or within a time period, then serving cell measurement is preferentially performed based on the first type of SSB. In this case, only serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB is performed, and neighboring cell measurement is not performed; when the first type of SSB and the serving cell or the neighboring cell are on different frequencies of the second type of SSB, serving cell measurement is performed first based on the first type of SSB.

[0151] In this embodiment, when the first type of SSB is activated, serving cell measurements are performed based on the first type of SSB first. This allows for timely measurement based on the first type of SSB when the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB is small or the transmission time is short, thus avoiding missing the transmission of the first type of SSB and thus being unable to perform the corresponding measurements.

[0152] Optionally, performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB includes:

[0153] If the terminal is performing a measurement based on a first frequency when the first type of SSB is activated, then a second operation or a third operation is performed, wherein the first frequency is different from the frequency of the first type of SSB;

[0154] The second operation includes: stopping or interrupting the measurement based on the first frequency, and performing serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB;

[0155] The third operation includes at least one of the following:

[0156] If the third condition is met, the terminal performs serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB after completing the measurement based on the first frequency.

[0157] If the third condition is not met, the terminal stops or interrupts the measurement based on the first frequency and performs serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB;

[0158] The third condition includes: performing the measurement of the first type of SSB after the measurement based on the first frequency is completed can meet the measurement requirements of the first type of SSB.

[0159] The aforementioned measurement requirements may include measurement time-related requirements parameters.

[0160] In some implementations, when the terminal is performing measurements based on the first frequency when the first type of SSB is activated, the terminal can directly stop or interrupt the measurements based on the first frequency and start performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB. This is beneficial for timely measurement based on the first type of SSB when the number of first type of SSB transmissions is small or the transmission time is short, avoiding missing the transmission of the first type of SSB and thus being unable to perform the corresponding measurements.

[0161] In other embodiments, when the terminal is performing measurements based on a first frequency when the first type of SSB is activated, if performing measurements on the first type of SSB after the measurement based on the first frequency is completed can meet the measurement requirements of the first type of SSB, then the terminal performs serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB after completing the measurement based on the first frequency. If performing measurements on the first type of SSB after the measurement based on the first frequency is completed cannot meet the measurement requirements of the first type of SSB, then the terminal stops or interrupts the measurement based on the first frequency and starts performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB. This is beneficial for timely performing measurements based on the first type of SSB when the number of first type of SSB transmissions is small or the transmission time is short, avoiding missing the transmission of the first type of SSB and thus being unable to perform the corresponding measurements.

[0162] Optionally, when the terminal performs serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB, the measurement requirement of the neighboring cell is invalidated;

[0163] And / or,

[0164] Once the terminal completes the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the measurement requirements of the neighboring cells are reactivated.

[0165] Among these, the measurement requirements of the neighboring cells are invalid, meaning that the measurement requirements of the neighboring cells do not need to be met.

[0166] For example, when the first type of SSB is activated or the terminal performs serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB, the measurement of neighboring cells is stopped, and the measurement requirements of neighboring cells are invalidated. When the terminal completes the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the measurement of neighboring cells can be resumed, and the measurement requirements of neighboring cells become effective again. For example, the measurement time of neighboring cells can be recalculated. This is beneficial for allowing the terminal to switch to the first type of SSB for measurement. If the measurement requirements of neighboring cells are still effective, and the terminal performs neighboring cell measurements again after switching to the first type of SSB, the measurement requirements cannot be met. This would limit the terminal's measurement behavior and reduce the energy-saving effect brought by the first type of SSB.

[0167] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0168] Upon completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurement.

[0169] In this embodiment, after completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the terminal can perform neighbor cell measurement. For example, the terminal can perform neighbor cell measurement based on the configured SMTC. Optionally, the aforementioned neighbor cell measurement can be an inter-frequency measurement.

[0170] Optionally, if the measurement reporting configuration information is also associated with a second type of SSB, then when the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB is completed, the terminal performs a neighboring cell measurement, including:

[0171] Upon completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurement based on the second type of SSB.

[0172] In this embodiment, when the measurement and reporting configuration information is also associated with the second type of SSB, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurement based on the second type of SSB after completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB. This is beneficial for the rapid measurement of the serving cell and also for the terminal to perform mobility management and perform actions such as cell reselection based on the results of the serving cell and neighbor cell measurements.

[0173] Optionally, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB can be associated with the same MO. Optionally, this MO can be the serving cell MO. Optionally, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB can each be associated with a SMTC. Optionally, the first type of SSB can be associated with a measurement duration.

[0174] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB;

[0175] Among them, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are associated with different measurement objects MO.

[0176] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB does not define SMTC.

[0177] In this case, the measurement of the first type of SSB is performed according to the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB, or the first type of SSB is associated with a measurement time duration.

[0178] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements;

[0179] The MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform neighbor cell measurements, or, if the first type of SSB is deactivated, the MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements and neighbor cell measurements.

[0180] Optionally, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including at least one of the following:

[0181] When the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on at least one of the MO and SMTC associated with the first type of SSB, wherein the first instruction is used to indicate the activation of the first type of SSB;

[0182] When the first type of SSB is deactivated or a second instruction is received, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on at least one of the MO and SMTC associated with the second type of SSB, wherein the second instruction is for instructing the deactivation of the first type of SSB.

[0183] Optionally, in the case where the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are on different frequencies, the reference frequency used to determine the measurement type of the neighboring cell's SSB is the frequency of the second type of SSB;

[0184] The measurement types include intra-frequency measurements and inter-frequency measurements.

[0185] In this embodiment, since the second type of SSB is an SSB that is continuously transmitted, determining the measurement type of the neighboring cell's SSB based on the frequency of the second type of SSB will not cause frequent changes in the reference frequency, thus improving the stability of the measurement.

[0186] Optionally, when the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are on different frequencies, when the first type of SSB is activated, the reference frequency used to determine the measurement type of the SSB of the neighboring cell is the frequency of the second type of SSB; because at this time the terminal's radio frequency is located on the frequency point of the first type of SSB, if other frequency points are to be measured, the radio frequency needs to be adjusted.

[0187] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is the serving cell MO;

[0188] Specifically, when the first type of SSB is activated, the serving cell MO is activated; when the first type of SSB is deactivated, the serving cell MO is deactivated.

[0189] Optionally, the first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including:

[0190] The terminal performs at least one of the measurements and reporting based on the first type of SSB in the first measurement window.

[0191] For example, the measurement reporting configuration information described above may include the first measurement window. A first type of SSB can be associated with the first measurement window, so that when the terminal needs to perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first type of SSB, it can perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first type of SSB within the first measurement window.

[0192] Optionally, the starting position of the first time window is determined based on the activation time or time instance A of the first type of SSB. Here, Time instance A is the starting position of the time slot containing the first actually transmitted SSB index in the first on-demand SSB burst at least time T after the UE receives the transmission indication signaling for the first type of SSB (e.g., OD-SSB), where T includes the processing time for signaling and feedback.

[0193] Optionally, the length of the first time window is predefined by the protocol, preconfigured by the network side, configured by the network side, indicated by the network side, or determined by the terminal.

[0194] Optionally, if Scell ​​is in a known state, the L3 measurement requirement within the first time window is interrupted or invalidated, that is, L3 measurement is not performed at this time, only L1 measurement is performed.

[0195] Optionally, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including:

[0196] When the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs Layer 1 measurement based on the first type of SSB and performs at least one measurement of neighboring cells and serving cells based on SMTC;

[0197] The first instruction is used to instruct the activation of the first type of SSB.

[0198] In this embodiment, when the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs Layer 1 measurement based on the first type of SSB and performs at least one measurement of the neighboring cell and the serving cell based on SMTC. This allows the terminal to perform Layer 1 measurement based only on the first type of SSB when coarse synchronization has been achieved in the serving cell, thereby reducing terminal complexity and measurement time.

[0199] Optionally, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including:

[0200] If the secondary cell does not send a Type 2 SSB, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurements based on SMTC.

[0201] Understandably, when the first type of SSB is not activated, the terminal cannot perform serving cell measurements on the Scell, but the network side can configure an SMTC dedicated to neighboring cell measurements.

[0202] Optionally, the SMTC is completely orthogonal to the transmission location or time window of the first type of SSB.

[0203] Optionally, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including:

[0204] When the network-side device triggers measurements of N secondary cells (e.g., layer 3 measurements), the terminal performs measurements of the secondary cells (e.g., layer 3 measurements) based on the first information and the relaxed measurement requirements.

[0205] Wherein, the measurement requirement after relaxation is M times the measurement requirement before relaxation, where M is a positive number less than or equal to N, and N is a positive integer.

[0206] Since the terminal can only perform measurements one frequency point at a time, when the network-side equipment triggers measurements of N secondary cells (e.g., layer 3 measurements), it is necessary to relax the measurement requirements to ensure the execution of the measurements.

[0207] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0208] The terminal reports the time window used for the first type of SSB measurement.

[0209] In this embodiment, the terminal can report the time window used for the first type of SSB measurement, for example, report the preferred time window used for the first type of SSB measurement, so as to help the network side arrange the measurement sequence more reasonably.

[0210] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information includes CSI reporting configuration;

[0211] The CSI reporting configuration includes a first resource configuration and a second resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration is associated with the first type of SSB and the second resource configuration is associated with the second type of SSB.

[0212] or,

[0213] The CSI reporting configuration includes a third resource configuration, which is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

[0214] In some implementations, different resource configurations can be associated with different types of SSBs through CSI reporting. In other implementations, different types of SSBs can be associated with the same resource configuration through CSI reporting.

[0215] For example, the above resource configuration may include, but is not limited to, CSI-SSB resource set, CSI resource configuration, or CSI-SSB resource setlist.

[0216] The following examples illustrate this embodiment:

[0217] Example 1: The SSB index indicated in the CSI-SSB resource set is associated with two SSBs in the serving cell configuration, namely, both OD-SSB and always-on SSB.

[0218] Optionally, in this case, the OD-SSB and always-on SSB have the same transmission power, and SSBs with the same index have a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship. In this case, there is no need to distinguish between OD-SSB and always-on SSB; they can be treated as the same type of SSB.

[0219] Example 2: A CSI report configuration (or CSI reportconfig) is associated with two CSI resource configurations (CSI-resourceconfig). One of the two CSI-resourceconfigs is associated with a Type 1 SSB, and the other CSI-resourceconfig is associated with a Type 2 SSB.

[0220] For example, the number of CSI-resourceconfig associated with CSI reportconfig changes from 1 to 2. Whether CSI-resourceconfig is associated with OD-SSB or always-on SSB can be distinguished by CSI-resourceconfigId or by the specific instructions within CSI-resourceconfig.

[0221] Example 3: A CSI report configuration is associated with one CSI-resourceconfig, which is associated with two Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource lists (CSI-RS-resourcesetlist). One CSI-RS-resourcesetlist is associated with always-on SSB, and the other CSI-RS-resourcesetlist is associated with OD-SSB.

[0222] Example 4: CSI-resourceconfig is associated with one CSI-RS-resourcesetlist, one CSI SSB resource setlist (CSI-SSB-resourcesetlist), and one CSI-OD SSB resource setlist (CSI-ODSSB-resourcesetlist).

[0223] Example 5: Modify the maximum number of CSI-SSB resource sets (maxNroCSI-SSB-resourcesetsperconfig) in each configuration to 2, that is, associate csi-SSB-resourceSetlist with two CSI-SSB resource sets (CSI-SSB-resourceSet).

[0224] Optionally, whether the CSI-SSB-resourceSet is associated with OD-SSB or always-on SSB is indicated by an additional indicator field.

[0225] Optionally, whether the CSI-SSB-resourceSet is associated with OD-SSB or always-on SSB is determined by the index range of the SSB. For example, 0-3 represents always-on SSB, and 4-7 represents OD-SSB.

[0226] Example 6: The CSI-SSB-resourceset is associated with at least two CSI-SSB-resourcelists, one of which contains always-on SSB and the other contains OD-SSB.

[0227] In some optional embodiments, the CSI reportconfig may associate only the first type of SSB or the second type of SSB.

[0228] For example, to enable CSI reportconfig to associate only with OD-SSB or always-on SSB, the following configuration methods can be considered:

[0229] 1. Introduce CSI-ODSSB-reportconfig, which distinguishes between CSI report config associated with OD-SSB and always-on SSB within CSI-Measconfig.

[0230] 2. Introduce CSI-ODSSB-resourceSet to directly distinguish between OD-SSB and always-on SSB based on parameters.

[0231] 3. CSI-SSB-resourceSet refers to ODSSB-index, which is associated with OD-SSB in servingcellconfig or other configurations.

[0232] 4. The CSI-SSB-resourceSet has an additional indication field indicating whether this SSB is an OD-SSB or an always-on SSB.

[0233] When the reference signal can be used as a QCL resource (source) via OD-SSB, consider whether the reference signal in the QCL information (QCL-info) indicates OD-SSB or always-on SSB. For example, introduce another type of reference signal, namely OD-SSB; or introduce an additional indication field to indicate whether the SSB is OD-SSB or always-on SSB; or determine whether the SSB is OD-SSB or always-on SSB by the range of the SSB-index.

[0234] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB;

[0235] or,

[0236] The first indication information does not include a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB.

[0237] For example, it can be agreed that when the network-side device sends a first indication field to the terminal, the deactivation time of the first type of SSB can be determined according to the first indication field. For instance, if the first indication field indicates that the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB is a numerical value and that value is not a first value, the first type of SSB can be sent according to the value indicated by the first indication field, and the first type of SSB can be activated when the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB reaches the value indicated by the first indication field. If the network-side device does not send a first indication field to the terminal, the deactivation time of the first type of SSB can be determined according to the status of the secondary cell.

[0238] In some optional embodiments, the aforementioned first indication information may be carried in the first signaling of the first type of SSB, which is used to indicate the activation of the first type of SSB.

[0239] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0240] If the first indication information includes the first indication field, and the first indication field indicates that the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB is a first value or a non-numerical value, the terminal considers that the first type of SSB is deactivated in the case of secondary cell deactivation.

[0241] or,

[0242] If the first indication information does not include the first indication field, the terminal believes that the first type of SSB is deactivated in the case of secondary cell deactivation.

[0243] The first value mentioned above can be predefined by the protocol or configured on the network side. For example, the first value can be 0. The non-numeric values ​​mentioned above can represent characters that are not numbers, such as letters.

[0244] For example, in the case of secondary cell deactivation, the first type of SSB is deactivated, which can be understood as the first type of SSB being deactivated along with the secondary cell deactivation. For example, the first type of SSB is deactivated after receiving the secondary cell deactivation signaling or after the secondary cell's effective timer expires, or after a processing time following the receipt of the secondary cell deactivation signaling or the expiration of the secondary cell's effective timer. The processing time is predefined by the protocol, pre-configured by the network side, or determined by the terminal.

[0245] In this embodiment, if the first indication information includes the first indication field and the first indication field indicates that the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB is a first value or a non-numerical value, or if the first indication information does not include the first indication field, the terminal believes that the network-side device will continue to transmit the first type of SSB until the secondary cell is deactivated.

[0246] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0247] When the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the CPU occupancy time of the CSI processing unit must meet at least one of the following conditions:

[0248] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource, which is later than the latest Type I SSB timing and the latest Type II SSB timing, no later than the CSI reference resource, to the last symbol of the configured Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) / Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) carrying the report;

[0249] For example, when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the time occupied by periodic or semi-persistent CSI reports is determined based on the later of the Type 1 and Type 2 SSB times prior to the CSI reference resource. This helps the network side and the terminal side to have the same understanding of the timeline occupied by the CSI processing unit (CPU).

[0250] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource, which is no later than the latest Type I SSB time and the latest Type II SSB time, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report.

[0251] For example, when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the time occupied by periodic or semi-persistent CSI reports is based on the earlier of the Type 1 and Type 2 SSB times before the latest CSI reference resource. This helps the network side and the terminal side to have the same understanding of the CPU usage timeline, and the network side will not miss the CPU usage time regardless of which SSB time the terminal measures.

[0252] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource no later than the latest first-class SSB timing of the CSI reference resource, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report;

[0253] For example, when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the time occupied by periodic or semi-persistent CSI reports is based on the latest Type 1 SSB timing before the CSI reference resource as the starting position. That is, regardless of which SSB timing the UE measures, the network side calculates the CPU occupancy time according to the position of the Type 1 SSB timing, which helps the network side and the terminal side to have the same understanding of the CPU occupancy timeline.

[0254] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource at the latest Type II SSB timing no later than the CSI reference resource, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report;

[0255] For example, when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the time occupied by periodic or semi-persistent CSI reports is based on the latest Type 2 SSB timing before the CSI reference resource as the starting position. That is, regardless of which SSB timing the UE measures, the network side calculates the CPU occupancy time according to the position of the Type 2 SSB timing, which helps the network side and the terminal side to have the same understanding of the CPU occupancy timeline.

[0256] The CSI report occupies CPU(s) from the first symbol after the PDCCH that triggers the CSI report to the last symbol of the scheduling PUSCH that carries the CSI report.

[0257] For example, when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the timing of the initial report of the non-periodic CSI report or semi-continuous CSI report is based on the PDCCH that triggered the CSI report as the starting position.

[0258] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0259] The first indication information can be sent before or during the activation of the secondary cell, and is used to indicate the update of the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0260] In some optional embodiments, the OD-SSB transmission period or the system frame number offset (SFN) parameter can be updated by the network side via MAC CE or RRC signaling. For example, when the secondary cell is not yet activated, the OD-SSB transmission period or SFN offset parameter can be updated by MAC CE. It is understood that after the terminal reports measurements via OD-SSB, if the secondary cell is not activated temporarily, the network side can update the OD-SSB period to a larger period via MAC CE, thereby saving power. As another example, during the secondary cell activation process, the OD-SSB transmission period or SFN offset parameter can be updated by MAC CE. It is understood that if the OD-SSB period is relatively large when the secondary cell is activated, it can be updated to a smaller period via MAC CE. Or, when the secondary cell activation process is about to end, the OD-SSB period can be updated to a larger period via MAC CE. The MAC CE can be a shared MAC CE with the OD-SSB activation MAC CE.

[0261] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0262] When the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the channel measurement time limit parameter cannot be set to 'configuration'.

[0263] In some alternative embodiments, when the Layer 1 measurement reporting configuration (e.g., CSI-reportconfig) is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the terminal's measurement behavior is determined by which type of SSB is measured. Then, according to the current design, when the higher-layer parameter 'timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements' is set to 'configured', the terminal should derive and calculate the reported L1 measurement result based on the most recent SSB occasion in the CSI resource configuration that is no later than the CSI reference resource. This differs from the measurement behavior implemented by the terminal. Therefore, it can be restricted that when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the channel measurement time restriction parameter cannot be set to 'configured', or when the channel measurement time restriction parameter is set to 'configured', the Layer 1 measurement reporting configuration (e.g., CSI-reportconfig) cannot be associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs simultaneously.

[0264] In some optional embodiments, when the Layer 1 measurement reporting configuration (e.g., CSI-reportconfig) is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, and when the higher-layer parameter 'timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements' is set to 'configured', the terminal calculates the reported L1 measurement result based on the most recent one of the most recent OD-SSB occasion and the most recent AO-SSB occasion in the CSI resource configuration that is no later than the CSI reference resource.

[0265] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0266] When the absolute frequency indication field of the SSB does not exist, the terminal obtains timing information based on the first type of SSB when the first type of SSB is activated.

[0267] In the current design, when the absolutefrequencySSB indicator field is absent, the terminal obtains timing information from other cells that meet the conditions. With the introduction of OD-SSB, only OD-SSB may exist in the system, and the absolutefrequencySSB indicator field may also be absent. In this case, the terminal should obtain timing information based on OD-SSB.

[0268] Alternatively, when neither the absolutefrequencySSB indication field nor the od-absolutefrequencySSB indication field exists, the UE obtains timing information from the intra-band SpCell or intra-band SCell, or from the SpCell or SCCell indicated by the reference cell indication field, or from the default cell.

[0269] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0270] The terminal determines whether the measurement reporting configuration is associated with a Type I SSB or a Type II SSB based on the measurement reporting configuration information.

[0271] For example, when the configuration of `servingcellconfig` or `servingcellconfigcommon` contains configuration parameters for both OD-SSB (Type 1 SSB) and AO-SSB (Type 2 SSB) (or described as "when OD-SSB and AO-SSB are configured"), and the frequencies of OD-SSB and AO-SSB are the same, when OD-SSB is active, the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs. Optionally, in this case, OD-SSB and AO-SSB have the same positions within the same SSB burst.

[0272] For example, when the configuration of `servingcellconfig` or `servingcellconfigcommon` contains configuration parameters for both OD-SSB (Type 1 SSB) and AO-SSB (Type 2 SSB) (or described as "when OD-SSB and AO-SSB are configured"), and the frequencies of OD-SSB and AO-SSB are the same, if the measurement reporting configuration parameter indicates that both OD-SSB and AO-SSB are associated, then the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs. Optionally, in this case, OD-SSB and AO-SSB have the same positions within the same SSB burst.

[0273] For example, when the measurement reporting configuration parameter indicates that only AO-SSB is associated, the measurement reporting configuration is only associated with the second type of SSB. For instance, when the configuration of `servingcellconfig` or `servingcellconfigcommon` contains configuration parameters for both OD-SSB (first type of SSB) and AO-SSB (second type of SSB) (or described as "when OD-SSB and AO-SSB are configured"), and the frequencies of OD-SSB and AO-SSB are the same, the 1-bit indicator field indicates whether only AO-SSB is associated or both types of SSBs are associated simultaneously. For example, '1' indicates both types are associated simultaneously, and '0' indicates only AO-SSB is associated.

[0274] For example, when the servingcellconfig or servingcellconfigcommon configuration has both OD-SSB and AO-SSB frequencies configured, and the frequencies are different, the CSI-SSB resource set associated with the configuration is reported, or the configuration indicates whether the reported information is associated with OD-SSB or AO-SSB.

[0275] In some optional embodiments, the Layer 1 reporting configuration is associated with a CSI-SSB resource set, or the Layer 1 reporting configuration indicates whether the reporting is associated with OD-SSB, AO-SSB, or both. For example, a 2-bit indication field indicates three possible cases. For instance, '11' indicates OD-SSB and AO-SSB, '10' indicates OD-SSB, and '01' indicates AO-SSB. Alternatively, one bit in the two bits indicates whether the reporting configuration is associated with OD-SSB, and the other bit indicates whether the reporting configuration is associated with AO-SSB. For example, the indication field can be in CSI-Resourceconfig, CSI-SSB-resourceset, or CSI-reportconfig.

[0276] In some optional embodiments, the associated OD-SSB or AO-SSB is distinguished by the parameter name in the reported configuration or resource configuration. For example, if it is associated with an OD-SSB, the Layer 1 reported configuration name is CSI-odssbreportconfig, or the resource configuration name is CSI-odssbsourceconfig or CSI-ODSSB-resourceSet. If it is associated with an AO-SSB, the existing parameters are reused. In this case, if it is desired to associate another SSB in the reported configuration, an additional indication is made in the reported configuration or resource configuration.

[0277] In some alternative embodiments, when the frequencies of OD-SSB and AO-SSB are different, the frequency of the SSB is indicated in the Layer 1 measurement reporting configuration (e.g., CSI-reportconfig) or the associated resource configuration (e.g., CSI-Resourceconfig, or CSI-SSB-resourceset), thereby determining whether it is OD-SSB or AO-SSB that is associated.

[0278] In some optional embodiments, when the OD-SSB and AO-SSB frequencies are the same, the type of SSB is indicated in the measurement object (MO) associated with the Layer 3 measurement reporting configuration. This can be done, for example, directly in the MO, in the reference signal configuration parameters, or in the reporting configuration (e.g., reportconfig). Optionally, when the OD-SSB and AO-SSB frequencies are different, it is not necessary to indicate the type of SSB.

[0279] The following explanation uses OD-SSB (Type I SSB) and always-on SSB (Type II SSB) as examples to illustrate the determination of resources and Central Processing Unit (CPU) reported by L1.

[0280] Currently, when a terminal performs periodic CSI reporting or non-initial semi-static CSI reporting based on SSB, if a time restriction configuration (timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements) is configured, the terminal derives and calculates the reported L1 measurement results based on the most recent SSB occasion in the CSI resource configuration that is no later than the CSI reference resource. Furthermore, a CSI report starts from the first symbol of the earliest SSB resource in the latest SSB occasion no later than the corresponding CSI reference resource, and ends at the last symbol of the configured Physical Uplink Sharing Channel (PUSCH) / Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) carrying the report, representing the number of CPUs (e.g., CSI processing units) required for the CSI report.

[0281] With the introduction of OD-SSB, since OD-SSB can be dynamically activated or deactivated, the most recent SSB occasion before the CSI reference resource may be either always-on SSB or on-demand SSB, as shown in Figure 4a. Therefore, it is necessary to determine how to determine the L1 measurement and / or reporting behavior of the terminal when OD-SSB is configured in the system.

[0282] 1. Determine the scenario of the measurement resources associated with the reported resources.

[0283] 1. When there is no distinction between always-on SSB and on-demand SSB, or when always-on SSB and on-demand SSB have the same configuration except for their time domain location, the following possibilities exist:

[0284] a) If the CSI report configuration is associated with both always-on SSB and on-demand SSB, then the following situations apply:

[0285] i. The L1 measurement result is calculated and reported based on the SSB resource derived from the SSB occasion no later than the CSI reference resource in the CSI resource configuration, i.e., without distinguishing between the two types of SSBs, and the protocol does not need to be modified in this case. It should be noted that the SSB resource refers to the SSB located at a specific index in the SSB burst, and the SSB occasion refers to the entire SSB burst. The meaning of SSB resource mentioned later is the same as in this implementation method, and will not be repeated here.

[0286] Specifically, when an on-demand indication signaling is located at, effective at, or applied to the SSB resource of the nearest SSB occasion based on the CSI reference resource in the CSI resource configuration, the terminal derives and calculates the reported L1 measurement result based on the SSB resource of the nearest SSB occasion based on the CSI reference resource in the CSI resource configuration before, before effective at, or before application of the indication signaling.

[0287] ii. When OD-SSB is activated, the L1 measurement results are calculated and reported based on the on-demand SSB resource in the CSI resource configuration that is no later than the most recent on-demand SSB occasion in the CSI reference resource configuration, and / or when OD-SSB is deactivated, the L1 measurement results are calculated and reported based on the on-demand SSB resource in the CSI resource configuration that is no later than the most recent always-on SSB occasion in the CSI reference resource configuration.

[0288] iii. If the on-demand SSB indication signaling is in effect or applied in the CSI resource configuration no later than the most recent always-on SSB occasion of the CSI reference resource, or if the on-demand SSB indication signaling is effective or applied in the CSI resource configuration no later than the most recent always-on SSB occasion of the CSI reference resource, and the valid occasion of the on-demand SSB is before the CSI reference resource, the terminal derives and calculates the reported L1 measurement result based on the most recent on-demand SSB occasion.

[0289] iv. If the on-demand SSB indication signaling is issued no later than the most recent always-on SSB occasion based on the CSI reference resource in the CSI resource configuration, or if the on-demand SSB indication signaling takes effect or is applied no later than the most recent always-on SSB occasion based on the CSI reference resource in the CSI resource configuration, and the valid occasion of the on-demand SSB is before the CSI reference resource, the terminal still derives and calculates the reported L1 measurement result based on the most recent always-on SSB occasion. That is, the terminal has already started measuring and calculating CSI. Although a new on-demand SSB subsequently arrives, CSI reporting is still based on the always-on SSB, which can reduce the processing complexity of the terminal.

[0290] Optionally, the above behavior is performed when the time interval between the always-on SSB and the CSI reference resource is less than a certain time interval.

[0291] Optionally, the above behavior is performed when only one SSB is needed to calculate the L1 measurement result; if multiple SSBs are needed, a shorter on-demand SSB cycle will help speed up the process.

[0292] 2. When the CSI report configuration is only associated with on-demand SSB, the L1 measurement results to be reported are derived and calculated based on the on-demand SSB occasion that is no later than the CSI reference resource in the CSI resource configuration.

[0293] 3. If the higher layer parameter timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements in CSI-ReportConfig is set to "NotConfigured", the UE will derive the channel measurements for computing the measurement quantity value reported in uplink slot n based only on the first SS / PBCH, no later than the CSI reference resource, associated with the CSI resource setting.

[0294] The measurement quantity includes at least one of the following:

[0295] L1 - Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP);

[0296] L1 - Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (SINR).

[0297] The first SS / PBCH includes at least one of the following: Always-on SSB, On-demand SSB.

[0298] 4. If the higher-layer parameter TimeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements in CSI-ReportConfig is set to "Configured", the UE will derive the channel measurements for computing the measurement quantity reported in uplink slot n based only on the most recent, no later than the CSI reference resource, occasion of the second SS / PBCH associated with the CSI resource setting.

[0299] The measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: L1-RSRP, L1-SINR.

[0300] The second SS / PBCH includes at least one of the following: Always-on SSB, On-demand SSB.

[0301] 2. Determine the scenarios in which the terminal occupies the CPU.

[0302] 1. When the CSI report configuration is associated with both always-on SSB and on-demand SSB, the following situations apply:

[0303] a) When on-demand SSB is deactivated, the CPU position occupied by the terminal is calculated from the first symbol of the always-on SSB resource of the most recent always-on SSB occasion that is no later than the CSI reference resource, up to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report.

[0304] b) When on-demand SSB is activated, the starting position of the CPU occupied by the terminal is calculated from the first symbol of the on-demand SSB resource of the most recent on-demand SSB occasion of the CSI reference resource, up to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report.

[0305] Specifically, if the on-demand SSB indication signaling occurs no later than the most recent always-on SSB occasion in the CSI resource configuration based on the CSI reference resource, and / or the valid occasion / resource of the on-demand SSB is located before the CSI reference resource, the starting position of the CPU occupied by the terminal is still calculated from the first symbol of the most recent always-on SSB resource. That is, even if the terminal has already started measuring and calculating CSI, and a new on-demand SSB subsequently arrives, the terminal is still processing the always-on SSB during this process, and the CPU is actually occupied. Therefore, calculation cannot start from the on-demand SSB at this time.

[0306] Optionally, this behavior is performed when the time interval between the always-on SSB and the CSI reference resource or the first valid on-demand SSB resource is less than a certain time interval. If the time interval is sufficient, the terminal can first stop CSI processing related behaviors based on the always-on SSB, and then start CSI processing again when a valid on-demand SSB is reached.

[0307] Specifically, if the on-demand indication signaling is located after, or is effective on, or applies to the SSB resource of the most recent SSB occasion in the CSI resource configuration based on the CSI reference resource, the starting position of the CPU occupied by the terminal is calculated from the first symbol of the most recent SSB resource before the on-demand indication signaling, up to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report.

[0308] When the network is configured to report CSI periodically, the reporting period is greater than or equal to the on-demand SSB period, but less than the always-on SSB period. After the on-demand SSB is deactivated, there may be no valid SSB resources in some reporting periods. In this case, the CSI report resource may be wasted, as shown in Figure 4b.

[0309] When the first condition is met, CSI reporting in uplink slot n is ignored, thus achieving better resource utilization.

[0310] The first condition satisfies at least one of the following:

[0311] There is no valid SSB resource associated with this CSI report within the reporting period corresponding to the reported resource.

[0312] There is no valid SSB resource between the corresponding CSI reference resource and the previous CSI reference resource;

[0313] The valid SSB resource is an SSB that does not fall within the measurement gap configured for the UE.

[0314] When the on-demand SSB is a semi-static signal, periodic reporting cannot be configured based on the on-demand SSB. Therefore, it is necessary to consider whether the network side can be configured to report periodically when the CSI reporting configuration configured on the network side is associated with both always-on SSB and on-demand SSB.

[0315] 1. When configuring periodic reporting on the network side, the CSI report configuration should simultaneously associate one periodic and one semi-static reporting resource. This can include the following situations:

[0316] a) The periodic reporting of resource association always-on SSB.

[0317] The period for periodically reporting resources is greater than or equal to the period for always-on SSB.

[0318] b) The semi-static reporting resources are only associated with on-demand SSB, or on-demand and always-on SSB, that is, the two types of SSB are not distinguished at this time.

[0319] The period for semi-static resource reporting is greater than or equal to the period for on-demand SSB.

[0320] c) When the on-demand SSB is activated, the semi-static reporting resource is also activated, and / or when the on-demand SSB is deactivated, the semi-static reporting resource is also deactivated, which is equivalent to the periodic and semi-static reporting resources being effective at the same time.

[0321] d) When the on-demand SSB is activated, the periodic reporting resource is deactivated until the on-demand SSB is deactivated, which is equivalent to temporarily switching to semi-static reporting resource after the on-demand SSB is activated.

[0322] 2. When the on-demand SSB does not meet the following conditions, periodic reporting cannot be configured in the CSI report configuration for the on-demand SSB, or periodic reporting cannot be configured based on the on-demand SSB. This can also be understood as meaning that periodic reporting can be configured in the CSI report configuration when the on-demand SSB meets the following conditions.

[0323] The condition is that the on-demand SSB is activated by the signaling added by the SCell and remains activated until the SCell is deactivated.

[0324] or,

[0325] The condition is that the on-demand SSB is activated by the signaling instruction added by the SCell and remains activated until the SCell is deleted.

[0326] 3. When the current terminal performs L1 reporting based on SSB, it needs to complete the L1 measurement and reporting process based on SSB within the required time T. When the higher layer is configured with a time restriction parameter, i.e., timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurement, the required number of SSBs is 1; otherwise, it is 3. When on-demand SSB and always-on SSB are activated simultaneously, the terminal can measure more SSBs in the same amount of time. Therefore, it is worth considering modifying the SSB-based L1 reporting requirement to achieve faster L1 reporting. Specifically, this could include the following situations:

[0327] a) When the always-on SSB period is more than three times the on-demand period, the requirement is determined based on the on-demand SSB period; for example, in the absence of DRX configuration, T = max(T_report, ceil(M*P)*T_ondemandssb), where M = 3, P is predefined by the protocol, T_report is the reporting period, and T_ondemandssb is the on-demand SSB period.

[0328] b) When the always-on SSB period is greater than twice but less than three times the on-demand period, the requirement is determined based on the always-on SSB period; for example, in the absence of DRX configuration, T = max(T_report,ceil(P)*T_alwaysonssb), where T_alwaysonssb is the always-on SSB period.

[0329] c) When the always-on SSB cycle is less than or equal to twice the on-demand cycle, the requirement is determined based on the on-demand SSB cycle, and the required cycle number is reduced by 1; for example, in the absence of DRX configuration, T = max(T_report,ceil((M-1)*P)*T_ondemandssb).

[0330] Please refer to Figure 4c, which is a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an embodiment of this application. This method can be executed by a network-side device, and as shown in Figure 4c, includes the following steps:

[0331] Step 401: The network-side device sends the first information to the terminal;

[0332] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0333] Optionally, if the first condition is met, the network-side device may be configured to periodically report based on the first type of SSB;

[0334] And / or,

[0335] If the first condition is not met and / or the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the network-side device does not configure periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB, or the network-side device does not configure periodic reporting.

[0336] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0337] The transmission of the first type of SSB continues until the secondary cell Scell ​​is deactivated;

[0338] The network-side device has not configured or indicated a first parameter for the first type of SSB transmission, the first parameter including at least one of number, duration and transmission end time;

[0339] The network-side device configures or indicates that the number of the first type of SSB transmissions is a first value or a non-numerical value;

[0340] The network-side device activates the first type of SSB transmission based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

[0341] The periodic reporting indicated by the network-side device is associated with a duration or the number of periods of the first type of SSB.

[0342] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB;

[0343] Among them, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are associated with different measurement objects MO.

[0344] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements;

[0345] The MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform neighbor cell measurements, or, if the first type of SSB is deactivated, the MO associated with the second type of SSB performs serving cell measurements and neighbor cell measurements.

[0346] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is the serving cell MO;

[0347] Specifically, when the first type of SSB is activated, the serving cell MO is activated; when the first type of SSB is deactivated, the serving cell MO is deactivated.

[0348] Optionally, the first type of SSB is associated with a first measurement window.

[0349] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0350] The network-side device receives the time window reported by the terminal for the first type of SSB measurement.

[0351] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information includes Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration;

[0352] The CSI reporting configuration includes a first resource configuration and a second resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration is associated with the first type of SSB and the second resource configuration is associated with the second type of SSB.

[0353] or,

[0354] The CSI reporting configuration includes a third resource configuration, which is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

[0355] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB;

[0356] or,

[0357] The first indication information does not include a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB.

[0358] It should be noted that the implementation method of this method can be found in the relevant description of the embodiment shown in Figure 3, and will not be repeated here.

[0359] Please refer to Figure 5, which is a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an embodiment of this application. This method can be executed by a terminal, and as shown in Figure 5, it includes the following steps:

[0360] Step 501: Upon receiving the DCI, the terminal determines the effective time or starting position of the first PRACH based on the first time.

[0361] Step 502: The terminal executes the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or starting position of the first PRACH;

[0362] Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last monitoring opportunity (MO) in the last paging opportunity (PO) of the last paging frame (PF) in the discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle in which the DCI is located, or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

[0363] The above determines the effective time or starting position of the first PRACH based on the first time. For example, the effective time or starting position of the first PRACH can be the first time.

[0364] In practical applications, when the number of users in the network is relatively small, the network can configure sparse PRACH resources to save network energy. When the number of users in the network increases, the network activates additional PRACH through DCI (additional PRACH resources are first configured by the network) to solve the access congestion problem. This DCI can be paging DCI or paging early indication (PEI). Paging DCI is sent at the UE's PO position, and PEI is sent at the PEI-O position. However, the PO or PEI-O positions associated with different UEs may be different. Therefore, after receiving the signaling to activate additional PRACH, the starting position of PRACH may be determined differently, causing the network to need to remain awake for a longer period of time to receive PRACH.

[0365] In related technologies, additional PRACH can take effect in the next DRX cycle after receiving the paging DCI or PEI that activates additional PRACH. The DRX cycle is the default paging cycle. However, since the minimum default paging cycle is 320ms, the delay in the signaling taking effect is too large, which cannot solve the RO resource congestion problem in a short time.

[0366] Based on this, this application proposes a method to ensure that different UEs understand the same additional PRACH start position. Specifically, upon receiving the DCI, the effective time or start position of the first PRACH is determined immediately. Compared to related technologies, this effectively shortens latency and ensures that different UEs understand the same start position of the additional PRACH resource, thereby allowing the network to sleep longer and achieving energy-saving gains.

[0367] Optionally, N is determined based on at least one of the following: subcarrier space (SCS), the capability of the terminal.

[0368] It should be noted that the measurement reporting method provided in this application embodiment can be executed by a measurement reporting device. This application embodiment uses a measurement reporting device executing the measurement reporting method as an example to illustrate the measurement reporting device provided in this application embodiment.

[0369] This application provides a measurement reporting device. As an example, the measurement reporting device can be a communication device or a component within a communication device, such as a chip. The communication device can be a terminal or a server, etc. Exemplarily, the terminal can be, but is not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above. This application does not impose specific limitations.

[0370] The measurement reporting device includes a receiving module, a transmitting module, and a processing module. These modules can be implemented in software or hardware. When implemented in hardware, the processing module can be implemented by a processor. For example, the processor can include general-purpose processors, special-purpose processors, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), microprocessor, Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Network Processor (NP), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, gate circuits, transistors, discrete hardware components, etc. The receiving and transmitting modules can be implemented by a communication interface, which can include one or more of the following: transceiver, pins, circuits, bus, radio frequency unit, etc.

[0371] Specifically, referring to Figure 6, when the measurement reporting device is a terminal or a component in a terminal, the measurement reporting device 600 includes a processing module 601 for performing at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information;

[0372] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0373] Optionally, the processing module 601 is further configured to:

[0374] If the first condition is met, the network-side device is considered capable of being configured to periodically report based on the first type of SSB; or,

[0375] If the first condition is not met and / or the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, it is not expected that the network-side device will be configured to periodically report based on the first type of SSB, or it is not expected that the network-side device will be configured to periodically report.

[0376] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0377] The first type of SSB is sent to the secondary cell Scell ​​for deactivation;

[0378] The network-side device has not configured or indicated a first parameter for the first type of SSB transmission, the first parameter including at least one of number, duration and transmission end time;

[0379] The network-side device configures or indicates that the number of the first type of SSB transmissions is a first value or a non-numerical value;

[0380] The network-side device activates the first type of SSB transmission based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

[0381] The periodic reporting indicated by the network-side device is associated with a duration or the number of periods of the first type of SSB.

[0382] Optionally, when the network-side device configures the terminal to periodically report based on the first type of SSB, the processing module 601 is further configured to:

[0383] When the first type of SSB is deactivated, the terminal considers the resource used for the periodic reporting to be invalid.

[0384] Optionally, the first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0385] When the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the first operation is performed;

[0386] The first operation includes the following:

[0387] At least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on a target SSB, wherein the target SSB is determined based on the location of the reported resource;

[0388] At least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on the target class SSB of the two types of SSBs, wherein the target class SSB is determined according to the state of the first type of SSB;

[0389] Report the measurement results of the two types of SSBs mentioned above;

[0390] The measurement results and second indication information of one of the two types of SSBs are reported, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the type of SSB associated with the reported measurement results;

[0391] The two types of SSBs include the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

[0392] Optionally, the target SSB includes: the SSB that is closest to the reported resource among the SSBs preceding the reported resource, or the SSB that is closest to the reference resource among the SSBs preceding the reference resource.

[0393] Optionally, when the first type of SSB is in a deactivated state, the target type of SSB is the second type of SSB;

[0394] And / or,

[0395] When the first type of SSB is in an active state, the target type of SSB is the first type of SSB.

[0396] Optionally, the reporting of the measurement results of the two types of SSBs includes:

[0397] If the second condition is met, report the measurement results of the two types of SSBs;

[0398] The second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0399] The measurement results for the first type of SSB are different from those for the second type of SSB;

[0400] The frequencies of the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are different;

[0401] The transmission power of the first type of SSB is different from that of the second type of SSB.

[0402] Optionally, the second indication information is an SSB Resource Indicator (SSBRI), which is determined based on all SSBs configured for the terminal by the network-side device.

[0403] Optionally, the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0404] When the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, if the first type of SSB is activated or receives a first instruction, the first operation is executed.

[0405] The first instruction is an instruction used to instruct the transmission of the first type of SSB.

[0406] Optionally, the first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0407] If the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, a second operation is performed, wherein the first instruction is used to instruct the activation of the first type of SSB, and the second operation includes at least one of the following:

[0408] Serving cell measurements are performed based on the first type of SSB;

[0409] Stop or interrupt neighboring cell measurements.

[0410] Optionally, performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB includes:

[0411] Serving cell measurements are performed preferentially based on the first type of SSB.

[0412] Optionally, performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB includes:

[0413] If the terminal is performing a measurement based on a first frequency when the first type of SSB is activated, then a second operation or a third operation is performed, wherein the first frequency is different from the frequency of the first type of SSB;

[0414] The second operation includes: stopping or interrupting the measurement based on the first frequency, and performing serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB;

[0415] The third operation includes at least one of the following:

[0416] If the third condition is met, the terminal performs serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB after completing the measurement based on the first frequency.

[0417] If the third condition is not met, the terminal stops or interrupts the measurement based on the first frequency and performs serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB;

[0418] The third condition includes: performing the measurement of the first type of SSB after the measurement based on the first frequency is completed can meet the measurement requirements of the first type of SSB.

[0419] Optionally, when the terminal performs serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB, the measurement requirement of the neighboring cell is invalidated;

[0420] And / or,

[0421] Once the terminal completes the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the measurement requirements of the neighboring cells are reactivated.

[0422] Optionally, the processing module 601 is further configured to:

[0423] After completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, perform the neighboring cell measurement.

[0424] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information is also associated with a second type of SSB, and the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0425] After completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, neighbor cell measurement is performed based on the second type of SSB.

[0426] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB;

[0427] Among them, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are associated with different measurement objects MO.

[0428] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements;

[0429] The MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform neighbor cell measurements, or, if the first type of SSB is deactivated, the MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements and neighbor cell measurements.

[0430] Optionally, the processing module 601 is specifically used for at least one of the following:

[0431] When the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, at least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on at least one of the MO and SMTC associated with the first type of SSB, wherein the first instruction is used to indicate the activation of the first type of SSB;

[0432] When the first type of SSB is deactivated or a second instruction is received, at least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on at least one of the MO and SMTC associated with the second type of SSB, wherein the second instruction is for instructing the deactivation of the first type of SSB.

[0433] Optionally, in the case where the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are on different frequencies, the reference frequency used to determine the measurement type of the neighboring cell's SSB is the frequency of the second type of SSB;

[0434] The measurement types include same-frequency measurement and different-frequency measurement.

[0435] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is the serving cell MO;

[0436] Specifically, when the first type of SSB is activated, the serving cell MO is activated; when the first type of SSB is deactivated, the serving cell MO is deactivated.

[0437] Optionally, the first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0438] The terminal performs at least one of the measurements and reporting based on the first type of SSB in the first measurement window.

[0439] Optionally, the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0440] When the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, a layer 1 measurement is performed based on the first type of SSB, and a measurement of at least one of the neighboring cell and the serving cell is performed based on the SMTC.

[0441] The first instruction is used to instruct the activation of the first type of SSB.

[0442] Optionally, the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0443] If the secondary cell does not send a Type 2 SSB, neighbor cell measurements are performed based on SMTC.

[0444] Optionally, the SMTC is completely orthogonal to the transmission location or time window of the first type of SSB.

[0445] Optionally, the processing module 601 is specifically used for:

[0446] If the network-side device triggers measurements of N secondary cells, the measurements of the secondary cells are performed based on the first information and the relaxed measurement requirements.

[0447] Wherein, the measurement requirement after relaxation is M times the measurement requirement before relaxation, where M is a positive number less than or equal to N, and N is a positive integer.

[0448] Optionally, the apparatus further includes a transmitting module for reporting a time window for the first type of SSB measurement.

[0449] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information includes Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration;

[0450] The CSI reporting configuration includes a first resource configuration and a second resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration is associated with the first type of SSB and the second resource configuration is associated with the second type of SSB.

[0451] or,

[0452] The CSI reporting configuration includes a third resource configuration, which is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

[0453] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB;

[0454] or,

[0455] The first indication information does not include a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB.

[0456] Optionally, the processing module 601 is further configured to:

[0457] If the first indication information includes the first indication field, and the first indication field indicates that the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB is a first value or a non-numerical value, it is considered that the first type of SSB is deactivated in the case of secondary cell deactivation.

[0458] or,

[0459] If the first indication information does not include the first indication field, it is assumed that the first type of SSB is deactivated in the case of secondary cell deactivation.

[0460] Optionally, when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the CPU occupancy time of the CSI processing unit satisfies at least one of the following:

[0461] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource, which is no later than the latest SSB timing of the CSI reference resource (either the latest Type I SSB timing or the latest Type II SSB timing), to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report.

[0462] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource, which is no later than the latest Type I SSB time and the latest Type II SSB time, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report.

[0463] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource no later than the latest first-class SSB timing of the CSI reference resource, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report;

[0464] The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource at the latest Type II SSB timing no later than the CSI reference resource, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report;

[0465] The CSI report occupies CPU(s) from the first symbol after the PDCCH that triggers the CSI report to the last symbol of the scheduling PUSCH that carries the CSI report.

[0466] Optionally, the first indication information is sent before or during the activation of the secondary cell, and is used to indicate the update of the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0467] Optionally, when the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the channel measurement time limit parameter cannot be set to 'configuration'.

[0468] Optionally, when the SSB absolute frequency indication field does not exist, the processing module is used to obtain timing information based on the first type of SSB when the first type of SSB is activated.

[0469] Optionally, the processing module 601 is used to determine whether the measurement reporting configuration is associated with a first type of SSB or a second type of SSB based on the measurement reporting configuration information.

[0470] The configuration device provided in this application embodiment can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment of FIG3 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0471] It should be noted that the configuration method provided in this application embodiment can be executed by a configuration device. This application embodiment uses the execution of the configuration method by a configuration device as an example to illustrate the configuration device provided in this application embodiment.

[0472] This application provides a configuration device. As an example, the configuration device may be a communication device or a component within a communication device, such as a chip. The communication device may be a network-side device or a server, etc. Exemplarily, the network-side device may include, but is not limited to, the types of network-side devices 12 listed above; this application does not impose specific limitations on these types.

[0473] The configuration device includes a receiving module, a transmitting module, and a processing module. These modules can be implemented in software or hardware. When implemented in hardware, the processing module can be implemented by a processor. For example, the processor can include general-purpose processors, special-purpose processors, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), microprocessor, Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Network Processor (NP), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, gate circuits, transistors, discrete hardware components, etc. The receiving and transmitting modules can be implemented by a communication interface, which can include one or more of the following: transceiver, pins, circuits, bus, radio frequency unit, etc.

[0474] Referring to Figure 7, when the configuration device is a network-side device or a component in a network-side device, the configuration device 700 includes a sending module 701 for sending first information to the terminal;

[0475] The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0476] Optionally, if the first condition is met, periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB can be configured;

[0477] And / or,

[0478] If the first condition is not met and / or the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB is not configured, or the network-side device does not configure periodic reporting.

[0479] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0480] The transmission of the first type of SSB continues until the secondary cell Scell ​​is deactivated;

[0481] The network-side device has not configured or indicated a first parameter for the first type of SSB transmission, the first parameter including at least one of number, duration and transmission end time;

[0482] The network-side device configures or indicates that the number of the first type of SSB transmissions is a first value or a non-numerical value;

[0483] The network-side device activates the first type of SSB transmission based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

[0484] The periodic reporting indicated by the network-side device is associated with a duration or the number of periods of the first type of SSB.

[0485] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB;

[0486] Among them, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are associated with different measurement objects MO.

[0487] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements;

[0488] The MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform neighbor cell measurements, or, if the first type of SSB is deactivated, the MO associated with the second type of SSB performs serving cell measurements and neighbor cell measurements.

[0489] Optionally, the MO associated with the first type of SSB is the serving cell MO;

[0490] Specifically, when the first type of SSB is activated, the serving cell MO is activated; when the first type of SSB is deactivated, the serving cell MO is deactivated.

[0491] Optionally, the first type of SSB is associated with a first measurement window.

[0492] Optionally, the device further includes a receiving module for receiving a time window reported by the terminal for the first type of SSB measurement.

[0493] Optionally, the measurement reporting configuration information includes Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration;

[0494] The CSI reporting configuration includes a first resource configuration and a second resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration is associated with the first type of SSB and the second resource configuration is associated with the second type of SSB.

[0495] or,

[0496] The CSI reporting configuration includes a third resource configuration, which is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

[0497] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB;

[0498] or,

[0499] The first indication information does not include a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB.

[0500] The measurement reporting device provided in this application embodiment can implement all the processes implemented in the method embodiment of FIG4c and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0501] This application provides a transmission device. As an example, the transmission device may be a communication device or a component within a communication device, such as a chip. The communication device may be a terminal or a server, etc. Exemplarily, the terminal may include, but is not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above; this application does not impose specific limitations.

[0502] Referring to Figure 8, when the transmission device is a terminal or a component within a terminal, the transmission device 800 includes:

[0503] Processing module 801 is used to determine the effective time or start position of the first physical random access channel (PRACH) based on a first time when receiving downlink control information (DCI).

[0504] The sending module 802 is used to execute the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or start position of the first PRACH;

[0505] Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last listening opportunity MO in the last paging opportunity PO in the last paging frame of the non-continuous reception DRX cycle in which the DCI is located or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

[0506] Optionally, N is determined based on at least one of the following: subcarrier spacing (SCS), and the capability of the terminal.

[0507] As shown in Figure 9, this application embodiment also provides a communication device 900, including a processor 901 and a memory 902. The memory 902 stores a program or instructions that can run on the processor 901. For example, when the communication device 900 is a terminal, the program or instructions executed by the processor 901 implement the various steps of the above-described measurement reporting method embodiment, or implement the various steps of the above-described transmission method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 900 is a network-side device, the program or instructions executed by the processor 901 implement the various steps of the above-described configuration method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, this will not be described again here.

[0508] This application also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps in the method embodiments shown in FIG3 or 5. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-described terminal-side method embodiments, and all implementation processes and methods of the above-described method embodiments can be applied to this terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. The terminal can be the measurement reporting device shown in FIG6 or the transmission device shown in FIG8. Specifically, FIG10 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of this application.

[0509] The terminal 1000 includes, but is not limited to, at least some of the following components: radio frequency unit 1001, network module 1002, audio output unit 1003, input unit 1004, sensor 1005, display unit 1006, user input unit 1007, interface unit 1008, memory 1009, and processor 1010.

[0510] Those skilled in the art will understand that the terminal 1000 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for powering various components. The power supply can be logically connected to the processor 1010 through a power management system, thereby enabling functions such as charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. The terminal structure shown in Figure 10 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0511] It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the input unit 1004 may include a graphics processor 10041 and a microphone 10042. The graphics processor 10041 processes image data of still images or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in video capture mode or image capture mode. The display unit 1006 may include a display panel 10061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1007 includes a touch panel 10071 and at least one of other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 may include a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 10072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, power buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be described in detail here.

[0512] In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network-side device, the radio frequency unit 1001 can transmit it to the processor 1010 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 1001 can send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 1001 includes, but is not limited to, antennas, amplifiers, transceivers, couplers, low-noise amplifiers, duplexers, etc.

[0513] The memory 1009 can be used to store software programs or instructions, as well as various data. The memory 1009 may primarily include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data. The first storage area may store the operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.). Furthermore, the memory 1009 may include volatile memory or non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 1009 in this embodiment includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0514] The processor 1010 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1010 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles operations involving the operating system, user interface, and applications, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the aforementioned modem processor may also not be integrated into the processor 1010.

[0515] The processor 1010 is configured to perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on first information; wherein the first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information, the measurement reporting configuration information being associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB), the first type of SSB being an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation, and the first indication information being used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

[0516] or,

[0517] The processor 1010 is configured to determine the effective time or start position of the first physical random access channel (PRACH) based on a first time when receiving downlink control information (DCI).

[0518] Radio frequency unit 1001 is used to perform the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or start position of the first PRACH;

[0519] Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last listening opportunity MO in the last paging opportunity PO in the last paging frame of the non-continuous reception DRX cycle in which the DCI is located or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

[0520] It is understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant descriptions of the measurement reporting method embodiment or the transmission method embodiment, and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0521] This application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in FIG4c. This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-described network-side device method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the above-described method embodiments can be applied to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0522] Specifically, this application embodiment also provides a network-side device, which can be the configuration device shown in FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 11, the network-side device 1100 includes: an antenna 1101, a radio frequency device 1102, a baseband device 1103, a processor 1104, and a memory 1105. The antenna 1101 is connected to the radio frequency device 1102. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 1102 receives information through the antenna 1101 and sends the received information to the baseband device 1103 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1103 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the radio frequency device 1102. The radio frequency device 1102 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 1101.

[0523] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 1103, which includes a baseband processor.

[0524] The baseband device 1103 may include at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are disposed, as shown in FIG11. One of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 1105 via a bus interface to call the program in the memory 1105 and execute the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

[0525] The network-side device may also include a network interface 1106, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0526] Specifically, the network-side device 1100 in this application embodiment further includes: instructions or programs stored in memory 1105 and executable on processor 1104. Processor 1104 calls the instructions or programs in memory 1105 to execute the methods executed by each module shown in FIG7 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described in detail here.

[0527] This application also provides a readable storage medium storing a program or instructions. When the program or instructions are executed by a processor, they implement the various processes of the above-described measurement reporting method embodiment, or the various processes of the above-described configuration method embodiment, or the various processes of the above-described transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, they will not be described again here.

[0528] The processor mentioned above is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk, or optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transient readable storage medium.

[0529] This application embodiment also provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above measurement reporting method embodiment, or to implement the various processes of the above configuration method embodiment, or to implement the various processes of the above transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0530] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of this application may also be referred to as a system-on-a-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-a-chip, etc.

[0531] This application also provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-described measurement reporting method embodiment, or to implement the various processes of the above-described configuration method embodiment, or to implement the various processes of the above-described transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0532] This application also provides a wireless communication system, including: a terminal and a network-side device. The terminal can be used to perform the steps of the measurement reporting method as described above, the network-side device can be used to perform the steps of the configuration method as described above, or the terminal can also be used to perform the steps of the transmission method as described above.

[0533] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes that element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0534] From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of computer software products plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms, and of course, they can also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes several instructions to cause the terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

[0535] The embodiments of this application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this application is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other implementations under the guidance of this application without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims. All of these implementations are within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A measurement reporting method, comprising: The terminal performs at least one of the measurement and reporting based on the first information; The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: If the first condition is met, the terminal considers that the network-side device can be configured to periodically report based on the first type of SSB; or, If the first condition is not met and / or the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal does not expect the network-side device to configure periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB, or the terminal does not expect the network-side device to configure periodic reporting. The first condition includes at least one of the following: The first type of SSB is sent to the secondary cell Scell ​​for deactivation; The network-side device has not configured or indicated a first parameter for the first type of SSB transmission, the first parameter including at least one of number, duration and transmission end time; The network-side device configures or indicates that the number of the first type of SSB transmissions is a first value or a non-numerical value; The network-side device activates the first type of SSB transmission based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The periodic reporting indicated by the network-side device is associated with a duration or the number of periods of the first type of SSB.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, When the network-side device configures the terminal to periodically report based on the first type of SSB, the method further includes: When the first type of SSB is deactivated, the terminal considers the resource used for the periodic reporting to be invalid.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, The first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including: When the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal performs the first operation; The first operation includes the following: At least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on a target SSB, wherein the target SSB is determined based on the location of the reported resource; At least one of measurement and reporting is performed based on the target class SSB of the two types of SSBs, wherein the target class SSB is determined according to the state of the first type of SSB; Report the measurement results of the two types of SSBs mentioned above; The measurement results and second indication information of one of the two types of SSBs are reported, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the type of SSB associated with the reported measurement results; The two types of SSBs include the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, The target SSB includes: the SSB that is closest to the reported resource among the SSBs preceding the reported resource, or the SSB that is closest to the reference resource among the SSBs preceding the reference resource.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein, When the first type of SSB is in a deactivated state, the target type of SSB is the second type of SSB; And / or, When the first type of SSB is in an active state, the target type of SSB is the first type of SSB.

7. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein, The reported measurement results for the two types of SSBs include: If the second condition is met, report the measurement results of the two types of SSBs; The second condition includes at least one of the following: The measurement results for the first type of SSB are different from those for the second type of SSB; The frequencies of the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are different; The transmission power of the first type of SSB is different from that of the second type of SSB.

8. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein, The second indication information is an SSB Resource Indicator (SSBRI), which is determined based on all SSBs configured for the terminal by the network-side device.

9. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein, When the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the terminal performs a first operation, including: When the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, if the first type of SSB is activated or receives a first instruction, the terminal performs the first operation. The first instruction is an instruction used to instruct the transmission of the first type of SSB.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein, The first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including: If the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs a second operation, wherein the first instruction is used to instruct the activation of the first type of SSB, and the second operation includes at least one of the following: Serving cell measurements are performed based on the first type of SSB; Stop or interrupt neighboring cell measurements.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein, The process of performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB includes: Serving cell measurements are performed preferentially based on the first type of SSB.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, The process of performing serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB includes: If the terminal is performing a measurement based on a first frequency when the first type of SSB is activated, then a second operation or a third operation is performed, wherein the first frequency is different from the frequency of the first type of SSB; The second operation includes: stopping or interrupting the measurement based on the first frequency, and performing serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB; The third operation includes at least one of the following: If the third condition is met, the terminal performs serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB after completing the measurement based on the first frequency. If the third condition is not met, the terminal stops or interrupts the measurement based on the first frequency and performs serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB; The third condition includes: performing the measurement of the first type of SSB after the measurement based on the first frequency is completed can meet the measurement requirements of the first type of SSB.

13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein, When the terminal performs serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB, the measurement requirement of the neighboring cell is invalidated; And / or, Once the terminal completes the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the measurement requirements of the neighboring cells are reactivated.

14. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 13, further comprising: Upon completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurement.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, When the measurement reporting configuration information is also associated with a second type of SSB, the step of the terminal performing neighbor cell measurement after completing the serving cell measurement based on the first type of SSB includes: Upon completion of serving cell measurements based on the first type of SSB, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurements based on the second type of SSB.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein, The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB; Among them, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are associated with different measurement objects MO.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein, The MO associated with the first type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements; The MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform neighbor cell measurements, or, if the first type of SSB is deactivated, the MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements and neighbor cell measurements.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein, The terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including at least one of the following: When the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on at least one of the MO and SMTC associated with the first type of SSB, wherein the first instruction is used to indicate the activation of the first type of SSB; When the first type of SSB is deactivated or a second instruction is received, the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on at least one of the MO and SMTC associated with the second type of SSB, wherein the second instruction is for instructing the deactivation of the first type of SSB.

19. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein, In the case where the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are on different frequencies, the reference frequency used to determine the measurement type of the SSB of the neighboring cell is the frequency of the second type of SSB; The measurement types include same-frequency measurement and different-frequency measurement.

20. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein, The MO associated with the first type of SSB is the serving cell MO; Specifically, when the first type of SSB is activated, the serving cell MO is activated; when the first type of SSB is deactivated, the serving cell MO is deactivated.

21. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein, The first information includes the measurement reporting configuration information, and the terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including: The terminal performs at least one of the measurements and reporting based on the first type of SSB in the first measurement window.

22. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein, The terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including: When the first type of SSB is activated or a first instruction is received, the terminal performs Layer 1 measurement based on the first type of SSB and performs at least one measurement of neighboring cells and serving cells based on SMTC; The first instruction is used to instruct the activation of the first type of SSB.

23. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein, The terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including: If the secondary cell does not send a Type 2 SSB, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurements based on SMTC.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein, The SMTC is completely orthogonal to the transmission location or time window of the first type of SSB.

25. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 24, wherein, The terminal performs at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information, including: When the network-side device triggers measurements of N secondary cells, the terminal performs measurements of the secondary cells based on the first information and the relaxed measurement requirements; Wherein, the measurement requirement after relaxation is M times the measurement requirement before relaxation, where M is a positive number less than or equal to N, and N is a positive integer.

26. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 25, further comprising: The terminal reports the time window used for the first type of SSB measurement.

27. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 26, wherein, The measurement reporting configuration information includes the Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration; The CSI reporting configuration includes a first resource configuration and a second resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration is associated with the first type of SSB and the second resource configuration is associated with the second type of SSB. or, The CSI reporting configuration includes a third resource configuration, which is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

28. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 27, wherein, The first indication information includes a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB; or, The first indication information does not include a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising: If the first indication information includes the first indication field, and the first indication field indicates that the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB is a first value or a non-numerical value, the terminal considers that the first type of SSB is deactivated in the case of secondary cell deactivation. or, If the first indication information does not include the first indication field, the terminal believes that the first type of SSB is deactivated in the case of secondary cell deactivation.

30. The method according to claim 1, wherein, When the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the CPU occupancy time of the CSI processing unit must meet at least one of the following conditions: The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource, which is no later than the latest SSB timing of the CSI reference resource (either the latest Type I SSB timing or the latest Type II SSB timing), to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report. The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource, which is no later than the latest Type I SSB time and the latest Type II SSB time, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report. The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource no later than the latest first-class SSB timing of the CSI reference resource, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report; The CPU(s) occupied by the CSI report are calculated from the first symbol of the SSB resource at the latest Type II SSB timing no later than the CSI reference resource, to the last symbol of the configured PUSCH / PUCCH carrying the report; The CSI report occupies CPU(s) from the first symbol after the PDCCH that triggers the CSI report to the last symbol of the scheduling PUSCH that carries the CSI report.

31. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The first indication information is sent before or during the activation of the secondary cell, and is used to indicate the update of the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

32. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: When the measurement reporting configuration is associated with both Type 1 and Type 2 SSBs, the channel measurement time limit parameter cannot be set to 'configuration'.

33. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: When the absolute frequency indication field of the SSB does not exist, the terminal obtains timing information based on the first type of SSB when the first type of SSB is activated.

34. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: The terminal determines whether the measurement reporting configuration is associated with a Type I SSB or a Type II SSB based on the measurement reporting configuration information.

35. A configuration method, comprising: The network-side device sends the first information to the terminal; The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

36. The method according to claim 35, wherein, Under the condition that the first condition is met, the network-side device can be configured to periodically report based on the first type of SSB; And / or, If the first condition is not met and / or the measurement reporting configuration information is associated with two types of SSBs, the network-side device does not configure periodic reporting based on the first type of SSB, or the network-side device does not configure periodic reporting. The first condition includes at least one of the following: The transmission of the first type of SSB continues until the secondary cell Scell ​​is deactivated; The network-side device has not configured or indicated a first parameter for the first type of SSB transmission, the first parameter including at least one of number, duration and transmission end time; The network-side device configures or indicates that the number of the first type of SSB transmissions is a first value or a non-numerical value; The network-side device activates the first type of SSB transmission based on Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The periodic reporting indicated by the network-side device is associated with a duration or the number of periods of the first type of SSB.

37. The method according to claim 35 or 36, wherein, The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB; Among them, the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB are associated with different measurement objects MO.

38. The method according to claim 37, wherein, The MO associated with the first type of SSB is used to perform serving cell measurements; The MO associated with the second type of SSB is used to perform neighbor cell measurements, or, if the first type of SSB is deactivated, the MO associated with the second type of SSB performs serving cell measurements and neighbor cell measurements.

39. The method according to any one of claims 35 to 38, wherein, The MO associated with the first type of SSB is the serving cell MO; Specifically, when the first type of SSB is activated, the serving cell MO is activated; when the first type of SSB is deactivated, the serving cell MO is deactivated.

40. The method according to any one of claims 35 to 39, wherein, The first type of SSB is associated with the first measurement window.

41. The method according to any one of claims 35 to 40, further comprising: The network-side device receives the time window reported by the terminal for the first type of SSB measurement.

42. The method according to any one of claims 35 to 41, wherein, The measurement reporting configuration information includes the Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration. The CSI reporting configuration includes a first resource configuration and a second resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration is associated with the first type of SSB and the second resource configuration is associated with the second type of SSB. or, The CSI reporting configuration includes a third resource configuration, which is associated with the first type of SSB and the second type of SSB.

43. The method according to any one of claims 35 to 42, wherein, The first indication information includes a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB; or, The first indication information does not include a first indication field for indicating the number of transmissions of the first type of SSB.

44. A transmission method, comprising: Upon receiving downlink control information (DCI), the terminal determines the effective time or starting position of the first physical random access channel (PRACH) based on the first moment. The terminal executes the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or starting position of the first PRACH; Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last listening opportunity MO in the last paging opportunity PO in the last paging frame of the non-continuous reception DRX cycle in which the DCI is located or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

45. The method according to claim 44, wherein, N is determined based on at least one of the following: subcarrier spacing (SCS), and the capability of the terminal.

46. ​​A measurement reporting device, comprising: The processing module is used to perform at least one of measurement and reporting based on the first information; The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

47. A configuration device, comprising: The sending module is used to send the first information to the terminal; The first information includes at least one of measurement reporting configuration information and first indication information. The measurement reporting configuration information is associated with a first type of synchronization signal block (SSB). The first type of SSB is an on-demand SSB or an SSB that supports activation or deactivation. The first indication information is used to indicate the transmission pattern of the first type of SSB.

48. A transmission device, comprising: The processing module is used to determine the effective time or start position of the first physical random access channel (PRACH) based on the first time when receiving downlink control information (DCI). The sending module is used to execute the first PRACH transmission according to the effective time or start position of the first PRACH; Wherein, the first PRACH is an additional PRACH, the first time is the second time offset by the first duration, the second time is the time unit of the last listening opportunity MO in the last paging opportunity PO in the last paging frame of the non-continuous reception DRX cycle in which the DCI is located or the end time of the MO, and the first duration is the DCI processing time of K symbols, where K is a positive integer.

49. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the measurement reporting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 34, or implementing the steps of the transmission method as claimed in any one of claims 44 to 45.

50. A network-side device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the configuration method as described in any one of claims 35 to 43.

51. A readable storage medium storing a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the measurement reporting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 34, or the steps of the configuration method as claimed in any one of claims 35 to 43, or the steps of the transmission method as claimed in any one of claims 44 to 45.

52. A computer program product, said computer program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the measurement reporting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 34, or the steps of the configuration method as claimed in any one of claims 35 to 43, or the steps of the transmission method as claimed in any one of claims 44 to 45.

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