Concurrent Measurement Gaps for Multi-Frequency Signal Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network configurations allow only one measurement gap to be configured at a time, limiting measurement efficiency due to the inability to cover multiple time windows or reference signals simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of concurrent gaps, which include multiple preconfigured measurement gaps that can be activated or deactivated, allowing for flexible configuration and measurement across multiple frequency layers and reference signals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If only one measurement gap is configured at a time, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the measurement efficiency and productivity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement gap configuration is segmented into multiple independent measurement gaps (first measurement gap and second measurement gap) that can be configured and activated separately. Each measurement gap has its own measurement gap configuration parameters, allowing the terminal device to perform measurements on different frequency layers or reference signals simultaneously without increasing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The measurement gap configuration is made dynamic through activation and deactivation mechanisms. The network device can dynamically activate or deactivate specific measurement gaps based on current measurement requirements, allowing flexible adaptation to different measurement scenarios while maintaining manageable configuration complexity
2Measurement precision
If the duration of one measurement gap is limited, then the ease of operation is improved and device complexity is reduced, but the measurement precision and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement process is segmented across multiple measurement gaps instead of relying on a single extended measurement gap. Each measurement gap maintains a manageable duration for ease of operation, while the combination of multiple measurement gaps provides sufficient total measurement time to achieve required measurement precision and reliability
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple measurement gaps are merged in time to achieve the cumulative measurement effect of a single long measurement gap. The terminal device performs measurements across multiple shorter gaps, combining the results to achieve the same measurement precision that would require a single extended gap, thereby maintaining operational flexibility while improving measurement reliability
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AI summary
Provided are a method and apparatus for measurement interval enhancement, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes that: a terminal device receives configuration information of coexisting measurement intervals, the coexisting measurement intervals including a plurality of measurement intervals and at least some of the measurement intervals among the plurality of measurement intervals being preconfigured measurement intervals, wherein the preconfigured measurement intervals can be activated or deactivated.