WO2024065429A1 - 一种通信方法、终端设备以及网络设备 - Google Patents

一种通信方法、终端设备以及网络设备 Download PDF

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WO2024065429A1
WO2024065429A1 PCT/CN2022/122749 CN2022122749W WO2024065429A1 WO 2024065429 A1 WO2024065429 A1 WO 2024065429A1 CN 2022122749 W CN2022122749 W CN 2022122749W WO 2024065429 A1 WO2024065429 A1 WO 2024065429A1
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  • the present application relates to the field of communication technology, and more specifically, to a communication method, a terminal device and a network device.
  • the related technology can indicate whether the terminal device supports the configuration of measurement intervals by frequency range through the terminal device capability information.
  • the indication granularity is coarse, it is difficult to indicate when some frequency bands support the configuration of measurement intervals by frequency range; when the indication granularity is fine, there will be problems such as large signaling overhead or inability to meet compatibility.
  • the present application provides a communication method, a terminal device and a network device.
  • the following introduces various aspects involved in the present application.
  • a communication method comprising: a terminal device receives a first inquiry message; in response to the first inquiry message, the terminal device sends a first indication message; wherein the first indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuration of a measurement interval by frequency range, and the first inquiry message is used to inquire about information related to the measurement interval.
  • a communication method comprising: a network device sends a first inquiry message to a terminal device; the network device receives a first indication message; wherein the first indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuring a measurement interval by frequency range, the first inquiry message is used to inquire about information related to the measurement interval, and the first indication message is response information to the first inquiry message.
  • a terminal device comprising: a first receiving unit for receiving first inquiry information; a first sending unit for sending first indication information in response to the first inquiry information; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuration of measurement intervals by frequency range, and the first inquiry information is used to inquire about information related to the measurement interval.
  • a network device comprising: a second sending unit, used to send a first inquiry message to a terminal device; a second receiving unit, used to receive a first indication message; wherein the first indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuring a measurement interval by frequency range, the first inquiry message is used to inquire about information related to the measurement interval, and the first indication message is response information to the first inquiry message.
  • a terminal device comprising a processor, a memory and a transceiver, wherein the memory is used to store one or more computer programs, and the processor is used to call the computer program in the memory so that the terminal device executes part or all of the steps in the method of the first aspect.
  • a network device comprising a processor, a memory and a transceiver, wherein the memory is used to store one or more computer programs, and the processor is used to call the computer program in the memory so that the network device executes part or all of the steps in the method of the second aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, which includes the above-mentioned terminal and/or network device.
  • the system may also include other devices that interact with the terminal or network device in the solution provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program enables a terminal to execute part or all of the steps in the methods of the above aspects.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, wherein the computer program product includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program is operable to cause a terminal to execute some or all of the steps in the above-mentioned various aspects of the method.
  • the computer program product can be a software installation package.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, which includes a memory and a processor.
  • the processor can call and run a computer program from the memory to implement some or all of the steps described in the methods of the above aspects.
  • the terminal device can report whether it supports the configuration of the measurement interval by frequency range by responding to the first inquiry information. Therefore, the terminal device can report the support status of the measurement interval configured by frequency range at an appropriate granularity.
  • the technical solution of the present application can report that some frequency bands support the measurement interval configured by frequency range.
  • the present application can report whether the configuration of the measurement interval by frequency range is supported according to the granularity of the fallback frequency band combination, thereby saving signaling overhead.
  • FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system used in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG2 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG3 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided in Embodiment 1 of the present application.
  • FIG4 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided in Embodiment 2 of the present application.
  • FIG5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG1 is a wireless communication system 100 used in an embodiment of the present application.
  • the wireless communication system 100 may include a network device 110 and a terminal device 120.
  • the network device 110 may be a device that communicates with the terminal device 120.
  • the network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a specific geographical area, and may communicate with the terminal device 120 located in the coverage area.
  • FIG1 exemplarily shows a network device and two terminals.
  • the wireless communication system 100 may include multiple network devices and each network device may include other number of terminal devices within its coverage area, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the wireless communication system 100 may also include other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
  • network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: the fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) system or new radio (new radio, NR), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), etc.
  • 5G fifth generation
  • NR new radio
  • long term evolution long term evolution
  • LTE long term evolution
  • LTE frequency division duplex frequency division duplex
  • FDD frequency division duplex
  • TDD time division duplex
  • future communication systems such as the sixth generation mobile communication system, satellite communication system, etc.
  • the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as user equipment (UE), access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user device.
  • the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, and can be used to connect people, objects and machines, such as a handheld device with wireless connection function, a vehicle-mounted device, etc.
  • the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a PDA, a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device, a virtual reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in smart city, a wireless terminal in smart home, etc.
  • the UE can be used to act as a base station.
  • the UE can act as a scheduling entity, which provides sidelink signals between UEs in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) or device to device (D2D), etc.
  • V2X vehicle-to-everything
  • D2D device to device
  • a cellular phone and a car communicate with each other using sidelink signals.
  • Cellular phones and smart home devices communicate with each other without relaying the communication signal through a base station.
  • the network device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device for communicating with a terminal device, and the network device may also be referred to as an access network device or a wireless access network device, such as a base station.
  • the network device in the embodiment of the present application may refer to a wireless access network (RAN) node (or device) that connects a terminal device to a wireless network.
  • RAN wireless access network
  • Base station can broadly cover various names as follows, or be replaced with the following names, such as: Node B, evolved Node B (eNB), next generation Node B (gNB), relay station, access point, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), transmitting point (TP), master eNB (MeNB), secondary eNB (SeNB), multi-standard radio (MSR) node, home base station, network controller, access node, wireless node, access point (AP), transmission node, transceiver node, base band unit (BBU), remote radio unit (RRU), active antenna unit (AAU), remote radio head (RRH), central unit (CU), distributed unit (DU), positioning node, etc.
  • eNB evolved Node B
  • gNB next generation Node B
  • TRP transmitting and receiving point
  • TP transmitting point
  • MeNB master eNB
  • SeNB secondary eNB
  • MSR multi-standard radio
  • the base station may be a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay node, a donor node or the like, or a combination thereof.
  • the base station may also refer to a communication module, a modem or a chip used to be arranged in the aforementioned device or apparatus.
  • the base station may also be a mobile switching center and a device that performs the base station function in D2D, V2X, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, a network-side device in a 6G network, and a device that performs the base station function in future communication systems.
  • the base station may support networks with the same or different access technologies. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the network equipment.
  • Base stations can be fixed or mobile.
  • a helicopter or drone can be configured to act as a mobile base station, and one or more cells can move based on the location of the mobile base station.
  • a helicopter or drone can be configured to act as a device that communicates with another base station.
  • the network device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a CU or a DU, or the network device includes a CU and a DU.
  • the gNB may also include an AAU.
  • the network equipment and terminal equipment can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; they can also be deployed on the water surface; they can also be deployed on aircraft, balloons and satellites in the air.
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the scenarios in which the network equipment and terminal equipment are located.
  • the terminal device can perform measurements on neighboring cells (e.g., radio resource management (RRM) measurements).
  • the measurements can be performed based on a measurement interval.
  • the measurement interval may refer to a certain time interval required by the terminal device to perform the measurement.
  • the terminal device may suspend all or part of the service cells.
  • the terminal device may suspend the downlink reception of the service cell and receive the downlink signal of the neighboring cell, thereby achieving the purpose of receiving the downlink reference signal of the neighboring cell.
  • the terminal device may need to suspend all service cells or suspend service cells within a frequency range within the measurement interval.
  • Whether a measurement interval is needed for measurement is mainly related to the hardware capability of the terminal device and the difference between the frequency of the neighboring cell and the frequency of the terminal device's current serving cell. For example, when the number of serving cells of the terminal device is relatively small and/or the frequency range of the serving cell is relatively small, the terminal device is more likely to have excess hardware to measure the neighboring cells, that is, it is more likely that the measurement interval is not needed to measure the neighboring cells; on the contrary, the terminal device is more likely to need a measurement interval.
  • the network device may ask the terminal device whether a measurement interval is required when measuring certain frequency bands. For example, the network device may ask this in a downlink message.
  • the downlink message may, for example, include a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message and/or an RRC recovery (RRCResume) message.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • RRCReconfiguration radio resource control
  • RRCResume RRC recovery
  • the terminal device may feedback whether a measurement interval is required for a certain cell or a certain frequency band.
  • the terminal device may report in an uplink message whether a measurement interval is required for a certain cell or a certain frequency band.
  • the uplink message may, for example, include an RRC reconfiguration complete (RRCReconfigurationComplete) message or an RRC recovery complete (RRCResumeComplete) message.
  • the information reported by the terminal device may include, for example: an indication that a normal measurement interval is required (for example, which can be represented by a gap), an indication that a network controlled short measurement interval (network controlled small gap, NCSG) is required (for example, which can be represented by ncsg), or an indication that neither a normal measurement interval nor NCSG is required (for example, which can be represented by nongap-noncsg).
  • a normal measurement interval for example, which can be represented by a gap
  • NCSG network controlled small gap
  • ncsg network controlled small gap
  • the terminal device needs to suspend serving cells within all frequency ranges.
  • a measurement interval can be called a measurement interval configured by the terminal device (per UE measurement gap).
  • the terminal device needs to suspend serving cells within a certain frequency range.
  • a measurement interval can be called a measurement interval configured by frequency range (per frequency range measurement gap).
  • the terminal device needs to suspend serving cells within the first frequency range during the measurement interval.
  • the terminal device may only need to suspend the service cell within the first frequency range, and the service cells within other frequency ranges will not be affected, that is, the terminal device can normally receive downlink signals from service cells within other frequency ranges.
  • the frequency range (frequency range, FR) of the measurement interval configured by frequency range may include frequency range 1 (FR1) or frequency range 2 (FR2).
  • the frequency range of frequency range 1 may include, for example, 410 MHz to 7125 MHz.
  • the frequency range of frequency range 2 may include, for example, 24250 MHz to 71 GHz.
  • the terminal capability information of the terminal device may include whether the terminal device supports measurement intervals configured by frequency range.
  • the terminal capability information may include the parameter independentGapConfig to indicate whether the terminal device supports measurement intervals configured by frequency range.
  • the parameter independentGapConfig can only be configured to support measurement intervals configured by frequency range when all frequency band combinations of the terminal device support measurement intervals configured by frequency range. That is, the parameter independentGapConfig is indicated according to the granularity of the terminal device.
  • the information obtained by the network device is: the terminal device either supports measurement intervals configured by frequency range on all frequency band combinations, or does not support measurement intervals configured by frequency range on all frequency band combinations.
  • the network device can configure the terminal device to measure according to the measurement interval configured by the terminal device or the measurement interval configured by the frequency range. For example, when the parameter independentGapConfig indicates that the terminal device supports the measurement interval configured by the frequency range, the network device can configure the terminal device to measure according to the measurement interval configured by the frequency range.
  • the difficulty of supporting the measurement interval configured by frequency range on different frequency band combinations is different for terminal devices, which makes it difficult to pass the test of all frequency band combinations. Therefore, if the parameter independentGapConfig in the terminal capability information indicates the support of the measurement interval configured by frequency range by the terminal device, it is difficult for the terminal device to support the measurement interval configured by frequency range. In view of this, operators have been unable to deploy the technical feature of the measurement interval configured by frequency range for a long time.
  • the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) proposed the following three solutions. Although these three technical solutions can solve the above problems to a certain extent, there are still some problems.
  • Solution 1 is proposed in proposal RP-222276.
  • Solution 1 proposes to introduce another measurement capability information for indicating the measurement interval configured by frequency range in the terminal capability information according to the granularity of the frequency band combination.
  • the newly introduced measurement capability information can be used to indicate whether the terminal device supports the measurement interval configured by frequency range on all frequency bands of the frequency band combination.
  • Solution 2 is proposed in proposal RP-221702.
  • Solution 2 proposes that the terminal device can report a carrier number threshold N.
  • N can be an integer greater than or equal to 0.
  • the terminal device may not support the measurement capability of the measurement interval configured by frequency range.
  • the terminal device can report whether the measurement capability of the measurement interval configured by frequency range is supported according to the granularity of the frequency band combination. In other words, when the number of carriers in the frequency band combination is less than N, the method in Solution 1 can be used.
  • Solution 3 is proposed in proposal RP-222366.
  • Solution 3 proposes that the band combination can be divided into a difficult band combination or an easy band combination.
  • the measurement capability of the terminal device is indicated according to the band combination granularity. That is, for the difficult band combination, the method in Solution 1 can be used.
  • the easy band combination one bit can be used to indicate whether all the easy band combinations support the measurement capability of the measurement interval configured by the frequency range.
  • Solution 3 it is difficult to distinguish between difficult frequency band combinations and easy frequency band combinations. If the difficult frequency band combination is marked in the signaling, the signaling overhead will also increase, and the increased signaling overhead may be equivalent to the signaling overhead increased by Solution 1. If the difficult frequency band combination is not marked in the signaling, there may be compatibility issues for different terminal devices. For example, for terminal devices that were launched earlier, some frequency band combinations are difficult. For terminal devices that were launched later, the terminal's capabilities have been enhanced, and the originally difficult frequency band combinations may no longer be difficult. Therefore, Solution 3 cannot be compatible with the above-mentioned terminal devices that were launched at different times. In addition, although Solution 3 can reduce signaling overhead to a certain extent, for difficult frequency band combinations, there is still a problem of high signaling overhead similar to Solution 1.
  • the relevant technology can indicate whether the terminal device supports the configuration of the measurement interval by frequency range through the terminal device capability information.
  • the indication granularity is coarse, it is difficult to indicate when some frequency bands support the configuration of the measurement interval by frequency range; when the indication granularity is fine, there will be problems such as large signaling overhead or inability to meet compatibility.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • the method shown in Fig. 2 may be executed by a terminal device and/or a network device.
  • the method shown in Fig. 2 may include steps S210 and S220.
  • Step S210 The terminal device receives the first inquiry information. Accordingly, the network device may send the first inquiry information.
  • Step S220 In response to the first inquiry information, the terminal device sends first indication information. Correspondingly, the network device receives the first indication information.
  • the first inquiry information may be used to inquire about information related to the measurement interval.
  • the present application does not limit the specific content of the information related to the measurement interval.
  • the information related to the measurement interval may include one or more of the following information: frequency band combination information associated with the measurement interval, frequency band information associated with the measurement interval, information on whether the measurement interval is required, information on whether support for configuring the measurement interval by frequency range is required, etc.
  • the first indication information may be used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuration of measurement intervals by frequency range.
  • the first indication information may indicate that some frequency bands of the terminal device support configuration of measurement intervals by frequency range; and/or, the first indication information may indicate that some frequency bands of the terminal device do not support configuration of measurement intervals by frequency range.
  • the first indication information may be used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuration of measurement intervals by frequency range on all or some frequency bands.
  • the first indication information is response information to the first inquiry information.
  • the terminal device may send the first indication information.
  • the frequency band combination indicated by the first indication information may be determined based on the first inquiry information. For example, in the case where the first inquiry information is used to inquire about information related to the target and the measurement interval, the first indication information may be used to indicate whether the measurement of the target frequency band supports the measurement interval configured by the frequency range.
  • the present application does not limit the granularity indicated by the first indication information.
  • the granularity of the indication may include frequency band, frequency, cell, frequency band combination, subset of frequency band combination, terminal device, etc.
  • the first indication information may indicate whether the terminal device supports the measurement interval configured by frequency range on a certain frequency band.
  • the first indication information may indicate whether one or more cells of the terminal device on a certain frequency support the measurement interval measured by frequency range.
  • the first indication information may indicate whether the terminal device supports the measurement interval measured by frequency range in a certain cell.
  • the first indication information may indicate whether the terminal device supports the measurement interval configured by frequency range on all frequency band combinations.
  • the first indication information may indicate whether the terminal device supports the measurement interval configured by frequency range on a certain frequency band combination.
  • the frequency band combination may include one or more frequency bands.
  • the first indication information may indicate whether the terminal device supports the measurement interval configured by frequency range on a subset of a certain frequency band combination. The number of frequency bands contained in the subset of the frequency band combination may be less than or equal to the number of frequency bands contained in the frequency band combination.
  • the granularity of the inquiry of the first inquiry information may be the same as or different from the granularity of the indication of the first indication information.
  • the granularity of the inquiry of the first inquiry information may be greater than or equal to the granularity of the indication of the first indication information.
  • the first inquiry information may inquire about the information related to the measurement interval with the frequency band as the granularity, and the first indication information may indicate whether the measurement interval configured by the frequency range is supported with the cell as the granularity.
  • the first inquiry information may inquire about the information related to the measurement interval with the frequency band combination as the granularity, and the first indication information may indicate whether the measurement interval configured by the frequency range is supported with the frequency band as the granularity.
  • the terminal device can report whether it supports the configuration of the measurement interval by frequency range by responding to the first inquiry information. Therefore, the terminal device can report the support status of the measurement interval configured by frequency range through appropriate granularity.
  • the technical solution of the present application can report that some frequency bands support the measurement interval configured by frequency range.
  • the present application can report whether the configuration of the measurement interval by frequency range is supported according to the granularity of the fallback frequency band combination, thereby saving signaling overhead.
  • the method can be executed by a terminal device with any capability, that is, the method has good compatibility.
  • the present application does not limit the message carrying the first indication information.
  • the first indication information may be included in an RRC reconfiguration complete (RRCReconfigurationComplete) message or an RRC recovery complete (RRCResumeComplete) message.
  • the present application also does not limit the message carrying the first inquiry information, and the first inquiry information may be included in an RRC reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message or an RRC recovery (RRCResume) message.
  • the first inquiry information may be information already available in the relevant technology, and the terminal device may feedback the first indication information in response to the information already available in the relevant technology.
  • the first inquiry information may be the information described above for inquiring the terminal device whether a measurement interval is required when performing a measurement.
  • the information for inquiring the terminal device whether a measurement interval is required when performing a measurement can be used to trigger the sending of the first indication information.
  • the terminal device can not only report whether a measurement interval is required based on the first inquiry information, but also report whether support for configuring the measurement interval by frequency range is required. It can be understood that this can reduce the information interaction between the network device and the terminal device and improve communication efficiency.
  • the first inquiry information may include one or more frequency bands.
  • the one or more frequency bands may constitute a complete frequency band combination, or the one or more frequency bands may be a subset of the frequency band combination (ie, a fallback frequency band combination of the frequency band combination).
  • the one or more frequency bands may include a target frequency band.
  • the first inquiry information may be used to inquire whether a measurement interval is required when the terminal device measures the target frequency band.
  • the network device may require the terminal device to report whether the target frequency band requires a measurement interval.
  • the terminal device may send first indication information to indicate whether the target frequency band supports configuration of a measurement interval by frequency range.
  • the one or more frequency bands may be represented by a list.
  • the target frequency band may be the same frequency band as the RAT of the serving cell of the terminal device, and/or a frequency band different from the RAT of the serving cell.
  • the first indication information may be related to the first measurement.
  • the first indication information may be used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuring the measurement interval of the first measurement by frequency range.
  • the first measurement may be, for example, a measurement of a cell or a frequency band.
  • the first indication information can be used to indicate whether the cell associated with the serving cell of the terminal device needs to configure the measurement interval according to the frequency range.
  • the target cell of the intra-frequency measurement can be on the same carrier frequency as the serving cell of the terminal device, that is, on the same center frequency. Therefore, the intra-frequency measurement can also be called the same-frequency measurement.
  • the cell associated with the serving cell can be the target cell of the above-mentioned intra-frequency measurement.
  • the first indication information may be used to indicate whether the serving cell needs to configure the measurement interval according to the frequency range. Since the first measurement includes intra-frequency measurement, the cell associated with the serving cell may be co-frequency with the serving cell. Therefore, when the terminal device reports whether the serving cell needs to configure the measurement interval according to the frequency range according to the serving cell, it is equivalent to the terminal device reporting whether the cell associated with the serving cell needs to configure the measurement interval according to the frequency range.
  • the first indication information is used to indicate whether the frequency band associated with the first measurement needs to be configured with a measurement interval according to the frequency range.
  • the frequency band associated with the first measurement may be, for example, a target frequency band for the first measurement.
  • the target frequency band may be determined by the first inquiry information.
  • the first inquiry information may be used to inquire whether a measurement interval is required when measuring the target frequency band, wherein the target frequency band may be the frequency band associated with the first measurement.
  • the inter-frequency measurement may include the inter-frequency measurement of the same radio access technology (radio access technology, RAT) and the inter-frequency measurement of different radio access technologies (inter-RAT measurement). That is, the frequency band associated with the first measurement may include: the same frequency band as the radio access technology of the serving cell, and/or the frequency band different from the radio access technology of the serving cell.
  • radio access technology radio access technology
  • inter-RAT measurement inter-frequency measurement of different radio access technologies
  • the first indication information may also be used to indicate the frequency range for which the measurement interval is targeted when the measurement interval needs to be configured by frequency range.
  • the frequency range includes the first frequency range and/or the second frequency range. It is understandable that the first indication information may not only be used to indicate whether the measurement interval needs to be configured by frequency range, but also may further indicate the measurement interval of the required frequency range when the measurement interval needs to be indicated by frequency range.
  • the network device may directly configure the measurement interval for a certain frequency range based on the first indication information.
  • the first frequency range may be, for example, frequency range 1 (FR1)
  • the second frequency range may be, for example, frequency range 2 (FR2).
  • the frequency range of frequency range 1 may include, for example, 410 MHz to 7125 MHz.
  • the frequency range of frequency range 2 may include, for example, 24250 MHz to 71 GHz.
  • the terminal device when the frequency targeted by the measurement interval is the first frequency range, the terminal device needs to suspend the service cell within the first frequency range when performing the measurement, while the communication of the service cell outside the first frequency range may not be affected.
  • the terminal device may suspend any one or both of the first frequency range and the second frequency range during the measurement.
  • the terminal device may send the first indication information when the first condition is met.
  • the first condition may include, for example, that a measurement interval is required when the terminal device performs measurement. That is, when a measurement interval is required when the terminal device performs measurement, the terminal device may send the first indication information. Taking the example that the terminal device can report "normal measurement interval required" (gap), "NCSG required” (ncsg) or “neither normal measurement interval nor NCSG required” (nongap-noncsg), the terminal device will send the first indication information only when the terminal device reports gap or ncsg.
  • Example 1 The method provided by the present application is described in detail below through Example 1 and Example 2. It should be noted that Example 1 and Example 2 can be implemented separately or in combination.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method provided in Embodiment 1.
  • the method shown in Fig. 3 may include steps S310 to S330.
  • the method shown in Fig. 3 may be executed by a terminal device and a network device.
  • Step S310 The network device sends a first inquiry message.
  • the terminal device receives the first inquiry message.
  • the first inquiry message may be used to inquire whether a measurement interval is required for the measurement of the frequency band list.
  • the frequency band list may include a target frequency band.
  • the network device may require the terminal device to report whether the measurement of the frequency bands in the frequency band list requires a measurement interval.
  • the first inquiry information may be carried in an RRCReconfiguration message or an RRCResume message.
  • Step S320 The terminal device sends first indication information.
  • the network device receives the first indication information.
  • the first indication information is used to indicate whether the measurement interval for the frequency band list needs to be configured according to the frequency band range.
  • the response message to the first inquiry information may include the first indication information.
  • the response message to the first inquiry information may be, for example, an RRCReconfigurationComplete message or an RRCResumeComplete message.
  • the terminal device can report whether the measurement interval needs to be configured by frequency range according to each serving cell.
  • the terminal device can report whether the measurement interval needs to be configured by frequency range according to each frequency band.
  • Step S330 The network device configures a measurement interval for the terminal device according to the first indication information.
  • the network device may configure the measurement interval according to the FR1 frequency range and/or the FR2 frequency range according to the measurement interval requirement indicated by the first indication information. That is, the network device may require the terminal device to perform RRM measurement of the neighboring cell according to the measurement interval configured in FR1 and/or the measurement interval configured in FR2.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method provided in Embodiment 1.
  • the method shown in Fig. 4 may include steps S410 to S430.
  • the method shown in Fig. 4 may be executed by a terminal device and a network device.
  • Step S410 The network device sends a first inquiry message.
  • the terminal device receives the first inquiry message.
  • the first inquiry message is used to inquire whether a measurement interval is required for measuring a frequency band in the frequency band list.
  • Step S420 The terminal device sends first indication information.
  • the network device receives the first indication information.
  • the first indication information is used to indicate whether the measurement interval of the frequency band in the frequency band list needs to be configured according to the FR1 and/or FR2 frequency band range.
  • the terminal device may further report the measurement interval that needs to be configured according to the FR1 and/or FR2 frequency range.
  • the terminal device can report whether it needs to configure the measurement gap according to the FR1 frequency range (per FR1 gap), or the measurement gap according to the FR2 frequency range (per FR2 gap), or both (per FR gap) according to each serving cell.
  • the terminal device can report whether it needs per FR1 gap, per FR2 gap, or per FR gap according to each frequency band.
  • Step S430 Based on step S420, the network device configures a measurement interval for the terminal device according to the first indication information.
  • the network device can be more targeted when configuring the specific measurement interval according to the reported content.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 500 provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • the terminal device 500 may include a first receiving unit 510 and a first sending unit 520.
  • the first receiving unit 510 is used to receive a first inquiry message; the first sending unit 520 is used to send a first indication message in response to the first inquiry message; wherein the first indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuring the measurement interval by frequency range, and the first inquiry message is used to inquire about information related to the measurement interval.
  • the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuring the measurement interval of the first measurement according to the frequency range.
  • the first indication information is used to indicate whether the cell associated with the service cell of the terminal device needs to be configured with the measurement interval according to the frequency range; and/or when the first measurement includes inter-frequency measurement, the first indication information is used to indicate whether the frequency band associated with the first measurement needs to be configured with the measurement interval according to the frequency range.
  • the frequency band associated with the first measurement includes: a frequency band that is the same as a radio access technology of the serving cell, and/or a frequency band that is different from a radio access technology of the serving cell.
  • the first indication information is further used to indicate a frequency range targeted by the measurement interval when the measurement interval needs to be configured according to a frequency range.
  • the frequency range includes frequency range 1 and/or frequency range 2.
  • the terminal first sending unit is specifically used to send the first indication information when the measurement interval is required when the terminal device performs measurement.
  • the first inquiry information is used to inquire whether the measurement interval is required when the terminal device performs measurement.
  • the first inquiry information is used to inquire whether the measurement interval is required when the terminal device measures the target frequency band.
  • the target frequency band includes: a frequency band that is the same as the wireless access technology of the service cell of the terminal device, and/or a frequency band that is different from the wireless access technology of the service cell.
  • the first indication information is included in an RRC reconfiguration complete message or an RRC recovery complete message.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device 600 provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device 600 may include a second sending unit 610 and a second receiving unit 620.
  • the second sending unit 610 is used to send a first inquiry message to the terminal device; the second receiving unit 620 is used to receive a first indication message; wherein the first indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuring the measurement interval by frequency range, the first inquiry message is used to inquire about information related to the measurement interval, and the first indication message is response information to the first inquiry message.
  • the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device supports configuring a measurement interval of a first measurement according to a frequency range.
  • the first indication information is used to indicate whether the cell associated with the service cell of the terminal device needs to configure the measurement interval according to the frequency range; and/or when the first measurement includes inter-frequency measurement, the first indication information is used to indicate whether the frequency band associated with the first measurement needs to configure the measurement interval according to the frequency range.
  • the frequency band associated with the first measurement includes: a frequency band that is the same as a radio access technology of the serving cell, and/or a frequency band that is different from a radio access technology of the serving cell.
  • the first indication information is further used to indicate a frequency range targeted by the measurement interval when the measurement interval needs to be configured according to a frequency range.
  • the frequency range includes frequency range 1 and/or frequency range 2.
  • the second receiving unit is specifically used for: when the measurement interval is required when the terminal device performs measurement, the network device receives the first indication information.
  • the first inquiry information is used to inquire whether the measurement interval is required when the terminal device performs measurement.
  • the first inquiry information is used to inquire whether the measurement interval is required when the terminal device measures the target frequency band.
  • the target frequency band includes: a frequency band that is the same as the wireless access technology of the service cell of the terminal device, and/or a frequency band that is different from the wireless access technology of the service cell.
  • the first indication information is included in an RRC reconfiguration complete message or an RRC recovery complete message.
  • the network device 600 further includes: a configuration unit, configured to configure a measurement interval for the terminal device based on the first indication information.
  • FIG7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the dotted lines in FIG7 indicate that the unit or module is optional.
  • the device 700 may be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment.
  • the device 700 may be a chip, a terminal device or a network device.
  • the device 700 may include one or more processors 710.
  • the processor 710 may support the device 700 to implement the method described in the above method embodiment.
  • the processor 710 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor.
  • the processor may be a central processing unit (CPU).
  • the processor may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuits
  • FPGA field programmable gate arrays
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor, etc.
  • the apparatus 700 may further include one or more memories 720.
  • the memory 720 stores a program, which can be executed by the processor 710, so that the processor 710 executes the method described in the above method embodiment.
  • the memory 720 may be independent of the processor 710 or integrated in the processor 710.
  • the apparatus 700 may further include a transceiver 730.
  • the processor 710 may communicate with other devices or chips through the transceiver 730.
  • the processor 710 may transmit and receive data with other devices or chips through the transceiver 730.
  • the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a program.
  • the computer-readable storage medium can be applied to a terminal or network device provided in the present application, and the program enables a computer to execute the method performed by the terminal or network device in each embodiment of the present application.
  • the embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product.
  • the computer program product includes a program.
  • the computer program product can be applied to the terminal or network device provided in the embodiment of the present application, and the program enables the computer to execute the method performed by the terminal or network device in each embodiment of the present application.
  • the embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program.
  • the computer program can be applied to the terminal or network device provided in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables a computer to execute the method executed by the terminal or network device in each embodiment of the present application.
  • the "indication" mentioned can be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication of an association relationship.
  • a indicates B which can mean that A directly indicates B, for example, B can be obtained through A; it can also mean that A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, B can be obtained through C; it can also mean that there is an association relationship between A and B.
  • B corresponding to A means that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A.
  • determining B according to A does not mean determining B only according to A, and B can also be determined according to A and/or other information.
  • the term "corresponding" may indicate that there is a direct or indirect correspondence between the two, or an association relationship between the two, or a relationship of indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.
  • pre-definition or “pre-configuration” can be implemented by pre-saving corresponding codes, tables or other methods that can be used to indicate relevant information in a device (for example, including a terminal device and a network device), and the present application does not limit the specific implementation method.
  • pre-definition can refer to what is defined in the protocol.
  • the “protocol” may refer to a standard protocol in the communication field, for example, it may include an LTE protocol, an NR protocol, and related protocols used in future communication systems, and the present application does not limit this.
  • the term "and/or" is only a description of the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships.
  • a and/or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone.
  • the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.
  • the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution.
  • the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.
  • the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways.
  • the device embodiments described above are only schematic.
  • the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed.
  • Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.
  • the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.
  • each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
  • the computer program product includes one or more computer instructions.
  • the computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device.
  • the computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium.
  • the computer instructions can be transmitted from a website site, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode to another website site, computer, server or data center.
  • the computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be read by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated.
  • the available medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a digital versatile disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.
  • a magnetic medium e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape
  • an optical medium e.g., a digital versatile disk (DVD)
  • DVD digital versatile disk
  • SSD solid state disk

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Abstract

提供了一种通信方法、终端设备以及网络设备，所述方法包括：终端设备接收第一询问信息；响应于第一询问信息，终端设备发送第一指示信息；其中，第一指示信息用于指示终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，第一询问信息用于询问与测量间隔相关的信息。终端设备可以通过响应第一询问信息上报是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔的信息。因此，终端设备可以通过合适的粒度上报按频率范围配置的测量间隔的支持情况。一方面，本申请的技术方案可以上报部分频段支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。另一方面，与按照终端设备的粒度或频段组合的粒度上报相比，本申请可以按照回落频段组合的粒度上报是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，因此，节约了信令开销。

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一种通信方法、终端设备以及网络设备 技术领域
本申请涉及通信技术领域，并且更为具体地，涉及一种通信方法、终端设备和网络设备。
背景技术
相关技术可以通过终端设备能力信息指示终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔。但存在诸多问题。例如，在指示粒度较粗的情况下，难以在部分频段支持按频率范围配置测量间隔的情况下进行指示；在指示粒度较细的情况下，会存在信令开销较大或无法满足兼容性的问题。
发明内容
本申请提供一种通信方法、终端设备和网络设备。下面对本申请涉及的各个方面进行介绍。
第一方面，提供了一种通信方法，所述方法包括：终端设备接收第一询问信息；响应于所述第一询问信息，所述终端设备发送第一指示信息；其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息。
第二方面，提供了一种通信方法，所述方法包括：网络设备向终端设备发送第一询问信息；所述网络设备接收第一指示信息；其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息，所述第一指示信息为所述第一询问信息的响应信息。
第三方面，提供了一种终端设备，所述终端设备包括：第一接收单元，用于接收第一询问信息；第一发送单元，用于响应于所述第一询问信息，发送第一指示信息；其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息。
第四方面，提供了一种网络设备，所述网络设备包括：第二发送单元，用于向终端设备发送第一询问信息；第二接收单元，用于接收第一指示信息；其中，所述第一指示信息 用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息，所述第一指示信息为所述第一询问信息的响应信息。
第五方面，提供一种终端设备，包括处理器、存储器以及收发器，所述存储器用于存储一个或多个计算机程序，所述处理器用于调用所述存储器中的计算机程序使得所述终端设备执行第一方面的方法中的部分或全部步骤。
第六方面，提供一种网络设备，包括处理器、存储器以及收发器，所述存储器用于存储一个或多个计算机程序，所述处理器用于调用所述存储器中的计算机程序使得所述网络设备执行第二方面的方法中的部分或全部步骤。
第七方面，本申请实施例提供了一种通信***，该***包括上述的终端和/或网络设备。在另一种可能的设计中，该***还可以包括本申请实施例提供的方案中与该终端或网络设备进行交互的其他设备。
第八方面，本申请实施例提供了一种计算机可读存储介质，所述计算机可读存储介质存储有计算机程序，所述计算机程序使得终端执行上述各个方面的方法中的部分或全部步骤。
第九方面，本申请实施例提供了一种计算机程序产品，其中，所述计算机程序产品包括存储了计算机程序的非瞬时性计算机可读存储介质，所述计算机程序可操作来使终端执行上述各个方面的方法中的部分或全部步骤。在一些实现方式中，该计算机程序产品可以为一个软件安装包。
第十方面，本申请实施例提供了一种芯片，该芯片包括存储器和处理器，处理器可以从存储器中调用并运行计算机程序，以实现上述各个方面的方法中所描述的部分或全部步骤。
终端设备可以通过响应第一询问信息上报是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔的信息。因此，终端设备可以通过合适的粒度上报按频率范围配置的测量间隔的支持情况。一方面，本申请的技术方案可以上报部分频段支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。另一方面，与按照终端设备的粒度或频段组合的粒度上报相比，本申请可以按照回落频段组合的粒度上报是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，因此，节约了信令开销。
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图1是本申请实施例应用的无线通信***的示意图。
图2是本申请实施例提供的一种通信方法的示意性流程图。
图3是本申请实施例一提供的一种通信方法的示意性流程图。
图4是本申请实施例二提供的一种通信方法的示意性流程图。
图5是本申请实施例提供的一种终端设备的示意性结构图。
图6是本申请实施例提供的一种网络设备的示意性结构图。
图7是本申请实施例提供的一种通信装置的示意性结构图。
具体实施方式
下面将结合附图，对本申请中的技术方案进行描述。
图1是本申请实施例应用的无线通信***100。该无线通信***100可以包括网络设备110和终端设备120。网络设备110可以是与终端设备120通信的设备。网络设备110可以为特定的地理区域提供通信覆盖，并且可以与位于该覆盖区域内的终端设备120进行通信。
图1示例性地示出了一个网络设备和两个终端，可选地，该无线通信***100可以包括多个网络设备并且每个网络设备的覆盖范围内可以包括其它数量的终端设备，本申请实施例对此不做限定。
可选地，该无线通信***100还可以包括网络控制器、移动管理实体等其他网络实体，本申请实施例对此不作限定。
应理解，本申请实施例的技术方案可以应用于各种通信***，例如：第五代(5th generation，5G)***或新无线(new radio，NR)、长期演进(long term evolution，LTE)***、LTE频分双工(frequency division duplex，FDD)***、LTE时分双工(time division duplex，TDD)等。本申请提供的技术方案还可以应用于未来的通信***，如第六代移动通信***，又如卫星通信***，等等。
本申请实施例中的终端设备也可以称为用户设备(user equipment，UE)、接入终端、用户单元、用户站、移动站、移动台(mobile station，MS)、移动终端(mobile terminal，MT)、远方站、远程终端、移动设备、用户终端、终端、无线通信设备、用户代理或用户装置。本申请实施例中的终端设备可以是指向用户提供语音和/或数据连通性的设备，可以用于连接人、物和机，例如具有无线连接功能的手持式设备、车载设备等。本申请的实施例中的终端设备可以是手机(mobile phone)、平板电脑(Pad)、笔记本电脑、掌上电脑、移动互联网设备(mobile internet device，MID)、可穿戴设备，虚拟现实(virtual reality，VR)设备、增强现实(augmented reality，AR)设备、工业控制(industrial control)中的无线终端、无人驾驶(self driving)中的无线终端、远程手术(remote medical surgery)中的无线终端、智能电网(smart grid)中的无线终端、运输安全(transportation safety)中的无 线终端、智慧城市(smart city)中的无线终端、智慧家庭(smart home)中的无线终端等。可选地，UE可以用于充当基站。例如，UE可以充当调度实体，其在车辆外联(vehicle-to-everything，V2X)或设备到设备(device to device，D2D)等中的UE之间提供侧行链路信号。比如，蜂窝电话和汽车利用侧行链路信号彼此通信。蜂窝电话和智能家居设备之间通信，而无需通过基站中继通信信号。
本申请实施例中的网络设备可以是用于与终端设备通信的设备，该网络设备也可以称为接入网设备或无线接入网设备，如网络设备可以是基站。本申请实施例中的网络设备可以是指将终端设备接入到无线网络的无线接入网(radio access network，RAN)节点(或设备)。基站可以广义的覆盖如下中的各种名称，或与如下名称进行替换，比如：节点B(NodeB)、演进型基站(evolved NodeB，eNB)、下一代基站(next generation NodeB，gNB)、中继站、接入点、传输点(transmitting and receiving point，TRP)、发射点(transmitting point，TP)、主站(master eNB，MeNB)、辅站(secondary eNB，SeNB)、多标准无线(multi-standard radio，MSR)节点、家庭基站、网络控制器、接入节点、无线节点、接入点(access point，AP)、传输节点、收发节点、基带单元(base band unit，BBU)、射频拉远单元(remote radio unit，RRU)、有源天线单元(active antenna unit，AAU)、射频头(remote radio head，RRH)、中心单元(central unit，CU)、分布式单元(distributed unit，DU)、定位节点等。基站可以是宏基站、微基站、中继节点、施主节点或类似物，或其组合。基站还可以指用于设置于前述设备或装置内的通信模块、调制解调器或芯片。基站还可以是移动交换中心以及D2D、V2X、机器到机器(machine-to-machine，M2M)通信中承担基站功能的设备、6G网络中的网络侧设备、未来的通信***中承担基站功能的设备等。基站可以支持相同或不同接入技术的网络。本申请的实施例对网络设备所采用的具体技术和具体设备形态不做限定。
基站可以是固定的，也可以是移动的。例如，直升机或无人机可以被配置成充当移动基站，一个或多个小区可以根据该移动基站的位置移动。在其他示例中，直升机或无人机可以被配置成用作与另一基站通信的设备。
在一些部署中，本申请实施例中的网络设备可以是指CU或者DU，或者，网络设备包括CU和DU。gNB还可以包括AAU。
网络设备和终端设备可以部署在陆地上，包括室内或室外、手持或车载；也可以部署在水面上；还可以部署在空中的飞机、气球和卫星上。本申请实施例中对网络设备和终端设备所处的场景不做限定。
应理解，本申请中的通信设备的全部或部分功能也可以通过在硬件上运行的软件功能 来实现，或者通过平台(例如云平台)上实例化的虚拟化功能来实现。
终端设备可以对邻近小区进行测量(例如无线资源管理(radio resource management，RRM)测量)。测量可以基于测量间隔进行。测量间隔可以指的是终端设备需要一定的时间间隔以实现测量。在该时间间隔内，终端设备可以将全部或部分服务小区挂起。服务小区被挂起的情况下，终端设备可以暂停该服务小区的下行接收而去接收邻近小区的下行信号，从而达到接收邻近小区下行参考信号的目的。在一些实施例中，当终端设备的多个服务小区分别工作在不同的频率范围的时候，终端设备可能需要在测量间隔内挂起所有的服务小区或者挂起一个频率范围内的服务小区。
是否需要测量间隔来进行测量，主要与终端设备的硬件能力以及邻近小区所在的频率与终端设备当前的服务小区的频率之间的差异有关。例如，终端设备的服务小区的个数相对较少和/或服务小区所在频率范围相对较小的时候，终端设备更可能有富余的硬件去测量邻近小区，也就是更有可能不需要测量间隔即可测量邻近小区；相反，终端设备更有可能需要测量间隔。
由此可知，对于不同终端设备，针对同一邻近小区，有的终端设备需要测量间隔进行测量，有的终端设备不需要测量间隔进行测量。或者，对于同一终端设备，针对同一邻近小区，在当前服务小区不同的情况下，可能需要测量间隔对该邻近小区进行测量，也可能不需要测量间隔对该邻近小区进行测量。或者，对于同一终端设备，对于不同的邻近小区，是否需要测量间隔进行测量的情况也可能存在差异。
针对上述情况，网络设备可以询问终端设备对某些频段(frequency band)做测量时是否需要测量间隔。例如，网络设备可以在下行消息中对此进行询问。该下行消息例如可以包括无线资源控制(radio resource control，RRC)重配(RRCReconfiguration)消息和/或RRC恢复(RRCResume)消息。响应于网络设备的询问，终端设备可以反馈针其对某个小区或某个频段是否需要测量间隔。例如，终端设备可以在上行消息中上报针对某个小区或某个频段是否需要测量间隔。该上行消息例如可以包括RRC重配完成(RRCReconfigurationComplete)消息或RRC恢复完成(RRCResumeComplete)消息。
在一些通信***架构(例如没有双链接(stand alone)的架构或4G-5G双连接(EUTRA-NR dual connectivity，ENDC)架构)中，终端设备上报的信息例如可以包括：需要正常的测量间隔的指示(例如可以通过gap表示)、需要网络控制的短测量间隔(network controlled small gap，NCSG)的指示(例如可以通过ncsg表示)或既不需要正常测量间隔也不需要NCSG的指示(例如可以通过nongap-noncsg表示)。
在进行一些测量的过程中，终端设备需要挂起所有频率范围内服务小区，这样的测量 间隔可以称为按终端设备配置(per UE measurement gap)的测量间隔。在进行一些测量的过程中，终端设备需要挂起某个频率范围内的服务小区，这样的测量间隔可以称为按频率范围配置(per frequency range measurement gap)的测量间隔。对于按频率范围配置的测量间隔，当按频率范围配置的测量间隔的频率范围为第一频率范围(即配置了针对第一频率范围的测量间隔)时，终端设备需要在测量间隔将第一频率范围内的服务小区挂起。
需要说明的是，在配置针对第一频率范围的测量间隔的情况下，终端设备可以只需要将第一频率范围内的服务小区挂起，其他频率范围内的服务小区不受影响，即终端设备可以正常接收其他频率范围内的服务小区的下行信号。
在一些实施例中，按频率范围配置的测量间隔的频率范围(frequency range，FR)可以包括频率范围1(FR1)或频率范围2(FR2)。频率范围1的频率范围例如可以包括410MHz～7125MHz。频率范围2的频率范围例如可以包括24250MHz～71GHz。在配置了针对FR1的测量间隔时，终端设备可以只挂起工作在FR1的服务小区，FR2内的服务小区可以不受影响。或者，在配置了针对FR2的测量间隔时，终端设备可以只挂起工作在FR12的服务小区，FR1内的服务小区可以不受影响。
终端设备的终端能力信息可以包括终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。例如，终端能力信息中可以包括参数independentGapConfig，以指示终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。需要说明的是，在终端设备的所有频段组合均支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的情况下，参数independentGapConfig才可以配置为支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。即，参数independentGapConfig是按照终端设备的粒度进行指示的。换句话说，基于参数independentGapConfig的指示，网络设备获取到的信息是：终端设备要么在所有频段组合上支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔，要么在所有频段组合上不支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。
根据终端能力信息，网络设备可以配置终端设备按终端设备配置的测量间隔或按频率范围配置的测量间隔。例如，在参数independentGapConfig指示终端设备支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的情况下，网络设备可以配置终端设备按频率范围配置的测量间隔进行测量。
在一些情况下，终端设备在不同的频段组合上支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的难度不一样，这使得要通过所有频段组合的测试变得很困难。因此，如果通过终端能力信息中的参数independentGapConfig指示终端设备对按频率范围配置的测量间隔的支持情况，终端设备很难支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。鉴于此，运营商在很长一段时间内，都无法将按频率范围配置的测量间隔这一技术特征部署起来。
针对上述情况，第三代合作伙伴计划(3rd generation partnership project，3GPP)提出了以下三种解决方案。这三种技术方案虽然可以在一定程度解决上述问题，但是仍存在一些问题。
方案一在提案RP-222276中被提出。方案一提出，在终端能力信息中，按照频段组合的粒度再引入一个用于指示按频率范围配置的测量间隔的测量能力信息。新引入的测量能力信息可以用于指示终端设备在该频段组合的所有频段上是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。
对于方案一，当终端设备上报某个频段组合不支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的时候，在一些协议的规则中，该频段组合的所有回落频段组合(fallback band combination)也不支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。但是，由于回落频段组合为该频段组合的子集，在该频段组合不支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的情况下，回落频段组合可能支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。因此，需要终端设备另外再单独上报这些回落频段组合对于按频率范围配置的测量间隔的支持情况。这将导致较大的信令开销。
方案二在提案RP-221702中被提出。方案二提出，终端设备可以上报载波个数阈值N。其中，N可以为大于或等于0的整数。在频段组合中载波的个数大于等于N时，终端设备可以不支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的测量能力。在频段组合中载波的个数小于N时，终端设备可以按照频段组合的粒度来上报是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的测量能力。也就是说，在频段组合中载波的个数小于N时，可以使用方案一中的方法。
对于方案二，对于载波个数大于或等于N的频段组合，可以不需要额外的信令来表示是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。例如，当N＝3时，所有载波个数大于或等于3的频段组合都不需要额外的信令来表示是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔(除了参数N的指示信令)。因此，方案二可以在一定程度上减少信令开销。但是对于载波个数小于N的频段组合的情况，方案二和方案一类似，具有较大的信令开销的问题。
方案三在提案RP-222366中被提出。方案三提出，频段组合可以被分为困难频段组合或容易频段组合。针对困难频段组合，按照频段组合粒度进行终端设备的测量能力的指示。即，针对困难频段组合，可以使用方案一中的方法。针对容易频段组合，可以用一个比特(bit)来表示所有的容易频段组合是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔的测量能力。
对于方案三，如何区分困难频段组合与容易频段组合是比较困难的。如果在信令中标注是否是困难频段组合，也会增加信令开销，增加的信令开销可能于方案一增加的信令开销相当。如果不在信令中标注是否是困难频段组合，针对不同的终端设备，也可能存在兼容性的问题。例如，对于较早上市的终端设备，一些频段组合是困难的，对于后来上市的 终端设备，终端的能力增强了，原本困难的频段组合可能不再困难。因此，方案三无法同时兼容上述上市时间不同的终端设备。另外，虽然方案三在一定程度上可以减少信令开销，但是对于困难频段组合，依然存在与方案一类似的信令开销交大的问题。
由此可知，相关技术可以通过终端设备能力信息指示终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔。但是，上述方案均存在诸多问题。在指示粒度较粗的情况下，难以在部分频段支持按频率范围配置测量间隔的情况下进行指示；在指示粒度较细的情况下，会存在信令开销较大或无法满足兼容性的问题。
图2为本申请实施例提供的一种通信方法的示意性流程图。图2所示的方法可以由终端设备和/或网络设备执行。图2所示的方法可以包括步骤S210和S220。
步骤S210，终端设备接收第一询问信息。相应地，网络设备可以发送第一询问信息。
步骤S220，响应于第一询问信息，终端设备发送第一指示信息。相应地，网络设备接收第一指示信息。
第一询问信息可以用于询问与测量间隔相关的信息。本申请不限制与测量间隔相关的信息的具体内容。例如，与测量间隔相关的信息可以包括以下信息中的一项或多项：与测量间隔关联的频段组合信息、与测量间隔关联的频段信息、是否需要进行测量间隔的信息、是否需要支持按频率范围配置测量间隔的信息等。
第一指示信息可以用于指示终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔。例如，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备的部分频段支持按频率范围配置测量间隔；和/或，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备的部分频段不支持按频率范围配置测量间隔。也就是说，第一指示信息可以用于指示终端设备在全部或部分频段上是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。
第一指示信息为第一询问信息的响应信息。换句话说，响应于第一询问信息，终端设备可以发送第一指示信息。在一些实施方式中，第一指示信息指示的频段组合可以基于第一询问信息确定。例如，在第一询问信息用于询问目标与测量间隔相关的信息的情况下，第一指示信息可以用于指示目标频段的测量是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。
需要说明的是，本申请不限制第一指示信息指示的粒度。例如，指示的粒度可以包括频段、频率、小区、频段组合、频段组合的子集、终端设备等。例如，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备在某个频段上是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。或者，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备在某个频率上的一个或多个小区是否支持按频率范围测量的测量间隔。或者，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备在某个小区是否支持按频率范围测量的测量间隔。或者，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备在所有频段组合上是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。或者，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备在某个频段组合上是否支持按频率范围配置的 测量间隔。其中，频段组合可以包括一个或多个频段。或者，第一指示信息可以指示终端设备在某个频段组合的子集上是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。频段组合的子集包含的频段数可以小于或等于该频段组合包含的频段数。
需要说明的是，第一询问信息的询问的粒度可以与第一指示信息的指示的粒度相同或不同。例如，第一询问信息询问的粒度可以大于或等于第一指示信息的指示的粒度。作为一种实现方式，第一询问信息可以以频段为粒度询问测量间隔相关的信息，第一指示信息可以以小区为粒度指示是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。或者，第一询问信息可以以频段组合为粒度询问测量间隔相关的信息，第一指示信息可以以频段为粒度指示是否支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。
基于本申请，终端设备可以通过响应第一询问信息上报是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔的信息。因此，终端设备可以通过合适的粒度上报按频率范围配置的测量间隔的支持情况。一方面，本申请的技术方案可以上报部分频段支持按频率范围配置的测量间隔。另一方面，与按照终端设备的粒度或频段组合的粒度上报相比，本申请可以按照回落频段组合的粒度上报是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，因此，节约了信令开销。并且，该方法可以由具有任意能力的终端设备执行，即该方法的具有较好的兼容性。
本申请不限制承载第一指示信息的消息。例如，第一指示信息可以包含于RRC重配完成(RRCReconfigurationComplete)消息或RRC恢复完成(RRCResumeComplete)消息中。本申请也不限制承载第一询问信息的消息，第一询问信息可以包含于RRC重配(RRCReconfiguration)消息或RRC恢复(RRCResume)消息中。
作为一种实现方式，第一询问信息可以是相关技术中已有的信息，终端设备可以响应于相关技术中已有的信息反馈第一指示信息。例如，第一询问信息可以是前文所述的用于询问所述终端设备进行测量时是否需要测量间隔的信息。也就是说，用于询问终端设备进行测量时是否需要测量间隔的信息可以用于触发第一指示信息的发送。终端设备不仅可以基于第一询问信息上报是否需要测量间隔，也可以上报是否需要支持按频率范围配置测量间隔。可以理解的是，这可以减少网络设备和终端设备之间的信息交互，提高通信效率。
作为一种实现方式，第一询问信息中可以包括一个或多个频段。一个或多个频段可以组成完整的频段组合，或者，一个或多个频段可以是频段组合的子集(即该频段组合的回落频段组合)。
一个或多个频段可以包括目标频段。例如，第一询问信息可以用于询问终端设备对目标频段进行测量时是否需要测量间隔。基于第一询问信息，网络设备可以要求终端设备上报所述目标频段是否需要测量间隔。并且，基于第一询问信息，终端设备可以发送第一指 示信息，指示所述目标频段是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔。其中，一个或多个频段可以通过列表表示。
需要说明的是，目标频段可以是与终端设备的服务小区的RAT相同的频段、和/或与服务小区的RAT不同的频段。
在一些实施例中，第一指示信息可以与第一测量相关。例如，第一指示信息可以用于指示终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置第一测量的测量间隔。第一测量例如可以是对小区或者频段的测量。
在一些实施例中，在第一测量包括频内测量(intra-frequency测量)的情况下，第一指示信息可以用于指示与终端设备的服务小区关联的小区是否需要按频率范围配置测量间隔。频内测量的目标小区可以与终端设备的服务小区在同一个载波频点上，即在同一中心频点上。因此，频内测量也可以称为同频测量。与服务小区关联的小区可以是上述频内测量的目标小区。
在一些实现方式中，在第一测量包括频内测量的情况下，第一指示信息可以用于指示服务小区是否需要按频率范围配置测量间隔。由于第一测量包括频内测量，与服务小区关联的小区可以与服务小区是同频的。因此，当终端设备按照服务小区上报服务小区是否需要按频率范围配置测量间隔，相当于终端设备上报了与服务小区关联的小区是否需要按照频率范围配置测量间隔。
在一些实施例中，在第一测量包括频间测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与第一测量关联的频段是否需要按频率范围配置测量间隔。与第一测量关联的频段例如可以是第一测量的目标频段。作为一种实现方式，目标频段可以通过第一询问信息确定。例如，第一询问信息可以用于询问对目标频段进行测量时是否需要测量间隔，其中，目标频段即可以为与第一测量关联的频段。
需要说明的是，频间测量可以包括相同无线接入技术(radio access technology，RAT)的频间测量(Inter-frequency测量)以及不同无线接入技术的频间测量(inter-RAT测量)。也就是说，与第一测量关联的频段可以包括：与服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
在一些实施例中，第一指示信息还可以用于指示在需要按频率范围配置测量间隔的情况下，测量间隔针对的频率范围。频率范围包括第一频率范围和/或第二频率范围。可以理解的是，第一指示信息不仅可以用于指示测量间隔是否需要按频率范围配置，还可以在需要按频率范围指示测量间隔的情况下，进一步指示需要那种频率范围的测量间隔。网络设备可以根据第一指示信息，直接配置针对某种频率范围的测量间隔。
作为一种实现方式，第一频率范围例如可以为频率范围1(FR1)，第二频率范围例如可以为频率范围2(FR2)。其中，频率范围1的频率范围例如可以包括410MHz～7125MHz。频率范围2的频率范围例如可以包括24250MHz～71GHz。
需要说明的是，在测量间隔针对的频率为第一频率范围的情况下，终端设备在进行测量时，需要挂起第一频率范围内的服务小区，而第一频率范围以外的服务小区的通信可以不受到影响。在频率范围包括第一频率范围和第二频率范围的情况下，终端设备可以在测量时挂起第一频率范围和第二频率范围中的任意一种或两种频率范围。
终端设备可以在满足第一条件的情况下发送第一指示信息。第一条件例如可以包括：终端设备进行测量时需要测量间隔。也就是说，在终端设备进行测量时需要测量间隔的情况下，终端设备可以发送第一指示信息。以终端设备可以上报“需要正常测量间隔”(gap)、“需要NCSG”(ncsg)或“既不需要正常测量间隔也不需要NCSG”(nongap-noncsg)为例，当终端设备上报gap或ncsg的情况下，终端设备才会发送第一指示信息。
下面通过实施例一和实施例二详细说明本申请提供的方法。需要说明的是，实施例一和实施例二可以单独实施，也可以结合起来实施。
实施例一
图3为实施例一提供的一种通信方法的示意性流程图。图3所示的方法可以包括步骤S310～步骤S330。图3所示的方法可以由终端设备和网络设备执行。
步骤S310，网络设备发送第一询问信息。终端设备接收第一询问信息。第一询问信息可以用于询问针对频段列表的测量是否需要测量间隔。频段列表可以包括目标频段。
换句话说，基于第一询问信息，网络设备可以要求终端设备上报频段列表中的频段的测量是否需要测量间隔。第一询问信息可以承载在RRCReconfiguration消息或者RRCResume消息中。
步骤S320，终端设备发送第一指示信息。网络设备接收第一指示信息。第一指示信息用于指示针对频段列表的测量间隔是否需要按频段范围配置。
在需要测量间隔并且需要按频段范围配置测量间隔的情况下，针对第一询问信息的应答消息中可以包括第一指示信息。针对第一询问信息的应答消息例如可以为RRCReconfigurationComplete消息或RRCResumeComplete消息。
针对频内测量，终端设备可以按照每个服务小区上报是否需要按频率范围配置测量间隔。针对频间测量，终端设备可以按照每个频段上报是否需要按频率范围配置测量间隔。
步骤S330，网络设备根据第一指示信息为终端设备配置测量间隔。
网络设备可以根据第一指示信息指示的测量间隔需求，按FR1频率范围和/或FR2频 率范围配置测量间隔。即网络设备可以要求终端设备按FR1配置的测量间隔和/或按FR2配置的测量间隔进行邻近小区的RRM测量。
实施例二
图4为实施例一提供的一种通信方法的示意性流程图。图4所示的方法可以包括步骤S410～步骤S430。图4所示的方法可以由终端设备和网络设备执行。
步骤S410，网络设备发送第一询问信息。终端设备接收第一询问信息。第一询问信息用于询问对频段列表中的频段的测量是否需要测量间隔。
步骤S420，终端设备发送第一指示信息。网络设备接收第一指示信息。第一指示信息用于指示对频段列表中的频段的测量间隔是否需要按FR1和/或FR2频段范围配置。
可以理解的是，在终端设备上报第一测量是否需要按频率范围配置的情况下，终端设备可以进一步上报需要按FR1和/或FR2频率范围配置的测量间隔。
针对频内测量，终端设备可以按照每个服务小区上报是否需要按FR1频率范围配置测量间隔(per FR1 gap)，或按FR2频率范围配置测量间隔(per FR2 gap)或两者都可以(per FR gap)。针对频间测量，终端设备可以按每个频段上报是否需要per FR1 gap或者per FR2 gap或者per FR gap。
步骤S430，基于步骤S420，网络设备根据第一指示信息为终端设备配置测量间隔。
可以理解的是，在终端设备上报需要按FR1和/或FR2频率范围配置的测量间隔的情况下，网络设备可以根据该上报的内容，在配置具体的测量间隔时更加有的放矢。
上文结合图1至图4，详细描述了本申请的方法实施例，下面结合图5至图7，详细描述本申请的装置实施例。应理解，方法实施例的描述与装置实施例的描述相互对应，因此，未详细描述的部分可以参见前面方法实施例。
图5为本申请实施例提供的一种终端设备500的示意性结构图。终端设备500可以包括第一接收单元510和第一发送单元520。
第一接收单元510用于接收第一询问信息；第一发送单元520用于响应于所述第一询问信息，发送第一指示信息；其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息。
可选地，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置第一测量的测量间隔。
可选地，在所述第一测量包括频内测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述终端设备的服务小区关联的小区是否需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔；和/或在所述第一测量包括频间测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述第一测量关联的频段是否需要按频 率范围配置所述测量间隔。
可选地，所述与所述第一测量关联的频段包括：与所述服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
可选地，所述第一指示信息还用于指示在需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔的情况下，所述测量间隔针对的频率范围。
可选地，所述频率范围包括频率范围1和/或频率范围2。
可选地，所述终第一发送单元具体用于：在所述终端设备进行测量时需要所述测量间隔的情况下，发送第一指示信息。
可选地，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
可选地，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备对目标频段进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
可选地，所述目标频段包括：与所述终端设备的服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
可选地，所述第一指示信息包含于RRC重配完成消息或RRC恢复完成消息中。
图6为本申请实施例提供的一种网络设备600的示意性结构图。网络设备600可以包括第二发送单元610和第二接收单元620。
第二发送单元610用于向终端设备发送第一询问信息；第二接收单元620用于接收第一指示信息；其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息，所述第一指示信息为所述第一询问信息的响应信息。
可选地，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按照频率范围配置第一测量的测量间隔。
可选地，在所述第一测量包括频内测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述终端设备的服务小区关联的小区是否需要按照频率范围配置所述测量间隔；和/或在所述第一测量包括频间测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述第一测量关联的频段是否需要按照频率范围配置所述测量间隔。
可选地，所述与所述第一测量关联的频段包括：与所述服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
可选地，所述第一指示信息还用于指示在需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔的情况下，所述测量间隔针对的频率范围。
可选地，所述频率范围包括频率范围1和/或频率范围2。
可选地，所述第二接收单元具体用于：在所述终端设备进行测量时需要所述测量间隔的情况下，所述网络设备接收第一指示信息。
可选地，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
可选地，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备对目标频段进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
可选地，所述目标频段包括：与所述终端设备的服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
可选地，所述第一指示信息包含于RRC重配完成消息或RRC恢复完成消息中。
可选地，所述网络设备600还包括：配置单元，用于基于所述第一指示信息，为所述终端设备配置测量间隔。
图7是本申请实施例的通信装置的示意性结构图。图7中的虚线表示该单元或模块为可选的。该装置700可用于实现上述方法实施例中描述的方法。装置700可以是芯片、终端设备或网络设备。
装置700可以包括一个或多个处理器710。该处理器710可支持装置700实现前文方法实施例所描述的方法。该处理器710可以是通用处理器或者专用处理器。例如，该处理器可以为中央处理单元(central processing unit，CPU)。或者，该处理器还可以是其他通用处理器、数字信号处理器(digital signal processor，DSP)、专用集成电路(application specific integrated circuit，ASIC)、现成可编程门阵列(field programmable gate array，FPGA)或者其他可编程逻辑器件、分立门或者晶体管逻辑器件、分立硬件组件等。通用处理器可以是微处理器或者该处理器也可以是任何常规的处理器等。
装置700还可以包括一个或多个存储器720。存储器720上存储有程序，该程序可以被处理器710执行，使得处理器710执行前文方法实施例所描述的方法。存储器720可以独立于处理器710也可以集成在处理器710中。
装置700还可以包括收发器730。处理器710可以通过收发器730与其他设备或芯片进行通信。例如，处理器710可以通过收发器730与其他设备或芯片进行数据收发。
本申请实施例还提供一种计算机可读存储介质，用于存储程序。该计算机可读存储介质可应用于本申请实施例提供的终端或网络设备中，并且该程序使得计算机执行本申请各个实施例中的由终端或网络设备执行的方法。
本申请实施例还提供一种计算机程序产品。该计算机程序产品包括程序。该计算机程序产品可应用于本申请实施例提供的终端或网络设备中，并且该程序使得计算机执行本申请各个实施例中的由终端或网络设备执行的方法。
本申请实施例还提供一种计算机程序。该计算机程序可应用于本申请实施例提供的终端或网络设备中，并且该计算机程序使得计算机执行本申请各个实施例中的由终端或网络设备执行的方法。
应理解，本申请中术语“***”和“网络”可以被可互换使用。另外，本申请使用的术语仅用于对本申请的具体实施例进行解释，而非旨在限定本申请。本申请的说明书和权利要求书及所述附图中的术语“第一”、“第二”、“第三”和“第四”等是用于区别不同对象，而不是用于描述特定顺序。此外，术语“包括”和“具有”以及它们任何变形，意图在于覆盖不排他的包含。
在本申请的实施例中，提到的“指示”可以是直接指示，也可以是间接指示，还可以是表示具有关联关系。举例说明，A指示B，可以表示A直接指示B，例如B可以通过A获取；也可以表示A间接指示B，例如A指示C，B可以通过C获取；还可以表示A和B之间具有关联关系。
在本申请实施例中，“与A相应的B”表示B与A相关联，根据A可以确定B。但还应理解，根据A确定B并不意味着仅仅根据A确定B，还可以根据A和/或其它信息确定B。
在本申请实施例中，术语“对应”可表示两者之间具有直接对应或间接对应的关系，也可以表示两者之间具有关联关系，也可以是指示与被指示、配置与被配置等关系。
本申请实施例中，“预定义”或“预配置”可以通过在设备(例如，包括终端设备和网络设备)中预先保存相应的代码、表格或其他可用于指示相关信息的方式来实现，本申请对于其具体的实现方式不做限定。比如预定义可以是指协议中定义的。
本申请实施例中，所述“协议”可以指通信领域的标准协议，例如可以包括LTE协议、NR协议以及应用于未来的通信***中的相关协议，本申请对此不做限定。
本申请实施例中术语“和/或”，仅仅是一种描述关联对象的关联关系，表示可以存在三种关系，例如，A和/或B，可以表示：单独存在A，同时存在A和B，单独存在B这三种情况。另外，本文中字符“/”，一般表示前后关联对象是一种“或”的关系。
在本申请的各种实施例中，上述各过程的序号的大小并不意味着执行顺序的先后，各过程的执行顺序应以其功能和内在逻辑确定，而不应对本申请实施例的实施过程构成任何限定。
在本申请所提供的几个实施例中，应该理解到，所揭露的***、装置和方法，可以通过其它的方式实现。例如，以上所描述的装置实施例仅仅是示意性的，例如，所述单元的划分，仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分，实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式，例如多个单元或组 件可以结合或者可以集成到另一个***，或一些特征可以忽略，或不执行。另一点，所显示或讨论的相互之间的耦合或直接耦合或通信连接可以是通过一些接口，装置或单元的间接耦合或通信连接，可以是电性，机械或其它的形式。
所述作为分离部件说明的单元可以是或者也可以不是物理上分开的，作为单元显示的部件可以是或者也可以不是物理单元，即可以位于一个地方，或者也可以分布到多个网络单元上。可以根据实际的需要选择其中的部分或者全部单元来实现本实施例方案的目的。
另外，在本申请各个实施例中的各功能单元可以集成在一个处理单元中，也可以是各个单元单独物理存在，也可以两个或两个以上单元集成在一个单元中。
在上述实施例中，可以全部或部分地通过软件、硬件、固件或者其任意组合来实现。当使用软件实现时，可以全部或部分地以计算机程序产品的形式实现。所述计算机程序产品包括一个或多个计算机指令。在计算机上加载和执行所述计算机程序指令时，全部或部分地产生按照本申请实施例所述的流程或功能。所述计算机可以是通用计算机、专用计算机、计算机网络、或者其他可编程装置。所述计算机指令可以存储在计算机可读存储介质中，或者从一个计算机可读存储介质向另一个计算机可读存储介质传输，例如，所述计算机指令可以从一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心通过有线(例如同轴电缆、光纤、数字用户线(digital subscriber line，DSL))或无线(例如红外、无线、微波等)方式向另一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心进行传输。所述计算机可读存储介质可以是计算机能够读取的任何可用介质或者是包含一个或多个可用介质集成的服务器、数据中心等数据存储设备。所述可用介质可以是磁性介质，(例如，软盘、硬盘、磁带)、光介质(例如，数字通用光盘(digital video disc，DVD))或者半导体介质(例如，固态硬盘(solid state disk，SSD))等。
以上所述，仅为本申请的具体实施方式，但本申请的保护范围并不局限于此，任何熟悉本技术领域的技术人员在本申请揭露的技术范围内，可轻易想到变化或替换，都应涵盖在本申请的保护范围之内。因此，本申请的保护范围应以所述权利要求的保护范围为准。

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  1. 一种通信方法，其特征在于，所述方法包括：
    终端设备接收第一询问信息；
    响应于所述第一询问信息，所述终端设备发送第一指示信息；
    其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置第一测量的测量间隔。
  3. 根据权利要求2所述的方法，其特征在于，
    在所述第一测量包括频内测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述终端设备的服务小区关联的小区是否需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔；和/或
    在所述第一测量包括频间测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述第一测量关联的频段是否需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔。
  4. 根据权利要求3所述的方法，其特征在于，所述与所述第一测量关联的频段包括：与所述服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  5. 根据权利要求1-4中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息还用于指示在需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔的情况下，所述测量间隔针对的频率范围。
  6. 根据权利要求5所述的方法，其特征在于，所述频率范围包括频率范围1和/或频率范围2。
  7. 根据权利要求1-6中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述终端设备发送第一指示信息包括：
    在所述终端设备进行测量时需要所述测量间隔的情况下，所述终端设备发送第一指示信息。
  8. 根据权利要求1-7中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  9. 根据权利要求8所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备对目标频段进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  10. 根据权利要求9所述的方法，其特征在于，所述目标频段包括：与所述终端设备的服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  11. 根据权利要求1-10中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息包含于无线资源控制RRC重配完成消息或RRC恢复完成消息中。
  12. 一种通信方法，其特征在于，所述方法包括：
    网络设备向终端设备发送第一询问信息；
    所述网络设备接收第一指示信息；
    其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息，所述第一指示信息为所述第一询问信息的响应信息。
  13. 根据权利要求12所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按照频率范围配置第一测量的测量间隔。
  14. 根据权利要求13所述的方法，其特征在于，
    在所述第一测量包括频内测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述终端设备的服务小区关联的小区是否需要按照频率范围配置所述测量间隔；和/或
    在所述第一测量包括频间测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述第一测量关联的频段是否需要按照频率范围配置所述测量间隔。
  15. 根据权利要求14所述的方法，其特征在于，所述与所述第一测量关联的频段包括：与所述服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  16. 根据权利要求12-15中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息还用于指示在需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔的情况下，所述测量间隔针对的频率范围。
  17. 根据权利要求16所述的方法，其特征在于，所述频率范围包括频率范围1和/或频率范围2。
  18. 根据权利要求12-17中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述网络设备接收第一指示信息包括：
    在所述终端设备进行测量时需要所述测量间隔的情况下，所述网络设备接收第一指示信息。
  19. 根据权利要求12-18中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  20. 根据权利要求19所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备对目标频段进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  21. 根据权利要求20所述的方法，其特征在于，所述目标频段包括：与所述终端设备 的服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  22. 根据权利要求12-21中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息包含于无线资源控制RRC重配完成消息或RRC恢复完成消息中。
  23. 根据权利要求12-22中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    基于所述第一指示信息，所述网络设备为所述终端设备配置测量间隔。
  24. 一种终端设备，其特征在于，包括：
    第一接收单元，用于接收第一询问信息；
    第一发送单元，用于响应于所述第一询问信息，发送第一指示信息；
    其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息。
  25. 根据权利要求24所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置第一测量的测量间隔。
  26. 根据权利要求25所述的终端设备，其特征在于，
    在所述第一测量包括频内测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述终端设备的服务小区关联的小区是否需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔；和/或
    在所述第一测量包括频间测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述第一测量关联的频段是否需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔。
  27. 根据权利要求26所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述与所述第一测量关联的频段包括：与所述服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  28. 根据权利要求24-27中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息还用于指示在需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔的情况下，所述测量间隔针对的频率范围。
  29. 根据权利要求28所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述频率范围包括频率范围1和/或频率范围2。
  30. 根据权利要求24-29中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述终第一发送单元具体用于：
    在所述终端设备进行测量时需要所述测量间隔的情况下，发送第一指示信息。
  31. 根据权利要求24-30中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  32. 根据权利要求31所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备对目标频段进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  33. 根据权利要求32所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述目标频段包括：与所述终端设备的服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  34. 根据权利要求24-33中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息包含于无线资源控制RRC重配完成消息或RRC恢复完成消息中。
  35. 一种网络设备，其特征在于，包括：
    第二发送单元，用于向终端设备发送第一询问信息；
    第二接收单元，用于接收第一指示信息；
    其中，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按频率范围配置测量间隔，所述第一询问信息用于询问与所述测量间隔相关的信息，所述第一指示信息为所述第一询问信息的响应信息。
  36. 根据权利要求35所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息用于指示所述终端设备是否支持按照频率范围配置第一测量的测量间隔。
  37. 根据权利要求36所述的网络设备，其特征在于，
    在所述第一测量包括频内测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述终端设备的服务小区关联的小区是否需要按照频率范围配置所述测量间隔；和/或
    在所述第一测量包括频间测量的情况下，第一指示信息用于指示与所述第一测量关联的频段是否需要按照频率范围配置所述测量间隔。
  38. 根据权利要求37所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述与所述第一测量关联的频段包括：与所述服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  39. 根据权利要求35-38中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息还用于指示在需要按频率范围配置所述测量间隔的情况下，所述测量间隔针对的频率范围。
  40. 根据权利要求39所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述频率范围包括频率范围1和/或频率范围2。
  41. 根据权利要求35-40中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述第二接收单元具体用于：
    在所述终端设备进行测量时需要所述测量间隔的情况下，所述网络设备接收第一指示信息。
  42. 根据权利要求35-41中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  43. 根据权利要求42所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一询问信息用于询问所述终端设备对目标频段进行测量时是否需要所述测量间隔。
  44. 根据权利要求43所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述目标频段包括：与所述终端设备的服务小区的无线接入技术相同的频段、和/或与所述服务小区的无线接入技术不同的频段。
  45. 根据权利要求35-44中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一指示信息包含于无线资源控制RRC重配完成消息或RRC恢复完成消息中。
  46. 根据权利要求35-45中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述网络设备还包括：
    配置单元，用于基于所述第一指示信息，为所述终端设备配置测量间隔。
  47. 一种终端设备，其特征在于，包括收发器、存储器和处理器，所述存储器用于存储程序，所述处理器用于调用所述存储器中的程序，以使所述终端执行如权利要求1-11中任一项所述的方法。
  48. 一种网络设备，其特征在于，包括收发器、存储器和处理器，所述存储器用于存储程序，所述处理器用于调用所述存储器中的程序，以使所述网络设备执行如权利要求12-23中任一项所述的方法。
  49. 一种装置，其特征在于，包括处理器，用于从存储器中调用程序，以使所述装置执行如权利要求1-23中任一项所述的方法。
  50. 一种芯片，其特征在于，包括处理器，用于从存储器调用程序，使得安装有所述芯片的设备执行如权利要求1-23中任一项所述的方法。
  51. 一种计算机可读存储介质，其特征在于，其上存储有程序，所述程序使得计算机执行如权利要求1-23中任一项所述的方法。
  52. 一种计算机程序产品，其特征在于，包括程序，所述程序使得计算机执行如权利要求1-23中任一项所述的方法。
  53. 一种计算机程序，其特征在于，所述计算机程序使得计算机执行如权利要求1-23中任一项所述的方法。
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