Communication method, terminal, and network device

1. A communication method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal, a beam sweeping time period of a first beam in a cell based on a beam sweeping manner of the cell;

determining, by the terminal as a target measurement time period based on the beam sweeping time period and a logging duration, all or a part of a time period that is in the logging duration and that overlaps with the beam sweeping time period; and

performing, by the terminal, signal measurement in the target measurement time period to obtain a measurement result; and

sending, by the terminal, the measurement result to a network device.

2. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the logging duration is greater than or equal to a length of a beam sweeping cycle of the first beam.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein a start moment of the logging duration is equal to a start moment of the beam sweeping time period.

4. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the logging duration is N times a discontinuous transmission (DRX) cycle, and N is a positive integer; and

the determining, by the terminal as a target measurement time period based on the beam sweeping time period and logging duration, all or a part of a time period that is in the logging duration and that overlaps with the beam sweeping time period comprises:

determining, by the terminal as the target measurement time period based on the beam sweeping time period, the DRX cycle, and a receive DRX ON time period in the DRX cycle, all or a part of a time period that is in the receive DRX ON time period and that overlaps with the beam sweeping time period.

5. The communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the network device, the measurement result obtained by the terminal by performing signal measurement based on the beam sweeping manner of the cell; and

processing, by the network device, the measurement result.

6. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal by performing signal measurement in the target measurement time period in a logging duration, the target measurement time period is all or a part of a time period that is in the logging duration and that overlaps with a beam sweeping time period of a first beam, and the beam sweeping time period of the first beam is determined by the terminal based on the beam sweeping manner.

7. The communication method according to claim 6 , wherein a length of the logging duration is greater than or equal to a length of a beam sweeping cycle of the first beam.

8. The communication method according to claim 6 , wherein a start moment of the logging duration is equal to a start moment of the beam sweeping time period.

9. The communication method according to claim 6 , wherein the logging duration is N times a discontinuous transmission (DRX) cycle, the target measurement time period comprises all or a part of a time period that is in a DRX ON time period of the terminal in the DRX cycle and that overlaps with the beam sweeping time period, and N is a positive integer.

10. A terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the processor, the programming instructions instruct the processor to:

determine a beam sweeping time period of a first beam in a cell based on a beam sweeping manner of the cell;

determine, as a target measurement time period based on the beam sweeping time period and a logging duration, all or a part of a time period that is in the logging duration and that overlaps with the beam sweeping time period; and

perform signal measurement in the target measurement time period to obtain the measurement result; and

send the measurement result to a network device.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein a length of the logging duration is greater than or equal to a length of a beam sweeping cycle of the first beam.

12. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein a start moment of the logging duration is equal to a start moment of the beam sweeping time period.

13. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the logging duration is N times a discontinuous transmission DRX cycle, and N is a positive integer; and

the programming instructions instruct the processor to determine, as the target measurement time period based on the beam sweeping time period, the DRX cycle, and a receive DRX ON time period in the DRX cycle, all or a part of a time period that is in the DRX ON time period and that overlaps with the beam sweeping time period.

14. A network device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the processor, the programming instructions instruct the processor to:

receive a measurement result obtained by a terminal by performing signal measurement based on a beam sweeping manner of a cell, wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal by performing signal measurement in a target measurement time period in a logging duration, the target measurement time period is all or a part of a time period that is in the logging duration and that overlaps with a beam sweeping time period of a first beam, and the beam sweeping time period of the first beam is determined by the terminal based on the beam sweeping manner; and

process the measurement result.

15. The network device according to claim 14 , wherein a length of the logging duration is greater than or equal to a length of a beam sweeping cycle of the first beam.

16. The network device according to claim 14 , wherein a start moment of the logging duration is equal to a start moment of the beam sweeping time period.

17. The network device according to claim 14 , wherein the logging duration is N times a discontinuous transmission (DRX) cycle, the target measurement time period comprises all or a part of a time period that is in a DRX ON time period of the terminal in the DRX cycle and that overlaps with the beam sweeping time period, and N is a positive integer.