IP Library Granted Patent US 12,284,544
Granted Patent B2
US 12,284,544 · App. 17/776,772 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Measurement configuration method and apparatus

Inventors: Le Jin (Shenzhen, CN); Zhou Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
H04W24/10H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 12,284,544
App. No.
17/776,772
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A measurement configuration method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: a network device transmits measurement configuration information to a terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes first information indicating that an MG is active when a frequency of an SSB that is indicated by an MO of a first serving cell of the terminal device is out of a currently active BWP of the first serving cell; and after the active BWP of the first serving cell of the terminal device is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, the terminal device determines, based on the first information, that the MG in the measurement configuration is active, where the second BWP does not include the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the first serving cell.

Claims (40)

1. A measurement configuration method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, measurement configuration information from a network device, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a measurement gap (MG) and first information, the first information indicates that the MG is active when a frequency of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) that is indicated by a measurement object (MO) of a first serving cell of the terminal device is out of a currently active bandwidth part (BWP) of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is any one of at least one serving cell of the terminal device; and

after an active BWP of the first serving cell of the terminal device is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, determining, by the terminal device based on the first information, that the MG in the measurement configuration is active, wherein the second BWP does not comprise the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the first serving cell; and

wherein when the network device has configured a plurality of serving cells for the terminal device, for each of the plurality of serving cells, the same MG is active when a frequency of an SSB that is indicated by an MO corresponding to the respective serving cell is out of a currently active BWP of the serving cell, and the same MG is not active when the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the respective serving cell is not out of the currently active BWP of the serving cell.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

after an active BWP of the first serving cell of the terminal device is switched from the first BWP to a third BWP, determining, by the terminal device based on the first information, that the MG in the measurement configuration is inactive, wherein the third BWP comprises the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the first serving cell, and the third BWP is a different BWP than the second BWP.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is located in a first field in a gap configuration of the measurement configuration information, and the first information is set to true or false, wherein the first information being true indicates that the MG is active when the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO of the first serving cell of the terminal device is out of the currently active BWP of the first serving cell.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, second information from the network device, wherein the second information indicates a correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell of the terminal device, the first serving cell is configured with a plurality of MOs, and each the MOs is configured with a frequency of one SSB;

determining, by the terminal device based on the correspondence between BWPs and MOs, a first MO corresponding to a fourth BWP, wherein the fourth BWP is a currently active BWP of the first serving cell of the terminal device, and the fourth BWP is different from the second BWP; and

performing, by the terminal device, measurement on an SSB based on a frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the first MO.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second information is received through the measurement configuration information; or the second information is received through serving cell configuration information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the second information is received through the measurement configuration information, the second information is comprised in a configurations of the MOs in the measurement configuration information, and the correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell that is indicated by the second information in a configuration of any one of the MOs is that the any one of the MOs corresponds to a corresponding BWP of the first serving cell.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the second information is received through the serving cell configuration information, the serving cell configuration information further comprises third information, and the third information indicates identities of the plurality of MOs of the first serving cell.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein MOs corresponding to different BWPs of the first serving cell have a same identity, and one of the plurality of MOs of the first serving cell is active at one moment.

9. A measurement configuration method, comprising:

determining, by a network device, measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a measurement gap (MG) and first information, the first information indicates that the MG is active when a frequency of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) that is indicated by a measurement object (MO) of a first serving cell of a terminal device is out of a currently active bandwidth part (BWP) of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is any one of at least one serving cell of the terminal device; and

transmitting, by the network device, the measurement configuration information to the terminal device; and

wherein when the network device has configured a plurality of serving cells for the terminal device, for each of the plurality of serving cells, the same MG is active when a frequency of an SSB that is indicated by an MO corresponding to the respective serving cell is out of a currently active BWP of the serving cell, and the same MG is not active when the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the respective serving cell is not out of the currently active BWP of the serving cell.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first information is located in a first field in a gap configuration of the measurement configuration information, and the first information is set to true or false, wherein the first information being true indicates that the MG is active when the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO of the first serving cell of the terminal device is out of the currently active BWP of the first serving cell.

11. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

determining, by the network device, second information, wherein the second information indicates a correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell of the terminal device, the first serving cell is configured with a plurality of MOs, and each of the MOs is configured with a frequency of one SSB; and

transmitting, by the network device, the second information to the terminal device.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second information is transmitted through the measurement configuration information; or the second information is transmitted through serving cell configuration information.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein when the second information is transmitted through the measurement configuration information, the second information is comprised in a configurations of the MOs in the measurement configuration information, and the correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell that is indicated by the second information in a configuration of any one of the MOs is that the any one of the MOs corresponds to a corresponding BWP of the first serving cell.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein when the second information is transmitted through the serving cell configuration information, the serving cell configuration information further comprises third information, and the third information indicates identities of the plurality of MOs of the first serving cell.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein MOs corresponding to different BWPs of the first serving cell have a same identity, and one of the plurality of MOs of the first serving cell is active at one moment.

16. A terminal device, comprising at least one processor and a transceiver, wherein

the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit data; and

the at least one processor is coupled to a memory and configured to invoke a program in the memory to cause the terminal device to execute operations comprising:

receiving measurement configuration information from a network device, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a measurement gap (MG) and first information, the first information indicates that the MG is active when a frequency of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) that is indicated by a measurement object (MO) of a first serving cell of the terminal device is out of a currently active bandwidth part (BWP) of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is any one of at least one serving cell of the terminal device; and

after an active BWP of the first serving cell of the terminal device is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, determining, based on the first information, that the MG in the measurement configuration is active, wherein the second BWP does not comprise the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the first serving cell; and

wherein when the network device has configured a plurality of serving cells for the terminal device, for each of the plurality of serving cells, the same MG is active when a frequency of an SSB that is indicated by an MO corresponding to the respective serving cell is out of a currently active BWP of the serving cell, and the same MG is not active when the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the respective serving cell is not out of the currently active BWP of the serving cell.

17. The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to further invoke the program in the memory to further cause the terminal device to execute operations comprising:

after an active BWP of the first serving cell of the terminal device is switched from the first BWP to a third BWP, determining, based on the first information, that the MG in the measurement configuration is inactive, wherein the third BWP comprises the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO corresponding to the first serving cell, and the third BWP is a different BWP than the second BWP.

18. The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein the first information is located in a first field in a gap configuration of the measurement configuration information, and the first information is set to true or false, wherein the first information being true indicates that the MG is active when the frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the MO of the first serving cell of the terminal device is out of the currently active BWP of the first serving cell.

19. The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to further invoke the program in the memory to further cause the terminal device to execute operations comprising:

receiving second information from the network device, wherein the second information indicates a correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell of the terminal device, the first serving cell is configured with a plurality of MOs, and each the MOs is configured with a frequency of one SSB;

determining, based on the correspondence between BWPs and MOs, a first MO corresponding to a fourth BWP, wherein the fourth BWP is a currently active BWP of the first serving cell of the terminal device, and the fourth BWP is different from the second BWP; and

performing measurement on an SSB based on a frequency of the SSB that is indicated by the first MO.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: JIN, LE; WANG, ZHOU
To: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060337/0206 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010218679.7 · Mar 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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