Granted Patent B2

US 12,549,990 · App. 18/344,637 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Li Zhang (Beijing, CN); Jing Han (Beijing, CN); Hong Li (Beijing, CN); Zhongyi Shen (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

H04W24/10H04W24/08

Abstract

Claims (73)

1 . A method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal, a measurement gap type corresponding to a first group of measurement objects (MO)s, wherein the measurement gap type comprises a measurement gap (MG) type or a network-controlled small gap (NCSG) type;

measuring, by the terminal, the first group of MOs based on the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs; and

determining, by the terminal, a data transmission behavior in a serving cell of the terminal based on the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs.

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

receiving, by the terminal, first information from a network device; and

wherein determining, by the terminal, the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs comprises:

determining, by the terminal based on the first information, the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

the first information indicates the measurement gap type; and

the first information is carried in second information, wherein the second information is configured to be used for configuring an MG pattern;

the first information is carried in layer L1 signaling; or

the first information is carried in layer L2 signaling.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal determines that the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs is the NCSG type, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal, a measurement behavior within a measurement length (ML) of an NCSG based on a parameter of the NCSG by:

when the terminal supports measurement of a third-type MO within the ML of the NCSG, measuring, by the terminal, a second-type MO and the third-type MO within the ML of the NCSG, wherein a measurement behavior of measuring the second-type MO and the third-type MO by the terminal is the same as a measurement behavior of the terminal outside a measurement gap length (MGL) of an MG; or

when the terminal does not support measurement of a third-type MO within the ML of the NCSG, measuring, by the terminal, only a second-type MO within the ML of the NCSG, wherein a measurement behavior of measuring the second-type MO by the terminal is the same as a measurement behavior of the terminal within the MGL of the MG; and

wherein the second-type MO comprises an MO requiring the NCSG, and the third-type MO comprises an MO requiring no MG and NCSG.

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

performing, by the terminal, L1 measurement of the serving cell of the terminal within a measurement length (ML) of an NCSG.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal determines that the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs is the NCSG type; and

wherein an MO measured within an NCSG corresponds to a second measurement behavior, an MO measured outside the NCSG corresponds to a third measurement behavior, and the second measurement behavior is different from the third measurement behavior.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the second measurement behavior comprises one or more of the following:

a carrier specific scaling factor (CSSF) corresponding to each MO within the NCSG is obtained according to a second calculation manner, and the second calculation manner is used for measurement within an MG; or

a scaling factor Klayer1 for L1 measurement is determined based on a measurement period of an L1 measurement reference signal within the NCSG.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein:

the third measurement behavior comprises one or more of the following:

when the NCSG and a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) do not overlap, a carrier specific scaling factor (CSSF) corresponding to each MO outside the NCSG is determined according to a calculation manner used for measurement outside an MG;

when the NCSG and the SMTC do not overlap, a scaling factor Kp for L3 measurement is greater than 1;

when the NCSG and the SMTC do not overlap, a scaling factor Klayer1 for L1 measurement is determined based on a measurement period of an L1 measurement reference signal outside the NCSG; and

a calculation manner used for calculating the CSSF when the NCSG and the SMTC overlap is a calculation manner within the MG, and the scaling factor Klayer1 for L1 measurement is determined based on a measurement period of an L1 measurement reference signal within the NCSG.

9 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein:

the first group of MOs comprises a second-type MO and a third-type MO, the second-type MO and a deactivated MO in the third-type MO are measured within the NCSG, and an MO other than the deactivated MO in the third-type MO is measured outside the NCSG; and

the second-type MO comprises an MO requiring an NCSG, and the third-type MO comprises an MO requiring no MG and NCSG.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first group of MOs comprises a deactivated secondary component carrier (SCC), and the terminal determines that the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs is the NCSG type; and

wherein measuring, by the terminal, the first group of MOs based on the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs comprises:

determining, by the terminal based on a parameter of an NCSG and attribute information of the deactivated SCC, a measurement behavior of the deactivated SCC; or

determining, by the terminal based on attribute information of the deactivated SCC, a measurement behavior of the deactivated SCC.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the attribute information of the deactivated SCC comprises a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) of the deactivated SCC; and

wherein determining, by the terminal based on the parameter of the NCSG and the attribute information of the deactivated SCC, the measurement behavior of the deactivated SCC comprises:

when the NCSG and the SMTC of the deactivated SCC completely or partially overlap, measuring, by the terminal, the deactivated SCC within the NCSG; or

when the NCSG and the SMTC of the deactivated SCC do not overlap, measuring, by the terminal, the deactivated SCC outside the NCSG.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the attribute information of the deactivated SCC comprises a measurement period; and

wherein determining, by the terminal based on attribute information of the deactivated SCC, the measurement behavior of the deactivated SCC comprises:

when the measurement period is greater than or equal to a first value, measuring, by the terminal, the deactivated SCC within the NCSG, wherein the NCSG and a SMTC of the deactivated SCC completely or partially overlap; or

when the measurement period is less than a first value, measuring, by the terminal, the deactivated SCC outside the NCSG.

13 . A method, comprising:

determining, by a network device, a measurement gap type corresponding to a first group of measurement objects (MO)s, wherein the measurement gap type comprises a measurement gap (MG) type or a network-controlled small gap (NCSG) type; and

performing, by the network device, data scheduling on a terminal based on the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, first information to the terminal, wherein the first information is configured to be used for determining the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first information indicates the measurement gap type; and

wherein:

the first information is carried in second information, wherein the second information is configured to be used for configuring a measurement gap pattern (MG pattern) for the terminal;

the first information is carried in layer L1 signaling; or

the first information is carried in layer L2 signaling.

16 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first information indicates whether the terminal is allowed to switch the measurement gap type, and determining, by the network device, the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs comprises:

determining, by the network device based on the first information, that the terminal is allowed to switch the measurement gap type, and determining, by the network device according to a first rule, the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs, wherein the first rule comprises: when there is no first-type MO in the first group of MOs, the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs is the NCSG type; or when there is a first-type MO in the first group of MOs, the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs is the MG type; and the first-type MO comprises an MO requiring an MG; or

determining, by the network device based on the first information, that the terminal is not allowed to switch the measurement gap type, and determining, by the network device, that the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs is the MG type.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

determining, by the network device, a parameter of the NCSG based on the parameter of an MG pattern by:

using a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) of the MG pattern as a visible interruption repetition period (VIRP) of a NCSG; and

using, as a measurement length (ML) of the NCSG, a time length obtained by removing a first visible interruption length (VIL) and a second VIL from a measurement gap length (MGL) of the MG pattern; and

wherein duration of the first VIL and duration of the second VIL are equal to duration of a VIL corresponding to the MG pattern.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein the data scheduling comprises uplink data scheduling, and performing, by the network device, data scheduling on the terminal based on the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs comprises:

generating, by the network device, scheduling information, and sending the scheduling information to the terminal, wherein the scheduling information is used for scheduling the terminal to perform uplink transmission after n slots or symbols after the first VIL end, and for scheduling the terminal to perform uplink transmission after n slots or symbols after the second VIL end, and wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and n is predefined in a protocol or is determined based on a communication parameter of the terminal.

19 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein:

when the MG pattern is configured at a granularity of the terminal, or the MG pattern is configured at a granularity of a frequency range (FR) and that corresponds to a first FR, the VIL corresponding to the MG pattern is 0.5 milliseconds (ms); or

when the MG pattern is configured at a granularity of an FR and that corresponds to a second FR, the VIL corresponding to the MG pattern is 0.25 ms.

20 . A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus comprises one or more processors, and the one or more processors are configured to:

determine a measurement gap type corresponding to a first group of measurement objects (MO)s, wherein the measurement gap type comprises a measurement gap (MG) type or a network-controlled small gap (NCSG) type;

measure the first group of MOs based on the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs; and

determine a data transmission behavior in a serving cell of a terminal based on the measurement gap type corresponding to the first group of MOs.

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