WO2024207350A1 - Information processing method and apparatus, and communication device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are an information processing method and apparatus, and a communication device and a storage medium. A method, which is executed by means of a communication device, comprises: determining a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle of a first cell; and determining, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration of a terminal executing radio resource management (RRM) measurement on a reference signal of the first cell.

Description

Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device and a storage medium.

Background Art

Network energy saving, one possible way to save energy is discontinuous transmission (DTX) of cell base stations.

Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement, also known as L3 (Layer 3) measurement, is mainly used to support the terminal to perform cell selection or reselection functions in idle or inactive state, or to perform mobility management in connected state. The base station can configure the cell to be measured and the reference signal to be measured (also known as the pilot signal) for the terminal, and the terminal performs RRM measurement based on the reference signal sent by the base station.

When the reference signal to be measured is sent by the base station in DTX mode, there is currently no implementation plan for determining the measurement duration (Measurement Period, also called "measurement period") of the reference signal for RRM measurement.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, which is executed by a communication device, and the method includes:

Determining a DTX period of the first cell;

According to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined.

According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus, applied to a communication device, the apparatus comprising:

A first determining module is configured to determine a DTX cycle of a first cell;

The second determination module is configured to determine, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell.

According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, the communication device including:

one or more processors;

The processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the information processing method provided in the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer storage medium is provided, wherein the computer storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the information processing method provided by the first aspect above.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure determines the DTX period of the first cell, and determines the measurement duration of the terminal performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell. Since the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell, the reduction of the measurable period caused by the first cell being in the DTX sleep state can be suppressed, ensuring that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, thereby improving the reliability of the RRM measurement results of the terminal in the scenario where the DTX mode is turned on in the first cell.

It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG3 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG4 is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG5 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG6 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG7 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG8 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG9 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms of "a", "said", and "the" used in the present disclosure are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" used in this article refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the embodiments of the present disclosure, In the case of the scope of the example, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment. To facilitate understanding of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless communication system shown in FIG1 is first used as an example to describe in detail a wireless communication system applicable to the embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be noted that the solution in the embodiment of the present disclosure can also be applied to other wireless communication systems, and the corresponding names can also be replaced by the names of corresponding functions in other wireless communication systems.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology. The wireless communication system may include: a plurality of user equipments 11 , a plurality of access network equipments 12 and a network management equipment 13 .

The user equipment 11 may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN). The user equipment 11 may be an IoT user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone), and a computer with an IoT user equipment, for example, a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment. Alternatively, the user device 11 may also be a wearable device, a virtual reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (AR) device, or a VR/AR hybrid head-mounted device. Alternatively, the user device 11 may also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user device 11 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a driving computer with wireless communication function, or a wireless user device connected to an external driving computer. Alternatively, the user device 11 may also be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside device with wireless communication function.

The access network device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new air interface system or a 5G new air interface (NR) system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be called a new generation radio access network (NG-RAN).

Among them, the access network device 12 can be an evolved base station (eNB) adopted in a 4G system. Alternatively, the access network device 12 can also be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access network device 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually includes a centralized unit (central unit, CU) and at least two distributed units (distributed units, DU). The centralized unit is provided with a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, and a media access control (Medium Access Control, MAC) layer protocol stack; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (Physical, PHY) layer protocol stack. The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation method of the access network device 12.

A wireless connection can be established between the access network device 12 and the user equipment 11 through a wireless air interface. In different implementations, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface can also be Wireless air interface based on 5G, the next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

The access network device 12 may be located in a communication system integrated with a satellite communication system, and may provide connection services for satellites, and may connect satellites to a core network. For example, the access network device 12 may be an access network device having a satellite gateway function in a communication system, such as a gateway device, a ground station device, a non-terrestrial network gateway/satellite gateway (Non-terrestrial networks Gateway, NTN-Gateway), etc.

In some examples, an E2E (End to End) or D2D (device to device) connection may be established between the user devices 11. For example, V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure) communication and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian) communication in vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

In one embodiment, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13. A plurality of access network devices 12 are connected to the network management device 13 respectively.

In one embodiment, the network management device 13 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network management device 13 may be a mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet core (EPC). Alternatively, the core network device may also be a serving gateway (SGW), a public data network gateway (PGW), a policy and charging rules function (PCRF), or a home subscriber server (HSS). The present disclosure does not limit the implementation form of the core network device 13.

In one embodiment, the network management device 13 may be an access and mobility management function (AMF), a unified data management (UDM), a session management function (SMF), a user plane function (UPF), etc. The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the implementation form of the network management device 13.

In order to save network energy consumption and improve resource utilization, a possible energy-saving method is discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the cell base station. DTX may affect the signal reception and transmission of the terminal. For example, during the period when DTX is effective, some base station periodically sent signals, such as reference signals, are no longer sent. For a cell configured with a cell DTX function, the state of the cell sending downlink signals can be recorded as a DTX wake-up state (for example, DTX-on, which can also be called a DTX activation state). In other words, when the cell is in the DTX wake-up state, the cell normally sends downlink signals to the terminal. Conversely, the state of the cell not sending downlink signals (for example, not sending certain periodic reference signals) is recorded as a DTX sleep state (for example, DTX-off, which can also be called a DTX inactive state or a DTX dormant state). The base station can configure a periodic cell DTX mode (for example, cell DTX on-off pattern). The configuration information of the periodic cell DTX mode includes at least one parameter of: a time domain period, a time domain offset, a wake-up (on) duration, and a sleep (off) duration.

For RRM measurement, the base station can configure the cell to be measured for the terminal (the cell to be measured can be a neighboring cell of the terminal, or a neighboring cell and a serving cell) and the pilot signal to be measured. The pilot signal to be measured in the neighboring cell includes a synchronization signal block (SSB) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

For SSB/CSI-RS based RRM measurements, the relevant standards define the measurement period requirements.

In some examples, for each result reported to the terminal high layer, the corresponding measurement period is determined according to the specific measurement scenario (for example, whether the measurement gap is configured or not within the frequency (intra-frequency), whether the measurement gap is configured or not between the frequencies (inter-frequency)) and other configurations (for example, whether the high speed identification is configured, whether the DRX is configured, etc.). The terminal needs to perform sampling measurement on the transmission of the pilot within the measurement period, and obtain the measurement result to be reported based on the sampling results within the measurement period. Taking the measured reference signal as CSI-RS as an example, for the frequency range of FR1 (Frequency Range 1), the terminal determines the measurement duration according to the method in Table 1 below. Among them, K _{p_CSI-RS} is a constant related to the measurement gap configuration, CSSF _intra is a constant related to the carrier, and CSI-RS period represents the period of CSI-RS.

Table 1: Measurement duration of CSI-RS based on no gaps in frequency (FR1)

When the cell is in the DTX-off period, the base station does not send various downlink channels, such as reference signals for RRM measurement. If the base station turns on the DTX function of the cell, it is necessary to determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement.

FIG2 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is executed by a communication device, as shown in FIG2 , and the information processing method may include:

Step 201: Determine a DTX period of a first cell;

Step 202: Determine, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell.

The information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is executed by a communication device, and the communication device can be a terminal or a network device.

In some examples, the terminal may be various mobile terminals or fixed terminals. For example, the terminal may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a computer, a server, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a game control platform, a multimedia device, or various sensors.

In some examples, the network device may be a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs. For example, the network device is a base station. The base station may be a gNB or an eNB.

The cell side can configure a periodic DTX mode. Configuration information of the periodic DTX mode of the cell includes: at least one parameter of a time domain period, a time domain offset, a wake-up duration, and a sleep duration.

A single DTX cycle includes a DTX wake-up duration (or DTX wake-up period) and a DTX sleep duration (or DTX sleep period). The length of a DTX cycle is equal to the sum of the DTX wake-up duration and the DTX sleep duration.

During the DTX wake-up duration of a single DTX cycle of the cell, the reference signal sent by the cell can be used for the terminal to perform RRM measurement; during the DTX sleep duration of a single DTX cycle of the cell, the cell does not send a reference signal.

In some examples, the first cell may be a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal. When the neighboring cell supports the DTX mode, the serving cell may receive configuration information of the periodic DTX mode of the neighboring cell from the neighboring cell, and the configuration information is used to determine the DTX period of the neighboring cell.

In some examples, the neighbor cell and the serving cell may belong to the same base station or to different base stations.

The serving cell, also called the source cell or the current cell, is the cell where the terminal is currently residing, or the cell that is providing data transmission for the terminal. The serving cell can be the cell that the terminal initially accesses, or the cell that the terminal accessed during the last cell reselection process.

The neighboring cell is a cell adjacent to the current serving cell of the terminal.

In some examples, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is used to characterize the time window (ie, measurement period) during which the terminal performs the RRM measurement. The terminal performs the RRM measurement within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement, and does not perform the RRM measurement beyond the measurement duration.

In some examples, the RRM measurements are used for cell selection, cell reselection, or cell handover of the terminal.

In some examples, the RRM measurement may be a same-frequency measurement or a different-frequency measurement.

In some examples, the reference signal may include at least one of SSB and CSI-RS.

For example, a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state may perform RRM measurement based on SSB. A terminal in a connected state may perform RRM measurement based on SSB or CSI-RS.

For example, a terminal in a connected state may use CSI-RS or jointly use SSB-RS and CSI-RS to support RRM measurement.

CSI-RS-based RRM supports measuring periodically transmitted CSI-RS. The period of CSI-RS can be, for example, 4ms, 5ms, 10ms, 20ms or 40ms. The terminal needs to perform CSI-RS-based RRM measurement at the time-frequency position of the transmitted CSI-RS.

In some examples, the CSI-RS may be: NZP-CSI-RS (Non-Zero Power CSI-RS, non-zero power channel state information reference signal), or ZP-CSI-RS (Zero Power CSI-RS, zero power channel state information reference signal).

In some examples, the communication device is a network device to which a service cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a service cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

For example, when the communication device is a network device to which the service cell of the terminal belongs, the network device can determine the DTX cycle of the service cell, and determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the service cell based on the DTX cycle of the service cell.

For another example, when the serving cell and the neighboring cell belong to different network devices, the network device to which the serving cell belongs can receive the DTX period of the neighboring cell from the network device to which the neighboring cell belongs, and determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the neighboring cell based on the DTX period of the neighboring cell.

Exemplarily, after determining the measurement duration of the RRM measurement, the network device to which the service cell of the terminal belongs may send the measurement duration of the RRM measurement to the terminal so that the terminal can perform the RRM measurement.

For example, the network device sends to the terminal a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of a serving cell, and/or the network device sends to the terminal a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell.

As an example, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement may be included in the configuration information sent by the network device to the terminal. For example, the configuration information may be RRM measurement configuration information.

In some examples, when the communication device is a terminal, the terminal can receive the DTX period of the first cell sent by the network device to which the service cell of the terminal belongs; and determine the measurement duration of the terminal to perform wireless resource management RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell based on the DTX period of the first cell.

Exemplarily, when the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the terminal receives the DTX period of the serving cell sent by the network device to which the serving cell belongs. Alternatively, when the first cell is the neighboring cell of the terminal, the terminal receives the DTX period of the neighboring cell sent by the network device to which the second cell belongs, wherein the second cell is the serving cell of the terminal.

In some examples, the terminal may determine the sum of the DTX wake-up duration and the DTX sleep duration as the DTX cycle of the first cell based on the received DTX wake-up duration and the DTX sleep duration of the first cell. In this example, the DTX cycle of the first cell may not be provided to the terminal.

In some examples, in the above step 202, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell can be determined based on the period of the reference signal and at least one of the DRX (Discontinuous Reception) period of the terminal and the DTX period of the first cell.

For example, the measurement duration for which the terminal performs RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the maximum value among the period of the reference signal, the DRX period of the terminal and the DTX period of the first cell.

In other examples, in the above step 202, when the DTX period of the first cell is less than or equal to the first predetermined value (for example, the first preset value is 320ms), the second predetermined value can be determined as the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell. The second predetermined value can be related to the frequency range (for example, when the frequency range is FR1, the second predetermined value is 200ms; when the frequency range is FR2, the second predetermined value is 400ms); or, when the DTX period is greater than the first predetermined value, N times the DTX period of the first cell can be determined as the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell, where the value of N is greater than or equal to 1.

As an example, the value of N may be positively correlated with the number of samples required to be measured.

In some examples, the longer the DTX cycle of the first cell, the longer the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell configured with the DTX mode. That is, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement increases proportionally with the DTX cycle of the first cell.

The disclosed embodiment provides an information processing method, by determining the DTX cycle of the first cell, and determining the measurement duration of the terminal performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX cycle of the first cell. Since the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the reduction of the measurable period caused by the first cell being in the DTX sleep state can be suppressed, ensuring that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, thereby improving the reliability of the RRM measurement result of the terminal in the scenario where the DTX mode is turned on in the first cell.

In some embodiments, in the above step 202, determining, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell may include one of the following:

Determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell;

According to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined.

In this embodiment, the terminal may be configured with DRX, so that the terminal periodically enters a sleep state and does not monitor the reference signal. When the monitoring opportunity comes, the terminal wakes up from the sleep state, thereby achieving the purpose of power saving.

FIG3 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is executed by a communication device, as shown in FIG3 , and the information processing method may include:

Step 301: Determine a DTX period of a first cell;

Step 302: Determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell.

In this embodiment, the implementation of step 301 can refer to the implementation of step 201 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

In some examples, in the above step 302, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell can be determined based on the maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal.

The time length of the period of the reference signal of the first cell may be greater than the time length of the DTX period of the first cell, and the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the period of the reference signal. Alternatively, the time length of the DTX period of the first cell may be greater than the time length of the period of the reference signal, and the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell.

For example, when the reference signal is CSI-RS and the frequency range is FR1, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell can be calculated according to the maximum value max1 in the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, according to the calculation formula max(200ms, ceil(1.5x[5]x K _{p_CSI-RS} )x max1)x CSSF _intra . K _{p_CSI-RS} is a constant related to the measurement gap configuration, and CSSF _intra is a constant related to the carrier.

In this embodiment, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement performed by the terminal on the reference signal of the first cell is determined based on the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal. Since the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is jointly determined based on the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, this can effectively suppress the reduction of the measurable time period caused by the first cell being in the DTX sleep state, and can effectively ensure that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, thereby improving the reliability of the RRM measurement results of the terminal in the scenario where the DTX mode is turned on in the first cell.

FIG4 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is executed by a communication device, as shown in FIG4 , and the information processing method may include:

Step 401: Determine a DTX period of a first cell;

Step 402: Determine, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell.

In this embodiment, the implementation of step 401 can refer to the implementation of step 201 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

In some examples, in the above step 402, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell can be determined based on the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal.

The time length of the DRX cycle of the terminal may be greater than the time length of the DTX cycle of the first cell, and the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DRX cycle of the terminal. Alternatively, the time length of the DTX cycle of the first cell may be greater than the time length of the DRX cycle of the terminal, and the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell. The measurement duration for performing RRM measurements on the reference signal of a cell.

For example, when the reference signal is CSI-RS, the frequency range is FR1, and the terminal is configured with a DRX mode, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell can be calculated according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the maximum value max2 in the DRX cycle of the terminal, according to the calculation formula max(200ms, ceil(1.5x[5]x K _{p_CSI-RS} )x max2)x CSSF _intra . K _{p_CSI-RS} is a constant related to the measurement gap configuration, and CSSF _intra is a constant related to the carrier.

In some examples, in the above step 402, when at least one of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal is greater than a first threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal can be determined based on the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal.

As an example, the first threshold may be 320 ms or 640 ms, etc.

When the time length of the DTX cycle of the first cell is greater than the first threshold, or the time length of the DRX cycle of the terminal is greater than the first threshold, or the time length of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the time length of the DRX cycle of the terminal are both greater than the first threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal can be determined based on the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal.

For example, the reference signal is CSI-RS, the frequency range is FR1, and the terminal is configured with a DRX mode. When at least one of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal is greater than the first threshold, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell can be calculated according to the maximum value max2 of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal, according to the calculation formula max(200ms, ceil(1.5x[5]x _{Kp_CSI-RS} )xmax2) _xCSSFintra . _{Kp_CSI-RS} is a constant related to the measurement gap configuration, and _CSSFintra is a constant related to the carrier.

In this embodiment, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement performed by the terminal on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal. Since the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is jointly determined based on the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal, it can effectively suppress the reduction of the measurable time period caused by the first cell being in the DTX sleep state, and effectively ensure that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples. At the same time, it can also reduce the terminal power consumption due to entering the DRX periodic cycle.

In some embodiments, in the above step 402, determining, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell may include:

A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is executed by a communication device, as shown in Fig. 5, and the information processing method may include:

Step 501: Determine a DTX period of a first cell;

Step 502: Determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal.

In this embodiment, the implementation of step 501 can refer to the implementation of step 201 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

In some examples, in the above step 502, when the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal are both less than or equal to a second threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal can be determined based on the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal.

As an example, the second threshold is the same as the aforementioned first threshold, for example, the second threshold is 320ms or 640ms.

For example, the reference signal is CSI-RS, the frequency range is FR1, and the terminal is configured with a DRX mode. When the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal are both greater than or equal to the first threshold, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell can be calculated according to the maximum value max3 of the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal, and the period of the reference signal, according to the calculation formula ceil([5]x K _{p_CSI-RS} )x max3 x CSSF _intra . K _{p_CSI-RS} is a constant related to the measurement gap configuration, and CSSF _intra is a constant related to the carrier.

In this embodiment, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement performed by the terminal on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the period of the reference signal. Since the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is jointly determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the period of the reference signal, it can more effectively suppress the reduction of the measurable time period caused by the first cell being in the DTX sleep state, and more effectively ensure that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples. At the same time, it can also reduce the terminal power consumption due to entering the DRX periodic cycle.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is executed by a terminal, as shown in Fig. 6, and the information processing method includes the following steps:

Step 601: receiving a DTX cycle of a first cell sent by a network device;

Step 602: Determine, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell.

Here, the network device is a network device to which a service cell of the terminal belongs.

In this embodiment, the limitations on DTX cycle, reference signal, RRM measurement, measurement duration, etc. can refer to the relevant parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2, and will not be repeated here.

In some examples, in the above step 601, the terminal may receive the DTX period of the first cell sent by the network device through RRC signaling, MAC-CE or DCI.

The first cell may be a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

In some examples, when both the serving cell and the neighboring cell are configured with a DTX mode, the terminal may receive the DTX period of the serving cell and the DTX period of the neighboring cell sent by the network device.

In some examples, in the above step 602, when the first cell is the service cell of the terminal, the terminal determines the measurement duration of the terminal performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the service cell based on the DTX cycle of the first cell; or, when the first cell is the neighboring cell of the terminal, the terminal determines the measurement duration of the terminal performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the neighboring cell based on the DTX cycle of the first cell.

In this embodiment, the terminal receives the DTX cycle of the first cell, and determines the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, so that the reduction of the measurable period caused by the first cell being in the DTX sleep state can be suppressed, and it is ensured that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure enough measurement samples. The reliability of the RRM measurement result of the terminal in the scenario where the DTX mode is turned on in the first cell is improved.

In some embodiments, the method may further include:

RRM measurement values that are less than a preset threshold within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement are filtered out.

In some examples, the RRM measurement value may include at least one of the following: RSRP, RSRQ, SINR.

Here, the RRM measurement value is the RRM measurement value of the measurement sample. During the measurement duration of the RRM measurement, the terminal performs RRM measurement on multiple measurement samples sampled according to a preset sampling period, obtains RRM measurement values of multiple measurement samples, and filters out RRM measurement values less than a preset threshold from the multiple RRM values. The terminal averages the RRM measurement values obtained after filtering out the RRM measurement values less than the preset threshold within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement to obtain the RRM measurement result.

It should be noted that the DTX wake-up duration and DTX sleep duration within a single DTX cycle of the serving cell can be sent to the terminal by the network device. The DTX wake-up duration and DTX sleep duration within a single DTX cycle of the neighboring cell may be unknown to the terminal. In this embodiment, the measurement sample corresponding to the RRM measurement value less than the preset threshold within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement can be used to determine the DTX sleep state of the first cell (e.g., the neighboring cell).

In this embodiment, the terminal can obtain the DTX sleep state of the first cell (for example, a neighboring cell) by determining the RRM measurement value that is less than the preset threshold within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement; the terminal can further improve the reliability of the RRM measurement result by filtering out the RRM measurement value that is less than the preset threshold within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement.

Figure 7 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is executed by a network device to which a serving cell of a terminal belongs. As shown in Figure 7, the information processing method includes the following steps:

Step 701: Send a DTX cycle of a first cell to a terminal; wherein the DTX cycle of the first cell is used to determine a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of the first cell.

In this embodiment, the limitations on DTX cycle, reference signal, RRM measurement, measurement duration, etc. can refer to the relevant parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2, and will not be repeated here.

In some examples, the RRM measurement value of the reference signal may include at least one of the following: RSRP, RSRQ, SINR.

In some examples, in the above step 701, the network device may send the DTX period of the first cell to the terminal through RRC signaling, MAC-CE or DCI.

The first cell may be a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

In some examples, when both the serving cell and the neighboring cell are configured with a DTX mode, the network device may send the DTX period of the serving cell and the DTX period of the neighboring cell to the terminal.

In some examples, in the above step 702, when the first cell is a service cell of the terminal, the DTX period of the first cell is used to determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurements on the reference signal of the service cell; or, when the first cell is a neighboring cell of the terminal, the DTX period of the first cell is used to determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurements on the reference signal of the neighboring cell.

In this embodiment, the DTX cycle of the first cell is sent to the terminal through the network device, so that the terminal can determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, which can suppress the reduction of the measurable period due to the first cell being in the DTX sleep state, and ensure that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure A sufficient number of measurement samples is provided to improve the reliability of the RRM measurement result when the terminal turns on the DTX mode in the first cell.

In some embodiments, when the first cell is a neighboring cell belonging to a different network device from the serving cell, the method may further include:

Receive the DTX period of the first cell sent by the network device to which the first cell belongs.

It should be noted that when the first cell is a neighboring cell belonging to a different network device from the serving cell, the DTX wake-up duration and DTX sleep duration within a single DTX cycle of the neighboring cell may be unknown to the terminal. In this case, the measurement sample corresponding to the RRM measurement value less than the preset threshold within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement can be used to determine the DTX sleep state of the first cell (e.g., the neighboring cell).

In some other embodiments, when the first cell is a neighboring cell of the serving cell and belongs to a network device, the DTX period of the first cell may be directly sent by the network device to the terminal.

The present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a communication device and includes the following steps:

For the second cell configured with the DTX mode, it is determined that the reference signal used for the terminal to perform RRM measurement is the first reference signal continuously sent by the second cell.

Here, the second cell may be a serving cell or a neighboring cell.

Here, the second cell configured with the DTX mode can continuously send the first reference signal (for example, a periodic reference signal), that is, within the DTX sleep duration of the second cell, the first reference signal can be normally sent by the second cell to the terminal.

For the second cell configured with the DTX mode, the first reference signal used by the terminal to perform RRM measurement is a reference signal not affected by the DTX mode (or DTX mechanism).

In some examples, the first reference signal is SSB.

The first reference signal is different from the second reference signal, and the second reference signal is a reference signal that is discontinuously transmitted by the second cell configured with the DTX mode. For example, the second reference signal is a CSI-RS.

During the DTX sleep time of the second cell, the second cell does not send CSI-RS, that is, the cell DTX mode will affect the RRM measurement based on CSI-RS.

In this embodiment, it can be stipulated in the protocol that, for a cell configured with a cell DTX mode, the first reference signal used for RRM measurement in the cell is a reference signal that is not affected by the DTX mechanism of the DTX mode. In this way, there is no need to change the measurement duration of the first reference signal used to perform RRM measurement in the relevant protocol.

In order to further explain any embodiment of the present disclosure, several specific embodiments are provided below.

The present disclosure provides an information processing method, which may include:

The base station is configured with a cell DTX mode. The measurement period (measurement period) of the terminal performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the base station can be determined by the T value; where T is the period of the cell DTX mode.

In this embodiment, the neighboring cell needs to notify the cell whether the neighboring cell is configured with cell DTX. In the case that the cell is configured with cell DTX, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement needs to be determined according to the DTX cycle of the cell.

The measurement duration needs to take into account the impact of the cell DTX sleep state causing the measurable period to be reduced.

During the measurement process, sampling values whose sampling results are lower than the threshold value are eliminated (the terminal considers that the cell is in a sleep state at these sampling points).

In some examples, the reference signal includes SSB and/or CSI-RS.

In some examples, the measurement duration is determined based on the period of the reference signal and T, for example, based on max(period of the reference signal, T).

In some examples, if the terminal is configured with C-DRX, i.e., Connected Discontinuous Reception, the measurement duration is determined jointly based on T and T_DRX (DRX cycle of the terminal).

As an example, the measurement duration is determined according to max(T_DRX, T).

As another example, if the value of T-DRX is less than or equal to a specific threshold value, the measurement duration is determined according to max(the period of the reference signal, T_DRX, T).

Exemplarily, when the value of T_DRX is greater than a specific threshold value, the measurement duration is determined according to max(T_DRX, T).

In some examples, the base station needs to notify neighboring cells of the cell DTX information configured in the current cell.

In this way, when a terminal of a neighboring cell measures a reference signal used for RRM measurement of the current cell, it can determine the measurement duration of the RRM measurement according to the solution provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In some examples, for a reference signal used for RRM measurement in a cell configured with cell DTX, if a sampling result of a terminal on a reference signal monitoring occasion is lower than a threshold value, the sampling value will be ignored.

Different from the above-mentioned embodiment, it can be defined in the protocol that for a cell configured with cell DTX, the reference signal used for RRM measurement is a reference signal that is not affected by the cell DTX mechanism, that is, the reference signal used for RRM measurement is SSB, not CSI-RS. In this way, there is no need to change the measurement duration of the existing protocol.

Fig. 8 is a structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig. 8, the information processing device is applied to a communication device, and the information processing device 100 may include:

A first determining module 110 is configured to determine a DTX cycle of a first cell;

The second determination module 120 is configured to determine, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform radio resource management (RRM) measurement on the reference signal of the first cell.

In some embodiments, the second determining module 120 is configured to perform one of the following:

Determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell;

According to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined.

In some embodiments, the second determining module 120 is configured to:

A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value between the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the second determining module 120 is configured to:

A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the second determining module 120 is configured to:

When at least one of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal is greater than a first threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the second determining module 120 is configured to:

A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the second determining module 120 is configured to:

When the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal are both less than or equal to a second threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal is determined according to the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the reference signal includes: a synchronization signal block (SSB) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

In some embodiments, the communication device is the terminal, and the first determining module 110 is configured to:

Receive the DTX period of the first cell sent by a network device to which the service cell of the terminal belongs; wherein the first cell is the service cell or neighboring cell of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

The processing module is used to filter out the RRM measurement values that are less than a third threshold within the measurement duration.

In some embodiments, the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the information processing device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some devices in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some devices in related technologies.

Regarding the information processing device in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiment of the method, and will not be elaborated here.

The present disclosure provides a communication system, the communication system comprising:

The network device is configured to send a DTX period of the first cell to the terminal;

The terminal is configured to determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of the first cell.

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured as one of the following:

Determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell;

According to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined.

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to:

A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value between the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to:

A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to:

When at least one of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal is greater than a first threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to:

A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to:

When the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal are both less than or equal to a second threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal is determined according to the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the reference signal includes: a synchronization signal block (SSB) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to:

The RRM measurement values that are less than a third threshold within the measurement duration are filtered out.

In some embodiments, the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

The present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

one or more processors;

The processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the information processing method provided by any of the aforementioned embodiments.

The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media that can continue to retain information stored thereon after the communication device loses power.

Here, the communication device includes: a terminal or a network device.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like, and is used to read an executable program stored in the memory, for example, at least one of the information processing methods shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 7 .

9 is a block diagram of a UE 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user device, a messaging device, a game console, an IoT device, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

9 , UE 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802 , a memory 804 , a power component 806 , a multimedia component 808 , an audio component 810 , an input/output (I/O) interface 812 , a sensor component 814 , and a communication component 816 .

The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to generate all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned method. In addition, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the UE 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

The power component 806 provides power to various components of the UE 800. The power component 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the UE 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. When the UE800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC), and when the UE 800 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a speech recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive an external audio signal. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 804 or sent via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 812 provides an interface between processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: home button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the UE800. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of the components, such as the display and keypad of the UE800, and the sensor component 814 can also detect the position change of the UE800 or a component of the UE800, the presence or absence of contact between the user and the UE800, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the UE800, and the temperature change of the UE800. The sensor component 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor component 814 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the UE 800 and other devices. The UE 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be based on radio frequency identification. It can be achieved through radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, UE800 may be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the above methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 804 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by the processor 820 of the UE 800 to generate the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

As shown in Figure 10, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a communication device. For example, the communication device 900 can be provided as a network side device. The communication device can be the aforementioned network device.

10, the communication device 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and a memory resource represented by a memory 932 for storing instructions that can be executed by the processing component 922, such as an application. The application stored in the memory 932 may include one or more modules each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the aforementioned methods applied to the communication device, for example, any of the methods shown in Figures 2 to 7.

The communication device 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the communication device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the communication device 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The communication device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server TM, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain implementation mode or example can be implemented as an independent example, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain implementation mode or example can also be implemented as an independent example, and the order of the steps in a certain implementation mode or example can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional methods or optional examples in a certain implementation mode or example can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the various implementation modes or examples can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different implementation modes or examples can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain implementation mode or example can be arbitrarily combined with the optional methods or optional examples of other implementation modes or examples.

Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other embodiments of the present invention after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. The present disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses or adaptations of the present invention that follow the general principles of the present invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. The description and examples are to be considered exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of the present invention are indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction that has been described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

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An information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a communication device, the method comprising: Determine a discontinuous transmission (DTX) period of the first cell; According to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform radio resource management RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform radio resource management RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell comprises one of the following: Determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell; According to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the discontinuous reception DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell comprises: A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value between the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the discontinuous reception DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell, comprises: A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining, according to the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell comprises: When at least one of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal is greater than a first threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal is determined according to the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the discontinuous reception DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell, comprises: A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal. The method according to claim 6, wherein the determining, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal, and the cycle of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell comprises: In a case where the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal are both less than or equal to a second threshold, determining, according to a maximum value among the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal, the terminal The measurement duration for performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the reference signal comprises: a synchronization signal block SSB and/or a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the communication device is the terminal, and the determining the discontinuous transmission DTX period of the first cell comprises: Receive the DTX period of the first cell sent by a network device to which the service cell of the terminal belongs; wherein the first cell is the service cell or neighboring cell of the terminal. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises: The RRM measurement values that are less than a third threshold within the measurement duration are filtered out. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal. An information processing device, wherein the device is applied to a communication device, and the device comprises: A first determining module is configured to determine a discontinuous transmission DTX cycle of a first cell; The second determination module is configured to determine, according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform radio resource management RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the second determining module is configured to perform one of the following: Determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell; According to the DTX cycle of the first cell and the discontinuous reception DRX cycle of the terminal, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the second determining module is configured to: A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value between the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the second determining module is configured to: A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the second determining module is configured to: When at least one of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal is greater than a first threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal is determined according to the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the second determining module is configured to: A measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the second determining module is configured to: When the DTX cycle of the first cell and the DRX cycle of the terminal are both less than or equal to a second threshold, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal is determined according to the maximum value of the DTX cycle of the first cell, the DRX cycle of the terminal and the cycle of the reference signal. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 18, wherein the reference signal comprises: a synchronization signal block (SSB) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS). The apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 19, wherein the communication device is the terminal, and the first determining module is configured to: Receive the DTX period of the first cell sent by a network device to which the service cell of the terminal belongs; wherein the first cell is the service cell or neighboring cell of the terminal. The device according to claim 20, wherein the device further comprises: The processing module is used to filter out the RRM measurement values that are less than a third threshold within the measurement duration. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 19, wherein the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal. A communication device, wherein the communication device comprises: one or more processors; The processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 11. A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.