CN115004736B

CN115004736B - Terminal capability reporting method, terminal capability determining method and terminal capability reporting device

Info

Publication number: CN115004736B
Application number: CN202280001293.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张娟; 吴昱民
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-22
Filing date: 2022-04-22
Publication date: 2024-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 2042-04-22
Also published as: CN115004736A; WO2023201753A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a terminal capability reporting method, a determining method and a device thereof, wherein the terminal capability reporting method comprises the following steps: the terminal equipment sends capability report information to the network equipment through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment; wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value. By implementing the embodiment of the application, the related information such as the supporting frequency spectrum range of the terminal equipment can be reported to the network side equipment, so that the network side equipment can acquire the terminal type of the terminal equipment, and thus the related configuration is carried out on the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment, so that the problem in the cell switching process of the terminal equipment is avoided.

Description

Terminal capability reporting method, terminal capability determining method and terminal capability reporting device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for reporting terminal capability, a method for determining terminal capability, and a device thereof.

Background

With the development of wireless communication technology, each country is continuously authorizing or auctioning 5G spectrum. In order for the terminal device to meet local communication regulations, a software locking mode is adopted before license plates are issued to the terminal device, so that the terminal device is limited to work only on a locally authorized frequency spectrum. Thus, limited terminal devices are available in the market, so that there are many types of terminals in the network. However, when the connection state network cannot distinguish different terminal devices, a problem occurs in a cell switching process of the terminal devices.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a terminal capability reporting method, a determining method and a device thereof, wherein the method and the device report related information such as a supporting frequency spectrum range of a terminal device to a network side device through new terminal capability, so that the network side device can acquire the terminal type of the terminal device, and related configuration is carried out on the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal device, thereby avoiding problems in the cell switching process of the terminal device.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for reporting terminal capability, where the method is performed by a terminal device, and the method includes:

transmitting capability report information to network side equipment through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment;

wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of:

at least one spectral range;

a country code;

a terminal version;

network signaling NS value.

In the technical scheme, the related information of the supported frequency spectrum range and the like of the terminal equipment is reported to the network side equipment through the new terminal capability, so that the network side equipment can acquire the terminal type of the terminal equipment, and the related configuration is carried out on the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment, so that the problem in the cell switching process of the terminal equipment is avoided.

In one implementation, the capability reporting information is information indicated according to a frequency band granularity.

In one implementation, the first signaling includes a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range, and a combination of the valid bit and the valid bit in the first bit map indicates frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

In another implementation, the method includes: and sending the capability report information through the first signaling and the second signaling.

Optionally, the first signaling includes a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, and each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the bit set to be valid in the two bit maps and the bit set to be valid are combined to indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment.

In the technical scheme, the release version in the future needs to be further expanded on the existing frequency band, and a terminal capability information element (such as a second signaling) can be expanded, and the first signaling and the second signaling are combined to indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment, so that the problem of backward compatibility is realized.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for determining a terminal capability, where the method is performed by a network side device, and the method includes:

receiving capability reporting information sent by the terminal equipment through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment;

determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the capability reporting information;

wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of:

at least one spectral range;

a country code;

a terminal version;

network signaling NS value.

In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal type of the terminal device includes at least one of:

the country region to which the terminal equipment belongs;

the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment on the supported frequency band;

a terminal version of the terminal device;

and the NS value supported by the terminal equipment.

In some embodiments of the present application, the capability reporting information is information indicated according to a granularity of a frequency band.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first signaling includes a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range, and a combination of the valid bit and the valid bit in the first bit map indicates frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the determining, according to the capability reporting information, a terminal type of the terminal device includes: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit set to be valid in the first bit bitmap and the bit set to be valid.

In some embodiments of the present application, the receiving terminal device reports the information through the capability of the first signaling and the second signaling.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first signaling includes a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range, respectively; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, wherein each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and one frequency spectrum range respectively;

wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the bit set to be valid in the two bit maps and the bit set to be valid are combined to indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment.

In an embodiment of the present application, the determining, according to the capability reporting information, a terminal type of the terminal device includes: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit set to be valid in the two bit bitmaps and the bit set to be valid.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communications device, where the communications device has a function of implementing part or all of the functions of the terminal device in the method described in the first aspect, for example, a function of the communications device may be provided in some or all of the embodiments of the present application, or a function of implementing any one of the embodiments of the present application separately. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In one implementation, the communication device may include a transceiver module and a processing module in a structure configured to support the communication device to perform the corresponding functions in the method. The transceiver module is used for supporting communication between the communication device and other equipment. The communication device may further comprise a memory module for coupling with the transceiver module and the processing module, which holds the necessary computer programs and data of the communication device.

As an example, the processing module may be a processor, the transceiver module may be a transceiver or a communication interface, and the storage module may be a memory.

In one implementation, the communication device includes: the device comprises a processing module and a receiving and transmitting module. The receiving and transmitting module is used for sending capability reporting information to the network side equipment through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment; wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value.

In one implementation, the transceiver module sends the capability reporting information to the network side device through the first signaling and the second signaling.

In an alternative implementation, the first signaling includes a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, and each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the bit set to be valid in the two bit maps and the bit set to be valid are combined to indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides another communication apparatus, where the communication apparatus has a function of implementing part or all of the network side device in the method example described in the second aspect, for example, the function of the communication apparatus may be provided with a function in part or all of the embodiments of the present application, or may be provided with a function of implementing any one of the embodiments of the present application separately. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In one implementation, the communication device may include a transceiver module and a processing module in a structure configured to support the communication device to perform the corresponding functions of the method. The transceiver module is used for supporting communication between the communication device and other equipment. The communication device may further comprise a memory module for coupling with the transceiver module and the processing module, which holds the necessary computer programs and data of the communication device.

In one implementation, the communication device includes:

the receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving the capability reporting information sent by the terminal equipment through the first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment;

The processing module is used for determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the capability reporting information;

wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of:

at least one spectral range;

a country code;

a terminal version;

network signaling NS value.

In one implementation, the terminal type of the terminal device includes at least one of:

the country region to which the terminal equipment belongs;

a terminal version of the terminal device;

and the NS value supported by the terminal equipment.

Optionally, the processing module is specifically configured to: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit set to be valid in the first bit bitmap and the bit set to be valid.

In one implementation, the transceiver module is configured to receive the capability reporting information sent by the terminal device through the first signaling and the second signaling.

Optionally, the processing module is specifically configured to: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit set to be valid in the two bit bitmaps and the bit set to be valid.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication device, which includes a processor, when the processor invokes a computer program in a memory, to perform the method of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communications device including a processor, when the processor invokes a computer program in memory, to perform the method of the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having a computer program stored therein; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having a computer program stored therein; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communications device, the device comprising a processor and interface circuitry for receiving code instructions and transmitting to the processor, the processor being configured to execute the code instructions to cause the device to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a tenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communications device comprising a processor and interface circuitry for receiving code instructions and transmitting to the processor, the processor being configured to execute the code instructions to cause the device to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, where the system includes a communication device according to the third aspect and a communication device according to the fourth aspect, or where the system includes a communication device according to the fifth aspect and a communication device according to the sixth aspect, or where the system includes a communication device according to the seventh aspect and a communication device according to the eighth aspect, or where the system includes a communication device according to the ninth aspect and a communication device according to the tenth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer readable storage medium storing instructions for use by the terminal device, where the instructions, when executed, cause the terminal device to perform the method of the first aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a readable storage medium, configured to store instructions for use by the network-side device, where the instructions, when executed, cause the network-side device to perform the method described in the second aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, the present application also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a fifteenth aspect, the present application also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

In a sixteenth aspect, the present application provides a chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface for supporting a terminal device to implement the functionality referred to in the first aspect, e.g. to determine or process at least one of data and information referred to in the above-mentioned method. In one possible design, the chip system further includes a memory for holding computer programs and data necessary for the terminal device. The chip system can be composed of chips, and can also comprise chips and other discrete devices.

In a seventeenth aspect, the present application provides a chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface for supporting a network-side device to implement the functionality involved in the second aspect, e.g. to determine or process at least one of data and information involved in the above-mentioned method. In one possible design, the chip system further includes a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the network-side device. The chip system can be composed of chips, and can also comprise chips and other discrete devices.

In an eighteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a nineteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

Drawings

In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments or the background of the present application, the following description will describe the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the background of the present application.

Fig. 1 is an exemplary diagram of spectrum ranges supported by a country a terminal and a country B terminal in the related art;

fig. 2 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flow chart of a method for reporting terminal capability provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method for determining terminal capability according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary and intended for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. Wherein, in the description of the present application, "/" means or, unless otherwise indicated, for example, a/B may represent a or B; "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the application. As used in this application in the examples and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in embodiments of the present application to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present application. The words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the like or similar elements throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary and intended for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

With the development of wireless communication technology, each country is continuously authorizing or auctioning 5G spectrum, for example, as shown in fig. 1, the spectrum occupied by a country a operator on 3.5G in Rel-16 stage a is 3700-3980MHz, and a section of spectrum of 3450-3550MHz is further expanded. In the Rel-17 phase, the spectrum owned by the B-state operator is extended from 3450-3650MHz to 3450-3980MHz, that is, a new band of spectrum 3650-3980MHz is added.

In order for the terminal device to meet local communication regulations, a software locking mode is adopted before license plates are issued to the terminal device, so that the terminal device is limited to work only on a locally authorized frequency spectrum. Such that limited terminal devices are available in the market. For example, in the network of country a the following terminal devices may be present:

support only original n77 UE (3700-3980 MHz) = > "legacy a UE (i.e. existing UE in country a)",

n77 UE supporting spread spectrum (3450-3550 MHz and 3700-3980 MHz) = > "new a UE (i.e. new UE in country a)",

"legacy global UE" and "new global UE" (3300-4200 MHz).

Also in country a there are three networks:

network supporting only original n77 (3700-3980 MHz) = > legacy network

Network of n77 supporting only extended frequency spectrum (3450-3550 MHz) = > new network

Network supporting spread spectrum n77 (3450-3550 MHz and 3700-3980 MHz) = > new network.

In summary, there may be multiple types of terminal devices in the network, such as specific a UEs (i.e., special UEs in country a), specific B UEs, and global full UEs. The inability of the connection state network to distinguish between different terminal devices can cause problems in the cell switching process of the terminal devices. In Rel-16, the terminal device may support the extended frequency band through the new UE in country a as the terminal capability indication, and if the signaling is default, it represents that the terminal device is legacy UE (i.e. the existing terminal device) only supports the spectrum before extension.

In the related art, in Rel-16, whether a terminal device supports an extended spectrum is indicated by a terminal capability indication (e.g., IE extendeddband-n 77-r 16). However, if there is a limit to the terminal device to operate only on the locally licensed spectrum for the other countries of the band n77, then the spectrum is spread with the auction of the spectrum, such as is the case for the current B-and a-countries, or the spectrum of the a-country is spread again. The current method needs to continuously define new terminal capability aiming at spectrum expansion in different countries and different periods so as to enable the terminal equipment to report whether the new expanded spectrum is supported or not, and define the new terminal capability aiming at different extensions in different countries each time, so that roaming problems exist, such as new A UE roams to B countries, and B country base stations know the capability of A country terminals or not. If the other countries have this requirement on other frequency bands, the ability is again defined repeatedly as in frequency band n 77.

Therefore, the application proposes a new terminal capability reporting method, so that not only can all types of terminal devices report the spectrum range specifically supported by the terminal devices, but also can instruct to support several times of spectrum expansion and whether the terminal devices (specific UE) are unique to areas or not, and what areas are the unique terminal devices (specific UE), so that the network side device knows the terminal type of the terminal device, and further can perform relevant configuration on the spectrum range supported by the terminal device, so as to avoid problems in the cell switching process of the terminal device.

In order to better understand a method for reporting terminal capability, a method for determining terminal capability, and a device thereof disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, a communication system used in the embodiments of the present application is first described below.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. The number and form of the devices shown in fig. 2 are only for example and not limiting the embodiments of the present application, and may include two or more network side devices and two or more terminal devices in practical applications. The communication system shown in fig. 2 is exemplified as including a network-side device 201 and a terminal device 102.

It should be noted that the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application may be applied to various communication systems. For example: a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a fifth generation (5th generation,5G) mobile communication system, a 5G New Radio (NR) system, or other future new mobile communication systems, etc. It should also be noted that the side link in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a side link or a through link.

The network side device 201 in the embodiment of the present application is an entity on the network side for transmitting or receiving signals. For example, the network side device 201 may be an evolved NodeB (eNB), a transmission point (transmission reception point, TRP), a next generation NodeB (gNB) in an NR system, a base station in other future mobile communication systems, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wiFi) system, etc. The embodiment of the application does not limit the specific technology and the specific equipment form adopted by the network side equipment. The network side device provided in the embodiment of the present application may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split a protocol layer of the network side device, for example, a base station, where functions of part of the protocol layer are placed in the CU for centralized control, and functions of the rest part or all of the protocol layer are distributed in the DU for centralized control of the DU by the CU.

The terminal device 202 in this embodiment of the present application is an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals, such as a mobile phone. The terminal device may also be referred to as a terminal device (terminal), a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a mobile terminal device (MT), etc. The terminal device may be an automobile with a communication function, a smart car, a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned-driving (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), or the like. The embodiment of the application does not limit the specific technology and the specific equipment form adopted by the terminal equipment.

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present application is for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and is not limited to the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of a new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is equally applicable to similar technical problems.

The method for reporting terminal capability, the method for determining terminal capability and the device thereof provided by the application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for reporting terminal capability according to an embodiment of the present application. It should be noted that, the terminal capability reporting method in the embodiment of the present application may be executed by the terminal device, that is, the terminal capability reporting method in the embodiment of the present application may be described from the terminal device side. As shown in fig. 3, the method for reporting terminal capability may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

in step 301, capability reporting information is sent to a network side device through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment.

In an alternative implementation, the terminal device may send the capability reporting information to the network side device according to a pre-configured terminal type. That is, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may be preconfigured in the terminal device. As an example, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs is preconfigured in the terminal device, for example, the terminal type is prestored in a storage module of the terminal device, and the storage module may be read to obtain the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs.

Wherein, in some embodiments of the present application, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs includes at least one of the following: the country region to which the terminal device belongs; the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment on the supported frequency band; terminal version of the terminal device; NS (Network signaling ) values supported by the terminal device. The terminal version is understood to be a standard protocol version supported by the terminal device, such as Rel-15 version, rel-16 version, rel-17 version, etc. It can be understood that the terminal type may also include other information, which may be specifically determined according to the actual situation, which is not specifically described in this application.

As an example of a possible implementation, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may include a country region to which the terminal device belongs, or a spectrum range supported by the terminal device on a supported frequency band, or a terminal version of the terminal device, or an NS value supported by the terminal device.

As an example of another possible implementation, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may include at least one of: the country region to which the terminal equipment belongs and the spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment on the supported frequency band; country region and terminal version to which the terminal device belongs; a country region to which the terminal device belongs and an NS value supported by the terminal device; the terminal equipment supports a frequency spectrum range and a terminal version on the supported frequency band; the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment on the supported frequency band and the NS value supported by the terminal equipment; and a terminal version of the terminal device and an NS value supported by the terminal device.

As an example of yet another possible implementation, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may include: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band and the terminal version of the terminal device. Alternatively, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may include: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band and the NS value supported by the terminal device. Alternatively, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may include: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the terminal version of the terminal device and the NS value supported by the terminal device. Alternatively, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may include: the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment on the supported frequency band, the terminal version of the terminal equipment and the NS value supported by the terminal equipment.

As an example of yet another possible implementation, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs may include: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band, the terminal version of the terminal device and the NS value supported by the terminal device.

Optionally, in an implementation manner, the terminal device may send, according to a terminal type to which the terminal device belongs, capability reporting information of the terminal device to the network side device through a first signaling, where the capability reporting information is used to report frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments of the present application, the capability reporting information may be information indicated according to a granularity of a frequency band. Alternatively, different frequency bands correspond to different capability reporting information, for example, frequency band n77 corresponds to one capability reporting information, and frequency band n78 corresponds to another capability reporting information.

For example, in Rel-17, a new terminal capability (i.e., the first signaling described above) is referred to, and the information about the frequency band supported by the terminal device is reported to the network side device through the first signaling. As an example, the first signaling may be expressed as follows: IE Supportedfrequencyrangeofband-r17. In this way, the first signaling can be used to report the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal device, such as the related information of the supported frequency spectrum range, etc., to the network side device.

Wherein, in some embodiments of the present application, the frequency band related information may include at least one of the following: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value. It can be understood that the frequency band related information may also include other information, which may be specifically determined according to the actual situation, which is not specifically described in this application.

As an example of one possible implementation, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range, or country code, or terminal version, or network signaling NS value.

As an example of one possible implementation, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range and a country code; alternatively, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range and a terminal version; alternatively, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range and a network signaling NS value; alternatively, the band related information may include: country code and terminal version; alternatively, the band related information may include: country code and network signaling NS value; alternatively, the band related information may include: terminal version and network signaling NS value.

As another possible implementation example, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range, country code and terminal version. Alternatively, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range, a country code and a network signaling NS value. Alternatively, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range, a terminal version and a network signaling NS value. Alternatively, the band related information may include: country code, terminal version and network signaling NS value.

As another possible implementation example, the band related information may include: at least one spectral range, a country code, a terminal version and a network signaling NS value.

For example, for the terminal type, there are: the method comprises the steps that in a country region to which terminal equipment belongs, a frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment on a supported frequency band, a terminal version of the terminal equipment and an NS value supported by the terminal equipment, the terminal equipment can send capability report information to network side equipment through a first signaling according to a terminal type to which the terminal equipment belongs, wherein the capability report information is used for indicating that frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment can comprise at least one frequency spectrum range; a country code; a terminal version; any of the network signaling NS values. For example, if the terminal type includes a country region to which the terminal device belongs, the capability report information is used to indicate that the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include a country code; or, the terminal type includes a country region to which the terminal device belongs, and the capability reports at least one of the following information: the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include a frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band, and the capability reporting information is at least one of the following: the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include at least one spectrum range. Or, the terminal type includes a terminal version of the terminal device, the capability reporting at least one of the following information: the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include a terminal version. Or, the terminal type includes an NS value supported by the terminal device, the capability reports at least one of the following information: the band related information supported by the terminal device may include a network signaling NS value.

For example, for the terminal type, there are: the country region to which the terminal device belongs and the spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band, the capability report information is used to indicate that the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include at least one spectrum range and a country code. Alternatively, the terminal type includes: the country region and the terminal version to which the terminal device belongs, the capability report information is used to indicate that the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include a country code and a terminal version. Alternatively, the terminal type includes: the country region to which the terminal device belongs and the NS value supported by the terminal device, the capability report information is used to indicate that the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include a country code and a network signaling NS value. Alternatively, the terminal type includes: the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device for indicating the capability reporting information may include at least one frequency spectrum range and a terminal version. Alternatively, the terminal type includes: the capability report information is used to indicate that the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include at least one frequency spectrum range and a network signaling NS value. Or the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs includes a terminal version of the terminal device and an NS value supported by the terminal device, the capability report information is used to indicate that the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include the terminal version and the network signaling NS value.

As another example, for a terminal type, it includes: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band and the terminal version of the terminal device, the capability reporting information for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include: country code, at least one spectral range, and a terminal version. Alternatively, the terminal type includes: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band and the NS value supported by the terminal device, the capability reporting information for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include: a country code, at least one spectral range, and a network signaling NS value. Alternatively, the terminal type may include: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the terminal version of the terminal device and the NS value supported by the terminal device, the capability report information for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include: country code, terminal version, and network signaling NS value. Or the terminal type includes a spectrum range supported by the terminal device on a supported frequency band, a terminal version of the terminal device and an NS value supported by the terminal device, and the capability reporting information for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include: at least one spectral range, a terminal version and a network signaling NS value.

For another example, the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs includes: the country region to which the terminal device belongs, the spectrum range supported by the terminal device on the supported frequency band, the terminal version of the terminal device and the NS value supported by the terminal device, the capability report information is used to indicate that the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device may include at least one spectrum range, a country code, a terminal version and a network signaling NS value.

By implementing the embodiment of the application, the related information such as the supporting frequency spectrum range of the terminal equipment can be reported to the network side equipment through the new terminal capability, so that the network side equipment can acquire the terminal type of the terminal equipment, and the related configuration is carried out on the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment, so that the problem in the cell switching process of the terminal equipment is avoided.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments of the present application, the capability report information is sent to the network side device through the first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for reporting the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment; the first signaling may include a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range, and a combination of the valid bit and the valid bit in the first bit map indicates frequency band related information supported by the terminal device. As an example, the first bit map may have a length of 5, and the position of each bit may be represented by an index number, e.g., the index number may include {0,1,2,3,4}, representing that 5 bits are included in the first bit map. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, by way of example, a bit position is considered valid if it is set to 1; this will be described as an example in the following embodiments; of course, it is also possible to determine that a bit position is 0 and consider that bit position as valid.

That is, the first signaling may take the form of a bit map (bitmap), where each bit in the bit map represents a spectrum range supported by the terminal device on a supported frequency band, and a mapping relationship between the bit and the spectrum range may further indicate a type of the terminal (e.g. national UE or B national UE or global UE) and one or more of new UE (new version UE) or legacy UE (existing version UE), supported NS values, etc. in a defined manner.

For example, taking the frequency band n77 as an example, the following tables 1 and 2 are combined to describe an implementation manner of reporting the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device based on the first signaling.

Table 1 mapping of each bit in the first bit map to spectral range and country code

Supportedfrequencyrangeofband-r17	Frequency range for n77	Country code
			0 (leftmost bit)	Full (Full coverage)	Global (Global)
1	3700-3980MHz	A
			2	3450-3550MHz	A,C
3	3450-3650MHz	B
			4	3650-3980MHz	B,C

It will be appreciated that each of the elements in table 1 described above are independent, and are illustratively listed in the same table, but do not represent that all elements in the table must exist simultaneously in accordance with what is shown in the table. Wherein the value of each element is independent of any other element value in table 1. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the values of each element in table 1 are a separate embodiment. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of tables are included, and each of the tables is similar to table 1, where a plurality of independent embodiments are combined into a same table, and each element in the tables should be considered as an independent embodiment.

Table 2 sets valid (e.g., set 1) bits and bit combinations indicate the country to which the terminal belongs, the terminal version, and the supported NS value

Supportedfrequencyrangeofband-r17	legacy UE (terminal version)	NS value
			0	legacy/new global UE
1	legacy A UE
			1,2	new A UE	NS_55
3	legacy B UE
			3,4	new B UE	NS_XX
2	legacy C UE
			2,4	new C UE	NS_YY

It should be noted that, for different spectrum ranges of a frequency band, different bits may be used for mapping, and different countries may use the same spectrum range, and different countries may use different bits for mapping when using different spectrum ranges. Legacy UEs (e.g., rel-15 UEs) have only 1 bit position 1,new specific UE (e.g., rel-16 and later specific UEs) with 2 or more bit positions 1. It should also be noted that, for the terminal device in early Rel-15 version, the capability reporting information of the embodiment of the present application may be supported by a software upgrade manner, so that the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal device may be reported to the network side device through the capability reporting information.

As can be seen from the above tables 1 and 2, the bit with index number 0 (i.e. the 1 st bit in the first bit bitmap) is special, and the bit with index number 0 is set to 1, which represents that the terminal device is a legacy/new global UE terminal supporting the full frequency band.

Bit with index number 1 (i.e. bit 2 in the first bit bitmap) is 1, which represents that the terminal device is a UE supporting spectrum range 3700-3980MHz, except that ns_01 is not supported by NS value (NS value), for example, only supporting network signaling ns_01.

Bit positions 1 with index numbers of 1 and 2 (i.e. the 2 nd and 3 rd bit positions in the first bit map) represent that the terminal equipment supports new A UE with frequency spectrum ranges of 3450-3550MHz and 3700-3980MHz, and the corresponding supported NS_value is NS_55.

Bit with index number 3 (i.e. 4 th bit in the first bit map) is 1, which represents that the terminal device supports B UE with spectrum range of 3450-3650MHz, except ns_01 without NS value support, for example, only supporting network signaling ns_01.

Bit positions 1 with index numbers of 3 and 4 (i.e. the 4 th and 5 th bit positions in the first bit bitmap) represent that the terminal equipment supports new B UE with spectrum range of 3450-3980MHz, and the corresponding supported ns_value is ns_xx (e.g. ns_56).

For the network side device, taking the first bit (i.e. the bit with the index number of 0) position 1 in the first bit bitmap in the first signaling sent by the terminal device as an example, the network side device may determine that the terminal device is a global UE supporting full frequency band.

Taking the example that only one bit position 1 (except the bit position with the index number of 0) is in the first signaling sent by the terminal device, the network side device can know that the terminal device is a legacy specific terminal. And it can be known whether the terminal device is country a, country B, or legacy specific UE of country C based on the bit position of 1.

Taking two bit positions 1 in the first signaling sent by the terminal device as an example, the network side device can know that the terminal device is a new specific terminal supporting one-time spread spectrum. By combining the bit positions of the two 1 s, it can be known whether the terminal device is a country a, a country B, or a new specific UE in country C, and a supported NS value.

Taking the example that there are three bit positions 1 in the first signaling sent by the terminal device, the network side device can know that the terminal device is a new specific terminal supporting two spread spectrum. By combining the positions of the bit positions of the three 1 s, it is possible to know where the terminal device is the new specific UE and the supported NS value. And so on, are not exhaustive herein.

As another example, if the current C country uses a spectrum ranging from 3450 to 3550MHz and then extending to 3450 to 3550MHz and 3650 to 3980MHz, the network side device may inform the terminal device of supporting 3650 to 3980MHz by broadcasting ns_yy (e.g., ns_57). The capability reporting information of the terminal device may be:

bit position 1 with index number 2 (i.e. 3 rd bit position in the first bit bitmap) represents that the terminal device supports legacy C UE with spectrum range of 3450-3550MHz, except ns_01 without NS value support, for example, only supporting network signaling ns_01.

Bit positions 1 with index numbers of 2 and 4 (i.e. the 3 rd and 5 th bit positions in the first bit bitmap) represent that the terminal device supports new C UEs with spectrum ranges of 3450-3550MHz and 3650-3980MHz, and the corresponding supported ns_value is ns_yy (e.g. ns_57).

It should be noted that, in order to support all types of terminal devices and report the supported frequency band related information, the technical scheme of the present application may implement backward compatibility. Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the capability reporting information may be sent to the network side device through the first signaling and the second signaling to report the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first signaling may include a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range, respectively; the second signaling may include a second bitmap, each bit in the second bitmap corresponding to at least one country code and/or one spectral range, respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the combination of the bits set to be valid and the bits set to be valid in the two bitmaps (i.e., the first bitmap and the second bitmap) indicates the band related information supported by the terminal device.

For example, if the later release version needs to be further extended over the existing frequency band, if the terminal capability needs to be extended, such as redefining new signaling (e.g., second signaling), where the second signaling may be in the form of a bit map, where each bit in the bit map corresponds to at least one country code and one spectrum range, respectively. For example, the second signaling may be expressed as supplantedestrangeofband-rxx, describing the backward compatibility problem in conjunction with tables 3 and 4 below:

TABLE 3

Supportedfrequencyrangeofband-rxx	Frequency range for n77	Country code
			0 (leftmost bit)	3300-3440MHz	A

Table 4

Supportedfrequencyrangeofband-rxx	legacy UE	NS value
			0	new A UE	NS_ZZ

In the embodiment of the application, the capability reporting information can be sent to the network side device through the first signaling and the second signaling according to the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs, and the capability reporting information can be used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device. For example, according to the terminal type, the value of each bit in the first signaling is determined based on the table 1 and the table 2, and the value of each bit in the second signaling is determined based on the table 3 and the table 4, so that the terminal device can report the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal device to the network side device through the combination of the first signaling and the second signaling.

Therefore, for the later release version, the release version needs to be further expanded on the existing frequency band, the terminal capability information element (such as the second signaling) can be expanded, and the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment is indicated by combining the first signaling and the second signaling, so that the problem of backward compatibility is realized.

It can be understood that the foregoing embodiments describe, from the terminal device side, an implementation manner of the terminal capability reporting method of the embodiments of the present application. The embodiment of the application also provides a terminal capability determining method, and an implementation mode of the terminal capability determining method is described from network side equipment. Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method for determining terminal capability according to an embodiment of the present application. It should be noted that, the method for determining terminal capability according to the embodiment of the present application may be performed by the network side device, that is, the method for determining terminal capability according to the embodiment of the present application may be described from the network side device. As shown in fig. 4, the terminal capability determining method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps.

In step 401, receiving capability reporting information sent by the terminal device through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment.

Optionally, the network side device may receive capability reporting information sent by the terminal device through the first signaling. The capability reporting information is used for indicating the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment. For example, the terminal device may send the capability reporting information to the network side device through the first signaling according to the terminal type to which the terminal device belongs, and the specific implementation manner may be implemented in any manner of embodiments of the present application, which is not limited and not repeated herein.

In an embodiment of the present application, the frequency band related information may include at least one of the following: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value. It can be understood that the frequency band related information may also include other information, which may be specifically determined according to the actual situation, which is not specifically described in this application.

In step 402, the terminal type of the terminal device is determined according to the capability reporting information.

Optionally, when receiving the capability report information sent by the terminal device, the network side device may determine the terminal type of the terminal according to the capability report information. In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal type of the terminal device may include at least one of the following: the country region to which the terminal device belongs; the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment on the supported frequency band; terminal version of the terminal device; NS value supported by the terminal device. The content correspondence relationship between the terminal type and the frequency band related information in the embodiment of the present application may be referred to the description in each method embodiment of the terminal device side, which is not limited and not repeated herein.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments of the present application, for the case where the capability report information is used to indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device, the first signaling may include a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range, and a valid bit in the first bit map and the valid bit combination indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device. As an example, the first bit map may have a length of 5, and the position of each bit may be represented by an index number, e.g., the index number may include {0,1,2,3,4}, representing that 5 bits are included in the first bit map.

For example, taking the frequency band n77 as an example, in combination with the above table 1 and table 2, how the network side device determines the terminal type of the terminal device after reporting the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device through the first signaling is described. After receiving the capability report information sent by the terminal device through the first signaling, the network side device may determine the terminal type of the terminal device according to the bit set to be valid in the first bit bitmap in the first signaling and the bit set to be valid.

For example, taking the first bit position 1 (i.e. the bit position with the index number of 0) in the first bit bitmap in the first signaling sent by the terminal device as an example, the network side device may determine that the terminal device is a global UE supporting the full frequency band.

For another example, taking only one bit position 1 (except the bit position with the index number of 0) in the first signaling sent by the terminal device as an example, the network side device may determine that the terminal device is a legacy specific terminal. And it can be known whether the terminal device is country a, country B, or legacy specific UE of country C based on the bit position of 1.

For another example, taking two bit positions 1 in the first signaling sent by the terminal device as an example, the network side device may learn that the terminal device is a new specific terminal supporting one-time spread spectrum. By the combination of the two bit positions of 1, it can be known whether the terminal device is a country a, a country B, or a new specific UE in country C, and the supported NS value.

For another example, taking the example that there are three bit positions 1 in the first signaling sent by the terminal device, the network side device may learn that the terminal device is a new specific terminal supporting two spread spectrums. By combining the positions of the three bit positions of 1, it is possible to know where the terminal device is the new specific UE, and the supported NS value. And so on, are not exhaustive herein.

It should be noted that, in order to be able to support all types of terminal devices, not only can the supported frequency band related information be reported, the present application may implement backward compatibility. Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the network side device may receive capability reporting information sent by the terminal device through the first signaling and the second signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment. When the network side equipment receives the capability report information, the terminal type of the terminal equipment can be determined according to the capability report information.

For example, if the later release version needs to be further extended over the existing frequency band, if the terminal capability needs to be extended, such as redefining new signaling (e.g., second signaling), where the second signaling may be in the form of a bit map, where each bit in the bit map corresponds to at least one country code and one spectrum range, respectively. For example, the second signaling may be expressed as supplantedestrangeofband-rxx, which describes the backward compatibility problem in conjunction with tables 3 and 4 above. The network side equipment receives capability report information sent by the terminal equipment through the first signaling and the second signaling, wherein the capability report information is used for indicating the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment, and the network side equipment can determine the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit set to be effective and the bit set to be effective in the bit bitmaps in the two signaling.

It should be noted that, if a terminal device (such as a UE before Rel-xx) of a certain terminal version can only report the capability report information provided by the embodiments of the present application, such as supportedfrequency range ofband-r17.Rel-xx and subsequent terminal devices need to report supportable frequency range ofband-r17 (i.e., the first signaling) and supportable frequency range ofband-rxx (i.e., the second signaling) at the same time. The network side device before Rel-xx can only identify supplantenorgeofband-r 17 (i.e. the first signaling), and relevant configuration is carried out on the terminal device according to the reporting capability of supplantenorgeofband-r 17.Rel-xx and subsequent network side devices can identify supportable frequency range ofband-r17 (i.e. the first signaling) and supportable frequency range ofband-rxx (i.e. the second signaling) simultaneously, and configure the terminal device according to the combined meaning of bit 1 in the two signaling.

For example, taking the frequency band n77 as an example, in Rel-xx, A country, a spectrum 3300-3400MHz is again extended:

the following table illustrates frequency band n77:

Supportedfrequencyrangeof band-rxx	frequency range for n77	Country code
			0(leftmost bit)	3300-3440MHz	A

Supportedfrequencyrangeofband-rxx	legacy UE	NS value
			0	new A UE	NS_ZZ

The supporting spectrum capability of the terminal equipment in country a is shown in the following table:

in the last example of the above table, there are two bit positions 1 in the supportedfrequency range of band-r17 and one bit position 1 in the supportedfrequency range of band-rxx, and there are 3 bit positions 1 in the total of the two signaling, so the network side device can know that the terminal device is a new a specific terminal supporting Rel-XX of two spread spectrum and supporting ns_xx. The network side device can configure the terminal device on the reported three-section frequency spectrum. It can be appreciated that if the network side device does not support the spectrum range and/or NS value reported by the terminal device, the network side device may prohibit the cell handover of the terminal device.

By implementing the embodiment of the application, the related information such as the supporting frequency spectrum range of the terminal equipment can be reported to the network side equipment through the new terminal capability, so that the network side equipment can acquire the terminal type of the terminal equipment, and the related configuration is carried out on the frequency spectrum range supported by the terminal equipment, so that the problem in the cell switching process of the terminal equipment is avoided. In addition, for the later release version, the release version needs to be further expanded on the existing frequency band, and a terminal capability information element (such as a second signaling) can be expanded, and the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment is indicated by combining the first signaling and the second signaling, so that the problem of backward compatibility is realized.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, the method provided in the embodiments of the present application is described from the angles of the terminal device and the network side device, respectively. In order to implement the functions in the method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device and the network side device may include a hardware structure, a software module, and implement the functions in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. Some of the functions described above may be implemented in a hardware structure, a software module, or a combination of a hardware structure and a software module.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 50 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communications device 50 shown in fig. 5 may include a transceiver module 501 and a processing module 502. The transceiver module 501 may include a transmitting module for implementing a transmitting function and/or a receiving module for implementing a receiving function, and the transceiver module 501 may implement a transmitting function and/or a receiving function.

The communication device 50 may be a terminal device, a device in a terminal device, or a device that can be used in cooperation with a terminal device. Alternatively, the communication device 50 may be a network-side device, a device in the network-side device, or a device that can be used in cooperation with the network-side device.

The communication apparatus 50 is a terminal device: in one implementation, the transceiver module 501 is configured to send capability report information to a network side device through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment; wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value.

In one implementation, the capability reporting information is information indicated by a band granularity.

In one implementation, the first signaling includes a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range, and a combination of the valid bit and the valid bit in the first bit map indicates the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

In one implementation, the transceiver module 501 is configured to send capability report information to the network side device through the first signaling and the second signaling; the capability report information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment.

In one possible implementation, the first signaling includes a first bit map, each bit in the first bit map corresponding to at least one country code and/or one spectral range, respectively; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, wherein each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the valid bit in the two bit maps and the valid bit combination indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

The communication apparatus 50 is a network-side device: in one implementation, the transceiver module 501 is configured to receive capability report information sent by a terminal device through a first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment; the processing module 502 is configured to determine a terminal type of the terminal device according to the capability reporting information; wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value.

In one implementation, the terminal type of the terminal device includes at least one of: the country region to which the terminal device belongs; the terminal equipment supports the frequency spectrum range on the supported frequency band; a terminal version of the terminal device; the NS value supported by the terminal device.

In an alternative implementation, the processing module 502 is specifically configured to: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit of 1 in the first bit bitmap and the bit of 1.

In one implementation, the transceiver module 501 is configured to receive capability reporting information sent by the terminal device through the first signaling and the second signaling; the capability report information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment.

In one implementation, the first signaling includes a first bit map, each bit in the first bit map corresponding to at least one country code and/or one spectral range, respectively; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, wherein each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the valid bit in the two bit maps and the valid bit combination indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

Optionally, the processing module 502 is specifically configured to: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit set to be valid in the two bit maps and the bit set to be valid.

The specific manner in which the various modules perform the operations in the apparatus of the above embodiments have been described in detail in connection with the embodiments of the method, and will not be described in detail herein.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device 60 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 60 may be a network-side device, a terminal device, a chip system, a processor, or the like that supports the network-side device to implement the above method, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, or the like that supports the terminal device to implement the above method. The device can be used for realizing the method described in the method embodiment, and can be particularly referred to the description in the method embodiment.

The communication device 60 may include one or more processors 601. The processor 601 may be a general purpose processor or a special purpose processor or the like. For example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal equipment chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute computer programs, and process data of the computer programs.

Optionally, the communication device 60 may further include one or more memories 602, on which a computer program 604 may be stored, and the processor 601 executes the computer program 604, so that the communication device 60 performs the method described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, the memory 602 may also store data. The communication device 60 and the memory 602 may be provided separately or may be integrated.

Optionally, the communication device 60 may also include a transceiver 605, an antenna 606. The transceiver 605 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, transceiver circuitry, or the like, for implementing the transceiver function. The transceiver 605 may include a receiver, which may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc., for implementing a receiving function, and a transmitter; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmitting circuit, etc., for implementing a transmitting function.

Optionally, one or more interface circuits 607 may also be included in the communication device 60. The interface circuit 607 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor 601. The processor 601 executes the code instructions to cause the communication device 60 to perform the method described in the method embodiments described above.

The communication device 60 is a terminal apparatus: transceiver 605 is used to perform step 301 in fig. 3.

The communication apparatus 60 is a network-side device: transceiver 605 is used to perform step 401 in fig. 4. The processor 601 is arranged to perform step 402 in fig. 4.

In one implementation, a transceiver for implementing the receive and transmit functions may be included in the processor 601. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuitry, interface or interface circuitry for implementing the receive and transmit functions may be separate or may be integrated. The transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit may be used for reading and writing codes/data, or the transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit may be used for transmitting or transferring signals.

In one implementation, the processor 601 may have a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed on the processor 601, may cause the communication device 60 to perform the method described in the method embodiments above. The computer program may be solidified in the processor 601, in which case the processor 601 may be implemented in hardware.

In one implementation, the communication device 60 may include circuitry that may implement the functions of transmitting or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments. The processors and transceivers described herein may be implemented on integrated circuits (integrated circuit, ICs), analog ICs, radio frequency integrated circuits RFICs, mixed signal ICs, application specific integrated circuits (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), printed circuit boards (printed circuit board, PCB), electronic devices, and the like. The processor and transceiver may also be fabricated using a variety of IC process technologies such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (complementary metal oxide semiconductor, CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (positive channel metal oxide semiconductor, PMOS), bipolar junction transistor (bipolar junction transistor, BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

The communication apparatus in the above embodiment description may be a network-side device or a terminal device, but the scope of the communication apparatus described in the present application is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication apparatus may not be limited by fig. 6. The communication means may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

(1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem;

(2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, a computer program;

(3) An ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem);

(4) Modules that may be embedded within other devices;

(5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network-side device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like;

(6) Others, and so on.

In the case where the communication device may be a chip or a system of chips. The chip includes a processor and an interface. The number of the processors may be one or more, and the number of the interfaces may be a plurality.

For the case where the chip is used to implement the functions of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application:

The interface is used for sending capability report information to the network side equipment through the first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment; wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value.

In one implementation, the interface is configured to send capability report information to the network side device through the first signaling and the second signaling, where the capability report information is used to indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

For the case where the chip is used to implement the functions of the network side device in the embodiment of the present application:

the interface is used for receiving the capability reporting information sent by the terminal equipment through the first signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the related information of the frequency band supported by the terminal equipment; the processor is used for determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the capability reporting information; wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of: at least one spectral range; a country code; a terminal version; network signaling NS value.

In one implementation, the first signaling includes a first bit map, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to at least one country code and one spectrum range, and a bit of 1 in the first bit map and a bit number combination of 1 indicate frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

In an alternative implementation, the processor is specifically configured to: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit of 1 in the first bit bitmap and the bit of 1.

In one implementation, the interface is configured to receive capability report information sent by the terminal device through the first signaling and the second signaling, where the capability report information is used to indicate frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to: and determining the terminal type of the terminal equipment according to the bit set to be valid in the two bit maps and the bit set to be valid.

Optionally, the chip further comprises a memory for storing the necessary computer programs and data.

Those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks (illustrative logical block) and steps (steps) described in connection with the embodiments herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design requirements of the overall system. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation is not to be understood as beyond the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the application also provides another communication system, which comprises the communication device as the terminal equipment and the communication device as the network side equipment in the embodiment of the foregoing fig. 5, or comprises the communication device as the terminal equipment and the communication device as the network side equipment in the embodiment of the foregoing fig. 6.

The present application also provides a readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, perform the functions of any of the method embodiments described above.

The present application also provides a computer program product which, when executed by a computer, implements the functions of any of the method embodiments described above.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, the flow or functions described in accordance with embodiments of the present application are fully or partially produced. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer program may be stored in or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means from one website, computer, server, or data center. The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains an integration of one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a high-density digital video disc (digital video disc, DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: the first, second, etc. numbers referred to in this application are merely for convenience of description and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application, but also to indicate the sequence.

At least one of the present application may also be described as one or more, and a plurality may be two, three, four or more, and the present application is not limited thereto. In the embodiment of the present application, for a technical feature, the technical features of the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D", and the technical features described by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D" are not in sequence or in order of magnitude.

The correspondence relationship shown in each table in the present application may be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are merely examples, and may be configured as other values, which are not limited in this application. In the case of the correspondence between the configuration information and each parameter, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondence shown in each table. For example, in the table in the present application, the correspondence shown by some rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate morphing adjustments, e.g., splitting, merging, etc., may be made based on the tables described above. The names of the parameters indicated in the tables may be other names which are understood by the communication device, and the values or expressions of the parameters may be other values or expressions which are understood by the communication device. When the tables are implemented, other data structures may be used, for example, an array, a queue, a container, a stack, a linear table, a pointer, a linked list, a tree, a graph, a structure, a class, a heap, a hash table, or a hash table.

Predefined in this application may be understood as defining, predefining, storing, pre-negotiating, pre-configuring, curing, or pre-firing.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for reporting terminal capability, wherein the method is performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

transmitting capability reporting information to the network side equipment through the first signaling and the second signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment; the second signaling is new signaling, the first signaling comprises a first bit bitmap, and each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range respectively; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, and each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the bit set to be effective in the two bit maps and the bit set to be effective indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment;

the capability reporting information is used for the network side equipment to perform cell switching configuration on the terminal equipment based on the bit set to be effective in the first signaling and the second signaling and the bit set to be effective;

Wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of:

at least one spectral range;

a country code;

a terminal version;

network signaling NS value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the capability reporting information is information indicated by a bin granularity.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first signaling comprises a first bit map, each bit in the first bit map corresponding to at least one country code and/or one spectral range, respectively, the bit set to be valid and the bit set to be valid in combination indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

4. A terminal capability determining method, wherein the method is performed by a network side device, the method comprising:

receiving capability reporting information sent by the terminal equipment through the first signaling and the second signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment; the second signaling is new signaling, the first signaling comprises a first bit bitmap, and each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range respectively; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, and each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the bit set to be effective in the two bit maps and the bit set to be effective indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment;

Determining a terminal type of the terminal device based on a combination of bits set to be valid and bits set to be valid in the first signaling and the second signaling;

cell switching configuration is carried out on the terminal equipment based on the terminal type of the terminal equipment;

wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of:

at least one spectral range;

a country code;

a terminal version;

network signaling NS value.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the terminal type of the terminal device comprises at least one of:

the country region to which the terminal equipment belongs;

a terminal version of the terminal device;

and the NS value supported by the terminal equipment.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the capability reporting information is information indicated by a bin granularity.

7. The method according to any of claims 4 to 6, wherein the first signaling comprises a first bit map, each bit in the first bit map corresponding to at least one country code and/or one spectral range, respectively, the bit set to be valid and the bit set to be valid in combination indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal device.

8. A terminal device, comprising:

the receiving and transmitting module is used for transmitting capability reporting information to the network side equipment through the first signaling and the second signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment; the second signaling is new signaling, the first signaling comprises a first bit bitmap, and each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range respectively; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, and each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the bit set to be effective in the two bit maps and the bit set to be effective indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment;

Wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of:

at least one spectral range;

a country code;

a terminal version;

network signaling NS value.

9. A network side device, comprising:

the receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving capability reporting information sent by the terminal equipment through the first signaling and the second signaling; the capability reporting information is used for indicating the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment; the second signaling is new signaling, the first signaling comprises a first bit bitmap, and each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to at least one country code and/or one spectrum range respectively; the second signaling comprises a second bit map, and each bit in the second bit map corresponds to at least one country code and/or one frequency spectrum range respectively; wherein, the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the first bit map is different from the spectrum range corresponding to the bit in the second bit map; the bit set to be effective in the two bit maps and the bit set to be effective indicate the frequency band related information supported by the terminal equipment;

a processing module, configured to determine a terminal type of the terminal device based on a combination of bits set to be valid and bits set to be valid in the first signaling and the second signaling;

The processing module is further configured to perform cell switching configuration on the terminal device based on a terminal type of the terminal device;

wherein the frequency band related information includes at least one of:

at least one spectral range;

a country code;

a terminal version;

network signaling NS value.

10. A communication device, characterized in that the device comprises a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein a computer program, the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the device to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3; or cause the apparatus to perform the method of any one of claims 4 to 7.

11. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the method of any one of claims 1 to 3 to be implemented; or cause the method of claims 4 to 7 to be implemented.