US 12,231,933 B2
Communications method and apparatus
Chuting Yao, Beijing (CN); Yiru Kuang, Beijing (CN); Jian Wang, Beijing (CN); and Bo Xu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/910,274
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/078747
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/179962, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010162964.1 (CN), filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141810 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communications method applied to a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
determining whether a first capability of a terminal device is less than or equal to a second capability of the terminal device, wherein the first capability is a capability of the terminal device working at a first frequency based on the terminal device supporting only a first radio access technology, the second capability is a capability of the terminal device corresponding to the first frequency in a first frequency combination, the first frequency combination comprises the first frequency and a second frequency, the first frequency corresponds to the first radio access technology, and the second frequency corresponds to a second radio access technology; and
based on the first capability being less than or equal to the second capability, sending a first message to the terminal device, wherein the first message indicates the terminal device to measure the second frequency, the first message does not comprise a configuration of a first measurement gap, and the first measurement gap is used to measure the second frequency.