US 12,457,518 B2
Communication method and apparatus
Lili Zhang, Beijing (CN); Xizeng Dai, Beijing (CN); Jianghua Liu, Beijing (CN); Liangliang Zhang, Beijing (CN); and Shulan Feng, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,849.
Application 18/308,849 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/126868, filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269618 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) [H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving configuration information from a network device, wherein the configuration information indicates an occasion or a period for sending a measurement signal on a second uplink carrier;
obtaining signal quality or signal strength on a downlink carrier associated with a first uplink carrier or on a downlink resource of the first uplink carrier; and
in response to a first condition being met, sending the measurement signal on the second uplink carrier by occupying the occasion or the period; or
in response to the first condition being not met, determining not to send the measurement signal on the second uplink carrier by occupying the occasion or the period, wherein the first condition comprises: the signal quality or the signal strength is greater than or equal to a first threshold.