Patent Description:
In a mobile communications system in related technology, a terminal reports capabilities of the terminal in a process of attaching (Attach), and the capabilities of the terminal includes a capability of an air interface of the terminal and a capability of a core network of the terminal. After a successful attachment, if the terminal needs to change the capabilities of the terminal, it can be achieved either through a procedure of detaching/reattaching (Detach/Reattach) or by reporting updated capabilities of the terminal after a network searches terminal capabilities again.

At present, terminal capabilities reported/updated by a terminal are maximum terminal capabilities supported currently by the terminal, and there lacks alternative manners of reporting terminal capabilities.

Document titled "<NPL>, provides a practical solution to solve the harmonics interference problem with the current setup of FDD/TDD bands for Dual Connectivity. The proposed solution is to align the timing of DL messages on the FDD band with the timing of the TDD band, whilst still operating Dual simultaneous UL. With this approach, the harmonic interference problem is avoided and the DL throughput on the LTE FDD band is maximized. As shown in <FIG>, in order for this solution to work, the timing of the FDD UL and the TDD signals must be perfectly aligned with each other. For this purpose, there is proposed a new RRC signaling message from the network to the UE to align FDD and TDD timing, as shown in <FIG>. Furthermore, for the UE to inform the network of its support of the TDM Pattern for Dual Uplink capabilities, there is proposed a new information element tdm-Pattern2 in the MRDC-Parameters, as shown in <FIG>.

<CIT> discloses an operation of a terminal related to TDM type multi-connectivity. As shown in FIG. <NUM>, at operation <NUM>-<NUM>, the terminal exchanges TDM support capability with the first base station on which the terminal camps. At operation <NUM>-<NUM>, the terminal requests the TDM operation from the first base station in accordance with the kind of service to be provided to the terminal itself or QoS. At operation <NUM>-<NUM>, the terminal receives the TDM configuration information from the first base station. The configuration information includes the TDM pattern information. At operation <NUM>-<NUM>, the terminal receives system information from the second base station at operation <NUM>-<NUM>, and at operation <NUM>-<NUM>, the terminal performs a random access process. At operation <NUM>-<NUM>, the terminal transmits the whole or a part of the TDM configuration information provided from the first base station to the second base station. The transmitted configuration information includes at least the TDM pattern information. At operation <NUM>-<NUM>, the terminal performs TDM operation with the first and second base stations at a specific time. The TDM pattern is time information in which the terminal can transmit/receive data at an NR or LTE frequency. The information may be provided in the form of a bit map or may be provided as time period information for staying at a specific frequency, period, and offset information.

<CIT> discloses a method for UE to report the capability to receive control channels and/or data channels. This capability is reported to the RNC and is reported separately from the measurement report. This capability can be defined in different ways. In one example, the UE capability can be defined as a maximum difference between the serving cell RSCP and the strongest neighbor cell RSCP that can be supported based on the UE capability to receive control channels and/or data channels while maintaining a certain desired performance. In another example, the UE capability can be defined as a minimum geometry value that can be supported based on the UE capability to receive control channels and/or data channels while maintaining a certain desired performance. In yet another example, the UE capability can be defined as a minimum Ec/No value that can be supported based on the UE capability to receive control channels and/or data channels while maintaining a certain desired performance. In still another example, the UE capability can be defined as a maximum CIO value that can be supported based on the UE capability to receive control channels and/or data channels while maintaining a certain desired performance. When the enhanced event 1D trigger event is satisfied, the measurement report is transmitted as described above. However, when the enhanced event 1D trigger event is not satisfied, the UE can report the capability to receive control channels and/or data channels. In some embodiments, this reporting can occur when the enhanced event 1D trigger event is not satisfied for the first time after the UE has changed its serving cell, or after a certain period of time from the last serving cell change.

The present invention provides information processing methods, a terminal, a network side device, and a computer-readable storage medium, to resolve a problem that there lacks alternative manners of reporting terminal capabilities in a related technology.

To resolve the foregoing problem, the present disclosure is implemented as follows:.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method applied to a terminal, which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method applied to a network side device, which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network side device which is defined in claim <NUM>.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium which is defined in claim <NUM>.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal sends a terminal capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the terminal capability to a network side device, such that may increase flexibility about a manner of reporting a terminal capability.

To describe the technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings for describing the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following descriptions show merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

The technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure are described below clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Terms "first" and "second" in this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not need to be used to describe a specific order or sequence. In addition, terms "include", "have", and any variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, processes, methods, systems, products, or devices that contain a series of steps or units are not necessarily limited to those steps or units that are clearly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not clearly listed or are inherent to these processes, methods, products, or devices. In addition, "and/or" used in this application means at least one of the connected objects. For example, A and/or B and/or C represents the following seven cases: Only A exists, only B exists, only C exists, both A and B exist, both B and C exist, both A and C exist, or A, B, and C all exist.

Refer to <FIG> is a structural diagram of a network system applicable to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the network system includes a terminal <NUM> and a network side device <NUM>. Communication may be performed between the terminal <NUM> and the network side device <NUM>.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal <NUM> may also be referred to as user equipment (User Equipment, UE). In actual application, the terminal <NUM> may be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), a wearable device (Wearable Device), a vehicle-mounted device, or the like. The network side device <NUM> may be a base station, a core network, a relay, an access point, or the like.

The following describes the information processing method in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Refer to <FIG> is a first flowchart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The information processing method shown in <FIG> is applied to a terminal.

As shown in <FIG>, the information processing method applied to the terminal may include the following steps:
Step <NUM>: sending first capability information to a network side device, where the first capability information includes a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability.

In specific implementation, the time division multiplexing (Time Division Multiplexing, TDM) information associated with the first capability is used to indicate information related to the first capability on different time domain resources, a level of the first capability, a strength of the first capability, or a magnitude of the first capability. In specific implementation, the TDM information may be embodied as a TDM pattern (Pattern), but a specific embodiment form of the TDM information is not limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

For ease of understanding, an example of a MIMO capability is used for description. A TDM pattern associated with the MIMO capability may indicate that a relatively low MIMO capability (such as two layers (Layer)) is used at symbols <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM>, and a relatively high MIMO capability (four layers) is used at symbols <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM>.

It can be learned that in this embodiment, information related to the first capability that is reported by the terminal and that is on different time domain resources may be different. While in a related technology, a terminal only reports a highest capability currently supported, this can achieve a higher flexibility in reported content of capabilities and further, there is a higher flexibility in adopting a manner of reporting a capability.

In this embodiment, optionally, the first capability information includes at least one of the following: capability information of the terminal; cell group capability information of the terminal; working frequency (also referred to as a working frequency point) capability information of the terminal; and working band (Band) capability information of the terminal.

In this optional implementation, the sending first capability information to a network side device may specifically be embodied as: sending capability information about a target object to the network side device, where the target object includes at least one of the following: the terminal, the cell group of the terminal; the working frequency of the terminal; and the working band of the terminal.

When the terminal is configured with dual connectivity, the capability information about the cell group of the terminal includes at least one of the following: master cell group (Master Cell Group, MCG) capability information of the terminal; and secondary cell group (Secondary Cell Group, SCG) capability information of the terminal.

Further, the capability information about the target object may be: a highest capability currently supported by the target object, a capability of the target object expected (or suggested) by the terminal, or information about a capability adjustment of the target object expected by the terminal.

Specifically, capability information about UE may be: a highest capability currently supported by the UE, a capability of the UE expected by the UE, or information about a capability adjustment of the UE expected by the UE.

Capability information about an MCG of UE may be: a highest capability currently supported by the MCG, a capability of the MCG expected by the UE, or information about a capability adjustment of the MCG expected by the UE.

Capability information about an SCG of UE may be: a highest capability currently supported by the SCG, a capability of the SCG expected by the UE, or information about a capability adjustment of the SCG expected by the UE.

Capability information about a working frequency of UE may be: a highest capability currently supported by the working frequency, a capability of the working frequency expected by the UE, or information about a working frequency capability adjustment expected by the UE.

Capability information about a working band of UE may be: a highest capability currently supported by the working band, a capability of the working band expected by the UE, or information about a working band capability adjustment expected by the UE.

In addition, the first capability in this embodiment may include at least one of capabilities supported by the target object. Optionally, the first capability may include at least one of the following: a multi-radio access technology dual connectivity (Multi-Radio Access Technology Dual Connectivity, MRDC) capability; a new radio (New Radio, NR) capability; an evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access (Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access, EUTRA) capability; a multi-input multi-output (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, MIMO) capability; a carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation, CA) capability; and a modulation order capability.

In this embodiment, the terminal may autonomously send the first capability information to the network side device, or may send the first capability information to the network side device based on an indication of the network side device. The specific description is as follows:
In a first case, the terminal autonomously sends the first capability information to the network side device.

It should be noted that, an occasion for the terminal to report the first capability information is not limited in the first case. In specific implementation, the terminal may autonomously report the first capability information in a process of attaching; or may autonomously report the first capability information after a successful attachment. In this way, while in a related technology, after a successful attachment, a change of terminal capabilities can be achieved either through a procedure of detaching/reattaching (detach/reattach) or by UE reporting updated UE capabilities after a network searches UE capabilities again, this embodiment can improve a flexibility of reporting the first capability information autonomously by the terminal.

In the first case, optionally, that the first capability information is sent to the network side device includes: in a case that a first trigger condition is satisfied, the first capability information is sent to the network side device. In other words, the terminal may autonomously send the first capability information to the network side device by using a trigger condition.

Further, the first trigger condition may include at least one of the following:.

In a case that UE is mounted with a plurality of communications cards, if two or more communications cards of the terminal are in an activated state, namely, a communication-capable state, it may be considered that the terminal activates a multi-card operation.

In specific implementation, a communications card mounted onto the UE may be a universal subscriber identity module (Universal Subscriber Identity Module, USIM) or a subscriber identity module (Subscriber Identity Module, SIM). In addition, the communications cards mounted onto the UE may be from a same or different mobile network operator (Mobile Network Operator, MNO).

A terminal mounted with a plurality of communications cards may trigger reporting of the first capability information through events below.

In a first implementation, when the terminal activates a multi-card operation, for example, UE activates the second card or the third card, a capability of the terminal may be changed. Therefore, the terminal may autonomously send the first capability information to the network side device.

In a second implementation, when the terminal activates a multi-card operation, a working manner of N cards in the multi-card operation is changed, where for example, a card in the multi-card operation originally works in an LTE network in a single-leg manner, and then E-UTRA NR dual connectivity with an MCG using E-UTRA and an SCG using NR (E-UTRA NR dual connectivity with MCG using E-UTRA and SCG using NR, EN-DC) is activated; or conversely, a capability of the terminal may be changed, and therefore, the terminal may autonomously send the first capability information to the network side device.

In a third implementation, when the terminal activates a multi-card operation, a status of M cards in the multi-card operation is switched to a disabled state, where for example, UE disables at least one card in the multi-card operation, and in this case, a capability of the terminal may be changed. Therefore, the terminal may autonomously send the first capability information to the network side device.

In the foregoing three implementations, a highest capability supported by a target object may have a change very likely. Therefore, the terminal autonomously reports the first capability information, namely, capability information about the target object, to update a capability of the target object, thereby guaranteeing a service quality of the terminal, for example, guaranteeing a continuity of terminal services. In addition, power consumption of the terminal may be further reduced, or reliability of service transmission may be improved.

In addition, the terminal may report the first capability information periodically. In this implementation, the terminal may autonomously send the first capability information to the network side device when a period for reporting the first capability information has arrived. It should be understood that this implementation may be applied to a terminal mounted with a plurality of cards, or may be applied to a terminal mounted with a single card.

In the foregoing first case, the terminal may automatically report the first capability information under many conditions. While in a related technology, after a successful attachment, if UE needs to change UE capabilities, it can be achieved either through a procedure of detaching or reattaching or by UE reporting updated UE capabilities after a network searches UE capabilities again, this embodiment can improve a flexibility of reporting the first capability information.

In a second case, the terminal sends the first capability information to the network side device based on an indication of the network side device.

In the second case, before the first capability information is sent to the network side device, the method further includes:
receiving first indication information sent by the network side device.

In specific implementation, in a case that a second trigger condition is satisfied, the network side device may send the first indication information to the terminal.

Further, the second trigger condition may include at least one of the following:.

Determining of whether the second trigger condition is satisfied is similar to determining of whether the first trigger condition is satisfied. Therefore, reference may be made to related descriptions of satisfying the first trigger condition, and this is not limited herein again.

In addition, when acquiring or considering that the capability information of the terminal is updated, the network side device may send the first indication information the terminal.

It can be learned from the foregoing content that there may be a plurality of types of trigger conditions for the network side device to deliver the first indication information, and for delivery of the first indication information triggered by different trigger conditions, the first indication information may be used differently.

Optionally, the first indication information is used for:.

In specific implementation, the first indication information delivered by the network side device in a case that the second trigger condition is satisfied may be used for: searching capability information; instructing the terminal to report the capability information; indicating that the terminal is allowed to update the capability information; or instructing the terminal to update the capability information.

The first indication information delivered when the network side device acquires or considers that the capability information of the terminal is updated may be used for: searching capability information; searching capability update information; or instructing the terminal to report the capability information.

Further, in a case that the first indication information is used for instructing the terminal to update the capability information, the first indication information is further used to indicate second capability information expected by the network side device, where the second capability information includes a second capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the second capability.

In actual application, the first capability information may be the same as or different from the second capability information.

It can be learned from the foregoing content that there are a plurality of manners of embodying the capability information about the target object, which may specifically be: a highest capability currently supported by the target object, a capability of the target object expected by the terminal, or information about a capability adjustment of the target object expected by the terminal. In the second case, the terminal reports the first capability information based on the first indication information delivered by the network side device. Therefore, a specific manner of embodying the capability information about the target object may be related to use of the first indication information.

For example, in a case that the first indication information is used for searching capability information or instructing the terminal to report capability information, the capability information about the target object may be embodied as the highest capability currently supported by the target object.

In a case that the first indication information is used for searching capability update information, the capability information about the target object may be embodied as the highest capability currently supported by the target object or the information about a capability adjustment of the target object.

In a case that the first indication information is used for indicating that the terminal is allowed to update the capability information, the capability information about the target object may be embodied as: the capability of the target object expected by the terminal, or the information about a capability adjustment of the target object expected by the terminal.

In a case that the first indication information is used for instructing the terminal to update the capability information, the capability information about the target object may be embodied as: the capability of the target object expected by the terminal, or the information about a capability adjustment of the target object expected by the terminal.

In this embodiment, optionally, after the first capability information is sent to the network side device, the method further includes:.

Further, the second indication information is further used for instructing the terminal to perform a capability update operation.

In specific implementation, in a case that the second indication information is used only for instructing the network side device to accept or reject some or all information in the first capability information, the second indication information may explicitly indicate the network side device to accept or reject some or all information in the first capability information, and the second indication information may be acknowledgment information.

In a case that the second indication information is used for instructing the network side device to accept or reject some or all information in the first capability information, and the terminal performs the capability update operation, the second indication information may be embodied in the following two manners:.

In a first embodying manner, the second indication information is update indication information. In this case, the second indication information explicitly indicates the terminal to perform the capability update operation, and implicitly indicates the network side device to accept or reject some or all information in the first capability information.

In a second embodying manner, the second indication information includes acknowledgment information and update indication information. In this case, the second indication information explicitly indicates the network side device to accept or reject some or all information in the first capability information, and explicitly indicates the terminal to perform the capability update operation. Specifically, the acknowledgment information explicitly indicates the network side device to accept or reject some or all information in the first capability information, and the update indication information explicitly indicates the terminal to perform the capability update operation.

Optionally, after the second indication information sent by the network side device is received, the method further includes:
performing the capability update operation based on the second indication information.

In specific implementation, in an implementation, the terminal may update some or all information that is in the first capability information and that is received by the network side device.

In another implementation, in a case that the second indication information is used for instructing the terminal to perform the capability update operation, the second indication information may indicate capability update information, where the capability update information may be within a capability range of the first capability information, or may be within a greatest capability range of a plurality of pieces of first capability information reported by the terminal. In this case, the terminal may perform updating based on the capability update information.

Refer to <FIG> is a first flowchart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The information processing method in this embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a network side device.

As shown in <FIG>, the information processing method applied to the network side device may include the following steps:
Step <NUM>: receiving first capability information sent by a terminal, where the first capability information includes a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability.

Optionally, before the receiving first capability information sent by a terminal, the method includes:
sending first indication information to the terminal.

Optionally, the sending first indication information to the terminal includes:
in a case that a second trigger condition is satisfied, sending the first indication information to the terminal.

Optionally, the second trigger condition may include at least one of the following:.

Optionally, the first indication information is used for instructing any one of the following:.

Optionally, in a case that the first indication information is used for instructing the terminal to update the capability information, the first indication information is further used to indicate second capability information expected by the network side device, where the second capability information includes a second capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the second capability.

Optionally, after the receiving first capability information sent by a terminal, the method further includes:.

Optionally, the second indication information is further used for instructing the terminal to perform a capability update operation.

Optionally, the first capability information includes at least one of the following:.

Optionally, the first capability includes at least one of the following: a multi-radio access technology dual connectivity MRDC capability; a new radio NR capability; an evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access EUTRA capability; a multi-input multi-output MIMO capability; a carrier aggregation CA capability; and a modulation order capability.

It should be noted that this embodiment serves as an implementation of the network side device corresponding to the foregoing method embodiment. Therefore, reference may be made to related descriptions in the foregoing method embodiment, and same beneficial effects can be achieved. To avoid repeated descriptions, details are not described herein again.

It should be noted that the various optional implementations described in this embodiment of the present disclosure may be implemented in combination with each other, or may be implemented separately, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

Embodiment <NUM>: UE actively updates/reports a UE capability.

Step <NUM>: The UE actively reports the UE capability after an initial access phase or an access.

The UE capability includes a TDM pattern+a MIMO capability (lower or higher), a TDM pattern+a CA capability, a TDM pattern+a modulation order, and the like, which includes, but is not limited to, a combination of a TDM pattern and a UE capability in a related technology.

The UE capability may be a highest capability currently supported by the UE, a capability of the UE suggested by the UE, or a change of the UE capability suggested by the UE.

Optionally, the active reporting may be triggered by an event, or may be performed periodically.

For active reporting triggered by an event, optionally, before step <NUM>, that a trigger condition for the UE to actively report the UE capability may be further included, and the trigger condition includes at least one of the following:.

The UE activates a multi-card operation, for example, activates the second card, the third card, or the like,.

Optionally, after step <NUM>, that the UE receives a network side acknowledgment message, used for acknowledging that a network side receives or rejects updating of some/all UE capabilities, may further be included.

Further, the network side may indicate a UE capability update, and a UE capability indicated by the network side may be within a range of capability reported in step <NUM>, or may be within a greatest range of capability reported by the UE.

Embodiment <NUM>: A network searches a UE capability.

Step <NUM>: A network side sends a message, used for: searching the UE capability, and triggering reporting of a UE capability update or triggering a UE capability adjustment.

Optionally, the message may be triggered by an event, or may be sent periodically.

For sending triggered by an event, before step <NUM>, that the network side sends a trigger condition for the message may be further included, and the trigger condition includes at least one of the following:.

The network side acquires that the UE activates a multi-card operation, for example, activates the second card, the third card, or the like,
where after the UE activates the multi-card operation, the network side needs to change a working manner of at least one card, where for example, a card <NUM> originally works in an LTE network in a single-leg manner, and then a dual connectivity manner is activated, or conversely.

The network side acquires that the UE disables at least one card in the multi-card operation.

Step <NUM>: The UE sends capability information.

The UE capability may include a TDM pattern+a MIMO capability (lower or higher), a TDM pattern+a CA-related capability, a TDM pattern+a modulation order, and the like, which includes, but is not limited to, a combination of a TDM pattern and a UE capability in a related technology.

Optionally, the UE capability may be a highest capability currently supported by the UE, a capability of the UE suggested by the UE, or a change of the UE capability suggested by the UE.

The network side sends an acknowledgment message, used for acknowledging that a network side receives or rejects updating of some/all UE capabilities.

Embodiment <NUM>: UE actively updates/reports a capability on an MCG/SCG.

Step <NUM>: UE configured with dual connectivity actively reports a capability on an MCG/SCG.

The capability on the MCG or SCG includes a TDM pattern+a MIMO capability (lower or higher), a TDM pattern+a CA-related capability, a TDM pattern+a modulation order, and the like, which includes, but is not limited to, a combination of a TDM pattern and a capability of the MCG/SCG of the UE in a related technology.

The capability on the MCG or SCG may be a highest capability currently supported by the MCG or SCG, a capability of the MCG or SCG suggested by the UE, or a change of the capability of the MCG or SCG suggested by the UE.

For active reporting triggered by an event, optionally, before step <NUM>, that a trigger condition for the UE to actively report the capability of the MCG or SCG is further included, and the trigger condition includes at least one of the following:.

Optionally, after step <NUM>, that the UE receives a network side acknowledgment message, used for acknowledging that a network side receives or rejects updating of some/all UE capabilities related to an MCG or SCG, may further be included.

Further, the network side may indicate an update of a UE capability related to the MCG or SCG, and a capability related to the MCG or SCG indicated by the network side may be within a range of capability reported in step <NUM>, or may be within a greatest range of capability reported by the UE.

Embodiment <NUM>: A network searches a UE capability on an MCG or SCG.

Step <NUM>: A network side sends a message, used for: searching a UE capability related to the MCG or SCG, and triggering reporting of an update of the UE capability related to the MCG or SCG or triggering an adjustment of the UE capability related to the MCG or SCG.

Step <NUM>: The UE sends capability information about the MCG or SCG.

Optionally, the network side sends an acknowledgment message, used for acknowledging that a network side receives or rejects updating of some/all UE capabilities related to the MCG or SCG.

Embodiment <NUM>: UE actively updates/reports capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies.

Step <NUM>: The UE actively reports the capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies after an initial access phase or an access.

The capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies include a TDM pattern+a MIMO capability (lower or higher), a TDM pattern+a CA-related capability, a TDM pattern+a modulation order, and the like, which includes, but is not limited to, a combination of a TDM pattern and UE capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies in a related technology.

The capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies may be a highest capability currently supported by a band/frequency, a capability on a band/at a frequency suggested by the UE, or a change of a capability on a band/at a frequency suggested by the UE.

For active reporting triggered by an event, optionally, before step <NUM>, that a trigger condition for the UE to actively report the capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies is further included, and the trigger condition includes at least one of the following:.

Optionally, after step <NUM>, that the UE receives a network side acknowledgment message, used for acknowledging that a network side receives or rejects updating of some/all UE capabilities related to different bands/frequencies, may further be included.

Further, the network side may indicate capability updates on different bands/at different frequencies, and capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies indicated by the network side may be within a range of capability reported in step <NUM>, or may be within a greatest range of capability reported by the UE.

Embodiment <NUM>: A network searches UE capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies.

Step <NUM>: A network side sends a message, used for searching the UE capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies/triggering reporting of an update of the UE capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies/an adjustment of the UE capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies.

Step <NUM>: The UE sends capability information on different bands/at different frequencies.

The capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies may be a highest capability currently supported by the UE on different bands/at different frequencies, capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies suggested by the UE, or a change of the capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies suggested by the UE.

Optionally, the network side sends an acknowledgment message, used for acknowledging that a network side receives or rejects updating of some/all the UE capabilities on different bands/at different frequencies.

Through this embodiment of the present disclosure, a problem in a relevant mechanism that UE cannot dynamically update a UE capability is resolved. By using this solution, in a case of a plurality of cards, a UE capability is dynamically and fully used, thereby providing better user experience and system performance.

Refer to <FIG> is a first structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the terminal <NUM> includes:
a first sending module <NUM>, configured to send first capability information to a network side device, where the first capability information includes a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability.

Optionally, the first sending module <NUM> is specifically configured to:
in a case that a first trigger condition is satisfied, send the first capability information to the network side device.

Optionally, the first trigger condition may include at least one of the following:.

Optionally, the terminal <NUM> further includes:
a first receiving module, configured to: before the first sending module <NUM> sends the first capability information to the network side device, receive first indication information sent by the network side device.

Optionally, the terminal <NUM> further includes:
a second receiving module, configured to: after the first sending module <NUM> sends the first capability information to the network side device, receive second indication information sent by the network side device.

The second indication information is used for instructing the network side device to accept or reject some or all information in the first capability information.

The terminal <NUM> can implement various processes implemented by the terminal in the foregoing method embodiments of the present disclosure, and achieve the same beneficial effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

Refer to <FIG> is a first structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the network side device <NUM> includes:
a third receiving module <NUM>, configured to receive first capability information sent by a terminal, where the first capability information includes a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability.

Optionally, the network side device <NUM> further includes:
a second sending module, configured to: before the third receiving module <NUM> receives the first capability information sent by the terminal, send first indication information to the terminal.

Optionally, the second sending module is specifically configured to:
in a case that a second trigger condition is satisfied, send the first indication information to the terminal.

Optionally, the network side device <NUM> further includes:
a third sending module, configured to: after the third receiving module <NUM> receives the first capability information sent by the terminal, send second indication information to the terminal.

The network side device <NUM> can implement various processes that can be implemented by the network side device in the foregoing method embodiments of the present disclosure, and achieve same beneficial effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

Refer to <FIG> is a second structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal may be shown in a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the terminal <NUM> includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit <NUM>, a network module <NUM>, an audio output unit <NUM>, an input unit <NUM>, a sensor <NUM>, a display unit <NUM>, a user input unit <NUM>, an interface unit <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, a processor <NUM>, a power supply <NUM>, and the like. A person skilled in the art may understand that the structure of the terminal shown in <FIG> does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than that shown in the figure, or a combination of some components, or a different arrangement of components. In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, or the like.

The radio frequency unit <NUM> is configured to:
send first capability information to a network side device, where the first capability information includes a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability.

Optionally, the radio frequency unit <NUM> is specifically configured to:
in a case that a first trigger condition is satisfied, send the first capability information to the network side device.

Optionally, the radio frequency unit <NUM> is further configured to:
before the first capability information is sent to the network side device, receive first indication information sent by the network side device.

Optionally, the radio frequency unit <NUM> is further configured to:
after the first capability information is sent to the network side device, receive second indication information sent by the network side device.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to:
performing the capability update operation based on the second indication information.

It should be noted that the foregoing terminal <NUM> in this embodiment can implement various processes in the foregoing method embodiments in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and achieve same beneficial effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may be configured to receive and send information or a signal in a call process. Specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the radio frequency unit <NUM> sends the downlink data to the processor <NUM> for processing. In addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> transmits uplink data to the base station. Usually, the radio frequency unit <NUM> includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may also communicate with other devices through a wireless communications system and network.

The terminal provides wireless broadband Internet access for the user by using the network module <NUM>, for example, helping the user to send and receive an e-mail, browse a web page, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit <NUM> can convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM> or stored in the memory <NUM> into an audio signal, and output the audio signal into sound. In addition, the audio output unit <NUM> can also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal <NUM> (for example, call signal receiving sound or message receiving sound). The audio output unit <NUM> includes a loudspeaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit <NUM> is configured to receive an audio or radio frequency signal. The input unit <NUM> may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) <NUM> and a microphone <NUM>. The graphics processing unit <NUM> is configured to process image data of a static picture or a video obtained by an image capture apparatus (for example, a camera lens) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. A processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit <NUM>. The image frame processed by the graphics processing unit <NUM> can be stored in the memory <NUM> (or another storage medium) or sent by using the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM>. The microphone <NUM> may receive a sound and may process such a sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted, in a call mode, into a format that can be sent to a mobile communications base station by using the radio frequency unit <NUM> for output.

The terminal <NUM> further includes at least one sensor <NUM>, for example, a light sensor, a motion sensor, and another sensor. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, where the ambient light sensor may adjust brightness of a display panel <NUM> based on brightness of ambient light, and the proximity sensor may turn off the display panel <NUM> and/or backlight when the terminal <NUM> is moved towards the ear. As a type of the motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor may detect an acceleration value in each direction (generally, three axes), detect a value and a direction of gravity when the accelerometer sensor is static, and may be used in an application for recognizing a mobile terminal posture (such as screen switching between landscape and portrait modes, a related game, or magnetometer posture calibration), a function related to vibration recognition (such as a pedometer or a knock), and the like. The sensor <NUM> may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, and the like.

The display unit <NUM> is configured to display information entered by a user or information provided for the user. The display unit <NUM> may include a display panel <NUM>, and the display panel <NUM> may be configured in a form of liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), organic light-emitting diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED), or the like.

The user input unit <NUM> may be configured to receive input digital or character information, and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of a terminal. In particular, the user input unit <NUM> includes a touch panel <NUM> and other input devices <NUM>. The touch panel <NUM>, also called a touch screen, can collect a touch operation of the user on or near the touch panel <NUM> (For example, the user uses any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus to operate on or near the touch panel <NUM>). The touch panel <NUM> may include two parts: a touch detection apparatus and a touch controller. The touch detection apparatus detects a touch position of a user, detects a signal brought by a touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller. The touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection apparatus, converts the touch information into contact coordinates, sends the contact coordinates to the processor <NUM>, and receives and executes a command from the processor <NUM>. In addition, the touch panel <NUM> may be implemented by various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray type or a surface acoustic wave type. In addition to the touch panel <NUM>, the user input unit <NUM> may further include the another input device <NUM>. Specifically, the another input device <NUM> may include, but is not limited to, a physical keyboard, a function key (for example, a volume control key or a switch key), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick.

Further, the touch panel <NUM> may cover the display panel <NUM>. When detecting a touch operation on or near the touch panel <NUM>, the touch panel <NUM> transmits the touch operation to the processor <NUM> to determine a type of a touch event. Then, the processor <NUM> provides corresponding visual output on the display panel <NUM> based on the type of the touch event. Although in <FIG>, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> are configured as two independent components to implement input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> can be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal. Details are not limited herein.

The interface unit <NUM> is an interface for connecting an external apparatus to the terminal <NUM>. For example, the external apparatus may include a wired or wireless headset jack, an external power supply (or a battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a storage card port, a port for connecting an apparatus having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, a headset jack, or the like. The interface unit <NUM> can be configured to receive an input (for example, data information and power) from the external apparatus and transmit the received input to one or more elements in the terminal <NUM>, or transmit data between the terminal <NUM> and the external apparatus.

The memory <NUM> may be configured to store a software program and various types of data. The memory <NUM> may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operating system, an application required by at least one function (for example, a sound playback function and an image playback function), and the like. The data storage area may store data (for example, audio data and an address book) created based on the use of a mobile phone, and the like. In addition, the memory <NUM> may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, for example, at least one disk storage device, a flash memory, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The processor <NUM> is a control center of the terminal, connects various parts of the entire terminal by using various interfaces and circuits, and performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory <NUM> and invoking data stored in the memory <NUM>, so as to monitor the terminal as a whole. The processor <NUM> may include one or more processing units. Optionally, the processor <NUM> may integrate an application processor with a modem processor. The application processor mainly processes the operating system, a user interface, the application program, and the like, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication. It may be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor <NUM>.

The terminal <NUM> may further include the power supply <NUM> (for example, a battery) configured to supply power to various components. Optionally, the power supply <NUM> may be logically connected to the processor <NUM> through a power management system, to implement functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

In addition, the terminal <NUM> includes some function modules that are not shown, and details are not provided herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal, including a processor <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, and a computer program stored in the memory <NUM> and executable on the processor <NUM>, where when the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, various processes of the embodiment of the foregoing information processing method are implemented, and the same technical effects can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

Refer to <FIG> is a second structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the network side device <NUM> includes a processor <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, a user interface <NUM>, a transceiver <NUM>, and a bus interface.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the network side device <NUM> further includes a computer program stored in the memory <NUM> and executable on the processor <NUM>. When the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, the following step is implemented:.

The transceiver <NUM> receives first capability information sent by a terminal, where the first capability information includes a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability.

In <FIG>, a bus architecture may include any quantity of interconnected buses and bridges, which are specifically linked together by various circuits of one or more processors represented by the processor <NUM> and a memory represented by the memory <NUM>. The bus architecture may further connect various other circuits such as those of peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are commonly known in the art, and therefore, no further description is given herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver <NUM> may be a plurality of components. To be specific, the transceiver <NUM> includes a transmitter and a receiver, and provides a unit configured to communicate with various other apparatuses on a transmission medium. For different user equipment, the user interface <NUM> may alternatively be an interface for externally and internally connecting a required device. A connected device includes, but is not limited to, a keypad, a display, a loudspeaker, a microphone, a joystick, or the like.

The processor <NUM> is responsible for management of a bus architecture and general processing. The memory <NUM> may store data used when the processor <NUM> performs an operation.

Optionally, when the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, the following steps may be further implemented:.

Before the transceiver <NUM> receives the first capability information sent by the terminal, the transceiver <NUM> sends first indication information to the terminal.

Optionally, when the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, the following steps may be further implemented:
in a case that a second trigger condition is satisfied, sending the first indication information to the terminal.

Optionally, when the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, the following steps may be further implemented:
After the transceiver <NUM> receives the first capability information sent by the terminal, the transceiver <NUM> sends second indication information to the terminal.

The network side device <NUM> can implement various processes implemented by the network side device in the foregoing method embodiments. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, where when being executed by a processor, the computer program implements various processes of the embodiment of the foregoing information processing method applied to a terminal or network side device, and same technical effects can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, a compact disc, or the like.

It should be noted that in this specification, the terms "comprise", "include", and any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, a method, an article, or an apparatus that includes a series of elements not only includes these very elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed, or also includes elements inherent to this process, method, article, or apparatus. An element limited by "includes a. " does not, without more constraints, preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element.

Claim 1:
An information processing method, performed by a terminal (<NUM>) and comprising:
sending (<NUM>) first capability information to a network side device (<NUM>), wherein the first capability information comprises a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability that indicates information related to the first capability on different time domain resources, and the information related to the first capability includes a level of the first capability, a strength of the first capability, or a magnitude of the first capability.