CN110602670A

CN110602670A - Information indication method and device and computer readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN110602670A
Application number: CN201910912966.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 寇帅华; 郝鹏; 任敏; 韩祥辉; 邓一伟; 李儒岳
Original assignee: ZTE Corp
Current assignee: ZTE Corp
Priority date: 2019-09-25
Filing date: 2019-09-25
Publication date: 2019-12-20
Also published as: WO2021057789A1

Abstract

An information indication method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: the first communication node sends first indication information to the second communication node, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to carry out signal quality measurement or data transmission in a measurement interval.

Description

Information indication method and device and computer readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to wireless communication networks, and for example, to an information indication method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium.

Background

With the continuous development of wireless communication technology, future communication systems will support rich service types, and Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) services require that the transmission reliability thereof reaches more than 99.999%, and the transmission delay is less than 1 ms. In the prior art, a network side device needs to configure a periodic measurement window for a terminal device, and the terminal device does not perform data transmission in the measurement window but only performs measurement of signal quality. Usually, the length of the measurement window is 3ms to 6ms, and if the terminal device has URLLC service to transmit before the measurement window appears or within the measurement window time, the terminal device can only wait until the measurement window is finished to transmit data, and cannot meet the requirement of the URLLC service on delay.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an information indication method, an information indication device and a computer readable storage medium, which can avoid service conflict between data transmission and signal quality measurement, thereby ensuring the requirement of service on time delay.

The embodiment of the application provides an information indication method, which comprises the following steps:

the first communication node sends first indication information to the second communication node, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to carry out signal quality measurement or data transmission in a measurement interval.

the second communication node receives first indication information sent by the first communication node, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission in a measurement interval.

the first communication node receives second indication information sent by the second communication node, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission in a measurement interval.

and the second communication node sends second indication information to the first communication node, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to carry out signal quality measurement or data transmission in the measurement interval.

An embodiment of the present application provides an information indicating device, including: a processor for implementing the method of any of the above embodiments when executing the computer program.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the method of any of the above embodiments.

With regard to the above embodiments and other aspects of the present application and implementations thereof, further description is provided in the accompanying drawings description, detailed description and claims.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a measurement gap configuration according to an embodiment;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an information indication method according to an embodiment;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another information indication method according to an embodiment;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another information indication method according to an embodiment;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a further information indication method according to an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an information indication according to an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of yet another indication of information;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an indication manner of first indication information according to an embodiment;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an SRS resource and measurement gap configuration according to an embodiment;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating another indication manner of the first indication information according to an embodiment;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an information indicating apparatus according to an embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of another information indicating apparatus according to an embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of a further information indicating device;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of another information indicating apparatus according to an embodiment;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

With the continuous development of wireless communication technology, the performance of wireless networks is continuously improved, and future communication systems will support abundant service types. Generally, the types of services supported by a communication system can be divided into three major categories: enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service, URLLC service, and massive machine Type Communication (mMTC) service. URLLC service requires that the transmission reliability of the URLLC service reaches more than 99.999 percent, and the transmission delay is less than 1 ms.

In the prior art, a network side device needs to configure a periodic measurement window for a terminal device, and the terminal device does not perform data transmission (i.e., uplink data transmission and downlink data reception) in the measurement window, and only performs signal quality measurement. Usually, the length of the measurement window is 3ms to 6ms, so if the terminal device has URLLC traffic to transmit or receive before the measurement window appears or within the measurement window time, the terminal device can only wait until the measurement window ends to perform data transmission, and the requirement of the URLLC traffic on the delay cannot be met.

Embodiments of the present application provide a mobile communication network (including, but not limited to, a fifth Generation mobile communication network (5th-Generation, 5G)), where a network architecture of the network may include network-side devices (e.g., one or more types of base stations, transmission nodes, Access nodes (AP, Access Point), relays, Node Bs (NB), Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access), evolved Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA, evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access), etc.) and terminal devices (e.g., User Equipment (UE), User Equipment data cards (UE), relays (relay), mobile devices, etc.). In the embodiment of the present application, an information indicating method, an information indicating device, and a computer-readable storage medium that can operate on the network architecture are provided, which can avoid service collision between data transmission and signal quality measurement, thereby ensuring the requirement of service on time delay.

For ease of understanding, some concepts or terms are first described herein.

In a mobile communication network, a network side device configures a terminal device to perform periodic measurement on signal quality of a serving cell and a neighbor cell, where the measurement is also referred to as Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement.

In a mobile communication network, a network side device configures one or more sets of measurement interval (measurement gap, which may also be referred to as a measurement window) configurations for a terminal device. A set of measurement interval configuration indicates a set of periodic measurement intervals, and a measurement interval is a time interval in which the terminal device does not transmit uplink data and receive downlink data except for receiving a measurement signal, that is, the terminal device does not transmit data in the measurement interval.

Generally, a set of measurement interval configurations includes at least a length (duration), a period (period), and an offset value (offset). The length indicates the duration of the measurement interval; the period indicates a repetition period of the measurement interval (i.e. a time interval between two adjacent measurement intervals, such as a time interval between a start or an end of the two measurement intervals); the offset value indicates an interval between the start of the first measurement interval after the reference point and the reference point, which is typically the start of a System Frame Number (SFN) 0.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a measurement interval configuration according to an embodiment. The measurement interval configuration has a length D, a period P, an offset value O, and a periodic measurement interval as shown in fig. 1, the duration of each measurement interval is D, the interval of the measurement interval 1 with respect to a reference point is O, and the interval between two adjacent measurement intervals is P.

In the mobile communication network, the network side device may also configure a plurality of serving cells for the terminal device, and the terminal device performs data transmission with the plurality of serving cells. One serving cell is also called a Component Carrier (CC), and a plurality of serving cells form a cell group. The network side device can configure a plurality of cell groups for the terminal device, and the terminal device performs data transmission with the serving cells in the plurality of cell groups.

Next, a method and an apparatus for indicating information and technical effects thereof are described.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of an information indication method according to an embodiment, and as shown in fig. 2, the method according to this embodiment is applied to a first communication node, where the first communication node may be a terminal device, and the method includes the following steps.

S110, the first communication node sends first indication information to the second communication node, where the first indication information is used to indicate the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission in a measurement interval.

In an embodiment, if the first indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, the first communication node receives the measurement signal in the measurement interval indicated by the first indication information and does not perform data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node (i.e., does not perform uplink data transmission and downlink data reception with the serving cell of the first communication node).

In an embodiment, if the first indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data transmission in the measurement interval, the first communication node performs data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node in the measurement interval indicated by the first indication information (i.e., performs uplink data transmission and downlink data reception with the serving cell of the first communication node).

In an embodiment, the number of measurement intervals indicated by the first indication information is at least one.

In an embodiment, the indication mode of the first indication information is a display indication or an implicit indication.

The display indication means indicates through a signaling carried by the first indication information, for example, a 1-bit signaling "1" indicates that the terminal device performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, or indicates that the terminal device does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the 1-bit information "0" indicates that the terminal device does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or indicates that the terminal device performs data transmission in the measurement interval.

The implicit indication is indicated by physical characteristics of the first indication information, that is, implicitly notified by whether the first indication information is sent, time domain resources, frequency domain resources, code domain resources, and signal sequences of the first indication information.

In an embodiment, the first indication information is further used for indicating information of a serving cell of the first communication node, and the first communication node performs data transmission or performs signal quality measurement in the indicated serving cell.

Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of another information indication method provided in an embodiment, and as shown in fig. 3, the method provided in this embodiment is applied to a second communication node, where the second communication node may be a network side device, and the method includes the following steps.

S210, the second communication node receives first indication information sent by the first communication node, where the first indication information is used to indicate the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission in a measurement interval.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a further information indication method according to an embodiment, where as shown in fig. 4, the method provided in this embodiment is applied to a first communication node, and the first communication node may be a terminal device, and the method includes the following steps.

And S310, the first communication node receives second indication information sent by the second communication node, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to measure the signal quality or transmit data in a measurement interval.

In an embodiment, if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, the first communication node receives the measurement signal in the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information and does not perform data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node (i.e., does not perform uplink data transmission and downlink data reception with the serving cell of the first communication node).

In an embodiment, if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data communication in the measurement interval, the first communication node performs data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node in the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information (i.e., performs uplink data transmission and downlink data reception with the serving cell of the first communication node).

In an embodiment, the second indication information indicates at least one measurement interval.

In an embodiment, the second indication information is further used for indicating information of a serving cell of the first communication node, and the first communication node performs data transmission or performs signal quality measurement in the indicated serving cell.

In an embodiment, the indication manner of the second indication information may be a display indication or an implicit indication.

After the step S310 is completed, referring to fig. 4, the method may further include a step S320, that is, after the step S310 is completed, the first communication node may feedback the second indication information received in the step S310.

S320, the first communication node sends feedback information to the second communication node, where the feedback information includes the first feedback message or the second feedback message.

The first feedback message may be feedback of the second indication information, indicating that the content indicated by the second indication information is confirmed; the second feedback message may be third indication information indicating that the content indicated by the second indication information is changed, and the third indication information is updated indication information.

In an embodiment, if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a first feedback message, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data transmission within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a second feedback message, the first communication node receives the measurement signal within the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information and does not perform data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node.

In an embodiment, if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data communication within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a first feedback message, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a second feedback message, the first communication node performs data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node within the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a further information indication method according to an embodiment, where as shown in fig. 5, the method provided in this embodiment is applied to a second communication node, and the second communication node may be a network side device, and the method includes the following steps.

S410, the second communication node sends second indication information to the first communication node, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to carry out signal quality measurement or data transmission in a measurement interval.

After the step S410 is completed, referring to fig. 5, the method may further include a step S420, that is, after the step S410 is completed, the second communication node may receive feedback made by the first communication node on the second indication information.

S420, the second communication node receives feedback information sent by the first communication node, where the feedback information includes the first feedback message or the second feedback message.

Some exemplary embodiments are listed below for explaining the information indication method provided in the embodiments of the present application. In the following exemplary embodiments, the first communication node is taken as a UE, and the second communication node is taken as a network side device.

In the first exemplary embodiment, the network side device configures N (N is an integer greater than 0) sets of measurement interval configurations for the UE, and the network side device configures N sets of uplink signals for the UE. The N groups of uplink signals have a one-to-one correspondence with the N sets of measurement interval configurations, that is, one group of uplink signals corresponds to one set of measurement interval configuration, and the transmission period of the uplink signals is the same as the period of the corresponding measurement interval configuration.

The UE may send first indication information to the network side device by using an uplink signal, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or performs data transmission in a first measurement interval located after the uplink signal in a measurement interval configured in the corresponding measurement interval.

The explicit indication indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval through signaling carried by an uplink signal, for example, 1bit signaling "1" indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or indicates that the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the 1-bit information "0" indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement during the measurement interval or indicates that the UE performs data transmission during the measurement interval.

The implicit indication is indicated by physical characteristics of the uplink signal, that is, implicit notification is performed by whether the uplink signal is transmitted or not, time domain resources, frequency domain resources, code domain resources of the uplink signal, and a signal sequence.

Implicit notification by whether uplink signals are sent: for example, uplink signaling indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, or indicates that the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the uplink signal is not transmitted to indicate that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval or to indicate that the UE performs data transmission in the measurement interval. For another example, if the UE performs signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval, or the UE does not perform data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE transmits an uplink signal; if the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval or the UE performs data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE does not transmit an uplink signal. That is, the network side device receives the uplink signal sent by the UE, indicating that the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or indicating that the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the fact that the network side equipment does not receive the uplink signal sent by the UE indicates that the UE does not measure the signal quality in the measurement interval, or indicates that the UE carries out data transmission in the measurement interval.

Implicitly informed by the time domain resources of the uplink signal: for example, the network side device configures the UE to send an uplink signal on time domain resource 1 and time domain resource 2, and sending the uplink signal on time domain resource 1 indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, or indicates that the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; transmitting the uplink signal on time domain resource 2 indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement during the measurement interval or indicates that the UE performs data transmission during the measurement interval. For another example, if the UE performs signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval, or the UE does not perform data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE transmits an uplink signal on time domain resource 1; if the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval or the UE performs data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE transmits an uplink signal on time domain resource 2. That is, when the network side device receives an uplink signal sent by the UE in the time domain resource 1, the UE performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, or the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the network side device receiving the uplink signal sent by the UE in the time domain resource 2 indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or indicates that the UE performs data transmission in the measurement interval.

Implicitly informed by the frequency domain resources of the uplink signal: for example, the network side device configures the UE to send an uplink signal on frequency domain resource 1 and frequency domain resource 2, and sending the uplink signal on frequency domain resource 1 indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, or indicates that the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; transmitting the uplink signal on frequency domain resource 2 indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement for the measurement interval or indicates that the UE performs data transmission for the measurement interval. For another example, if the UE performs signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval, or the UE does not perform data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE transmits an uplink signal on frequency domain resource 1; if the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval or the UE performs data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE transmits an uplink signal on the frequency domain resource 2. That is, when the network side device receives the uplink signal sent by the UE in the frequency domain resource 1, the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the fact that the network side device receives the uplink signal sent by the UE in the frequency domain resource 2 indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or indicates that the UE performs data transmission in the measurement interval.

Implicitly informed by the signal sequence of the uplink signal: for example, the network side device configures uplink signal sequences of the UE as sequence 1 and sequence 2, where the UE sending signal sequence 1 indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, or indicates that the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the UE sending signal sequence 2 indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval or indicates that the UE performs data transmission in the measurement interval. For another example, if the UE performs signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval, or the UE does not perform data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE transmits signal sequence 1; if the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the next measurement interval or the UE performs data transmission in the next measurement interval, the UE transmits a signal sequence 2. That is, when the uplink signal sequence sent by the UE is received by the network side device as sequence 1, it indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or indicates that the UE does not perform data transmission in the measurement interval; the fact that the uplink signal sequence sent by the UE is received as sequence 2 by the network side device indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or indicates that the UE performs data transmission in the measurement interval.

In the second exemplary embodiment, the network side device configures N (N is an integer greater than 0) sets of measurement interval configurations for the UE, and the network side device configures N sets of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources or Scheduling Request (SR) resources for the UE. The N groups of SRS resources or SR resources have a one-to-one correspondence with the N sets of measurement interval configurations, that is, one group of SRS resources or SR resources corresponds to one set of measurement interval configurations, and the period of the SRS resources or SR resources is the same as the period of the corresponding measurement interval configurations.

The UE may send first indication information to the network side device using the SRS resource or the SR resource, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or performs data transmission in a first measurement interval located after the SRS resource or the SR resource in a measurement interval configured by a corresponding measurement interval.

In one embodiment, fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an information indication provided by an embodiment. As shown in fig. 6, the network side device configures two sets of measurement interval configurations, which are a measurement interval configuration and b measurement interval configuration, respectively, where the measurement interval configuration a configures measurement intervals a _1, a _2, and so on, and the measurement interval configuration b configures measurement intervals b _1, b _2, b _3, b _4, and so on. The network side equipment is configured with two groups of SRS resources, wherein the first group of SRS resources are respectively SRS 1_1, SRS 1_2 and the like, and the second group of SRS resources are respectively SRS 2_1, SRS 2_2, SRS 2_3, SRS 2_4 and the like. The first group of SRS resources corresponds to the measurement interval configuration a, and the first measurement interval after SRS 1_1 is a _1, then SRS 1_1 indicates to the UE whether to perform signal quality measurement or whether to perform data transmission within the measurement interval a _ 1; the first measurement interval after SRS 1_2 is a _2, then SRS 1_2 indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or data transmission during measurement interval a _ 2; and so on. The second group of SRS resources corresponds to the measurement interval configuration b, and the first measurement interval after SRS 2_1 is b _1, then SRS 2_1 indicates to the UE whether to perform signal quality measurement or whether to perform data transmission within the measurement interval b _ 1; the first measurement interval after SRS 2_2 is b _2, then SRS 2_2 indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or whether data transmission during measurement interval b _ 2; and so on.

The SR resources are used to indicate whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or not in the measurement interval, or whether data transmission is performed, and the specific indication method is the same as the SRs resources, which is not described herein again.

In an embodiment, the network side device configures measurement gap configuration, and configures SRS resources or SR resources corresponding to the measurement gap configuration, where a time domain resource position of the SRS resources or SR resources is obtained through a measurement gap position. The network side device configures an offset value between the SRS resource or the SR resource and the corresponding measurement interval time domain resource, or a protocol pre-defines an offset value between the SRS resource or the SR resource and the corresponding measurement interval time domain resource, for example, the offset value is Z (Z is any integer) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols/slots (slots)/milliseconds (ms). The time domain resource position of the SRS resource or the SR resource is obtained by measuring the interval position. The UE may use the SRS resource or the SR resource to indicate whether to perform signal quality measurement or whether to perform data transmission in a first measurement interval following the SRS resource or the SR resource in a measurement interval configured by the corresponding measurement interval.

In an embodiment, fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another information indication provided by an embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, the network side device configures two sets of measurement interval configurations, which are a measurement interval configuration and b measurement interval configuration, respectively, where the measurement interval configuration a configures measurement intervals a _1, a _2, and so on, and the measurement interval configuration b configures measurement intervals b _1, b _2, b _3, b _4, and so on. The network side equipment is configured with two groups of SRS resources, wherein the first group of SRS resources are respectively SRS 1_1, SRS 1_2 and the like, and the second group of SRS resources are respectively SRS 2_1, SRS 2_2, SRS 2_3, SRS 2_4 and the like. The first group of SRS resources corresponds to the measurement interval configuration a, and the first group of SRS time domain resources is separated from the measurement interval time domain resources configured by the measurement interval configuration a by O1 slots, in other words, the first group of SRS resources is located at the O1 slot before the first slot in the measurement interval configured by the measurement interval configuration a. The SRS 1_1 is separated from the measurement interval a _1 by O1 slots, and the SRS 1_1 indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or data transmission within the measurement interval a _ 1; the SRS 1_2 is separated from the measurement interval a _2 by O1 slots, and the SRS 1_2 indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or data transmission within the measurement interval a _ 2; and so on. The second group of SRS time domain resources is separated from the measurement interval time domain resources configured by the measurement interval configuration b by O2 slots, in other words, the second group of SRS time domain resources is located at O2 slots before the first slot in the measurement interval configured by the measurement interval configuration b.

SRS 2_1 is located at O2 slots before measurement interval b _1, and SRS 2_1 indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or data transmission during measurement interval b _ 1; SRS 2_2 is located O2 slots before measurement interval b _2, and SRS 2_2 indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement or data transmission within measurement interval b _ 2; and so on.

The resource allocation method and the indication relationship of the SR are the same as those of the SRs in the above embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In an embodiment, the network side device configures an SRS resource or an SR resource, and configures a measurement interval configuration corresponding to the SRS resource or the SR resource, where a time domain resource of the measurement interval is obtained by a time domain resource position of the SRS resource or the SR resource.

The network side device configures an offset value between the SRS time domain resource and the corresponding measurement interval time domain resource, or a protocol pre-defines an offset value between the SRS or SR time domain resource and the corresponding measurement interval time domain resource, for example, the offset value is Z (Z is any integer) OFDM symbols/slots/milliseconds (ms). The time domain resource position of the measurement interval is obtained by the time domain resource position of the SRS or the SR. The UE uses the SRS resource to indicate whether to perform signal quality measurement or whether to perform data transmission in a first measurement interval located after the SRS resource or the SR resource in a measurement interval configured by the corresponding measurement interval.

Referring to fig. 7, the first group of SRS corresponds to the measurement interval configuration a, and the measurement interval configured by the first group of SRS and the measurement interval configuration a is separated by O1 slots, in other words, the first slot of the measurement interval configured by the measurement interval a is located at the O1 th slot after the slot where the first group of SRS is located. That is, the first slot of the measurement interval a _1 is located at the O1 th slot after the slot where the SRS 1_1 is located; the first slot of measurement interval a _2 is located on the O1 th slot after the slot in which SRS 1_2 is located.

In an embodiment, the indication manner of the first indication information includes indication of time domain resources with different SRS resources or different SR resources, indication of frequency domain resources with different SRS resources or different SR resources, and indication of different SRS sequences or different SR sequences. In the following, the SRS resource is taken as an example for detailed description, and the indication manner of the SR resource is the same as the indication manner of the SRS resource in principle, which is not described herein again.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an indication manner of first indication information according to an embodiment.

As in fig. 8a, the network side device configures SRS resources and measurement interval configuration, and SRS transmission indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals for RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval; the SRS does not transmit indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e., the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in its indicated measurement interval. From the UE perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurement within a measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of a serving cell signal except for reception of a signal for RRM measurement within the measurement interval, the UE transmits an SRS; if the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval, namely the UE performs the receiving and transmitting of the signal of the serving cell in the measurement interval, the UE does not transmit the SRS. From the perspective of the network side device, if the network side device receives the SRS transmitted by the UE, it indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS; if the network side device does not receive the SRS, it indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource, that is, the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource. Of course, the reverse indication is also possible. That is, the SRS transmission indicates that the UE does not perform the RRM measurement in the indicated measurement interval, and the SRS transmission indicates that the UE performs the RRM measurement in the indicated measurement interval.

As in fig. 8b, the network side device configures SRS to transmit on time domain resource 1 and time domain resource 2, and the SRS transmits on time domain resource 1 indicating that the UE performs RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals for RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval; the SRS transmission on time domain resource 2 indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in its indicated measurement interval. From the UE's perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurements within the measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for reception of the signal for RRM measurements within the measurement interval, the UE transmits the SRS on time domain resource 1; if the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval, i.e., the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval, the UE transmits the SRS on time domain resource 2. From the perspective of the network side device, if the network side device receives the SRS transmitted by the UE on the time domain resource 1, it indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for receiving the signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS; if the network side device receives the SRS transmitted by the UE on the time domain resource 2, it indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE performs receiving and transmitting of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource.

As in fig. 8c, the network side device configures SRS to transmit on frequency domain resource 3 and frequency domain resource 4, and SRS transmits on frequency domain resource 3 indicating that the UE performs RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals for RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval; the SRS transmission on the frequency domain resource 4 indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in its indicated measurement interval. From the UE's perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurements within the measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for reception of the signal for RRM measurements within the measurement interval, the UE transmits the SRS on frequency domain resource 3; if the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal during the measurement interval, the UE transmits SRS on frequency domain resource 4. From the perspective of the network side device, if the network side device receives the SRS transmitted by the UE on the frequency domain resource 3, it indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for receiving the signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS; if the network side device receives the SRS transmitted by the UE on the frequency domain resource 4, it indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE performs receiving and transmitting of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource.

As in fig. 8d, the network side device configures the SRS transmission sequences as sequence 1 and sequence 2, and the SRS uses sequence 1 to indicate that the UE performs RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals for RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval; the SRS uses sequence 2 to indicate that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in its indicated measurement interval. From the UE perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurement within the measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for receiving a signal for RRM measurement within the measurement interval, the UE transmits sequence 1; if the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal during the measurement interval, the UE transmits sequence 2. From the perspective of the network side device, if the SRS transmitted by the UE is sequence 1, it indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS; if the SRS transmitted by the UE is sequence 2, the network side device indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE performs receiving and transmitting of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource.

In an embodiment, the sequence of SRS may be represented as:wherein the movement is cyclicBitHere, theSequence groupHere, under one configurationv is 0; in another configurationv is 0; in yet another configurationInitialization of the pseudorandom c (i)All listed parameters are predefined by the network side device configuration or protocol.

In an embodiment, the network side device configures a plurality of different values for one parameter or one parameter group, and an SRS sequence generated according to one of the values indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in a measurement interval indicated by the SRS; the SRS sequence generated according to the other value indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS. In particular, we haveFor example, the network side device configures two SRS resources for a group of SRS resourcesValues of respectivelyAndand withThe calculated SRS sequence indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals for RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval; to be provided withThe calculated SRS sequence indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e., the UE performs reception and transmission of serving cell signals in its indicated measurement interval. From the UE perspective, the UE uses the RRM measurements if the UE performs the RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform the reception and transmission of the serving cell signal during the measurement interval except for the reception of the signal for the RRM measurementsGenerating an SRS sequence; if the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of serving cell signals in the measurement interval, the UE usesAn SRS sequence is generated. From the perspective of the network side device, if the network side device receives the SRS transmitted by the UE asA generated sequence indicating that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of a serving cell signal except for reception of a signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS; if the network side equipment receives the SRS sent by the UE asThe generated sequence indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE performs the receiving and transmitting of the signal of the serving cell in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource. The principle and use of indications of other parameters or groups of parametersThe same is not described here.

It should be noted that different values of multiple parameter types may be used to indicate whether the UE performs RRM measurement, that is, one configuration value of one parameter indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement, and another configuration value of another parameter indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement.

In an embodiment, the network side device uses different offset values to indicate whether the UE performs RRM measurement, and adds the offset values to the SRS sequence parameter calculation to generate different SRS sequences. Wherein the different bias values are configured by the network side device or predefined by the protocol. In particular, we haveFor the sake of example, the offset is expressed as Δ, then

The network side device configuration or protocol defines two offset values Δ in advance, which are Δ 1 and Δ 2, respectively, and indicates, by using the SRS sequence generated by Δ 1, that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the UE, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of a serving cell signal except for receiving a signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the UE; the SRS sequence generated by Δ 2 calculation indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in its indicated measurement interval, i.e., the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in its indicated measurement interval. From the UE perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurement within a measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of a serving cell signal except for reception of a signal for RRM measurement within the measurement interval, the UE generates an SRS sequence using Δ 1; if the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e., the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal during the measurement interval, the UE generates the SRS sequence using Δ 2. From the perspective of the network side equipment, if the network side equipment receives the SRS sent by the UE, the SRS is generated for delta 1A sequence indicating that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of a serving cell signal except for reception of a signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS; if the network side device receives the sequence generated by Δ 2 for the SRS transmitted by the UE, it indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE performs receiving and transmitting of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource. The principle and use of indications of other parameters or groups of parametersThe same is not described here.

The generated sequence of the SR can be expressed asWhereinHere, thePseudo-random sequence c (n) initialization c_init＝n_IDSequence set u ═ f_gh+f_ss) mod30, in one configuration, f_gh＝0，f_ss＝n_IDmod30, v ═ 0; in the case of another configuration of the device,f_ss＝n_IDmod30, v ═ 0, pseudorandom sequence c (n) initializationIn another configuration f_gh＝0，f_ss＝n_IDmod30，Pseudo-random sequence c (n) initializationUsing SR sequencesThe indication of whether the UE performs RRM measurement or not by using different values or different offset values in the parameter or parameter set is the same as the SRS indication, and is not illustrated here.

In an embodiment, whether the UE performs the RRM measurement in the measurement interval is indicated by mapping the SRS sequence or the SR sequence to the time-frequency resource. Specifically, the network side device configures two different mapping manners of the SRS sequence or the SR sequence to the time-frequency resource, which are mapping manner 1 and mapping manner 2, and the first mapping manner indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or the SR, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals used for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or the SR; the second mapping method indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or SR, that is, the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or SR. From the UE perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for receiving the signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval, the UE maps the SRS or the SR using mapping scheme 1; if the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval, the UE uses mapping scheme 2 to map the SRS or SR. From the perspective of the network side device, if the SRS or SR sent by the UE is received by the network side device in mapping mode 1, it indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or SR, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for receiving signals used for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or SR; if the network side device receives the SRS or SR sent by the UE in mapping mode 2, it indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or SR, that is, the UE performs receiving and sending of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS or SR resource.

In one embodiment, the mapping procedure of the SRS may be represented asWhereinIn order to generate the SRS sequence for the ue,in a predetermined order according to the protocol (e.g. fromMapping to Resource Element (RE) resources (k, l) is started, and mapping is performed on time-frequency resources of the SRS according to the ascending order of the frequency-domain resources k, namely mapping from the frequency domain to the time domain. Indicating whether the UE performs RRM measurement in a measurement interval by SRS different sequence mapping modes, and specifically usingTo indicate that the UE performs RRM measurements in its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of serving cell signals except for reception of signals for RRM measurements in its indicated measurement interval; use of(orMeaning that the UE does not make RRM measurements during its indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does receive and transmit the serving cell signal during its indicated measurement interval. From the UE perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for receiving the signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval, the mapping procedure of the UE isIf the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval, namely the UE performs the receiving and sending of the signal of the service cell in the measurement interval, the mapping process of the UE is(orFrom the perspective of the network side device, if the network side device receives the SRS transmitted by the UE, the mapping process is as followsIndicating that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of a serving cell signal except for receiving a signal for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS; if the network side equipment receives the SRS sent by the UE, the mapping process is that(or) The UE does not perform RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS, that is, the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated by the SRS resource. It should be noted that the reverse direction in this embodiment is also possible, that is, the reverse direction is indicatedTo indicate that the UE does not make RRM measurements within its indicated measurement interval;(or) Indicating that the UE performs RRM measurements within its indicated measurement interval. In another case, the first mapping mode is slaveMapping to RE resources (k1, l) and mapping in a frequency domain-first time domain-second time domain sequence according to the ascending order of the frequency domain resources, wherein k1 is the lowest index of the SRS frequency domain resources; the second mapping mode is fromMapping to RE resources (k2, l) and mapping in a frequency domain-first time domain-second time domain mode according to the descending order of frequency domain resources, wherein k2 is the highest index of SRS frequency domain resources; further using the first way to instruct the UE not to perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval; the second way is used to instruct the UE to perform RRM measurements within the measurement interval. Of course, the reverse indication is also possible, i.e. the UE is instructed to perform RRM measurements within the measurement interval in the first way; the second way is used to instruct the UE not to make RRM measurements within the measurement interval.

The mapping process of the SR can be expressed asWherein In order to generate the SR sequence,mapping to the time-frequency resource of the SR is performed according to an order predetermined by a protocol (for example, mapping from x (0) to RE resource (k, l), and mapping from frequency domain to time domain in the ascending order of frequency domain resource k). Indicating whether the UE performs RRM measurement in a measurement interval or not through different sequence mapping modes of the SR, specifically, the first mapping mode isThe second mapping method isOrIn another embodiment, the first mapping mode is to map from x (0) to RE resources (k1, l) in ascending order of frequency domain resources k, first frequency domain and then time domain, where k1 is the lowest index of SR frequency domain resources; mapping mode two is that x (0) is mapped to RE resource(k2, l) mapping is performed in descending order of frequency domain resources k, frequency domain first and time domain second, where k2 is the highest index of the SR frequency domain resources.

In a third exemplary embodiment, a network side device configures one or more sets of SRS resources or SR resources, where the SRS resources are used for the network side device to perform channel measurement, the SR resources are used for requesting uplink scheduling, and the network side device configures one or more sets of measurement interval configurations. The last SRS resource or SR resource located before the measurement interval in time indicates whether the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, which is the method in the first exemplary embodiment and the second exemplary embodiment.

From the UE perspective, if the UE performs RRM measurement within the measurement interval, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for reception of the signal for RRM measurement within the measurement interval, the UE transmits (or does not transmit) on the last SRS resource or SR resource before the measurement interval in the manner of the first exemplary embodiment or the second exemplary embodiment; if the UE does not perform RRM measurement within the measurement interval, i.e., the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal within the measurement interval, the UE transmits (or does not transmit) on the last SRS resource or SR resource before the measurement interval in the manner of the first exemplary embodiment or the second exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an SRS resource and measurement gap configuration according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 9, the network side device configures a set of SRS resources, which are SRS 1, SRS 2, and so on, and the network side device configures a set of measurement interval configurations, which are measurement interval 1, measurement interval 2, and so on. SRS 5 is the last SRS before measurement interval 1, then SRS 5 indicates whether the UE performs RRM measurement in measurement interval 1, and similarly SRS 13 indicates whether the UE performs RRM measurement in measurement interval 2.

In a fourth exemplary embodiment, the UE sends first indication Information to the network side device, where the first indication Information may be Uplink Control Information (UCI), a medium access Control Element (MAC CE), or Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, and the first indication Information is used to indicate whether the UE performs RRM measurement in one or more measurement intervals after the first indication Information. The length of the first indication information is determined by the indication mode and the indicated measurement interval number.

Uplink Control information is carried in a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and transmitted, and a time domain relationship between the PUCCH and a measurement interval indicated by the PUCCH is configured by a network side or is predefined by a protocol. For example, PUCCH differs from its indicated measurement interval by M OFDM symbols/slot/millisecond (ms).

The indication method is as follows: and indicating by means of bitmap.

The UE indicates Y (Y is an integer greater than 0) measurement intervals, and the first indication information length thereof is Y. The first bit indicates the first measurement interval after the first indication, the second bit indicates the second measurement interval after the first indication, and so on. Bit information "1" indicates that the UE performs RRM measurement in the indicated measurement interval; bit information "0" indicates that the UE does not perform RRM measurement in the indicated measurement interval. Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating another indication manner of the first indication information according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 10, the UE indicates the RRM measurement situation located 6 measurement intervals after the first indication information, and then the length of the first indication information is 6 bits. If the UE does not make signal quality measurements within the measurement intervals 2, 4, 5, the first indication is 101001.

The second indication mode:

the UE indicates Y (Y is an integer greater than 0) measurement intervals, and the length of the first indication information isWhereinDenotes rounding up, X is the number of measurement intervals in Y measurement intervals for which the UE is to make RRM measurements, where 0<X is less than or equal to Y. In the first indication information, the first indication information includes,the bit information indicates the value of X and has the length ofThe information bit "0.. 000" of (1) represents X ═ 1; "0.. 001" represents X ═ 2; "0.. 010" means that X is 3, and so on. The rest XThe bit information indicates measurement interval indexes for RRM measurement of X UEs, and each index usesAnd bit information indication. The index of the first measurement interval after the first indication information is 0 and the length isThe information bit of (1) '0.. 000'; the second measurement interval index is 1 and is of lengthThe information bit "0.. 001" of (1); and so on.

Referring to fig. 10, if the UE only measures the third measurement interval (index is 2), X is 1, and its first indication information bit is "000010", "000" indicates the number of measurement intervals to be measured (i.e., X), and 010 indicates that the index is 2 measurement intervals.

In another embodiment, the UE indicates (Y is an integer greater than 0) measurement intervals with a first indication information length ofWhereinAnd X is the number of measurement intervals of Y measurement intervals in which the UE needs to perform RRM measurement, wherein X is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Y. In the first indication information, the first indication information includes,the bit information indicates the value of X and has the length ofThe information bit "0.. 000" of (a) indicates that X ═ 0; "0.. 001" represents X ═ 1; "0.. 010" means that X is 2, and so on. The rest XThe bit information indicates measurement interval indexes for RRM measurement of X UEs, and each index usesAnd bit information indication. The index of the first measurement interval after the first indication information is 0 and the length isThe information bit of (1) '0.. 000'; the second measurement interval index is 1 and is of lengthThe information bit "0.. 001" of (1); and so on.

Referring to fig. 10, if the UE only measures the third measurement interval (index is 2), X is 1, and the first indication information bit is "001010", "001" indicates the number of measurement intervals (i.e., X) for the UE to perform RRM measurement, and 010 indicates that the index is 2 measurement intervals. If the UE does not perform the signal quality measurement for 6 measurement intervals, X is 0, the first indication information bit thereof is "000", and "000" indicates that the number of measurement intervals for which the UE performs the RRM measurement is 0.

And the indication mode is three:

the UE indicates Y (Y is an integer greater than 0) measurement intervals, the first indication information of which indicates a measurement interval index at which the UE does not perform RRM measurement, and the total number of measurement intervals at which the UE does not perform signal quality measurement is X. The principle of the indication mode is the same as that of the indication mode II, and the description is omitted here.

In an embodiment, the network side device configures the number of measurement intervals to be indicated by the UE, i.e. the value of Y. The network side equipment configures an indication mode of the UE, namely configures which indication mode the UE uses to indicate whether the UE performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval.

The UE uses extra information bit in the indication signaling to indicate which indication mode it uses. For example, 2-bit information is adopted, and '00' represents a first usage indication mode; "01" indicates use indication mode two; "10" indicates the use indication mode three.

In an embodiment, the UE indicates whether to perform signal quality measurement within interval measurement using a MAC CE (hereinafter referred to as a MAC CE indicating a measurement situation), which allocates resources in order of priority with other MAC CEs or data.

The priority order can adopt logical channels, and the priority processing is carried out according to the following priority order: (priority from high to low):

1) a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) MAC CE or data from an Uplink-Common Control Channel (UL-CCCH);

2) MAC CE indicating measurement conditions;

3) confirming the MAC CE by a configuration authorization (Configured Grant);

4) MAC CE for reporting BSR (except Buffer Status Report (BSR)) for padding;

5) a single entry (single entry) Power redundancy Report (PHR) MAC CE or a multi-entry PHR MAC CE;

6) data from arbitrary logical information, except from UL-CCCH;

7) the MAC CE is used for recommending bit rate query;

8) MAC CE for padding BSR.

Their possible priority order is not listed one by one.

In a fifth exemplary embodiment, the network side device sends second indication Information to the UE, where the second indication Information may be Downlink Control Information (DCI), MAC CE, or RRC signaling, and the second indication Information is used to indicate whether the UE performs RRM measurement in one or more measurement intervals after the second indication Information. Further, the length of the second indication information is determined by the indication mode and the indicated measurement interval number. The indication manner is the same as that in the fourth exemplary embodiment, and is not described again here.

The DCI for distinguishing the second indication information may be identified by using a method such as setting different scrambling Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (RNTIs) and different DCI formats, or setting values of some fields in the existing DCI to special values.

In an embodiment, after receiving the second indication information of the network side device, the UE sends feedback information to the network side device. The feedback information comprises two types, wherein the first type of feedback information indicates that the UE carries out signal quality measurement according to the indication of the network side equipment. For a certain measurement interval, if the network side equipment indicates the UE to perform signal quality measurement, the feedback information indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval; if the network side equipment indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement, the feedback information indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval. The second feedback information indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement according to the indication of the network side device. For a certain measurement interval, if the network side equipment indicates the UE to perform signal quality measurement, the feedback information indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval; if the network side equipment indicates that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement, the feedback information indicates that the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval. In this case, both the network side device and the UE determine the measurement behavior of the UE according to the feedback of the UE.

In the above embodiment, whether the network side device instructs or the UE instructs, one measurement interval is instructed that the UE performs signal quality measurement or instructed that the UE does not perform signal quality measurement. The UE performs the signal quality measurement during the measurement interval indicated for performing the signal quality measurement, i.e., the UE does not perform reception and transmission of the serving cell signal except for receiving the signal for RRM measurement during the measurement interval indicated for performing the signal quality measurement. The UE does not perform signal quality measurement in the measurement interval indicated as no signal quality measurement, i.e., the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal in the measurement interval indicated as no signal quality measurement.

In a sixth exemplary embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiments, the UE or the network side device further indicates the measurement situation of the UE in a certain serving cell or multiple serving cells.

In one embodiment, the UE transmits uplink signals in the second exemplary embodiment or the third exemplary embodiment in a serving cell, and the indicated measurement behavior (measurement behavior refers to measurement or data transmission) is applied to the serving cell or the cell group in which the serving cell is located. The network side device configures an uplink signal and measurement interval configuration according to the second exemplary embodiment or the third exemplary embodiment, where the uplink signal indicates, according to the second exemplary embodiment or the third exemplary embodiment, whether the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the uplink signal, that is, whether the UE performs receiving and transmitting of a serving cell signal or a serving cell group in the measurement interval indicated by the uplink signal, where the serving cell is a cell where the UE transmits the uplink signal, and the serving cell group is a cell group where the UE transmits the uplink signal.

Specifically, the network side device configures 3 serving cells for the UE, which use cell 0, cell 1, and cell 2, respectively, and the network side device configures the UE to transmit an uplink signal on cell 1 according to the above-mentioned manner in the exemplary embodiment, so that the measurement row indicated by the UE is applied in serving cell 1. The UE indicates whether the UE performs RRM measurement in cell 1 according to the method in the above exemplary embodiment. The UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, that is, the UE does not perform receiving and transmitting of the signal of the cell 1 except for receiving the signal of the cell 1 for RRM measurement in the indicated measurement interval, that is, the UE does not perform data transmission with the cell 1 in the measurement interval, and the UE can perform data transmission with the cell 2 and the cell 3 in the measurement interval; the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell during the measurement interval. In another embodiment, the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform receiving and sending of cell 2 and cell 3 signals except for receiving the signals used by cell 2 and cell 3 for RRM measurement in the indicated measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform data transmission with serving cell 2 and serving cell 3 in the measurement interval, and the UE can perform data transmission with serving cell 1 in the measurement interval; the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell during the measurement interval.

In another embodiment, the network side device configures the uplink signal and the measurement interval configuration in the manner of the second exemplary embodiment or the third exemplary embodiment, and the network side device configures the serving cell or the serving cell group indicated by the uplink signal. The uplink signal indicates, in the manner of the second exemplary embodiment or the third exemplary embodiment, whether the UE performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the uplink signal, that is, whether the UE performs reception and transmission of a serving cell signal or a serving cell group in the measurement interval indicated by the uplink signal, where the serving cell is the cell indicated by the uplink signal, and the serving cell group is the cell group indicated by the uplink signal.

The network side equipment UE configures 2 serving cell groups, which are respectively the cell group 0 and the cell group 1, and the network side equipment configures the UE to transmit uplink signals on the serving cell of the cell group 1 according to the above-mentioned exemplary embodiment, so that the measurement row indicated by the UE is applied to the serving cell group 1. The UE indicates whether the UE performs RRM measurement in cell group 1 in the method in the above exemplary embodiment. The UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, namely the UE does not perform receiving and sending of signals of the serving cell in the cell group 1 except for receiving signals used for RRM measurement by the serving cell in the cell group 1 in the indicated measurement interval, namely the UE does not perform data transmission with the serving cell in the cell group 1 in the measurement interval, and the UE can perform data transmission with the serving cell in the cell group 0 in the measurement interval; the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell during the measurement interval. In another embodiment, the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, i.e. the UE does not perform reception and transmission of signals of the serving cell in cell group 0 except for receiving signals of the serving cell in cell group 0 for RRM measurement in the measurement interval indicated by the UE, i.e. the UE does not perform data transmission with the serving cell in serving cell 0 in the measurement interval, and the UE can perform data transmission with the serving cell in cell group 1 in the measurement interval; the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell during the measurement interval.

The UE sends first indication information to the network side device in the manner of the fourth exemplary embodiment, where the first indication information additionally indicates at least one of serving cell information and serving cell group information, and the indicated measurement behavior is applied to the indicated serving cell or serving cell group. The UE sends the first indication information to the network side device according to the manner in the fourth exemplary embodiment, where the first indication information indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement in an interval, that is, whether the UE performs reception and transmission of a serving cell signal or a serving cell group in a measurement interval indicated by the first indication information, where the serving cell is a cell indicated by the first indication information, and the serving cell group is a cell group indicated by the first indication information. The indication mode of the serving Cell includes indicating the serving Cell ID by using bit information, and the indication mode of the serving Cell Group includes indicating the serving Cell Group ID or the serving Cell type (i.e., indicating a Master Cell Group (MCG) or a Secondary Cell Group (SCG)) by using bit information.

The network side device sends second indication information to the UE in the manner of the fifth exemplary embodiment, where the second indication information additionally indicates at least one of serving cell information and serving cell group information, and the indicated measurement behavior is applied to the indicated serving cell or serving cell group. The network side device sends the second indication information to the UE according to the method of the fifth exemplary embodiment, where the second indication information indicates whether the UE performs signal quality measurement in the interval, that is, whether the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal or the serving cell group in the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information, where the serving cell is the cell indicated by the second indication information, and the serving cell group is the cell group indicated by the second indication information. The indication mode of the service cell comprises indicating the ID of the service cell by using bit information, and the indication mode of the service cell group comprises indicating the ID of the service cell group or the type of the service cell (namely indicating MCG or SCG) by using bit information.

In the above embodiments, the indicated measurement behavior is applied to the indicated serving cell or the indicated serving cell group, regardless of whether the network side device indicates or the UE indicates. Specifically, the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of signals of the indicated serving cell or the indicated serving cell group except for receiving signals for RRM measurement from the indicated serving cell or the indicated serving cell group in the indicated measurement interval, that is, the UE does not perform data transmission with the indicated serving cell or the indicated serving cell group; the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell during the measurement interval. Or means that the UE performs RRM measurement in the measurement interval, that is, the UE does not perform reception and transmission of a signal of a non-indicated serving cell or a non-indicated serving cell group in the indicated measurement interval except for receiving a signal for RRM measurement from the non-indicated serving cell or the non-indicated serving cell group, that is, the UE does not perform data transmission with the non-indicated serving cell or the non-indicated serving cell group, where the non-indicated serving cell refers to a serving cell that leaves all UEs except for the indicated serving cell, and the non-indicated serving cell group refers to a serving cell group that leaves all UEs except for the indicated serving cell group; the UE does not perform RRM measurements during the measurement interval, i.e. the UE performs reception and transmission of the serving cell signal during the measurement interval.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an information indicating apparatus according to an embodiment, where the information indicating apparatus may be configured in a first communication node, as shown in fig. 11, including: a sending module 10.

The sending module 10 is configured to send first indication information to the second communication node, where the first indication information is used to instruct the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission within a measurement interval.

The information indicating apparatus provided in this embodiment is an information indicating method for implementing the above embodiments, and the implementation principle and technical effect of the information indicating apparatus provided in this embodiment are similar, and are not described herein again.

In an embodiment, if the first indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, the first communication node receives the measurement signal in the measurement interval indicated by the first indication information and does not perform data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node.

In an embodiment, if the first indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data transmission in the measurement interval, the first communication node performs data transmission with a serving cell of the first communication node in the measurement interval indicated by the first indication information.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another information indicating apparatus according to an embodiment, where the information indicating apparatus may be configured in a second communication node, as shown in fig. 12, including: a receiving module 20.

The receiving module 20 is configured to receive first indication information sent by the first communication node, where the first indication information is used to instruct the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission within a measurement interval.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another information indicating apparatus according to an embodiment, where the information indicating apparatus may be configured in a first communication node, as shown in fig. 13, including: a receiving module 30 and a transmitting module 31.

The receiving module 30 is configured to receive second indication information sent by the second communication node, where the second indication information is used to instruct the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission within a measurement interval.

The sending module 31 is configured to send feedback information to the second communication node, where the feedback information includes the first feedback message or the second feedback message.

In an embodiment, if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a first feedback message, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data transmission in the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a second feedback message, the first communication node receives the measurement signal in the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information and does not perform data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node.

In an embodiment, if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data communication within the measurement interval, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data communication within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a first feedback message, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a second feedback message, the first communication node performs data transmission with the serving cell of the first communication node within the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of yet another information indicating apparatus according to an embodiment, where the information indicating apparatus may be configured in a second communication node, as shown in fig. 14, including: a transmitting module 40 and a receiving module 41.

The sending module 40 is configured to send second indication information to the first communication node, where the second indication information is used to instruct the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission within a measurement interval.

The receiving module 41 is configured to receive feedback information sent by the first communication node, where the feedback information includes a first feedback message or a second feedback message.

An embodiment of the present application further provides an information indicating apparatus, including: a processor for implementing a method as provided in any of the embodiments of the present application when executing a computer program. Specifically, the information indicating apparatus may be the first communication node provided in any embodiment of the present application, and may also be the second communication node provided in any embodiment of the present application, which is not limited in this application.

For example, the following embodiments provide a schematic structural diagram of an information indicating apparatus as a UE and a base station.

Fig. 15 shows a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment, which may be implemented in various forms, and the UE in this application may include, but is not limited to, a mobile terminal Device such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a Digital broadcast receiver, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a tablet computer (PAD), a Portable Media Player (PMP), a navigation Device, a vehicle-mounted terminal Device, a vehicle-mounted display terminal, a vehicle-mounted electronic rear view mirror, and a fixed terminal Device such as a Digital Television (TV), a desktop computer, and the like.

As shown in fig. 15, the UE 50 may include a wireless communication unit 51, an Audio/Video (a/V) input unit 52, a user input unit 53, a sensing unit 54, an output unit 55, a memory 56, an interface unit 57, a processor 58, and a power supply unit 59, and the like. Fig. 15 shows a UE including various components, but it is understood that not all of the illustrated components are required to be implemented. More or fewer components may alternatively be implemented.

In the present embodiment, the wireless communication unit 51 allows radio communication between the UE 50 and a base station or a network. The a/V input unit 52 is arranged to receive audio or video signals. The user input unit 53 may generate key input data to control various operations of the UE 50 according to commands input by the user. The sensing unit 54 detects a current state of the UE 50, a position of the UE 50, presence or absence of a touch input by a user to the UE 50, an orientation of the UE 50, acceleration or deceleration movement and direction of the UE 50, and the like, and generates a command or signal for controlling an operation of the UE 50. The interface unit 57 serves as an interface through which at least one external device is connected with the UE 50. The output unit 55 is configured to provide output signals in a visual, audio, and/or tactile manner. The memory 56 may store software programs or the like for processing and controlling operations performed by the processor 58, or may temporarily store data that has been or will be output. The memory 56 may include at least one type of storage medium. Also, the UE 50 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs the storage function of the memory 56 through a network connection. The processor 58 generally controls the overall operation of the UE 50. The power supply unit 59 receives external power or internal power and provides appropriate power required to operate various elements and components under the control of the processor 58.

The processor 58 executes the program stored in the memory 56 to execute at least one functional application and data processing, for example, to implement the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment, and as shown in fig. 16, the base station includes a processor 60, a memory 61, and a communication interface 62; the number of the processors 60 in the base station may be one or more, and one processor 60 is taken as an example in fig. 16; the processor 60, the memory 61 and the communication interface 62 in the base station may be connected by a bus or other means, and the bus connection is exemplified in fig. 16. A bus represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The memory 61, as a computer-readable storage medium, may be configured to store software programs, computer-executable programs, and modules, such as program instructions/modules corresponding to the methods in the embodiments of the present application. The processor 60 executes at least one functional application of the base station and data processing by executing software programs, instructions and modules stored in the memory 61, that is, implements the information indication method described above.

The memory 61 may include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function; the storage data area may store data created according to the use of the terminal, and the like. Further, the memory 61 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid state storage device. In some examples, memory 61 may include memory located remotely from processor 60, which may be connected to a base station through a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

The communication interface 62 may be configured for the reception and transmission of data.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the method provided in any of the embodiments of the present application.

The computer storage media of the embodiments of the present application may take any combination of one or more computer-readable media. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. Computer-readable storage media include (a non-exhaustive list): an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM), an erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), a flash Memory, an optical fiber, a portable Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the present application, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, Radio Frequency (RF), etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + +, Ruby, Go, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of Network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

It will be clear to a person skilled in the art that the term user terminal covers any suitable type of wireless user equipment, such as a mobile phone, a portable data processing device, a portable web browser or a car mounted mobile station.

In general, the various embodiments of the application may be implemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, logic or any combination thereof. For example, some aspects may be implemented in hardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software which may be executed by a controller, microprocessor or other computing device, although the application is not limited thereto.

Embodiments of the application may be implemented by a data processor of a mobile device executing computer program instructions, for example in a processor entity, or by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware. The computer program instructions may be assembly instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine-related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages.

Any logic flow block diagrams in the figures of this application may represent program steps, or may represent interconnected logic circuits, modules, and functions, or may represent a combination of program steps and logic circuits, modules, and functions. The computer program may be stored on a memory. The memory may be of any type suitable to the local technical environment and may be implemented using any suitable data storage technology, such as, but not limited to, Read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), optical storage devices and systems (digital versatile disks, DVDs, or CD discs), etc. The computer readable medium may include a non-transitory storage medium. The data processor may be of any type suitable to the local technical environment, such as but not limited to general purpose computers, special purpose computers, microprocessors, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Programmable logic devices (FGPAs), and processors based on a multi-core processor architecture.

Claims

1. An information indication method, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a first communication node sends first indication information to a second communication node, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to carry out signal quality measurement or data transmission in a measurement interval.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of the measurement intervals indicated by the first indication information is at least one.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the indication manner of the first indication information is a display indication or an implicit indication.

4. The method of claim 1,

if the first indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, the first communication node receives a measurement signal in the measurement interval indicated by the first indication information and does not perform data transmission with a serving cell of the first communication node.

5. The method of claim 1,

if the first indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data transmission in a measurement interval, the first communication node performs data transmission with a serving cell of the first communication node in the measurement interval indicated by the first indication information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication information is further used for indicating information of a serving cell of the first communication node, and wherein the first communication node performs data transmission or performs signal quality measurement in the indicated serving cell.

7. An information indication method, comprising:

the second communication node receives first indication information sent by a first communication node, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to carry out signal quality measurement or data transmission in a measurement interval.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the number of the measurement intervals indicated by the first indication information is at least one.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the indication manner of the first indication information is a display indication or an implicit indication.

10. The method of claim 7,

11. The method of claim 7,

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the first indication information is further used for indicating information of a serving cell of the first communication node, and wherein the first communication node performs data transmission or performs signal quality measurement in the indicated serving cell.

13. An information indication method, comprising:

the first communication node receives second indication information sent by a second communication node, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to perform signal quality measurement or perform data transmission in a measurement interval.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

the first communication node sends feedback information to the second communication node, wherein the feedback information comprises a first feedback message or a second feedback message.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the number of the measurement intervals indicated by the second indication information is at least one.

16. The method of claim 14,

if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement in a measurement interval and the feedback information includes a first feedback message, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data transmission in a measurement interval and the feedback information includes a second feedback message, the first communication node receives a measurement signal in the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information and does not perform data transmission with a serving cell of the first communication node.

17. The method of claim 14,

if the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data communication within a measurement interval, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs data communication within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a first feedback message, or the second indication information indicates that the first communication node performs signal quality measurement within the measurement interval and the feedback information includes a second feedback message, the first communication node performs data transmission with a serving cell of the first communication node within the measurement interval indicated by the second indication information.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the second indication information is further used for indicating information of a serving cell of the first communication node, and wherein the first communication node performs data transmission or performs signal quality measurement in the indicated serving cell.

19. An information indication method, comprising:

and the second communication node sends second indication information to the first communication node, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the first communication node to carry out signal quality measurement or data transmission in a measurement interval.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

and the second communication node receives feedback information sent by the first communication node, wherein the feedback information comprises a first feedback message or a second feedback message.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the number of the measurement intervals indicated by the second indication information is at least one.

22. The method of claim 20,

23. The method of claim 20,

24. The method of claim 19, wherein the second indication information is further used for indicating information of a serving cell of the first communication node, and wherein the first communication node performs data transmission or performs signal quality measurement in the indicated serving cell.

25. An information indicating device, comprising: a processor for implementing the information indication method as claimed in any one of claims 1-24 when executing a computer program.

26. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the information indication method according to any one of claims 1 to 24.