CN111526533A

CN111526533A - Measurement method and communication device

Info

Publication number: CN111526533A
Application number: CN201910107837.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑黎丽; 张宏平; 曾清海; 大卫·勒孔特
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-02-02
Filing date: 2019-02-02
Publication date: 2020-08-11
Also published as: WO2020156364A1

Abstract

The application provides a measurement method and a communication device. The method comprises the following steps: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold; in the case where the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured, and non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are measured based on the measurement configuration information. By the method and the device, the use of the cell signal quality threshold value can be more flexible, and different measurement requirements can be met as much as possible.

Description

Measurement method and communication device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a measurement method and a communication apparatus.

Background

Mobility management is an important component in wireless mobile communications. Mobility management refers to the generic term of related content involved in order to ensure that the communication link between the network device and the terminal device is not interrupted by the movement of the terminal device. Illustratively, the mobility management system can be classified into idle mobility management, deactivated mobility management, and connected mobility management according to the state of the terminal device. The measurement results are one of the considerations for mobility management.

Therefore, how to reasonably and efficiently measure the signal quality of the cell becomes an urgent problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a measuring method and a communication device, which are used for measuring the signal quality of a cell reasonably and efficiently by terminal equipment and meeting different measuring requirements as much as possible.

In a first aspect, a method of measurement is provided. The method may be executed by the terminal device, or may also be executed by a chip or a circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application.

The method can comprise the following steps: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold; in the case where the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured, and non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are measured based on the measurement configuration information.

The cell signal quality threshold may be referred to as a signal quality threshold, or may be referred to as a value of s-Measure. The name s-Measure, cell signal quality threshold, or signal quality threshold is only a name and does not limit the scope of the present application. The value of s-Measure may be predefined by a network device or a protocol, or may be configured by the network device according to an actual communication situation, which is not limited herein.

Wherein, a primary cell (SpCell, or may also be referred to as a special cell (special cell)), if the primary cell is a master base station or a Master Node (MN), the primary cell may refer to a primary cell (PCell); in the case of a secondary base station or a Secondary Node (SN), the primary cell may be referred to as a primary secondary cell (PSCell).

A non-serving cell (non-serving cell) belonging to the first frequency range represents a non-serving cell on a measurement object, and the measurement object belongs to the first frequency range; a non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range means a non-serving cell on the measurement object, and the measurement object belongs to the second frequency range.

Based on the above technical solution, the terminal device may respectively consider whether to measure the non-serving cells in different frequency ranges, in other words, may consider different measurement requirements, or in other words, may make the use of the cell signal quality threshold more flexible. For example, the terminal device may determine whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, in other words, whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, based on the signal quality of the primary cell and the cell signal quality threshold, and may determine whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold. As another example, the terminal device may measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range based on the measurement configuration information, regardless of whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, in other words, the terminal device always (always) measures the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range as long as there is a measurement task of the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range. Therefore, the use of the cell signal quality threshold value can be more flexible, and different measurement requirements can be met as much as possible. That is, the cell signal quality threshold may be made effective only for non-serving cells of the first frequency range.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are smaller than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

Based on the above technical solution, the frequency of the first frequency range is smaller than the frequency of the second frequency range. In one possible approach, the frequency band beam on the first frequency range is wider and better coverage is achieved relative to the frequency band on the second frequency range; the frequency bands in the second frequency range may use more beamforming techniques than the frequency bands in the first frequency range. Thus, according to the present application, for measurements made for mobility (mobility), such as measurements for the first frequency range, the signal quality of the primary cell is taken into account, i.e. when the primary cell meets the cell signal quality threshold (i.e. s-Measure), no neighbor cells are measured; for measurements (e.g. for the second frequency range) performed for carrier management or load balancing (e.g. configuring carrier aggregation or dual or multi-connectivity, etc.), the signal quality of the primary cell is not considered.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P indicating a number of good beams (good beams).

Based on the above technical solution, for the measurement performed for cell handover, the signal quality of the main cell is considered, that is, when the main cell meets the cell signal quality threshold (i.e., s-Measure), no neighbor cell measurement is needed, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement and saving resources.

In a second aspect, a method of measurement is provided. The method may be executed by the terminal device, or may also be executed by a chip or a circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application.

The method can comprise the following steps: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, the first cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement is performed.

Based on the above technical solution, the terminal device may respectively consider whether to measure the non-serving cells in different frequency ranges, in other words, may consider different measurement requirements. For example, the terminal device may determine whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, in other words, whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, based on the signal quality of the primary cell and the first cell signal quality threshold, and may determine whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the first cell signal quality threshold. For another example, the terminal device may determine whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range according to the signal quality of the primary cell and the second cell signal quality threshold, in other words, whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range, and may determine whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the second cell signal quality threshold. The first cell signal quality threshold and the second cell signal quality threshold may be the same or different, and are not limited thereto. Thus, by configuring the independent cell signal quality thresholds according to different frequency ranges or according to different measurement requirements, different measurement requirements can be met as much as possible.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the performing the measurement based on the measurement configuration information includes: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds a first cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the performing the measurement based on the measurement configuration information includes: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the second cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the first cell signal quality threshold includes a first parameter indicating a number of good beams (good beams), and the second cell signal quality threshold includes a second parameter indicating a number of good beams.

In a third aspect, a method of measurement is provided. The method may be performed by a network device, or may be performed by a chip or a circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application.

The method can comprise the following steps: generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, the first cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; and sending the measurement configuration information.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the first cell signal quality threshold includes a first parameter indicating a number of good beams (good beams), and the second cell signal quality threshold includes a second parameter indicating a number of good beams (good beams).

In a fourth aspect, a method of measurement is provided. The method may be executed by the terminal device, or may also be executed by a chip or a circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application.

The method can comprise the following steps: receiving a cell signal quality threshold and indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; and according to the cell signal quality threshold and the indication information, performing measurement.

The indication information and the cell signal quality threshold may be sent to the terminal device separately, or may be sent to the terminal device in one signaling (for example, in the measurement configuration information), which is not limited.

Based on the above technical solution, the terminal device may respectively consider whether to measure the non-serving cells in different frequency ranges, in other words, may consider different measurement requirements, or in other words, may make the use of the cell signal quality threshold more flexible. For example, the network device may send indication information to the terminal device to indicate the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, that is, the terminal device may determine whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range according to the signal quality of the primary cell and the cell signal quality threshold, in other words, whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range according to whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold. For another example, the network device may send indication information to the terminal device to indicate the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range, that is, the terminal device may determine whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range according to the signal quality of the primary cell and the cell signal quality threshold, in other words, whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range, and may determine according to whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold. Therefore, the use of the cell signal quality threshold value can be more flexible, and different measurement requirements can be met as much as possible.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the indicating information is used to indicate a cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, and includes, according to the cell signal quality threshold and the indicating information: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the indicating information is used to indicate a cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range, and the performing the measurement according to the cell signal quality threshold and the indicating information includes: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in certain implementations of the fourth aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in certain implementations of the fourth aspect, the cell handover refers to measurement results of measurement objects belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P for indicating a number of good beams (good beams).

In a fifth aspect, a measurement method is provided. The method may be performed by a network device, or may be performed by a chip or a circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application.

The method can comprise the following steps: generating indication information; and sending the cell signal quality threshold and indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in certain implementations of the fifth aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in certain implementations of the fifth aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

In a sixth aspect, a method of measurement is provided. The method may be executed by the terminal device, or may also be executed by a chip or a circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application.

The method can comprise the following steps: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold, the cell signal quality threshold comprises a parameter P for representing the number of good beams (good beams), or the measurement configuration information comprises P; based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement is performed.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementations of the sixth aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P for indicating the number of good beams; based on the measurement configuration information, performing measurements, including: measuring a signal quality of the primary cell based on the measurement configuration information; and under the condition that the signal quality of the main cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold value and the number of the good beams exceeds P, not measuring the non-service cell.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in certain implementations of the sixth aspect, the measurement configuration information includes P; based on the measurement configuration information, performing measurements, including: and when the number of the primary cell good beams exceeds P, the non-service cell is not measured.

In a seventh aspect, a measurement method is provided. The method may be performed by a network device, or may be performed by a chip or a circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application.

The method can comprise the following steps: generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold value, the cell signal quality threshold value comprises a parameter P for representing the number of good beams (good beams), or the measurement configuration information comprises P; and sending the measurement configuration information.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit, wherein the communication unit is configured to: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold; the processing unit is used for: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured, and non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are measured based on the measurement configuration information.

The device can be configured in or be a terminal device.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in certain implementations of the eighth aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in certain implementations of the eighth aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in some implementations of the eighth aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P for indicating the number of good beams (good beams).

Wherein, each unit in the apparatus is configured to execute each step of the measurement method in the first aspect and each implementation manner of the first aspect.

In one design, the device is a communication chip that may include an input circuit or interface for sending information or data and an output circuit or interface for receiving information or data.

In another design, the apparatus is a communication device that may include a transmitter to transmit information or data and a receiver to receive information or data.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit, wherein the communication unit is configured to: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, the first cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; the processing unit is used for: based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement is performed.

The device can be configured in or be a terminal device.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in some implementations of the ninth aspect, the processing unit is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds a first cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in some implementations of the ninth aspect, the processing unit is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the second cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in certain implementations of the ninth aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in certain implementations of the ninth aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in some implementations of the ninth aspect, the first cell signal quality threshold includes a first parameter indicating a number of good beams (good beams), and the second cell signal quality threshold includes a second parameter indicating a number of good beams.

Wherein each unit in the apparatus is configured to perform each step of the measurement method in each implementation manner of the second aspect and the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to: generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, the first cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; the communication unit is used for: and sending the measurement configuration information.

The apparatus may be configured in or be a network device (e.g., a base station).

With reference to the tenth aspect, in certain implementations of the tenth aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the tenth aspect, in certain implementations of the tenth aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the tenth aspect, in some implementations of the tenth aspect, the first cell signal quality threshold includes a first parameter indicating a number of good beams (good beams), and the second cell signal quality threshold includes a second parameter indicating a number of good beams.

Wherein, each unit in the apparatus is configured to perform each step of the measurement method in each implementation manner of the third aspect and the third aspect.

In one design, the communication device is a communication chip that may include an input circuit or interface for sending information or data and an output circuit or interface for receiving information or data.

In another design, the communication device is a communication device and the communication chip may include a transmitter to transmit information or data and a receiver to receive information or data.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit, wherein the communication unit is configured to: receiving a cell signal quality threshold and indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; the processing unit is used for: and according to the cell signal quality threshold and the indication information, performing measurement.

The device can be configured in or be a terminal device.

With reference to the eleventh aspect, in certain implementations of the eleventh aspect, the indication information is used to indicate a cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, and the processing unit is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the eleventh aspect, in certain implementations of the eleventh aspect, the indication information is used to indicate a cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range, and the processing unit is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are not measured.

With reference to the eleventh aspect, in certain implementations of the eleventh aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the eleventh aspect, in certain implementations of the eleventh aspect, the cell handover refers to measurement results of measurement objects belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the eleventh aspect, in certain implementations of the eleventh aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P for representing a number of good beams (good beams).

Wherein, each unit in the device is used for executing each step of the measuring method in each implementation manner of the fourth aspect and the fourth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, including: a communication unit and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to: generating indication information; the communication unit is used for: and sending the cell signal quality threshold and indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in certain implementations of the twelfth aspect, the frequencies of the first frequency range are less than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in certain implementations of the twelfth aspect, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in some implementations of the twelfth aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P for indicating a number of good beams (good beams).

Wherein, each unit in the device is used for executing each step of the measuring method in each implementation mode of the fifth aspect and the fifth aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, including: a communication unit and a processing unit, wherein the communication unit is configured to: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold, the cell signal quality threshold comprises a parameter P for representing the number of good beams (good beams), or the measurement configuration information comprises P; the processing unit is used for: based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement is performed.

The device can be configured in or be a terminal device.

With reference to the thirteenth aspect, in some implementations of the thirteenth aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P for indicating the number of good beams; the processing unit is used for: measuring a signal quality of the primary cell based on the measurement configuration information; and under the condition that the signal quality of the main cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold value and the number of the good beams exceeds P, not measuring the non-service cell.

With reference to the thirteenth aspect, in certain implementations of the thirteenth aspect, the measurement configuration information includes P; the processing unit is used for: based on the measurement configuration information, performing measurements, including: and when the number of the good beams exceeds P, the non-service cell is not measured.

With reference to the thirteenth aspect, in some implementations of the thirteenth aspect, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P representing a number of good beams (good beams).

Wherein the units in the device are respectively configured to execute the steps of the measurement method in the implementations of the sixth aspect and the sixth aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, including: a communication unit and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to: generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold value, and the cell signal quality threshold value comprises a parameter P for representing the number of good beams (good beams); the communication unit is used for: and sending the measurement configuration information.

Wherein, each unit in the device is used for executing each step of the measuring method in each implementation manner of the seventh aspect and the seventh aspect.

In a fifteenth aspect, there is provided a communication device comprising a processor, a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and run the computer program from the memory, such that the communication device performs the measurement method of the first, second, fourth, or sixth aspect and its various possible implementations.

Optionally, the number of the processors is one or more, and the number of the memories is one or more.

Alternatively, the memory may be integral to the processor or provided separately from the processor.

Optionally, the communication device further comprises a transmitter (transmitter) and a receiver (receiver).

In a sixteenth aspect, there is provided a communication device comprising a processor, a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and run the computer program from the memory, such that the communication device performs the measurement method of the third, fifth, or seventh aspect and its various implementations.

A seventeenth aspect provides a communication system, the communication device of the fifteenth aspect and/or the communication device of the sixteenth aspect.

In a possible design, the communication system may further include other devices that interact with the communication device in the solution provided in the embodiment of the present application.

In an eighteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising: a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions), which when executed, causes a computer to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to seventh aspects described above.

A nineteenth aspect provides a computer-readable medium storing a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions) which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to seventh aspects described above.

A twentieth aspect provides a chip system, including a memory for storing a computer program and a processor for calling and executing the computer program from the memory, so that a communication device in which the chip system is installed executes the method in any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the seventh aspect.

The system-on-chip may include, among other things, input circuitry or interfaces for transmitting information or data, and output circuitry or interfaces for receiving information or data.

In a twenty-first aspect, a communication system is provided, which includes the terminal device and the base station.

Based on the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may respectively consider whether to measure non-serving cells in different frequency ranges, in other words, may consider different measurement requirements, or in other words, may make use of the cell signal quality threshold more flexible. For example, the terminal device may determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range based on the signal quality of the primary cell and a cell signal quality threshold, and the terminal device may always measure a non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range as long as there is a measurement task of the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range, regardless of whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold. As another example, the network device may independently configure the cell signal quality threshold for different frequency ranges. As another example, the network device may also indicate the applicable range of the cell signal quality threshold to the terminal device, and so on. Therefore, the use of the cell signal quality threshold value can be more flexible, and different measurement requirements can be met as much as possible.

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Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a communication system suitable for use in embodiments of the present application;

fig. 2 shows a further schematic diagram of a communication system suitable for use in embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic flow chart of the measurement in NR;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between measurement identities, measurement objects, and reporting configurations;

FIG. 5 is a schematic interaction diagram of a measurement method proposed by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic interaction diagram of a measurement method as set forth in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic interaction diagram of a measurement method as set forth in yet another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an example of a communication apparatus of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of a terminal device of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of a network device according to the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a fifth generation (5G) system, a New Radio (NR) or other evolved communication systems, and the like.

The terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as: user Equipment (UE), Mobile Station (MS), Mobile Terminal (MT), access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or user device, etc.

The terminal device may be a device providing voice/data connectivity to a user, e.g. a handheld device, a vehicle mounted device, etc. with wireless connection capability. Currently, some examples of terminals are: a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a wearable device, a Virtual Reality (VR) device, an Augmented Reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in self driving (self driving), a wireless terminal in remote operation (remote medical supply), a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in city (city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol) mobile phone, a PDA phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local) local station, a personal digital assistant (SIP) device, and a wireless terminal with wireless communication function, A computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network, or a terminal device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for future evolution, and the like, which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

By way of example and not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may also be a terminal device in an internet of things (IoT) system, where IoT is an important component of future information technology development, and a main technical feature of the present application is to connect an article with a network through a communication technology, so as to implement an intelligent network with interconnected human-computer and interconnected objects.

In addition, the network device in this embodiment may be a device for communicating with a terminal device, which may also be referred to as an access network device or a radio access network device, and may be a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), an evolved NodeB (eNB) or an eNodeB in an LTE system, a home evolved NodeB (or home Node B, HNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a wireless controller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) scenario, or the network device may be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a network device in a 5G network, or a network device in a PLMN network that is evolved in the future, or the like, may be an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN, may be a new radio system (new radio system, NR) system, the embodiments of the present application are not limited.

In one network configuration, a network device may include a Centralized Unit (CU) node, or a Distributed Unit (DU) node, or a RAN device including a CU node and a DU node, or a control plane CU node (CU-CP node) and a user plane CU node (CU-UP node), and a RAN device of a DU node.

The network device provides a service for a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the cell through a transmission resource (e.g., a frequency domain resource, or a spectrum resource) allocated by the network device, where the cell may belong to a macro base station (e.g., a macro eNB or a macro gNB), or may belong to a base station corresponding to a small cell (small cell), where the small cell may include: urban cell (metrocell), micro cell (microcell), pico cell (pico cell), femto cell (femto cell), etc., and these small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission service.

For the understanding of the embodiments of the present application, a communication system suitable for the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a communication system 100 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application. As shown, the communication system 100 may include at least one network device, such as the network device 110 shown in fig. 1; the communication system 100 may also include at least one terminal device, such as the terminal device 120 shown in fig. 1. Network device 110 and terminal device 120 may communicate via a wireless link.

Fig. 2 shows another schematic diagram of a communication system 200 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application. As shown, the communication system 200 may include at least two network devices, such as

network devices

210 and 220 shown in fig. 2; the communication system 200 may also include at least one terminal device, such as the terminal device 230 shown in fig. 2. The terminal device 230 may establish wireless links with the network device 110 and the network device 120 through a Dual Connectivity (DC) technology or a multi-connectivity technology. Network device 210 may be, for example, a primary base station, and network device 220 may be, for example, a secondary base station. In this case, the network device 210 is a network device at the initial access of the terminal device 230 and is responsible for Radio Resource Control (RRC) communication with the terminal device 230, and the network device 220 may be added at the RRC reconfiguration for providing additional radio resources.

In addition, as shown in fig. 2, there may be one network device, such as the network device 210, which is responsible for interacting with the terminal device for radio resource control messages and for interacting with a core network control plane entity, and then, the network device 210 may be referred to as a Master Node (MN), for example, the master node may be MeNB or MgNB, but is not limited thereto; another network device, such as network device 220, may be referred to as a Secondary Node (SN), for example, the secondary node may be SeNB or SgNB, but is not limited thereto. A plurality of serving cells in the primary node may form a Master Cell Group (MCG), which includes a primary cell (PCell) and optionally one or more serving cells (scells). A plurality of serving cells in the secondary node may form a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), which includes a primary secondary cell (PSCell) and optionally one or more scells. The serving cell is a cell configured by the network to the terminal device for uplink and downlink transmission.

Similarly, the terminal device may also have a communication connection with multiple network devices and may receive and transmit data at the same time, and among the multiple network devices, one network device may be responsible for interacting with the terminal device for radio resource control messages and interacting with a core network control plane entity, so that the network device may be referred to as an MN, and the remaining network devices may be referred to as SNs.

Of course, the network device 220 may also be a main base station or a main node, and the network device 210 may be an auxiliary base station or an auxiliary node, which is not limited in this application. In addition, the figures show the wireless connection between two network devices and the terminal device for the sake of understanding only, but this should not be construed as limiting the applicable scenarios of the present application. The terminal device may also establish wireless links with more network devices.

Each communication device, such as network device 110 or terminal device 120 in fig. 1, or network device 210, network device 220, or terminal device 230 in fig. 2, may be configured with multiple antennas. The plurality of antennas may include at least one transmit antenna for transmitting signals and at least one receive antenna for receiving signals. Additionally, each communication device can additionally include a transmitter chain and a receiver chain, each of which can comprise a plurality of components associated with signal transmission and reception (e.g., processors, modulators, multiplexers, demodulators, demultiplexers, antennas, etc.), as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art. Therefore, the network equipment and the terminal equipment can communicate through the multi-antenna technology.

To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, a brief description of several terms referred to in the present application will be given below.

1. Wave beam: it can be understood as a spatial resource, and may refer to a transmission or reception precoding vector having an energy transmission directivity.

The energy transmission directivity may refer to precoding a signal to be transmitted by using a precoding vector, the signal subjected to the precoding has a certain spatial directivity, and the signal subjected to the precoding by using the precoding vector has a good receiving power, such as meeting a receiving demodulation signal-to-noise ratio. Energy transmission directivity may also refer to the reception of the same signal transmitted from different spatial locations with different received powers through the precoding vector.

The sending or receiving precoding vector can be identified by index information, the index information may correspond to resource Identification (ID) of the configured terminal device, for example, the index information may correspond to the identifier of the configured reference signal and the reference signal resource. The reference signal may be used for channel measurement or channel estimation, etc. The reference signal resource may be used to configure transmission attributes of the reference signal, such as time-frequency resource location, port mapping relationship, power factor, scrambling code, and the like, and refer to the prior art specifically. The transmitting end device may transmit the reference signal based on the reference signal resource, and the receiving end device may receive the reference signal based on the reference signal resource.

The reference signal may include, for example, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), and a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS). Correspondingly, the reference signal resource may include a CSI-RS resource (CSI-RS resource), an SSB resource, and an SRS resource (SRS resource). In order to distinguish between different reference signal resources, each reference signal resource may correspond to an identification of one reference signal resource, for example, a CSI-RS resource identification (CRI), an SSB resource identification (SSBRI), an SRS Resource Index (SRI).

The SSB resource identifier may also be referred to as an SSB identifier (SSB index).

It should be understood that the above listed reference signals and corresponding reference signal resources are only exemplary and should not constitute any limitation to the present application, which does not exclude the possibility of defining other reference signals in future protocols to achieve the same or similar functions.

The measurement referred to in this application may include beam measurement, that is, beam quality information obtained by measuring a reference signal, and the parameter for measuring the beam quality includes Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), but is not limited thereto. For example, the beam quality can also be measured by parameters such as Reference Signal Reception Quality (RSRQ), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR), and the like.

Alternatively, the index information may also be index information explicitly or implicitly carried by a signal or channel carried by the beam.

Optionally, the same communication device (e.g. terminal device or network device) may have different precoding vectors, and different devices may also have different precoding vectors, i.e. corresponding to different beams. One communication device may use one or more of a plurality of different precoding vectors at the same time, i.e. may form one beam or a plurality of beams at the same time, depending on the configuration or capabilities of the communication device.

2. Measurement: mobility management is an important component in wireless mobile communications and mobility measurements are the basis for mobility management. Mobility management refers to the generic term of related content involved in order to ensure that the communication link between the network and the terminal device is not interrupted by the movement of the terminal device. Illustratively, the mobility management may be classified into an IDLE (RRC _ IDLE state), a deactivated (INACTIVE state, or RRC _ INACTIVE state), and a CONNECTED (RRC _ CONNECTED state) according to the state of the terminal device. The measurement results are one of the considerations for mobility management.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic flow chart of the measurement in NR.

In one possible approach, the measurement can be divided into two parts, physical layer measurement (layer 1 measurement) and RRC layer measurement (layer 3 measurement), depending on the involved layers. In the physical layer, the terminal device performs a specified type of measurement on the configured measurement resources.

For measurement based on SSBs, the terminal device combines measurement results obtained from a plurality of SSBs having the same SSB index and PCI to obtain a beam level layer 1 measurement result of the SSB corresponding to the SSB index of the cell corresponding to the PCI, and reports the beam level layer 1 measurement result to the layer 3.

For measurement based on the CSI-RS, the terminal equipment combines measurement results obtained from a plurality of CSI-RS resources with the same CSI-RS resource identification and PCI to obtain a beam layer 1 measurement result of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to the CSI-RS resource identification of the cell corresponding to the PCI, and reports the beam layer 1 measurement result to the layer 3.

The above process of combining the measurement results on multiple measurement resources may be referred to as layer 1 filtering. The specific combination method may be implemented by a terminal device, which is not limited to this.

After receiving the beam-level measurement results reported by the layer 1, the layer 3 selects or combines the layer 1 measurement results of each beam in the same cell to derive the layer 3 measurement result of the cell level. And then the obtained cell level layer 3 measurement result is subjected to layer 3 filtering. The measurement results after layer 3 filtering are used to verify whether the reporting trigger condition is met and the final reporting.

In addition, the terminal device may also need to report the beam-level layer 3 measurement result. At this time, the terminal device can directly perform layer 3 filtering on the layer 1 measurement result of each beam, and then select a measurement result to be reported from the filtered measurement results to report. The specific selection method is not limited.

And when the reporting trigger condition is met, the terminal equipment sends a measurement report to the network.

It should be understood that the above measurement flow is an example, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific measurement manner.

3. Measurement Object (MO): for example, the measurement configuration (measConfig) may include a corresponding measurement object for each service frequency. Wherein, the frequency point information may include at least one of the following: frequency of SSB (ssbffrequency), absolute frequency location of a reference resource block (common RB, e.g., common RB0) (e.g., PointA absolute frequency (refFreqCSI-RS)), etc., to which the present application is not limited. The measurement object may be a certain frequency point, and for the frequency point, for example, the terminal device may measure the signal quality of a cell corresponding to the frequency point, and when the measured signal quality of a certain cell satisfies the trigger condition for handover, the terminal device may determine that the cell satisfies the trigger condition.

In the configuration of the measurement object, the network device will inform the terminal device of some information that needs to be known for the measurement of the frequency point, including the configuration of the measurement resource on the frequency point, the cell list on the frequency point, and so on. For the same frequency measurement and different frequency measurement, the measurement object can indicate the frequency domain/time domain position and the subcarrier interval of the reference signal to be measured, and for the evolved-UMTS terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) measurement of the different system, the measurement object can correspond to an E-UTRA frequency point.

4. Reporting configuration (reporting configuration): in the reporting configuration, the network device will inform the terminal device about the details of the measurements that are to be performed specifically. The reporting configuration mainly includes a reporting type of a measurement report (e.g., periodic (periodic) reporting or event triggered (eventTriggered) reporting), an event triggered configuration, a periodic reporting configuration, a Cell Global Identifier (CGI) reporting configuration (reportCGI), and the like. Specifically, the event trigger configuration may include an event type of the reporting event (e.g., a1-a6), a related configuration corresponding to the event (e.g., a threshold (e.g., a reporting condition threshold corresponding to the reporting event), a hysteresis value, etc.), a reference signal type, a reporting interval, a reporting frequency, etc. The periodic reporting configuration may include a reference signal type, a reporting interval, reporting times, a maximum number of reporting cells, and the like. The report CGI is a CGI of a neighboring cell in which a physical cell ID is specified and reported by a terminal device.

Taking an example of an event-triggered reporting configuration, the event-triggered reporting configuration includes a series of measurement events:

event a1 (serving cell trigger above threshold);

event a2 (serving cell trigger does not exceed a threshold);

event a3 (neighbor cell trigger quantity is better than the trigger quantity of PCell/PSCell after considering the offset value);

event a4 (neighbor trigger higher than threshold);

event a5 (the triggering quantity of PCell/PSCell does not exceed threshold 1, the triggering quantity of neighbor cells is higher than threshold 2);

event a6 (neighbor cell trigger better than SCell trigger, considering offset value).

5. Measurement identity (measID): a measurement identity may be considered as a combination of a measurement object and a reporting configuration, in other words, the measurement identity may associate the measurement object with the reporting configuration, i.e. a measurement identity may represent its associated measurement object and reporting configuration. For example, the measurement configuration information may include the contents of table 1 below, i.e., the measurement configuration includes: the method comprises the steps of configuring a first frequency point and a first reporting configuration associated with a measurement identifier 1 and the measurement identifier 1, configuring a second frequency point and a second reporting configuration associated with a measurement identifier 2 and the measurement identifier 2, and configuring a third frequency point and a third reporting configuration associated with a measurement identifier 3 and the measurement identifier 3. It should be understood that the measurement objects associated with different measurement identifiers may be the same or different, for example, the first frequency point may be the same as or different from the second frequency point, and the reporting configuration associated with different measurement objects may also be the same or different, for example, the second reporting configuration and the third reporting configuration may be the same or different. It should be understood that the measurement objects and reporting configurations associated with two different measurement identifiers are not completely the same, for example, the first frequency point and the second frequency point are the same, and the first reporting configuration and the second reporting configuration are different; or the first frequency point is different from the second frequency point, and the first reporting configuration is the same as the second reporting configuration; or the first frequency point is different from the second frequency point, and the first reporting configuration is different from the second reporting configuration.

TABLE 1

Measuring mark	Measurement object	Reporting configuration
			1	First frequency point	First reporting configuration
2	Second frequency point	Second reporting configuration
			3	Third frequency point	Third reporting configuration

The combination of measurement objects and reporting configuration allows to determine the details of the measurement for one measurement object. Any measurement object/reporting configuration may be associated to any one/more/0 reporting configuration/measurement objects with the same Radio Access Technology (RAT). Fig. 4 shows an example for representing the relationship between measurement identities, measurement objects, and reporting configurations.

6. Measurement quantity configuration (quality configuration): refers to the configuration of the filter coefficients for layer 3. Before triggering the measurement volume for verifying whether the reporting trigger condition is met, and before reporting the measurement volume for final reporting, layer 3 filtering is required to be performed first. The coefficients of the layer 3 filtering are reported to the terminal device by the measurement quantity configuration.

7. Measurement interval configuration: if the co-frequency/inter-system measurement involves switching center frequencies, the co-frequency/inter-system measurement and data transmission cannot be performed simultaneously, and a network device is required to configure a measurement interval for the co-frequency/inter-system measurement.

8. Cell (cell): the cells are described by the higher layers from the point of view of resource management or mobility management or serving elements. The coverage area of each network device may be divided into one or more cells, and the cells may be considered to be composed of certain frequency domain resources. A cell may be an area within the coverage of a wireless network of network devices. In the embodiment of the present application, different cells may correspond to different network devices. For example, the network device in cell #1 and the network device in cell #2 may be different network devices, such as base stations. That is, cell #1 and cell #2 may be managed by different base stations, and in this case, it may be referred to that cell #1 and cell #2 are co-sited, or co-sited. The network device in the cell #1 and the network device in the cell #2 may also be different radio frequency processing units of the same base station, for example, Radio Remote Units (RRUs), that is, the cell #1 and the cell #2 may be managed by the same base station, have the same baseband processing unit and intermediate frequency processing unit, but have different radio frequency processing units. This is not a particular limitation in the present application.

9. Frequency spectrum range (FR)

In the 3rd generation partnership project (3 GPP) protocol, the total spectrum resources of 5G can be divided into the following two spectrum ranges (FRs), as shown in table 2 below.

TABLE 2

Frequency range name	Frequency range
		FR1	450MHz–6000MHz
FR2	24250MHz–52600MHz

It is to be understood that the designation of the above frequency ranges FR1, FR2 should not constitute any limitation of the present application. This application does not exclude the possibility of defining other names in future protocols to represent the same or similar meanings. For the purpose of distinction, FR1 and FR2 are indicated in the examples below, respectively.

FR 1: the Sub 6G frequency band, in other words, the low frequency band, is the primary frequency band of 5G. In FR1, frequencies below 3GHz may be referred to as Sub 3G, and the remaining bands may be referred to as C-bands. It is understood that the frequency range corresponding to FR1 may correspond to 450 MHz-6000 MHz as shown in table 2, but is not limited thereto, and this application does not exclude the possibility of defining other ranges to represent the same or similar meanings in future protocols.

FR 2: millimeter waves above 6G, in other words, high-frequency bands are extended bands of 5G, and the spectrum resources are rich. It is understood that the frequency range corresponding to FR2 may correspond to 24250 MHz-52600 MHz as shown in table 2, but is not limited thereto, and the application does not exclude the possibility of defining other ranges in future protocols to represent the same or similar meanings.

Alternatively, the frequency bands of FR1 and FR2 have different radio frequency characteristics. The frequency band in FR1 has better coverage because of wider beams. For the FR2 frequency band, the terminal device and the network device may use Massive multiple-input multiple-output (Massive MIMO), beamforming (beamforming), and other technologies more.

It is assumed that a cell signal quality threshold s-Measure is configured in a measurement configuration (measConfig), two measurement objects are configured, which are respectively denoted as MO1(MO1 belongs to FR1) and MO2(MO2 belongs to FR2), and two reporting configurations are configured, which are respectively denoted as reportConfig1 and reportConfig 2.

There may be one of the following scenarios: reportConfig1 is used for mobility, e.g. event A3, reportConfig1 is associated to MO1, for which it is desirable not to Measure neighbors when the signal quality of the PCell satisfies s-Measure. reportConfig2 is used for carrier management, e.g. event a4, reportConfig2 is associated to MO2, for which it is desirable that neighbor measurements do not take into account the signal quality of the PCell.

In view of this, the present application provides a measurement method, which can meet different measurement requirements.

To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following description is made.

First, in the present embodiment, there are multiple places where higher layer parameters are involved, which may be included in the higher layer signaling. The higher layer signaling may be, for example, Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, or may be other higher layer signaling, which is not limited in this application.

Second, in the embodiments of the present application, "for indicating" may include for direct indication and for indirect indication, and may also include explicit indication and implicit indication. If the information indicated by a certain piece of information (such as configuration information described below) is referred to as information to be indicated, in a specific implementation process, there are many ways to indicate the information to be indicated, for example, but not limited to, the information to be indicated may be directly indicated, such as the information to be indicated itself or an index of the information to be indicated. The information to be indicated can also be indirectly indicated by indicating other information, wherein an association relationship exists between the other information and the information to be indicated. It is also possible to indicate only a part of the information to be indicated, while the other part of the information to be indicated is known or predetermined. For example, indication of information to be indicated can also be implemented by means of pre-agreed (e.g., protocol specification) whether a certain cell exists, thereby reducing the indication overhead to some extent.

Third, the first, second, third, fourth and various numerical numbers in the embodiments shown below are merely for convenience of description and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. For example, different measurement objects are distinguished.

Fourth, in the embodiments illustrated below, "pre-acquisition" may include signaling by the network device or pre-defined, e.g., protocol definition. The "predefined" may be implemented by saving a corresponding code, table, or other means that can be used to indicate the relevant information in advance in the device (for example, including the terminal device and the network device), and the present application is not limited to a specific implementation manner thereof.

Fifth, the "protocol" referred to in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a standard protocol in the communication field, and may include, for example, an LTE protocol, an NR protocol, and a related protocol applied in a future communication system, which is not limited in the present application.

Sixth, "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. "plurality" means two or more, and other terms are analogous. Furthermore, for elements (elements) that appear in the singular form "a," an, "and" the, "they are not intended to mean" one or only one "unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, but rather" one or more than one. For example, "a device" means for one or more such devices. Still further, at least one (at least one of a).

Various embodiments provided herein will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 5 is a schematic interaction diagram of a measurement method 200 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The method 200 comprises the following steps:

s210, the terminal equipment receives the measurement configuration information.

In a possible manner, the measurement configuration information is sent by the network device to the terminal device.

The network device may configure s-MeasureConfig in measConfig. In other words, the s-Measure may be included in the measurement configuration information received by the terminal device.

In addition, the measurement configuration information may further include at least one of the following information: measurement object, reporting configuration, measurement identifier, measurement quantity configuration, measurement interval configuration, or the like. Specific reference is made to the above description, which is not repeated. It should be understood that the specific form of the measurement configuration information is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

In a possible manner, the measurement configuration information may include a first measurement object and a second measurement object, in other words, the network device configures the terminal device with a measurement task of the first measurement object and a measurement task of the second measurement object. Accordingly, the terminal device measures a cell on the first measurement object based on the measurement task of the first measurement object, and the terminal device measures a cell on the second measurement object based on the measurement task of the second measurement object.

The first measurement object may specifically be one or more measurement objects, frequency points of the one or more measurement objects belong to FR1, and the first measurement object is used for exemplary description below, in other words, the first measurement object is used for representing the one or more measurement objects belonging to FR1 below. The measurement results of the first measurement object may be used for mobility (e.g. for finding a target cell for handover); or, in other words, the measurement for mobility may consider more cells on the first measurement object.

The second measurement object may specifically be one or more measurement objects, frequency points of the one or more measurement objects belong to FR2, and the second measurement object is used for the following exemplary description, in other words, the second measurement object is used to represent one or more measurement objects belonging to FR 2. The measurement result of the second measurement object can be used for carrier management (e.g. hope to find a good neighbor cell, add it as SCell); or, in other words, the cell on the second measurement object is mostly used for load balance (load balance), e.g., may be added as an SCell.

The network device may send information (i.e., measurement configuration information) required for measurement to the terminal device, and the terminal device performs corresponding processing after receiving the measurement configuration information.

As shown in fig. 6, in the connected state, for the network device, the signaling sent by the network device may be a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration (rrcrconfiguration) message, and the measconfiguration cell of the signaling contains the measurement configuration information sent to the terminal device. For the terminal device, after receiving the rrcreeconfiguration message, the terminal device may modify its own measurement configuration database and measurement report list accordingly, and send an RRC reconfiguration complete (rrcreeconfiguration complete) message to the network device, so as to notify the network device of the successful modification message.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present application, the measurement configuration information may be carried in an RRC message, for example, the RRC message may be an RRC reconfiguration message carrying a synchronization reconfiguration information element (reconfiguration widget) or may be an RRC connection reconfiguration message carrying a mobility control information element (mobility control info), or another message, or a newly defined RRC message, such as an RRC conditional reconfiguration message, or may also have another name, which is not limited in this application. The measurement configuration information may also be other messages, for example, a Medium Access Control (MAC) message or a Downlink Control Information (DCI) message, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In the embodiment of the present application, a cell signal quality threshold, which may also be referred to as a signal quality threshold, may be represented by s-Measure, where s-Measure is configured for a SpCell, for example, for a master base station or a Master Node (MN), s-Measure is configured for a PCell, in other words, the s-Measure affects a cell in the MN; as another example, for a secondary base station or Secondary Node (SN), the s-Measure is configured for the PSCell, in other words, the s-Measure affects the cells in the SN.

s-Measure is a threshold that can be used to determine the signal quality of a cell. For example, signal quality may be characterized by RSRP or RSRQ. The signal quality value of the main cell (namely the SpCell) can be compared with the value of the s-Measure, and when the signal quality value of the cell is greater than the value of the s-Measure, the signal quality of the cell can be considered to be better; when the value of the signal quality of the cell is smaller than the value of the s-Measure, the signal quality of the cell can be considered to be poor.

It should be understood that the nomenclature of s-Measure, cell signal quality threshold, or signal quality threshold is merely a name and does not limit the scope of the present application. The following is collectively denoted by s-Measure. The value of s-Measure may be predefined by a network device or a protocol, or may be configured by the network device according to an actual communication situation, which is not limited herein.

In addition, optionally, a parameter related to beams may be included in the s-Measure, for example, denoted as parameter P, which may be used to indicate the number of good beams (good beams).

The good beam can refer to a beam meeting a preset condition, for example, the quality of the beam reaches a certain threshold. The threshold may be a threshold specified by a protocol or a threshold preset by the network device. Each measurement object may correspond to a threshold; or, all the measuring objects correspond to a threshold; alternatively, the measurement objects are grouped, each group of measurement objects corresponds to a threshold, and so on. The threshold may be configured or included in measConfig. When the measConfig contains a threshold, the threshold is applicable to all measurement objects; when the measConfig includes a plurality of thresholds, the plurality of thresholds may correspond to one or more measurement objects, respectively, which is not limited.

In addition, the threshold may be for a reference signal, such as a threshold may be configured for SSB, and/or a threshold may be configured for CSI-RS. Alternatively, the threshold may be a beam threshold existing in the multiplexed measurement object for generating cell quality (cellquality), i.e., an SSB-based beam combining threshold (absThreshSSB-BlocksConsolidation), and/or a CSI-RS-based beam combining threshold (absthreshcssi-RS-Consolidation).

The first measurement target and the second measurement target are taken as examples. If the network device configures s-MeasureConfig in the measConfig, the network device may specify that the s-MeasureConfig only affects the cell on the first measurement object, in other words, the s-MeasureConfig is only effective for the measurement on the first measurement object; the s-MeasureConfig does not affect the cell on the second measurement object, in other words, the s-MeasureConfig is not valid for the measurement on the second measurement object. That is, when the signal quality value of the SpCell is higher than the value of the s-Measure, for the first measurement object, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-serving cell (or may also be referred to as a neighbor cell or a neighbor cell) on the first measurement object; for the second measurement object, the non-serving cell measurement on the second measurement object is not affected by s-Measure, and the terminal device always or always measures the non-serving cell on the second measurement object regardless of the signal quality of the SpCell.

Or, when the s-Measure includes a parameter P, and when the signal quality value of the SpCell is higher than the value of the s-Measure and the number of good beams exceeds P, for the first measurement object, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-serving cell (or may also be called a neighbor cell or a neighbor cell) on the first measurement object; for the second measurement object, the non-serving cell measurement on the second measurement object is not affected by s-Measure or good beam, and the terminal device always or always measures the non-serving cell on the second measurement object regardless of the signal quality of the SpCell.

It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, only cells on a first measurement object are affected, or only measurements on the first measurement object are valid, with respect to cells on a second measurement object. Also, affecting only cells on the second measurement object, or only valid for measurements on the second measurement object, is relative to the cells on the first measurement object. Taking the example that s-MeasureConfig only affects the cell on the first measurement object, that is, for the cell on the first measurement object and the cell on the second measurement object, s-MeasureConfig affects the cell on the first measurement object and does not affect the cell on the second measurement object, in other words, s-MeasureConfig is valid for the measurement on the first measurement object and invalid for the measurement on the second measurement object.

As an example, in NR-DC, whether s-Measure is configured in the measurement configuration of the primary station (MN) or s-Measure is configured in the measurement configuration of the secondary Station (SN), only the measurement of the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is affected. The measurement of the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is not affected by s-Measure, in other words, the terminal device will always Measure the non-serving cell on the second measurement object as long as there is a measurement task for the second measurement object.

It should be understood that when s-Measure is configured in the measurement configuration of MN, and s-Measure is also configured in the measurement configuration of SN, the s-Measure in MN only affects the measurement of the non-serving cell on the first measurement object in MN, and the measurement of the non-serving cell on the second measurement object in MN is not affected by s-Measure; the s-Measure in the SN only affects the measurement of the non-serving cell on the first measurement object in the SN, and the measurement of the non-serving cell on the second measurement object in the SN is not affected by the s-Measure.

After receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal device may perform measurement based on the received measurement configuration information. Taking the first measurement object and the second measurement object as examples, the method 200 further includes S220:

and S220, under the condition that the signal quality of the SpCell exceeds the value of the S-Measure, the terminal equipment does not Measure the non-service cell on the first measurement object, and measures the non-service cell belonging to the second measurement object based on the measurement configuration information.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a second measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, no matter whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure, measurement on the second measurement object is performed, in other words, a non-serving cell on the second measurement object is always measured, and a measurement result is reported when a measurement reporting trigger condition is met. Or, when the s-Measure includes the parameter P, for the terminal device, if a measurement task of a second measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, no matter whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure or whether the number of good beams exceeds P, the measurement on the second measurement object is performed, in other words, a non-serving cell on the second measurement object is always measured, and a measurement result is reported when a measurement reporting trigger condition is satisfied.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a first measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-service cell on the first measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of the s-Measure, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the first measurement object. Or when the s-Measure includes the parameter P, for the terminal device, if a measurement task of a first measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell is higher than the value of the s-Measure and the number of good beams exceeds P, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-service cell on the first measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-Measure or the number of the good beams does not exceed P, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the first measurement object.

For the network device, if the network device configures the terminal device with the measurement on the second measurement object, the network device will receive the measurement report of the terminal device when the measurement report triggering condition is satisfied, regardless of whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure. Or, when the s-Measure includes the parameter P, for the network device, if the network device configures measurement on the second measurement object for the terminal device, the network device receives a measurement report of the terminal device when the measurement report triggering condition is satisfied, regardless of whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure or whether the number of the good beams exceeds P.

It is to be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, "exceeding" may mean "higher than or equal to", "not exceeding" or "not exceeding" means "lower than". For example, the signal quality of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, which means that the signal quality of the SpCell is higher than or equal to the value of s-Measure; the signal quality of the SpCell does not exceed the value of the s-Measure, and the signal quality of the SpCell is lower than the value of the s-Measure. Alternatively, "more than" may mean "above", "not more than" or "not more than" means "less than or equal to". For example, the signal quality of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, which means that the signal quality of the SpCell is higher than the value of s-Measure; the signal quality of the SpCell does not exceed the value of the s-Measure, and the signal quality of the SpCell is lower than or equal to the value of the s-Measure. Alternatively, "more than" may mean "above", "not more than" or "not more than" means "below". For example, the signal quality of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, which means that the signal quality of the SpCell is higher than the value of s-Measure; the signal quality of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-Measure, and the value that the signal quality of the SpCell is lower than the value of s-Measure is represented; the condition that the signal quality of the SpCell is equal to the value of the s-Measure may belong to a condition that the signal quality of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure, or may belong to a condition that the signal quality of the SpCell does not exceed the value of the s-Measure, which is not limited in this respect.

The following is an exemplary description with reference to a specific example.

The measConfig carries s-MeasureConfig, and the measConfig includes reportConfig1 whose rsType is SSB and reportConfig2 whose rsType is SSB, and further includes MO1 (an example of a first measurement object) and MO2 (an example of a second measurement object). The MO1 is the frequency point on FR1 corresponding to ssbfequency, and the MO2 is the frequency point on FR2 corresponding to ssbfequency. Assume reportConfig1 is event triggered, e.g., event is EventA3 and is associated to MO1, corresponding to measId 1. Assume that reportConfig2 is also an Event trigger, such as Event a4, and is associated with MO2, corresponding to measId 2.

When the SSB-based cell signal quality (as characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering does not exceed the RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device measures the neighbor corresponding to measId 1.

When the SSB-based cell signal quality (characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering exceeds RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device does not measure the neighbor cell corresponding to measId 1.

No matter the RSRP quality of the SpCell, that is, no matter whether the SSB-based cell signal quality of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering exceeds the RSRP indicated by the s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device measures the neighbor cell corresponding to the measId 2.

It should be understood that the nomenclature of the cells involved in the method 200 is merely exemplary for ease of understanding and should not be construed as limiting the application in any way, and that the cells involved in the method 200 may have other names or expressions.

It is also understood that the "first measurement object" in the method 200 may be replaced with "FR 1" or "measurement object belonging to FR 1", and the "second measurement object" may be replaced with "FR 2" or "measurement object belonging to FR 2".

In the embodiment of the present application, the measurement result of the measurement object belonging to FR1 (such as the first measurement object mentioned above) can be used for mobility (such as for finding a target cell for handover), in other words, it is desirable not to Measure the non-serving cell on the measurement object belonging to FR1 when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure. The measurement results of the measurement objects belonging to FR2 (such as the second measurement object mentioned above) may be used for carrier management (e.g. it is desirable to find a good quality neighbor cell, which is added as SCell), in other words it is desirable that neighbor measurement does not take into account the signal quality of the SpCell, e.g. reportConfig2 in the above example may be used for carrier management. Through the embodiment of the application, the non-serving cell corresponding to the measurement task on the measurement object belonging to FR2 is always measured, and the signal quality of the SpCell is considered in the measurement of the non-serving cell corresponding to the measurement task on the measurement object belonging to FR1, so that the configuration of s-Measure in measConfig can meet different measurement requirements, and the application of s-Measure is more flexible.

It should be understood that in the method 200, the cell signal quality threshold may also be represented by p, in other words, in the method 200, the "s-Measure" may be replaced by the "parameter p", that is, whether to Measure the non-serving cell on the measurement object belonging to FR1 may be determined by whether the number of good beams of the SpCell exceeds p. And will not be described in detail herein.

Fig. 7 is a schematic interaction diagram of a measurement method 300 provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method 300 includes:

and S310, the terminal equipment receives the measurement configuration information.

In one possible approach, the network device may send measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes: s-Measure configured for measurement objects belonging to FR1, and/or s-Measure configured for measurement objects belonging to FR 2.

Regarding the measurement configuration information, reference is made to the description of S210 in the method 200, and details are not repeated here.

Hereinafter, for the sake of brevity, the measurement object belonging to FR1 is represented by the first measurement object, and the measurement object belonging to FR2 is represented by the second measurement object. For the description of the first measurement object and the second measurement object, reference is made to the description in the method 200, and details are not repeated here.

In the present application, in consideration of the difference between FR1 and FR2, or in other words, in consideration of the difference between the first measurement target and the second measurement target, the value of s-Measure may be individually allocated to the first measurement target and the second measurement target.

One possible implementation is to configure s-Measure and s-MeasureConfigFR2 in measConfig: s-Measure affects only the first measurement object, s-Measure configfr2 affects only the second measurement object; or configuring s-Measure and s-MeasureConfig FR1 in the measConfig: s-Measure affects only the second measurement object and s-Measure configfr1 affects only the first measurement object. It should be understood that the designations of s-MeasureConfigFR1, s-MeasureConfigFR2 are merely exemplary for ease of understanding and should not constitute any limitation on the present application.

The configuration of s-Measure and s-measureconfigFR2 in measConfig will be described as an example.

For example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is not measured, and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-Measure, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is measured. For another example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is not measured, and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is measured.

Based on the implementation mode, the existing s-Measure can be used, and different measurement requirements can be met.

Yet another possible implementation introduces s-Measure of per-FR, i.e. the network device can configure the s-Measure value for the first measurement object and/or the s-Measure value for the second measurement object separately, assuming these two fields are referred to as s-MeasureConfigFR1 and s-MeasureConfigFR2, respectively. That is, it can be understood that the first measurement object and the second measurement object independently use two s-Measure configurations.

It should be understood that the designations of s-Measure, s-MeasureConfigFR1, and s-MeasureConfigFR2 of per-FR are merely exemplary for ease of understanding and should not be construed as limiting the application in any way, and that each of s-Measure, s-MeasureConfigFR1, and s-MeasureConfigFR2 of per-FR may have other names or expressions.

For example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is not measured, and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is measured. For another example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is not measured, and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is measured.

In this implementation, the following cases are included:

in one case, the network device configures s-MeasureConfigFR1, and accordingly, the measConfig carries s-MeasureConfigFR 1. In this case, s-MeasureConfigFR1 affects the first measurement object. For example, in the case where the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is not measured.

In yet another case, the network device configures s-MeasureConfigFR2, and accordingly, the measConfig carries s-MeasureConfigFR 2. In this case, s-MeasureConfigFR2 affects the second measurement object. For example, in the case where the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is not measured.

In yet another case, the network device configures s-MeasureConfigFR1 and s-MeasureConfigFR2, and accordingly, the measConfig carries s-MeasureConfigFR1 and s-MeasureConfigFR 2. In this case, s-MeasureConfigFR1 affects the first measurement object, and s-MeasureConfigFR2 affects the second measurement object. For example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is not measured, and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is measured. For another example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is not measured, and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is measured.

In yet another case, the network device configures s-MeasureConfig, and accordingly, the measConfig carries s-MeasureConfig, and does not carry s-MeasureConfigFR1 and s-MeasureConfigFR 2. In this case, s-MeasureConfig affects both the first measurement object and the second measurement object.

In yet another case, the network device configures s-MeasureConfig and s-MeasureConfig FR1, and accordingly, the measConfig carries s-MeasureConfig and s-MeasureConfig FR 1. In this case, the s-MeasureConfigFR1 affects the first measurement object, and the s-MeasureConfig does not affect the first measurement object nor the second measurement object, and it can be understood that the s-MeasureConfig is a configuration failure or a failure. For example, in this case, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the non-serving cell on the first measurement target is not measured.

In yet another case, the network device configures s-MeasureConfig and s-MeasureConfig FR2, and accordingly, the measConfig carries s-MeasureConfig and s-MeasureConfig FR 2. In this case, the s-MeasureConfigFR2 affects the second measurement object, and the s-MeasureConfig does not affect the first measurement object nor the second measurement object, and it can be understood that the s-MeasureConfig is a configuration failure or a failure. For example, in this case, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement target is not measured.

Based on the implementation mode, the network equipment can independently configure the s-Measure value used for the first measurement object and/or the s-Measure value used for the second measurement object, so that different measurement requirements are met.

After receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal device may perform measurement based on the received measurement configuration information. The method 300 further includes S320:

and S320, the terminal equipment carries out measurement based on the measurement configuration information.

The following is a description in three cases.

Case 1: in S310, it is assumed that the measurement configuration information includes S-Measure configured for the measurement object belonging to FR1, and is denoted as S-Measure-FR 1. As described in S310, the S-Measure-FR1 may be either S-Measure or S-MeasureConfigFR 1.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a second measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, no matter whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure-FR1, measurement on the second measurement object is performed, in other words, a non-serving cell on the second measurement object is always measured, and a measurement result is reported when a measurement reporting trigger condition is met.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a first measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure-FR1, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-serving cell on the first measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-Measure-FR1, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the first measurement object.

For the network device, if the network device configures the terminal device with the measurement on the second measurement object, the network device will receive the measurement report of the terminal device when the measurement report trigger condition is satisfied, regardless of whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure-FR 1.

Case 2: in S310, it is assumed that the measurement configuration information includes S-Measure configured for the measurement object belonging to FR2, and is denoted as S-Measure-FR 2. As described in S310, the S-Measure-FR2 may be either S-Measure or S-MeasureConfigFR 2.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a first measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, no matter whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure-FR2, measurement on the first measurement object is performed, in other words, a non-serving cell on the first measurement object is always measured, and a measurement result is reported when a measurement reporting trigger condition is met.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a second measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure-FR2, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-serving cell on the second measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-Measure-FR2, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the second measurement object.

For the network device, if the network device configures the terminal device with the measurement on the first measurement object, the network device will receive the measurement report of the terminal device when the measurement report trigger condition is satisfied, regardless of whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure-FR 2.

Case 3: assume that in S310, S-Measure configured for a measurement object belonging to FR1 and S-Measure configured for a measurement object belonging to FR2 are included in the measurement configuration information, and are respectively denoted as S-MeasureConfigFR1 and S-MeasureConfigFR 2.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a first measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the terminal device does not need to measure a non-serving cell on the first measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-MeasureConfigFR1, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the first measurement object.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a second measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the terminal device does not need to measure a non-serving cell on the second measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of s-MeasureConfigFR2, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the second measurement object.

It should be understood that the nomenclature of the cells involved in the method 300 is merely exemplary for ease of understanding, and should not be construed as limiting the application in any way, and that the cells involved in the method 300 may have other names or expressions.

It is also understood that the "first measurement object" in the method 300 may be replaced with "FR 1" or "measurement object belonging to FR 1", and the "second measurement object" may be replaced with "FR 2" or "measurement object belonging to FR 2".

By the embodiment of the application, the network device can configure s-Measure for the measurement object belonging to FR1 and the measurement object belonging to FR2 separately, so as to determine whether to Measure the non-serving cell corresponding to the measurement task on the measurement object belonging to FR1 according to the s-Measure corresponding to the SpCell and the measurement object belonging to FR 1; according to the s-Measure corresponding to the SpCell and the measurement object belonging to FR2, whether a non-service cell corresponding to a measurement task on the measurement object belonging to FR2 is measured or not is determined, so that the s-Measure configuration in the measConfig can meet different measurement requirements, and the application of the s-Measure is more flexible.

It should be understood that in the method 300, the parameter p may also be included in the s-Measure, and the method 200 may be referred to in the case that the parameter p is included in the s-Measure, which is not described herein again.

It should also be understood that in the above method 300, the cell signal quality threshold may also be denoted by p, in other words, in the above method 300, the "s-Measure" may be replaced by the "parameter p". And will not be described in detail herein.

Take the configuration of s-Measure and s-MeasureConfigFR2 in measConfig as an example. s-Measure and s-MeasureConfigFR2 are configured in the measConfig, the s-Measure only affects the first measurement object, the s-MeasureConfigFR2 only affects the second measurement object, or P and P _ FR2 are configured in the measConfig, the P only affects the first measurement object, and the P _ FR2 only affects the second measurement object. For example, when the number of good beams of the SpCell exceeds P, the non-serving cell on the first measurement target is not measured, and when the number of good beams of the SpCell does not exceed P, the non-serving cell on the first measurement target is measured. For example, when the number of good beams of the SpCell exceeds P _ FR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement target is not measured, and when the number of good beams of the SpCell does not exceed P _ FR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement target is measured.

Further, the network device separately configures s-MeasureConfigFR1 for the first measurement object and s-MeasureConfigFR2 for the second measurement object. The network device configuration s-MeasureConfigFR1 and s-MeasureConfigFR2, s-MeasureConfigFR1 affect the first measurement object and s-MeasureConfigFR2 affects the second measurement object. Alternatively, the network device configurations P _ FR1 and P _ FR2, P _ FR1 affecting the first measurement object, and P _ FR2 affecting the second measurement object. For example, when the number of good beams of the SpCell exceeds P _ FR1, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is not measured, and when the number of good beams of the SpCell exceeds P _ FR2, the non-serving cell on the second measurement object is not measured. Other things are similar and will not be described here.

Fig. 8 is a schematic interaction diagram of a measurement method 400 provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method 400 includes:

and S410, the terminal equipment receives the measurement configuration information and the indication information.

Accordingly, the terminal device receives indication information from the network device, the indication information being used for indicating the applicable range of the s-Measure.

It should be understood that the indication information and the measurement configuration information may be sent to the terminal device separately, or may be sent to the terminal device in one signaling, for example, the indication information may be indicated to the terminal device by the measurement configuration information, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

According to the embodiment of the application, the field or the cell indicating the application range of the s-Measure can be included in the measConfig or the s-Measure config, so that the application of the s-Measure is more flexible. Wherein the field or cell may be represented by, for example, s-measurepability. It should be understood that the naming of the field s-measurepability is merely an exemplary illustration for ease of understanding, and should not constitute any limitation of the present application, which may have other names or expressions.

The following description will be given by taking the first measurement object and the second measurement object as examples. With respect to the first measurement object and the second measurement object, reference is made to the description in the method 200, and details are not repeated here.

In a possible implementation manner, when the network device configures s-Measure, the network device may send indication information to the terminal device, indicating that the s-Measure affects the first measurement object, in other words, the s-Measure is configured for the first measurement object.

For example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell is higher than the value of s-Measure, for the first measurement object, the terminal device does not need to Measure the non-serving cell on the first measurement object any more; for the second measurement object, the non-serving cell measurement on the second measurement object is not affected by s-Measure, and the terminal device always measures the non-serving cell on the second measurement object regardless of the signal quality of the SpCell.

In another possible implementation manner, when the network device configures s-Measure, the network device may send indication information to the terminal device, indicating that the s-Measure affects the second measurement object, in other words, the s-Measure is configured for the second measurement object.

For example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell is higher than the value of s-Measure, for the second measurement object, the terminal device does not need to Measure the non-serving cell on the second measurement object; for the first measurement object, the non-serving cell measurement on the first measurement object is not affected by s-Measure, and the terminal device always measures the non-serving cell on the first measurement object regardless of the signal quality of the SpCell.

In another possible implementation manner, when the network device configures s-Measure, the network device may send indication information to the terminal device, indicating that the s-Measure affects the first measurement object and the second measurement object, in other words, the s-Measure is configured for the first measurement object and the second measurement object.

For example, when the signal quality value of the SpCell is higher than the value of s-Measure, the terminal device does not need to Measure the non-serving cells on the first measurement object and the second measurement object, regardless of the first measurement object or the second measurement object.

In another possible implementation manner, when the network device configures s-Measure, the s-Measure may be used to affect the first measurement object and the second measurement object by default, in other words, the s-Measure is configured for the first measurement object and the second measurement object, that is, the network device may not send indication information for indicating the applicable range of the s-Measure to the terminal device.

In several possible implementations described above, the form of the indication information may be in an ENUMERATED (ENUMERATED) form. For example, one value may be selected from FR1 (indicating that s-Measure affects only FR1), FR2 (indicating that s-Measure affects only FR2), and both (indicating that s-Measure affects both FR1 and FR 2). For another example, one value may be selected from FR1 (indicating that s-Measure affects only FR1) and FR2 (indicating that s-Measure affects only FR2), and it is considered that s-Measure affects both FR1 and FR2 when the indication information is not carried.

Alternatively, in several possible implementations, the indication information may be in the form of BOOLEAN (BOOLEAN). For example, expressing s-Measure with TRUE affects only FR1, expressing s-Measure with FALSE affects only FR2, and expressing s-Measure without carrying the indication field affects both FR1 and FR 2. As another example, expressing s-Measure with TRUE only affects FR2, expressing s-Measure with FALSE only affects FR1, and expressing s-Measure without carrying the indication field affects both FR1 and FR 2.

It should be understood that the indication information may also take other forms, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

After receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal device may perform measurement based on the received measurement configuration information. The method 400 further includes S420:

and S420, the terminal equipment carries out measurement according to the measurement configuration information and the indication information.

The following is a description in three cases.

Case 1: assume that in S410, the terminal device receives indication information indicating that S-Measure affects the first measurement object.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a second measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, no matter whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure, measurement on the second measurement object is performed, in other words, a non-serving cell on the second measurement object is always measured, and a measurement result is reported when a measurement reporting trigger condition is met.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a first measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-service cell on the first measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of the s-Measure, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the first measurement object.

For the network device, if the network device configures the terminal device with the measurement on the second measurement object, the network device will receive the measurement report of the terminal device when the measurement report triggering condition is satisfied, regardless of whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure.

Case 2: assume that in S410, the terminal device receives indication information indicating that S-Measure affects the second measurement object.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a first measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, no matter whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure, measurement on the first measurement object is performed, in other words, a non-serving cell on the first measurement object is always measured, and a measurement result is reported when a measurement report trigger condition is met.

For the terminal device, if a measurement task of a second measurement object configured for the terminal device by the network device is received, when the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, the terminal device does not need to Measure a non-service cell on the second measurement object; and when the signal quality value of the SpCell does not exceed the value of the s-Measure, the terminal equipment measures the non-service cell on the second measurement object.

For the network device, if the network device configures the measurement on the first measurement object for the terminal device, the network device receives the measurement report of the terminal device when the measurement report triggering condition is satisfied, regardless of whether the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure.

Case 3: the terminal equipment is assumed not to receive indication information for indicating the application range of the s-Measure; alternatively, in S420, the terminal device receives indication information indicating that S-Measure affects the first measurement object and the second measurement object.

The following is an exemplary description with reference to a specific example.

The measConfig carries s-MeasureConfig, and the measConfig includes reportConfig1 whose rsType is SSB and reportConfig2 whose rsType is SSB, and further includes MO1 (an example of a first measurement object) and MO2 (an example of a second measurement object). The MO1 is the frequency point on FR1 corresponding to ssbfequency, and the MO2 is the frequency point on FR2 corresponding to ssbfequency. Assume reportConfig1 is event triggered, e.g., event is EventA3 and is associated to MO1, corresponding to measId 1. Assume that reportConfig2 is also an Event trigger, such as Event a4, and is associated with MO2, corresponding to measId 2. Suppose that the measConfig also carries a field s-measurepability.

In one possible case, the value of s-measureApplicability is FR 1.

In this case, the s-MeasureConfig affects the cell on the first measurement object, in other words, the s-MeasureConfig is only effective for the measurement on the first measurement object. When the SSB-based cell signal quality (as characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering does not exceed the RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device measures the neighbor corresponding to measId 1. When the SSB-based cell signal quality (as characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering exceeds the RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device does not measure the neighbor corresponding to measId 1. No matter the RSRP quality of the SpCell, that is, no matter whether the SSB-based cell signal quality of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering exceeds the RSRP indicated by the s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device measures the neighbor cell corresponding to the measId 2.

In yet another possible scenario, the value of s-measureApplicability is FR 2.

In this case, the s-MeasureConfig affects the cell on the second measurement object, in other words, the s-MeasureConfig is only effective for the measurement on the second measurement object. When the SSB-based cell signal quality (as characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering does not exceed the RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device measures the neighbor corresponding to measId 2. When the SSB-based cell signal quality (as characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering exceeds the RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device does not measure the neighbor corresponding to measId 2. No matter the RSRP quality of the SpCell, that is, no matter whether the SSB-based cell signal quality of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering exceeds the RSRP indicated by the s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device measures the neighbor cell corresponding to the measId 1.

In yet another possible scenario, the value of s-measureApplicability is booth.

In this case, the s-MeasureConfig affects cells on the first measurement object and the second measurement object, in other words, the s-MeasureConfig is effective for measurement on the first measurement object and the second measurement object. When the SSB-based cell signal quality (as characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering does not exceed the RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device measures the neighbors corresponding to measId1 and measId 2. When the SSB-based cell signal quality (as characterized by RSRP) of the SpCell after layer 3 filtering exceeds RSRP indicated by s-MeasureConfig, the terminal device does not measure the neighbors corresponding to measId1 and measId 2.

It should be understood that the nomenclature of the cells involved in the method 400 is merely exemplary for ease of understanding and should not be construed as limiting the application in any way, and that the cells involved in the method 400 may have other names or expressions.

It is also understood that the "first measurement object" in the method 400 may be replaced with "FR 1" or a "measurement object belonging to FR 1", and the "second measurement object" may be replaced with "FR 2" or a "measurement object belonging to FR 2".

By the embodiment of the application, the network equipment can indicate the application range of the configured s-Measure to the terminal equipment, so that different indications can be performed according to different measurement requirements, the configuration of the s-Measure in the measConfig meets different measurement requirements, and the application of the s-Measure is more flexible.

It should be understood that in the method 400, the parameter p may also be included in the s-Measure, and the method 200 may be referred to in the case that the parameter p is included in the s-Measure, which is not described herein again.

It should also be appreciated that in the method 400 described above, the cell signal quality threshold may also be denoted by p. In other words, in the method 400, the "s-Measure" may be replaced by the "parameter P", for example, when the terminal device receives indication information indicating that the parameter P affects the first measurement object, the terminal device does not Measure the non-serving cell on the first measurement object any more in the case that the signal quality value of the SpCell is higher than P. Other things are similar and will not be described here.

In the above, it is described in detail with reference to fig. 5 to 8 that the terminal device may respectively consider whether to Measure non-serving cells in different frequency ranges, in other words, may consider different measurement requirements, or in other words, may make the use of s-Measure more flexible. For example, the terminal device may determine whether to stop measuring a non-serving cell belonging to the FR1 range according to the signal quality of the primary cell and s-Measure, and the terminal device always measures a non-serving cell belonging to the FR2 range as long as there is a measurement task of the non-serving cell belonging to the FR2 range regardless of whether the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds s-Measure. As another example, a network device may independently configure s-Measure for different frequency ranges. As another example, the network device may also indicate the applicable scope of the s-Measure to the terminal device, and so on.

Considering above mainly the measurement for non-serving cells belonging to the FR1 range and the measurement for non-serving cells belonging to the FR2 range, respectively, another embodiment is provided below, i.e. a measurement method for all non-serving cells without distinguishing whether the non-serving cells belong to the FR1 range or the FR2 range. It should be understood that this embodiment may be used in combination with the embodiment described above with reference to fig. 5 to 8, or may be used alone, which is not limited thereto.

By way of example and not limitation, in the present application, a terminal device may determine whether to perform measurement on a non-serving cell (which may also be referred to as a neighbor cell or a neighbor cell) in any one of the following manners. The non-serving cell may be a non-serving cell belonging to the FR1 range, or may be a measurement of a non-serving cell belonging to the FR2 range, which is not limited.

Mode 1: the s-Measure may include a beam-related parameter, and based on the parameter and the s-Measure, it is determined whether to Measure the non-serving cell.

Specifically, the s-Measure may include a parameter related to the beam, for example, denoted as a parameter P, which may be used to indicate the number of good beams. When the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, for example, when the RSRP of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure, and when the number of good beams exceeds P, the terminal device does not need to Measure the non-serving cell (which may also be called a neighbor cell or a neighbor cell).

For the good beam, reference is made to the description of the method 200, and the description is omitted here.

Based on the mode 1, when the quality of the cell level (that is, the signal quality value of the SpCell exceeds the value of s-Measure) and the quality of the beam level (that is, the number of good beams is greater than or equal to P) are satisfied, the terminal device determines that the measurement of the non-serving cell is not needed (or the measurement of the non-serving cell is stopped).

It will be appreciated that mode 1 may be used in conjunction with the embodiments described above with respect to fig. 5-8. The embodiment described in connection with the embodiment of fig. 5 is used as an example.

In S220 of the method 200, in a case where the signal quality of the SpCell exceeds the value of S-Measure, the terminal device does not Measure the non-serving cell on the first measurement object and measures the non-serving cell belonging to the second measurement object based on the measurement configuration information. When the method 1 and the method 200 are used in combination, the signal quality of the SpCell exceeds the value of the s-Measure, and the number of the good beams is greater than or equal to P, the non-serving cell on the first measurement object is not measured, and the terminal device measures the non-serving cell belonging to the second measurement object based on the measurement configuration information.

Mode 2: a parameter associated with a beam may be included in the measurement configuration, based on which it is determined whether to measure the non-serving cell.

That is, the s-Measure at the cell level may be changed to a threshold at the beam level, denoted by P. Specifically, when the number of good beams of the SpCell is greater than or equal to P, the terminal device does not need to measure a non-serving cell (also referred to as a neighboring cell or a neighboring cell), where the non-serving cell may be a non-serving cell belonging to an FR1 range, or may be a measurement of a non-serving cell belonging to an FR2 range, which is not limited herein. For the description of the good beam, refer to the description of the above mode 1.

Based on the method 2, when the quality of the beam level is satisfied (i.e. the number of good beams is greater than or equal to P), the terminal device determines that the measurement is not performed on all the non-serving cells any more (or may be called to stop the measurement on the non-serving cells).

The above two modes are merely exemplary, and the present application is not limited thereto.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 5 to 8. Hereinafter, a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to fig. 9 to 11.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown, the communication device 1000 may include a communication unit 1100 and a processing unit 1200.

In one possible design, the communication apparatus 1000 may implement the steps or processes executed by the terminal device corresponding to the above method embodiment, for example, the steps or processes may be executed by the terminal device, or a chip or a circuit configured in the terminal device.

In one possible implementation, the communication unit 1100 is configured to: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold; the processing unit 1200 is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured, and non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are measured based on the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, the frequency of the first frequency range is smaller than the frequency of the second frequency range.

Optionally, the cell handover refers to a measurement result of a measurement object belonging to the first frequency range.

Optionally, the cell signal quality threshold comprises a parameter P for indicating the number of good beams (good beams).

The communication apparatus 1000 may implement the steps or the flow corresponding to the steps or the flow executed by the terminal device in the method 200 according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication apparatus 1000 may include a unit for executing the method executed by the terminal device in the method 200 in fig. 5. Also, the units in the communication device 1000 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows of the method 200 in fig. 5.

Wherein, when the communication device 1000 is used to execute the method 200 in fig. 5, the communication unit 1100 may be used to execute the step 210 in the method 200, and the processing unit 1200 may be used to execute the step 220 in the method 200.

It should be understood that the specific processes of the units for executing the corresponding steps are already described in detail in the above method embodiments, and therefore, for brevity, detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

In yet another possible implementation manner, the communication unit 1100 is configured to: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, the first cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; the processing unit 1200 is configured to: based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement is performed.

Optionally, the processing unit 1200 is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds a first cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured.

Optionally, the processing unit 1200 is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the second cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are not measured.

Optionally, the first cell signal quality threshold comprises a first parameter for indicating the number of good beams (good beams), and the second cell signal quality threshold comprises a second parameter for indicating the number of good beams.

The communication apparatus 1000 may implement the steps or the flow corresponding to the steps or the flow executed by the terminal device in the method 300 according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication apparatus 1000 may include a unit for executing the method executed by the terminal device in the method 300 in fig. 7. Also, the units and other operations and/or functions described above in the communication apparatus 1000 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows of the method 300 in fig. 7.

Wherein, when the communication device 1000 is used to execute the method 300 in fig. 7, the communication unit 1100 may be used to execute the step 310 in the method 300, and the processing unit 1200 may be used to execute the step 320 in the method 300.

In yet another possible implementation manner, the communication unit 1100 is configured to: receiving a cell signal quality threshold and indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; the processing unit 1200 is configured to: and according to the cell signal quality threshold and the indication information, performing measurement.

Optionally, the indication information is used to indicate a cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, and the processing unit 1200 is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the first frequency range are not measured.

Optionally, the indication information is used to indicate a cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range, and the processing unit 1200 is configured to: in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to the second frequency range are not measured.

The communication apparatus 1000 may implement the steps or the flow corresponding to the steps or the flow executed by the terminal device in the method 400 according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication apparatus 1000 may include a unit for executing the method executed by the terminal device in the method 400 in fig. 8. Also, the units and other operations and/or functions described above in the communication apparatus 1000 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows of the method 400 in fig. 8.

Wherein, when the communication device 1000 is used to execute the method 400 in fig. 8, the communication unit 1100 may be used to execute the step 410 in the method 400, and the processing unit 1200 may be used to execute the step 420 in the method 400.

In yet another possible implementation manner, the communication unit 1100 is configured to: receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold, the cell signal quality threshold comprises a parameter P for representing the number of good beams (good beams), or the measurement configuration information comprises P; the processing unit 1200 is configured to: based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement is performed.

Optionally, the cell signal quality threshold includes a parameter P for indicating the number of good beams; the processing unit 1200 is configured to: measuring a signal quality of the primary cell based on the measurement configuration information; and when the signal quality of the main cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold and the number of the good beams exceeds P, not measuring the non-service cell.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information includes P; the processing unit 1200 is configured to: and when the number of the primary cell good beams exceeds P, the non-service cell is not measured.

It is further understood that the communication unit 1100 in the communication apparatus 1000 may be implemented by the transceiver 2020 in the terminal device 2000 shown in fig. 10, and the processing unit 1200 in the communication apparatus 1000 may be implemented by the processor 2010 in the terminal device 2000 shown in fig. 10.

It should also be understood that the communication unit 1100 in the communication device 1000 may also be an input/output interface.

In another possible design, the communication apparatus 1000 may implement the steps or processes executed by the network device corresponding to the above method embodiment, for example, the steps or processes may be implemented by the network device, or a chip or a circuit configured in the network device.

In one possible implementation, the processing unit 1200 is configured to: generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, the first cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range; the communication unit 1100 is configured to: and sending the measurement configuration information.

The communication apparatus 1000 may implement the steps or the flow corresponding to the steps or the flow performed by the network device in the method 300 according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication apparatus 1000 may include a unit for performing the method performed by the network device in the method 300 in fig. 7. Also, the units and other operations and/or functions described above in the communication apparatus 1000 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows of the method 300 in fig. 7.

Wherein, when the communication device 1000 is used to execute the method 300 in fig. 7, the communication unit 1100 may be used to execute step 310 in the method 300.

In yet another possible implementation, the processing unit 1200 is configured to: generating indication information; the communication unit 1100 is configured to: and sending the cell signal quality threshold and indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range.

The communication apparatus 1000 may implement the steps or the flow corresponding to the steps or the flow performed by the network device in the method 400 according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication apparatus 1000 may include a unit for performing the method performed by the network device in the method 400 in fig. 8. Also, the units and other operations and/or functions described above in the communication apparatus 1000 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows of the method 400 in fig. 8.

Wherein, when the communication device 1000 is used to execute the method 400 in fig. 8, the communication unit 1100 may be used to execute the step 410 in the method 400.

In yet another possible implementation, the processing unit 1200 is configured to: generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold value, the cell signal quality threshold value comprises a parameter P for representing the number of good beams (good beams), or the measurement configuration information comprises P; the communication unit 1100 is configured to: and sending the measurement configuration information.

It should also be understood that the communication unit in the communication apparatus 1000 may be implemented by the transceiver 3200 in the network device 3000 shown in fig. 11, and the processing unit 1200 in the communication apparatus 1000 may be implemented by the processor 3100 in the network device 3000 shown in fig. 11.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 2000 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 2000 may be applied in a system as shown in fig. 1 or fig. 2, and perform the functions of the terminal device in the above method embodiment, or implement the steps or processes performed by the terminal device in the above method embodiment.

As shown, the terminal device 2000 includes a processor 2010 and a transceiver 2020. Optionally, the terminal device 2000 further comprises a memory 2030. The processor 2010, the transceiver 2002 and the memory 2030 may be in communication with each other via the interconnection path to transfer control and/or data signals, the memory 2030 may be used for storing a computer program, and the processor 2010 may be used for retrieving and executing the computer program from the memory 2030 to control the transceiver 2020 to transmit and receive signals. Optionally, the terminal device 2000 may further include an antenna 2040, configured to transmit uplink data or uplink control signaling output by the transceiver 2020 by using a wireless signal.

The processor 2010 and the memory 2030 may be combined into a processing device, and the processor 2010 is configured to execute the program codes stored in the memory 2030 to achieve the above functions. In particular, the memory 2030 may be integrated with the processor 2010 or may be separate from the processor 2010. The processor 2010 may correspond to the processing unit in fig. 9.

The transceiver 2020 may correspond to the communication unit in fig. 9, and may also be referred to as a transceiver unit. The transceiver 2020 may include a receiver (or receiver, receiving circuit) and a transmitter (or transmitter, transmitting circuit). Wherein the receiver is used for receiving signals, and the transmitter is used for transmitting signals.

It should be understood that terminal device 2000 shown in fig. 10 is capable of implementing various processes involving the terminal device in the method embodiments shown in fig. 5-8. The operations and/or functions of the modules in the terminal device 2000 are respectively to implement the corresponding flows in the above-described method embodiments. Specifically, reference may be made to the description of the above method embodiments, and the detailed description is appropriately omitted herein to avoid redundancy.

The processor 2010 may be configured to perform the actions described in the preceding method embodiments that are implemented within the terminal device, and the transceiver 2020 may be configured to perform the actions described in the preceding method embodiments that the terminal device transmits to or receives from the network device. Please refer to the description of the previous embodiment of the method, which is not repeated herein.

Optionally, the terminal device 2000 may further include a power supply 2050 for supplying power to various devices or circuits in the terminal device.

In addition, in order to further improve the functions of the terminal device, the terminal device 2000 may further include one or more of an input unit 2060, a display unit 2070, an audio circuit 2080, a camera 2090, a sensor 2100, and the like, and the audio circuit may further include a speaker 2082, a microphone 2084, and the like.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application, which may be a schematic structural diagram of a base station, for example. The base station 3000 may be applied in a system as shown in fig. 1 or fig. 2, and perform the functions of the network device in the foregoing method embodiment, or implement the steps or processes performed by the network device in the foregoing method embodiment.

As shown, the base station 3000 may include one or more radio frequency units, such as a Remote Radio Unit (RRU) 3100 and one or more baseband units (BBUs) (also referred to as digital units, DUs) 3200. The RRU 3100 may be referred to as a transceiver unit and corresponds to the communication unit 1100 in fig. 9. Alternatively, the transceiving unit 3100 may also be referred to as a transceiver, transceiving circuit, or transceiver, etc., which may comprise at least one antenna 3101 and a radio frequency unit 3102. Alternatively, the transceiving unit 3100 may include a receiving unit and a transmitting unit, the receiving unit may correspond to a receiver (or receiver, receiving circuit), and the transmitting unit may correspond to a transmitter (or transmitter, transmitting circuit). The RRU 3100 part is mainly used for transceiving and converting radio frequency signals to baseband signals, for example, for sending indication information to a terminal device. The BBU 3200 section is mainly used for performing baseband processing, controlling a base station, and the like. The RRU 3100 and the BBU 3200 may be physically disposed together or may be physically disposed separately, i.e. distributed base stations.

The BBU 3200 is a control center of the base station, and may also be referred to as a processing unit, and may correspond to the processing unit 1200 in fig. 9, and is mainly used for completing baseband processing functions, such as channel coding, multiplexing, modulating, spreading, and the like. For example, the BBU (processing unit) may be configured to control the base station to perform an operation procedure related to the network device in the above method embodiment, for example, to generate the above indication information, or to configure measurement information, and the like.

In an example, the BBU 3200 may be formed by one or more boards, and the boards may collectively support a radio access network of a single access system (e.g., an LTE network), or may respectively support radio access networks of different access systems (e.g., an LTE network, a 5G network, or other networks). The BBU 3200 also includes a memory 3201 and a processor 3202. The memory 3201 is used to store necessary instructions and data. The processor 3202 is used for controlling the base station to perform necessary actions, for example, for controlling the base station to execute the operation flow related to the network device in the above method embodiment. The memory 3201 and processor 3202 may serve one or more boards. That is, the memory and processor may be provided separately on each board. Multiple boards may share the same memory and processor. In addition, each single board can be provided with necessary circuits.

It should be understood that the base station 3000 shown in fig. 11 can implement the processes involving the network device in the method embodiments of fig. 5-8. The operations and/or functions of the respective modules in the base station 3000 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows in the above-described method embodiments. Specifically, reference may be made to the description of the above method embodiments, and the detailed description is appropriately omitted herein to avoid redundancy.

BBU 3200 as described above can be used to perform actions described in previous method embodiments as being implemented internally by a network device, while RRU 3100 can be used to perform actions described in previous method embodiments as being sent by or received from a terminal device by a network device. Please refer to the description of the previous embodiment of the method, which is not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a processing device which comprises a processor and an interface. The processor may be adapted to perform the method of the above-described method embodiments.

It should be understood that the processing means may be a chip. For example, the processing device may be a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a system on chip (SoC), a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Network Processor (NP), a digital signal processing circuit (DSP), a Microcontroller (MCU), a programmable logic controller (PLD), or other integrated chips.

In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in a processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and completes the steps of the method in combination with hardware of the processor. To avoid repetition, it is not described in detail here.

It should be noted that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capability. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The processor described above may be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and completes the steps of the method in combination with hardware of the processor.

It will be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM, enhanced SDRAM, SLDRAM, Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the present application further provides a computer program product, which includes: computer program code which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any of the embodiments shown in fig. 9.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, a computer-readable medium is further provided, and the computer-readable medium stores program codes, and when the program codes are executed on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method of any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 5 to 8.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the present application further provides a system, which includes the foregoing one or more terminal devices and one or more network devices.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the application to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

The network device in the foregoing various apparatus embodiments corresponds to the terminal device or the network device in the terminal device and method embodiments, and the corresponding module or unit executes the corresponding steps, for example, the communication unit (transceiver) executes the steps of receiving or transmitting in the method embodiments, and other steps besides transmitting and receiving may be executed by the processing unit (processor). The functions of the specific elements may be referred to in the respective method embodiments. The number of the processors may be one or more.

As used in this specification, the terms "component," "module," "system," and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computing device and the computing device can be a component. One or more components can reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. In addition, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The components may communicate by way of local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from two components interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the internet with other systems by way of the signal).

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

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

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method of measurement, comprising:

receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a cell signal quality threshold;

in the event that the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold, non-serving cells belonging to a first frequency range are not measured, and non-serving cells belonging to a second frequency range are measured based on the measurement configuration information.

2. A method of measurement, comprising:

receiving measurement configuration information comprising a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, wherein,

the first cell signal quality threshold is used to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used to determine whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range;

and performing measurement based on the measurement configuration information.

3. The method of claim 2,

the performing measurement based on the measurement configuration information includes:

not measuring a non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range in case the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the first cell signal quality threshold.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3,

not measuring a non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range in case the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the second cell signal quality threshold.

5. A method of measurement, comprising:

receiving a cell signal quality threshold and indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range;

and measuring according to the cell signal quality threshold and the indication information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range,

the performing measurement according to the cell signal quality threshold and the indication information includes:

not measuring a non-serving cell belonging to the first frequency range in case the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the cell signal quality threshold for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range,

not measuring a non-serving cell belonging to the second frequency range in case the signal quality of the primary cell exceeds the cell signal quality threshold.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the frequencies of the first frequency range are smaller than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

9. A method of measurement, comprising:

generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first cell signal quality threshold and/or a second cell signal quality threshold, the first cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, and the second cell signal quality threshold is used for determining whether to measure a non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range;

and sending the measurement configuration information.

10. A method of measurement, comprising:

generating indication information;

and sending the indication information and a cell signal quality threshold, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to a first frequency range, or the indication information is used for indicating the cell signal quality threshold to be used for determining whether to measure the non-serving cell belonging to a second frequency range.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the frequencies of the first frequency range are smaller than the frequencies of the second frequency range.

12. A communication device, characterized in that it is adapted to implement the method according to any of claims 1 to 8.

13. A communication device for implementing the method of any one of claims 9 to 11.

14. A communication system comprising a communication apparatus according to claim 12 and a communication apparatus according to claim 13.

15. A computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program which, when run on a computer,

cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 8, or

Causing the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 9 to 11.

16. A chip system, comprising: a processor for calling and running the computer program from the memory,

causing a communication device on which the chip system is mounted to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 8; or

Causing a communication device on which the chip system is mounted to perform the method of any of claims 9 to 11.