CN117499226A - Cell configuration method, device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a cell configuration method, a cell configuration device and a cell configuration storage medium, relates to the technical field of communication, and can solve the problem that a terminal cannot communicate through a neighboring cell base station configured with a default slice, so that service reliability of the proprietary slice is low. The method is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps: receiving measurement information measured by a target terminal under the condition that the signal quality of a serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value; determining target cooperative cells in a plurality of adjacent cells according to the measurement information; calculating signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the service cell cooperatively transmit service data to the target terminal; and under the condition that the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold value (and the cooperative cell meets the requirement of the exclusive slice resource), sending configuration first indication information for indicating the target cooperative cell to perform the exclusive slice to the target cooperative cell. The method and the device can temporarily configure the special slice for the neighboring cell base station configured with the default slice, thereby guaranteeing the service transmission of the special slice.

Description

Cell configuration method, device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a cell configuration method, a device, and a storage medium.

Background

The network slice cuts a physical network into a plurality of end-to-end logic networks, provides network services which are isolated from each other and can be customized in function for different vertical industries, different clients and different services, and is a logic network for providing specific network capabilities and characteristics.

The fifth generation mobile communication technology (5th generation mobile communication technology,5G) independent networking (SA) terminal supports a network slice function by default and is configured with a default slice or a proprietary slice. If the 5G SA terminal is configured with a dedicated slice, data transmission is required by the base station configured with the dedicated slice, and data transmission cannot be performed by the base station configured with the default slice.

When a 5G SA terminal configured with a proprietary slice is at the coverage edge of a base station configured with a proprietary slice, the signal quality of the base station is degraded. At this time, the 5G SA terminal cannot communicate through the neighboring cell base station configured with the default slice, so that the service of the proprietary slice cannot be guaranteed, and the reliability is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a cell configuration method, a cell configuration device and a storage medium, which solve the problem that a terminal cannot communicate through a neighboring cell base station configured with a default slice at present, so that service reliability of a special slice is low, and can temporarily configure the special slice for the neighboring cell base station configured with the default slice, so that service transmission of the special slice is ensured.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a cell configuration method, applied to a network device, where the method includes: receiving measurement information of a target terminal; the measurement information is the signal strength of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell; the measurement information is measured by the target terminal under the condition that the signal quality of the serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value; the target terminal is a terminal configured with a special slice; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice; the adjacent cells are cells which are not configured with special slices; determining target cooperative cells in a plurality of adjacent cells according to the measurement information; calculating signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the service cell cooperatively transmit service data to the target terminal; transmitting first indication information to the target cooperative cell under the condition that the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold value; the first indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the exclusive slice of the target cooperative cell.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the method further includes: determining one or more cooperative cells in a plurality of adjacent cells according to the signal intensity and the resource use condition of the adjacent cells; and taking the cooperative cell with the strongest signal strength in the one or more cooperative cells as a target cooperative cell.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the resource usage is at least one of a utilization rate of a physical resource block PRB and a radio resource control RRC connection number, and the method further includes: for neighboring cells having a signal strength greater than or equal to a third threshold, determining one or more cooperating cells according to at least one of signal strength, utilization of PRBs, and number of RRC connections.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the method further includes: sending service data to a target terminal through a service cell; sending service data to a target terminal through a target cooperative cell; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the serving cell.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the method further includes: transmitting second indication information to the target cooperative cell under the condition that the signal diversity gain is smaller than a second threshold value and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is larger than or equal to a first threshold value and the duration is longer than a first preset duration; the second indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the target cooperative cell deletion exclusive slice.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a cell configuration method applied to a target terminal configured with a proprietary slice, the method including: acquiring measurement configuration information; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice; the measurement configuration information is used for explaining the type of the signal strength measured by the target terminal; under the condition that the signal strength of the serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value and the duration time is longer than a second preset duration time, measuring the signal strengths of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell based on measurement configuration information, and generating measurement information; and sending the measurement information to the network equipment through the service cell.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the method further includes: respectively acquiring service data and service data from a target cooperative cell; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the serving cell; and combining the service data of the service cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain combined service data.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a cell configuration apparatus, including: a communication unit and a processing unit; a communication unit for receiving measurement information of a target terminal; the measurement information is the signal strength of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell; the measurement information is measured by the target terminal under the condition that the signal quality of the serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value; the target terminal is a terminal configured with a special slice; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice; the adjacent cells are cells which are not configured with special slices; a processing unit, configured to determine a target cooperative cell in a plurality of neighboring cells according to the measurement information; the processing unit is also used for calculating the signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the service cell cooperatively transmit service data to the target terminal; the processing unit is further used for indicating the communication unit to send first indication information to the target cooperative cell under the condition that the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold value; the first indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the exclusive slice of the target cooperative cell.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the processing unit is specifically configured to: determining one or more cooperative cells in a plurality of adjacent cells according to the signal intensity and the resource use condition of the adjacent cells; and taking the cooperative cell with the strongest signal strength in the one or more cooperative cells as a target cooperative cell.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the resource usage is at least one of a utilization rate of a physical resource block PRB and a radio resource control RRC connection number, and the processing unit is specifically configured to: for neighboring cells having a signal strength greater than or equal to a third threshold, determining one or more cooperating cells according to at least one of signal strength, utilization of PRBs, and number of RRC connections.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the communication unit is further configured to: sending service data to a target terminal through a service cell; sending service data to a target terminal through a target cooperative cell; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the serving cell.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the processing unit is further configured to: when the signal diversity gain is smaller than a second threshold value and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is larger than or equal to a first threshold value and the duration is longer than a first preset duration, the communication unit is instructed to send second instruction information to the target cooperative cell; the second indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the target cooperative cell deletion exclusive slice.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a cell configuration apparatus, including: a communication unit and a processing unit; the communication unit is used for acquiring measurement configuration information; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice; the measurement configuration information is used for explaining the type of the signal strength measured by the target terminal; the processing unit is used for measuring the signal strength of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell based on the measurement configuration information and generating measurement information when the signal strength of the serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value and the duration time is longer than a second preset time; and the communication unit is also used for sending the measurement information to the network equipment through the service cell.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the communication unit is further configured to obtain service data and service data from the target cooperative cell respectively; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the serving cell; and the processing unit is also used for combining the service data of the service cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain combined service data.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a cell configuration apparatus, including: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is coupled to a processor for running a computer program or instructions to implement the cell configuration method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which, when run on a terminal, cause the terminal to perform a cell configuration method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a cell configuration apparatus, cause the cell configuration apparatus to perform a cell configuration method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor being coupled, the processor being for running a computer program or instructions to implement a cell configuration method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect.

In particular, the chip provided in the present application further includes a memory for storing a computer program or instructions.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned computer instructions may be stored in whole or in part on a computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium may be packaged together with the processor of the apparatus or may be packaged separately from the processor of the apparatus, which is not limited in this application.

In a ninth aspect, the present application provides a cell configuration system, including: a network device for performing the cell configuration method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect and the first aspect, and a terminal device for performing the cell configuration method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect and the second aspect.

The description of the second to ninth aspects in the present application may refer to the detailed description of the first aspect; also, the advantageous effects described in the second aspect to the ninth aspect may refer to the advantageous effect analysis of the first aspect, and are not described herein.

In this application, the names of the above-mentioned cell configuration apparatuses do not constitute limitations on devices or function modules themselves, and in actual implementations, these devices or function modules may appear under other names. Insofar as the function of each device or function module is similar to the present application, it is within the scope of the claims of the present application and the equivalents thereof.

These and other aspects of the present application will be more readily apparent from the following description.

The scheme at least brings the following beneficial effects: based on the above technical solution, according to the cell configuration method provided by the present application, the network device receives measurement information of the target terminal, which is measured when the signal quality of the serving cell is smaller than the first threshold, and determines, according to the measurement information, a target coordinated cell among the multiple neighboring cells. Then, the network device predicts the signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the serving cell cooperatively transmit the service data to the target terminal, and indicates that the signal is good when the service data is transmitted under the condition that the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, so that first indication information can be sent to the target cooperative cell to indicate the target cooperative cell to perform configuration of special slices, and the subsequent network device is convenient to communicate with the target terminal. Compared with the prior art, when the terminal equipment is at the edge of the service cell, the communication cannot be carried out through the adjacent base station configured with the default slice, so that the service of the proprietary slice cannot be ensured, and the reliability is lower. According to the technical scheme, the special slice can be temporarily configured for the neighboring cell base station configured with the default slice, so that service transmission of the special slice is ensured.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a scenario where a terminal is located according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic architecture diagram of a cell configuration system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic architecture diagram of another cell configuration system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic hardware structure of a cell configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a cell configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of another cell configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a flowchart of another cell configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an unused joint transmission technology according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a joint transmission technique according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a flowchart of another cell configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another cell configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.

The term "and/or" is herein merely an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone.

The terms "first" and "second" and the like in the description and in the drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects or for distinguishing between different processes of the same object and not for describing a particular sequential order of objects.

Furthermore, references to the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description of the present application are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed but may optionally include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more.

The fifth generation mobile communication technology (5th generation mobile communication technology,5G) opens an era of everything interconnection, and the 5G has the characteristics of high speed, large capacity, low time delay and high reliability, and also has the technologies of network slicing, mobile edge computing (Mobile Edge Computing, MEC) and the like. The network slice cuts a physical network into a plurality of end-to-end logic networks, provides network services which are isolated from each other and can be customized in function for different vertical industries, different clients and different services, and is a logic network for providing specific network capabilities and characteristics.

Typically, the network side will turn on the default slice function and configure the default slice identity for the terminal device (e.g., S-nsai=1-000000). The 5G independent networking (SA) terminal supports the network slice function by default and is configured with a default slice or a proprietary slice. Because the exclusive slice can realize the area access isolation of the terminal, the terminal which is limited to sign up and configure the exclusive slice can only move in the range of the base station which is configured with the exclusive slice data. Therefore, if the 5G SA terminal is configured with a dedicated slice, data transmission is required by the base station configured with the dedicated slice, and data transmission cannot be performed by the base station configured with the default slice.

At present, service guarantee of terminal equipment in a moving process is mainly solved through switching or reselection, namely when the terminal equipment moves to the edge of a service cell, the signal quality of the service cell is reduced, measurement is started according to measurement configuration issued by a base station, signal measurement results of adjacent cells are reported to the base station, and the base station informs a terminal user to switch or reselect to the adjacent cells with higher signal strength according to the measurement results, so that service and signal connection continuity of the terminal user at the edge of the service cell are ensured.

However, as shown in fig. 1, when the 5G SA terminal configured with the exclusive slice is at the coverage edge of the base station configured with the exclusive slice, the signal quality of the base station configured with the exclusive slice is degraded. At this time, the 5G SA terminal cannot communicate through the neighboring base station configured with the default slice, so that the service of the proprietary slice cannot be guaranteed, and the reliability is low.

In the related art, by the inter-cell coordinated scheduling method, the inter-cell coordinated scheduling device and the inter-cell coordinated scheduling equipment, coordinated multi-point transmission (coordinated multiple points, coMP) scheduling can be performed between adjacent cells of different CoMP clusters, interference of adjacent cells outside the CoMP clusters is avoided, and the coordinated transmission effect is improved. However, this technology can only provide CoMP services for terminal devices configured with default slices, and cannot solve the problem that terminal devices configured with exclusive slices provide CoMP services in an edge area through a non-exclusive slice cell.

In view of this, in the cell configuration method provided in the present application, the network device receives measurement information of the target terminal measured under the condition that the signal quality of the serving cell is smaller than the first threshold, and determines, according to the measurement information, a target cooperative cell in the plurality of neighboring cells. Then, the network device predicts the signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the serving cell cooperatively transmit the service data to the target terminal, and indicates that the signal is good when the service data is transmitted under the condition that the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, so that first indication information can be sent to the target cooperative cell to indicate the target cooperative cell to perform configuration of special slices, and the subsequent network device is convenient to communicate with the target terminal. Compared with the prior art, when the terminal equipment is at the edge of the service cell, the communication cannot be carried out through the adjacent base station configured with the default slice, so that the service of the proprietary slice cannot be ensured, and the reliability is lower. According to the technical scheme, the special slice can be temporarily configured for the neighboring cell base station configured with the default slice, so that service transmission of the special slice is ensured.

The following describes embodiments of the present application in detail with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a cell configuration system according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the cell configuration system includes: network device 201 and terminal device 202.

The network device 201 is connected to the terminal device 202 via a communication link. The communication link may be a wired communication link or a wireless communication link, which is not limited in this application.

Hereinafter, the network device 201 is specifically described.

In an example, the network device 201 is configured to complete network coverage and complete opening of a proprietary slice service based on parameter configuration information of the proprietary slice issued by the base station OMC 205; but also for transmitting traffic data with terminals configured with proprietary slices.

In one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 3, the network device 201 includes a network device configured with proprietary slices and a network device not configured with proprietary slices.

A network device configured with proprietary slices may coordinate multipoint transmission CoMP cooperating cell signal measurements, i.e. signal quality of the serving cell as well as signal quality of neighboring cells.

And after the configuration of the target cooperative cells in the network equipment which is not configured with the exclusive slice is completed with the exclusive slice, when the joint transmission is initiated, allowing the exclusive slice user to temporarily access and transmitting data.

In a possible implementation, as shown in fig. 3, the network device 201 further comprises a base station OMC205.

Wherein the base station controller (operation and maintenance console, OMC) and the network device configured with the proprietary slices are communicatively connected by a communication link; the base station OMC205 and network devices not configured with proprietary slices are communicatively coupled via a communication link.

In one example, the base station OMC205 is configured to perform parameter configuration of proprietary slices of the network device 201. For example, the parameter configuration of the private slice is issued to the network device 201, so that the network device can complete the parameter configuration of the private slice according to the parameter configuration information of the private slice.

In addition, the base station OMC205 is further configured to evaluate the traffic resource load of the network device 201 and determine the CoMP optimal cooperative cell in the neighboring cells.

The network device 201 in this embodiment of the present application is an entity on the network side for sending a signal, or receiving a signal, or sending a signal and receiving a signal. The network device 201 may be a device deployed in a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) to provide wireless communication functions for the terminal device 202, and may be, for example, a TRP, a base station (e.g., an evolved NodeB, eNB or eNodeB), a next generation base station node (next generation node base station, gNB), a next generation eNB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), etc.), various forms of control nodes (e.g., a network controller, a radio controller (e.g., a radio controller in a cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) scenario), a Road Side Unit (RSU), etc. Specifically, the network device 201 may be a macro base station, a micro base station (also referred to as a small station), a relay station, an Access Point (AP), or the like in various forms, or may be an antenna panel of the base station. The control node can be connected with a plurality of base stations and can configure resources for a plurality of terminal devices covered by the plurality of base stations. In systems employing different radio access technologies (radio access technology, RAT), the names of base station enabled devices may vary. For example, the LTE system may be referred to as an eNB or an eNodeB, the 5G system or an NR system may be referred to as a gNB, and specific names of network devices are not limited in this application.

The terminal device 202 is described in detail below.

The terminal device 202 is pre-configured with the proprietary slices and transmits traffic data with the network device configured with the proprietary slices.

The terminal device 202 in the embodiment of the present application may also be an entity on the user side for receiving signals, or transmitting signals, or receiving signals and transmitting signals. The terminal device 202 is used to provide one or more of voice services and data connectivity services to a user. Terminal device 202 can also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), terminal, access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or user equipment. The terminal device 202 may be a vehicle networking (vehicle to everything, V2X) device, such as a smart car (smart car or intelligent car), a digital car (digital car), an unmanned car (unmanned car or driverless car or pilot car or automatic), an automatic car (self-driving car or automatic car), a pure electric car (pure EV or Battery EV), a hybrid car (hybrid electric vehicle, HEV), an extended electric car (REEV), a plug-in hybrid car (plug-in HEV, PHEV), a new energy car (new energy vehicle), etc. The terminal device 202 may also be a device-to-device (D2D) device, such as an electricity meter, water meter, or the like.

The terminal device 202 may also be a Mobile Station (MS), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), an unmanned aerial vehicle, an internet of things (internet of things, ioT) device, a station in WLAN, a cellular phone (cell phone), a smart phone (smart phone), a cordless phone, a wireless data card, a tablet, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA) device, a laptop (captop computer), a machine type communication (machine type communication, MTC) terminal, a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device (which may also be referred to as a wearable smart device). The terminal device 202 may also be a terminal device in a next generation communication system, for example, a terminal device in a 5G system or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN, a terminal device in an NR system, etc.

The remaining components of the cell configuration system are described in detail below.

In a possible implementation, as shown in fig. 3, the cell configuration system further comprises a core network device 203 and a core network OMC204. The core network device 203 is communicatively linked to the network device 201, the core network OMC204 is communicatively linked to the base station OMC205, and the core network OMC204 is communicatively linked to the core network device 203.

It should be noted that, the core network device 203 opens a private slice, and configures and sends private slice subscription data for the target terminal, so that the 5G terminal completes the service using the private slice.

As shown in fig. 3, the core network OMC204 includes an alarm module and a configuration module.

The core network OMC204 completes the parameter configuration of the core network device 203 through the configuration module. For example, the configuration of the dedicated slice is issued to the core network device 203 such that the dedicated slice opening is completed when the core network device 203 is involved in the access and mobility management functions (access and mobility management function, AMF) and the session management functions (session management function, SMF). In addition, the core network OMC204 is further configured to store and update the slice mapping table.

When implemented in hardware, the various modules in the network device 201 may be integrated on a hardware structure of a cell configuration apparatus as shown in fig. 3. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the basic hardware structure of the cell configuration apparatus is described.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the cell configuration device comprises at least one processor 401, a communication line 402, and at least one communication interface 404, and may further comprise a memory 403. The processor 401, the memory 403, and the communication interface 404 may be connected by a communication line 402.

The processor 401 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), may be an integrated circuit (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), or may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present application, such as: one or more digital signal processors (digital signal processor, DSP), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (field programmable gate array, FPGA).

Communication line 402 may include a path for communicating information between the components described above.

The communication interface 404, for communicating with other devices or communication networks, may use any transceiver-like device, such as ethernet, radio access network (radio access network, RAN), wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc.

The memory 403 may be, but is not limited to, a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM), a compact disc (compact disc read-only memory) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to contain or store the desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

In a possible design, the memory 403 may exist separately from the processor 401, i.e. the memory 403 may be a memory external to the processor 401, where the memory 403 may be connected to the processor 401 by a communication line 402, for storing execution instructions or application program codes, and the execution is controlled by the processor 401, to implement a cell configuration method provided in the embodiments described below. In yet another possible design, the memory 403 may be integrated with the processor 401, i.e., the memory 403 may be an internal memory of the processor 401, e.g., the memory 403 may be a cache, and may be used to temporarily store some data and instruction information, etc.

As one possible implementation, processor 401 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU0 and CPU1 in fig. 4. As another possible implementation, the cell configuration apparatus may include a plurality of processors, such as the processor 401 and the processor 407 in fig. 4. As yet another possible implementation, the cell configuration apparatus may further include an output device 405 and an input device 406.

It should be noted that, the embodiments of the present application may refer to or refer to each other, for example, the same or similar steps, and the method embodiment, the system embodiment and the device embodiment may refer to each other, which is not limited.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a cell configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method may be applied to the cell configuration system shown in fig. 2. As shown in fig. 5, the method includes the following S501-S505.

S501, the target terminal sends measurement information to the network equipment through the service cell. Correspondingly, the network equipment receives the measurement information of the target terminal.

The target terminal is a terminal configured with a proprietary slice. The serving cell is a cell configured with proprietary slices. The measurement information is signal strengths of a plurality of neighboring cells of the serving cell. The measurement information is measured by the target terminal in the case that the signal quality of the serving cell is smaller than the first threshold.

In one example, the identification of the proprietary slice of the target terminal configuration may be: s-nssai=a. The identity of the proprietary slices of the serving cell configuration may be: s-nsai=a and S-nsai=x (X is one or more other IDs).

Additionally, the target terminal may configure the private slice to communicate when performing communication services such as enhanced mobile broadband (enhanced mobile broadband, eMBB) service and ultra-reliable low-latency communication (ultra reliable low latency communication, URLLC) service. The present application is not limited in this regard.

In one example, the measurement information may be reference signal received power (reference signal receiving power, RSRP) or LTE reference signal received quality (reference signal receiving quality, RSRQ) or signal to interference plus noise ratio (signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR).

S502, the network equipment determines target cooperative cells in a plurality of adjacent cells according to the measurement information.

Wherein the neighboring cell is a cell not configured with a proprietary slice.

In one example, the identity of the default slice of the neighbor cell configuration may be: s-nsai=b and S-nsai=x (X is one or more IDs, X does not contain a). The neighboring cell does not support the traffic of slice S-nsai=a.

In a possible implementation manner, the network device determines one or more cooperative cells in the multiple neighboring cells according to signal strengths and resource usage conditions of the neighboring cells.

Illustratively, the resource usage is taken as at least one of the utilization of physical resource blocks PRB and the number of radio resource control RRC connections. The network device determines, for neighboring cells having a signal strength greater than or equal to a third threshold, one or more cooperating cells according to at least one of signal strength, utilization of PRBs, and RRC connection number.

In an example, for a neighboring cell with a signal strength greater than or equal to the third threshold, when the remaining amount of the PRB utilization of the cell is 10%, the RRC connection number is 2000, and the RRC connection threshold is 2500, the target terminal determines that the resource of the cell is insufficient, and the condition as a cooperative cell is not satisfied.

In another example, for a neighboring cell with a signal strength greater than or equal to the third threshold, when the remaining amount of the PRB utilization of the cell is 50%, the RRC connection number is 1000, and the RRC connection threshold is 2500, the target terminal determines that the resource of the cell is sufficient, and satisfies the condition as a cooperative cell.

The remaining amount of the PRB utilization and the RRC connection threshold may be set according to the actual service, and this is not limited in this application.

Further, the network device uses the cooperative cell with the strongest signal strength of the one or more cooperative cells as a target cooperative cell.

In one example, the one or more cooperative cells are cooperative cell 1, cooperative cell 2 and cooperative cell 3, and the signal strength of cooperative cell 1 is-50 dBm, the signal strength of cooperative cell 2 is-60 dBm and the signal strength of cooperative cell 3 is-70 dBm. The signal strength of the cooperative cell 1 is strongest, and thus, the target terminal determines that the cooperative cell 1 is the target cooperative cell.

S503, the network equipment calculates the signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the service cell cooperatively transmit service data to the target terminal.

In one example, a network device simulates a target cooperating cell and a serving cell transmitting traffic data to a target terminal simultaneously. Then, the signal diversity gain in the process is expected.

It should be noted that diversity is to repeatedly transmit one data multiple times to ensure that the receiving end can correctly receive the data. The quality of the channel in transmitting traffic data can be measured by the hierarchical gain.

And S504, the network equipment sends first indication information to the target cooperative cell under the condition that the signal diversity gain is larger than or equal to a second threshold value. Accordingly, the target cooperative cell receives first indication information from the network device.

The first indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the exclusive slice of the target cooperative cell.

In one example, the first indication information includes configuration information of a proprietary slice.

In another example, the first indication information includes identification information of the exclusive slice.

Further, the network device sends the downlink pre-scheduling indication information to the serving cell and the target cooperative cell.

S505, the target cooperating cell configures a dedicated slice based on the first indication information.

In an example, if the first indication information includes configuration information of a proprietary slice, the target cooperative cell responds to the first indication information by configuring the identifier as follows: s-nssai=a proprietary slice.

In another example, if the first indication information includes identification information of a private slice, the target cooperative cell requests configuration information of the private slice from the network device according to the identification information of the private slice in response to the first indication information, so as to configure the private slice.

Based on the above technical solution, according to the cell configuration method provided by the present application, the network device receives measurement information of the target terminal, which is measured when the signal quality of the serving cell is smaller than the first threshold, and determines, according to the measurement information, a target coordinated cell among the multiple neighboring cells. Then, the network device predicts the signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the serving cell cooperatively transmit the service data to the target terminal, and indicates that the signal is good when the service data is transmitted under the condition that the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, so that first indication information can be sent to the target cooperative cell to indicate the target cooperative cell to perform configuration of special slices, and the subsequent network device is convenient to communicate with the target terminal. Compared with the prior art, when the terminal equipment is at the edge of the service cell, the communication cannot be carried out through the adjacent base station configured with the default slice, so that the service of the proprietary slice cannot be ensured, and the reliability is lower. According to the technical scheme, the special slice can be temporarily configured for the neighboring cell base station configured with the default slice, so that service transmission of the special slice is ensured.

As a possible embodiment of the present application, in connection with fig. 5, as shown in fig. 6, the procedure of generating measurement information by the target terminal may be implemented by the following S601-S602.

S601, the target terminal acquires measurement configuration information.

The measurement configuration information is used for describing the type of signal strength measured by the target terminal.

In one example, the type of signal quality in the measurement configuration information may be RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, or the like, which is not limited in this application.

S602, when the signal intensity of the serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value and the duration time is longer than a second preset time, the target terminal measures the signal intensity of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell based on measurement configuration information and generates measurement information.

When the signal strength of the serving cell is smaller than the first threshold, it is indicated that the communication quality between the terminal device and the serving cell is poor, and it is necessary to assist communication through other network devices.

In one example, if the measurement configuration information is RSRP, the terminal device measures RSRP of a plurality of neighboring cells of the serving cell, and uses the RSRP as the measurement information.

Based on the technical scheme, the target terminal acquires measurement configuration information, and measures the signal strength of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell based on the measurement configuration information and generates measurement information when the signal strength of the serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value and the duration is longer than a second preset duration. According to the technical scheme, when the communication quality between the terminal equipment and the service cell is poor, the measurement information of a plurality of adjacent cells of the service cell can be collected, and the target cooperative cell in the plurality of adjacent cells can be determined conveniently.

As a possible embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 7 in conjunction with fig. 5, after the configuration of the private slice is completed by the target cooperative cell, the process of sending service data to the target terminal by the network device may be implemented as follows S701-S703.

S701, the network equipment sends service data to the target terminal through the service cell.

In a possible implementation manner, after the service cell sends service data to the target cooperative cell and the target cooperative cell completes synchronizing the service data, the network device sends the service data to the target terminal through the service cell.

S702, the network equipment sends service data to the target terminal through the target cooperative cell.

Wherein, the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the service cell.

In a possible implementation manner, after the serving cell sends service data to the target cooperative cell and the target cooperative cell completes synchronizing the service data, the network device sends the service data to the target terminal through the target cooperative cell.

S703, the target terminal combines the service data of the service cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain the combined service data.

It can be understood that the target terminal combines the service data of the serving cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain the combined service data, so that the signal-to-noise ratio of the target terminal is enhanced, and the throughput rate of the target terminal is further improved.

Based on the technical scheme, the network equipment sends service data to the target terminal through the service cell. And the network equipment sends the service data to the target terminal through the target cooperative cell. And the target terminal combines the service data of the service cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain the combined service data. According to the technical scheme, the service data can be effectively sent to the target terminal through the combination of the service cell and the target cooperative cell, so that the transmission efficiency and quality of the service data are effectively improved.

It should be noted that coordinated multi-point (CoMP) is a core technology for alleviating inter-cell interference and improving the service quality of cell edge users. In downlink transmission, there are four implementation schemes: collaborative scheduling (coordinated scheduling, CS), joint transmission (joint transmission, JT), dynamic point selection (dynamic point selection, DPS), and collaborative beamforming (coordinated beamforming, CB).

Hereinafter, a joint transmission technique in coordinated multi-point transmission will be described.

Joint transmission techniques require multiple base stations to simultaneously transmit the same data to the same terminal device using the same sub-channel. Thus, the joint transmission technique requires base stations in the cooperating cells to share channel information of terminals that they provide a cooperation service and traffic data transmitted to the terminals.

As shown in fig. 8, when the joint transmission technique is not used, the base station 1 and the base station 2 transmit service data to the terminal 1 and the terminal 2, respectively, at the same time. But the signal transmitted by the base station 2 to the terminal 2 is an interfering signal for the terminal 1.

As shown in fig. 9, when the joint transmission technique is used, the base station 1 transmits service data required for the terminal 1 to the base station 2. After the base station 1 and the base station 2 synchronize the service data, the same service data is simultaneously transmitted to the terminal 1 by the base station 1 and the base station 2 using the same sub-channel.

It can be understood that after the service data is synchronized, the interference signals between the cells of each base station become useful signals, and are combined with the useful signals originally sent to the terminal, so that the signal-to-noise ratio of the terminal is enhanced, and the throughput rate of the terminal is further improved.

As a possible embodiment of the present application, in connection with fig. 5, as shown in fig. 10, the process of the network device indicating the configuration of the target cooperative cell deletion proprietary slice may be implemented by the following S1001.

S1001, the network device sends second indication information to the target cooperative cell when the signal diversity gain is smaller than a second threshold value and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is larger than or equal to a first threshold value and the duration is longer than a first preset duration.

The second indication information is used for indicating the configuration of deleting the exclusive slice of the target cooperative cell.

Under the condition that the signal diversity gain is smaller than the second threshold value, the quality of the channel is poor when the service data is transmitted, and the target cooperative cell needs to exit from the joint transmission. Under the condition that the signal strength of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and the duration is longer than a first preset duration, the serving cell can independently support sending of service data to the target terminal, and the target cooperative cell is not required to perform joint transmission scheduling.

In one example, the network device further sends an indication to the target cooperating cell to exit the joint transmission schedule if the signal diversity gain is less than a second threshold and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold and the duration is greater than a first preset duration.

Based on the above technical solution, when the signal diversity gain of the network device is smaller than the second threshold, and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold and the duration is longer than the first preset duration, the network device sends, to the target cooperative cell, indication information for indicating the target cooperative cell to delete the configuration of the private slice, and may close the use permission of the target cooperative cell for the private slice in time, so that the target cooperative cell may continue to transmit data of the terminal device corresponding to the default slice that is originally configured.

The embodiment of the present application may divide functional modules or functional units of the cell configuration apparatus according to the above method example, for example, each functional module or functional unit may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware, or in software functional modules or functional units. The division of the modules or units in the embodiments of the present application is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in practice.

As shown in fig. 11, a schematic structural diagram of a cell configuration apparatus 110 according to an embodiment of the present application is provided, where the apparatus includes: communication unit 1101 and processing unit 1102.

A communication unit 1101 for receiving measurement information of a target terminal; the measurement information is the signal strength of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell; the measurement information is measured by the target terminal under the condition that the signal quality of the serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value; the target terminal is a terminal configured with a special slice; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice; the adjacent cells are cells which are not configured with special slices; a processing unit 1102, configured to determine a target cooperative cell in a plurality of neighboring cells according to the measurement information; the processing unit is also used for calculating the signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the service cell cooperatively transmit service data to the target terminal; the processing unit 1102 is further configured to instruct the communication unit 1101 to send first instruction information to the target cooperative cell if the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to the second threshold; the first indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the exclusive slice of the target cooperative cell.

The processing unit 1102 is specifically configured to: determining one or more cooperative cells in a plurality of adjacent cells according to the signal intensity and the resource use condition of the adjacent cells; and taking the cooperative cell with the strongest signal strength in the one or more cooperative cells as a target cooperative cell.

The resource usage is at least one of a utilization rate of a physical resource block PRB and a number of radio resource control RRC connections, and the processing unit 1102 is specifically configured to: for neighboring cells having a signal strength greater than or equal to a third threshold, determining one or more cooperating cells according to at least one of signal strength, utilization of PRBs, and number of RRC connections.

The communication unit 1101 is further configured to: sending service data to a target terminal through a service cell; sending service data to a target terminal through a target cooperative cell; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the serving cell.

The processing unit 1102 is further configured to: in the case that the signal diversity gain is smaller than the second threshold value, and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and the duration is longer than the first preset duration, the communication unit 1101 is instructed to send second instruction information to the target cooperative cell; the second indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the target cooperative cell deletion exclusive slice.

In a possible implementation manner, the cell configuration apparatus 110 may further include a storage unit 1103 (shown in a dashed box in fig. 11), where the storage unit 1103 stores a program or an instruction, and when the processing unit 1102 executes the program or the instruction, the cell configuration apparatus 110 may perform the cell configuration method described in the foregoing method embodiment.

As shown in fig. 12, a schematic structural diagram of a cell configuration apparatus 120 according to an embodiment of the present application is provided, where the apparatus includes: the communication unit 1201 and the processing unit 1202.

A communication unit 1201 configured to acquire measurement configuration information; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice; the measurement configuration information is used for explaining the type of the signal strength measured by the target terminal; a processing unit 1202, configured to, when the signal strength of the serving cell is less than a first threshold and the duration is longer than a second preset duration, measure signal strengths of a plurality of neighboring cells of the serving cell based on measurement configuration information, and generate measurement information; the communication unit 1201 is further configured to send measurement information to the network device through the serving cell.

A communication unit 1201, configured to obtain service data and service data from a target cooperative cell, respectively; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the serving cell; the processing unit 1202 is further configured to combine the service data of the serving cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain combined service data.

In a possible implementation manner, the cell configuration apparatus 120 may further include a storage unit 1203 (shown in a dashed box in fig. 12), where the storage unit 1203 stores a program or an instruction, which when executed by the processing unit 1202, enables the cell configuration apparatus 120 to perform the cell configuration method described in the above method embodiment.

From the foregoing description of the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of functional modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional allocation may be implemented by different functional modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional modules to implement all or part of the functions described above. The specific working processes of the above-described systems, devices and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein.

The present embodiments provide a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the cell configuration method in the method embodiments described above.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium, in which instructions are stored, which when executed on a computer, cause the computer to execute the cell configuration method in the method flow shown in the method embodiment.

The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM), an erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), a register, a hard disk, an optical fiber, a portable compact disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing, or any other form of computer readable storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC). In the context of the present application, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Since the cell configuration apparatus, the computer readable storage medium, and the computer program product in the embodiments of the present application may be applied to the above-mentioned method, the technical effects that can be obtained by the method may also refer to the above-mentioned method embodiments, and the embodiments of the present application are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods 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 merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be through some interface, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, electrical, mechanical, or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown 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 may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

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

The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (16)

1. A method of cell configuration, applied to a network device, the method comprising:

receiving measurement information of a target terminal; the measurement information is the signal strength of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell; the measurement information is measured by the target terminal under the condition that the signal quality of a serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value; the target terminal is a terminal configured with a special slice; the service cell is a cell configured with the exclusive slice; the neighboring cell is a cell not configured with the exclusive slice;

determining a target cooperative cell in the plurality of adjacent cells according to the measurement information;

Calculating signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the service cell cooperatively transmit service data to the target terminal;

transmitting first indication information to the target cooperative cell under the condition that the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold value; the first indication information is used for indicating the target cooperative cell to perform configuration of the exclusive slice.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining a target cooperating cell of said plurality of neighboring cells based on said measurement information comprises:

determining one or more cooperative cells in the plurality of adjacent cells according to the signal intensity and the resource use condition of the adjacent cells;

and taking the cooperative cell with the strongest signal strength in the one or more cooperative cells as the target cooperative cell.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the resource usage is at least one of a utilization of physical resource blocks, PRBs, and a number of radio resource control, RRC, connections, and wherein the determining one or more cooperating cells of the plurality of neighbor cells based on the signal strength of the neighbor cells and the resource usage comprises:

And determining the one or more cooperative cells according to at least one of the signal strength, the utilization rate of the PRB and the RRC connection number for the adjacent cells with the signal strength greater than or equal to a third threshold.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting service data to the target terminal through the service cell;

transmitting the service data to the target terminal through the target cooperative cell; and the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the service cell.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting second indication information to the target cooperative cell when the signal diversity gain is smaller than the second threshold value and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is larger than or equal to the first threshold value and the duration is longer than a first preset duration; the second indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the target cooperative cell to delete a proprietary slice.

6. A cell configuration method, applied to a target terminal configured with a proprietary slice, the method comprising:

Acquiring measurement configuration information; the measurement configuration information is used for describing the type of the signal strength measured by the target terminal;

measuring signal strengths of a plurality of adjacent cells of the service cell based on the measurement configuration information under the condition that the signal strength of the service cell is smaller than a first threshold value and the duration time is longer than a second preset duration time, and generating measurement information; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice;

and sending the measurement information to network equipment through the service cell.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

respectively receiving service data from the service cell and service data from a target cooperative cell; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the service cell;

and combining the service data of the service cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain combined service data.

8. A cell configuration apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a communication unit and a processing unit;

the communication unit is used for receiving the measurement information of the target terminal; the measurement information is the signal strength of a plurality of adjacent cells of the serving cell; the measurement information is measured by the target terminal under the condition that the signal quality of a serving cell is smaller than a first threshold value; the target terminal is a terminal configured with a special slice; the service cell is a cell configured with the exclusive slice; the neighboring cell is a cell not configured with the exclusive slice;

The processing unit is used for determining a target cooperative cell in the plurality of adjacent cells according to the measurement information;

the processing unit is further configured to calculate a signal diversity gain when the target cooperative cell and the serving cell cooperatively transmit service data to the target terminal;

the processing unit is further configured to instruct the communication unit to send first instruction information to the target cooperative cell when the signal diversity gain is greater than or equal to a second threshold; the first indication information is used for indicating the target cooperative cell to perform configuration of the exclusive slice.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

determining one or more cooperative cells in the plurality of adjacent cells according to the signal intensity and the resource use condition of the adjacent cells;

and taking the cooperative cell with the strongest signal strength in the one or more cooperative cells as the target cooperative cell.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the resource usage is at least one of a utilization of physical resource blocks PRBs and a number of radio resource control RRC connections, and wherein the processing unit is configured to:

And determining the one or more cooperative cells according to at least one of the signal strength, the utilization rate of the PRB and the RRC connection number for the adjacent cells with the signal strength greater than or equal to a third threshold.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the communication unit is further configured to:

transmitting service data to the target terminal through the service cell;

transmitting the service data to the target terminal through the target cooperative cell; and the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the service cell.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

when the signal diversity gain is smaller than the second threshold value, and/or the signal strength of the serving cell is larger than or equal to the first threshold value and the duration is longer than a first preset duration, the communication unit is instructed to send second instruction information to the target cooperative cell; the second indication information is used for indicating the configuration of the target cooperative cell to delete a proprietary slice.

13. A cell configuration apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a communication unit and a processing unit;

The communication unit is used for acquiring measurement configuration information; the service cell is a cell configured with a proprietary slice; the measurement configuration information is used for describing the type of the signal strength measured by the target terminal;

the processing unit is configured to measure signal strengths of a plurality of neighboring cells of the serving cell based on the measurement configuration information and generate measurement information when the signal strength of the serving cell is less than a first threshold and the duration is longer than a second preset duration;

the communication unit is further configured to send the measurement information to a network device through the serving cell.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the device comprises a plurality of sensors,

the communication unit is further configured to receive service data from the serving cell and service data from a target cooperative cell, respectively; the service data of the target cooperative cell is the same as the service data of the service cell;

and the processing unit is further used for combining the service data of the service cell with the service data of the target cooperative cell to obtain combined service data.

15. A cell configuration apparatus, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface being coupled to the processor for running a computer program or instructions to implement the cell configuration method of any of claims 1-5 or claims 6-7.

16. A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a computer, perform the cell configuration method of any of claims 1-5 or claims 6-7.