CN112867029A

CN112867029A - Measurement configuration method and device

Info

Publication number: CN112867029A
Application number: CN201911195079.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王洲; 王键
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-28
Filing date: 2019-11-28
Publication date: 2021-05-28
Also published as: WO2021104038A1

Abstract

A measurement configuration method and device are provided, the method comprises: the network equipment determines that the communication device adopts a first measurement mode to execute measurement, and sends first information to the communication device, wherein the first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than the second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the second measurement mode. By adopting the method, the network equipment configures the communication device to execute the measurement by adopting the first measurement interval, so that the power consumption of the communication device can be saved.

Description

Measurement configuration method and device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a measurement configuration method and apparatus.

Background

In a mobile communication network, mobility management of a terminal device is an important issue. The terminal equipment reselects and switches among cells with different coverage areas, so that continuous service of a wireless network is obtained. According to the difference of Radio Resource Control (RRC) states between the terminal device and the network device, when the terminal device is in an IDLE (RRC _ IDLE) state or a deactivated (RRC _ INACTIVE) state, there is no RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device. When the signal quality of the cell where the terminal device resides is lower than a certain threshold, the terminal device measures the signal quality of the resident cell and the neighboring cell according to the same frequency, different frequency and/or different system neighboring cell information configured in the system message by the network device, and judges whether the signal quality of the neighboring cell meets the cell reselection condition. And if the signal quality of the adjacent cell meets the cell reselection condition, the terminal equipment resides in the adjacent cell. When the terminal device is in a CONNECTED (RRC _ CONNECTED) state, an RRC connection exists between the terminal device and the network device, and the network device configures the terminal device to perform measurement of neighboring cells of the same frequency, different frequency, and/or different systems through an RRC signaling. The terminal device reports the signal quality measurement results of the serving cell and the neighboring cell to the network device through RRC signaling, and the network device switches the terminal device to the cell with better signal quality according to the measurement result of the terminal device. Therefore, the cell reselection in the idle state and the deactivated state or the cell handover in the connected state is based on the signal quality measurement results of the terminal device on the serving cell and the neighboring cell. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a User Equipment (UE) moving among a cell 1, a cell 2 and a cell 3.

Power saving (power saving) is an important direction in the current New Radio (NR) standard research.

For a terminal device in an idle state or an INACTIVE (RRC _ INACTIVE) state, performing neighbor cell measurements periodically is a major power consumption overhead for the terminal device. Performing neighbor measurements periodically for a terminal device in a CONNECTED (RRC _ CONNECTED) state is also a major power consumption overhead for the terminal device.

Therefore, how to implement a relaxation measurement (measurement relay) for the neighbor measurement to achieve the effect of saving the power consumption of the terminal device becomes a new research direction.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a measurement configuration method and a measurement configuration device, which are used for realizing relaxation measurement aiming at neighbor cell measurement and achieving the effect of saving power consumption of terminal equipment.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a measurement configuration method, including: the method comprises the steps that network equipment determines that a communication device performs measurement in a first measurement mode, and sends first information to the communication device, wherein the first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the second measurement mode.

By adopting the method, the network equipment configures the communication device to execute measurement by adopting the first measurement interval, so that the measurement interval can be prolonged, and the power consumption of the communication device can be saved.

In one possible design, the first measurement interval is M times the second measurement interval, M being a positive integer greater than 1.

By adopting the design, the measurement interval can be prolonged.

In a possible design, if the communication device does not support the measurement-free window measurement mode, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is M times of the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement mode, and/or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is M times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement mode.

By adopting the design, aiming at the communication device which does not support the measurement window-free measurement mode, the measurement interval can be prolonged by prolonging the measurement window and/or the SSB period.

In a possible design, if the communication device supports a measurement-window-free measurement method and/or the communication device is not configured with a measurement window, the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement method is M times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement method.

By adopting the design, aiming at the communication device supporting a measurement window-free measurement mode or not configuring a measurement window, the measurement interval can be prolonged by prolonging the SSB period.

In one possible design, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is a maximum measurement window period, and/or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is a maximum SSB period.

With the above design, the measurement interval can be extended by adjusting the measurement window to the maximum measurement window period and/or the SSB period to the maximum SSB period.

In a possible design, if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the network device sends second information to the communication apparatus, where the second information indicates an invalid SSB in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode; if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is smaller than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the network device sends second information to the communication apparatus, where the second information indicates an invalid measurement window in the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode.

With the above design, invalid measurement of the communication device can be avoided.

In one possible design, if the network device determines that the communication apparatus satisfies the following first type of indicator, the network device determines that the communication apparatus performs measurement in the first measurement mode; the first type index includes that the communication device is located in a center area of a cell, the moving speed of the communication device is smaller than a first preset speed, the transmission priority of the communication device is lower than the first preset transmission priority, the communication device measures frequency points included in a high-frequency band, and the communication device measures at least one of an inter-frequency service cell, an intra-frequency adjacent cell measured by the communication device, and an inter-frequency adjacent cell measured by the communication device.

With the above design, the network device may determine, through a combination of one or more first type indicators, that the communication apparatus performs the measurement in the first measurement mode.

In one possible design, if the network device determines that the communication apparatus satisfies the following second type of indicator, the network device determines that the communication apparatus performs measurement in the second measurement mode; the second type index comprises that the communication device is located in the edge area of the cell, the moving speed of the communication device is higher than a second preset speed, the transmission priority of the communication device is higher than the second preset transmission priority, the communication device measures at least one of the frequency points included in the low-frequency band and the same-frequency service cell.

With the above design, the network device may determine, through a combination of one or more second type indicators, that the communication apparatus performs the measurement in the second measurement mode.

In one possible design, the network device sends third information to the communication apparatus, the third information indicating that the communication apparatus suspends the measurement; the network device sends fourth information to the communication apparatus, the fourth information instructing the communication apparatus to resume the measurement.

With the above-described design, the network device may control timing at which the communication apparatus performs measurement, and when it is determined that the communication apparatus does not need to perform measurement, transmit third information indicating that the communication apparatus suspends the measurement, so as to achieve power consumption saving of the communication apparatus.

In one possible design, the network device sends fifth information to the communication apparatus, the fifth information indicating a first duration for instructing the communication apparatus to suspend the measurement and resume the measurement after the first duration.

With the above design, the network device can configure the communication apparatus via a timer to perform no measurement within the time counted by the timer, so as to save the power consumption of the communication apparatus.

In a possible design, if the communication apparatus is in an idle state or an inactive state, the fifth information is carried by a paging message; and if the communication device is in a connected state, the fifth information is carried by an RRC configuration message.

In one possible design, the measurement includes at least one of an intra-frequency serving cell measurement, an inter-frequency serving cell measurement, an intra-frequency neighbor measurement, or an inter-frequency neighbor measurement.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a measurement configuration method, including: a communication device receives first information from a network device, the communication device performing measurements based on the first information. The first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for a second measurement mode;

By adopting the design, the measurement interval can be prolonged.

In a possible design, if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the communication device receives second information from the network device, where the second information indicates an invalid SSB in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode; if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is smaller than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the communication device receives second information from the network device, where the second information indicates an invalid measurement window in the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode.

In one possible design, the communication device receives third information from the network apparatus, the third information indicating that the communication device suspends the measurement; the communication device receives fourth information from the network equipment, the fourth information instructing the communication device to resume the measurement.

In one possible design, further comprising: the communication device receives fifth information from the network equipment, the fifth information indicating a first duration, the first duration being used to indicate the communication device to suspend the measurement, and resume the measurement after the first duration.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a measurement configuration apparatus, which may be a network device, and includes: a processing unit for determining that the communication device performs the measurement in the first measurement mode; a transmission unit configured to transmit first information to the communication apparatus; the first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the second measurement mode.

In a possible design, if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the sending unit is further configured to send second information to the communication device, where the second information indicates an invalid SSB in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode; if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is smaller than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the sending unit is further configured to send second information to the communication device, where the second information indicates an invalid measurement window in the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode.

In one possible design, the processing unit is configured to determine that the communication apparatus meets a first type of indicator, and the network device determines that the communication apparatus performs measurement in the first measurement mode; the first type index includes that the communication device is located in a center area of a cell, the moving speed of the communication device is smaller than a first preset speed, the transmission priority of the communication device is lower than the first preset transmission priority, the communication device measures frequency points included in a high-frequency band, and the communication device measures at least one of an inter-frequency service cell, an intra-frequency adjacent cell measured by the communication device, and an inter-frequency adjacent cell measured by the communication device.

In a possible design, the processing unit is configured to determine that the communication apparatus meets a second type of index, and the network device determines that the communication apparatus performs measurement in the second measurement manner; the second type index comprises that the communication device is located in the edge area of the cell, the moving speed of the communication device is higher than a second preset speed, the transmission priority of the communication device is higher than the second preset transmission priority, the communication device measures at least one of the frequency points included in the low-frequency band and the same-frequency service cell.

In one possible design, the sending unit is configured to send third information to the communication apparatus, where the third information instructs the communication apparatus to suspend the measurement; sending fourth information to the communication device, the fourth information instructing the communication device to resume the measurement.

In one possible design, the sending unit is configured to send fifth information to the communication apparatus, where the fifth information indicates a first duration, and the first duration is used to instruct the communication apparatus to suspend the measurement and resume the measurement after the first duration.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a communication device, which may be a communication device, the device being an electronic device or a chip in a terminal equipment. The device includes: the receiving and sending unit is used for receiving first information from the network equipment; the processing unit calls the transceiving unit to execute: performing a measurement based on the first information. The first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for a second measurement mode;

In a possible design, if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the transceiver unit is configured to receive second information from the network device, where the second information indicates an invalid SSB in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode; if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is smaller than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the transceiver unit is configured to receive second information from the network device, where the second information indicates an invalid measurement window in the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode.

In one possible design, the transceiver unit is configured to receive third information from the network device, where the third information instructs the communication apparatus to suspend the measurement; receiving fourth information from the network device, the fourth information instructing the communication apparatus to resume the measurement.

In one possible design, further comprising: the transceiver unit is configured to receive fifth information from the network device, where the fifth information indicates a first duration, and the first duration is used to indicate the communication device to suspend the measurement, and resume the measurement after the first duration.

Any one of the above-mentioned third aspect and the third aspect may refer to the technical effects of any one of the corresponding first aspect and the first aspect. Similarly, any possible design of the fourth aspect and the fourth aspect may refer to the technical effects of any possible design of the second aspect and the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a chip, where the chip may be a chip in a terminal device. The chip may include a processor, input/output interfaces, pins or circuits, etc.; the processor executes instructions stored by the memory unit to cause the chip to perform the method of the first aspect or any one of the possible designs of the first aspect, or the second aspect or any one of the possible designs of the second aspect. The storage unit is used for storing instructions, and the storage unit may be a storage unit (e.g., a register, a cache, etc.) inside the chip, or a storage unit (e.g., a read-only memory, a random access memory, etc.) inside the terminal device and outside the chip.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer program causes the computer to execute the methods of the first aspect to the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product including a program, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the methods of the first aspect to the second aspect.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the movement of a UE between multiple cells according to the present application;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a communication system architecture according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating RRC state transition of a UE according to the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a measurement window configuration of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the position relationship between the SSB and the measurement window in the present application;

fig. 6 is a table showing that a network device determines whether to configure a measurement window according to the capability reported by a terminal device in the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of adding an SCG by a network device based on the capability reported by a terminal device in the present application;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an overview of a measurement configuration method of the present application;

fig. 9 is one of schematic diagrams of a first measurement interval corresponding to a first measurement mode and a second measurement interval corresponding to a second measurement mode in the present application;

fig. 10 is a second schematic diagram of a first measurement interval corresponding to a first measurement method and a second measurement interval corresponding to a second measurement method in the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic illustration of a first measurement interval in the present application;

FIG. 12 is a second flowchart of an overview of a measurement configuration method of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a third flowchart of an overview of a measurement configuration method of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic illustration of a first time period in the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus according to the present application;

fig. 16 is a second schematic structural diagram of an apparatus according to the present application.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The network element involved in the embodiment of the present application includes a network device and a terminal device, as shown in fig. 2.

The network device is an entity, such as a new generation base station (gbnodeb), in the network side for transmitting or receiving signals. The network device may be a device for communicating with the mobile device. The network device may be an AP in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a base station (NodeB, NB) in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved Node B (eNB, or eNodeB) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE), or a relay station or Access point or Access backhaul Integration (IAB), or a network device in a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device in a future 5G network or a network device in a future evolved public mobile network (PLMN ) network or a network NR in a network system. In addition, in the embodiment of the present application, the network device provides a service for a cell, and the terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (for example, a frequency domain resource, or a spectrum resource) used by the cell. The network device in the embodiment of the present application may refer to a Central Unit (CU) or a Distributed Unit (DU), or the network device may also be composed of a CU and a DU. The CU and the DU may be physically separated or disposed together, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the application. One CU can be connected to one DU, or a plurality of DUs can share one CU, which can save cost and facilitate network expansion. The CU and the DU may be divided according to a protocol stack, where one possible manner is to deploy an RRC, a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) layer, and a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer in the CU, and deploy the remaining Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and a physical layer in the DU. The protocol stack segmentation mode is not limited in the invention, and other segmentation modes can be provided. The CU and DU are connected via an F1 interface. The CU represents the gbb connected to the core network via the Ng interface. The network device in the embodiment of the present application may refer to a centralized unit control plane (CU-CP) node or a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP) node, or the network device may also be a CU-CP and a CU-UP. Wherein the CU-CP is responsible for control plane functions, mainly comprising RRC and PDCP-C. The PDCP-C is mainly responsible for encryption and decryption of control plane data, integrity protection, data transmission and the like. The CU-UP is responsible for user plane functions, including mainly SDAP and PDCP-U. Wherein the SDAP is mainly responsible for processing data of a core network and mapping flow to a bearer. The PDCP-U is mainly responsible for encryption and decryption of a data plane, integrity protection, header compression, serial number maintenance, data transmission and the like. Wherein the CU-CP and CU-UP are connected via the E1 interface. The CU-CP represents the connection of the gNB to the core network via the Ng interface. Via F1-C (control plane) and DU connection. CU-UP is connected with DU via F1-U (user plane). Of course, there is also a possible implementation where PDCP-C is also in CU-UP. The access network device mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a device including a CU, or a DU, or a device including a CU and a DU, or a device including a control plane CU node (CU-CP node) and a user plane CU node (CU-UP node) and a DU node. Furthermore, the network device may be other means for providing wireless communication functionality for the terminal device, where possible. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technologies and the specific device forms used by the network devices. For convenience of description, in the embodiments of the present application, an apparatus for providing a wireless communication function for a terminal device is referred to as a network device.

The terminal device may be a wireless terminal device capable of receiving network device scheduling and indication information, and the wireless terminal device may be a device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user, or a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. Wireless terminal devices, which may be mobile terminal devices such as mobile telephones (or "cellular" telephones), computers, and data cards, such as portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices, may communicate with one or more core networks or the internet via a radio access network (e.g., a RAN). For example, devices such as Personal Communication Services (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), tablet computers (pads), and computers with wireless transceiving functions. A wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber station (subscriber station), a mobile station (mobile station), a Mobile Station (MS), a remote station (remote station), an Access Point (AP), a remote terminal device (remote terminal), an access terminal device (access terminal), a user terminal device (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), a Subscriber Station (SS), a user terminal device (CPE), a terminal (terminal), a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Terminal (MT), etc. The wireless terminal device may also be a wearable device as well as a next generation communication system, e.g. a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN network, a terminal device in a New Radio (NR) communication system, etc.

In addition, the embodiment of the application can also be applied to other communication technologies facing the future. The network architecture and the service scenario described in this application are for more clearly illustrating the technical solution of this application, and do not constitute a limitation to the technical solution provided in this application, and it can be known by those skilled in the art that the technical solution provided in this application is also applicable to similar technical problems along with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios.

It should be understood that the communication device in the present application may be a terminal device, or an electronic device or chip in the terminal device. The following description will be given by taking only a communication apparatus as a terminal device.

In the 5G system, the RRC states of the UE include a connected state, a deactivated state, an idle state, and transitions between the three states are shown in fig. 3. Compared with the 4G LTE which only has two RRC states, namely RRC _ IDLE and RRC _ CONNECTED, the New Radio (NR) of 5G introduces a new state RRC INACTIVE to meet the requirement of low latency and low power consumption. Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of RRC state and transition of a UE, where the UE is in an idle state, can establish RRC connection, transition to a connected state, and rollback to the idle state by releasing the RRC connection. When the UE in the connected state is in the low-demand state, the RRC connection can be delayed to be released to be switched to the deactivated state, and the UE can be rolled back to the idle state by releasing the RRC connection.

For the connected pilot frequency and/or inter-system neighbor cell measurement, the terminal device may use a measurement-free window (GAP) measurement mode and a measurement window measurement mode to measure the pilot frequency and/or inter-system neighbor cell according to the capability of the terminal device. The measurement window may also be referred to as a measurement interval. According to the capability of the terminal equipment, the terminal equipment can adopt a measurement window-free measurement mode or a measurement window measurement mode to measure the pilot frequency or the inter-system adjacent region. If the terminal equipment is provided with a plurality of sets of radio frequency channels and can support receiving and sending signals on the service cell and receiving signals on the pilot frequency or the inter-system adjacent cell simultaneously, the terminal equipment supports a measurement window-free measurement mode to measure signals of the pilot frequency or the inter-system adjacent cell; otherwise, the terminal device needs to measure the signal of the different frequency or the different system neighboring cell by adopting a measurement window measurement mode. And the terminal equipment stops receiving and transmitting signals on the serving cell in the measurement window, adjusts the radio frequency path to the pilot frequency or the inter-system frequency point, and receives signals of the pilot frequency or the inter-system adjacent cell. The network device semi-statically configures the measurement window through RRC signaling. Once configured by RRC signaling, the measurement window periodically appears at a fixed offset position until configured again by RRC signaling.

The NR protocol requires that, for LTE and NR belonging to the same frequency band (FR), when LTE measures NR, and dual connectivity (EN-DC) between a 4G radio access network and a 5G NR measures LTE pilot frequency and EN-DC measures NR pilot frequency, an independent networking (SA) measures NR pilot frequency, and SA measures LTE inter-system, a measurement window needs to be configured to assist in measurement. Under the same FR, all frequency points of the NR measurement GAP are uniformly configured. Under the condition that the independent configuration of the measurement windows in FR1 and FR2 is not supported, the UE-level uniform measurement window needs to be configured during measurement; in the case of supporting independent configuration of the measurement windows of FR1 and FR2, one measurement window is independently configured for all frequency bands of FR1 or all frequency bands of FR2, respectively. Specifically, the following table 1 may be mentioned.

TABLE 1

FR1 includes a plurality of frequency bands (bands), each of which includes a plurality of frequency points. FR2 also includes a plurality of frequency bands, each of which includes a plurality of frequency bins, as shown in table 2.

TABLE 2

The schematic diagram of the configuration parameters of the measurement window is shown in fig. 4, and mainly consists of 3 parameters: a measurement window period is configured by a measurement slot repetition period (MGRP); measuring the length of a time slot length (MGL) configuration measurement window; the measurement offset (gapOffset) configures the start position of the measurement window. The unit is ms. The gapOffset should be in the range of 0 to MGRP-1. From these 3 parameters, it can be determined that the measurement window starts on the System Frame Number (SFN) and subframe (subframe) that satisfy the following condition:

SFN mod T＝FLOOR(gapOffset/10)；

subframe＝gapOffset mod 10；

T＝MGRP/10；

the above SFN and subframe are SFN and subframe of a primary cell (PCell). MGL is maximum 6 ms. In addition, the configuration parameters of the measurement window may further include a measurement window timing advance (MGTA). If the UE configures the parameter, the UE starts measurement earlier than the sub-frame of the measurement window by MGTA ms.

For the pilot frequency and/or inter-system neighbor cell measurement in the idle state or the deactivated state, the terminal device does not need to transmit and receive data on the resident cell, so that the measurement window does not need to be configured.

The measurement of the NR neighbor may be based on a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), but due to the particularity of the SSB signal design, if a measurement window measurement mode is adopted to perform connected-state pilot frequency or inter-system neighbor measurement, the network device needs to configure a transmission time period of the measurement window including the SSB of the neighbor. The SSBs of the NR cells are transmitted in a period, which may be 5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 40ms, 80ms, or 160 ms. Multiple SSBs may be sent in one cycle, but all SSBs are sent collectively in 15 ms, forming one SSB set (SSB burst). For example: if the SSB period is 20ms, there are 4 5ms in one period, and all SSBs are concentrated in 1 of the 5ms for transmission, and no SSB is transmitted in the other 3 5 ms. Therefore, when the network device configures the measurement window, the measurement window needs to include the sending time period of the SSB of the neighboring cell, as shown in fig. 5, otherwise, the terminal device cannot receive the SSB of the NR neighboring cell in the measurement window, so that the neighboring cell cannot be detected.

In addition, the time domain position of the measurement window refers to the timing of the PCell, while the time domain position of the SSB is sent at the timing of the NR neighbor cell, and in order to configure the correct measurement window position, the network device needs to know the timing offset between the PCell and the NR neighbor cell, thereby determining the SFN and the subframe number of the SSB of the NR neighbor cell corresponding to the SFN and the subframe number of the PCell. The timing deviation between the PCell and the NR neighbor cell can be obtained by measuring a system frame number and a frame timing deviation (SFTD) of the terminal device.

The SFTD measurement includes deviation of SFN and timing deviation of frame boundary. In the current protocol, SFTD measurements are supported between LTE PCell and NR PSCell under EN-DC, between NR PCell and LTE PSCell under dual connectivity (NE-DC) of 5G NR and 4G radio access network, between NR PCell and NR PSCell under NR-DC (NR-dual connectivity, NR-DC) of 5G NR and 5G NR, and between LTE PCell and NR neighbor under non-Dual Connectivity (DC).

During the SFTD measurement, the terminal device needs to receive a signal of another measured cell except the PCell to acquire timing information of the cell. Under the DC, the terminal equipment can support simultaneous work on the PCell and the PSCell, and the timing information of the PCell and the PSCell at any time is known, so that the SFTD measurement has no difficulty; in the SFTD measurement between the LTE PCell and the NR neighbor under non-DC, if the radio frequency path of the terminal device does not support receiving and transmitting signals on the PCell while receiving signals on the NR neighbor, the SFTD measurement has certain difficulty, and the current protocol supports the following two ways: SFTD measurement of gap and SFTD measurement of a Connected Discontinuous Reception (CDRX) inactive period are required.

And the UE firstly detects the synchronous signals of other cells in the measurement window, synchronizes the synchronous signals of other cells with other cells, and then performs related measurement on the reference signals sent by other cells, thereby completing the measurement of other cells. Interrupting the reception and transmission of the original service area data within the measurement window has a large impact on throughput.

At present, an LTE terminal device can support Carrier Aggregation (CA) combinations of many different frequency bands, has multiple reception paths, and has the capability of directly measuring an inter-frequency/inter-system without configuring a measurement window. Therefore, data transmission of the original service cell is not interrupted, and the service of the original service cell of the terminal equipment is not influenced.

However, LTE supports a large number of combinations of frequency bands and CAs, and a large number of different frequency/different system frequency bands to be measured, and based on cost considerations, a terminal device can only support a limited number of frequency band combinations, but cannot support different frequency/different system measurements requiring measurement windows under all frequency band combinations.

In the LTE, the current protocol specifies that the terminal device reports which measurement frequency band combinations need the measurement window through the cell in the capability message, and which measurement frequency band combinations do not need the measurement window. Specifically, the band (band) of the serving cell is indicated by a LTE supported band list (supported single band) or an LTE supported band combination list (supported band combination). The target measurement pilot frequency band is indicated by a pilot frequency band list (interfreqBandList), and the target measurement pilot system band is indicated by a pilot system band list (InterRAT-BandList). The combination of the serving cell frequency band and the CA is indicated by 1 bit False or True, and whether the pilot frequency band needs a measurement window is measured, where True is needed and False is not needed, as shown in the table shown in fig. 6, and the network device determines whether to configure the measurement window during measurement according to the capability reported by the terminal device.

The terminal equipment has a large number of bits for reporting the capability message, a large amount of information, and is difficult to report and easy to fail. Assuming that N is the number of frequency segments supported by the terminal, M is the number of frequency segments of the different systems supported, and L is the number of LTE CA combinations supported, the number of information bits to be reported is (N + L) × (N + M). For example, the UE can support 500 CA combinations, 20 inter-frequency Band measurements, and 10 inter-system measurements, and the bit number of the message to be reported is 15,600 bits, which results in a large message amount, which is prone to errors and difficult to report.

The current report capability message does not support the measurement window capability report of 5G NR. The 5G NR supports more frequency bands, supports EN-DC or the combination of the 5G NR and the double connection (NE-DC) of the 4G radio access network, NR CA and other more frequency bands. The NR different-frequency and LTE different systems need to be measured, and a 23G different system also needs to be measured under a non-independent Network (NSA), and there are more different-frequency and different systems that need to be measured, and it is more difficult for the UE to support the capability of measuring the different-frequency and different systems without configuring a measurement window under all frequency band combinations, and whether the measurement window needs to be configured or not needs to be reported by similar LTE frequency division bands. The measurement window of the 5G NR allocation measurement also has a great influence on the throughput of LTE and NR under NSA/SA. The NR also needs to be reported whether each measurement frequency band combination needs a measurement window for measurement.

Among the EN _ DC combinations reported by the network device, some of them are strong CA capability and strong multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capability. Such a combination should be preferentially selected for Secondary Cell Group (SCG) addition, as shown in fig. 7. Otherwise, the network device needs to be forced to fall back CA capability and MIMO capability when adding SCG fails.

How to implement relaxation measurement to save power consumption of the terminal device is described below with reference to specific embodiments.

It should be understood that the measurement referred to in this application includes at least one of an intra-frequency serving cell measurement, an inter-frequency serving cell measurement, an intra-frequency neighbor measurement, or an inter-frequency neighbor measurement.

Example 1: the embodiment of the application provides a measurement configuration method, which is used for realizing relaxation measurement and saving power consumption of terminal equipment. As shown in fig. 8, the method includes:

step 800: the network equipment determines that the terminal equipment adopts the first measurement mode to execute measurement.

In one possible design, if the network device determines that the terminal device meets the following first type of indicator, the network device determines that the terminal device performs measurement in a first measurement mode:

the first type index comprises at least one of the terminal equipment located in the central area of the cell, the moving speed of the terminal equipment is lower than a first preset speed, the transmission priority of the terminal equipment is lower than the first preset transmission priority, the frequency points included in the high-frequency band measured by the terminal equipment, the pilot frequency serving cell measured by the terminal equipment, the same-frequency adjacent cell measured by the terminal equipment and the pilot frequency adjacent cell measured by the terminal equipment.

In one possible design, if the network device determines that the terminal device meets the following second type of index, the network device determines that the terminal device performs measurement in a second measurement mode;

the second type index comprises at least one of the terminal equipment located in the edge area of the cell, the moving speed of the terminal equipment is higher than a second preset speed, the transmission priority of the terminal equipment is higher than the second preset transmission priority, the frequency point included in the low-frequency band measured by the terminal equipment and the same-frequency service cell measured by the terminal equipment.

The transmission priority refers to a transmission rank (priority) of a resource specified by the RRC layer, where the resource includes at least one of a frequency point of a serving cell, a frequency point of a neighboring cell, a time-frequency resource location allocated to the UE, or a transmission data block. The network device preferentially guarantees transmission of resources with high transmission priority.

Illustratively, the high frequency band may be FR2, and the low frequency band may be FR 1.

It should be understood that the first type of indicator and the second type of indicator are only examples and are not intended to limit the present application. The first preset speed, the second preset speed, the first preset transmission priority and the second preset transmission priority may be defined by a standard, or configured by the network device for the terminal device.

Illustratively, the first measurement mode may be a relaxed measurement mode, and the second measurement mode is a normal measurement mode, where the terminal device performs measurement in the relaxed measurement mode with more power consumption than the terminal device performs measurement in the normal measurement mode. Or, the first measurement mode is a first relaxation measurement mode, and the second measurement mode is a second relaxation measurement mode, where more power consumption can be saved when the terminal device performs measurement in the first relaxation measurement mode than when the terminal device performs measurement in the second relaxation measurement mode.

For example, a terminal device located in the center area of the cell performs measurement in the first measurement mode, and a terminal device located in the edge area of the cell performs measurement in the second measurement mode. For another example, the terminal device with the slower moving speed performs measurement in the first measurement mode, and the terminal device with the faster moving speed performs measurement in the second measurement mode. For another example, the terminal device with lower transmission priority performs measurement by using the first measurement method, and the terminal device with higher transmission priority performs measurement by using the second measurement method. For another example, the terminal device adopts the first measurement mode when measuring the frequency points included in the high frequency band, and the terminal device adopts the second measurement mode when measuring the frequency points included in the low frequency band. For another example, the terminal device adopts the first measurement mode when performing inter-frequency serving cell measurement, and/or intra-frequency neighbor cell measurement, and/or inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement, and the terminal device adopts the second measurement mode when performing intra-frequency serving cell measurement.

Step 810: the network equipment sends first information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than the second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the second measurement mode. Accordingly, the terminal device receives the first information.

Therefore, the network device configures the terminal device to perform measurement by adopting the first measurement interval, so that the measurement interval used by the terminal device performing measurement by adopting the first measurement mode can be prolonged to be larger than the measurement interval used by the terminal device performing measurement by adopting the second measurement mode, and the power consumption of the terminal device can be saved.

In one possible design, the first information may be carried by an RRC message, Downlink Control Information (DCI), or a media access control control element (MAC CE).

Wherein, the first measurement interval may include, but is not limited to, the following possible forms:

a first possible form: the first measurement interval is M times the second measurement interval, M being a positive integer greater than 1.

In an example, if the terminal device does not support the measurement-window-free measurement method, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement method is M times of the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement method, and/or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement method is M times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement method.

As shown in fig. 9, the second measurement interval is 20ms, the first measurement interval is 40ms, and the first measurement interval is 2 times the second measurement interval. Specifically, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is 2 times of the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement mode, and the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is 2 times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement mode; or the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is 2 times of the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement mode, and the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is the same as the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement mode; or the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is the same as the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement mode, and the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is 2 times the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement mode. Therefore, the measurement interval depends on the larger one of the measurement window period and the SSB period.

It should be understood that, if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is different from the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is an integer multiple of the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is an integer multiple of the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode. For example, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement method is K1 times of the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement method, the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement method is K2 times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement method, where K1 is not equal to K2, K1 ═ K3 × K2, and K1, K2, and K3 are positive integers.

Further, if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the network device sends second information to the terminal device, where the second information indicates an invalid SSB in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode; and if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is smaller than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the network equipment sends second information to the terminal equipment, and the second information indicates invalid measurement windows in the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode.

For example, if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is 40ms, and the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is 20ms, the network device sends second information to the terminal device, where the second information indicates invalid SSBs in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode, that is, every other SSB has an invalid SSB.

Through the design, when the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is different from the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, invalid measurement can be avoided.

In another example, if the terminal device supports the measurement-free window measurement method and/or the terminal device is not configured with the measurement window, the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement method is M times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement method.

As shown in fig. 10, the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement method is 20m, and the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement method is 2 times, i.e., 40ms, of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement method.

For example, if the terminal device supports the measurement window-free measurement mode, the measurement interval is an SSB period, and the network device can save the power consumption of the terminal device by extending the SSB period.

For another example, if the terminal device is in an idle state or a deactivated state, the network device may not configure a measurement window for the terminal device, at this time, the measurement interval is an SSB period, and the network device may save power consumption of the terminal device by extending the SSB period.

By adopting the design, aiming at the terminal equipment which does not support the measurement window-free measurement mode, the measurement interval can be prolonged by prolonging the measurement window and/or the SSB period.

A second possible design: the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is the maximum measurement window period, and/or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is the maximum SSB period.

The maximum period of the SSB supported by the current standard is 160ms, and the maximum period of the measurement window is 40 ms. When the terminal device adopts the first measurement mode, the terminal device may directly adjust the two to the value of the maximum period, as shown in fig. 11. At this time, the network device sends second information to the terminal device, where the second information indicates an invalid measurement window in an SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, that is, there is one valid SSB every three invalid SSBs.

By adopting the design, aiming at the terminal equipment supporting a measurement window-free measurement mode or not configured with a measurement window, the measurement interval can be prolonged by prolonging the SSB period.

A third possible design: the network device may configure a value of the first measurement interval such that the first measurement interval is greater than the second measurement interval. For example, the measurement window or SSB period is configured to be 320ms, 640ms, etc.

Step 820: the terminal device performs measurement based on the first information.

In addition, in one possible design, the network device sends third information to the terminal device, the third information instructing the terminal device to suspend measurement, and when the network device determines that the terminal device needs to resume measurement, the network device sends fourth information to the terminal device, the fourth information instructing the terminal device to resume measurement. By adopting the design, the network equipment can control the timing of executing the measurement by the terminal equipment, and when the terminal equipment is determined not to need to execute the measurement, the third information is sent, so that the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved.

In another possible design, the network device sends fifth information to the terminal device, where the fifth information indicates a first duration, and the first duration is used to indicate that the terminal device suspends the measurement, and resumes the measurement after the first duration. With the design, the network device can configure the terminal device through one timer to not perform measurement during the timing period of the timer, so as to save the power consumption of the terminal device.

Further, if the terminal device is in an idle state or an inactive state, the fifth information may be carried by the paging message.

Example 2: the embodiment of the application provides a measurement configuration method, which is used for realizing relaxation measurement and saving power consumption of terminal equipment. As shown in fig. 12, the method includes:

step 1200: and the network equipment sends third information to the terminal equipment, and the third information indicates the terminal equipment to suspend measurement.

Step 1210: and the network equipment sends fourth information to the terminal equipment, and the fourth information indicates the terminal equipment to recover the measurement.

By adopting the method, the network equipment can control the opportunity of the terminal equipment for executing the measurement, and when the terminal equipment is determined not to need to execute the measurement, the third information is sent, so that the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved.

Example 3: the embodiment of the application provides a measurement configuration method, which is used for realizing relaxation measurement and achieving the effect of saving the power consumption of terminal equipment. As shown in fig. 13, the method includes:

step 1300: the network equipment determines that the terminal equipment adopts the first measurement mode to execute measurement.

Specifically, reference may be made to the content of step 800, and repeated details are not repeated.

Step 1310: and the network equipment sends fifth information to the terminal equipment, wherein the fifth information indicates a first time length, the first time length is used for indicating the terminal equipment to suspend measurement, and the measurement is resumed after the first time length.

In one possible design, the fifth message is carried by the paging message if the terminal device is in an idle state or an inactive state.

If the terminal device is in the connected state, the fifth information is carried by an RRC configuration message, where the RRC configuration message may be a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) instruction, an add SCG, a Secondary Carrier Component (SCC), and the like.

For example, as shown in fig. 14, before the terminal device receives the fifth information from the network device, the measurement interval is 20ms, after the terminal device receives the fifth information, the terminal device starts a timer, the measurement is not performed during the timer, and when the timer reaches the first time length, the terminal device resumes the measurement, and the measurement interval is 20 ms.

With the design, the network device can configure the terminal device through one timer to not perform measurement during the timing period of the timer, so as to save the power consumption of the terminal device.

It should be understood that the present application is primarily directed to modified signaling including: measurement configuration (MeasConfig) message, measurement report (MeasurementReport), inter-system report configuration (reportconfiginter rat) message, Paging (Paging) message, and the like.

It is understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, a terminal device and/or a network device may perform some or all of the steps in the embodiments of the present application, and these steps or operations are merely examples, and the embodiments of the present application may also perform other operations or various modifications of the operations. Further, the various steps may be performed in a different order presented in the embodiments of the application, and not all operations in the embodiments of the application may be performed.

In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified or conflicting with respect to logic, the terms and/or descriptions in different embodiments have consistency and may be mutually cited, and technical features in different embodiments may be combined to form a new embodiment according to their inherent logic relationship.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, the schemes of the communication method provided in the embodiments of the present application are introduced from the perspective of each network element itself and from the perspective of interaction between each network element. It is understood that each network element, such as the network device and the terminal device, includes a hardware structure and/or a software module for performing each function in order to realize the functions. Those of skill in the art would readily appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. 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.

Similar to the above concept, as shown in fig. 15, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus 1500, where the apparatus 1500 includes a transceiver unit 1502 and a processing unit 1501.

In one example, the apparatus 1500 is configured to implement the functions of the terminal device in the foregoing method. The device can be a terminal device, and also can be an electronic device or a chip in the terminal device.

The transceiver 1502 is configured to receive first information from a network device; the processing unit 1501 invokes the transceiving unit 1502 to perform: performing a measurement based on the first information. The first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the second measurement mode.

In one example, the apparatus 1500 is used to implement the functions of the network device in the above method. The apparatus may be a network device, or an apparatus in a network device, such as a system on a chip.

The processing unit 1501 is configured to determine that the communication apparatus performs measurement in a first measurement mode; a transceiving unit 1502 for transmitting first information to the communication apparatus; the first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the second measurement mode.

For specific execution processes of the processing unit 1501 and the transceiver unit 1502, reference may be made to the description in the above method embodiment. The division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is schematic, and only one logical function division is provided, and in actual implementation, there may be another division manner, and in addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processor, may also exist alone physically, or may also be integrated in one module by two or more modules. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode.

As another alternative variation, the device may be a system-on-a-chip. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices. Illustratively, the apparatus includes a processor and an interface, which may be an input/output interface. The processor performs the functions of the processing unit 1501, and the interface performs the functions of the transceiver 1502. The apparatus may further comprise a memory for storing a program operable on a processor, the program when executed by the processor implementing the methods of the various embodiments described above.

Similar to the above concept, as shown in fig. 16, the embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus 1600. The device 1600 comprises: a communication interface 1601, at least one processor 1602, at least one memory 1603. A communication interface 1601 for communicating with other devices over a transmission medium such that the apparatus used in the apparatus 1600 may communicate with other devices. A memory 1603 for storing the computer program. The processor 1602 calls the computer program stored in the memory 1603 to send and receive data through the communication interface 1601 to implement the method in the above embodiment.

Exemplarily, when the apparatus is a terminal device, the memory 1603 is used for storing a computer program; the processor 1602 calls the computer program stored in the memory 1603 to execute the method executed by the terminal device in the above-described embodiment through the communication interface 1601. When the apparatus is a network device, the memory 1603 is used for storing a computer program; the processor 1602 calls the computer program stored in the memory 1603 to execute the method executed by the network device in the above embodiment through the communication interface 1601.

In the present embodiment, the communication interface 1601 may be a transceiver, a circuit, a bus, a module, or other type of communication interface. The processor 1602 may be a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, may implement or perform the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in embodiments of the present application. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. 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 memory 1603 may be a non-volatile memory, such as a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD), and may also be a volatile memory, such as a random-access memory (RAM). The memory is any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to such. The memory in the embodiments of the present application may also be a circuit or any other device capable of implementing a storage function. The memory 1603 is coupled to the processor 1602. The coupling in the embodiments of the present application is a spaced coupling or communication connection between devices, units or modules, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form, and is used for information interaction between the devices, units or modules. As another implementation, memory 1603 may also be located outside device 1600. Processor 1602 may operate in conjunction with memory 1603. Processor 1602 may execute program instructions stored in memory 1603. At least one of the at least one memory 1603 can also be included in the processor 1602. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the connection medium among the communication interface 1601, the processor 1602, and the memory 1603. For example, in fig. 16, the memory 1603, the processor 1602 and the communication interface 1601 can be connected through a bus, which can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.

It will be appreciated that the apparatus of the embodiment illustrated in fig. 15 described above may be implemented in the apparatus 1600 illustrated in fig. 16. Specifically, the processing unit 1501 may be implemented by the processor 1602, and the transceiving unit 1502 may be implemented by the communication interface 1601.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the methods shown in the foregoing embodiments.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be implemented in whole or in part 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 invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, a network appliance, a user device, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted 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., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

The above embodiments are only used to describe the technical solutions of the present application in detail, but the above embodiments are only used to help understanding the method of the embodiments of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. Variations or substitutions that may be readily apparent to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of measurement configuration, the method comprising:

the network equipment determines that the communication device adopts a first measurement mode to execute measurement;

the network equipment sends first information to the communication device, wherein the first information indicates a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the second measurement mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first measurement interval is M times the second measurement interval, M being a positive integer greater than 1.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the communication device does not support the measurement-window-free measurement scheme, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement scheme is M times of the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement scheme, and/or the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) period corresponding to the first measurement scheme is M times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement scheme.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein if the communication device supports a measurement-window-free measurement scheme and/or the communication device is not configured with a measurement window, the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement scheme is M times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement scheme.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is a maximum measurement window period, and/or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is a maximum SSB period.

6. The method of claim 3 or 5, further comprising:

if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the network device sends second information to the communication apparatus, where the second information indicates an invalid SSB in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode;

if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is smaller than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the network device sends second information to the communication apparatus, where the second information indicates an invalid measurement window in the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode.

7. The method of any of claims 1-6, wherein the network device determining that the communication apparatus performed measurements using the first measurement mode comprises:

the network equipment determines that the communication device meets the following first type index, and then the network equipment determines that the communication device adopts the first measurement mode to execute measurement;

the first type index includes that the communication device is located in a center area of a cell, the moving speed of the communication device is smaller than a first preset speed, the transmission priority of the communication device is lower than the first preset transmission priority, the communication device measures frequency points included in a high-frequency band, and the communication device measures at least one of an inter-frequency service cell, an intra-frequency adjacent cell measured by the communication device, and an inter-frequency adjacent cell measured by the communication device.

8. The method of any one of claims 1-7, further comprising:

if the network equipment determines that the communication device meets the following second type of index, the network equipment determines that the communication device performs measurement in the second measurement mode;

the second type index comprises that the communication device is located in the edge area of the cell, the moving speed of the communication device is higher than a second preset speed, the transmission priority of the communication device is higher than the second preset transmission priority, the communication device measures at least one of the frequency points included in the low-frequency band and the same-frequency service cell.

9. The method of any one of claims 1-8, further comprising:

the network device sending third information to the communication apparatus, the third information indicating that the communication apparatus suspends the measurement;

the network device sends fourth information to the communication apparatus, the fourth information instructing the communication apparatus to resume the measurement.

10. The method of any one of claims 1-8, further comprising:

the network device sends fifth information to the communication device, wherein the fifth information indicates a first time length, the first time length is used for indicating the communication device to suspend the measurement, and the measurement is resumed after the first time length.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the fifth information is carried by a paging message if the communication apparatus is in an idle state or an inactive state;

and if the communication device is in a connected state, the fifth information is carried by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration message.

12. The method of any one of claims 1-11, wherein the measurements comprise at least one of intra-frequency serving cell measurements, inter-frequency serving cell measurements, intra-frequency neighbor measurements, or inter-frequency neighbor measurements.

13. A method of measurement configuration, the method comprising:

the communication device receives first information from a network device, the first information indicating a first measurement interval; the first measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for the first measurement mode, the first measurement interval is greater than a second measurement interval, and the second measurement interval is a measurement interval configured by the network device for a second measurement mode;

the communication device performs a measurement based on the first information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first measurement interval is M times the second measurement interval, M being a positive integer greater than 1.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein if the communication device does not support measurement window free measurement, the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement method is M times of the measurement window period corresponding to the second measurement method, and/or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement method is M times of the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement method.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein if the communication device supports a measurement-window-free measurement scheme and/or the communication device is not configured with a measurement window, the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement scheme is M times the SSB period corresponding to the second measurement scheme.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is a maximum measurement window period, and/or the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode is a maximum SSB period.

18. The method of claim 15 or 17, further comprising:

if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is greater than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the communication device receives second information from the network device, where the second information indicates an invalid SSB in the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode;

if the measurement window period corresponding to the first measurement mode is smaller than the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode, the communication device receives second information from the network device, where the second information indicates an invalid measurement window in the SSB period corresponding to the first measurement mode.

19. The method of any one of claims 13-18, further comprising:

the communication device receiving third information from the network equipment, the third information instructing the communication device to suspend the measurement;

the communication device receives fourth information from the network equipment, the fourth information instructing the communication device to resume the measurement.

20. The method of any one of claims 13-18, further comprising:

the communication device receives fifth information from the network equipment, the fifth information indicating a first duration, the first duration being used to indicate the communication device to suspend the measurement, and resume the measurement after the first duration.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the fifth information is carried by a paging message if the communication apparatus is in an idle state or an inactive state;

and if the communication device is in a connected state, the fifth information is carried by an RRC configuration message.

22. The method of any one of claims 1-11, wherein the measurements comprise at least one of intra-frequency serving cell measurements, inter-frequency serving cell measurements, intra-frequency neighbor measurements, or inter-frequency neighbor measurements.

23. An apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a transceiver, a processor, and a memory; the memory has stored therein program instructions; the program instructions, when executed, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 22.

24. A chip, wherein the chip is coupled to a memory in an electronic device, such that when run, the chip invokes program instructions stored in the memory to implement the method of any of claims 1 to 22.

25. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising program instructions which, when run on a device, cause the device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 22.