CN107005870B

CN107005870B - Method and device for reporting measurement result

Info

Publication number: CN107005870B
Application number: CN201580065484.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李秉肇; 权威; 胡振兴; 张戬; 杨晓东; 苗金华
Original assignee: Shaanxi Yingyuan Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shaanxi YingYuan Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2015-04-10
Filing date: 2015-04-10
Publication date: 2020-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 2035-04-10
Also published as: CN107005870A; WO2016161644A1

Abstract

The invention provides a method and a device for reporting a measurement result, which are used for solving the problem that a cell corresponding to the measurement result of a cell PCI can not be determined when two cells have the same cell PCI in the prior art, and the method comprises the following steps: the UE determines a measurement cell and a reference cell, determines a cell to be measured in the measurement cell to measure, or selects a measurement result of the measurement cell to be reported from measurement results of the measurement cell, or reports an indication message indicating whether a timing information difference between the reference cell and the measurement cell or the timing information difference exceeds a set threshold to the base station. The UE distinguishes the measurement cells according to the timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cells, so that the UE and the base station can determine the cells corresponding to the measurement results of the measurement cells, and the probability of reporting the measurement results of the measurement cells with the same cell PCI at the same time is reduced.

Description

Method and device for reporting measurement result

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for reporting a measurement result.

Background

In order to ensure the communication quality of User Equipment (UE) in the coverage area of a base station, the base station performs measurement configuration on the UE, so that the UE performs Cell-specific reference signals (CRS) measurement and Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement on a Cell corresponding to a measurement object indicated by the base station, and reports the measurement result, and the base station switches a serving Cell of the UE according to the measurement result reported by the UE or indicates the UE to perform serving Cell reselection, where the measurement object indicated by the base station may be a frequency point, or a frequency band, or a Cell set, and the UE performs measurement on at least one Cell in the Cell corresponding to the measurement object.

The specific measurement configuration and reporting process comprises the following steps:

a base station sends a measurement configuration message to UE, wherein the measurement configuration message comprises a frequency point to be measured, and can also comprise a Physical Cell Identity (PCI) of a Cell to be measured and a reporting mode;

after receiving the measurement configuration message, the UE respectively performs CRS measurement and RRM measurement on each cell on the frequency point to be measured;

after the UE finishes the measurement, the UE sequences according to the cell PCI and reports the measurement result corresponding to each cell according to the reporting mode in the measurement configuration message.

In a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, UE performs CRS measurement to measure a cell common reference signal, first determines a time domain position and a frequency position of the CRS, and performs measurement according to the time domain position and the frequency position of the CRS. The method for determining the time domain position and the frequency position of the CRS comprises the following steps: the UE detects a Synchronization channel of each cell, determines a frame boundary of each cell according to a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS)/Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) of each cell, and determines a time domain position and a frequency position of a CRS of each cell according to the frame boundary of each cell and a cell PCI of each cell.

When the UE performs RRM measurement, the UE performs periodic CRS measurement on each cell according to a preset measurement period, one measurement period can contain one or more measurement points, the UE performs filtering processing on the measurement result of each cell in each measurement period respectively to obtain measurement values respectively, and reports the obtained measurement values to the base station.

Spectrum management is a spectrum planning method established for efficient use of radio frequencies. In current spectrum management, a spectrum is divided into a licensed spectrum (licensed spectrum) and an unlicensed spectrum (unlicensed spectrum), where the licensed spectrum refers to a spectrum resource that is fixedly licensed to a certain Mobile operator or used by a certain Mobile technology (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)/LTE System), and the unlicensed spectrum refers to a spectrum resource that can be shared and used by different wireless devices.

In LTE systems, unlicensed spectrum is typically used as a secondary carrier. However, different mobile operators may all deploy cells while using unlicensed spectrum as secondary carriers and set the cell PCIs of both cells to be the same. Since the UE reports the measurement result of each cell to the base station according to the cell PCI after measuring the cell, when the cell PCIs of two cells using the unlicensed frequency as the secondary carrier are the same, the base station cannot determine the cell corresponding to the measurement result according to the cell PCI corresponding to the measurement result.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for reporting a measurement result, which are used for solving the problem that a cell corresponding to the measurement result of a cell PCI can not be determined when two cells have the same cell PCI in the prior art.

In a first aspect, a method for reporting a measurement result includes:

user Equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured on a cell by the UE;

the UE determines at least one measurement cell using the measurement object information and determines a reference cell;

the UE respectively determines timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cell, and determines a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell aiming at the measurement cell, wherein the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell;

the UE respectively measures the measurement cells to obtain measurement results of the measurement cells;

and the UE selects the measurement result of the measurement cell of which the absolute value of the timing information difference value with the reference cell is less than or equal to a set threshold from the measurement results of the measurement cell, and reports the measurement result to the base station.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the determining, by a UE, a reference cell includes:

the UE determines a reference cell according to reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

And the UE takes the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

the measurement target information may be any one of: the frequency point to be measured, the frequency band to be measured, and the cell identification set comprising at least one cell identification.

In a second aspect, a method for reporting a measurement result includes:

the UE respectively measures the measurement cells to obtain measurement results of the measurement cells and reports the measurement results of the measurement cells to a base station; the measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the determining, by the UE, a reference cell includes:

With reference to the second aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In a third aspect, a method for reporting a measurement result includes:

a base station sends measurement configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on cells, and the measurement object information is used for informing the UE of using at least one measurement cell of the measurement object information;

and the base station receives the result of the measurement cell reported after the UE determines the reference cell, wherein the measurement result of the measurement cell comprises the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell or the indication information of whether the absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the measurement configuration information carries reference cell information; the reference cell is determined by the UE according to the reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

The reference cell is a serving cell or a main serving cell to which the UE will belong.

With reference to the third aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In a fourth aspect, a method for reporting a measurement result includes:

user Equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell;

selecting a measuring cell with an absolute value of a difference value of timing information of the reference cell less than or equal to a set threshold from at least one measuring cell by the UE as a cell to be measured;

and the UE respectively measures each selected cell to be measured to obtain a measurement result of each cell to be measured and reports the measurement result to the base station.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the determining, by the UE, a reference cell includes:

With reference to the fourth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In a fifth aspect, a method for reporting a measurement result includes:

the UE determines timing information of the reference cell, wherein the timing information of the reference cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the reference cell;

and taking the timing information of the reference cell as the timing information of the measurement cell, measuring the measurement cell based on the timing information of the measurement cell to obtain a measurement result of the measurement cell, and reporting the measurement result to a base station.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the determining, by the UE, a reference cell includes:

With reference to the fifth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In a sixth aspect, an apparatus for reporting measurement results includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell;

a first determination unit configured to determine at least one measurement cell using the measurement target information and determine a reference cell;

a second determining unit, configured to determine timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cell, respectively, and determine a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell for the measurement cell, where the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell;

the operation unit is used for respectively measuring the measurement cells to obtain the measurement results of the measurement cells;

and the sending unit is used for selecting the measurement result of the measurement cell of which the absolute value of the difference value of the timing information of the reference cell is less than or equal to a set threshold from the measurement results of the measurement cell and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit is specifically configured to:

determining a reference cell according to reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

With reference to the sixth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In a seventh aspect, a device for reporting measurement results includes:

a sending unit, configured to report a measurement result of the measured cell to a base station; the measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

With reference to the seventh aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

With reference to the seventh aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In an eighth aspect, a device for reporting measurement results includes:

a sending unit, configured to send measurement configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell, and the measurement object information is used to notify the UE of using at least one measurement cell of the measurement object information;

a receiving unit, configured to receive a result of the measurement cell reported after the UE determines the reference cell, where the measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the measurement configuration information carries reference cell information; the reference cell is determined by the UE according to the reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

With reference to the eighth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the eighth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In a ninth aspect, a device for reporting measurement results includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by a UE on a cell;

a selecting unit, configured to select, as a cell to be measured, a measurement cell in which an absolute value of a difference between the reference cell timing information and the reference cell timing information is smaller than or equal to a set threshold, from among at least one measurement cell;

and the operation unit is used for respectively measuring each selected cell to be measured to obtain the measurement result of each cell to be measured and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

With reference to the ninth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

With reference to the ninth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In a tenth aspect, a device for reporting measurement results includes:

a second determining unit, configured to determine timing information of the reference cell, where the timing information of the reference cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the reference cell;

and the operation unit is used for taking the timing information of the reference cell as the timing information of the measurement cell, measuring the measurement cell based on the timing information of the measurement cell to obtain the measurement result of the measurement cell, and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

With reference to the tenth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit includes:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

With reference to the tenth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the tenth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

In the embodiment of the invention, UE receives measurement configuration information which is sent by a base station and carries measurement object information; determining a measurement cell and a reference cell according to the measurement object information, determining the cell to be measured in the measurement cell to measure by determining the timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cell, or selecting the measurement result of the measurement cell to be reported from the measurement results of the measurement cell, or reporting the timing information difference value of the reference cell and the measurement cell, or the indication information of whether the timing information difference value exceeds the set threshold to the base station. The UE determines the reference cell and distinguishes the measurement cells according to the timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cells, so that the UE and the base station can determine the cells corresponding to the measurement results of the measurement cells, the probability of reporting the measurement results of the measurement cells with the same cell PCI at the same time is reduced, the base station can obtain the measurement results of the measurement cells with the same timing as the reference cell according to the reported measurement results, and the auxiliary carrier is added correctly.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a first method for reporting a measurement result according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of timing information of a reference cell and a measurement cell according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a UE side of a second method for reporting measurement results according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a base station side of a third method for reporting a measurement result according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a fourth method for reporting a measurement result according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a fifth method for reporting a measurement result according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a first measurement result reporting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a second measurement result reporting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a third apparatus for reporting measurement results according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth measurement result reporting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth apparatus for reporting measurement results according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for reporting a measurement result, which are used for solving the problem that a cell corresponding to the measurement result of a cell PCI cannot be determined when two cells have the same cell PCI in the prior art. The method and the device are based on the same inventive concept, and because the principles of solving the problems of the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred, and repeated parts are not repeated.

In the prior art, different mobile operators may deploy cells using an unlicensed spectrum as secondary carriers, and set cell PCIs of the cells using the unlicensed spectrum to be the same, so that after a UE measures a cell, a measurement result is reported according to the cell PCI, and therefore, the UE cannot determine a measurement result corresponding to the cell having the same cell PCI, and after the measurement result is reported, similarly, the base station cannot determine a measurement result corresponding to the cell having the same cell PCI.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for reporting a measurement result, which are suitable for a UE capable of measuring a plurality of cells, and the following describes in detail a preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, a specific process of the method for reporting a measurement result according to the embodiment of the present invention includes:

step 101: the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by the base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell.

The base station performs measurement configuration on the UE by sending measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured on a cell by the UE. Specifically, the measurement target information may be any one of: the frequency point to be measured, the frequency band to be measured, and the cell identification set comprising at least one cell identification.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information may also carry reference cell information, such as a reference cell identifier, and notify the UE that the reference cell is used as a reference object when the UE performs measurement reporting on the cell corresponding to the measurement object information.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information further includes information such as a measurement mode and the like, and notifies the UE to perform CRS measurement, RRM measurement, or the like on the cell.

Step 102: the UE determines at least one measurement cell using the measurement object information and determines a reference cell.

Because the measurement object information may be a frequency point to be measured, or a frequency band to be measured, or a cell identifier set including at least one cell identifier, the cell using the measurement object information is a cell using the used spectrum resources within a specified range of the frequency point to be measured, or a cell using the used spectrum resources within the frequency band to be measured, or a cell using the cell identifier within the cell identifier set, and the measurement cell is a cell in which the UE can receive signals of the cell and can perform measurement.

Obviously, there are a plurality of cells using measurement object information, and the UE can receive signals of only cells within a certain range, and therefore, the measurement cell using the measurement object information is a subset of the cell using the measurement object information.

Specifically, the UE determines the reference cell, which includes the following two ways:

in the first mode, the UE determines a reference cell according to reference cell information carried in measurement configuration information;

in the second method, the UE uses the home serving cell or the primary serving cell as the reference cell.

The spectrum resource used by the reference cell is a licensed spectrum.

The licensed spectrum is a spectrum resource fixedly licensed to a certain mobile operator or a certain mobile technology, and therefore, the cell PCI corresponding to the reference cell using the licensed spectrum is unique. However, the PCI of a plurality of cells using unlicensed frequency may be the same, and the unlicensed spectrum used by the cells can only be used as the secondary carrier of the UE, and the primary carrier and the secondary carrier of the cells need to have the same timing. Therefore, the reference cell must use the licensed spectrum to distinguish between cells having the same cell PCI using the unlicensed spectrum.

Step 103: the UE respectively determines timing information of a reference cell and a measurement cell, and determines a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell aiming at the measurement cell, wherein the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell.

The UE determines timing information of a reference cell or a measurement cell, and specifically, may determine timing information of each cell according to the PSS/SSS of the cell by detecting a synchronization channel of the cell.

The timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell.

When the timing information is the frame boundary, the timing information of any cell is the frame boundary at which the cell transmits each frame, and if the first frame boundary of a cell is 3 rd second and the period of sending frames is 10 seconds, the frame boundary of the cell is (3+10N) seconds, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

Specifically, for a measurement cell, the timing information difference between the measurement cell and a reference cell is determined, optionally, a frame boundary is designated as a first frame boundary in the frame boundaries of the reference cell, then, in the frame boundaries of the measurement cell, a frame boundary closest to the frame boundary designated by the reference cell is queried as a second frame boundary, or a frame having the same frame number as the frame designated by the reference cell is queried, the frame boundary is used as the second frame boundary, and the difference between the second frame boundary and the first frame boundary is calculated.

For example, the frame boundary of the reference cell is (3+10N) seconds, and the frame boundary of the measurement cell is (2+10N) seconds, and it is apparent that the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell is-1 second.

Determining a timing information difference between a measurement cell and a reference cell, optionally, designating a subframe boundary as a first subframe boundary in the subframe boundary of the reference cell, then querying a subframe boundary closest to the subframe boundary designated by the reference cell in the subframe boundary of the measurement cell as a second subframe boundary, or querying a subframe having the same subframe number as a frame designated by the reference cell, designating the boundary of the subframe as the second subframe boundary, and calculating a difference between the second subframe boundary and the first subframe boundary. The above calculation method is also applicable to the calculation of the timing information difference in the subsequent embodiments.

Step 104: and the UE respectively measures the measurement cells to obtain the measurement results of the measurement cells.

Specifically, the step 104 and the step 103 are not required to be executed in sequence, and the step 104 and the step 103 can be executed at the same time; step 103 may be executed first, and then step 104 may be executed; step 104 may be performed first, and then step 103 may be performed.

Specifically, the UE measures the measurement cell, and may measure the measurement cell according to a measurement mode indicated by the base station or a measurement mode configured by the UE itself, such as CRS measurement, RRM measurement, or measurement based on a Discovery Reference Signal (DRS), so as to generate a corresponding measurement result.

Step 105: and the UE selects the measurement result of the measurement cell of which the absolute value of the difference value of the timing information of the reference cell is less than or equal to a set threshold from the measurement results of the measurement cells, and reports the measurement result to the base station.

The set threshold may be configured by the base station to the UE, and may be preset by the UE.

As shown in fig. 2, when the timing information is a frame boundary corresponding to a Cell, it is determined that the frame boundary of the reference Cell is (1+10N) seconds, the frame boundary of the Cell a in the measurement Cell is (0.8+10N) seconds, and the frame boundary of the Cell B is (3+10N) seconds, so that the timing information difference between the Cell a and the reference Cell is 0.2 seconds, the timing information difference between the Cell a and the reference Cell is 2 seconds, if the setting threshold is 0.5, the Cell a is a frame aligned Cell of the reference Cell, and the Cell B is a non-frame aligned Cell of the reference Cell, so that the measurement result of the Cell a is reported to the base station.

Specifically, when the absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell is less than or equal to the set threshold, it may be determined that the measurement cell and the reference cell have the same timing, that is, the spectrum resource used by the measurement cell is the primary carrier and the secondary carrier of the spectrum resource used by the reference cell, and therefore, when there are other measurement cells with the same cell PCI of the measurement cell, it may be determined whether the absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds the set threshold.

Because the cell PCIs of the two measurement cells are the same, and have the same timing, and the probability is close to zero, if the absolute value of the timing information difference between one measurement cell and the reference cell is less than or equal to the set threshold, the absolute value of the timing information difference between the other measurement cell and the reference cell is usually greater than the set threshold, so that the probability of reporting the measurement results of the measurement cells having the same cell PCIs reduced according to the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell.

By adopting the method for reporting the measurement result provided by the embodiment of the invention, the UE determines the reference cell, determines the reference cell and the timing information of the measurement cell, selects the measurement result of the measurement cell of which the absolute value of the difference value of the timing information of the measurement cell and the reference cell is less than or equal to the set threshold after measuring the measurement cell, and reports the measurement result to the base station, so that the UE can determine the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell and report the measurement result of the determined measurement cell, and the timing information of the measurement cell with the same PCI is greatly different, therefore, the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell cannot contain the measurement cell with the same PCI, obviously, the probability of reporting the measurement result of the measurement cell with the same PCI at the same time is reduced, and the base station can obtain the measurement result of the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell according to the reported measurement result, thereby correctly adding the secondary carrier.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for reporting a measurement result on a UE side, where the method includes:

step 301: the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by the base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell.

Step 302: the UE determines at least one measurement cell using the measurement object information and determines a reference cell.

The spectrum resource used by the reference cell is a licensed spectrum.

Step 303: the UE respectively determines timing information of a reference cell and a measurement cell, and determines a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell aiming at the measurement cell, wherein the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell.

When the timing information is a frame boundary, the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary at which the cell transmits each frame, and if the first frame boundary of a cell is 3 seconds and the period of sending frames is 10 seconds, the frame boundary of the cell is (3+10N) seconds, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

Specifically, for a measurement cell, the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell is determined, optionally, a frame boundary is designated as a first frame boundary in the frame boundaries of the reference cell, then, in the frame boundaries of the measurement cell, a frame boundary closest to the frame boundary designated by the reference cell is queried as a second frame boundary, and the difference between the second frame boundary and the first frame boundary is calculated.

Step 304: the UE respectively measures the measurement cells to obtain the measurement results of the measurement cells and reports the measurement results of the measurement cells to the base station; the measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or an indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

When the absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell is less than or equal to the set threshold, it may be determined that the measurement cell and the reference cell have the same timing, that is, the spectrum resource used by the measurement cell is the primary carrier and the secondary carrier of the spectrum resource used by the reference cell.

By adopting the embodiment of the invention, the measurement result of the measurement cell comprises the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or the indication information whether the absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds the set threshold, because the timing information of the measurement cells with the same cell PCI is very different, the UE can distinguish the measurement cells according to the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or the indication information whether the absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds the set threshold, and report the measurement cells to the base station, and the base station can also distinguish the measurement cells according to the information carried in the measurement result, thereby avoiding that the measurement cells corresponding to the measurement result cannot be determined because the cell PCIs of the same measurement cells.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for reporting a measurement result at a base station side, where the method includes:

step 401: a base station sends measurement configuration information to UE, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on cells, and the measurement object information is used for informing the UE of using at least one measurement cell of the measurement object information.

Step 402: and the base station receives a result of the measurement cell reported after the UE determines the reference cell, wherein the measurement result of the measurement cell comprises a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell or indication information of whether an absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

Specifically, when the measurement configuration information carries reference cell information, the reference cell is determined by the UE according to the reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

The reference cell is a serving cell or a primary serving cell to which the UE will belong.

And the base station receives the result of the measuring cell reported by the UE, wherein the measuring result of the measuring cell comprises the timing information difference value between the measuring cell and the reference cell or the indication information of whether the absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measuring cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

By adopting the embodiment of the invention, the measurement result of the measurement cell comprises the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or the indication information whether the absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds the set threshold, because the timing information of the measurement cells with the same cell PCI is very different, the base station can distinguish the measurement cells according to the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell carried in the measurement result, or the indication information whether the absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds the set threshold, thereby avoiding the problem that the measurement cell corresponding to the measurement result can not be determined because the cell PCIs of a plurality of measurement cells are the same, further leading the base station to obtain the measurement result of the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell according to the reported measurement result, thereby correctly adding the secondary carrier.

Referring to fig. 5, a method for reporting a measurement result according to another embodiment of the present invention includes:

step 501: the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by the base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell.

Step 502: the UE determines at least one measurement cell using the measurement object information and determines a reference cell.

The spectrum resource used by the reference cell is a licensed spectrum.

Step 503: the UE respectively determines timing information of a reference cell and a measurement cell, and determines a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell aiming at the measurement cell, wherein the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell.

Step 504: and the UE selects a measuring cell with the absolute value of the difference value of the timing information of the reference cell less than or equal to a set threshold from at least one measuring cell as a cell to be measured.

Step 505: and the UE respectively measures each selected cell to be measured to obtain a measurement result of each cell to be measured and reports the measurement result to the base station.

The UE measures the selected cell to be measured, so that the measurement of all the measurement cells is avoided, the calculation resource of the UE is saved, and the power consumption of the UE is reduced.

By adopting the method for reporting the measurement result provided by the embodiment of the invention, the UE determines the reference cell, determines the timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cell, selects the measurement cell of which the absolute value of the difference value of the timing information with the reference cell is less than or equal to the set threshold, and reports the measurement result to the base station after measuring the selected measurement cell, so that the UE can determine the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell and report the measurement result of the determined measurement cell, and the measurement cell with the same PCI has a large difference in timing information, therefore, the measurement cell with the same PCI as the reference cell cannot be contained in the determined measurement cell, obviously, the probability of reporting the measurement results of the measurement cells with the same PCI as the reference cell at the same time is reduced, and further the base station can obtain the measurement result of the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell according to the reported measurement result, thereby correctly adding the secondary carrier.

Referring to fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for reporting a measurement result, where the method includes:

step 601: the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by the base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell.

Step 602: the UE determines at least one measurement cell using the measurement object information and determines a reference cell.

The spectrum resource used by the reference cell is a licensed spectrum.

Step 603: the UE determines timing information of a reference cell, wherein the timing information of the reference cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the reference cell.

The UE determines timing information of the reference cell, and specifically, may determine the timing information of the reference cell according to the PSS/SSS of the reference cell by detecting a synchronization channel of the reference cell.

The timing information of the reference cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell.

And when the timing information is the frame boundary, referring to the timing information of the cell as the frame boundary of each frame transmitted by the cell, and if the first frame boundary is 3 seconds and the period of the transmitted frame is 10 seconds, the frame boundary of the cell is (3+10N) seconds, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

Step 604: and taking the timing information of the reference cell as the timing information of the measurement cell, measuring the measurement cell based on the timing information of the measurement cell to obtain a measurement result of the measurement cell, and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

Before the UE can perform measurement on the measurement cell, the frame boundary of the measurement cell is determined, and the frame boundary of the measurement cell is measured. In step 604, the timing information of the reference cell is directly used as the timing information of the measurement cell to perform measurement. Therefore, the measurement result of the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell can be directly obtained, the measurement of all the measurement cells is avoided, the calculation resource of the UE is saved, and the power consumption of the UE is reduced.

By adopting the method for reporting the measurement result provided by the embodiment of the invention, the UE determines the reference cell and determines the timing information of the reference cell, the timing information of the reference cell is used as the timing information of the measurement cell, the measurement cell is measured based on the timing information of the measurement cell, and the measurement result is reported to the base station, so that the UE can determine the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell and report the measurement result of the determined measurement cell, and the timing information of the measurement cell with the same cell PCI is greatly different, therefore, the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell cannot contain the measurement cell with the same cell PCI in the determined measurement cell, obviously, the probability of simultaneously reporting the measurement results of the measurement cells with the same cell PCI is reduced, and the base station can obtain the measurement result of the measurement cell with the same timing as the reference cell according to the reported measurement result, thereby correctly adding the secondary carrier.

Based on the above embodiments, referring to fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for reporting a measurement result, where the device 700 includes: a receiving unit 701, a first determining unit 702, a second determining unit 703, an operating unit 704, a transmitting unit 705, wherein,

a receiving unit 701, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell;

a first determination unit 702 configured to determine at least one measurement cell using measurement object information and determine a reference cell;

a second determining unit 703, configured to determine timing information of a reference cell and the measurement cell, respectively, and determine a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell for the measurement cell, where the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell;

an operation unit 704, configured to measure the measurement cells respectively to obtain measurement results of the measurement cells;

a sending unit 705, configured to select, from the measurement results of the measurement cells, a measurement result of the measurement cell whose absolute value of the timing information difference with the reference cell is smaller than or equal to a set threshold, and report the selected measurement result to the base station.

Optionally, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit 702 is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

Optionally, the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

Based on the above embodiments, referring to fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for reporting a measurement result, where the device 800 includes: a receiving unit 801, a first determining unit 802, a second determining unit 803, an operating unit 804, a transmitting unit 805, wherein,

a receiving unit 801, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell;

a first determination unit 802 for determining at least one measurement cell using measurement object information and determining a reference cell;

a second determining unit 803, configured to determine timing information of a reference cell and the measurement cell, respectively, and determine a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell for the measurement cell, where the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell;

an operation unit 804, configured to measure the measurement cells respectively to obtain measurement results of the measurement cells;

a sending unit 805, configured to report the measurement result of the measured cell to a base station; the measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or an indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

Optionally, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit 802 is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

Based on the above embodiments, referring to fig. 9, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for reporting a measurement result, where the device 900 includes: a sending unit 901, a receiving unit 902, wherein,

a sending unit 901, configured to send measurement configuration information to a UE, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell, and the measurement object information is used to notify the UE to use at least one measurement cell of the measurement object information;

a receiving unit 902, configured to receive a result of the measured cell, which is reported by the UE after determining the reference cell, where the measurement result of the measured cell includes a timing information difference between the measured cell and the reference cell, or indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measured cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information carries reference cell information; the reference cell is determined by the UE according to the reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

Based on the above embodiment, referring to fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for reporting a measurement result, where the device 1000 includes: a receiving unit 1001, a first determining unit 1002, a second determining unit 1003, a selecting unit 1004, an executing unit 1005, wherein,

a receiving unit 1001, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by a UE on a cell;

a first determining unit 1002 for determining at least one measurement cell using measurement object information and determining a reference cell;

a second determining unit 1003, configured to determine timing information of a reference cell and the measurement cell, respectively, and determine, for the measurement cell, a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, where the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell;

a selecting unit 1004, configured to select, as a cell to be measured, a measurement cell whose absolute value of the difference from the reference cell timing information is smaller than or equal to a set threshold, from among the at least one measurement cell;

an operation unit 1005, configured to measure each selected cell to be measured, obtain a measurement result of each cell to be measured, and report the measurement result to the base station.

Optionally, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit 1002 is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

Based on the above embodiments, referring to fig. 11, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for reporting a measurement result, where the device 1100 includes: a receiving unit 1101, a first determining unit 1102, a second determining unit 1103, an executing unit 1104, wherein,

a receiving unit 1101, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by a UE on a cell;

a first determination unit 1102 for determining at least one measurement cell using measurement object information and determining a reference cell;

a second determining unit 1103, configured to determine timing information of a reference cell, where the timing information of the reference cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the reference cell;

an operation unit 1104, configured to use the timing information of the reference cell as timing information of a measurement cell, measure the measurement cell based on the timing information of the measurement cell, obtain a measurement result of the measurement cell, and report the measurement result to the base station.

Optionally, when determining the reference cell, the first determining unit 1102 includes:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

Based on the above embodiment, the present invention further provides a UE, as shown in fig. 12, where the UE 1200 includes: a transceiver 1201, a processor 1202, a bus 1203, and a memory 1204, wherein:

the transceiver 1201, the processor 1202, and the memory 1204 are connected to each other through a bus 1203; the bus 1203 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 12, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

The transceiver 1201 is configured to communicate with a base station, that is, receive measurement configuration information sent by the base station, and report a measurement result to the base station.

The processor 1202 is configured to implement the method for reporting the measurement result shown in fig. 1 in the embodiment of the present invention, and includes:

receiving measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE 1200 on a cell;

determining at least one measurement cell using the measurement object information, and determining a reference cell;

respectively determining timing information of a reference cell and the measurement cell, and determining a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell aiming at the measurement cell, wherein the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell;

respectively measuring the measurement cells to obtain measurement results of the measurement cells;

and selecting the measurement result of the measurement cell of which the absolute value of the difference value of the timing information of the measurement cell and the reference cell is less than or equal to a set threshold from the measurement results of the measurement cell, and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

Optionally, the processor 1202 determines the reference cell, including:

The serving cell or the primary serving cell to which the UE 1200 belongs is taken as a reference cell.

The UE 1200 also includes a memory 1204 for storing programs and the like. In particular, the program may include program code comprising computer operating instructions. The memory 1204 may include Random Access Memory (RAM) and may also include non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory. The processor 1202 executes the application program stored in the memory 1204 to implement the above method for reporting the measurement result.

Based on the above embodiment, the present invention further provides a UE, as shown in fig. 13, where the UE 1300 includes: a transceiver 1301, a processor 1302, a bus 1303, and a memory 1304, wherein:

the transceiver 1301, the processor 1302, and the memory 1304 are connected to each other by a bus 1303; the bus 1303 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus, etc. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 13, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

The transceiver 1301 is used for communicating with a base station, that is, receiving measurement configuration information sent by the base station, and reporting a measurement result to the base station.

The processor 1302 is configured to implement the method for reporting the measurement result shown in fig. 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and includes:

receiving measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by UE 1300 on a cell;

respectively determining timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cell, and determining a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell aiming at the measurement cell, wherein the timing information of any cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the cell;

respectively measuring the measurement cells to obtain measurement results of the measurement cells, and reporting the measurement results of the measurement cells to a base station; the measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or an indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

Optionally, the processor 1302 determines a reference cell, including:

The serving cell or the primary serving cell to which the UE 1300 belongs is taken as a reference cell.

The UE 1300 also includes a memory 1304 for storing programs and the like. In particular, the program may include program code comprising computer operating instructions. Memory 1304 may comprise RA), and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory. The processor 1302 executes the application program stored in the memory 1304 to implement the above method for reporting the measurement result.

Based on the above embodiments, the present invention further provides a base station, and referring to fig. 14, the base station 1400 includes: a transceiver 1401, a processor 1402, a bus 1403, and a memory 1404, wherein:

the transceiver 1401, the processor 1402, and the memory 1404 are connected to each other through a bus 1403; the bus 1403 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus, etc. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 14, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

The transceiver 1401 is configured to communicate with the UE, that is, send measurement configuration information to the UE, and receive measurement results reported by the UE.

The processor 1402 is configured to implement the method for reporting the measurement result shown in fig. 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and includes:

sending measurement configuration information to the UE, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell, and the measurement object information is used for informing the UE of using at least one measurement cell of the measurement object information;

and receiving a result of the measurement cell reported after the UE determines the reference cell, wherein the measurement result of the measurement cell comprises a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

The base station 1400 also includes a memory 1404 for storing programs and the like. In particular, the program may include program code comprising computer operating instructions. The memory 1404 may include RAM, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory. The processor 1402 executes the application program stored in the memory 1404 to implement the above method for reporting measurement results.

Based on the above embodiments, the present invention further provides a UE, as shown in fig. 15, where the UE1500 includes: a transceiver 1501, a processor 1502, a bus 1503, and a memory 1504, wherein:

the transceiver 1501, processor 1502, and memory 1504 are interconnected by a bus 1503; the bus 1503 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 15, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

The transceiver 1501 is configured to communicate with a base station, that is, receive measurement configuration information sent by the base station, and report a measurement result to the base station.

The processor 1502 is configured to implement the method for reporting the measurement result shown in fig. 5 in the embodiment of the present invention, including:

receiving measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured on a cell by the UE 1500;

selecting a measuring cell with an absolute value of a difference value of timing information of the reference cell less than or equal to a set threshold from at least one measuring cell as a cell to be measured;

and respectively measuring each selected cell to be measured to obtain a measurement result of each cell to be measured, and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

Optionally, the processor 1502 determines a reference cell, including:

The UE1500 also includes a memory 1504 for storing programs, etc. In particular, the program may include program code comprising computer operating instructions. The memory 1504 may comprise RAM and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage. The processor 1502 executes the application program stored in the memory 1504 to implement the above-mentioned method for reporting the measurement result.

Based on the above embodiment, the present invention further provides a UE, and referring to fig. 16, the UE1600 includes: a transceiver 1601, a processor 1602, a bus 1603, and a memory 1604, wherein:

the transceiver 1601, the processor 1602, and the memory 1604 are connected to each other by a bus 1603; bus 1603 may be a PCI bus or an EISA bus, etc. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 16, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

The transceiver 1601 is used for communicating with a base station, that is, receiving measurement configuration information sent by the base station, and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

The processor 1602 is configured to implement the method for reporting the measurement result shown in fig. 6 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and includes:

receiving measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises measurement object information to be measured on a cell by UE 1600;

determining timing information of the reference cell, wherein the timing information of the reference cell is a frame boundary or a subframe boundary of the reference cell;

and taking the timing information of the reference cell as the timing information of the measurement cell, measuring the measurement cell based on the timing information of the measurement cell to obtain a measurement result of the measurement cell, and reporting the measurement result to the base station.

Optionally, the processor 1602 determines the reference cell, including:

The serving cell or primary serving cell to which the UE1600 belongs is taken as a reference cell.

The UE1600 also includes a memory 1604 for storing programs and the like. In particular, the program may include program code comprising computer operating instructions. The memory 1604 may comprise RAM and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage. The processor 1602 executes the application program stored in the memory 1604 to implement the above method for reporting the measurement result.

In summary, with the method and the apparatus for reporting a measurement result provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a UE receives measurement configuration information carrying measurement object information sent by a base station; determining a measurement cell and a reference cell according to the measurement object information, determining the cell to be measured in the measurement cell to measure by determining the timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cell, or selecting the measurement result of the measurement cell to be reported from the measurement results of the measurement cell, or reporting the timing information difference value of the reference cell and the measurement cell, or the indication information of whether the timing information difference value exceeds the set threshold to the base station. The UE determines the reference cell and distinguishes the measurement cells according to the timing information of the reference cell and the measurement cells, so that the UE and the base station can determine the cells corresponding to the measurement results of the measurement cells, the probability of reporting the measurement results of the measurement cells with the same cell PCI at the same time is reduced, the base station can obtain the measurement results of the measurement cells with the same timing as the reference cell according to the reported measurement results, and the auxiliary carrier is added correctly.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the embodiments of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the embodiments of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to encompass such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for reporting measurement results is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method includes that User Equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured on a cell by the UE, and the measurement object information can be any one of the following items: the frequency points to be measured, the frequency bands to be measured and a cell identification set comprising at least one cell identification;

the UE determines at least one measuring cell using the measuring object information and determines a reference cell, wherein the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE determining the reference cell comprises:

3. A method for reporting measurement results is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the UE measures the measuring cell to obtain a measuring result of the measuring cell and reports the measuring result of the measuring cell to a base station; the measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the UE determining the reference cell comprises:

5. A method for reporting measurement results is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a base station sends measurement configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell, and the measurement object information may be any one of the following items: the frequency points to be measured, the frequency bands to be measured and a cell identification set comprising at least one cell identification;

and the base station receives a result of the measurement cell reported after the UE determines the reference cell, wherein the spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum, and the measurement result of the measurement cell comprises a timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell or indication information of whether the absolute value of the timing information difference value between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the measurement configuration information carries reference cell information; the reference cell is determined by the UE according to the reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

7. A method for reporting measurement results is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method includes that User Equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell, and the measurement object information can be any one of the following items: the frequency points to be measured, the frequency bands to be measured and a cell identification set comprising at least one cell identification;

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the UE determining a reference cell comprises:

9. A method for reporting measurement results is characterized by comprising the following steps:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the UE determining a reference cell comprises:

11. A measurement result reporting device is characterized by comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by a UE on a cell, and the measurement object information may be any of the following: the frequency points to be measured, the frequency bands to be measured and a cell identification set comprising at least one cell identification;

a first determining unit, configured to determine at least one measurement cell using the measurement target information, and determine a reference cell, where a spectrum resource used by the reference cell is a licensed spectrum;

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first determining unit, when determining the reference cell, is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

13. A measurement result reporting device is characterized by comprising:

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said first determining unit, when determining a reference cell, is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

15. A measurement result reporting device is characterized by comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send measurement configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement configuration information includes measurement object information to be measured by the UE on a cell, and the measurement object information may be any one of the following: the frequency points to be measured, the frequency bands to be measured and a cell identification set comprising at least one cell identification;

a receiving unit, configured to receive a result of the measurement cell, which is reported after the UE determines the reference cell, where a spectrum resource used by the reference cell is an authorized spectrum, and a measurement result of the measurement cell includes a timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell, or indication information indicating whether an absolute value of the timing information difference between the measurement cell and the reference cell exceeds a set threshold.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the measurement configuration information carries reference cell information; the reference cell is determined by the UE according to the reference cell information carried in the measurement configuration information; or

17. A measurement result reporting device is characterized by comprising:

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first determining unit, when determining the reference cell, is specifically configured to:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.

19. A measurement result reporting device is characterized by comprising:

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first determining unit, when determining the reference cell, comprises:

And taking the home serving cell or the main serving cell as a reference cell.