CN109391998B

CN109391998B - Neighbor cell measurement method and device

Info

Publication number: CN109391998B
Application number: CN201710662422.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 傅婧; 梁靖
Original assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology CATT
Current assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology CATT; Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-04
Filing date: 2017-08-04
Publication date: 2020-09-15
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-04
Also published as: CN109391998A; WO2019024812A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for measuring a signal of a neighboring cell, which are used for solving the technical problems that in the prior art, a UE in an idle (idle) state or an inactive (inactive) state cannot simultaneously meet the requirement of timely and effectively measuring the signal of the neighboring cell and the requirement of saving the power consumption of the UE. The method comprises the following steps: judging whether the state of the UE meets a starting condition or not, wherein the starting condition comprises that the UE needs to send data or signaling; if yes, the adjacent cell signal measurement is executed, and the measurement result is reported to the network side.

Description

Neighbor cell measurement method and device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for measuring a neighboring cell signal.

Background

In order to meet the requirements of peak rate and system capacity improvement of users, Carrier Aggregation (CA), Dual Connectivity (DC) and other technologies are introduced into the mobile communication system, so as to increase the transmission bandwidth and improve the transmission rate of data. There are three current Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection states: if the system needs to implement technologies such as DC and DA when the RRC is in an idle (idle) state or an inactive (inactive) state, it is necessary for the UE to measure and report the neighboring cell signal, so that the network side can obtain the neighboring cell signal information of the UE to implement the technologies such as DC and CA.

At present, the strategies for measuring the neighboring cell signals by the UE in idle state or inactive state are periodic measurement, that is, the measurement time is fixed, and the time interval between two adjacent measurements is long. However, the time that the UE actually needs to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement is usually uncertain, and the conventional periodic measurement method cannot enable the UE to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement timely and effectively when the UE needs to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement; if the signal measurement of the neighboring cell is to be performed effectively in time, the UE is only required to reduce the time interval between two adjacent measurements as much as possible, that is, the measurement frequency is increased, so that the UE is in a measurement state for a long time, the power consumption of the UE is large, and the user experience is poor.

Therefore, the UE in idle state or inactive state in the prior art has the technical problem that the requirement of timely and effectively measuring the signals of the adjacent cell and the requirement of saving the power consumption of the UE cannot be simultaneously met.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for measuring a signal of a neighboring cell, which are used for solving the technical problems that UE in an idle state or an inactive state in the prior art cannot simultaneously meet the requirement of timely and effectively measuring the signal of the neighboring cell and the requirement of saving the power consumption of the UE.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for measuring a neighboring cell signal, where the method is applied to a user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state, and the method includes:

judging whether the state of the UE meets a starting condition or not, wherein the starting condition comprises that the UE needs to send data or signaling;

if yes, the adjacent cell signal measurement is executed, and the measurement result is reported to the network side.

In the above scheme, the UE measures the neighboring cell signal only when the UE meets the start condition, where the basic requirement that meets the start condition is that the UE needs to send data to the network side, and in practical applications, the UE has a requirement for measuring the neighboring cell signal only when the UE needs to send data or signaling, for example, a communication system needs to implement CA, DC, and other technologies, so that the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the present invention for starting the UE to measure the neighboring cell signal when the UE meets the start condition can enable the UE to measure and report the neighboring cell signal timely and effectively; meanwhile, according to the scheme, the UE cannot be triggered to measure the signals of the adjacent cells when the UE does not meet the starting condition, so that the power consumption of the UE can be effectively reduced. In conclusion, the scheme can enable the UE in idle state or inactive state to simultaneously meet the requirement of timely and effectively measuring the signals of the neighboring cell and the requirement of saving the power consumption of the UE.

Optionally, before the determining whether the state of the UE satisfies the starting condition, the method further includes: and receiving the starting condition sent by the network side. By the method, the UE can acquire the time for starting the measurement of the adjacent cell signal and start the measurement when the starting condition is met, so that the measurement target is determined, the measurement time is shortened, the measurement efficiency is improved, and the power consumption of the UE is saved.

Optionally, the UE needs to send data or signaling, including: the UE needs to send data with the data size exceeding a preset value; and/or the UE needs to send signaling for implementing the specified functionality. By the method, the starting condition for triggering the UE to measure the signals of the adjacent cells is further refined, so that the UE in an idle state or an inactive state can measure and report the signals of the adjacent cells more timely and effectively, and the power consumption of the UE is further saved.

Optionally, the specifying function includes: converting the UE into a connected state; or establishing or recovering a specified type of bearer; or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request the establishment or resumption of a specified type of service. By the method, the starting condition for triggering the UE to measure the signals of the adjacent cells is further refined, so that the UE in an idle state or an inactive state can measure and report the signals of the adjacent cells more timely and effectively, and the power consumption of the UE is further saved.

Optionally, the starting condition further includes an auxiliary condition, and the starting condition is satisfied when the state of the UE satisfies that the UE needs to send data or signaling and the auxiliary condition at the same time; wherein the assist condition includes: the frequency point corresponding to the cell where the UE currently resides is contained in the target measurement frequency point; and/or the cell where the UE currently resides is contained in a target measurement cell; and/or the cell where the UE currently resides is an effective cell; and/or triggering the UE to implement the specified function for a specified reason. By the method, the starting condition for triggering the UE to measure the signals of the adjacent cells is further refined, so that the UE in an idle state or an inactive state can measure and report the signals of the adjacent cells more timely and effectively, and the power consumption of the UE is further saved.

Optionally, before the performing the neighbor cell signal measurement, the method further includes: and acquiring configuration parameters for signal measurement of the adjacent cells, wherein the configuration parameters comprise target measurement frequency points and/or target measurement cells. By the method, the UE can measure the signals of the adjacent cells according to certain configuration parameters when the signals of the adjacent cells are measured, so that a measurement target can be effectively determined, the measurement time is shortened, the measurement efficiency is improved, and the power consumption of the UE is saved.

Optionally, the configuration parameters further include: at least one of the offset of the target measurement frequency point, the priority of the target measurement frequency point, the offset of the target measurement cell, the priority of the target measurement cell, the blacklist cell, the effective time of the configuration parameter and the preset measurement duration. By the method, the UE can measure the signals of the adjacent cells according to certain configuration parameters when the signals of the adjacent cells are measured, so that a measurement target can be effectively determined, the measurement time is shortened, the measurement efficiency is improved, and the power consumption of the UE is saved.

Optionally, the obtaining the configuration parameter for measuring the neighboring cell signal includes: obtaining the configuration parameters from the network side; or obtain the configuration parameters locally from the UE. By the method, the UE can acquire the configuration parameters when executing the neighbor cell signal measurement, so that the UE can measure the neighbor cell signals based on the acquired configuration parameters, further determine the measurement target, reduce the measurement time, improve the measurement efficiency and save the power consumption of the UE.

Optionally, the obtaining the configuration parameter from the network side includes: and receiving the configuration parameters sent by the network side in a broadcasting mode or a special signaling mode. By the method, the UE can acquire the configuration parameters when executing the neighbor cell signal measurement, so that the UE can measure the neighbor cell signals based on the acquired configuration parameters, further determine the measurement target, reduce the measurement time, improve the measurement efficiency and save the power consumption of the UE.

Optionally, the UE may perform neighboring cell signal measurement only on a cell with the best signal quality in cells corresponding to the visual measurement standard frequency point. By the method, the UE can reduce the measurement time when executing the neighbor cell signal measurement, the measurement efficiency is improved, and the UE power consumption is further saved.

Optionally, the locally obtaining the configuration parameter from the UE includes: obtaining configuration parameters stored by the UE and used when the UE carries out neighbor cell signal measurement last time; or obtaining the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state, and obtaining the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state. By the method, the UE can acquire the configuration parameters when executing the neighbor cell signal measurement, so that the UE can measure the neighbor cell signals based on the acquired configuration parameters, further determine the measurement target, reduce the measurement time, improve the measurement efficiency and save the power consumption of the UE.

Optionally, the obtaining the configuration parameter according to the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state includes: obtaining a target measurement cell in the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state; the target measurement cell includes: the UE enters a serving cell before an idle state or an inactive state; or the UE enters a cell under a frequency point corresponding to a serving cell before the idle state or the inactive state; or other cells except the cell where the UE currently resides in a serving cell list stored by the UE; or other cells except the cell where the UE currently resides in a serving cell list stored by the UE under the main base station. By the method, the UE can acquire the configuration parameters when executing the neighbor cell signal measurement, so that the UE can measure the neighbor cell signals based on the acquired configuration parameters, further determine the measurement target, reduce the measurement time, improve the measurement efficiency and save the power consumption of the UE.

Optionally, the reporting the measurement result to the network side includes: and reporting the measurement result to the network side at a preset moment. By the method, the UE can be triggered to report the measurement result at the preset moment, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the adjacent cell signal more timely and effectively.

Optionally, before reporting the measurement result to the network side, the method further includes: and receiving a reporting parameter which is sent by the network side and used for determining the preset time. By the method, the UE can be triggered to report the measurement result at the preset moment according to the reporting parameters, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the neighboring cell signals more timely and effectively.

Optionally, the reporting parameter includes a preset reporting duration, and the preset time is a time when the UE starts measurement of the neighboring cell signal and passes the preset reporting duration. By the method, the UE can be triggered to report the measurement result at the preset moment, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the adjacent cell signal more timely and effectively.

Optionally, the UE needs to send data or signaling, including: the UE needs to send signaling for realizing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service; the reporting parameter represents that the UE realizes the designated function, and the preset time is the time when the UE realizes the designated function. By the method, the UE can be triggered to report the measurement result at the preset moment, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the adjacent cell signal more timely and effectively.

Optionally, the reporting the measurement result to the network side includes: and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the network side, wherein the RRC message carries the measurement result. By the method, the measurement result can be reported to the network side in the form of the RRC message, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the adjacent cell signal more timely and effectively.

Optionally, the UE needs to send data or signaling, including: the UE needs to send signaling for realizing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service; the RRC message comprises an RRC message used for informing the network side that the UE has realized the specified function. By the method, the measurement result can be reported to the network side in the form of the RRC message, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the adjacent cell signal more timely and effectively, and system resources are saved.

Optionally, the measurement result includes: the signal quality meets the mark of the target measurement cell of the preset condition; or the signal quality corresponding to the identification of the target measurement cell and the identification of the target measurement cell; or the mark of the target measuring cell, the signal quality corresponding to the mark area of the target measuring cell, the mark of the beam under each target measuring cell and the signal quality corresponding to the mark of the beam; or the identifiers of the target measurement cells are sequenced from high to low according to the signal quality; or the mark of the target measurement cell with the signal quality meeting the preset condition after being sequenced from high to low according to the signal quality. By the method, the measurement result can be reported to the network side in various forms, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the neighboring cell signal more timely and effectively.

Optionally, the requirement of the UE for performing the neighbor cell signal measurement is consistent with the requirement of the UE for performing the neighbor cell signal measurement when the UE does not have Discontinuous Reception (DRX) in the connected state. By the method, the UE in idle state or inactive state can more effectively measure and report the adjacent cell signals in time, and the power consumption of the UE is further saved.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a method for measuring a neighboring cell signal, where the method is applied to a network side, and the method includes: sending a neighbor cell signal measurement strategy to UE (user equipment) so that the UE executes neighbor cell signal measurement according to the strategy, wherein the strategy comprises a starting condition; and receiving the measurement result sent by the UE.

Optionally, the measurement policy further includes a configuration parameter and/or a reporting parameter.

Optionally, the sending the neighbor cell signal measurement policy to the UE includes: and sending the strategy to the UE in a broadcasting mode or a special signaling mode.

A third aspect of the present embodiment provides an apparatus for measuring a neighboring cell signal, where the apparatus includes a sending unit, configured to send data to a network side; a judging unit, configured to judge whether a state of the device satisfies a starting condition, where the starting condition includes that the sending unit needs to send data or a signaling; the processing unit is used for executing the signal measurement of the adjacent region when the state of the device meets the starting condition; the reporting unit is used for: and reporting the measurement result to the network side.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes a receiving unit configured to: and receiving the starting condition sent by the network side before the judging unit judges whether the state of the device meets the starting condition.

Optionally, the sending unit needs to send data or signaling, including: the sending unit needs to send data with the size exceeding a preset value; and/or the sending unit needs to send signaling for implementing the specified function.

Optionally, the specifying function includes: converting the device to a connected state; or establishing or recovering a specified type of bearer; or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request the establishment or resumption of a specified type of service.

Optionally, the starting condition further includes an auxiliary condition, and the starting condition is satisfied when the state of the apparatus satisfies that the sending unit needs to send data or signaling and the auxiliary condition at the same time; wherein the assist condition includes: the frequency point corresponding to the current resident cell of the device is contained in the target measurement frequency point; and/or a cell in which the apparatus currently resides is contained in a target measurement cell; and/or the cell in which the device currently resides is an active cell; and/or trigger the apparatus to perform the specified function for a specified reason.

Optionally, the processing unit is further configured to: obtaining configuration parameters for neighbor cell signal measurement before executing neighbor cell signal measurement, wherein the configuration parameters comprise a target measurement frequency point and/or a target measurement cell.

Optionally, the configuration parameters further include: at least one of the offset of the target measurement frequency point, the priority of the target measurement frequency point, the offset of the target measurement cell, the priority of the target measurement cell, the blacklist cell, the effective time of the configuration parameter and the preset measurement duration.

Optionally, the processing unit is further configured to: obtaining the configuration parameters from the network side or locally from the device.

Optionally, the processing unit is further configured to: and receiving the configuration parameters sent by the network side in a broadcasting mode or a special signaling mode.

Optionally, the processing unit is further configured to: obtaining configuration parameters stored by the device and used by the device for measuring the signals of the neighboring cells last time; or obtaining the configuration before the device enters the idle state or the inactive state, and obtaining the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the device enters the idle state or the inactive state.

Optionally, the processing unit is further configured to: obtaining a target measurement cell in the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the device enters the idle state or the inactive state; wherein the target measurement cell comprises: a serving cell before the device enters an idle state or an inactive state; or the device enters a cell under a frequency point corresponding to a serving cell before the idle state or the inactive state; or other cells in a serving cell list stored by the apparatus except for the cell in which the apparatus currently resides; or other cells in a serving cell list under a primary base station stored by the apparatus except for a cell in which the apparatus currently resides.

Optionally, the reporting unit is specifically configured to: and reporting the measurement result to the network side at a preset moment.

Optionally, the receiving unit is further configured to: and before the reporting unit reports the measurement result to the network side, receiving a reporting parameter which is sent by the network side and used for determining the preset moment.

Optionally, the reporting parameter includes a preset reporting duration, and the preset time is a time when the device starts measurement of the neighboring cell signal and passes the preset reporting duration.

Optionally, the sending unit needs to send data or signaling, including: the sending unit needs to send a signaling for realizing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the device into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service; the reporting parameter represents that the device realizes the designated function, and the preset moment is the moment when the device realizes the designated function.

Optionally, the reporting unit is further configured to: and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the network side, wherein the RRC message carries the measurement result.

Optionally, the sending unit needs to send data or signaling, including that the sending unit needs to send signaling for implementing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the device into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service; the RRC message includes an RRC message for informing the network side that the device has implemented the specified function.

Optionally, the measurement result includes: the signal quality meets the mark of the target measurement cell of the preset condition; or the signal quality corresponding to the identification of the target measurement cell and the identification of the target measurement cell; or the mark of the target measuring cell, the signal quality corresponding to the mark area of the target measuring cell, the mark of the beam under each target measuring cell and the signal quality corresponding to the mark of the beam; or the identifiers of the target measurement cells are sequenced from high to low according to the signal quality; or the mark of the target measurement cell with the signal quality meeting the preset condition after being sequenced from high to low according to the signal quality.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a neighboring cell signal measurement apparatus, including: a sending unit, configured to send a neighboring cell signal measurement policy to a UE, so that the UE performs neighboring cell signal measurement according to the policy, where the policy includes a starting condition; a receiving unit, configured to receive the measurement result sent by the UE.

Optionally, the sending unit is specifically configured to: and sending the strategy to the UE in a broadcasting mode or a special signaling mode.

A fifth aspect of the present invention provides a neighboring cell signal measurement device, including: the system comprises at least one processor, a memory and a communication interface, wherein the memory and the communication interface are in communication connection with the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the at least one processor executes the instructions stored by the memory by using the communication interface to perform the method for measuring a neighbor cell signal according to the first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention.

A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a neighboring cell signal measurement device, including: the system comprises at least one processor, a memory and a communication interface, wherein the memory and the communication interface are in communication connection with the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the at least one processor executes the instructions stored in the memory by using the communication interface to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement method according to the third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention.

A seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed on a computer, the computer is enabled to implement the method for measuring a neighboring cell signal according to the first or second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a neighboring cell in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring a neighbor cell signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a neighbor cell signal measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a neighbor cell signal measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a neighbor cell signal measurement device in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a neighbor cell signal measurement device in an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments, and it should be understood that the specific features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the technical solutions of the present invention, but may be combined with each other without conflict.

It is to be understood that the terms first, second, and the like in the description of the embodiments of the invention are used for distinguishing between the descriptions and not necessarily for describing a sequential or chronological order. "plurality" in the description of the embodiments of the present invention means two or more.

The term "and/or" in the embodiment of the present invention is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and indicates that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The embodiment of the invention can be applied to a 5G system; the present invention is also applicable to other wireless communication systems, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) System, Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) System, Mobile communication System (UMTS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, and new network equipment System.

The user terminal UE according to the embodiments of the present invention may be a device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or another processing device connected to a wireless modem. Wireless user terminals, which may be mobile terminals such as mobile telephones (or "cellular" telephones) and computers having mobile terminals, such as portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices, may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and may exchange language and/or data with the RAN. Examples of such devices include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and the like. A wireless User Terminal may also be referred to as a system, a Subscriber Unit (Subscriber Unit), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Station (Mobile), a Remote Station (Remote Station), an Access Point (Access Point), a Remote Terminal (Remote Terminal), an Access Terminal (Access Terminal), a User Terminal (User Terminal), a User agent (User agent), and a User Device.

A base station according to embodiments of the present invention may be configured to interconvert received air frames and IP packets as a router between a wireless terminal device and a remainder of an access network, where the remainder of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) network device. The base station may also coordinate management of attributes for the air interface. For example, the Base Station may be a network device in a 5G system, such as a Next generation Base Station (gNB), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a global system for Mobile Communication (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Base Station (NodeB) in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), or an evolved Node B (eNB) in LTE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of neighboring cells in the embodiment of the present invention, where a cell0 is a cell in which a UE currently resides, and cells 1 and 2 are neighboring cells of the UE. The specific number and the location of the UE neighboring cells may be different according to actual situations, and the schematic diagram of the location relationship between the neighboring cells shown in fig. 1 is only an example of the embodiment of the present invention, and cannot be used to limit the specific protection scope of the present invention.

Example one

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for measuring a neighboring cell signal, which is applied to a user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state, and with reference to fig. 2, the method includes:

step 101: and judging whether the state of the UE meets a starting condition or not, wherein the starting condition comprises that the UE needs to send data or signaling.

Wherein, the UE needs to send data or signaling, and the meaning of the reference may be different from different aspects. For example, when the UE needs to send an RRC message, the RRC message may be defined as data from the view of air interface layer 3, but may be defined as signaling from the view of physical layer.

The starting condition is further embodied, for example, the UE needs to send data or signaling specifically includes: the UE needs to send data with a data size exceeding a predetermined value, and/or the UE needs to send signaling for implementing a specified function. That is, the UE may start the measurement of the neighboring cell signal when data exceeding a predetermined size needs to be transmitted, or may start the measurement of the neighboring cell signal when signaling for implementing a specific function needs to be transmitted, or may start the measurement of the neighboring cell signal when the UE needs to transmit signaling for implementing the specific function and the size of the transmitted data exceeds a predetermined value.

When the state of the UE satisfies the starting condition, executing step 102: and performing neighbor cell signal measurement.

The measurement mode for the UE to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement may be blind detection, or measurement may be performed according to a predetermined configuration parameter, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

Step 103: and reporting the measurement result to a network side.

The network side may refer to a cell base station communicating with the UE, and the UE may send the measurement result to the network side immediately after obtaining the measurement result, or report the measurement result to the network side at a preset time.

In the above scheme, the UE measures the neighboring cell signal only when the UE satisfies the start condition, where the basic requirement that the start condition is satisfied is that the UE needs to send data to the network side, and in practical application, the UE needs to implement CA, DC, and other technologies only when the UE needs to send data or signaling, and needs to obtain a neighboring cell measurement result, so that the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the present invention that the UE starts the UE to measure the neighboring cell signal only when the UE satisfies the start condition can enable the UE to measure and report the neighboring cell signal timely and effectively; meanwhile, according to the scheme, the UE cannot be triggered to measure the signals of the adjacent cells when the UE does not meet the starting condition, so that the power consumption of the UE can be effectively reduced. In conclusion, the scheme can enable the UE in idle state or inactive state to simultaneously meet the requirement of timely and effectively measuring the signals of the neighboring cell and the requirement of saving the power consumption of the UE.

Optionally, the UE in the starting condition needs to send data or signaling, and may send signaling for implementing a specified function to the UE, where the specified function may include, but is not limited to, the following:

1) and converting the UE into a connection connected state.

2) A bearer of a specified type is established or restored. For example, the UE needs to transmit Data for establishing or recovering Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) identified as 3 and 4, the UE needs to transmit Data for establishing or recovering bearers satisfying Quality of Service (QoS) parameters, and so on.

3) A specified type of traffic is established or restored. For example, the UE needs to transmit data for establishing or resuming an emergency call service, for example, the UE needs to transmit data for establishing or resuming a delay tolerant service, and so on.

4) Or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type;

5) requesting the establishment or restoration of a specified type of service.

In a specific implementation process, the UE has a requirement for implementing any one of the above functions, the UE can satisfy the starting condition, and the UE simultaneously has a requirement for implementing any two of the above three functions or a requirement for implementing the above three functions, and the UE can also satisfy the starting condition.

By the method, the starting condition for triggering the UE to measure the signals of the adjacent cells is further refined, so that the UE in an idle state or an inactive state can measure and report the signals of the adjacent cells more timely and effectively, and the power consumption of the UE is further saved.

Optionally, the starting condition further includes an auxiliary condition, and the starting condition is satisfied when the state of the UE satisfies that the UE needs to send data or signaling and the auxiliary condition at the same time; wherein, the auxiliary conditions include but are not limited to the following:

1) and the frequency point corresponding to the cell where the UE currently resides is contained in the target measurement frequency point.

2) The cell where the UE currently resides is included in a target measurement cell.

3) And the cell where the UE currently resides is an effective cell. And if the cell where the UE currently resides is a non-effective cell, even if the UE meets the condition that the UE needs to send data or signaling, the operation of measuring the signals of the adjacent cells cannot be executed.

4) The reason for triggering the UE to realize the specified function is a specified reason. For example, a UE in idle needs to establish RRC connection and the establishment cause is Mobile Originating (MO), data.

In a specific implementation process, each of the four auxiliary conditions may be separately combined with data or signaling that needs to be sent by the UE to form a starting condition, or the four auxiliary conditions may also be combined with the data or signaling that needs to be sent by the UE to form a starting condition in a multiple combination manner, for example, 1), 2) and the data or signaling that needs to be sent by the UE combine to form a starting condition, 1), 2), 4) and the data or signaling that needs to be sent by the UE combine to form a starting condition, 1), 2), 3), 4) and the data or signaling that needs to be sent by the UE combine to form a starting condition, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

Optionally, the starting condition may be a starting condition sent by the network side to the UE, or may also be a starting condition locally stored by the UE, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. When the starting condition is a starting condition locally stored by the UE, the starting condition may be a starting condition used when the UE performs the neighbor cell measurement last time, or may be a starting condition specified by a communication protocol; when the starting condition is that the network side sends the starting condition to the UE, a mode of the network side sending the starting condition to the UE may be a broadcast mode or a dedicated signaling mode, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited specifically.

By the method, the UE can acquire the starting condition in various modes, so that the UE can acquire the time for starting the measurement of the adjacent cell signal and start the measurement when the starting condition is met, a measurement target is determined, the measurement time is shortened, the measurement efficiency is improved, and the power consumption of the UE is saved.

Optionally, when the UE performs step 102, a measurement manner in which the UE performs neighbor cell signal measurement may be measurement according to a predetermined configuration parameter, where the configuration parameter includes: one or more of a target measurement frequency point, a target measurement cell, an offset of the target measurement frequency point, a priority of the target measurement frequency point, an offset of the target measurement cell, a priority of the target measurement cell, a predetermined measurement duration and a blacklist cell.

The target measurement frequency point is used for indicating the UE to carry out signal measurement on a cell corresponding to the target frequency point; the target measurement cell is used for instructing the UE to carry out signal measurement on the target measurement cell; the offset of the target measurement frequency point is used for indicating a correction value for correcting an obtained measurement result when the UE performs signal measurement on a cell corresponding to the target measurement frequency point; the offset of the target measurement cell is used for indicating a correction value for correcting an obtained measurement result when the UE performs signal measurement on the target measurement cell; the priority of the target measurement frequency point is used for indicating the measurement sequence of the UE when measuring the cell corresponding to the target frequency point; the priority of the target measurement cell is used for indicating a measurement sequence when the UE measures the target cell; the blacklist cell is used for indicating the UE to forbid measuring on the cell included by the blacklist cell; the preset measurement duration is used for indicating the measurement duration when the UE measures the adjacent cell signals, and when the time for the UE to execute the measurement operation exceeds the preset measurement duration, the operation of measuring the adjacent cell signals is stopped. The predetermined measurement duration may be a predetermined measurement duration for the UE to perform neighboring cell signal measurement on a single cell, or may also be a total predetermined measurement duration for the UE to perform neighboring cell signal measurement on multiple cells, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

In a specific implementation process, the configuration parameters may further include parameters characterizing attributes of the configuration parameters, such as an effective cell of the configuration parameter and an effective time of the configuration parameter. The effective cell of the configuration parameters is used for indicating that the UE can use the various configuration parameters to perform adjacent cell signal measurement when the cell where the UE resides currently is the effective cell, otherwise, the UE does not have the right to use the various configuration parameters to start the adjacent cell signal measurement; the valid time of the configuration parameters is used for indicating the UE to start timing when the configuration parameters are obtained, and when the timing exceeds the valid time of the configuration parameters, deleting the obtained configuration parameters.

By the method, the UE can measure the signals of the adjacent cells according to certain configuration parameters when the signals of the adjacent cells are measured, so that a measurement target can be effectively determined, the measurement time is shortened, the measurement efficiency is improved, and the power consumption of the UE is saved.

Optionally, when the measurement mode of the UE performing the neighbor cell signal measurement is measurement according to a predetermined configuration parameter, the mode of the UE obtaining the configuration parameter includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1) obtaining the configuration parameters from the network side;

2) obtaining the configuration parameters locally from the UE.

When the manner in which the UE obtains the configuration parameters for measuring the neighboring cell signals is to obtain the configuration parameters from the network side, the manner in which the network side sends the configuration parameters may be a broadcast manner or a dedicated signaling manner, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited specifically.

When the UE obtains the configuration parameters for measuring the neighboring cell signals locally from the UE, the UE may obtain the configuration parameters stored by the UE and used when the UE performs the neighboring cell signal measurement last time, for example, the configuration parameters used when the UE performs the neighboring cell signal measurement in the last connection state, may also obtain the configuration parameters specified by the communication protocol, and may also obtain the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state and obtain the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state, which is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

For example, the UE may obtain the target measurement cell in the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state. The target measurement cell may be a serving cell before the UE enters an idle state or an inactive state, may be a cell at a frequency corresponding to the serving cell before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state, may be another cell in a serving cell list stored by the UE and having a cell where the UE currently resides, may also be another cell in a serving cell list stored by the UE and having a primary base station where the UE currently resides, and the like, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited specifically.

By the method, the UE can acquire the configuration parameters when executing the neighbor cell signal measurement, so that the UE can measure the neighbor cell signals based on the acquired configuration parameters, further determine the measurement target, reduce the measurement time, improve the measurement efficiency and save the power consumption of the UE.

Optionally, in a specific implementation process, the UE may only completely perform neighboring cell signal measurement on a cell with good signal quality in a cell corresponding to the visual measurement standard frequency point. Specifically, the UE performs coarse detection on all target measurement cells, for example, detects all signals on a certain frequency point, and obtains a preliminary detection result; and then, determining a cell needing further fine detection according to the preliminary detection result, and detecting the cell in detail, for example, after all signals on a certain frequency point are detected, only performing further detection on a certain measurement pilot signal with the strongest signal to obtain the cell physical layer identifier and the signal strength corresponding to the cell.

By the method, the UE can reduce the measurement time when executing the neighbor cell signal measurement, the measurement efficiency is improved, and the UE power consumption is further saved.

Optionally, when the UE executes the step 103, if the UE reports the measurement result to the network side at a preset time, the preset time may be determined according to the reporting parameter obtained by the UE. The method for the UE to acquire the reporting parameters includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1) and locally obtaining the reporting parameters from the UE.

2) Obtaining the reporting parameters from the network side;

when the manner in which the UE obtains the reporting parameter is to obtain the reporting parameter locally from the UE, the UE may obtain the reporting parameter used when performing the neighboring cell measurement last time, and the UE may also obtain the reporting parameter specified by the communication protocol.

When the mode of acquiring the reporting parameter by the UE is to acquire the reporting parameter from the network side, the mode of sending the reporting parameter by the network side may be a broadcast mode or a dedicated signaling mode, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

In a specific implementation process, the reporting parameter may be a parameter representing a preset reporting duration, and the preset time determined according to the reporting parameter is a time after the UE starts measurement of the neighboring cell signal and passes the preset reporting duration. The preset reporting duration may be equal to the preset measurement duration in the configuration parameter, or may be greater than the preset measurement duration in the configuration parameter, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. When the preset reporting duration is equal to the preset measurement duration in the configuration parameters, the embodiment of the present invention may represent the preset reporting duration and the preset measurement duration simultaneously by one parameter.

In a specific implementation process, when the starting condition is that the UE needs to send a signaling for implementing a specified function, the reported parameter may be a parameter characterizing that the UE implements the specified function, and the preset time may be a time when the UE implements the specified function. For example, when the starting condition is that the UE needs to send data for converting the UE into a connected state, the UE may report a measurement result when entering the connected state; for another example, when the starting condition is that the UE needs to send data for establishing or recovering a bearer of a specified type, the UE may report a measurement result when the establishment or recovery of the data of the bearer of the specified type is completed; for another example, when the starting condition is that the UE needs to send data for establishing or recovering a service of a specified type, the UE may report a measurement result when the establishing or recovering of the data of the service of the specified type is completed; for another example, when the starting condition is that the UE requests to send data for establishing or recovering a bearer of a specified type, the UE may report a measurement result when sending the data for requesting to establish or recover the bearer of the specified type; for another example, when the starting condition is that the UE requests to send data for establishing or recovering a service of a specified type, the UE may report a measurement result when sending the data for requesting to establish or recover the service of the specified type.

In a specific implementation process, the reporting parameters may also include a parameter characterizing the preset reporting duration and a parameter characterizing the UE implementing the specified function, and in this case, the UE may report the measurement result at a time after the preset reporting duration elapses after the specified function is implemented and the UE starts measurement of the neighboring cell signal.

By the method, the UE can be triggered to report the measurement result at the preset moment, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the signal measurement of the adjacent cell more timely and effectively.

Optionally, when the UE performs the reporting of the measurement result to the network side in step 103, the UE may report the measurement result in the form of an RRC message, where the RRC message carries the measurement result. The RRC message may be an RRC message generated by the UE and dedicated to carrying the measurement result, or an RRC message used by the UE to carry other messages.

For example, when the UE needs to directly send data in the connected state, the measurement result may be carried in an RRC message for carrying a small data packet; for another example, when the starting condition is that the UE needs to send data for converting the UE into the connected state, the measurement result may be carried in an RRC message that the UE sends to the network side to notify that the UE has entered the connected state; for another example, when the starting condition is that the UE needs to send data for establishing or recovering a bearer of a specified type, the measurement result may be carried in an RRC message that the UE sends to the network side to notify that the establishment or recovery of the bearer of the specified type is completed; for another example, when the starting condition is that the UE needs to send data for establishing or recovering the specified type of service, the measurement result may be carried in an RRC message that the UE sends to the network side to notify that the establishment or recovery of the specified type of service is completed.

By the method, the measurement result can be reported to the network side in various forms, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the neighboring cell signal more timely and effectively.

Alternatively, the measurement may take a variety of forms, including but not limited to the following:

1) the signal quality meets the mark of the target measurement cell of the preset condition;

2) the signal quality corresponding to the identification of the target measurement cell and the identification of the target measurement cell;

3) the method comprises the steps that the identification of a target measurement cell, the signal quality corresponding to the identification area of the target measurement cell, the identification of a beam under each target measurement cell and the signal quality corresponding to the identification of the beam;

4) the identifiers of the target measurement cells are sequenced from high to low according to the signal quality;

5) and the signal quality after sequencing from high to low according to the signal quality meets the mark of the target measurement cell of the preset condition.

For example, the UE measures Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) of each neighboring cell corresponding to four target frequency points f1, f2, f3, and f4, and obtains RSRP measurement results corresponding to each neighboring cell. The RSRP of the neighboring cell1 corresponding to the target frequency point f1 and the offset offsetf1 of the target frequency point measured by the UE are greater than the predetermined threshold Th1, the RSRP of the neighboring cell2 corresponding to the target frequency point f2 and the offset offsetf2 of the target frequency point are equal to the predetermined threshold Th1, the RSRP of the neighboring cell3 corresponding to the target frequency point f3 and the offset offsetf3 of the target frequency point are less than the predetermined threshold Th1, and the RSRP of the neighboring cell4 corresponding to the target frequency point f4 and the offset offsetf4 of the target frequency point are greater than the predetermined threshold Th 1. In the above mode 1), assuming that the preset condition is that the RSRP corrected according to the offset is greater than the predetermined threshold Th1, the reported result may include only the cell identifiers cell1 and cell4, or the cell identifiers cell1 and cell4 sorted according to the signal quality (assuming that the signal quality of the cell1 is higher than the cell 4); when the method 2) is adopted, the report result may include cell identifications cell1, cell2, cell3, cell4, and RSRPs corresponding to neighboring cells respectively; in the above manner 3), the report result may include cell identifiers cell1, cell2, cell3, and cell4, RSRPs corresponding to neighboring cells, identifiers of beams (beams) in each neighboring cell, and measurement results corresponding to the beams.

Optionally, in a specific implementation process, a requirement for the UE to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement is consistent with a requirement for the UE to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement when the UE does not have Discontinuous Reception (DRX) in a connected state, for example, a common-frequency requirement, an inter-frequency requirement, and the like. By the method, the UE in idle state or inactive state can report the adjacent cell signals more timely and effectively.

Optionally, in a specific implementation process, the starting condition, the configuration parameter, and the reporting parameter may be combined to form a policy for the UE to implement the neighbor cell signal measurement. The network side may directly include the start condition, the configuration parameter, and the strategy of all information of the reporting parameter, and send them to the UE, or may only send part of the information in the start condition, the configuration parameter, and the reporting parameter to the UE. By the method, the UE in idle state or inactive state can more effectively measure and report the adjacent cell signals in time, and the power consumption of the UE is further saved.

In a specific implementation process, a person skilled in the art may combine, change, and modify the neighbor cell measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present invention to generate multiple strategies for neighbor cell signal measurement, and then two specific schemes in the embodiment of the present invention are listed for detailed description.

The first scheme is as follows: and the network side sends the configuration parameters, the starting conditions and the reporting conditions to the UE in a broadcasting mode.

Step one, a network side broadcasts configuration parameters for executing neighbor cell signal measurement to a UE, starts a starting condition for the UE to perform neighbor cell measurement, and triggers the UE to report a measurement result reporting condition, which specifically includes:

(1) configuring parameters: target measurement frequency points f1 and f2, and offsets offsetf1 and offsetf2 corresponding to the measurement target measurement frequency points f1 and f 2;

(2) starting conditions are as follows: the idle state or inactive state UE needs to enter connected state to transmit data, or the inactive state UE needs to transmit data in inactive state.

(3) Reporting parameters: and the timer1 is 2s and is used for triggering the UE to stop measuring and report the measurement result after starting the neighboring cell measurement for 2 s.

And step two, the UE receives and stores the configuration parameters, the starting conditions and the reporting parameters broadcasted by the network side. When the UE needs to enter connected state to send data in idle state or inactive state, or the UE needs to send data in inactive state, starting measurement and starting a timer to time, and performing signal measurement on the cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency points f1 and f 2. At this time, the neighbor cell measurement requirement of the UE is consistent with the neighbor cell measurement requirement of the UE without DRX in the connected state.

And step three, triggering the UE to measure and report the measurement result when the timer times out time1 is 2 s. The measurement result may include only the neighboring cell identifier and the signal quality (for example, the signal quality corresponding to the cell identifier cell1 and the cell1 corresponding to the target measurement frequency point f1, and the signal quality corresponding to the cell identifier cell2 and the cell2 corresponding to the target measurement frequency point f 2), and the reporting form may generate an RRC message dedicated to bearing the measurement result for the UE.

Scheme II:

the UE obtains configuration parameters according to the configuration before entering the idle state or the inactive state, and the UE obtains a starting condition and a reporting condition according to a communication protocol.

Step one, the UE enters an inactive state from a connected state according to a network side signaling. The UE entering the inactive state stores serving cells configured by the network side to the UE in the connected state, including cell1, cell2, cell3, and cell 4.

Step two, the UE determines the starting conditions according to the communication protocol as follows: the UE requests a large data volume service or the UE requests to recover a low-delay service; the UE determines the reporting parameters as follows according to the communication protocol: and the UE sends a request for recovering the large data volume service or sends a request for recovering the low-delay service.

Step three, when the UE needs to request to recover the large data volume service or the UE needs to request to recover the low-delay service, starting signal measurement of the previously stored cells 1, 2, 3 and 4; when the UE sends a request for recovering the large data volume service or a request for recovering the low-delay service, the RRC message for informing the UE of the request for recovering the large data volume service or the low-delay service carries the measurement result. The measurement result may be a cell identifier, such as cell1 and cell2, which only includes a signal quality satisfying a preset threshold.

The third scheme is as follows: the network side sends a starting condition to the UE in a special signaling mode, the UE obtains a configuration parameter according to the configuration before entering an idle state or an inactive state, and obtains a reporting condition according to a communication protocol.

Step one, when releasing UE entering idle or inactive state, the network side informs UE starting condition by means of special signaling: the inactive UE needs to send data in the inactive state, and the cell where the UE currently resides is included in the target measurement cell.

And step two, the UE obtains configuration parameters according to the configuration before entering the idle state or the inactive state, and obtains the serving cells which are configured by the network side to the UE and used by the UE in the connected state, wherein the serving cells comprise a cell1, a cell2, a cell3 and a cell 4.

And step three, when the UE is in the inactive state and the UE needs to send data in the inactive state, and the current resident cell belongs to any one of the cells 1, 2, 3 and 4, the UE starts signal measurement on the previously stored cells cell1, cell2, cell3 and cell4, and reports the measurement result to the network side. The reporting form may be that the RRC message for carrying the small data packet carries a measurement result, and the measurement result may only include an identifier of a target measurement cell whose signal quality satisfies a preset condition after being sorted from high to low according to the signal quality.

Example two

The second embodiment of the present invention provides a method for measuring a neighboring cell signal, which is applied to a network side, and the method includes:

sending a neighbor cell signal measurement strategy to UE (user equipment) so that the UE executes neighbor cell signal measurement according to the strategy, wherein the strategy comprises a starting condition;

and receiving the measurement result sent by the UE.

EXAMPLE III

A third embodiment of the present invention provides a neighboring cell signal measurement apparatus, where the apparatus is in an idle state or an inactive state, and referring to fig. 3, the apparatus includes:

a sending unit 201, configured to send data to a network side;

a determining unit 202, configured to determine whether a state of the apparatus satisfies a starting condition, where the starting condition includes that the sending unit 201 needs to send data or a signaling;

a processing unit 203, configured to perform neighbor cell signal measurement when the state of the apparatus satisfies the starting condition;

a reporting unit 204, configured to report the measurement result to a network side; the reporting unit 204 and the sending unit 201 may be the same unit.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes a receiving unit, configured to receive the start condition sent by the network side before the determining unit 202 determines whether the state of the apparatus satisfies the start condition.

Optionally, the sending unit 201 needs to send data or signaling, including: the sending unit 201 needs to send data with a data size exceeding a predetermined value; and/or

The sending unit 201 needs to send signaling for implementing the specified function.

Optionally, the specifying function includes:

converting the device to a connected state; or

Establishing or recovering a specified type of bearer; or

Establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or

Requesting to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or

Requesting the establishment or restoration of a specified type of service.

Optionally, the starting condition further includes an auxiliary condition, and the starting condition is satisfied when the state of the apparatus satisfies that the sending unit 201 needs to send data or signaling and the auxiliary condition at the same time;

wherein the assist condition includes:

the frequency point corresponding to the current resident cell of the device is contained in the target measurement frequency point; and/or

A cell in which the apparatus currently camps is included in a target measurement cell; and/or

The cell where the device resides currently is an effective cell; and/or

The reason for triggering the device to implement the specified function is for a specified reason.

Optionally, the processing unit 203 is further configured to: obtaining configuration parameters for neighbor cell signal measurement before executing neighbor cell signal measurement, wherein the configuration parameters comprise a target measurement frequency point and/or a target measurement cell.

Optionally, the processing unit 203 is further configured to: obtaining the configuration parameters from the network side or locally from the device.

Optionally, the processing unit 203 is further configured to: and receiving the configuration parameters sent by the network side in a broadcasting mode or a special signaling mode.

Optionally, the processing unit 203 is further configured to: obtaining configuration parameters stored by the device and used by the device for measuring the signals of the neighboring cells last time; or

And obtaining the configuration before the device enters the idle state or the inactive state, and obtaining the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the device enters the idle state or the inactive state.

Optionally, the processing unit 203 is further configured to: obtaining a target measurement cell in the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the device enters the idle state or the inactive state;

wherein the target measurement cell comprises:

a serving cell before the device enters an idle state or an inactive state; or

The device enters a cell under a frequency point corresponding to a serving cell before an idle state or an inactive state; or

Other cells in a serving cell list stored by the apparatus except for a cell in which the apparatus currently resides; or

The apparatus stores other cells in a serving cell list under a primary base station than a cell on which the apparatus currently resides.

Optionally, the reporting unit 204 is specifically configured to: and reporting the measurement result to the network side at a preset moment.

Optionally, the receiving unit is further configured to: before the reporting unit 204 reports the measurement result to the network side, receiving a reporting parameter sent by the network side for determining the preset time.

Optionally, the sending unit 201 needs to send data or signaling, including that the sending unit 201 needs to send signaling for implementing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the device into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service;

the reporting parameter represents that the device realizes the designated function, and the preset moment is the moment when the device realizes the designated function.

Optionally, the reporting unit 204 is further configured to: and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the network side, wherein the RRC message carries the measurement result.

the RRC message includes an RRC message for informing the network side that the device has implemented the specified function.

Optionally, the measurement result includes:

the signal quality meets the mark of the target measurement cell of the preset condition; or

The signal quality corresponding to the identification of the target measurement cell and the identification of the target measurement cell; or

The method comprises the steps that the identification of a target measurement cell, the signal quality corresponding to the identification area of the target measurement cell, the identification of a beam under each target measurement cell and the signal quality corresponding to the identification of the beam; or

The identifiers of the target measurement cells are sequenced from high to low according to the signal quality; or

And the signal quality after sequencing from high to low according to the signal quality meets the mark of the target measurement cell of the preset condition.

The specific implementation manner of the operations performed by the units of the third or more embodiments of the present invention may refer to the corresponding steps performed by the UE in the first embodiment of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are not described again.

Example four

An embodiment of the present invention provides a neighboring cell signal measurement apparatus, and with reference to fig. 4, the apparatus includes:

a sending unit 501, configured to send a neighboring cell signal measurement policy to a UE, so that the UE performs neighboring cell signal measurement according to the policy, where the policy includes a starting condition;

a receiving unit 502, configured to receive a measurement result sent by the UE.

Optionally, the sending unit 501 is specifically configured to: and sending the strategy to the UE in a broadcasting mode or a special signaling mode.

The specific implementation manner of the operations executed by the units of more than four in the embodiment of the present invention may refer to the corresponding steps executed by the network side in the second embodiment of the present invention, and the embodiment of the present invention is not described again.

EXAMPLE five

Fifth, an embodiment of the present invention provides a neighboring cell signal measurement device, and with reference to fig. 5, the device includes:

at least one processor 301, and

a memory 302, a communication interface 303 communicatively coupled to the at least one processor 301;

the memory 302 stores instructions executable by the at least one processor 301, and the at least one processor 301 executes the instructions stored in the memory 302 to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement method performed by the UE in the first embodiment by using the communication interface 303.

EXAMPLE six

An embodiment of the present invention provides a neighboring cell signal measurement device, and with reference to fig. 6, the device includes:

at least one processor 401, and

a memory 402 communicatively coupled to the at least one processor 401, a communications interface 403;

the memory 402 stores instructions executable by the at least one processor 401, and the at least one processor 401 executes the instructions stored in the memory 402 to perform the neighbor cell signal measurement method performed by the network side in the second embodiment by using the communication interface 403.

EXAMPLE seven

A seventh embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer instruction, and when the computer instruction runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to implement the method for measuring a neighboring cell signal in the first or second embodiment.

One or more technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention have at least the following technical effects or advantages:

1. the neighbor cell measurement method provided by the embodiment of the invention starts the UE to measure the neighbor cell signals when the UE meets the starting condition, so that the UE can effectively measure and report the neighbor cell signals in time; meanwhile, the embodiment of the invention can not trigger the UE to measure the adjacent area signal when the UE does not meet the starting condition, thereby effectively reducing the power consumption of the UE;

2. the embodiment of the invention provides various specific starting conditions for triggering the UE to carry out the neighbor cell signal measurement, so that the UE in idle state or inactive state can more effectively carry out the neighbor cell signal measurement in time while saving energy, and a network side can be well assisted to effectively carry out CA and DC technology in time.

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.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations 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 include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A neighbor cell signal measurement method is applied to a User Equipment (UE) in an idle state or an inactive state, and comprises the following steps:

judging whether the state of the UE meets a starting condition or not, wherein the starting condition comprises that the UE needs to send a signaling with a data size exceeding a preset value and/or realizing a specified function, and the specified function comprises the following steps: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of bearer, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of bearer, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of service;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to the determining whether the state of the UE satisfies a startup condition, the method further comprises:

and receiving the starting condition sent by the network side.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the start condition further comprises an auxiliary condition, and the start condition is satisfied when the state of the UE satisfies both the UE needs to send data or signaling and the auxiliary condition;

wherein the assist condition includes:

the frequency point corresponding to the cell where the UE currently resides is contained in the target measurement frequency point; and/or

The cell where the UE currently resides is included in a target measurement cell; and/or

The cell where the UE currently resides is an effective cell; and/or

The reason for triggering the UE to realize the specified function is a specified reason.

4. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein prior to said performing neighbor signal measurements, the method further comprises:

and acquiring configuration parameters for signal measurement of the adjacent cells, wherein the configuration parameters comprise target measurement frequency points and/or target measurement cells.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the configuration parameters further comprise: at least one of the offset of the target measurement frequency point, the priority of the target measurement frequency point, the offset of the target measurement cell, the priority of the target measurement cell, the blacklist cell, the effective time of the configuration parameter and the preset measurement duration.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the obtaining configuration parameters for neighbor cell signal measurement comprises:

obtaining the configuration parameters from the network side; or

Obtaining the configuration parameters locally from the UE.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the obtaining the configuration parameters locally from the UE comprises:

obtaining configuration parameters stored by the UE and used when the UE carries out neighbor cell signal measurement last time; or

And obtaining the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state, and obtaining the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the obtaining the configuration parameters according to the configuration of the UE before entering idle state or inactive state comprises:

obtaining a target measurement cell in the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the UE enters the idle state or the inactive state; the target measurement cell includes:

the UE enters a serving cell before an idle state or an inactive state; or

The UE enters a cell under a frequency point corresponding to a serving cell before an idle state or an inactive state; or

Other cells except the cell where the UE currently resides in a serving cell list stored by the UE; or

And the other cells except the cell where the UE currently resides in the serving cell list stored by the UE under the main base station.

9. The method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein reporting the measurement result to the network side comprises:

and reporting the measurement result to the network side at a preset moment.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein before reporting the measurement result to the network side, the method further comprises:

and receiving a reporting parameter which is sent by the network side and used for determining the preset time.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the reporting parameter comprises a preset reporting duration, and the preset time is a time after the preset reporting duration elapses after the UE starts neighbor cell signal measurement.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the UE needs to send data or signaling, comprising: the UE needs to send signaling for realizing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service;

the reporting parameter represents that the UE realizes the designated function, and the preset time is the time when the UE realizes the designated function.

13. The method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein reporting the measurement result to the network side comprises:

and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the network side, wherein the RRC message carries the measurement result.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the UE needs to send data or signaling, comprising: the UE needs to send signaling for realizing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service;

the RRC message comprises an RRC message used for informing the network side that the UE has realized the specified function.

15. The method of any one of claims 1-3, wherein the measurement results comprise:

The method comprises the steps of identifying the target measurement cell, the signal quality corresponding to the identification area of the target measurement cell, the beam identification under each target measurement cell and the signal quality corresponding to the beam identification.

16. A neighbor cell signal measurement method is applied to a network side, and the method comprises the following steps:

sending a neighbor cell signal measurement strategy to UE (user equipment) so as to enable the UE to execute neighbor cell signal measurement according to the strategy, wherein the strategy comprises a starting condition, the starting condition comprises that the UE needs to send a signaling with a data size exceeding a preset value and/or realizes a specified function, and the specified function comprises: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of bearer, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of bearer, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of service;

and receiving the measurement result sent by the UE.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the measurement policy further comprises configuration parameters and/or reporting parameters.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the sending the neighbor cell signal measurement policy to the UE comprises:

and sending the strategy to the UE in a broadcasting mode or a special signaling mode.

19. A neighbor cell signal measurement apparatus, wherein the apparatus is in idle state or inactive state, the apparatus comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send data to a network side;

a determining unit, configured to determine whether a state of the apparatus satisfies a starting condition, where the starting condition includes that the sending unit needs to send a signaling whose data size exceeds a predetermined value and/or implements a specified function, and the specified function includes: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of bearer, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of bearer, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of service;

the processing unit is used for executing the signal measurement of the adjacent region when the state of the device meets the starting condition;

and the reporting unit is used for reporting the measurement result to the network side.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the apparatus further comprises a receiving unit configured to receive the start condition sent by the network side before the determining unit determines whether the state of the apparatus satisfies the start condition.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the start condition further comprises an auxiliary condition, and the start condition is satisfied when the state of the apparatus satisfies both the condition that the sending unit needs to send data or signaling and the auxiliary condition;

wherein the assist condition includes:

The cell where the device resides currently is an effective cell; and/or

22. The apparatus of any one of claims 19-21, wherein the processing unit is further to: obtaining configuration parameters for neighbor cell signal measurement before executing neighbor cell signal measurement, wherein the configuration parameters comprise a target measurement frequency point and/or a target measurement cell.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the configuration parameters further comprise: at least one of the offset of the target measurement frequency point, the priority of the target measurement frequency point, the offset of the target measurement cell, the priority of the target measurement cell, the blacklist cell, the effective time of the configuration parameter and the preset measurement duration.

24. The apparatus as recited in claim 22, said processing unit to further: obtaining the configuration parameters from the network side or locally from the device.

25. The apparatus as recited in claim 24, said processing unit to further: obtaining configuration parameters stored by the device and used by the device for measuring the signals of the neighboring cells last time; or

26. The apparatus as recited in claim 25, said processing unit to further: obtaining a target measurement cell in the configuration parameters according to the configuration before the device enters the idle state or the inactive state;

wherein the target measurement cell comprises:

a serving cell before the device enters an idle state or an inactive state; or

27. The apparatus according to any one of claims 19 to 21, wherein the reporting unit is specifically configured to: and reporting the measurement result to the network side at a preset moment.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to: and before the reporting unit reports the measurement result to the network side, receiving a reporting parameter which is sent by the network side and used for determining the preset moment.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the reporting parameter comprises a preset reporting duration, and the preset time is a time after the preset reporting duration elapses after the apparatus starts neighbor cell signal measurement.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the sending unit is required to send data or signaling, comprising: the sending unit needs to send a signaling for realizing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the device into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service;

31. The apparatus according to any of claims 19-21, wherein the reporting unit is further configured to: and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the network side, wherein the RRC message carries the measurement result.

32. The apparatus as claimed in claim 31, wherein said transmitting unit needs to transmit data or signaling, comprising: the sending unit needs to send a signaling for realizing a specified function; the specified functions include: converting the device into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of load bearing, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service; or request to establish or recover a bearer of a specified type; or request to establish or restore a specified type of service;

33. The apparatus of any one of claims 19-21, wherein the measurement results comprise:

34. A neighbor cell signal measurement apparatus, comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send a neighboring cell signal measurement policy to a UE, so that the UE performs neighboring cell signal measurement according to the policy, where the policy includes a starting condition, the starting condition includes that the UE needs to send a signaling whose data size exceeds a predetermined value and/or implements a specified function, and the specified function includes: converting the UE into a connection connected state, or establishing or recovering a specified type of bearer, or establishing or recovering a specified type of service, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of bearer, or requesting to establish or recover a specified type of service;

a receiving unit, configured to receive the measurement result sent by the UE.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the measurement policy further comprises a configuration parameter and/or a reporting parameter.

36. The apparatus as claimed in claim 34, wherein said transmitting unit is specifically configured to:

37. A neighbor cell signal measurement device, comprising:

at least one processor, and

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, a communication interface;

wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the at least one processor performs the neighbor signal measurement method of any one of claims 1-18 with the communication interface by executing the instructions stored by the memory.

38. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to implement the method of any one of claims 1-18.