CN109429263B

CN109429263B - Processing method, device, equipment and storage medium based on user equipment measurement

Info

Publication number: CN109429263B
Application number: CN201711176706.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 方平; 程勇; 李小仙; 庞高昆
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-22
Filing date: 2017-11-22
Publication date: 2022-02-25
Anticipated expiration: 2037-11-22
Also published as: CN109429263A

Abstract

The application provides a processing method, a device, equipment and a storage medium based on user equipment measurement, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that User Equipment (UE) receives measurement object configuration information sent by network equipment, the measurement object configuration information is used for indicating the measurement object information and coverage area information, the coverage area information is used for indicating the coverage area information of the UE for measurement, and when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage area information, the UE performs measurement according to the measurement object information and sends a measurement report to the network equipment. The UE starts measurement only in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information according to the coverage range information configured by the network equipment, so that the number of invalid measurement times of the UE can be reduced, and the waste of the electric quantity of the UE is reduced.

Description

Processing method, device, equipment and storage medium based on user equipment measurement

Technical Field

The present application relates to communications technologies, and in particular, to a processing method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium based on user equipment measurement.

Background

In a mobile communication system, in order to ensure service quality and User service experience, after a User Equipment (UE) is connected to a network, the UE still continuously measures surrounding cells, including a serving cell and a neighbor cell of the same radio access technology, even cells of different radio access technologies; the UE reports the measurement result according to the configuration of the base station, the measurement report of the UE plays a key role in the handover decision of an evolved Node B (eNB), and the base station determines the cell handover of the UE according to the measurement report of the UE and other information. For example, in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an eNB sends measurement configuration information to a UE in a Radio connection (RRC _ CONNECTED) state through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration (connection reconfiguration) message, the UE performs measurement based on the received measurement configuration information and reports a measurement result to the eNB through a measurement report (MeasurementReport) message, and the eNB performs operations such as mobility management and UE handover according to the measurement result reported by the UE.

In the early days of New Radio (NR) network deployment, it is often the case that NR networks and LTE networks coexist, and the networks may exist in such a manner that base stations of NR are deployed only in a partial area of the LTE network, for example, early NR is deployed only in some places where people flow is dense and high-speed data transmission is needed, and network coverage is achieved by means of LTE where high-speed data transmission is generally not needed. In the coverage area of the NR, the UE can simultaneously connect the LTE base station and the NR base station, thereby improving the data transmission bandwidth, i.e., achieving dual connectivity of the UE.

Under the condition of network deployment, the UE is initially connected to the LTE base station, and in order to obtain a better data transmission bandwidth for the UE, the eNB of LTE configures the UE to continuously measure whether there are NR surrounding base stations and corresponding cell quality, and the UE cannot measure NR most of the time, which results in waste of power.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a processing method, a processing device and a storage medium based on user equipment measurement, which are used for solving the problem that in order to enable UE to obtain better data transmission bandwidth, an eNB of LTE can configure the UE to continuously measure whether a base station with NR (radio frequency) exists around and the quality of a corresponding cell, and the UE cannot measure the NR in most of the time, so that electric quantity is wasted.

A first aspect of the present application provides a processing method based on user equipment measurement, including:

the method comprises the steps that UE receives measurement object configuration information sent by network equipment, wherein the measurement object configuration information is used for indicating measurement object information and coverage area information, and the coverage area information is used for indicating the coverage area information measured by the UE;

and when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information, the UE performs measurement according to the measurement object information and sends a measurement report to the network equipment.

In a specific implementation manner, the receiving, by the UE, measurement object configuration information sent by a network device includes:

and the UE receives an RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network equipment, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the configuration information of the measurement object.

Optionally, the method further includes:

and the UE sends an RRC connection reconfiguration response to the network equipment.

In another specific implementation, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

a range of regions determined with respect to signal quality of one or more designated network devices;

one or more designated network device signal quality determined area ranges and geographic location determined coverage.

In another specific implementation, the coverage information further includes: indicating information inside and outside the coverage range;

the in-coverage and out-coverage indication information is used for indicating that measurement is carried out in the coverage area or indicating that measurement is carried out outside the coverage area.

In another specific implementation, the method further includes:

the UE acquires the position information of the UE and determines whether the position information of the UE is in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information for measurement;

and if the position information of the UE is in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information for measurement, the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information.

Further, the UE acquires location information of itself, including:

the UE acquires the geographical position information of the UE as the position information of the UE; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the UE acquires signal quality information of one or more appointed network devices and determines position information of the UE according to the signal quality information of the one or more appointed network devices; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the UE acquires signal quality information of one or more designated network devices and geographical location information of the UE, and determines the location information of the UE according to the signal quality information of the one or more designated network devices and the geographical location information.

A second aspect of the present application provides a processing method based on user equipment measurement, the method including:

the network equipment sends measurement object configuration information to the UE, wherein the measurement object configuration information is used for indicating the measurement object information and the coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the UE for measurement;

and the network equipment receives a measurement report sent by the UE, wherein the measurement report is a measurement result obtained by measuring according to the measurement object information when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage area information.

In one specific implementation, the sending, by the network device, measurement object configuration information to the UE includes:

and the network equipment sends the RRC connection reconfiguration message carrying the measurement object configuration information to the UE.

Optionally, the method further includes:

and the network equipment receives the RRC connection reconfiguration response returned by the UE.

In another specific implementation, before the network device sends the measurement object configuration information to the UE, the method further includes:

the network equipment acquires the coverage area information of the network equipment corresponding to the measurement object and generates the measurement object configuration information carrying the coverage area information.

In yet another implementation, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

In another implementation manner, the coverage information further includes: indicating information inside and outside the coverage range;

On the basis of any implementation manner, after receiving a measurement report of the UE, the network device determines that dual connectivity can be established, and then the network device sends a request to another network device for measurement of the UE and receives a response returned by the other network device, the network device sends an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE again and receives the RRC connection reconfiguration response returned by the UE to perform connection configuration for the UE and the other network device, and the network device sends a configuration completion indication to the other network device, and establishes connection with the other network device, thereby implementing dual connectivity of the UE.

A third aspect of the present application provides a processing apparatus based on user equipment measurement, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive measurement object configuration information sent by a network device, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the device for measurement;

the processing module is used for measuring according to the measurement object information to obtain a measurement report when the device meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information;

a sending module, configured to send a measurement report to the network device.

Optionally, the receiving module is specifically configured to receive an RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network device, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the measurement object configuration information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

Optionally, the coverage information further includes: indicating information inside and outside the coverage range;

Optionally, the processing module is further configured to:

acquiring the position information of the mobile terminal, and determining whether the position information of the mobile terminal is in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information for measurement;

and if the position information of the device is in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information for measurement, determining that the device meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information.

The processing module is specifically configured to:

acquiring the geographical position information of the user as the position information of the user; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

acquiring signal quality information of one or more appointed network devices, and determining the position information of the appointed network devices according to the signal quality information of the one or more appointed network devices; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the method comprises the steps of obtaining signal quality information of one or more appointed network devices and geographical location information of the network devices, and determining the location information of the network devices according to the signal quality information of the one or more appointed network devices and the geographical location information.

A fourth aspect of the present application provides a processing apparatus based on user equipment measurement, the apparatus comprising:

a sending module, configured to send measurement object configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the UE for measurement;

and a receiving module, configured to receive a measurement report sent by the UE, where the measurement report is obtained by performing measurement according to the measurement object information when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage information.

Optionally, the sending module is specifically configured to:

and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message carrying the measurement object configuration information to the UE.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the processing module is used for acquiring the coverage area information of the network equipment corresponding to the measurement object and generating the measurement object configuration information carrying the coverage area information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

the in-coverage and out-coverage indication information is used for indicating the UE to measure in the coverage area or indicating the UE to measure outside the coverage area.

A fifth aspect of the present application provides a user equipment, comprising: a memory for storing computer instructions, a processor, a transceiver (also referred to as a transceiver).

The transceiver is configured to receive measurement object configuration information sent by a network device, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the UE for measurement;

the processor is configured to, when it is determined that the UE satisfies the condition indicated by the coverage information, perform measurement according to the measurement object information to obtain a measurement report;

the transceiver is configured to send a measurement report to the network device.

Optionally, the transceiver is specifically configured to receive a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network device, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the measurement object configuration information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

and if the position information of the UE is in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information for measurement, determining that the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information.

The processor is further specifically configured to:

In a specific implementation of the user equipment described above, the number of processors is at least one, for executing computer instructions, i.e. computer programs, stored in the memory. The user equipment is enabled to execute the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided in any embodiment of the first aspect, and optionally, the memory may be further integrated within the processor.

A sixth aspect of the present application provides a network device, comprising: a memory for storing computer instructions, a processor, a transceiver (also referred to as a transceiver).

The transceiver is configured to send measurement object configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the UE for measurement;

the transceiver is configured to receive a measurement report sent by the UE, where the measurement report is obtained by performing measurement according to the measurement object information when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage information.

Optionally, the transceiver is specifically configured to send a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message carrying the measurement object configuration information to the UE.

Optionally, before the transceiver sends the measurement object configuration information to the UE, the processor is configured to obtain coverage information of a network device corresponding to the measurement object, and generate the measurement object configuration information carrying the coverage information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

In a specific implementation of the above network device, the number of processors is at least one, and is used to execute computer instructions, i.e. computer programs, stored in the memory. The network device is caused to execute the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided in any embodiment of the second aspect, and optionally, the memory may be integrated within the processor.

A seventh aspect of the present application provides a readable storage medium comprising: the processing method comprises a readable storage medium and computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions are stored in the readable storage medium, and the computer instructions are used for realizing the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided by any implementation manner of the first aspect.

An eighth aspect of the present application provides a readable storage medium comprising: readable storage media and computer instructions stored in the readable storage media, the computer instructions being configured to implement the processing method based on user equipment measurement provided by any embodiment of the second aspect.

A ninth aspect of the present application provides a chip, comprising: a processing module is interfaced with the communication module, the processing module being configured to perform the user equipment measurement-based processing method provided in any implementation of the first aspect.

A tenth aspect of the present application provides a chip comprising: a processing module for performing the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided in any embodiment of the second aspect is interfaced with the communication.

An eleventh aspect of the present application provides a program product, which includes computer instructions stored in a readable storage medium, from which at least one processor of a user equipment reads and executes the computer instructions, so that the user equipment performs the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided in any of the embodiments of the first aspect.

A twelfth aspect of the present application provides a program product, which includes computer instructions stored in a readable storage medium, from which at least one processor of a network device reads and executes the computer instructions, so that the network device executes the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided in any of the embodiments of the second aspect.

According to the processing method, device, equipment and storage medium based on user equipment measurement, when the network equipment sends the measurement object configuration information to the UE, the network equipment carries the coverage area information, the coverage area information is used for indicating the coverage area information of the UE for measurement, and when the UE determines that the condition indicated by the coverage area information is met, the UE performs measurement according to the measurement object information and sends a measurement report to the network equipment. The UE starts measurement only in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information according to the coverage range information configured by the network equipment, so that the number of invalid measurement times of the UE can be reduced, and the waste of the electric quantity of the UE is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of NR network deployment provided in the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of a processing method based on ue measurement provided in the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a scenario of a processing method based on ue measurement according to the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a processing method based on ue measurement provided in the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of another scenario of a processing method based on ue measurement provided in the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a processing apparatus based on ue measurement provided in the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second processing apparatus based on ue measurement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a user equipment provided in the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a network device provided in the present application.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of NR network deployment provided in the present application, and at the beginning of NR network deployment, it is more likely that an NR network and an LTE network coexist, as shown in fig. 1, the network may exist in a form that a base station of NR is deployed only in a partial area in the LTE network, for example, early NR is deployed only in some places where people are dense and high-speed data transmission is needed, and generally where high-speed data transmission is not needed, or network coverage is implemented by means of LTE. In the coverage area of the NR, the UE can be connected to the LTE base station and the NR base station at the same time, thereby improving the data transmission bandwidth, that is, providing dual connectivity of the UE. Under the condition of network deployment, a UE is initially connected to an LTE base station, and in order to obtain a better data transmission bandwidth for the UE, an eNB of LTE may configure the UE to continuously measure whether there are neighboring base stations with NR and corresponding cell quality, and the UE may not measure NR most of the time, resulting in waste of power.

When the base station performs measurement configuration on the UE, the measurement configuration information sent to the UE comprises a measurement object, measurement report configuration and a measurement identifier. A Measurement Object (MO) defines what is measured, and mainly includes a carrier frequency to be measured, neighbor Cell information, and a Physical Cell ID (PCI) value specified by Cell Global Identity (CGI) information; measurement Report Configuration (RC) defines how to report, and mainly includes report criteria (event trigger threshold, periodic report purpose, etc.) and report format (maximum number of reported cells, report amount, etc.). Measurement Identifiers (MIDs) are identifiers of each specific Measurement task, and each MID is associated with an MO and an RC, thereby uniquely characterizing one Measurement task. One UE may be configured with multiple MIDs so that measurements can be made on multiple measurement objects, i.e., multiple carrier frequencies. Measurement Configuration (QC) is used to indicate specific measurement quantities and associated filters; measurement Gap Configuration (MGC) defines a Gap in which a UE can perform Measurement, thereby avoiding data transmission and reception with the UE.

Based on the above, after the UE accesses the LTE network, if it wants to establish dual connectivity between LTE and NR, it needs to continuously perform scanning measurement of the NR network, but since the NR networks are relatively few at first, the UE cannot measure the NR network or cell in many times, which results in power waste of the UE. The application provides a new processing method based on user equipment measurement, wherein network equipment configures measurement object configuration information based on a position for UE, the measurement object configuration information indicates coverage area information and measurement object information, the UE firstly judges whether the UE is in the position range indicated by the measurement object configuration information or meets the condition in the coverage area information indicated by the measurement object configuration information, namely, the UE starts to measure only when the UE enters the specified position range, and the waste of electric quantity caused by continuous measurement of the UE is avoided.

The technical solution provided by the present application can be applied to wireless communication systems, including but not limited to LTE, 3GPP NR, and new wireless communication systems developed later. The involved devices mainly include user equipment and network equipment. The user equipment may be: e.g., 5G UEs (UEs supporting the next generation mobile communication standard), or other 5G terminal devices. The user equipment may include: one or more transceivers (also referred to as transceivers), one or more antennas, one or more processors, and one or more memories. The transceiver is used for receiving or transmitting related messages through the antenna. The memory is used to store related data (including related messages) and instructions. The processor is used for calling the data and the instructions in the memory, carrying out relevant processing on the data (including relevant messages), and controlling the transceiver to carry out receiving/sending of the relevant messages.

The network device may be: for example, a base station of an LTE system, a 5G gbb (base station in a next generation mobile communication network), or a Transmission and Reception Point (TRP), or a network device of another 5G access network (such as a micro base station), or a base station operating in an unlicensed spectrum, or a network base station supporting another access technology. The network device may include: one or more transceivers, one or more antennas, one or more processors, one or more memories, and further, one or more other wired or wireless interfaces (e.g., a fiber optic link interface, an ethernet interface, and/or a copper wire interface, etc.). The transceiver of the network device is used for receiving or transmitting related messages through the antenna. The memory is used to store related data (including related messages) and instructions. The processor is used for calling the data and the instructions in the memory, carrying out relevant processing on the data (including relevant messages), and controlling the transceiver to carry out receiving/sending of the relevant messages.

Based on this, the following takes NR network deployment and network equipment provided in fig. 1 as a base station in an LTE system as an example, and a technical solution of the processing method based on user equipment measurement provided in the present application is described.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of a processing method based on ue measurement provided in the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the specific implementation steps of the processing method based on ue measurement include:

s101: the UE receives measurement object configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the measurement object configuration information is used for indicating the measurement object information and the coverage area information; the coverage information is information indicating a coverage for the UE to perform measurement.

In this step, the UE is served by a base station of the current network system, and the base station carries the location range and the measurement object when performing measurement object configuration on the UE, that is, sends measurement object configuration information, indicating measurement object information and coverage area information to the UE, where the measurement object information is at least used for indicating the measurement object, measurement report configuration, measurement identifier, and the like. The coverage information is used to indicate the coverage of the UE for measurement, and may indicate an absolute geographic location range, for example, a range defined by coordinates of geographic location points, such as a range formed by left sides of longitude and latitude of four given points, or a range formed by a center of a given circle plus a radius; it may also indicate the coverage area with respect to the serving base station of the current communication system, e.g. a location range above a certain upper limit with respect to the signal quality of the base station, a location range formed between an upper limit and a lower limit with respect to the signal quality, or a location range formed below a lower limit with respect to the signal quality, etc.; the range formed by the signal quality intervals of a plurality of specified base stations can also be indicated, and the like, and the scheme is not limited.

The measurement object configuration information may include the measurement object and the coverage information, or the measurement object may directly include the coverage information. The coverage information may be direct coverage information or indirect coverage indication information.

S102: and when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information, the UE performs measurement according to the measurement object information to obtain a measurement report.

S103: the UE sends the measurement report to the base station.

In the above step, after receiving the measurement object configuration information sent by the base station, the UE detects and acquires its own location information, and determines whether the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage information periodically or in real time according to its own location information and coverage information, when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage information, the UE starts to perform measurement according to the measurement object information, and may determine to perform periodic reporting or aperiodic reporting of the measurement result according to the measurement report configuration indicated in the measurement object information. And the base station receives the measurement report reported by the UE.

In the solution, it should be understood that the specific location information of the UE may be obtained by the UE from itself, or obtained from a network side or other third party, for example, the UE may obtain a location of the UE according to GPS positioning or positioning by another positioning sensor, or obtain location information of the UE from a current serving base station or other network equipment, so as to determine that the UE is located at a location that needs to be measured, thereby determining whether to start measurement, which is not limited in this solution.

In the processing method based on UE measurement provided in this embodiment, the network device indicates, in addition to the measurement object information, coverage information that the UE needs to perform measurement in the measurement object configuration information configured for the UE, so that the UE starts measurement only under the condition indicated by the coverage information, thereby reducing the number of times of invalid measurement of the UE and reducing the waste of the power of the UE.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a scenario of a processing method based on ue measurement according to the present application; as shown in fig. 3, the UE is in the coverage of a base station of the LTE network, that is, the current main serving base station of the UE is a base station of LTE, that is, a main base station MeNB, an NR base station is disposed in the coverage of the LTE base station, the coverage of the NR base station is included in the coverage of the LTE base station, and an SeNB in the figure is an NR base station. The UE initially connects to the MeNB, the UE has a high data transmission requirement and supports a Dual Connectivity (Dual Connectivity) function, and therefore the MeNB wants to configure the UE with Dual Connectivity for the primary and secondary base stations.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a processing method based on user equipment measurement provided in the present application, and as shown in fig. 4, based on the scenario of fig. 3, the specific steps of the scheme include:

s201: and the main base station acquires the coverage area information of the auxiliary base station.

In this step, as shown in fig. 3, the LTE base station obtains coverage area information of the NR base station, where the coverage area information may specify geographical location area information, and the coverage area of the secondary base station may be the coverage area of the NR base station that is very accurate; or the approximate coverage of the NR base station, which should be slightly larger than the NR base station under normal conditions, so as to ensure that the UE does not miss the opportunity of dual connectivity, as described later, the measurement of NR is started as soon as the UE detects that the coverage is entered; it is also possible that this range is part of the NR base station coverage, it is possible that the LTE master base station controls the UE to only allow dual connectivity within a particular NR coverage. The range here may also be slightly smaller than the NR coverage, which ensures that base stations that can certainly measure NR are measured.

Specifically, the coverage information of the auxiliary base station obtained by the main base station may be set in a network deployment process, or obtained through configuration of a management system, or obtained through reporting by the UE, or obtained through query by an Xn interface between the LTE base station and the NR base station, or obtained in other manners, which is not limited in this scheme.

In summary, the network device, that is, the main base station in the present solution, acquires coverage information of the network device corresponding to the measurement object, and generates the measurement object configuration information carrying the coverage information.

S202: and the main base station sends RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE, wherein the MO configuration information carries coverage area information.

Here, the coverage information may be directly included in the MO, or the configuration information may directly include the MO and the coverage information.

In this step, the main base station MeNB sends MO configuration information to the UE through an RRC connection reconfiguration message, where the MO configuration information includes measurement object configuration based on a coverage area; the measurement object is used for configuring that when the UE enters a certain geographical range, the UE carries out measurement according to the measurement object and parameters configured by the measurement object, and carries out periodic or aperiodic measurement result reporting according to the reporting configuration in the measurement configuration. It is known that the network device may send the measurement object configuration information to the UE through an RRC connection reconfiguration message.

The MO configuration information can indicate at least measurement object information and coverage area information. The measurement object information at least comprises a measurement object, a measurement identifier and a measurement report configuration, wherein the measurement object can be used for measuring NR carrier frequency, and when the LTE base station has more detailed information of an NR base station to be measured, such as PCI information of the NR base station, the measurement object can further comprise the more detailed information of the NR base station, so that the UE can directly measure the corresponding NR base station according to the detailed information of the NR base station, the blind monitoring of the UE is reduced, and the complexity and the power consumption of the UE are reduced.

The MO configuration information indicates coverage information, which is a key characteristic of this solution. This coverage information is, as explained in the previous step, the coverage information of the NR base station, i.e. there may be NR base station coverage in the geographical area identified by this coverage information, where the UE may be able to connect to the NR base station. The range information here identifies a possible coverage range of a certain NR base station or possible coverage information of a plurality of NR base stations. The coverage information is carried here to enable the UE to start measurement only when entering the range indicated by the coverage information, so as to avoid the cell phone from performing blind measurement in the range without NR coverage, thereby resulting in waste of UE power.

The coverage information may be directly indicated and/or indirectly indicated. The direct indication can be a range directly indicated by longitude and latitude, for example, a coverage range of a triangle is indicated by longitude and latitude of 3 points; or a coverage area formed by the longitude and latitude of more points; or a coverage area formed by a longitude and latitude point and a diameter or a radius; or a quadrilateral coverage range formed by adding a longitude direction length and a latitude direction length to a longitude and latitude point, and the like. In summary, the coverage information includes at least one of the following: a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range; a range of regions determined with respect to signal quality of one or more designated network devices; one or more specified network device signal quality determined area ranges and geographic location jointly determined coverage ranges.

An indirect indication may be a system confirmation that the coverage area is meshed, indicating one or more meshes by an index to identify the coverage area.

In addition to carrying direct or indirect coverage area information, the MO configuration information indicating coverage area information may further carry coverage inside and outside indication information for indicating whether to perform measurement in an area specified by the coverage area or perform measurement outside the area specified by the coverage area.

S203: and the UE returns an RRC connection reconfiguration response to the main base station.

In this step, the UE indicates to the primary base station that the measurement configuration has been completed through the RRC connection reconfiguration response. The UE completes measurement configuration according to the MO configuration information carrying the coverage information in S202, and then sends a complete configuration message to the primary base station. Configuration failures are also possible.

Optionally, the UE may further update the range indicated by the MO configuration information, and tell the main base station that the UE will start the corresponding measurement range. For example, the UE determines that no NR base station is definitely present in a certain range according to the previous measurement condition, which is not limited specifically.

S204: the UE performs measurements based on the coverage information in the MO.

In this step, the UE performs measurement based on the MO configuration information of the coverage, first determines whether the current location of the UE is in the range where the coverage information indicates that measurement is required to be started, starts measurement if the current location of the UE is in the range where measurement is required to be started, and determines to perform periodic or aperiodic reporting of the measurement result according to the measurement report configuration in the MO. Otherwise, the measurement is not started. Namely, the UE acquires the position information of the UE and determines whether the position information of the UE is in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information for measurement; and if the position information of the UE is in the coverage range indicated by the coverage range information for measurement, the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information. And the UE determines that the condition indicated by the coverage range information is met and starts measurement.

The specific ways for the UE to obtain the location information at least include the following: the UE acquires the geographical position information of the UE as the position information of the UE; or the UE acquires the signal quality information of one or more appointed network devices and determines the position information of the UE according to the signal quality information of one or more appointed network devices; or, the UE acquires the signal quality information of the one or more specified network devices and the geographical location information of the UE, and determines the location information of the UE according to the signal quality information of the one or more specified network devices and the geographical location information.

The meaning of the above scheme is that the obtaining of the location information where the UE is located may be obtained by the UE from itself, or obtained from the network side or other third party: for example, the UE may determine its own location according to its Global Positioning System (GPS) or other Positioning sensors, and then determine whether the location of the UE is within the range specified by the MO and requiring measurement to be turned on; or positioning information of the UE position obtained by the UE from an LTE main base station or other networks, so as to determine whether the UE is in the range of requiring the starting of measurement.

Here, the UE may need to periodically obtain its own location information to determine whether it is located at a location that needs to be measured; when the UE is far away from the range indicated by the measurement coverage range information, the UE can acquire a real-time position for comparison for a long time; when the geographical location indicated by the coverage is relatively close, the UE may perform location determination in a shorter time to determine whether the location information is satisfied, and thus determine whether to perform measurement, in order to obtain information of the NR base station as soon as possible to establish dual connectivity.

Based on different coverage area information in the foregoing solution, corresponding to specific geographical location information, the UE obtains the specific geographical location information for judgment, and further determines whether to perform measurement within the coverage area or perform measurement when the UE is out of the location indicated by the coverage area according to the measurement indication information. For example, corresponding to fig. 3, when the UE is on the left, it is far from the coverage of the NR base station, and no measurement is started; when the UE moves further into the coverage of the right NR base station, it needs to start the measurement.

S205: and the UE reports the measurement result to the main base station.

In this step, the UE reports the measurement result according to the MO configuration information. The specific reporting mode may be the same as or similar to the LTE mechanism, and the measurement report configuration in the MO, for example, the specific measurement quantity reported, the reporting periodicity, and the like, may be performed periodically or non-periodically.

S206: the primary base station sends an add second node request to the secondary base station.

S207: and the main base station receives the second node response returned by the auxiliary base station.

S208: the main base station transmits the RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE again.

S209: and the UE returns an RRC connection reconfiguration response to the main base station.

S210: and the main base station informs the auxiliary base station that the configuration of the second node is completed.

In the above S206 to S210, the main base station configures NR dual connectivity for the UE according to the measurement report of the UE. The method comprises the following steps: when the main base station receives the measurement result reported by the UE and judges that the connection of the auxiliary base station can be increased for the UE, the main base station sends an auxiliary base station/second node increasing request to the NR base station, the NR base station replies response confirmation to the main base station to allocate connection resources for the UE, then the main base station sends an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE to configure the UE to establish second connection to the auxiliary base station, the UE confirms the increase of the second connection by sending the RRC connection reconfiguration response message to the main base station, then the UE establishes the second connection according to the configuration item configuring the main base station, and the main base station sends an auxiliary base station or a second node configuration completion message to the auxiliary base station.

According to the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided by the embodiment, the UE firstly judges whether the position of the UE meets the coverage range information configured in the measurement object or not according to the measurement object based on the coverage range configured by the main base station, and the UE starts the measurement only in the formulated coverage range.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, in a specific implementation of the scheme, the specific form of the coverage area information may be different, and may be a coverage area of the LTE base station, or a coverage area of the LTE base station and the formulated neighbor base station, or may further be an intersection of the coverage area and a geographic coverage area. Fig. 5 is another schematic view of a scenario of the processing method based on ue measurement provided in the present application, and as shown in fig. 5, the coverage information may also be an intersection area of a right side of a middle straight line and a circle without padding shown in fig. 5. Where the middle straight line may be a range specified by a specific geographical location, while the unfilled circle may be a range where the UE measured the signal quality of the LTE base station above a certain threshold. Therefore, when the UE judges whether the UE is at the starting measurement position, the position comparison can be started only when the signal quality of the LTE base station is higher than a certain threshold value, because the UE is connected with the LTE base station, the service signal quality of the LTE base station can be known without extra measurement in the data transmission process, the UE starts the position judgment only when the service signal quality of the LTE base station meets the specified condition, and the measurement is started only when the position is on the right side specified by a middle straight line. The probability of the UE turning on the position comparison is reduced, thereby further reducing the power consumption of the UE. Based on the application scenario shown in fig. 5, the present application further provides a specific implementation manner, the flow of the implementation manner is completely the same as the flow in fig. 4, except that when the UE performs measurement based on the coverage information in the MO, the determination of the measurement range indicated by the coverage information is different from the embodiment shown in fig. 4, where the coverage to be determined by the UE is the intersection area of the right side of the straight line and the unfilled circle in fig. 5, that is, whether the coverage is within the range indicated by the coverage information is determined by combining the signal of the primary base station and the specified physical range, so as to determine whether to turn on the measurement.

According to the processing method based on the user equipment measurement, when the UE judges whether the UE is at the starting measurement position, the position comparison can be started only when the signal quality of the LTE base station is higher than a certain threshold value, because the UE is connected with the LTE base station, the service signal quality of the LTE base station can be known without extra measurement in the data transmission process, only when the service signal quality of the LTE base station meets the specified condition, the UE starts the position judgment, and only when the position is in the specified area, the measurement is started, so that the probability of the UE starting the position comparison is reduced, and the power consumption of the UE is further reduced.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a processing apparatus based on ue measurement provided in the present application; as shown in fig. 6, the processing apparatus 10 based on ue measurement includes:

a receiving module 11, configured to receive measurement object configuration information sent by a network device, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information, and the coverage area information is used to indicate coverage area information measured by the apparatus;

a processing module 12, configured to, when the apparatus meets the condition indicated by the coverage information, perform measurement according to the measurement object information to obtain a measurement report;

a sending module 13, configured to send a measurement report to the network device.

The processing apparatus based on ue measurement provided in this embodiment is used to execute the technical solution on the ue side in any of the foregoing method embodiments, and the implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which are not described herein again.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, the receiving module 11 is specifically configured to receive a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network device, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the measurement object configuration information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

Optionally, the processing module 12 is further configured to:

Optionally, the processing module 12 is specifically configured to:

The processing apparatus based on ue measurement provided in any of the above implementation manners is used to execute the technical solution on the ue side in any of the foregoing method embodiments, and the implementation principle and the technical effect are similar, which are not described herein again.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second processing apparatus based on ue measurement according to the present application, and as shown in fig. 7, the processing apparatus 20 based on ue measurement includes:

a sending module 21, configured to send measurement object configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the UE for measurement;

a receiving module 22, configured to receive a measurement report sent by the UE, where the measurement report is a measurement result obtained by performing measurement according to the measurement object information when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage information.

The processing apparatus based on ue measurement provided in this embodiment is used to execute the technical solution on the network device side in any of the foregoing method embodiments, and the implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which are not described herein again.

In a specific implementation of the processing apparatus 20 based on ue measurement, the sending module 21 is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the processing apparatus 20 based on ue measurement further includes:

the processing module 23 is configured to obtain coverage information of the network device corresponding to the measurement object, and generate the measurement object configuration information carrying the coverage information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

The processing apparatus based on ue measurement provided in any of the above implementation manners is used to execute the technical solution on the network device side in any of the foregoing method embodiments, and the implementation principle and the technical effect are similar, which are not described herein again.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a user equipment provided in the present application; as shown in fig. 8, the user equipment 100 includes: a memory 103 for storing computer instructions, a processor 102, a transceiver 101, which may be implemented by a receiver and a transmitter, without limitation.

Optionally, the user equipment further comprises one or more antennas 104.

The transceiver 101 is configured to receive measurement object configuration information sent by a network device, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the UE for measurement;

the processor 102 is configured to, when it is determined that the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage information, perform measurement according to the measurement object information to obtain a measurement report;

the transceiver 101 is configured to send a measurement report to the network device.

Optionally, the transceiver 101 is specifically configured to receive a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network device, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the measurement object configuration information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

Optionally, the processor 102 is further configured to:

The processor 102 is further specifically configured to:

The user equipment provided in the above-mentioned scheme is used for executing the technical scheme in any of the foregoing method embodiments, and the implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which are not described herein again.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a network device provided in the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the network device 200 includes: a memory 203 for storing computer instructions, a processor 202, a transceiver 201. The transceiver may be through a transmitter and a receiver.

Optionally, the network device 200 further includes one or more antennas 204, as well as other interfaces 205.

The transceiver 201 is configured to send measurement object configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used for indicating the coverage of the UE for measurement;

the transceiver 201 is further configured to receive a measurement report sent by the UE, where the measurement report is obtained by performing measurement according to the measurement object information when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage information.

Optionally, the transceiver 201 is specifically configured to send a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message carrying the measurement object configuration information to the UE.

Optionally, before the transceiver 201 sends the measurement object configuration information to the UE, the processor 202 is configured to obtain coverage information of a network device corresponding to the measurement object, and generate the measurement object configuration information carrying the coverage information.

Optionally, the coverage information includes at least one of:

a coverage area or zone specified by a geographic location range;

The network device provided in the above-mentioned scheme is configured to execute the technical scheme in any of the foregoing method embodiments, and the implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which are not described herein again.

The present application also provides a readable storage medium comprising: the processing method comprises a readable storage medium and computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions are stored in the readable storage medium and are used for realizing the technical scheme of the user equipment side in the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided by any one of the preceding embodiments.

The present application also provides a readable storage medium comprising: the processing method comprises a readable storage medium and a computer instruction, wherein the computer instruction is stored in the readable storage medium, and is used for implementing a technical scheme on a network device side in the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided by any one of the foregoing embodiments.

The present application further provides a chip, comprising: a processing module and a communication interface, wherein the processing module is configured to execute a technical solution of the user equipment side in the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided in any of the foregoing embodiments.

The present application further provides a chip, comprising: a processing module and a communication interface, wherein the processing module is configured to execute a technical solution on a network device side in the processing method based on the ue measurement provided in any of the foregoing embodiments.

The present application further provides a program product, which includes computer instructions stored in a readable storage medium, and at least one processor of the user equipment reads and executes the computer instructions from the readable storage medium, so that the user equipment performs the processing method based on the user equipment measurement provided in any of the foregoing embodiments.

The present application further provides a program product, which includes computer instructions stored in a readable storage medium, and at least one processor of the network device reads and executes the computer instructions from the readable storage medium, so that the network device performs the processing method based on the ue measurement provided in any of the foregoing embodiments.

In the Specific implementation of the user equipment and the network device, it should be understood that the Processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, a discrete Gate or transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, and the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

It will also be appreciated that the memory referred to in the embodiments of the application may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous link SDRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM).

It should be noted that the memory described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Claims

1. A processing method based on user equipment measurement is characterized by comprising the following steps:

user Equipment (UE) receives measurement object configuration information sent by network equipment, wherein the measurement object configuration information is used for indicating measurement object information and coverage area information, the coverage area information is used for indicating the coverage area information measured by the UE, and the coverage area information comprises: one or more specified network equipment signal quality determined area range and geographic position jointly determined coverage range;

when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage range information, the UE measures according to the measurement object information and sends a measurement report to the network equipment;

the UE receiving measurement object configuration information sent by a network device, includes:

and the UE receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message sent by the network equipment, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the configuration information of the measurement object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the coverage information further comprises: indicating information inside and outside the coverage range;

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the obtaining, by the UE, the location information of the UE comprises:

5. A method for processing based on ue measurements, the method comprising:

the network equipment sends measurement object configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the measurement object configuration information is used for indicating the measurement object information and the coverage area information; the coverage information is used to indicate the coverage of the UE for measurement, and the coverage information includes: one or more specified network equipment signal quality determined area range and geographic position jointly determined coverage range;

the network equipment receives a measurement report sent by the UE, wherein the measurement report is a measurement result obtained by measuring according to the measurement object information when the UE meets the condition indicated by the coverage area information;

the network device sending measurement object configuration information to the UE includes:

and the network equipment sends a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message carrying the measurement object configuration information to the UE.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein before the network device sends the measurement object configuration information to the UE, the method further comprises:

7. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the coverage information further comprises: indicating information inside and outside the coverage range;

8. A processing apparatus based on user equipment measurements, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive measurement object configuration information sent by a network device, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage information, and the coverage information is used to indicate coverage information measured by the apparatus, where the coverage information includes: one or more specified network equipment signal quality determined area range and geographic position jointly determined coverage range;

a sending module, configured to send a measurement report to the network device;

the receiving module is specifically configured to receive a radio resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network device, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the measurement object configuration information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the coverage information further comprises: indicating information inside and outside the coverage range;

10. The apparatus of claim 8 or 9, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to:

12. An apparatus for processing based on user equipment measurements, the apparatus comprising:

a sending module, configured to send measurement object configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement object configuration information is used to indicate measurement object information and coverage area information; the coverage information is used to indicate the coverage of the UE for measurement, and the coverage information includes: one or more specified network equipment signal quality determined area range and geographic position jointly determined coverage range;

a receiving module, configured to receive a measurement report sent by the UE, where the measurement report is a measurement result obtained by measuring, according to the measurement object information, when the UE meets a condition indicated by the coverage information;

the sending module is specifically configured to:

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

14. The apparatus of claim 12 or 13, wherein the coverage information further comprises: indicating information inside and outside the coverage range;

15. A user device, comprising: memory for storing computer instructions, a processor, a transceiver, the processor being configured to perform the user equipment measurement based processing method of any of claims 1 to 4.

16. A network device, comprising: memory for storing computer instructions, a processor, a transceiver, the processor being configured to perform the user equipment measurement based processing method of any of claims 5 to 7.

17. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising: readable storage medium and computer instructions stored in the readable storage medium for implementing the user equipment measurement based processing method of any of claims 1 to 4.

18. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising: readable storage medium and computer instructions stored in the readable storage medium for implementing the user equipment measurement based processing method of any of claims 5 to 7.