CN110784889A

CN110784889A - Measurement method, measurement configuration method, device, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110784889A
Application number: CN201810857974.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈宁宇; 张晓然; 李男; 胡南
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2018-07-31
Filing date: 2018-07-31
Publication date: 2020-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-31
Also published as: CN110784889B

Abstract

The invention provides a measuring method, a measuring configuration device, a terminal and network side equipment, wherein the measuring method comprises the following steps: acquiring measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state; measuring in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result; reporting the measurement result to network side equipment after entering a connection state; the terminal in the embodiment of the invention can quickly establish carrier aggregation or dual connectivity or use SUL, thereby saving time delay.

Description

Measurement method, measurement configuration method, device, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a measurement method, a measurement configuration device, a terminal, and a network side device.

Background

In the prior art, a network broadcasts co-frequency reselection Information through an SIB (System Information Block) 4, and an SIB 5 broadcasts inter-frequency reselection Information for cell reselection, so that a terminal UE resides in a cell with a strongest signal, and a measurement result is not reported by the terminal.

The terminal UE can be configured into carrier aggregation in the connection state, and all air interface connections can be released after the terminal UE returns to the idle state or the deactivation state.

The terminal UE can be configured with dual connections in a connected state, including LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE, NR (New Radio), New air interface, NR, LTE-NR; and releasing all air interface connections after returning to the idle state or the deactivated state, and residing in the LTE cell.

In NR, NR DL (Downlink) is used for Downlink of some cells, NR UL (Uplink) is used for Uplink) + SUL (supplemental Uplink), and SUL is used as Uplink supplement of NR.

In the prior art, in order to cooperate with carrier aggregation or dual connectivity, a network needs to issue measurement configuration after a terminal enters a connected state, a terminal UE performs measurement reporting, and the network configures carrier aggregation and dual connectivity for the terminal UE through a reconfiguration message.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement method, a measurement configuration device, a terminal, and a network side device, so as to solve the problems in the prior art that a time taken for a terminal to enter carrier aggregation or dual connectivity or use an SUL is too long, and a time delay is large.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement method, applied to a terminal, including:

acquiring measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

measuring in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result;

and reporting the measurement result to network side equipment after entering a connection state.

Reporting the measurement result to a network side device after entering a connected state, including:

in the process of connection establishment or connection recovery, sending a first indication signaling indicating that the terminal stores a measurement result of an idle state or a deactivated state to network side equipment;

receiving a second indication signaling which is sent by the network equipment after the network equipment is connected with a terminal and requires the terminal to report the measurement result;

and reporting the measurement result to the network side equipment according to the indication signaling sent by the network equipment.

Wherein the obtaining measurement configuration information includes:

receiving a system message broadcasted by network side equipment, wherein the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or,

and receiving a special signaling sent by the network side equipment, wherein the special signaling carries the measurement configuration information.

Wherein the measurement configuration information further includes: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

wherein, the frequency point indication information includes: at least one of identification information of a target frequency point, identification information of a cell in the target frequency point and first indication information indicating that the target frequency point can be subjected to carrier aggregation or dual connectivity or SUL;

the cell indication information includes: identification information of a target cell and/or second indication information indicating that the target cell can perform carrier aggregation or dual connectivity or SUL.

Wherein the first indication information includes at least one of the following information:

the carrier aggregation frequency point indication is used for indicating that the target frequency point can carry out carrier aggregation;

the double-connection frequency point indication is used for indicating that the target frequency point at least comprises a cell which can be in double connection with a service cell of a terminal;

a first LTE frequency point indication of long term evolution LTE-new air interface NR dual connection, wherein the first LTE frequency point indication is used for indicating that a cell of the target frequency point can be an LTE main cell of LTE-NR dual connection;

a first NR frequency point indication of LTE-NR, wherein the first NR frequency point indication is used for indicating an NR auxiliary cell which can be in LTE-NR double connection with a cell of the target frequency point;

a second LTE frequency point indication of NR-LTE double connection, wherein the second LTE frequency point indication is used for indicating that a cell of the target frequency point can be an LTE auxiliary cell of NR-LTE double connection;

a second NR frequency point indication of NR-LTE double connection, wherein the second NR frequency point indication is used for indicating that a cell of the target frequency point can be an NR main cell of the NR-LTE double connection; and the number of the first and second groups,

and supplementing an uplink SUL frequency point indication, wherein the SUL frequency point indication is used for indicating that the target frequency point has an SUL carrier.

Wherein the second indication information includes at least one of the following information:

a carrier aggregation cell indication, where the carrier aggregation cell indication is used to indicate that the target cell can perform carrier aggregation;

a dual connectivity cell indication for indicating that the target cell is a cell that can be in dual connectivity with a serving cell of a terminal;

a first LTE cell indication of long term evolution LTE-new air interface NR dual connection, wherein the first LTE cell indication is used for indicating an LTE main cell which can be subjected to LTE-NR dual connection by the target cell;

a first NR cell indication of LTE-NR dual connectivity, the first NR cell indication being used for indicating an NR secondary cell to which the target cell can make LTE-NR dual connectivity;

a second LTE cell indication of NR-LTE dual connectivity, the second LTE cell indication being used for indicating an LTE secondary cell which can be NR-LTE dual connectivity by the target cell;

a second NR cell indication of NR-LTE dual connectivity, the second NR cell indication being used to indicate an NR primary cell to which the target cell may make NR-LTE dual connectivity; and the number of the first and second groups,

and supplementing an uplink SUL cell indication, wherein the SUL cell indication is used for indicating that the target cell has an SUL carrier.

Wherein the measurement result includes at least one of the following information:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

cell identification of the dual-connection alternative cell; and the number of the first and second groups,

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a carrier aggregation measurement request issued by network side equipment;

the measuring in the idle state or the deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result, including:

carrying out carrier aggregation measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of the carrier measurement; the measurement result includes the cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell.

Wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a dual-connection measurement request issued by network side equipment;

performing double-connection measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of the double-connection measurement; the measurement result comprises cell identification of the dual-connection alternative cell.

Wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an SUL measurement request issued by network side equipment;

performing SUL measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of the SUL measurement; the measurement result includes the cell identity of the candidate cell that can use the SUL.

Wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request for reporting a carrier aggregation candidate cell issued by a network side device, wherein a measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the carrier aggregation candidate cell; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

receiving a request for reporting a dual-connection alternative cell issued by a network side device, wherein the measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the dual-connection alternative cell; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and receiving a request for reporting the cell identifier of the candidate cell which can use the SUL, which is issued by the network side equipment, wherein the measurement result comprises the cell identifier of the candidate cell which can use the SUL.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a measurement configuration method, which is applied to network side equipment and comprises the following steps:

sending measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to a terminal, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

and receiving a measurement result reported by the terminal after the terminal enters a connection state.

Before the step of receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal after entering the connected state, the method further comprises:

receiving a first indication signaling which is sent by a terminal in the process of connection establishment or connection recovery and indicates that the terminal stores a measurement result of an idle state or a deactivated state;

and after establishing connection with the terminal, sending a second indication signaling for requiring the terminal to report the measurement result to the terminal.

Wherein the sending of the measurement configuration information to the terminal includes:

broadcasting a system message, wherein the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or,

and sending a special signaling to the terminal, wherein the special signaling carries the measurement configuration information.

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Wherein the method further comprises:

configuring a cell for carrier aggregation for the terminal according to the measurement result; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

configuring a double-connection cell for the terminal according to the measurement result; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and configuring the cells which can use the SUL for the terminal according to the measurement result.

After the step of sending the measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further includes:

sending a carrier aggregation measurement request to a terminal, or sending a dual connectivity measurement request to the terminal, or sending an SUL measurement request to the terminal; or sending a request for reporting the carrier aggregation alternative cell to the terminal, or sending a request for reporting the dual-connection alternative cell to the terminal, or sending a cell identifier of an alternative cell which can use the SUL to the terminal;

under the condition of sending a carrier aggregation measurement request or sending a request for reporting a carrier aggregation candidate cell, a measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

under the condition of sending a dual-connection measurement request or sending a request for reporting a dual-connection alternative cell, the measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the dual-connection alternative cell;

and under the condition of sending a SUL measurement request or sending a request for reporting the cell identifier of the candidate cell which can use the SUL, the measurement result comprises the cell identifier of the candidate cell which can use the SUL.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is used for executing the following processes:

the processor is used for executing the following processes:

the transceiver is further configured to: and reporting the measurement result to network side equipment after entering a connection state.

Wherein the processor is further configured to:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the processor is further configured to:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the processor is further configured to:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receiving an SUL measurement request issued by network side equipment;

the processor is further configured to:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

The embodiment of the invention also provides a measuring device, which is applied to a terminal and comprises:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state, where the measurement configuration information includes: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

the measurement module is used for measuring in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result;

and the reporting module is used for reporting the measurement result to the network side equipment after entering the connection state.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, which includes a processor and a transceiver, where the processor is configured to control the transceiver to execute the following processes:

Wherein the transceiver further comprises:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Wherein the processor is further configured to:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement configuration apparatus, which is applied to a network side device, and includes:

a sending module, configured to send measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to a terminal, where the measurement configuration information includes: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

and the receiving module is used for receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal after the terminal enters the connection state.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the measurement method as described above; alternatively, the program is executed by a processor to implement the steps in the measurement configuration method as described above.

The technical scheme of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects:

in the measurement method, the measurement configuration device, the terminal and the network side equipment of the embodiments of the present invention, the network side equipment sends measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to the terminal, the terminal performs carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in the idle state or the deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information, and reports a measurement result to the network side equipment after entering a connected state, so that the network side equipment can perform carrier aggregation configuration or dual connectivity configuration or uplink SUL configuration supplement according to the measurement result, and thus the terminal can quickly establish carrier aggregation or dual connectivity or use SUL, and save time delay.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating the steps of a measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a measurement configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement method, applied to a terminal, including:

step 11, obtaining measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state, where the measurement configuration information includes: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

the carrier measurement or the frequency point measurement or the cell measurement mainly comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps of carrying out carrier aggregation measurement on carriers or frequency points or cells, carrying out dual-connection measurement on the carriers or the frequency points or the cells, and carrying out SUL (supplementary uplink SUL) measurement on the carriers or the frequency points or the cells.

Step 12, in an idle state or a deactivated state, measuring according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result;

and step 13, reporting the measurement result to network side equipment after entering a connection state.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the terminal performs carrier aggregation measurement or dual connectivity measurement or SUL measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state (which may also be referred to as before entering a connected state) according to the measurement configuration information of the network side device, and reports a measurement result after entering the connected state. The network side equipment configures a carrier aggregation cell or a dual-connection cell or a cell using the SUL for the terminal according to the measurement result, so that the terminal can rapidly establish carrier aggregation or dual-connection or use the SUL in a connection state, and compared with the traditional scheme, the time delay can be saved, and the efficiency is improved.

For example: and the network side equipment configures a terminal, and the frequency point A, the frequency point B and the frequency point C can carry out carrier aggregation. Before the terminal enters a connection state next time, the terminal firstly carries out carrier aggregation measurement on cells on the frequency point A, the frequency point B and the frequency point C in an idle state or a deactivation state, and the RSRP (Reference Signal receiving Power) of the cell 1 (cell 1) of the frequency point A and the cell 2 (cell 2) of the frequency point B is measured to be the highest; after the terminal enters a connection state, reporting a measurement result to network side equipment; the measurement results include: and the Cell 1 at the frequency point A and the Cell 2 at the frequency point B can carry out carrier aggregation. The network side device configures carrier aggregation of the cell 1 and the cell 2 for the terminal according to the measurement result, so that the terminal can quickly establish carrier aggregation in a connection state, and time delay is saved.

Preferably, step 13 in the above embodiment of the present invention includes:

Namely, the terminal reports the measurement result based on the second indication signaling sent by the network side device, and the premise that the network side device sends the second indication signaling is that the first indication signaling which indicates that the terminal stores the measurement result and is sent by the terminal is received. In short, before the terminal reports the measurement result, the terminal and the network side device interact through signaling to determine that the terminal stores the measurement result and the network side device needs the measurement result, and then the terminal performs the measurement result reporting.

Further, step 11 in the above embodiment of the present invention includes:

The network side equipment sends measurement configuration information to the terminal through system information or special signaling; the dedicated signaling may be RRC (radio resource control) dedicated signaling, such as a reconfiguration message, a handover command, etc., and is not limited in particular.

Preferably, the measurement configuration information further includes: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

And under the condition that the measurement configuration information comprises a plurality of frequency point indication information, the plurality of frequency point indication information can be displayed in a frequency point list form. Preferably, the identification information of the target frequency point may be indicated by ARFCN (Absolute radio frequency Channel Number) or NR-ARFCN. One or more cells can be contained in the target frequency point.

Preferably, the first indication information includes at least one of the following information:

the carrier aggregation frequency point indication is used for indicating that the target frequency point can carry out carrier aggregation; the carrier aggregation frequency point indication can also be called as the carrier aggregation frequency point indication, and is used for indicating that the target frequency point can perform carrier aggregation with a service cell of a terminal.

Further, the second indication information includes at least one of the following information:

a carrier aggregation cell indication, where the carrier aggregation cell indication is used to indicate that the target cell can perform carrier aggregation; the carrier aggregation frequency point indication can also be called as the carrier aggregation frequency point indication, and is used for indicating that the target cell can perform carrier aggregation with a service cell of a terminal.

For example, the measurement configuration information includes 4 cell indication information:

wherein, cell indication information 1: LTE main cell indication of cell a-LTE-NR dual connection (first LTE cell indication of LTE-NR dual connection);

cell indication information 2: an NR secondary cell indication of cell b-LTE-NR dual connectivity (a second NR cell indication of LTE-NR dual connectivity);

cell indication information 3: an NR secondary cell indication of cell c-LTE-NR dual connectivity (a second NR cell indication of LTE-NR dual connectivity);

cell indication information 4: cell d-carrier aggregation cell indication.

At this time, the measurement configuration information includes cell a, cell b, cell c, and cell d. The cell a may be an LTE primary cell connected with LTE-NR, the cell b may be an NR secondary cell connected with LTE-NR, the cell lc may be an NR secondary cell connected with LTE-NR, and the cell d may be a carrier aggregation cell.

Preferably, the measurement result includes at least one of the following information:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Or, the terminal may report the corresponding measurement result based on the requirement of the network side device: for example, a request for reporting a carrier aggregation candidate cell issued by a network side device is received, and the measurement result includes a cell identifier of the carrier aggregation candidate cell; and/or receiving a request for reporting the dual connectivity alternative cell issued by the network side equipment, wherein the measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the dual connectivity alternative cell; and/or receiving a request for reporting the cell identifier of the candidate cell which can use the SUL, which is issued by the network side device, wherein the measurement result comprises the cell identifier of the candidate cell which can use the SUL.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal may directly perform corresponding measurement on the frequency point or the cell indicated by the measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state; the terminal may also receive a carrier aggregation measurement request sent by the network side device after receiving the measurement configuration information, and then the terminal only performs carrier aggregation measurement on the frequency points or cells capable of performing carrier aggregation in the measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state, and only reports the measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement; or after receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal receives a dual-connection measurement request sent by the network side device, and in an idle state or a deactivated state, the terminal only performs dual-connection measurement on a frequency point or a cell which can be in dual-connection in the measurement configuration information, and only reports a measurement result of the dual-connection measurement; or after receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal receives an SUL measurement request sent by the network side device, and in an idle state or a deactivated state, the terminal only performs SUL measurement on the frequency point or the cell having the SUL uplink carrier in the measurement configuration information, and only reports the measurement result of the SUL measurement.

Namely, the method further comprises:

accordingly, step 12 comprises:

Alternatively, the method further comprises:

accordingly, step 12 comprises:

Alternatively, the method further comprises:

receiving an SUL measurement request issued by network side equipment;

accordingly, step 12 comprises:

For a more clear description of the above measurement method, the carrier aggregation measurement, the dual connectivity measurement, and the SUL cell measurement are respectively described in detail below.

Carrier aggregation measurement

The terminal acquires the frequency point corresponding to the carrier aggregation frequency point indication from the measurement configuration information, the cell of the frequency point can be used as a carrier aggregation candidate cell, the terminal performs carrier aggregation measurement on all cells of the frequency point in an idle state or a deactivated state, and reports the measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement to the network side equipment after the terminal enters a connected state. Or after the network side equipment sends the carrier aggregation measurement request to the terminal, the terminal performs carrier aggregation measurement on all cells of the frequency point in an idle state or a deactivated state, and reports a measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement to the network side equipment after the terminal enters a connected state. The measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement includes: and the terminal can select and report the optimal cells according to the cell measurement result and/or the cell identification of the frequency point corresponding to the carrier aggregation frequency point indication.

Or, the terminal acquires cells corresponding to the carrier aggregation cell indication from the measurement configuration information, the cells can be used as cells for carrier aggregation, the terminal performs carrier aggregation measurement on the cells in an idle state or a deactivated state, and reports a measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement to the network side equipment after the terminal enters a connected state. Or after the network side equipment sends the carrier aggregation measurement request to the terminal, the terminal performs carrier aggregation measurement on the cell in an idle state or a deactivated state, and reports a measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement to the network side equipment after the terminal enters a connected state. The measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement includes: and the terminal can select an optimal plurality of cells to report according to the cell measurement result and/or the cell identification corresponding to the carrier aggregation cell indication.

Further, if the terminal supports carrier aggregation, when the terminal performs cell reselection, the terminal preferentially reselects a frequency point corresponding to the carrier aggregation frequency point indication or a cell corresponding to the carrier aggregation cell indication.

LTE-LTE dual connectivity measurements

The terminal acquires the frequency point corresponding to the dual-connection frequency point indication from the measurement configuration information, the cells of the frequency point can be in dual-connection, and the terminal performs dual-connection measurement on all the cells of the frequency point in an idle state or a deactivated state.

Or, the terminal acquires a cell corresponding to the dual connectivity cell indication from the measurement configuration information, the cell may be a candidate cell for dual connectivity, and the terminal performs dual connectivity measurement on the cell in an idle state or a deactivated state.

And after the terminal enters a connection state, the terminal reports the measurement result of the double-connection measurement to the network side equipment. Or after the network side equipment sends the dual-connection measurement request to the terminal, the terminal reports the measurement result of the dual-connection measurement to the network side equipment. The measurement result of the dual connectivity measurement comprises a cell measurement result and/or a cell identifier corresponding to the dual connectivity frequency point indication or the dual connectivity cell indication, and the terminal can select an optimal plurality of cells to report.

LTE-NR dual connected LTE primary cell measurements

The terminal acquires a frequency point corresponding to the indication of the first LTE frequency point in LTE-NR dual connection from the measurement configuration information, the cell of the frequency point can be used as an LTE main cell in LTE-NR dual connection, and the terminal performs dual connection measurement on all cells of the frequency point in an idle state or a deactivated state.

Or, the terminal acquires a cell corresponding to the LTE-NR dual-connection first LTE cell indication from the measurement configuration information, where the cell may be a candidate cell of an LTE primary cell of LTE-NR dual connection, and the terminal performs dual-connection measurement on the cell in an idle state or a deactivated state.

And after the terminal enters a connection state, the terminal reports the measurement result of the double-connection measurement to the network side equipment. Or after the network side equipment sends the dual-connection measurement request to the terminal, the terminal reports the measurement result of the dual-connection measurement to the network side equipment. The measurement result of the dual connection measurement comprises a first LTE frequency point indication in dual connection with LTE-NR or a cell measurement result and/or a cell identification corresponding to a first LTE cell in dual connection with LTE-NR, and the terminal can select and report an optimal plurality of cells.

LTE-NR dual-connected NR secondary cell measurement

The terminal acquires a frequency point corresponding to the first NR frequency point indication in LTE-NR dual connection from the measurement configuration information, a cell of the frequency point can be used as an NR auxiliary cell in the LTE-NR dual connection, and the terminal performs dual connection measurement on all cells of the frequency point in an idle state or a deactivated state.

Or, the terminal acquires a cell corresponding to the LTE-NR dual-connection first NR cell indication from the measurement configuration information, where the cell may be a candidate cell of an LTE-NR dual-connection NR secondary cell, and the terminal performs dual-connection measurement on the cell in an idle state or a deactivated state.

And after the terminal enters a connection state, the terminal reports the measurement result of the double-connection measurement to the network side equipment. Or after the network side equipment sends the dual-connection measurement request to the terminal, the terminal reports the measurement result of the dual-connection measurement to the network side equipment. The measurement result of the dual connectivity measurement comprises a first NR frequency point indication in dual connectivity with LTE-NR or a cell measurement result and/or a cell identification corresponding to a first NR cell in dual connectivity with LTE-NR, and the terminal can select an optimal plurality of cells to report.

SUL cell measurement

The terminal acquires a frequency point corresponding to the SUL frequency point indication from the measurement configuration information, a cell of the frequency point has an SUL carrier, and the terminal performs SUL measurement on all cells of the frequency point in an idle state or a deactivated state;

or the terminal acquires a cell corresponding to the SUL cell indication from the measurement configuration information, the cell has an SUL carrier, and the terminal performs SUL measurement on the cell in an idle state or a deactivated state;

and after the terminal enters a connection state, the terminal reports the measurement result of the SUL measurement to the network side equipment. Or after the network side equipment sends the SUL measurement request to the terminal, the terminal reports the measurement result of the SUL measurement to the network side equipment. The measurement results of the SUL measurement include: and the terminal can select and report the optimal cells according to the cell measurement results and/or cell identifications corresponding to the SUL frequency point indication or the SUL cell indication.

In summary, in the above embodiments of the present invention, the network side device sends the measurement configuration information to the terminal, and the terminal performs carrier aggregation measurement or dual connectivity measurement or uplink supplemental SUL measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information, and reports the measurement result to the network side device after entering a connected state, so that the network side device can perform carrier aggregation configuration or dual connectivity configuration or SUL configuration according to the measurement result, and thus the terminal can quickly establish carrier aggregation or dual connectivity or use SUL, thereby saving time delay.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement configuration method, applied to a network device, including:

step 21, sending measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to a terminal, where the measurement configuration information includes: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

And step 22, receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal after the terminal enters the connection state.

Further, in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention, before step 22, the method further includes:

Further, step 21 in the above embodiment of the present invention includes:

The first indication information includes at least one of the following information:

The second indication information includes at least one of the following information:

a carrier aggregation cell indication, where the carrier aggregation cell indication is used to indicate that the target cell can perform carrier aggregation; the carrier aggregation frequency point indication can also be called as the carrier aggregation frequency point indication and is used for indicating that the target cell can carry out carrier aggregation with a service cell of a terminal

cell indication information 4: cell d-carrier aggregation cell indication.

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Further, in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention, after step 22, the method further includes:

Further, after the step of sending the measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further includes:

That is, the measurement result may be actively reported after the terminal enters the connected state, or may be reported according to the triggering of the network side device after the terminal enters the connected state, and both reporting modes are better implementation modes of the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, which includes a processor 300 and a transceiver 310, and the terminal further includes a user interface 320, where the transceiver 310 is configured to perform the following processes:

the processor 300 is configured to perform the following processes:

the transceiver 310 is further configured to: and reporting the measurement result to network side equipment after entering a connection state.

Preferably, in the above embodiments of the present invention, the processor 300 is further configured to:

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the transceiver 310 is further configured to:

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information further includes: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the first indication information includes at least one of the following information:

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the second indication information includes at least one of the following information:

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the measurement result includes at least one of the following information:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

the processor is further configured to:

the processor 300 is further configured to:

receiving an SUL measurement request issued by network side equipment;

the processor 300 is further configured to:

It should be noted that, the terminal provided in the embodiments of the present invention is a terminal capable of executing the above-mentioned measurement method, and all embodiments of the above-mentioned measurement method are applicable to the terminal, and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement apparatus, applied to a terminal, including:

an obtaining module 41, configured to obtain measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state, where the measurement configuration information includes: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

the measurement module 42 is configured to perform measurement according to the measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to obtain a measurement result;

and a reporting module 43, configured to report the measurement result to the network side device after entering the connected state. Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the reporting module includes:

a first signaling sending module, configured to send, to a network side device, a first indication signaling indicating that the terminal stores a measurement result in an idle state or a deactivated state in a connection establishment or connection recovery process;

a first signaling receiving module, configured to receive a second indication signaling that is sent by the network device after connecting with a terminal and requires the terminal to report the measurement result;

and the reporting submodule is used for reporting the measurement result to the network side equipment according to the second indication signaling sent by the network equipment.

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining module includes:

the receiving submodule is used for receiving a system message broadcasted by network side equipment, and the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or, the apparatus is configured to receive a dedicated signaling sent by a network side device, where the dedicated signaling carries the measurement configuration information.

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes:

the first request receiving module is used for receiving a carrier aggregation measurement request issued by network side equipment;

the measurement module includes:

the first measurement submodule is used for carrying out carrier aggregation measurement in an idle state or a deactivation state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of the carrier measurement; the measurement result includes the cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell.

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:

the second request receiving module is used for receiving a dual-connection measurement request issued by the network side equipment;

the measurement module includes:

the second measurement submodule is used for carrying out double-connection measurement in an idle state or a deactivation state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of the double-connection measurement; the measurement result comprises cell identification of the dual-connection alternative cell.

the third request receiving module is used for receiving an SUL measurement request issued by the network side equipment;

the measurement module includes:

the third measurement submodule is used for performing SUL measurement according to the measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to obtain a measurement result of the SUL measurement; the measurement result includes the cell identity of the candidate cell that can use the SUL.

a fourth request receiving module, configured to receive a request for reporting a carrier aggregation candidate cell issued by a network side device, where a measurement result includes a cell identifier of the carrier aggregation candidate cell; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

a fifth request receiving module, configured to receive a request for reporting a dual connectivity alternative cell issued by a network side device, where the measurement result includes a cell identifier of the dual connectivity alternative cell; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

a sixth request receiving module, configured to receive a request, which is issued by a network side device and reports a cell identifier of an alternative cell that can use the SUL, where the measurement result includes the cell identifier of the alternative cell that can use the SUL.

It should be noted that, the measurement apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention is a measurement apparatus capable of executing the measurement method, and all embodiments of the measurement method are applicable to the measurement apparatus and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, which includes a processor 500 and a transceiver 510, where the processor 500 is configured to control the transceiver 510 to perform the following processes:

Preferably, in the above embodiments of the present invention, the transceiver 510 is further configured to:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the processor 500 is further configured to:

It should be noted that, the network side device provided in the above embodiments of the present invention is a network side device capable of executing the above measurement configuration method, and all embodiments of the above measurement configuration method are applicable to the network side device, and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement configuration apparatus, applied to a network device, including:

a sending module 61, configured to send measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to a terminal, where the measurement configuration information includes: indicating information for indicating the terminal to carry out carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

and the receiving module 62 is configured to receive a measurement result reported by the terminal after entering the connected state.

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration apparatus further includes:

the second signaling receiving module is used for receiving a first indication signaling which is sent by a terminal in the process of connection establishment or connection recovery and indicates that the terminal stores a measurement result of an idle state or a deactivated state;

and the second signaling sending module is used for sending a second indication signaling for requesting the terminal to report the measurement result to the terminal after establishing connection with the terminal.

Preferably, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the sending module includes:

a sending submodule, configured to broadcast a system message, where the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or, the method is configured to send a dedicated signaling to the terminal, where the dedicated signaling carries the measurement configuration information.

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

a first configuration module, configured to configure a cell for carrier aggregation for a terminal according to the measurement result; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

a second configuration module, configured to configure a dual-connected cell for the terminal according to the measurement result; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and the third configuration module is used for configuring the cells which can use the SUL for the terminal according to the measurement result.

a request sending module, configured to send a carrier aggregation measurement request to a terminal, or send a dual connectivity measurement request to the terminal, or send an SUL measurement request to the terminal; or sending a request for reporting the carrier aggregation alternative cell to the terminal, or sending a request for reporting the dual-connection alternative cell to the terminal, or sending a cell identifier of an alternative cell which can use the SUL to the terminal;

It should be noted that the measurement configuration apparatus provided in the above embodiments of the present invention is a measurement configuration apparatus capable of executing the measurement configuration method, and all embodiments of the measurement configuration method are applicable to the measurement configuration apparatus and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process in the above-described measurement method or measurement configuration method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

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

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. 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 or blocks.

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

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

While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A measurement method is applied to a terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein reporting the measurement result to a network side device after entering the connected state comprises:

and reporting the measurement result to the network side equipment according to a second indication signaling sent by the network equipment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining measurement configuration information comprises:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of the following information:

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second indication information comprises at least one of:

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement result comprises at least one of the following information:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an SUL measurement request issued by network side equipment;

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

12. A measurement configuration method is applied to network side equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein before the step of receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal after entering the connected state, the method further comprises:

14. The method of claim 12, wherein sending measurement configuration information to the terminal comprises:

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second indication information comprises at least one of:

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the measurement results comprise at least one of the following information:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

20. The method of claim 12, wherein after the step of sending the measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further comprises:

21. A terminal comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to perform the following:

the processor is used for executing the following processes:

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to:

23. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

24. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

25. The terminal of claim 24, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of the following information:

26. The terminal according to claim 24, wherein the second indication information comprises at least one of the following information:

27. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the measurement result comprises at least one of the following information:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

28. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the processor is further configured to:

29. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the processor is further configured to:

30. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receiving an SUL measurement request issued by network side equipment;

the processor is further configured to:

31. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

32. A measuring device applied to a terminal is characterized by comprising:

33. A network side device, comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to perform the following processes:

34. The network-side device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

35. The network-side device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

36. The network-side device of claim 33, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

37. The network-side device of claim 36, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of the following information:

38. The network-side device of claim 36, wherein the second indication information comprises at least one of the following information:

39. The network-side device of claim 33, wherein the measurement result comprises at least one of the following information:

the cell identification of the carrier aggregation alternative cell;

the cell identity of the candidate cell for the SUL may be used.

40. The network-side device of claim 39, wherein the processor is further configured to:

41. The network-side device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

42. A measurement configuration device is applied to a network side device, and is characterized by comprising:

43. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps in the measuring method according to any one of claims 1 to 11;

alternatively, the program is executed by a processor implementing the steps in the measurement configuration method according to any of claims 12-20.