CN110784889B

CN110784889B - Measurement method, measurement configuration device, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110784889B
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: 2023-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-31
Also published as: CN110784889A

Abstract

The invention provides a measurement method, a measurement configuration method, a device, a terminal and network side equipment, wherein the measurement 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 perform carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state; measuring according to the measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state 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 double connection or use SUL, thereby saving time delay.

Description

Measurement method, measurement configuration 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 method, a device, a terminal, and a network side device.

Background

In the prior art, the network broadcasts the same-frequency reselection information through an SIB (System Information Block ) 4, and an SIB 5 broadcasts the different-frequency reselection information for cell reselection, so that a terminal UE resides in a cell with the strongest signal, and a measurement result terminal cannot report.

The terminal UE may be configured to perform carrier aggregation in the connected state, and release all air interface connections after returning to the idle state or the deactivated state.

The terminal UE can be configured into double connections in a connection state, and the double connections comprise LTE (Long Term Evolution ) -LTE, NR (New Radio) -NR and LTE-NR; and after returning to the idle state or the deactivated state, releasing all air interface connections, and camping on the LTE cell.

Some cells in NR use NR DL (Downlink) Downlink and NR UL (Uplink) +sul (supplementary Uplink ), SUL being the Uplink supplement of NR.

In the prior art, in order to cooperate with carrier aggregation or dual connection, after the terminal enters a connection state, the network issues measurement configuration, the terminal UE performs measurement reporting, and the network configures carrier aggregation and dual connection for the terminal UE through reconfiguration information, so that the time spent by the terminal entering the carrier aggregation and dual connection state in the prior art is too long, and the time delay is larger.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention aims to provide a measurement method, a measurement configuration device, a terminal and network side equipment, so as to solve the problems that in the prior art, the time spent by the terminal in carrier aggregation or dual connection or SUL use is too long and the time delay is large.

In order to solve the above problems, 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 perform carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

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

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

The step of reporting the measurement result to the network side device after entering the connection state comprises the following steps:

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

receiving a second indication signaling which is sent by the network equipment after being 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 broadcast by network side equipment, wherein the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

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: the method comprises the steps of identifying information of a target frequency point, identifying information of a cell in the target frequency point and at least one of first indicating information indicating that the target frequency point can be carrier aggregation or double connection or SUL;

the cell indication information includes: the identification information of the target cell and/or the 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:

a carrier aggregation frequency point indication, wherein the carrier aggregation frequency point indication is used for indicating that the target frequency point can be subjected to carrier aggregation;

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

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 the LTE-NR dual connection;

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

a second LTE frequency point indication of NR-LTE dual 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 dual connection;

a second NR frequency point indication of NR-LTE dual 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 NR-LTE dual connection; the method comprises the steps of,

and supplementing an uplink SUL frequency point indication, wherein the SUL frequency point indication is used for indicating that SUL carriers exist on the target frequency point.

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;

the dual-connection cell indication is used for indicating that the target cell is a cell which can be in dual-connection with a service cell of the 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 used for LTE-NR dual connection by the target cell;

A first NR cell indication of LTE-NR dual connectivity, the first NR cell indication being for indicating an NR secondary cell for which the target cell may be LTE-NR dual connectivity;

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

a second NR cell indication of NR-LTE dual connectivity, the second NR cell indication being used to indicate an NR primary cell for which the target cell can make NR-LTE dual connectivity; the method comprises the steps of,

and supplementing an uplink SUL cell indication, wherein the SUL cell indication is used for indicating that SUL carriers exist on the target cell.

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

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identification of dual connection candidate cells; the method comprises the steps of,

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

Wherein the method further comprises:

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

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

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

Wherein the method further comprises:

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

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

Wherein the method further comprises:

receiving SUL measurement requests issued by network side equipment;

carrying out SUL measurement according to the measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to obtain a measurement result of SUL measurement; the measurement result contains cell identification of an alternative cell which can use the SUL.

Wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request for reporting a carrier aggregation candidate cell, which is issued by network side equipment, wherein the measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the carrier aggregation candidate cell; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

receiving a request for reporting the dual-connection candidate cell, which is issued by the network side equipment, wherein the measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the dual-connection candidate cell; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

And receiving a request which is issued by the network side equipment and is used for reporting the cell identification of the alternative cell of the SUL, wherein the measurement result comprises the cell identification of the alternative cell which can be used for the SUL.

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

transmitting 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 perform carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

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

Before the step of receiving the measurement result reported after the terminal enters the connected state, the method further comprises the following steps:

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

and after the connection is established with the terminal, a second indication signaling requiring the terminal to report the measurement result is sent to the terminal.

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

broadcasting a system message, wherein the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

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

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

Wherein the method further comprises:

according to the measurement result, configuring a carrier aggregation cell for the terminal; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

according to the measurement result, configuring a double-connection cell for the terminal; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

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

Wherein after the step of sending measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further comprises:

Sending a carrier aggregation measurement request to a terminal, or sending a dual-connection measurement request to the terminal, or sending a SUL measurement request to the terminal; or, sending a request for reporting the carrier aggregation candidate cell to the terminal, or sending a request for reporting the dual-connection candidate cell to the terminal, or sending a cell identifier of the candidate cell for reporting that the SUL can be used to the terminal;

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

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

in case of transmitting a SUL measurement request or transmitting a request for reporting cell identities of alternative cells that can use the SUL, the measurement result contains the cell identities of the alternative cells that 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 also for: 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:

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of 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 SUL measurement requests 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 the terminal and comprises:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state, and the measurement configuration information comprises: indicating information for indicating the terminal to perform carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

the measurement module is used for measuring according to the measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state 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 invention also provides network side equipment, which comprises a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor is used for controlling the transceiver to execute the following processes:

Wherein the transceiver further comprises:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

Wherein the processor is further configured to:

Wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

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

the sending module is used for sending measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to the terminal, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises: indicating information for indicating the terminal to perform 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 after the terminal enters the connection state.

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

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

in the measurement method, the measurement configuration method, the device, the terminal and the network side equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the network side equipment sends the measurement configuration information in the idle state or the 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 the measurement result to the network side equipment after entering the connected state, so that the network side equipment can perform carrier aggregation configuration or dual connection configuration or supplement uplink SUL configuration according to the measurement result, and the terminal can quickly establish carrier aggregation or dual connection or use SUL, thereby saving time delay.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the steps of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing 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 diagram of a measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

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

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages to be solved more apparent, the following detailed description will be 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, which is applied to a terminal, including:

step 11, 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 perform 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 a carrier or a frequency point or a cell, carrying out double connection measurement on the carrier or the frequency point or the cell, and carrying out supplementary uplink SUL measurement on the carrier or the frequency point or the cell.

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

and step 13, reporting the measurement result to the 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 (may also be referred to as before entering a connection state) according to measurement configuration information of the network side device, and reports a measurement result after entering the connection state. The network side equipment configures a carrier aggregation cell or a double-connection cell or a SUL cell for the terminal according to the measurement result, so that the terminal can quickly establish carrier aggregation or double-connection or SUL in a connection state, and compared with the traditional scheme, the time delay can be saved, and the efficiency is improved.

For example: the network side equipment configures the terminal, and the frequency point A, the frequency point B and the frequency point C can be used for carrier aggregation. Before the terminal enters a connection state next time, firstly carrying out carrier aggregation measurement on cells on a frequency point A, a frequency point B and a frequency point C in an idle state or a deactivated state, and measuring that RSRP ((Reference Signal Receiving Power, reference signal received power)) of a cell 1 (cell 1) of the frequency point A and a cell 2 (cell 2) of the frequency point B is highest; after the terminal enters a connection state, reporting a measurement result to network side equipment; the measurement results include: cell 1 of frequency bin a and Cell 2 of frequency bin B may be carrier aggregated. The network side equipment 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:

That is, the terminal reports the measurement result based on the second indication signaling sent by the network side device, and the precondition that the network side device sends the second indication signaling is that the first indication signaling sent by the terminal and indicating that the measurement result is stored in the terminal is received. In short, before the terminal reports the measurement result, the terminal and the network side device determine that the terminal stores the measurement result through signaling interaction 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 a system message or a special signaling; the dedicated signaling may be RRC (radio resource control) dedicated signaling, such as reconfiguration message, handover command, etc., which is not specifically limited herein.

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

In the case where the measurement configuration information includes a plurality of frequency point indication information, the plurality of frequency point indication information may be presented in the form of a frequency point list. Preferably, the identification information of the target frequency point may be indicated by ARFCN (Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number, absolute radio channel number) or NR-ARFCN. One or more cells may be included within the target frequency point.

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

a carrier aggregation frequency point indication, wherein the carrier aggregation frequency point indication is used for indicating that the target frequency point can be subjected to carrier aggregation; the carrier aggregation frequency point indication may also be referred to as an indication that the target frequency point may be aggregated with a serving cell of the 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 may also be referred to as an indication that the target cell may perform carrier aggregation with a serving cell of the terminal.

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

wherein, cell indication information 1: an LTE primary cell indication (a first LTE cell indication of LTE-NR dual connectivity) of cell a-LTE-NR dual connectivity;

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

cell indication information 3: cell c-LTE-NR dual-connected NR secondary cell indication (LTE-NR dual-connected second NR cell indication);

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 can be used as an LTE main cell for LTE-NR dual connection, the cell b can be used as an NR auxiliary cell for LTE-NR dual connection, the cell lc can be used as an NR auxiliary cell for LTE-NR dual connection, and the cell d can be used as a carrier aggregation cell.

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

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of 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, which is issued by the network side equipment, 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-connection candidate cell, which is issued by the network side equipment, wherein the measurement result comprises a cell identifier of the dual-connection candidate cell; and/or receiving a request which is issued by the network side equipment and is used for reporting the cell identification of the alternative cell of the SUL, wherein the measurement result comprises the cell identification of the alternative cell which can be used for 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 the idle state or the deactivated state; after receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal receives a carrier aggregation measurement request sent by the network side device, and in an idle state or a deactivated state, the terminal only performs carrier aggregation measurement on frequency points or cells capable of performing carrier aggregation in the measurement configuration information and only reports a measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement; or after receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal receives a double-connection measurement request sent by the network side equipment, and in an idle state or a deactivated state, the terminal only performs double-connection measurement on frequency points or cells capable of performing double connection in the measurement configuration information and only reports a measurement result of the double-connection measurement; or after receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal receives the SUL measurement request sent by the network side equipment, and in an idle state or a deactivated state, the terminal only performs SUL measurement on the frequency points or cells with the SUL uplink carrier in the measurement configuration information, and only reports the measurement result of the SUL measurement.

I.e. the method further comprises:

accordingly, step 12 includes:

Alternatively, the method further comprises:

accordingly, step 12 includes:

Alternatively, the method further comprises:

receiving SUL measurement requests issued by network side equipment;

accordingly, step 12 includes:

In order to more clearly describe the above measurement method, the carrier aggregation measurement, the dual connectivity measurement, and the SUL cell measurement are described in detail below, respectively.

Carrier aggregation measurement

The terminal acquires a frequency point corresponding to the carrier aggregation frequency point indication from the measurement configuration information, a 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 a measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement is reported to the network side equipment after the terminal enters a connection 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 connection state. The measurement results of the carrier aggregation measurement include: and the terminal can select a plurality of optimal cells to report 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 carrier aggregation cells, the terminal performs carrier aggregation measurement on the cells in an idle state or a deactivated state, and the terminal reports the measurement result of the carrier aggregation measurement to the network side equipment after entering a connection 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 connection state. The measurement results of the carrier aggregation measurement include: and the terminal can select a plurality of optimal 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, the terminal reselects to a frequency point corresponding to the carrier aggregation frequency point indication or a cell corresponding to the carrier aggregation cell indication preferentially when reselecting the cell.

LTE-LTE dual connectivity measurement

The terminal obtains a frequency point corresponding to the double-connection frequency point indication from the measurement configuration information, the cells of the frequency point can be subjected to double-connection, and the terminal performs double-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 double-connection cell indication from the measurement configuration information, wherein the cell can be used as a double-connection candidate cell, and the terminal performs double-connection measurement on the cell in an idle state or a deactivated state.

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

LTE primary cell measurement for LTE-NR dual connectivity

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

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

LTE-NR dual connectivity NR secondary cell measurement

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

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

SUL cell measurement

The method comprises the steps that a terminal obtains a frequency point corresponding to SUL frequency point indication from measurement configuration information, SUL carrier waves are arranged in cells of the frequency point, 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 SUL carrier waves, and the terminal performs SUL measurement on the cell in an idle state or a deactivated state;

After the terminal enters a connection state, the terminal reports a measurement result of 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 a plurality of optimal cells to report according to the cell measurement result and/or the cell identification corresponding to the SUL frequency point indication or the SUL cell indication.

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

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

step 21, 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 perform 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 after the terminal enters the connection state.

Further, in the above 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 may also be referred to as a carrier aggregation frequency point indication, which is used to indicate that the target cell may perform carrier aggregation with a serving cell of a terminal

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

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

Further, in the above 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:

The measurement result can be actively reported after the terminal enters the connection state, or can be reported according to the triggering of the network side equipment after the terminal enters the connection state, and both reporting modes are the preferred implementation modes of the embodiment of the invention.

As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor 300 and a transceiver 310, the terminal further including a user interface 320, the transceiver 310 being configured to perform the following procedures:

the processor 300 is configured to perform the following:

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

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

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

Preferably, in the foregoing 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:

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

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

the processor is further configured to:

the processor 300 is further configured to:

receiving SUL measurement requests issued by network side equipment;

the processor 300 is further configured to:

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

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement device, which is 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 perform carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

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

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

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

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

And the reporting sub-module 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 acquiring module includes:

a receiving sub-module, configured to receive a system message broadcasted by a network side device, where the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or, the method is used for receiving the special signaling sent by the network side equipment, and the special signaling carries the measurement configuration information.

Cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of 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 the 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 deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of carrier measurement; the measurement result comprises 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 double-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 deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of the double-connection measurement; the measurement result comprises cell identifiers of the dual-connection candidate cells.

a third request receiving module, configured to receive a SUL measurement request issued by the network side device;

The measurement module includes:

the third measurement submodule is used for carrying out SUL measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result of SUL measurement; the measurement result contains cell identification of an alternative cell which can use the SUL.

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

a fifth request receiving module, configured to receive a request for reporting a dual-connection candidate cell sent by a network side device, where the measurement result includes a cell identifier of the dual-connection candidate cell; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

and a sixth request receiving module, configured to receive a request sent by the network side device to report the cell identifier of the candidate cell that can use the SUL, where the measurement result includes the cell identifier of the candidate cell that can use the SUL.

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

As shown in fig. 5, the 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 procedures:

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

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

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

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

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

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement configuration apparatus, which is applied to a network side 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 perform carrier measurement or frequency point measurement or cell measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state;

And the receiving module 62 is used for receiving the measurement result reported after the terminal enters the connection 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 the terminal in the connection establishment or connection recovery process and indicates that the terminal stores the measurement result in an idle state or a deactivated state;

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

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

a sending sub-module, configured to broadcast a system message, where the system message carries the measurement configuration information; or, the method is used for sending special signaling to the terminal, and the special signaling carries the measurement configuration information.

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

the first configuration module is used for configuring carrier aggregation cells for the terminal according to the measurement result; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the second configuration module is used for configuring the double-connection cell for the terminal according to the measurement result; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

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

the request sending module is used for sending a carrier aggregation measurement request to the terminal, or sending a double-connection measurement request to the terminal, or sending a SUL measurement request to the terminal; or, sending a request for reporting the carrier aggregation candidate cell to the terminal, or sending a request for reporting the dual-connection candidate cell to the terminal, or sending a cell identifier of the candidate cell for reporting that the SUL can be used to the terminal;

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

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements the respective processes in the measurement method or the measurement configuration method embodiment described above, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, a description is omitted here. Wherein the computer readable storage medium is selected from Read-Only Memory (ROM), random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that 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, magnetic disk storage and optical storage, etc.) 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 flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations 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 embodiments of the present invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the principles of the present invention, and such modifications and adaptations are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A measurement method applied to a terminal, comprising:

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

reporting the measurement result to network side equipment after entering a connection state, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

receiving a second indication signaling which is sent by the network side equipment after being 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 a second indication signaling sent by the network side equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining measurement configuration information for an idle state or a deactivated state comprises:

3. 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;

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein the second indication information comprises at least one of the following:

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

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving SUL measurement requests issued by network side equipment;

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

11. The measurement configuration method is applied to the network side equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

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

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the sending measurement configuration information in an idle state or a deactivated state to the terminal comprises:

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the second indication information comprises at least one of:

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the measurement result includes at least one of the following information:

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

18. The method of claim 11, wherein after the step of transmitting the measurement configuration information in the idle state or the deactivated state to the terminal, the method further comprises:

19. 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:

the transceiver is also for: reporting the measurement result to network side equipment after entering a connection state;

The processor is further configured to:

20. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

21. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

23. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the second indication information includes at least one of:

24. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the measurement result includes at least one of the following information:

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

25. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the processor is further configured to:

26. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

the processor is further configured to:

27. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receiving SUL measurement requests issued by network side equipment;

the processor is further configured to:

28. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

29. A measurement device for use in a terminal, comprising:

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

the reporting module comprises:

the first signaling receiving module is used for receiving a second indication signaling which is sent by the network side equipment after being connected with the terminal and requires the terminal to report the measurement result;

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

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

the transceiver is also for:

31. The network-side device of claim 30, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

32. The network-side device of claim 30, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises: at least one frequency point indication information and/or at least one cell indication information;

33. The network-side device of claim 32, wherein the first indication information includes at least one of:

34. The network-side device of claim 32, wherein the second indication information includes at least one of:

35. The network-side device of claim 30, wherein the measurement result includes at least one of the following information:

cell identification of the carrier aggregation candidate cell;

cell identities of alternative cells of the SUL may be used.

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

37. The network-side device of claim 30, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

38. A measurement configuration apparatus applied to a network side device, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving the measurement result reported after the terminal enters a connection state;

39. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program, when being executed by a processor, realizes the steps in the measuring method according to any one of claims 1-10;

alternatively, the program is executed by a processor to implement the steps in the measurement configuration method as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 18.