CN110831129B

CN110831129B - Measurement indication method, device and system

Info

Publication number: CN110831129B
Application number: CN201810922777.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 鲍炜; 杨晓东
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-14
Filing date: 2018-08-14
Publication date: 2021-02-02
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-14
Also published as: CN110831129A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a measurement indication method, equipment and a system, relates to the technical field of communication, and aims to solve the problem that invalid measurement of UE on each cell on a frequency point to be measured causes higher power consumption of the UE. The method comprises the following steps: receiving measurement configuration information sent by access network equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information, one piece of identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one piece of identification information corresponds to one piece of auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is larger than or equal to M; and determining a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information as a target measurement frequency point according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information, wherein the target identification information is identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to the capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information. The method can be applied to a scene that the UE measures the cell corresponding to the frequency point to be measured.

Description

Measurement indication method, device and system

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a measurement indication method, equipment and a system.

Background

In a communication system, Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology may be generally adopted to improve throughput of a User Equipment (UE).

Currently, before the UE transmits data using the CA technology, the base station may send measurement configuration information and measurement reporting configuration information to all UEs within the coverage of the base station. When a certain UE is in a non-connected state (including an IDLE state and an Inactive state), the UE may measure each cell on a frequency point to be measured in the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result, and when the UE enters a connected state from the non-connected state, the UE may report all or part of the measurement result to a base station according to measurement report configuration information, so that the base station may configure a plurality of serving cells for the UE according to the received measurement result to perform CA.

However, according to the above measurement method, all UEs that satisfy the measurement condition within the coverage of the base station (for example, a timer for non-connected measurement configured by the base station is running) may measure each cell on the frequency point to be measured in the measurement configuration information sent by the base station, and in some scenarios (for example, when an operator to which the cell on the frequency point to be measured belongs is different from a contracted operator of some UEs), the cells may not be served as serving cells of the UEs, so that the measurement of each cell on the frequency point to be measured by the UE is an invalid measurement, which results in high power consumption of the UE.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement indication method, equipment and a system, which aim to solve the problem that the invalid measurement of UE on each cell on a frequency point to be measured causes higher power consumption of the UE.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement indication method, which may be applied to a UE, and the method includes: receiving measurement configuration information sent by access network equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information, one piece of identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one piece of identification information corresponds to one piece of auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is larger than or equal to M; and determining a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information as a target measurement frequency point according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information, wherein the target identification information is identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to the capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement indication method, where the method may be applied to an access network device, and the method includes: and sending measurement configuration information to the UE, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE, where the UE includes a receiving module and a determining module. The device comprises a receiving module, a processing module and a processing module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving measurement configuration information sent by access network equipment, the measurement configuration information comprises N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used for indicating a measurement frequency point, one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is larger than or equal to M; a determining module, configured to determine, according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information received by the receiving module, that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is a target measurement frequency point, where the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an access network device, where the access network device includes a sending module. The device comprises a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the sending module is used for sending measurement configuration information to the UE, the measurement configuration information comprises N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is larger than or equal to M.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the measurement indication method provided in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an access network device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when executed by the processor, the computer program implements the steps of the measurement indication method provided in the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a communication system, where the communication system includes the UE in the third aspect and the access network device in the fourth aspect. Alternatively, the communication system includes the UE in the fifth aspect and the access network device in the sixth aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present invention 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 of the measurement indication method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the UE may receive measurement configuration information sent by the access network device (the measurement configuration information includes N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used to indicate one measurement frequency point, and one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M); and determining the measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information (the target identification information is identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to the capability information of the UE in the M auxiliary information) as a target measurement frequency point according to the N identification information and the M auxiliary information. Through the scheme, the UE can determine the target identification information from the N pieces of identification information according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information in the measurement configuration information, so that the UE can measure the cells corresponding to the measurement frequency points indicated by the target identification information without measuring all the cells corresponding to the frequency points to be measured indicated by the measurement configuration information, invalid measurement of the UE on all the cells on the frequency points to be measured can be reduced, and the power consumption of the UE can be reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a measurement indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a second schematic diagram of a measurement indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a third schematic diagram illustrating a measurement indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating a measurement indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a fifth schematic view illustrating a measurement indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a second schematic structural diagram of a UE according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a second schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a hardware diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a hardware schematic diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, a/B denotes a or B.

The terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first cell and the second cell, etc. are for distinguishing different cells, rather than for describing a particular order of cells.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more, for example, a plurality of serving cells means two or more serving cells.

The CA technology according to the embodiment of the present invention is a technology for allowing a UE to transmit data using a plurality of spectrum resources corresponding to a plurality of serving cells in a wireless communication system, and is a technology for improving the traffic throughput per unit time of the UE by using the CA technology.

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement indication method, equipment and a system.A UE (user equipment) can receive measurement configuration information sent by access network equipment (the measurement configuration information comprises N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used for indicating a measurement frequency point, one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is more than or equal to M); and determining the measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information (the target identification information is identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to the capability information of the UE in the M auxiliary information) as a target measurement frequency point according to the N identification information and the M auxiliary information. Through the scheme, the UE can determine the target identification information from the N pieces of identification information according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information in the measurement configuration information, so that the UE can measure the cells corresponding to the measurement frequency points indicated by the target identification information without measuring all the cells corresponding to the frequency points to be measured indicated by the measurement configuration information, invalid measurement of the UE on all the cells on the frequency points to be measured can be reduced, and the power consumption of the UE can be reduced.

The following describes in detail a measurement indication method, a device, and a system provided by the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 illustrates an architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the communication system may include a UE 01 and an access network device 02. Wherein, a connection can be established between the UE 01 and the access network device 02, and the UE 01 can be located in a cell 03 served by the access network device 02.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a UE is a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with wired/wireless connectivity, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. A UE may communicate with one or more core Network devices via a Radio Access Network (RAN). The UE may be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal, or a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile device, that exchanges speech and/or data with the RAN, such as a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and so on. A UE may also be referred to as a User Agent (User Agent) or a terminal device, etc.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the access network device is a device deployed in the RAN and configured to provide a wireless communication function for the UE. In the embodiment of the present invention, the access network device may be a base station, and the base station may include various macro base stations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points, and the like. In systems using different radio access technologies, the names of devices that function as base stations may differ. For example, in a 5G system, it may be referred to as a 5G base station (gNB); in a fourth Generation wireless communication (4-Generation, 4G) system, such as a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, it may be referred to as an evolved NodeB (eNB); in a third generation mobile communication (3G) system, it may be referred to as a base station (Node B). As communication technology evolves, the name "base station" may change.

In addition, fig. 1 is described as an example that a UE (e.g., a handset) may be connected to an access network device (e.g., a base station), and each cell belongs to an access network device, which does not set any limit to the embodiment of the present invention. It is to be understood that, in practical implementation, the UE may also be connected to multiple access network devices (e.g., multiple base stations) at the same time, and the UE may transmit data using the radio resources of the multiple access network devices.

Based on the communication system shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement indication method, which may include steps 201 to 203 described below, as shown in fig. 2.

Step 201, the access network device sends measurement configuration information to the UE.

The measurement configuration information may include N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information. One piece of identification information can be used for indicating one measurement frequency point, and one piece of identification information can correspond to one piece of auxiliary information. N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement frequency point indicated by the identifier information may be a frequency point of a target cell, or may also be a frequency point of the target cell and a frequency point of a cell where the UE resides. The target cell may be a cell adjacent to the UE camped cell, and the target cell and the UE camped cell may be cells serving the same base station. It should be noted that, in the following embodiments of the present invention, an example is given by taking the measurement frequency point indicated by the identification information as the frequency point of the target cell, which does not limit the present invention at all, and may be determined specifically according to actual use requirements.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the Identifier information may be a frequency point Identifier, or may be a combination of a frequency point Identifier and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI).

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, in a case that one piece of identification information is a combination of one frequency point identification and one PCI, the combination of the one frequency point identification and one PCI may be used to indicate one cell. It should be noted that, in the case that the access network device sends, to the UE, measurement configuration information including N (N is a positive integer greater than 1) identification information, the N identification information may be used to identify N cells. For any two cells in the N cells, if the frequency point identifiers of the two cells are different, the PCIs of the two cells may be the same or different. If the frequency point identifications of the two cells are the same, the PCIs of the two cells may be different. For example, the frequency point identifier f1 and PCI1 may be used to indicate cell 1, and the frequency point identifiers f2 and PCI2 may be used to indicate cell 2, where the frequency point identifier f1 and the frequency point identifier f2 are two different frequency point identifiers (i.e., used to indicate two different frequency points), and then PCI1 and PCI2 may be two different PCIs or two same PCIs. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the one frequency point identifier may specifically be a frequency point serial number.

For example, assuming that the access network device sends the measurement configuration information to the UE, the measurement configuration information includes 6 pieces of identification information (where 1 piece of identification information is 1 frequency point sequence number), and the 6 frequency point sequence numbers are 10055, 10063, 10071, 10080, 10088, and 10096 in sequence, then the 6 frequency point sequence numbers may be used to indicate that the measurement frequency points are 2011MHz (megahertz), 2012.6MHz, 2014.2MHz, 2016MHz, 2017.6MHz, and 2019.2MHz in sequence.

For example, assuming that the access network device sends the measurement configuration information to the UE, where the measurement configuration information includes 2 pieces of identification information (where 1 piece of identification information is 1 frequency point sequence number and 1 PCI), a frequency point sequence number in the 1 st piece of identification information is 10055, a PCI in the 1 st piece of identification information is PCI1 (i.e., PCI of cell 1), and a frequency point sequence number in the 2 nd piece of identification information is 10063, and a PCI in the 2 nd piece of identification information is PCI2 (i.e., PCI of cell 2), then the 1 st piece of identification information may be used to indicate that the measurement frequency point of cell 1 is 2011MHz, and the 2 nd piece of identification information may be used to indicate that the measurement frequency point of cell 2 is 2012.6 MHz.

It can be understood that, because one identification information may be a frequency point identification, or may be a frequency point identification and a PCI, the UE may determine a target frequency point identification (i.e., target identification information) from the N identification information according to the frequency point identification, or according to the frequency point identification and the PCI, so that the UE may measure a cell corresponding to a measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the auxiliary information may include at least one of the following: parameter configuration (numerology) supported by a cell, types of services supported by a cell, groups to which a cell belongs, and Radio Access Technologies (RATs) employed by a cell.

For example, the parameter configuration supported by the cell may include at least one of a Subcarrier spacing (SCS) and Cyclic Prefix (CP) configuration. Of course, the parameter configuration supported by the cell may also include other possible configuration parameters, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

For example, the service type supported by the cell may be determined according to a network slice or the like supported by the cell, for example, the service type supported by the cell may be a voice service, a video service, or a text service. Of course, the service type supported by the cell may also be other possible service types, which may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

For example, the Group to which the cell belongs may be a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) to which the cell belongs, or may be a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) to which the cell belongs. Of course, the group to which the cell belongs may also be other possible groups, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Illustratively, the RAT employed by the cell may be a fifth Generation wireless Communication (5-Generation, 5G) technology, an LTE technology, a Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) technology, a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) technology, or the like. Of course, the RAT used by the cell may also be other possible RATs, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

It can be understood that, since one piece of assistance information may include at least one of a parameter configuration supported by a cell, a service type supported by the cell, a group to which the cell belongs, and a RAT adopted by the cell, the UE may determine, from the M pieces of assistance information, assistance information (i.e., target assistance information) corresponding to capability information of the UE, and determine, from the N pieces of identification information, identification information (target identification information) corresponding to the target assistance information, so that the UE may measure the cell corresponding to the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, when the access network device sends measurement configuration information to the UE, the measurement indication method provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include: and the access network equipment sends the measurement report configuration information to the UE. The measurement configuration information may include the reported measurement quantity, and the like. For the description of the reporting configuration information, reference may be made to the prior art, and details are not repeated in the embodiments of the present invention.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, before the UE transmits data using the CA technology, the process of sending the measurement configuration information to the UE by the access network device may be implemented by the following two implementation manners:

a first possible implementation:

the access network device may send the measurement configuration information to all UEs within the coverage of the access network device in a broadcast form through a system message, so that the UEs may perform steps 202 and 203 described below.

A second possible implementation:

radio Resource Control (RRC) connection is established between the access network device and the UE, and when the RRC connection is released, the access network device may carry measurement configuration information in an RRC connection release message sent to the UE, so that the UE may perform the following steps 202 and 203.

Step 202, the UE receives the measurement configuration information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, after the UE receives the measurement configuration information sent by the access network device, if the UE is in the non-connected state, the UE may perform step 203 described below.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the unconnected state may be an Idle (Idle) state or an Inactive (Inactive) state. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

And 203, the UE determines the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information as a target measurement frequency point according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information.

The target identification information may be identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N identification information. The target assistance information may be assistance information corresponding to capability information of the UE among the M assistance information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the capability information of the UE may include at least one of the following: parameter configurations supported by the UE, types of traffic supported by the UE, groups of cells supported by the UE (i.e., groups of cells that the UE can access), and RATs supported by the UE. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the "corresponding" in the "auxiliary information corresponding to the capability information of the UE" in the M pieces of auxiliary information may be understood as that the target auxiliary information is the same as the capability information of the UE, or the target auxiliary information is matched with the capability information of the UE. For example, if the parameter configuration supported by the UE is the same as or matched with the parameter configuration supported by a certain cell, the UE may use the measurement frequency point corresponding to the parameter configuration supported by the cell as a target measurement frequency point; if the service type supported by the UE is the same as or matched with the service type supported by a certain cell, the UE can take the measurement frequency point corresponding to the service type supported by the cell as a target measurement frequency point; if the cell group supported by the UE is the same as or matched with the group to which a certain cell belongs, the UE can take the measurement frequency point corresponding to the group to which the cell belongs as a target measurement frequency point; if the RAT supported by the UE is the same as or matched with the RAT adopted by a certain cell, the UE may use the measurement frequency point corresponding to the RAT adopted by the cell as the target measurement frequency point.

Optionally, the number of items of "corresponding" between the target auxiliary information and the capability information of the UE is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, when one piece of auxiliary information includes a plurality of items in the parameter configuration supported by the cell, the service type supported by the cell, the group to which the cell belongs, and the radio access technology adopted by the cell, if one item of information in the one piece of auxiliary information is the same as or matches with the capability information of the UE, or two or more items of information in the one piece of auxiliary information are the same as or matches with the capability information of the UE, it can be understood that the auxiliary information corresponds to the capability information of the UE.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, when two or more items of information in one auxiliary information are the same as or match with the capability information of the UE, specifically, each item of information in the auxiliary information may be the same as or match with the capability information of the UE. That is, when each item of information in one assistance information is identical to or matches the capability information of the UE, it can be understood that the assistance information corresponds to the capability information of the UE.

For example, assuming that one piece of assistance information includes a parameter configuration supported by a cell, a service type supported by the cell, and a group to which the cell belongs, if the parameter configuration supported by the cell is the same as or matches with the capability information of the UE, it may be understood that the assistance information corresponds to the capability information of the UE. Alternatively, if the parameter configuration supported by the cell and the group to which the cell belongs are the same as or match with the capability information of the UE, it can be understood that the assistance information corresponds to the capability information of the UE. Or, if the parameter configuration supported by the cell, the service type supported by the cell, and the group to which the cell belongs are the same as or match with the capability information of the UE, it may also be understood that the auxiliary information corresponds to the capability information of the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the UE determines the target measurement frequency point, the measurement indication method provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include: and the UE measures the cell corresponding to the target measurement frequency point and reports the measurement result. Specifically, under the condition that the N identification information is the N frequency point identifications, the UE may send the measurement result of the first cell to the access network device, where the first cell may be a cell that meets the measurement result reporting condition in all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point. Under the condition that the N identification information is the N frequency point identifications and the N PCIs, the UE may send the measurement result of the second cell to the access network device, where the second cell may be a cell that meets the measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by the first PCI among all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point, and the first PCI is the PCI corresponding to the target identification information.

The correspondence between the identification information and the auxiliary information is exemplarily described below using table 1 and table 2 as an example.

Exemplarily, table 1 is a table of correspondence between identification information and auxiliary information provided in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in table 1, it is assumed that the measurement configuration information received by the UE includes 4 pieces of identification information and 4 pieces of auxiliary information (1 piece of identification information is 1 frequency point identification, and the auxiliary information includes parameter configuration supported by the cell and a group to which the cell belongs), and the capability information of the UE includes parameter configuration supported by the UE and a cell group supported by the UE (the parameter configuration supported by the UE is a, and the cell group supported by the UE is a and a. The frequency point identifier of the serving cell of the UE may be f 0.

Table 1 correspondence table of identification information and auxiliary information

Referring to table 1, when the parameter configuration a supported by the UE is a and the cell groups supported by the UE are a and e, the parameter configuration a supported by the UE is the same as the parameter configuration a supported by the cells corresponding to the frequency point identifiers f1 and f2, and the cell group a supported by the UE is the same as the group a to which the cell corresponding to the frequency point identifier f1 belongs, so that the UE can use the measurement frequency point indicated by the frequency point identifier f1 as the target measurement frequency point.

Exemplarily, table 2 is another mapping table between identification information and auxiliary information provided in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in table 2, it is assumed that the measurement configuration information received by the UE includes 4 pieces of identification information and 4 pieces of auxiliary information (1 piece of identification information is 1 frequency point identification and 1 PCI, and the auxiliary information includes a service type supported by a cell), and the capability information of the UE includes a service type supported by the UE (the service type supported by the UE is a). The serving cell frequency point identifier of the UE may be f 0.

Table 2 correspondence table of identification information and auxiliary information

Referring to table 2, when the service type supported by the UE is a, the service type a supported by the UE is the same as the service type a supported by the cell corresponding to the frequency point identifiers f1 and f3, so that the UE may use the measurement frequency points indicated by the frequency point identifiers f1 and f3 as target measurement frequency points.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when one identification information is a frequency point identification, one auxiliary information may include multiple items of information, and each item of information in the multiple items of information may be one or multiple. For example, still taking table 1 as an example, when the identification information is the frequency point identifier f1, and the auxiliary information corresponding to the frequency point identifier f1 includes the parameter configuration supported by the cell and the group to which the cell belongs, the parameter configuration supported by the cell corresponding to the frequency point identifier f1 may be a and B, and the group to which the cell corresponding to the frequency point identifier f1 belongs may be a. Wherein, a may be parameter configuration supported by cell 1, B may be parameter configuration supported by cell 2, and a may be a group to which cell 1 and cell 2 belong.

Further, in this embodiment of the present invention, in a case that one identification information is a combination of a frequency point identifier and a PCI, one auxiliary information may include multiple items of information, and if the multiple items of information include at least one of a parameter configuration supported by a cell, a service type supported by the cell, and a packet to which the cell belongs, the parameter configuration supported by the cell may be one or more, the service type supported by the cell may be one or more, and the packet to which the cell belongs may be one or more. For example, still taking table 2 as an example, in the case that the identification information is the frequency point identifier f4, and the auxiliary information corresponding to the frequency point identifier f4 includes the service type supported by the cell, the service type supported by the cell corresponding to the frequency point identifier f4 may include C and D. Where C and D may be the types of traffic supported by cell 3.

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement indication method, and because UE can determine target identification information from N pieces of identification information according to N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information in measurement configuration information, the UE can measure cells corresponding to measurement frequency points indicated by the target identification information without measuring each cell corresponding to all frequency points to be measured indicated by the measurement configuration information, so that invalid measurement of the UE on each cell on the frequency points to be measured can be reduced, and the power consumption of the UE can be reduced.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 in combination with fig. 2, the step 201 may be specifically implemented by a step 201A described below. Step 202 may be specifically realized by step 202A described below.

Step 201A, the access network device sends measurement configuration information in a cell served by the access network device.

Step 202A, in the camping cell of the UE, the UE receives the measurement configuration information.

For example, the access network device may send measurement configuration information in all cells served by the access network device, so that in a camped cell of the UE, the UE may receive the measurement configuration information sent by the access network device, and if the UE is in a non-connected state, the UE may determine a target measurement frequency point according to N identification information and M auxiliary information in the measurement configuration information. Then, the UE may measure each cell on the frequency point to be measured in the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result, and when the UE enters a connected state from a non-connected state, the UE may report all or part of the measurement result to the access network device according to the measurement reporting configuration information, so that the access network device may configure a plurality of serving cells for the UE according to the received measurement result, and the UE may transmit data using a CA technology.

In the measurement indication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, since the access network device can send the measurement configuration information in the cell where the access network device provides services, and the UE can receive the measurement configuration information sent by the access network device in the resident cell of the UE, the UE can determine the target identification information from the N identification information in the measurement configuration information, so that the UE can measure the cell corresponding to the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information, and it is not necessary to measure each cell corresponding to all the frequency points to be measured in the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 in combination with fig. 2, the step 203 may be specifically implemented by a step 203A described below.

Step 203A, UE determines the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information as the target measurement frequency point according to the N identification information, the M auxiliary information and the capability information of the UE.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the step 203A may be specifically implemented by the following first possible implementation manner (i.e., the following step 203A 1-step 203A3), or by the following second possible implementation manner (i.e., the following step 203A 4-step 203A 5).

A first possible implementation:

step 203a1, the UE determines the target assistance information from the M pieces of assistance information according to the capability information of the UE.

Step 203a2, the UE determines the target identification information from the N identification information according to the target auxiliary information.

Step 203a3, the UE uses the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information as a target measurement frequency point.

For specific descriptions of the identification information and the auxiliary information in step 203a1 and step 203a2, reference may be made to the related descriptions of the identification information and the auxiliary information in step 201 of the foregoing embodiment, which are not described herein again.

For specific descriptions of the capability information, the target assistance information, and the target identification information of the UE in steps 203a1 to 203a2, reference may be made to the description of the capability information, the target assistance information, and the target identification information of the UE in step 203 in the foregoing embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

For example, the correspondence between the identification information and the auxiliary information shown in table 1 is still taken as an example for illustration. It is assumed that the capability information of the UE includes a parameter configuration supported by the UE and a cell group supported by the UE (wherein, the parameter configuration supported by the UE is a, and the cell group supported by the UE is a and a). Since the parameter configuration a supported by the UE is the same as the parameter configuration a supported by the cell, and the cell group a supported by the UE is the same as the group a to which the cell belongs, the UE may determine the target assistance information from 4(M ═ 4) assistance information (i.e., the parameter configuration supported by the cell is a and B, and the group to which the cell belongs is a). Then, the UE may determine a target frequency bin identifier (i.e., target identification information) f1 from the 4(N ═ 4) frequency bin identifiers according to the target assistance information. After that, the UE may use the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information f1 as the target measurement frequency point.

For example, the correspondence between the identification information and the auxiliary information shown in table 2 is still taken as an example for illustration. It is assumed that the capability information of the UE includes a service type supported by the UE (where the service type supported by the UE is a). Since the service type a supported by the UE is the same as the service type a supported by the cell, the UE may determine the target assistance information (i.e., the service type a supported by the cell) from among 3(M ═ 3) assistance information. Then, the UE may determine target frequency bin identifications (i.e., target identification information) f1 and f3 from the 4(N ═ 4) frequency bin identifications according to the target assistance information. Thereafter, the UE may use the measurement frequency points indicated by the target identification information f1 and f3 as target measurement frequency points.

A second possible implementation:

step 203a4, the UE determines the target assistance information from the M pieces of assistance information according to the capability information of the UE.

Step 203A5, the UE determines a target measurement frequency point according to the target auxiliary information.

The target measurement frequency point may be a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information.

For example, the correspondence between the identification information and the auxiliary information shown in table 1 is still taken as an example for illustration. It is assumed that the capability information of the UE includes a parameter configuration supported by the UE and a cell group supported by the UE (wherein, the parameter configuration supported by the UE is a, and the cell group supported by the UE is a and a). Since the parameter configuration a supported by the UE is the same as the parameter configuration a supported by the cell, and the cell group a supported by the UE is the same as the group a to which the cell belongs, the UE may determine the target assistance information from 4(M ═ 4) assistance information (i.e., the parameter configuration supported by the cell is a and B, and the group to which the cell belongs is a). Then, the UE may determine a target measurement bin (that is, a measurement bin indicated by target identification information f1 corresponding to the target assistance information among the 4 pieces of identification information (N ═ 4)) according to the target assistance information.

For example, the correspondence between the identification information and the auxiliary information shown in table 2 is still taken as an example for illustration. It is assumed that the capability information of the UE includes a service type supported by the UE (where the service type supported by the UE is a). Since the service type a supported by the UE is the same as the service type a supported by the cell, the UE may determine the target assistance information (i.e., the service type a supported by the cell) from among 3(M ═ 3) assistance information. Then, the UE may determine a target measurement frequency point (i.e., a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information f1 and f3 corresponding to the target assistance information among 4(N ═ 4) pieces of identification information) according to the target assistance information.

It should be noted that the step 203A may also be implemented in other possible manners. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

According to the measurement indication method provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the UE receives the measurement configuration information sent by the access network equipment, the UE can determine the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information as the target measurement frequency point according to the N pieces of identification information, the M pieces of auxiliary information and the capability information of the UE, so that the UE can measure the cell corresponding to the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information without measuring each cell corresponding to all frequency points to be measured in the measurement configuration information, the invalid measurement of the UE on each cell on the frequency points to be measured can be reduced, and the power consumption of the UE can be reduced.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, in a case that the N identification information is N frequency point identifications, as shown in fig. 5 by referring to fig. 2, after the step 203, the measurement indication method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step 204A and step 205A; or, in the case that the N identification information is N frequency point identifications and N PCIs, as shown in fig. 6 in combination with fig. 2, after the step 203, the measurement indication method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step 204B and step 205B.

Step 204A, UE sends the first measurement result to the access network device.

Step 205A, the access network device receives the first measurement result.

The first measurement result may be a measurement result of the UE on the first cell. The first cell may be a cell that meets the measurement result reporting condition among all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the reporting condition of the measurement result may be that the signal quality of the cell is greater than or equal to a preset value. Specifically, the Signal Quality may include any one of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) under a cell, and Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (RS-SINR) of a Reference Signal. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

For example, assuming that the cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point include cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, and cell 4, and the reporting condition of the measurement result is that RSRP is greater than or equal to-100 dBm (decibel milliwatt), and RSRP corresponding to cell 1 is-120 dBm, RSRP corresponding to cell 2 is-80 dBm, RSRP corresponding to cell 3 is-70 dBm, and RSRP corresponding to cell 4 is-110 dBm, since RSRP corresponding to cell 2 and RSRP corresponding to cell 3 are both greater than-100 dBm, the UE may determine that cell 2 and cell 3 are the cells (i.e., the first cell) that satisfy the reporting condition of the measurement result among all the cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point. In this way, when/after the UE enters the connected state from the unconnected state, the UE may send the first measurement result to the access network device, so that the access network device may configure a serving cell (the serving cell may be a cell in the first cell) for the UE according to the first measurement result, and the UE may transmit data using the serving cell (that is, transmit data using the CA technology), thereby improving throughput of the UE.

In the measurement indication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, since the UE can send the measurement result (i.e. the first measurement result) of the cell satisfying the measurement result reporting condition in all the cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point to the access network device, compared with the prior art in which the UE sends the measurement result of the cell satisfying the measurement result reporting condition in all the cells corresponding to all the measurement frequency points to the access network device, the embodiment of the present invention can save the reporting overhead of the UE, i.e. can reduce the power consumption of the UE.

Step 204B, UE sends the second measurement result to the access network device.

Step 205B, the access network device receives the second measurement result.

The second measurement result may be a measurement result of the UE on the second cell. The second cell may be a cell that meets the measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by the first PCI in all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point. The first PCI may be a PCI corresponding to the target identification information.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that the cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point include a cell 1, a cell 2, a cell 3, and a cell 4, and the condition for reporting the measurement result is that RSRP is greater than or equal to-100 dBm (decibel-milliwatt), RSRP corresponding to the cell 1 is-120 dBm, RSRP corresponding to the cell 2 is-80 dBm, RSRP corresponding to the cell 3 is-70 dBm, RSRP corresponding to the cell 4 is-110 dBm, and PCI corresponding to the target identification information (i.e., first PCI) is PCI corresponding to the cell 2. Since the RSRP corresponding to the cell 2 is greater than-100 dBm, and the cell indicated by the first PCI is the cell 2, the cell 2 is a cell (i.e., a second cell) that meets the measurement result reporting condition among all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point. In this way, when/after the UE enters the connected state from the unconnected state, the UE may send the second measurement result to the access network device, so that the access network device may configure a serving cell (the serving cell may be a second cell) for the UE according to the second measurement result, and the UE may transmit data using the serving cell (that is, transmit data using the CA technology), thereby improving throughput of the UE.

In the measurement indication method provided in the embodiment of the present invention, since the UE may send, to the access network device, the measurement result (i.e., the second measurement result) of the cell that meets the measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by the first PCI in all the cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point, and does not need to send, to the access network device, the measurement result of the cell that meets the measurement result reporting condition in all the cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point, compared with the measurement indication method provided in the above step 204A and step 205A, the measurement indication method provided in step 204B and step 205B may further save the reporting overhead of the UE, that is, may reduce the power consumption of the UE.

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE 700. The UE700 may include a receiving module 701 and a determining module 702. The receiving module 701 is configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by an access network device, where the measurement configuration information may include N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used to indicate a measurement frequency point, and one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M; a determining module 702, configured to determine, according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information received by the receiving module 701, that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is a target measurement frequency point, where the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, one piece of auxiliary information may include at least one of the following: the configuration of parameters supported by the cell, the types of services supported by the cell, the grouping to which the cell belongs, and the RAT adopted by the cell.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the determining module 702 may be specifically configured to determine, according to the N pieces of identification information, the M pieces of auxiliary information, and the capability information of the UE, that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is the target measurement frequency point. Wherein the capability information of the UE may include at least one of: configuration of parameters supported by the UE, types of traffic supported by the UE, groups of cells supported by the UE, and RATs supported by the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the determining module 702 may be specifically configured to determine the target auxiliary information from the M pieces of auxiliary information according to the capability information of the UE; determining target identification information from the N identification information according to the target auxiliary information; and taking the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information as a target measurement frequency point.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, one piece of identification information may be a frequency point identifier, or may be one frequency point identifier and one PCI.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 7, as shown in fig. 8, the UE provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include a sending module 703. Wherein:

under the condition that the N identification information is N frequency point identifications, the sending module 703 may be configured to send, to the access network device, a first measurement result after the determining module 702 determines that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is a target measurement frequency point, where the first measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a first cell, and the first cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition in all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point.

Under the condition that the N identification information is N frequency point identifiers and N PCIs, the sending module 703 may be configured to send, to the access network device, a second measurement result after the determining module 702 determines that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is the target measurement frequency point, where the second measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a second cell, the second cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition in all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point and is indicated by the first PCI, and the first PCI is a PCI corresponding to the target identification information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 701 may be specifically configured to receive, in a camped cell of the UE, measurement configuration information sent by an access network device.

The embodiment of the invention provides the UE, and the UE can determine the target identification information from the N identification information according to the N identification information and the M auxiliary information in the measurement configuration information, so that the UE can measure the cells corresponding to the measurement frequency points indicated by the target identification information, and does not need to measure all the cells corresponding to all the frequency points to be measured indicated by the measurement configuration information, thereby reducing invalid measurement of the UE on all the cells on the frequency points to be measured, and further reducing the power consumption of the UE.

As shown in fig. 9, an embodiment of the present invention provides an access network apparatus 900. The access network device 900 may include a sending module 901. The sending module 901 may be configured to send measurement configuration information to the UE, where the measurement configuration information may include N identification information and M auxiliary information, where one identification information is used to indicate one measurement frequency point, and one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 9, as shown in fig. 10, the access network device provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include a receiving module 902. Wherein:

under the condition that the N pieces of identification information are N frequency point identifications, the receiving module 902 may be configured to receive a first measurement result sent by the UE after the sending module 901 sends measurement configuration information to the UE, where the first measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a first cell, the first cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition in all cells corresponding to a target measurement frequency point, the target measurement frequency point is a measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information, the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information.

Under the condition that the N pieces of identification information are N frequency point identifications and N PCIs, the receiving module 902 may be configured to receive a second measurement result sent by the UE after the sending module 901 sends measurement configuration information to the UE, where the second measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a second cell, the second cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by a first PCI among all cells corresponding to a target measurement frequency point, the first PCI is a PCI corresponding to the target identification information, the target measurement frequency point is a measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information, the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information among the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE among the M pieces of auxiliary information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the sending module 901 may be specifically configured to send the measurement configuration information in a cell served by the access network device.

The embodiment of the invention provides access network equipment, which can send measurement configuration information comprising N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information to UE (user equipment), so that the UE can determine target identification information from the N pieces of identification information according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information in the measurement configuration information, measure cells corresponding to measurement frequency points indicated by the target identification information, and do not need to measure each cell corresponding to all frequency points to be measured indicated by the measurement configuration information, thereby reducing invalid measurement of each cell on the frequency points to be measured by the UE, and further reducing the power consumption of the UE.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a UE implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 11, the UE 100 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 101, network module 102, audio output unit 103, input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the UE structure shown in fig. 11 does not constitute a limitation of the UE, which may include more or fewer components than those shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the UE includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The radio frequency unit 101 may be configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by an access network device, where the measurement configuration information may include N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used to indicate one measurement frequency point, and one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M; the processor 110 may be configured to determine, according to the N identification information and the M auxiliary information received by the radio frequency unit 101, that a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information is a target measurement frequency point, where the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M auxiliary information.

It is understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the UE 100 may be the UE 01 in the communication system shown in fig. 1 in the foregoing embodiment.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 101 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission or call process, and specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the downlink data is processed by the processor 110; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The UE 100 provides the user with wireless broadband internet access via the network module 102, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the UE 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 104 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102. The microphone 1042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in case of a phone call mode.

The UE 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or backlight when the UE 100 moves to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of the mobile terminal (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 105 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the UE 100. Specifically, the user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. Touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near touch panel 1071 using a finger, stylus, or any suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and receives and executes commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. Specifically, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may be overlaid on the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 11, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the UE, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the UE, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the UE 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from external devices and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the UE 100 or may be used to transmit data between the UE 100 and external devices.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 is a control center of the UE, connects various parts of the entire UE using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the UE and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling data stored in the memory 109, thereby performing overall monitoring of the UE. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The UE 100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and optionally, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 via a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system.

In addition, the UE 100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a UE, which includes the processor 110 shown in fig. 11, the memory 109, and a computer program stored in the memory 109 and capable of being executed on the processor 110, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 110, implements the processes of the foregoing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 12, the access network apparatus 1200 may include: one or more processors 1201, memory 1202, communication interface 1203, and bus 1204.

The processor 1201 may be configured to send measurement configuration information to the UE through the bus 1204 and the communication interface 1203, where the measurement configuration information may include N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used to indicate one measurement frequency point, and one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M.

In an embodiment of the invention, the one or more processors 1201, the memory 1202, and the communication interface 1203 are connected to each other through a bus 1204. The bus 1204 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus 1204 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 12, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus. In addition, the access network device 1200 may further include some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described herein again.

It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the access network device 1200 may be the access network device 02 in the communication system shown in fig. 1 in the foregoing embodiment.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an access network device, which includes the processor 1201 shown in fig. 12, a memory 1202, and a computer program stored in the memory 1202 and capable of running on the processor 1201, where the computer program is executed by the processor 1201 to implement the processes of the foregoing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 110 shown in fig. 11 or the processor 1201 shown in fig. 12, the computer program implements the processes of the method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method described in the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A measurement indication method is applied to User Equipment (UE), and comprises the following steps:

receiving measurement configuration information sent by access network equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information, one piece of identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one piece of identification information corresponds to one piece of auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is larger than or equal to M;

determining a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information as a target measurement frequency point according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information, wherein the target identification information is identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to the capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information;

wherein one auxiliary information comprises at least one of: parameter configuration supported by a cell, service types supported by the cell, groups to which the cell belongs and a wireless access technology adopted by the cell; the capability information of the UE includes at least one of: the configuration of the parameters supported by the UE, the types of services supported by the UE, the cell groups supported by the UE, and the radio access technologies supported by the UE.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cell supported parameter configuration comprises at least one of a subcarrier spacing, SCS, and a cyclic prefix, CP, configuration.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the N identification information and the M auxiliary information, that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is a target measurement frequency point comprises:

and determining the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information as the target measurement frequency point according to the N identification information, the M auxiliary information and the capability information of the UE.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein one identification information is a frequency point identifier, or a frequency point identifier and a physical cell identifier.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the N identification information is N frequency point identifications;

after determining the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information as the target measurement frequency point according to the N identification information and the M auxiliary information, the method further includes:

and sending a first measurement result to the access network equipment, wherein the first measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a first cell, and the first cell is a cell which meets a measurement result reporting condition in all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the N identification information is N frequency point identifications and N physical cell identifications;

and sending a second measurement result to the access network equipment, wherein the second measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a second cell, the second cell is a cell which meets a measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by a first physical cell identifier in all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point, and the first physical cell identifier is a physical cell identifier corresponding to the target identification information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving measurement configuration information sent by the access network device comprises:

and receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the access network equipment in the resident cell of the UE.

8. A measurement indication method is applied to an access network device, and the method comprises the following steps:

sending measurement configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the measurement configuration information comprises N identification information and M auxiliary information, one identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one identification information corresponds to one auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is larger than or equal to M;

the measurement configuration information is used for the UE to determine a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information as a target measurement frequency point according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information, the target identification information is identification information corresponding to the target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to the capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information;

one assistance information includes at least one of: parameter configuration supported by a cell, service types supported by the cell, groups to which the cell belongs and a wireless access technology adopted by the cell; the capability information of the UE includes at least one of: the configuration of the parameters supported by the UE, the types of services supported by the UE, the cell groups supported by the UE, and the radio access technologies supported by the UE.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the cell supported parameter configuration comprises at least one of a subcarrier spacing, SCS, and a cyclic prefix, CP, configuration.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein one identification information is a frequency point identifier, or a frequency point identifier and a physical cell identifier.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the N identification information is N frequency point identifications;

after the sending the measurement configuration information to the UE, the method further includes:

receiving a first measurement result sent by the UE, wherein the first measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a first cell, the first cell is a cell which meets a measurement result reporting condition in all cells corresponding to a target measurement frequency point, the target measurement frequency point is a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information, the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the N identification information is N frequency point identifications and N physical cell identifications;

receiving a second measurement result sent by the UE, wherein the second measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a second cell, the second cell is a cell which meets a measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by a first physical cell identifier in all cells corresponding to a target measurement frequency point, the first physical cell identifier is a physical cell identifier corresponding to target identification information, the target measurement frequency point is a measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information, the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein sending measurement configuration information to the UE comprises:

and sending the measurement configuration information in the cell served by the access network equipment.

14. A User Equipment (UE), characterized in that, the UE comprises a receiving module and a determining module;

the receiving module is used for receiving measurement configuration information sent by access network equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information, one piece of identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one piece of identification information corresponds to one piece of auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is greater than or equal to M;

the determining module is configured to determine, according to the N pieces of identification information and the M pieces of auxiliary information received by the receiving module, that a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information is a target measurement frequency point, where the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information;

15. The UE of claim 14, wherein the determining module is specifically configured to determine, according to the N pieces of identification information, the M pieces of auxiliary information, and the capability information of the UE, that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is the target measurement frequency point.

16. The UE of claim 14, wherein an identification information is a frequency point identifier, or a frequency point identifier and a physical cell identifier.

17. The UE of claim 16, wherein the N pieces of identification information are N pieces of frequency point identification; the UE also comprises a sending module;

the sending module is configured to send a first measurement result to the access network device after the determining module determines that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is the target measurement frequency point, where the first measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a first cell, and the first cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition among all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point.

18. The UE of claim 16, wherein the N pieces of identification information are N pieces of frequency point identification and N pieces of physical cell identification; the UE also comprises a sending module;

the sending module is configured to send a second measurement result to the access network device after the determining module determines that the measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information is the target measurement frequency point, where the second measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a second cell, the second cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by a first physical cell identification in all cells corresponding to the target measurement frequency point, and the first physical cell identification is a physical cell identification corresponding to the target identification information.

19. The UE of claim 14, wherein the receiving module is specifically configured to receive the measurement configuration information sent by the access network device in a camped cell of the UE.

20. An access network device, characterized in that the access network device comprises a sending module;

the sending module is used for sending measurement configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the measurement configuration information comprises N pieces of identification information and M pieces of auxiliary information, one piece of identification information is used for indicating one measurement frequency point, one piece of identification information corresponds to one piece of auxiliary information, N and M are positive integers, and N is larger than or equal to M;

21. The access network device of claim 20, wherein one identification information is a frequency point identifier, or a frequency point identifier and a physical cell identifier.

22. The access network device of claim 21, wherein the N identification information is N frequency point identifications; the access network equipment also comprises a receiving module;

the receiving module is configured to receive a first measurement result sent by the UE after the sending module sends the measurement configuration information to the UE, where the first measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a first cell, the first cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition in all cells corresponding to a target measurement frequency point, the target measurement frequency point is a measurement frequency point indicated by target identification information, the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M auxiliary information.

23. The access network device of claim 21, wherein the N identification information is N frequency point identifications and N physical cell identifications; the access network equipment also comprises a receiving module;

the receiving module is configured to receive a second measurement result sent by the UE after the sending module sends the measurement configuration information to the UE, where the second measurement result is a measurement result of the UE on a second cell, the second cell is a cell that meets a measurement result reporting condition and is indicated by a first physical cell identifier in all cells corresponding to a target measurement frequency point, the first physical cell identifier is a physical cell identifier corresponding to target identification information, the target measurement frequency point is a measurement frequency point indicated by the target identification information, the target identification information is identification information corresponding to target auxiliary information in the N pieces of identification information, and the target auxiliary information is auxiliary information corresponding to capability information of the UE in the M pieces of auxiliary information.

24. The access network device of claim 20, wherein the sending module is specifically configured to send the measurement configuration information in a cell served by the access network device.

25. A user equipment, UE, comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the measurement indication method according to any of claims 1 to 7.

26. An access network device comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the measurement indication method according to any of claims 8 to 13.

27. A communication system, characterized in that the communication system comprises a user equipment, UE, according to any of claims 14 to 19, and an access network device according to any of claims 20 to 24; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the communication system comprises the UE of claim 25, and the access network device of claim 26.

28. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the measurement indication method of any one of claims 1 to 7 or the steps of the measurement indication method of any one of claims 8 to 13.