CN110913415A

CN110913415A - Method and device for sending measurement configuration information and measurement report information

Info

Publication number: CN110913415A
Application number: CN201811090120.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡星星; 彭文杰; 王瑞; 张宏平
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-18
Filing date: 2018-09-18
Publication date: 2020-03-24
Anticipated expiration: 2038-09-18
Also published as: WO2020057333A1; CN110913415B

Abstract

The application discloses a method and a device for sending measurement configuration information and measurement report information, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method is applied to a main base station included in a multi-connection communication system, wherein the multi-connection communication system comprises a UE, the main base station and at least one auxiliary base station, and the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a main base station distributes a measurement identifier for at least one auxiliary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool of the main base station, when measurement configuration information needs to be sent to UE, the measurement identifier is selected from the measurement identifiers distributed for the main base station, the measurement configuration information is generated based on the selected measurement identifier, and the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier; transmitting the generated measurement configuration information to the UE. According to the method and the device, the measurement identifiers in the same measurement identifier resource pool are used through negotiation between the main base station and the auxiliary base station, so that the maintenance cost of the base station and the storage space of the UE are saved.

Description

Method and device for sending measurement configuration information and measurement report information

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for sending measurement configuration information and measurement report information.

Background

In a multi-connection communication system, a User Equipment (UE) can communicate with a plurality of base stations, so that the multi-connection communication system can provide communication services for the UE by using resources of the plurality of base stations, thereby providing high-rate transmission for the UE. The plurality of base stations generally include a main base station and at least one auxiliary base station, the main base station refers to a base station having control plane signaling interaction with a core network, and the auxiliary base station refers to a base station other than the main base station among the plurality of base stations. In addition, each base station in the plurality of base stations can issue measurement configuration information to the UE, and the measurement configuration information is used for configuring a measurement task for the UE and instructing the UE to report a measurement result. Moreover, the measurement configuration information also carries at least one measurement identifier, and each measurement identifier is associated with one measurement task in the measurement configuration information and can be used as an index of the measurement task.

In the related art, each of the plurality of base stations maintains a measurement identifier resource pool, and the measurement identifier resource pools of each base station have the same specification and can accommodate a specific number of measurement identifiers. For each base station in the plurality of base stations, when the base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, a measurement identifier may be selected from a measurement identifier resource pool of the home terminal, then measurement configuration information is generated based on the selected measurement identifier, and the generated measurement configuration information is sent to the UE. The generated measurement configuration information carries the selected measurement identifiers and the measurement tasks associated with each selected measurement identifier, and each measurement task can be represented by a measurement object identifier and a reporting configuration identifier.

However, since each base station maintains a measurement identifier resource pool, the maintenance cost of the base station is wasted. Moreover, since the UE needs to maintain a measurement configuration database for storing the processing data related to the measurement configuration information, in a case where each base station maintains a measurement identifier resource pool, the measurement configuration database needs to reserve a storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers that can be allocated by each base station of the plurality of base stations, so as to store the processing data corresponding to each measurement identifier.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a device for sending measurement configuration information and measurement report information, which can solve the problems of wasting the maintenance cost of a base station and the storage space of UE in the related art. The technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, a method for sending measurement configuration information is provided, where the method is applied to a master base station included in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes the master base station, at least one secondary base station, and a user equipment UE, and the method includes:

the main base station distributes measurement identifiers for the at least one auxiliary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool of the main base station so as to realize the negotiation distribution of the plurality of measurement identifiers with the at least one auxiliary base station, wherein each measurement identifier is used for associating one measurement task in measurement configuration information;

when the main base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, selecting a measurement identifier from measurement identifiers distributed for the main base station, and generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, wherein the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier;

the master base station transmits the generated measurement configuration information to the UE.

In this embodiment, in the multi-connection communication system, the master base station may allocate the measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the master base station, thereby implementing negotiation with the at least one secondary base station to use the same measurement identifier resource pool. The measurement identifiers are negotiated and used by the main base station and the auxiliary base stations, and only one measurement identifier resource pool needs to be maintained by the main base station in the multi-connection communication system, so that the problem of base station maintenance cost waste caused by the fact that each base station maintains one measurement identifier resource pool is solved, and the measurement configuration database of the UE only needs to reserve the storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers which can be distributed by one base station, so that the storage space of the UE is saved.

In a specific implementation, the allocating, by the master base station, a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool of the master base station includes:

the master base station correspondingly sends at least one second measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one auxiliary base station so as to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the corresponding auxiliary base station;

each second measurement identifier resource pool corresponds to one secondary base station, each second measurement identifier resource pool comprises at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and the intersection of the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool is an empty set.

That is, the primary base station may allocate the measurement identifier in a fixed range to the secondary base station by sending the measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station, so that the secondary base station directly selects and uses the measurement identifier allocated in advance when issuing the measurement configuration information, and the allocation method is simple and is convenient to operate.

In a specific implementation, the multi-connection communication system is a dual-connection communication system, and the at least one auxiliary base station is an auxiliary base station;

the master base station allocates a measurement identifier for the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool of the master base station, including:

and the main base station sends a second measurement identifier resource pool to the auxiliary base station so as to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the auxiliary base station, wherein the second measurement identifier resource pool comprises at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool.

the master base station sends the measurement identifier allocated to the master base station to the at least one secondary base station to indicate that the at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identifier allocated to the master base station.

That is, the primary base station may notify the at least one secondary base station of the used measurement identifier, so that the secondary base station selects the measurement identifier remaining in the first measurement identifier resource pool for use. In this way, the utilization rate of the measurement identifier is higher.

and the master base station receives a measurement identifier request message sent by a target auxiliary base station in the at least one auxiliary base station, selects a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers which are allocated to the master base station and are not in the first measurement identifier resource pool according to the measurement identifier request message, and allocates the selected measurement identifier to the target auxiliary base station.

That is, before the secondary base station needs to use the measurement identifier, the secondary base station may first send a request to the primary base station, and the primary base station performs allocation. In this way, the utilization rate of the measurement identifier is also high.

In another embodiment, when a target secondary base station in a primary base station and the at least one secondary base station supports the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station, after the primary base station allocates a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, the method further includes:

and the main base station sends the indication information of a first measurement identifier set and the indication information of a second measurement identifier set to the UE, wherein the first measurement identifier set comprises the measurement identifiers distributed to the main base station, and the second measurement identifier set comprises the measurement identifiers distributed to the target secondary base station.

That is, the primary base station may send the allocation information of the measurement identifier to the UE, and the UE determines whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the secondary base station according to the allocation information of the measurement identifier and the measurement identifier carried in the received measurement configuration information.

In another embodiment, when the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication system, and the target secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station, the generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier includes:

generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and configuration indication information, wherein the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier and the configuration indication information, and the configuration indication information is used for indicating whether the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station.

That is, an indication message may be added to the measurement configuration information of the primary base station and/or the measurement configuration information of the secondary base station, so as to indicate whether the primary base station is configured or the target secondary base station is configured when the indication message indicates the corresponding measurement configuration information.

In another embodiment, when the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard and the target secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station, the primary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE, including:

the master base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE in one of two measurement configurations, wherein the two measurement configurations are used for distinguishing whether the sent measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station.

That is, the main base station can indicate, through two measurement configurations, whether the measurement configuration information sent by the base station UE is configured by the main base station or configured by the target secondary base station.

In a second aspect, a method for sending measurement configuration information is provided, where the method is applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a UE, and the method includes:

the secondary base station acquires a measurement identifier distributed for the secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool by the primary base station, wherein each measurement identifier is used for associating a measurement task in measurement configuration information;

when the auxiliary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, selecting a measurement identifier from measurement identifiers distributed for the auxiliary base station, and generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, wherein the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier;

and the secondary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE.

In the embodiment of the application, in the multi-connection communication system, the auxiliary base station can obtain the measurement identifier distributed by the main base station for the auxiliary base station from the main base station, so that the auxiliary base station and the main base station can negotiate to use the same measurement identifier resource pool, and thus, when the auxiliary base station or the main base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, the measurement configuration information can be issued only by selecting the measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers distributed to the local terminal. The measurement identifiers can be negotiated and used by the main base station and the auxiliary base stations, and only one measurement identifier resource pool needs to be maintained by the main base station in the multi-connection communication system, so that the problem of base station maintenance cost waste caused by the fact that each base station maintains one measurement identifier resource pool is avoided, and the measurement configuration database of the UE only needs to reserve the storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers which can be distributed by one base station, so that the storage space of the UE is saved.

In a specific embodiment, the obtaining, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier allocated to the secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool by the primary base station includes:

and the secondary base station receives a second measurement identifier resource pool sent by the main base station, and determines the measurement identifiers in the second measurement identifier resource pool as the measurement identifiers which can be allocated by the secondary base station, wherein the second measurement identifier resource pool comprises at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool.

the secondary base station receives the measurement identifier which is sent by the main base station and is allocated to the main base station;

the secondary base station determines the measurement identifiers which can be allocated by the secondary base station based on the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool except the measurement identifiers allocated to the main base station.

the secondary base station sends a measurement identifier acquisition request to the main base station, wherein the measurement identifier acquisition request is used for requesting the main base station to select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool except the measurement identifier allocated to the main base station, and the selected measurement identifier is sent to the secondary base station;

and the auxiliary base station receives the measurement identifier sent by the auxiliary base station as an allocable measurement identifier of the auxiliary base station.

In another embodiment, when the secondary base station and the primary base station support the same communication system and the secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station, the generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier includes:

generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and configuration indication information, wherein the generated measurement configuration information carries the selected measurement identifier and the configuration indication information, and the configuration indication information is used for indicating whether the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station or the secondary base station.

In a specific embodiment, the sending, by the secondary base station, the generated measurement configuration information to the UE includes:

and the auxiliary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE through the main base station.

In a third aspect, a method for sending measurement report information is provided, where the method is applied in a multi-connection communication system including a user equipment UE, where the multi-connection communication system includes a main base station, at least one secondary base station, and the UE, and the method includes:

the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by a first base station, wherein the measurement configuration information at least carries a measurement identifier, the first base station is any one of the master base station or the at least one auxiliary base station, and the measurement identifier is selected by the first base station from measurement identifiers distributed by the master base station for the first base station;

and the UE sends measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement report information at least carries the measurement identifier, and the second base station is determined according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information.

In this embodiment, in the multi-connection communication system, the master base station may allocate the measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the master base station, thereby implementing negotiation with the at least one secondary base station to use the same measurement identifier resource pool. The measurement identifiers can be negotiated and used by the main base station and the auxiliary base stations, and only one measurement identifier resource pool needs to be maintained by the main base station in the multi-connection communication system, so that the problem of base station maintenance cost waste caused by the fact that each base station maintains one measurement identifier resource pool is avoided, and the measurement configuration database of the UE only needs to reserve the storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers which can be distributed by one base station, so that the storage space of the UE is saved.

In a specific embodiment, the first base station is the master base station, and the master base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard;

the UE sends measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information, and the measurement report information comprises:

the UE determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station;

the UE generates the measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the reporting indication information, wherein the measurement report information carries the measurement identifier and the reporting indication information, and the reporting indication information is used for indicating whether the generated measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the target auxiliary base station;

and the UE sends the generated measurement report information to the second base station.

That is, the UE may add the indication information to the measurement report information to indicate whether the sent measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

In another embodiment, the first base station is the master base station, and the master base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard;

and the UE sends the measurement report information to the second base station on one of two types of measurement result information, wherein the two types of measurement result information are used for distinguishing whether the sent measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the target auxiliary base station.

That is, by defining two different measurement results, the base station can send measurement report information to the base station through the two different measurement results, so that the measurement report information sent to the base station through the two different measurement results is reported to the main base station or the target secondary base station.

In another embodiment, the UE determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or before the configuration by the target secondary base station further comprises:

the UE receives indication information of a first measurement identifier set and indication information of a second measurement identifier set sent by the main base station, wherein the first measurement identifier set comprises measurement identifiers distributed to the main base station, and the second measurement identifier set comprises measurement identifiers distributed to the target secondary base station;

the UE determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station, comprising:

determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station if the measurement identity is within the first set of measurement identities;

determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station if the measurement identity is within the second set of measurement identities.

In a specific embodiment, the determining, by the UE, whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station includes:

and the UE determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station or the target secondary base station according to configuration indication information carried in the measurement configuration information.

the UE determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station according to which of two measurement configurations the measurement configuration information is transmitted.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a transmission apparatus of measurement configuration information, the apparatus having a function of implementing the behavior of the transmission method of measurement configuration information according to the first aspect or the second aspect. The sending apparatus of the measurement configuration information includes at least one module, where the at least one module is configured to implement the sending method of the measurement configuration information provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a transmission apparatus of measurement report information, the apparatus having a function of implementing the behavior of the transmission method of measurement report information according to the first aspect or the second aspect. The apparatus for sending measurement report information includes at least one module, where the at least one module is configured to implement the sending method of measurement report information provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

A sixth aspect provides a device for transmitting measurement configuration information, which comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used for storing a program for supporting the device for transmitting measurement configuration information to execute the method for transmitting measurement configuration information provided by the first aspect or the second aspect, and storing data for realizing the method for transmitting measurement configuration information provided by the first aspect or the second aspect. The processor is configured to execute programs stored in the memory. The operating means of the memory device may further comprise a communication bus for establishing a connection between the processor and the memory.

A seventh aspect provides a device for transmitting measurement report information, where the device for transmitting measurement report information includes a processor and a memory, and the memory is used for storing a program supporting the device for transmitting measurement report information to execute the method for transmitting measurement report information provided in the first aspect or the second aspect, and storing data used for implementing the method for transmitting measurement report information provided in the first aspect or the second aspect. The processor is reported for executing the program stored in the memory. The operating means of the memory device may further comprise a communication bus for establishing a connection between the processor and the memory.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the first, second or third aspect described above.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the first, second or third aspect described above.

The technical effects obtained by the above fourth to eighth aspects are similar to the technical effects obtained by the corresponding technical means in the first aspect, and are not described herein again.

The beneficial effect that technical scheme that this application provided brought is:

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a multi-connection communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an EN-DC communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an NN-DC communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method for measurement configuration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method of another measurement configuration provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of a sending apparatus for measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of another structure of a device for sending measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of a configuration of a device for transmitting measurement report information according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before explaining the embodiments of the present application in detail, an implementation environment of the embodiments of the present application will be described.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a multi-connection communication system provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the multi-connection communication system includes a Master base station (Master Node, MN)10, at least one Secondary base station (Secondary Node, SN)20, and a UE 30. The UE30 can be connected to the main base station 20 and the at least one secondary base station 20, that is, can communicate with the main base station 20 and the at least one secondary base station 20, so that the network side can provide communication service for the UE30 through the resources of the multiple base stations, thereby providing high-rate transmission for the UE.

The primary base station 10 refers to a base station having control plane signaling interaction with a core network in the multi-connection communication system, and the secondary base station 20 refers to a base station other than the primary base station 10. And each base station may issue measurement configuration information to the UE30 to configure a measurement task for the UE30 and instruct the UE30 to report a measurement result. The measurement Configuration information may include a measurement Object (MeasObject), a reporting Configuration (Report Configuration), a measurement identifier (MeasId), an event parameter, a cell list, or the like.

Specifically, the base station may issue the measurement configuration information to the UE30 through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, that is, the measurement configuration information is carried in an RRC message and issued to the UE. For example, the base station may notify the UE of the measurement configuration information through a measConfig information element of the RRC Connection reconfiguration message.

In the related art, each base station in the multi-connection communication system needs to maintain a measurement identifier resource pool, and each base station can only select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifier resource pool of the home terminal to generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and then send the measurement configuration information to the UE, so that the maintenance cost of the base station and the storage space of the UE are wasted. In order to save the maintenance cost of the base station and the storage space of the UE, the embodiment of the present application provides a method for negotiating to use the same measurement identifier resource pool between the primary base station and the secondary base station, which is described in detail in the following description of the embodiment of fig. 6.

In addition, for the target secondary base station 20 of the at least one secondary base station 20, the target secondary base station 20 may send its measurement configuration information to the UE30 through the primary base station 10, that is, the target secondary base station 20 sends the measurement configuration information generated by it to the primary base station 10 first, and then the primary base station 10 forwards the measurement configuration information to the UE30, or the target secondary base station 20 may also send its measurement configuration information to the UE30 directly. The target secondary base station 20 may be any one of the at least one secondary base station 20. In addition, the RRC message capable of directly transmitting the measurement configuration information to the UE30 is referred to as an SRB3 message for the target secondary base station 20.

It should be noted that, in a scenario where the target secondary base station 20 and the main base station 10 directly transmit the measurement configuration information of the local terminal to the UE, the UE may directly determine whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the main base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20. In the scenario where the target secondary base station 20 sends its measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station 10, since the measurement configuration information of the primary base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 are both issued through the primary base station 10, it is necessary for the UE30 to solve a problem of distinguishing whether the measurement configuration information received from the primary base station 10 is configured by the primary base station 10 or configured by the target secondary base station 20, so as to accurately send the measurement result to the corresponding base station.

In addition, for the target secondary base station 20 in the at least one secondary base station 20, when the communication systems of the target secondary base station 20 and the main base station 10 are different, the main base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 may issue the measurement configuration information to the UE according to protocols corresponding to different communication systems, for example, the measurement configuration information is issued to the UE by using RRC protocols corresponding to different communication systems. When the communication systems of the target secondary base station 20 and the main base station 10 are the same, the target secondary base station 20 and the main base station 10 may issue measurement configuration information to the UE by using a protocol corresponding to the same communication system, for example, by using an RRC protocol corresponding to the same communication system, issue measurement configuration information to the UE.

It should be noted that, in a scenario where the target secondary base station 20 sends its measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station 10 and the communication systems of the target secondary base station 20 and the primary base station 10 are different, since the primary base station 10 may send the measurement configuration information of the primary base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 to the UE30 by using protocols corresponding to the different communication systems, for the measurement configuration information received by the UE30 from the primary base station 10 side, the UE30 can accurately determine whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20 by using the protocol used by the received measurement configuration information.

However, in a scenario where the target secondary base station 20 transmits its measurement configuration information to the UE via the primary base station 10 and the communication schemes of the target secondary base station 20 and the primary base station 10 are the same, since the primary base station 10 transmits the measurement configuration information of the primary base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 to the UE30 using a protocol corresponding to the same communication scheme, it is impossible for the UE30 to distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20 by the communication protocol. In this scenario, the UE30 needs to further solve the technical problem of distinguishing the source of the measurement configuration information, i.e. distinguishing whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20.

In addition, when the multi-connection communication system includes one main base station 10 and one auxiliary base station 20, the multi-connection communication system may also be referred to as a Dual-connection (DC) communication system. In the DC communication system, the communication systems of the main base station 10 and the sub base station 20 may be the same or different. For example, the main base station 10 supports a dual connectivity communication system of a 4G communication system and the secondary base station 20 supports a 5G communication system, or the main base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 both support a 4G communication system, or the like.

As an example, the Dual Connectivity communication system in which the master base station 10 supports the 4G communication system and the secondary base station 20 supports the 5G communication system may be an evolved universal terrestrial radio access and new wireless Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) communication system. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an EN-DC communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the system includes a main base station 10, a secondary base station 20, and a UE30, where the main base station 10 supports a Long Term Evolution (LTE) protocol, the secondary base station 20 supports a New Radio (NR) protocol, and both base stations may generate an RRC measurement message to the UE 30. The RRC measurement message refers to an RRC message carrying measurement configuration information.

Specifically, in the EN-DC communication system, when the network side configures the RRC message corresponding to the base station for the UE30, the RRC message format corresponding to the communication system needs to be adopted, that is, the RRC measurement message generated by the secondary base station 20 is notified to the UE30 through the NR RRC message format, and the RRC measurement message generated by the primary base station 10 is notified to the UE30 through the LTE RRC message format. And in the EN-DC communication system, the primary base station 10 may also issue the measurement configuration information generated by the secondary base station 20 to the UE30, but the measurement configuration information is still in the form of an NR RRC message (i.e., an NR RRC measurement message is nested in an LTE RRC measurement message). Therefore, in the EN-DC communication system, the UE30 can know which base station transmits the corresponding measurement configuration information according to the message format. Meanwhile, in the EN-DC scenario, when the UE30 reports the measurement result, the measurement configuration information generated by the main base station 10 and the auxiliary main base station 20 is also notified to the network side by using the RRC message format of the corresponding communication system. In EN-DC, when the UE30 needs to forward the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration generated by NR to the secondary base station 20 through the primary base station 10, the UE30 also sends the corresponding measurement result to the primary base station 10 in the RRC message format of NR (i.e., the RRC message carrying NR is nested in the RRC message of LTE). For example, the protocol is a MeasurementReportmessage carrying NR in the UL information transfer mrdc message of LTE, so the master base station 10 may also know to which base station the corresponding measurement result is sent according to the message format.

As an example, the Dual connection communication system in which the master base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 each support the 5G communication system may be a new wireless Dual connection (NR-NR Dual connection, NN-DC) communication system. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an NN-DC communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 3, the system includes a main base station 10, a secondary base station 20, and a UE30, where the main base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 both support an NR protocol, and both of the base stations may generate an RRC measurement message to the UE 30. However, since the NR protocol is supported by both the main base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 in the NN-DC communication system, in a scenario where the measurement configuration information of the secondary base station 20 needs to be transmitted to the UE30 through the main base station 10, the UE30 needs to distinguish which base station the measurement configuration information received from the main base station 10 is generated by, and accordingly, after the UE30 transmits the measurement result to the main base station 10, the main base station 10 also needs to distinguish which base station the measurement result is reported to.

Note that, the Dual Connectivity communication system in which the main base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 both support the 4G communication scheme may be an LTE Dual Connectivity (LTE-DC) communication system in which the main base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 both support an LTE protocol. However, in the LTE-DC communication system, since only the primary base station 10 can generate and issue measurement configuration information to the UE30, and the secondary base station 20 does not need to generate and issue measurement configuration information, it is not necessary for the UE30 to distinguish a base station source of the measurement configuration information. Furthermore, since the measurement results of the UE30 are also transmitted to the main base station 10, the main base station 10 does not need to distinguish to whom the measurement results are reported.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the base station may be a primary base station or a secondary base station in a multi-connection communication system, and referring to fig. 4, the base station includes a processor 401, a communication bus 402, a memory 403, and at least one communication interface 404.

Processor 401 may be a general-purpose Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more ics for controlling the execution of programs in accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure.

Communication bus 402 may include a path that transfers information between the above components.

The Memory 403 may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, an electrically erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) or other optical Disc storage, optical Disc storage (including Compact Disc, laser Disc, optical Disc, digital versatile Disc, blu-ray Disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to these. The memory 403 may be separate and coupled to the processor 401 through a communication bus 402. The memory 403 may also be integrated with the processor 401.

The communication interface 404 may be any device, such as a transceiver, for communicating with other devices or communication Networks, such as ethernet, Radio Access Network (RAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), etc.

In particular implementations, the base station may include multiple processors, as one embodiment. Each of these processors may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

The memory 403 is used for storing program codes for executing the scheme of the application, and is controlled by the processor 401 to execute. Processor 401 is operative to execute program code stored in memory 403. The base station may implement the method for transmitting measurement configuration information provided in the embodiment of fig. 6 below by using the processor 401 and the program codes in the memory 403.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE provided in an embodiment of the present application, and referring to fig. 5, the UE includes at least one processor 501, a communication bus 502, a memory 503, and at least one communication interface 504.

The processor 501 may be a general-purpose Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more ics for controlling the execution of programs in accordance with the present disclosure.

The communication bus 502 may include a path that conveys information between the aforementioned components.

The Memory 503 may be, but is not limited to, a Read-Only Memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, an electrically erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) or other optical Disc storage, optical Disc storage (including Compact Disc, laser Disc, optical Disc, digital versatile Disc, blu-ray Disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. The memory 503 may be separate and coupled to the processor 501 via a communication bus 502. The memory 503 may also be integrated with the processor 501.

Communication interface 504, using any transceiver or the like, is used to communicate with other devices or communication Networks, such as ethernet, Radio Access Network (RAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), etc.

In particular implementations, processor 501 may include one or more CPUs such as CPU0 and CPU1 shown in fig. 5 as an example.

In particular implementations, the UE may include multiple processors, such as processor 501 and processor 505 shown in fig. 5, as an example. Each of these processors may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

In a specific implementation, the UE may further include an output device 506 and an input device 507, as an embodiment. An output device 506 is in communication with the processor 501 and may display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device 506 may be a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display device, a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) display device, a projector (projector), or the like. The input device 507 is in communication with the processor 501 and may receive user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device 507 may be a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen device, a sensing device, or the like.

In a specific implementation, the UE may be a desktop, a laptop, a web server, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a tablet, a wireless terminal device, a communication device, or an embedded device. The embodiment of the application does not limit the type of the UE.

The memory 503 is used for storing program codes for executing the scheme of the application, and is controlled by the processor 501 to execute. The processor 501 is configured to execute program code 508 stored in the memory 503. One or more software modules may be included in program code 508. The UE may implement the method for transmitting measurement configuration information provided in the embodiment of fig. 3 below by means of the processor 501 and one or more software modules in the program code 508 in the memory 503.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a method for measurement configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method is applied to the multi-connection communication system shown in fig. 1, where the multi-connection communication system includes a main base station, at least one secondary base station, and a UE, and the UE is connected to the main base station and the at least one secondary base station respectively, and the method includes a method for sending measurement configuration information by the base station and a method for sending measurement report information by the UE. Referring to fig. 6, the method includes:

step 601: the main base station distributes the measurement identifier for the at least one auxiliary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool of the main base station so as to realize the negotiation distribution of the plurality of measurement identifiers with the at least one auxiliary base station, wherein each measurement identifier is used for associating one measurement task in the measurement configuration information.

It should be noted that the first measurement identifier resource pool is a measurement identifier resource pool maintained by the master base station, and a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool may be generated by the master base station, and the at least one secondary base station does not need to maintain the measurement identifier resource pool, and the measurement identifier used when the measurement configuration information is sent may be obtained from the master base station.

In the embodiment of the application, the main base station can negotiate with the at least one auxiliary base station to use the measurement identifier in the same measurement identifier resource pool by allocating the measurement identifier to the at least one auxiliary base station, so that the problem of wasting the maintenance cost of the base station due to the fact that each base station maintains one measurement identifier resource pool can be avoided, and the measurement configuration database of the UE only needs to reserve the storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers which can be allocated by one base station, so that the storage space of the UE is saved.

The at least one secondary base station may be all secondary base stations in the multi-connection communication system, or may also be part of the secondary base stations in the multi-connection communication system, that is, the primary base station may negotiate with all the secondary base stations in the multi-connection communication system to use the measurement identifier, or may negotiate with only part of the secondary base stations to use the measurement identifier, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The measurement configuration information is used for instructing the UE to execute a measurement task according to the measurement configuration in the measurement configuration information, and reporting a measurement result. The measurement configuration information at least carries a measurement identifier and a measurement task associated with the measurement identifier, and the measurement task can be represented by a measurement object identifier (MeasObject Id) and a reporting configuration identifier (reportConfig Id). For example, the measurement configuration information carries the Measure Id, and the MeasObject Id and reportConfig Id associated with the Measure Id. Furthermore, each measurement configuration information may carry one or more measurement identities, i.e. the measurement configuration information may carry at least one measurement identity and a measurement task associated with each measurement identity. In addition, the measurement configuration information may also carry at least one of reporting configuration, event parameters, a cell list, measurement volume, and measurement gap configuration.

In addition, the master base station may also allocate a measurement identifier to the master base station itself from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, that is, the measurement identifier used by the master base station is also allocated from the first measurement identifier resource pool. The master base station may allocate the measurement identifiers to the master base station and the at least one secondary base station from the plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, so as to implement negotiation allocation of the master base station and the at least one secondary base station to the same measurement identifier resource pool.

Specifically, the manner in which the master base station allocates the measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the master base station, that is, the manner in which the master base station negotiates with the at least one secondary base station to use the measurement identifier may include the following 3 types:

the first implementation mode comprises the following steps:the main base station correspondingly transmits at least one first base station to the at least one secondary base stationAnd the second measurement identification resource pool is used for allocating the sent second measurement identification resource pool to the corresponding secondary base station.

Each second measurement identifier resource pool corresponds to one secondary base station, each second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and an intersection of the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool is an empty set, that is, measurement identifiers included in the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool are different, and each measurement identifier resource pool is configured specifically with the corresponding secondary base station. And the union of the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool is the remaining measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, that is, the measurement identifier included in the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool is the remaining measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool except for the measurement identifier already allocated to the master base station.

In another embodiment, when the multi-connection communication system is a dual-connection communication system and the at least one secondary base station is a secondary base station, that is, the dual-connection communication system includes a primary base station, a secondary base station and a UE, the primary base station may send a second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station, so as to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station, where the second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool.

That is, the primary base station notifies the secondary base station of the measurement identifier assigned to the secondary base station. Alternatively, the master base station may allocate part of the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one secondary base station, for example, allocate the remaining measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool after being allocated to the master base station to the at least one secondary base station.

Specifically, the second measurement identifier resource pool may be sent to the corresponding secondary base station through a first notification message, where the first notification message may be an S-Node Addition request message or an S-Node modification request message, and may also be in other message forms. For example, the second measurement identification resource pool may be a MeasId pool, which is a set of available measids for the secondary base station.

Further, for each secondary base station, after the secondary base station receives the second measurement identifier resource pool sent by the main base station, a response message may also be replied to the main base station, where the response message is used to indicate that the secondary base station has received the allocated measurement identifier. Alternatively, the response message may be an S-Node addition request acknowledge message or an S-Node modification request acknowledge message, or the like, but may also be in other message forms.

That is, in the first implementation manner, the primary base station may allocate the measurement identifier in a fixed range to the secondary base station in advance, so that the secondary base station may directly select and use the measurement identifier allocated to the home terminal, and the allocation manner is simple and the operation is convenient.

Second implementation: the master base station transmits the measurement identity allocated to the master base station to the at least one secondary base station to indicate that the at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identity allocated to the master base station.

That is, the master base station may further allocate at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the master base station, and each time the master base station allocates the at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the master base station, the master base station sends the measurement identifier allocated to the master base station to the at least one secondary base station to indicate that the at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identifier allocated to the master base station.

The indicating that the at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station means indicating that the at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station in the first measurement identifier resource pool, so that when the measurement configuration information is issued, the measurement identifier other than the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station in the first measurement identifier resource pool is selected to be used as the measurement identifier allocated to the at least one secondary base station.

The measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station may be sent to the corresponding secondary base station through a second notification message, where the second notification message may be an S-Node Addition request message or an S-Node modification request message, and may also be in other message forms. Further, for each secondary base station, after the secondary base station receives the third measurement identifier resource pool sent by the main base station, a response message may also be replied to the main base station, where the response message is used to indicate that the secondary base station has received the measurement identifier sent by the main base station and allocated to the main base station. Alternatively, the response message may be an S-Node addition request acknowledge message or an S-Node modification request acknowledge message or the like.

That is, the primary base station may dynamically select a measurement identifier from unused measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool to use, and then notify the at least one secondary base station of the used measurement identifier, so that the secondary base station selects the measurement identifier from the remaining measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool to use. In this way, the utilization rate of the measurement identifier is higher.

Further, when the at least one secondary base station is a plurality of secondary base stations, for each of the plurality of secondary base stations, the measurement identifier allocated to the local terminal may also be sent to the master base station and/or the secondary base station, so as to indicate that the master base station and other secondary base stations do not use the measurement identifier allocated to the secondary base station. For example, after each secondary base station selects a measurement identifier to use from measurement identifiers other than the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station, the used measurement identifier may be sent to the primary base station and/or other secondary base stations, so that the primary base station and other secondary base stations delete the received measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers available at the local end and then select the measurement identifier to use again from the deleted measurement identifiers.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the master base station sends a part of the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one secondary base station, so as to indicate that the at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identifiers. That is, the master base station may further allocate at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one secondary base station to instruct the at least one secondary base station to use a measurement identifier other than the measurement identifiers.

Third implementation：And the main base station receives the measurement identifier request message sent by the target auxiliary base station in the at least one auxiliary base station and sends the measurement identifier to the target auxiliary base station.

The transmitted measurement identifier may be selected by the master base station from measurement identifiers allocated to other than the master base station in the first measurement identifier resource pool according to the measurement identifier request message. That is, after the master base station receives the measurement identifier request message sent by the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, the master base station may select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to other than the master base station in the first measurement identifier resource pool according to the measurement identifier request message, and then allocate the selected measurement identifier to the target secondary base station.

The measurement identifier request message is used to request an available measurement identifier from the master base station, and specifically, may request one measurement identifier at a time, may request all available measurement identifiers at the home terminal at a time, and may request a certain number of measurement identifiers at a time, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. That is, the measurement identifier request message may be only one request indication, or may be in the form of the number of measurement identifiers carrying the request. Alternatively, the measurement identity request message may be an S-Node Modification required message or the like.

Further, after receiving the measurement identifier request message sent by the target secondary base station, the primary base station may also send a response message to the secondary base station, where the response message carries the measurement identifier selected by the secondary base station. Optionally, the response message may be an S-Node Modification confirm message, and the message carries the MeasID available to the secondary base station.

That is, in the third implementation manner, the primary base station may dynamically select a measurement identifier from unused measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool to use, and the secondary base station may first send a request to the primary base station before needing to use the measurement identifier, and the primary base station performs allocation. In this way, the utilization rate of the measurement identifier is also high.

Step 602: when the main base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, the main base station selects a measurement identifier from measurement identifiers distributed for the main base station, generates measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE, wherein the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier.

Specifically, the master base station may select a measurement identifier that is not used yet from measurement identifiers allocated to the master base station, and may select the measurement identifier randomly, or may select the measurement identifier according to a preset rule, for example, according to an ID sequence of the measurement identifier, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. In addition, the master base station may select one measurement identifier or a plurality of measurement identifiers at a time, and specifically may select the measurement identifiers according to the number of measurement tasks to be executed in the measurement identifiers to be generated, for example, according to the number of measurement objects to be associated.

Specifically, based on the selected measurement identifier, generating the measurement configuration information may further include: and generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifiers and the measurement tasks associated with the selected measurement identifiers, wherein the generated measurement configuration information carries the selected measurement identifiers and the measurement tasks associated with each selected measurement identifier. The measurement task may be identified by a measurement object identifier and a reporting configuration identifier, for example, the measurement task associated with each selected measurement identifier includes a MeasObject Id and a reportConfig Id.

Further, when the main base station and the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication system, and the target secondary base station needs to transmit the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the main base station, the main base station needs to further solve the problem of how to instruct the UE to distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station or configured by the target secondary base station.

In one possible embodiment, it may be indicated to the UE by the primary base station whether the measurement configuration information sent by the primary base station is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station, where the specific indication manner may include the following 3:

the first implementation mode comprises the following steps:the main base station distributes the at least one auxiliary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers contained in the first measurement identifier resource poolAfter the measurement identifiers are configured, the indication information of the first measurement identifier set and the indication information of the second measurement identifier set are sent to the UE. The first measurement identifier set comprises measurement identifiers allocated to the main base station, and the second measurement identifier set comprises measurement identifiers allocated to the target secondary base station.

The indication information of the first measurement identifier set is used to indicate the first measurement identifier set, and specifically may be the first measurement identifier set, or may also be an index or an acquisition address of the first measurement identifier. The indication information of the second measurement identifier set is used to indicate the second measurement identifier set, and specifically may be the second measurement identifier set, or may also be an index or an acquisition address of the second measurement identifier.

Specifically, the indication information of the first measurement identifier set and the indication information of the second measurement identifier set may be notified to the UE through a third notification message, where the third notification message may be measurement configuration information, that is, the indication information of the first measurement identifier set and/or the indication information of the second measurement identifier set are carried in the measurement configuration information and sent to the UE. Of course, the third notification message may also be other messages besides the measurement configuration information, which is not limited in this embodiment of the application.

That is, in the first implementation manner, the main base station may send the allocation information of the measurement identifier to the UE, and the UE determines whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the main base station or the secondary base station according to the allocation information of the measurement identifier and the measurement identifier carried in the received measurement configuration information.

The second implementation mode comprises the following steps:the main base station generates measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and the configuration indication information, wherein the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier and the configuration indication information, and the configuration indication information is used for indicating whether the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station or the target auxiliary base station.

Specifically, the configuration indication information may include first indication information indicating that the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station and second indication information indicating that the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

The configuration indication information may be inserted in measconfig or measidtoaddmost, for example, after the associated Measure Id, MeasObject Id and reportConfigId included in measidtoadmodlist.

That is, in the second mode, an indication message may be added to the measurement configuration information transmitted by the main base station to indicate, through the indication message, whether the corresponding measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station or configured by the target secondary base station.

The third implementation mode comprises the following steps:the master base station transmits the generated measurement configuration information to the UE in one of two measurement configurations, which are used to distinguish whether the transmitted measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station.

Wherein, the two measurement configurations may include a primary base station measurement configuration and a secondary base station measurement configuration, the primary base station measurement configuration is used for indicating that the measurement configuration information transmitted at the corresponding position is configured by the primary base station, and the secondary base station measurement configuration is used for indicating that the measurement configuration transmitted at the corresponding position is configured by the secondary base station. In particular, the measurement configuration may be measconfig, for example, the primary base station may use a different measconfig to instruct the UE to distinguish whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

The primary base station measurement configuration and the secondary base station measurement configuration may be distinguished in terms of message name, message format, or newly added variables. Illustratively, the name of the primary base station measurement configuration is measconfigMN, and the name of the secondary base station measurement configuration is measconfigSN. In addition, the primary base station measurement configuration may be a measurement configuration currently in use in the communication system, and the secondary base station measurement configuration may be a new measurement configuration added to distinguish the measurement configuration currently in use. For example, the existing measconfig may be used as the primary base station measurement configuration, and a measconfigSN may be newly defined as the secondary base station measurement configuration. In addition, it is also possible to indicate whether the measurement configuration is configured by the main base station or the target secondary base station by adding some indication information in the two measurement configurations. Illustratively, two measconfigs are defined in the protocol, and one or two of the measconfigs is added with an indication message indicating whether the measconfig is configured by the main base station or the target secondary base station. The indication information may be a boolean variable (Bool) or a cell group identification (cell group ID). For example, if the boolean variable is true, it indicates that the measconfig is configured for the primary base station, and if the boolean variable is false, it indicates that the measconfig is configured for the secondary base station. Or if the boolean variable is false, indicating that the measconfig is configured for the primary base station, and if the boolean variable is true, indicating that the measconfig is configured for the secondary base station.

In a third implementation, by defining two different measurement configurations, the primary base station supports sending measurement configuration information on the two different measurement configurations, so that the UE can distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station directly according to whether the received measurement configuration information is sent on one of the two measurement configurations.

Further, when there are a plurality of target secondary base stations, a plurality of different measconfigSN may be newly defined as measurement configurations corresponding to the plurality of target secondary base stations. For example, when there are 2 target secondary bss, measconfigSN1 may be used as the measurement configuration corresponding to the first target secondary bs, and measconfigSN2 may be used as the measurement configuration corresponding to the second target secondary bs.

It should be noted that step 602 is an optional step, and the embodiment of the present application is only described by taking the step 602 as an example after the step 601, but in practical applications, the step 602 may not be executed.

Step 603: and the target secondary base station acquires the measurement identifier distributed for the target secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool by the main base station.

The target secondary base station may be any one of the at least one secondary base station. Specifically, according to different manners in which the primary base station allocates the measurement identifier to the secondary base station from the first measurement identifier, the manner in which the target secondary base station acquires the measurement identifier allocated to the target secondary base station from the plurality of measurement identifiers included in the primary base station from the first measurement identifier resource pool is also different, and the following 3 manners may be specifically included:

the first implementation mode comprises the following steps:corresponding to the first allocation manner in step 601, the target secondary base station receives the second measurement identifier resource pool sent by the master base station, and determines the measurement identifiers in the second measurement identifier resource pool as the measurement identifiers allocable by the target secondary base station. The second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, that is, the measurement identifier included in the second measurement identifier resource pool is a measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, except for the measurement identifier already allocated to the master base station.

The second implementation mode comprises the following steps:corresponding to the second allocation manner of step 601, the target secondary base station receives the measurement identifier already allocated to the primary base station and sent by the primary base station, and determines the measurement identifiers that can be allocated to the target secondary base station based on the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool except the measurement identifier already allocated to the primary base station.

Specifically, if the secondary base station in the multi-connection communication system only has the target secondary base station, the target secondary base station may determine all or part of the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool, except the measurement identifier already allocated to the primary base station, as the measurement identifiers allocable by the target secondary base station. If the multi-connection communication system has other auxiliary base stations besides the target auxiliary base station, the target auxiliary base station may further receive measurement identifiers which are sent by the main base station or other auxiliary base stations and already allocated to other auxiliary base stations, and then determine, based on the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool except the measurement identifiers already allocated to the main base station and other auxiliary base stations, measurement identifiers which can be allocated to the target auxiliary base station, and specifically may determine all or part of the measurement identifiers in a measurement identifier resource pool except the measurement identifiers already allocated to the main base station and other auxiliary base stations, as measurement identifiers which can be allocated to the target auxiliary base station.

Optionally, the target secondary base station receives a part of measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool sent by the main base station, and the target secondary base station may determine other measurement identifiers except the part of measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool sent by the main base station as measurement identifiers assignable to the target secondary base station

The third implementation mode comprises the following steps:corresponding to the third allocation manner in step 601, the target secondary base station sends a measurement identifier acquisition request to the primary base station, and then receives the measurement identifier sent by the primary and secondary base stations as a measurement identifier assignable to the target secondary base station. The measurement identifier acquisition request is used for requesting the main base station to select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool except the measurement identifier allocated to the main base station, and sending the selected measurement identifier to the target auxiliary base station.

Specifically, the measurement identifier obtaining request may request one measurement identifier at a time, may request all available measurement identifiers of the target secondary base station at a time, and may request a preset number of measurement identifiers at a time, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. That is, the measurement identifier request message may be only one request indication, or may be in a form of requesting a preset number of measurement identifiers. Alternatively, the measurement identity request message may be an S-Node Modification required message.

Step 604: when the target auxiliary base station needs to send the measurement configuration information to the UE, the target auxiliary base station selects the measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers distributed for the base station, generates the measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE, wherein the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier.

Specifically, the target secondary base station may select a measurement identifier that is not used yet from measurement identifiers allocated to the target secondary base station, and may select the measurement identifier randomly, or may select the measurement identifier according to a preset rule, for example, according to an ID sequence of the measurement identifier, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. In addition, the target secondary base station may select one measurement identifier or a plurality of measurement identifiers each time, and specifically may select the measurement identifiers according to the number of measurement tasks to be executed in the measurement identifiers to be generated, for example, according to the number of measurement objects to be associated.

Further, the target secondary base station may also send the generated measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station, that is, send the generated measurement configuration information to the primary base station, and the primary base station forwards the measurement configuration information to the UE.

Further, when the target secondary base station and the primary base station support the same communication system, and the target secondary base station needs to transmit the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station, in order to facilitate the UE to distinguish, the target secondary base station also needs to be able to indicate, through the generated measurement configuration information, who the measurement configuration information is generated by the UE, and specific indication manners may include the following 2 types:

the first implementation mode comprises the following steps:corresponding to the second indication manner of step 602, when generating the measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, the measurement configuration information is generated based on the selected measurement identifier and the configuration indication information, and the generated measurement configuration information carries at least the selected measurement identifier and the configuration indication information, and the configuration indication information is used for indicating whether the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station.

The configuration indication information may be inserted in measconfig or measidtoaddmost, for example, after the associated Measure Id, MeasObject Id and eportConfigId included in the measidtoaddmost.

That is, in the first implementation manner, an indication message may be added to the measurement configuration information sent by the target secondary base station to indicate, through the indication message, whether the corresponding measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station.

The second implementation mode comprises the following steps:corresponding to the third indication manner of step 602, the secondary base station may send the generated measurement configuration information to the UE in one of two measurement configurations, where the two measurement configurations are used to distinguish whether the sent measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

Step 605: the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by a first base station, wherein the measurement configuration information at least carries a measurement identifier, the first base station is a main base station or any one of the at least one auxiliary base station, and the measurement identifier is selected by the first base station from measurement identifiers distributed by the main base station for the first base station.

Step 606: and the UE sends measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement report information at least carries the measurement identifier, and the second base station is determined and obtained according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information.

Specifically, after receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the first base station, the UE may execute a measurement task based on the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result, and then generate a measurement report (MeasurementReport) message based on the measurement identifier and the measurement result, where the measurement report message at least carries the measurement identifier and the measurement result (measuresults).

The UE may execute a measurement task associated with the measurement identifier based on the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result. Specifically, the measurement configuration information may carry at least one measurement identifier, and based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement task associated with each measurement identifier in the at least one measurement identifier may be executed to obtain at least one measurement result.

Specifically, based on the at least one measurement identifier and the at least one measurement result, measurement report information may be generated, where the measurement report information carries the measurement result associated with the at least one measurement identifier and each measurement identifier.

Further, when the first base station is a master base station and the master base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication system, the UE may determine, in a process of sending measurement report information to the second base station based on the measurement configuration information, whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or configured by the target secondary base station, and then send the measurement report information to the second base station according to a determination result. Specifically, the manner of determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station may include the following 3:

the first implementation mode comprises the following steps:if the UE has received the indication information of the first measurement identifier set and the indication information of the second measurement identifier set sent by the master base station before determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station, determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station may include: determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station if the measurement identity is within the first set of measurement identities; and if the measurement identifier is in the second measurement identifier set, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

Specifically, if the measurement configuration information includes at least one measurement identifier, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station if the at least one measurement identifier is in the first measurement identifier set; and if the at least one measurement identifier is in the second measurement identifier set, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

The second implementation mode comprises the following steps:and determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station or the target secondary base station according to the configuration indication information carried in the measurement configuration information.

Specifically, if the configuration indication information carried in the measurement configuration information is first indication information, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station; and if the configuration indication information carried in the measurement configuration information is second indication information, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary main base station.

The third implementation mode comprises the following steps:determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to which of the two measurement configurations the measurement configuration information is transmitted.

Specifically, if the measurement configuration information is sent on a primary base station measurement configuration on two measurement configurations, the measurement configuration information is determined to be of the primary base station configuration, and if the measurement configuration information is sent on a secondary base station measurement configuration on two measurement configurations, the measurement configuration information is determined to be of the target secondary base station configuration.

Optionally, the UE may confirm whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to the indication information carried in the two measurement configurations. Specifically, if the indication information carried in a certain measurement configuration indicates the configuration of the primary base station, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station, and if the indication information carried in the certain measurement configuration information indicates that the measurement configuration information is configured by the secondary base station, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

Further, after determining whether the measurement configuration information is generated by the main base station or the target secondary base station, in order to facilitate the main base station to distinguish whether the received measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the target secondary base station, the manner of sending the measurement report information to the second base station based on the measurement configuration information may include the following 3:

the first implementation mode comprises the following steps:and sending measurement report information to the second base station directly based on the measurement configuration information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the main base station already allocates the measurement identifiers to the main base station and the at least one secondary base station in advance, that is, the main base station knows which measurement identifiers are allocated to the main base station and which measurement identifiers are allocated to the target secondary base station, so that after receiving the measurement report information sent by the UE, the main base station can directly determine whether the measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the target secondary base station according to the measurement identifiers carried by the measurement report information.

Specifically, if the measurement identifier carried by the measurement report information is within the measurement identifier range allocated to the primary base station, it is determined that the measurement report information is reported to the primary base station, and if the measurement identifier carried by the measurement report information is within the measurement identifier range allocated to the target secondary base station, it is determined that the measurement report information is reported to the target secondary base station.

The second implementation mode comprises the following steps:and generating measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the reporting indication information, and sending the generated measurement report information to the second base station, wherein the measurement report information carries the measurement identifier and the reporting indication information, and the reporting indication information is used for indicating whether the generated measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the target auxiliary base station.

Specifically, the reporting indication information may include third indication information and fourth indication information, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the measurement report information is reported to the primary base station, and the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the measurement report information is reported to the target secondary base station. That is, the reporting indication information may be a variable, and different variable values are used to indicate whether the measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or the target secondary base station. The third indication information and the fourth indication information are two variable values of the reporting indication information, for example, the third indication information is 0, and the fourth indication information is 1.

Specifically, if it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station, generating measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the third indication information, so that the measurement report information carries the third indication information; and if the measurement configuration information is determined to be generated by the target secondary base station, generating measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the fourth indication information, so that the measurement report information carries the fourth indication information.

In a second implementation manner, the indication information can be added to the measurement report information to indicate to whom the measurement report information is reported. For example, a reporting indication message may be added to the measurement result (measResults) to indicate whether the corresponding measurement result is the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration information configured by the primary base station or the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration information configured by the target secondary base station.

The third implementation mode comprises the following steps:and the UE sends measurement report information to the second base station on one of the two kinds of measurement result information, wherein the two kinds of measurement result information are used for distinguishing whether the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the target auxiliary base station.

The two measurement result information may include primary base station measurement result information and secondary base station measurement result information, the primary base station measurement result information is used for indicating that the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the primary base station, and the secondary base station measurement result information is used for indicating that the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the target secondary base station. Specifically, the measurement result information may be measResults. For example, the UE may use different measResults to instruct the base station to distinguish whether the corresponding measurement configuration information is reported to the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

The primary base station measurement result information and the secondary base station measurement result information may be distinguished in terms of message name, message format, or newly added variable. For example, the name of the primary base station measurement result information is measResults MN, and the name of the secondary base station measurement result information is measResults SN. In addition, the primary base station measurement result information may be measurement result information currently used in the communication system, and the secondary base station measurement result information may be a new measurement result added to distinguish the measurement result information currently used. For example, the measResults that already exist may be used as the primary base station measurement result information, and a measResults sn may be newly defined as the secondary base station measurement result information.

Optionally, the primary base station measurement result information and the secondary base station measurement result information may be specifically the same in message name, but one or two pieces of measurement result information carry an indication information indicating whether the measurement result is a measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the primary base station or a measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the secondary base station. For example, one Bool variable (Bool) or cell group identification may be carried in one or both of the measResults for differentiation. For example, if the boolean variable is true, it indicates that the measResults are the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the primary base station, and if the boolean variable is false, it indicates that the measResults are the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the secondary base station. Or if the boolean variable is false, the measResults is indicated to be the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the main base station, and if the boolean variable is true, the measResults is indicated to be the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the auxiliary base station.

In a third implementation, by providing two different measurement result information, the UE supports reporting of measurement report information on the two different measurement result information, so that the primary base station can directly distinguish whether the received measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to the measurement result information corresponding to the received measurement report information.

Further, when there are a plurality of target secondary base stations, a plurality of different measresultssns may be newly defined as the measurement result information corresponding to the plurality of target secondary base stations. For example, when there are 2 target secondary base stations, measResultsSN1 may be used as the measurement result information corresponding to the first target secondary base station, and measResultsSN2 may be used as the measurement result information corresponding to the second target secondary base station.

Further, before the UE sends the measurement report information to the second base station, the UE may also determine the second base station according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information, and then send the measurement report information to the determined second base station.

Specifically, the second base station may be determined according to the first base station, the measurement configuration information, and whether the network side configures a secondary base station reporting function for the UE. The secondary base station reporting function is used for indicating that the UE can directly send the measurement report information to the secondary base station without being forwarded by the main base station. Optionally, whether the network side configures the secondary base station reporting function for the UE may be indicated by whether the network side configures the SRB3 for the UE, if the network side configures the SRB3 for the UE, it is determined that the network side configures the secondary base station reporting function for the UE, and if the network side does not configure the SRB3 for the UE, it is determined that the network side does not configure the secondary base station reporting function for the UE.

Specifically, if the first base station is the master base station and it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station, the second base station is directly determined as the master base station, and the measurement report information is transmitted to the master base station. If the first base station is a main base station and the measurement configuration information is determined to be configured by a target auxiliary base station in the at least one auxiliary base station, further judging whether a network side configures an auxiliary base station reporting function for the UE. And if the secondary base station reporting function is configured, determining the second base station as the target secondary base station, and sending the measurement report information to the target secondary base station. And if the secondary base station reporting function is not configured, determining the second base station as the main base station, and sending the measurement report information to the main base station.

Further, when the first base station is any one of the secondary base stations, the measurement report information may be generated directly based on the measurement identifier and the measurement result, and the generated measurement report information may be sent to the secondary base station. In addition, when the first base station is a master base station and a target secondary base station in the master base station and the at least one secondary base station supports different communication systems, the UE may determine, according to a message format of a communication system adopted by the measurement configuration information, whether the measurement configuration information is generated by the master base station or the target secondary base station. If the measurement report is generated by the main base station, generating measurement report information according to a message format of a communication system of the main base station, and sending the generated measurement report information to the main base station; if the UE is configured with the auxiliary base station reporting function, the measurement report information is generated according to the message format of the communication system of the target auxiliary base station, and the generated measurement report information is sent to the main base station.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of another measurement configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method is applied to a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes a main base station, a secondary base station, and a UE, and the main base station and the secondary base station use the same communication scheme, and the secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the secondary base station to the UE through the main base station, where the method includes a sending method of the measurement configuration information by the base station and a sending method of measurement report information by the UE. Referring to fig. 7, the method includes:

step 701: for the measurement configuration information of the main base station configuration, the main base station transmits the measurement configuration information to the UE on the main base station measurement configuration.

Step 702: for the measurement configuration information configured by the secondary base station, the primary base station transmits the measurement configuration information to the UE on the secondary base station measurement configuration.

The main base station measurement configuration and the secondary base station configuration are two measurement configurations which can be supported by the main base station and are used for distinguishing whether the transmitted measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station or configured by the target secondary base station. The primary base station measurement configuration is used for indicating that the measurement configuration information transmitted in the corresponding position is configured by the primary base station, and the secondary base station measurement configuration is used for indicating that the measurement configuration transmitted in the corresponding position is configured by the secondary base station.

The primary base station measurement configuration and the secondary base station measurement configuration may be distinguished in terms of message name, message format, or newly added variables. Illustratively, the name of the primary base station measurement configuration is measconfig MN, and the name of the secondary base station measurement configuration is measconfigSN. In addition, the primary base station measurement configuration may be a measurement configuration currently in use in the communication system, and the secondary base station measurement configuration may be a new measurement configuration added to distinguish the measurement configuration currently in use. For example, the existing measconfig may be used as the primary base station measurement configuration, and a measconfigSN may be newly defined as the secondary base station measurement configuration.

In addition, the names of the two measurement configurations may be the same, and some indication information may be added to the two measurement configurations to indicate whether the measurement configuration is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station. Illustratively, two measconfigs are defined in the protocol, and one or two of the measconfigs is added with an indication message indicating whether the measconfig is configured by the main base station or the target secondary base station. The indication information may be a boolean variable (Bool) or a cell group identification (cell group ID). For example, if the boolean variable is true, it indicates that the measconfig is configured for the primary base station, and if the boolean variable is false, it indicates that the measconfig is configured for the secondary base station. Or if the boolean variable is false, indicating that the measconfig is configured for the primary base station, and if the boolean variable is true, indicating that the measconfig is configured for the secondary base station.

In the embodiment of the present application, by providing two measurement configurations, it is convenient for the UE to distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the secondary base station directly according to which measurement configuration the received measurement configuration information is sent.

In addition, the measurement configuration information sent by the primary base station or the secondary base station also carries a measurement identifier, where the measurement identifier may be selected by the primary base station and the secondary base station from a measurement identifier resource pool of the home terminal, or may be selected by the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station from the primary base station, and this is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Step 703: the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by a first base station, executes a measurement task based on the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result, and generates measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the measurement result, wherein the first base station is a main base station or an auxiliary base station.

Step 704: and if the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the main base station, the UE sends the measurement report information to the main base station on the measurement result information of the main base station.

Specifically, if the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is sent on the primary base station measurement configuration, it determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station; determining that the measurement configuration information is secondary base station configured if it is determined that the measurement configuration information is transmitted on a secondary base station measurement configuration.

Step 705: and if the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the auxiliary base station and if the network side configures the auxiliary base station reporting function for the UE, the UE sends the measurement report information to the auxiliary base station.

The secondary base station reporting function is configured to instruct the UE to directly send the measurement report information to the secondary base station without forwarding the measurement report information via the primary base station. Optionally, whether the network side configures the secondary base station reporting function for the UE may be indicated by whether the network side configures the SRB3 for the UE, if the network side configures the SRB3, it is determined that the secondary base station reporting function is configured for the UE, and if the network side does not configure the SRB3 for the UE, it is determined that the secondary base station reporting function is not configured for the UE.

Step 706: if the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the secondary base station, and if the network side does not configure the secondary base station reporting function for the UE, the UE sends the measurement report information to the main base station on the measurement result information of the secondary base station.

The measurement result information of the main base station and the measurement result information of the secondary base station are two types of measurement result information provided by the application and are used for distinguishing whether corresponding measurement report information is reported to the main base station or a target secondary base station. The main base station measurement result information is used for indicating that the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the main base station, and the auxiliary base station measurement result information is used for indicating that the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the target auxiliary base station. Specifically, the measurement result information may be measResults. For example, the UE may use different measResults to instruct the primary base station to distinguish whether the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

The primary base station measurement result information and the secondary base station measurement result information may be distinguished in terms of message name, message format, or newly added variable. For example, the name of the primary base station measurement result information is measResults MN, and the name of the secondary base station measurement result information is measResults SN. In addition, the primary base station measurement result information may be measurement result information currently used in the communication system, and the secondary base station measurement result information may be new measurement result information added to distinguish the measurement result information currently used. For example, the measResults that already exist may be used as the primary base station measurement result information, and a measResults sn may be newly defined as the secondary base station measurement result information.

In the embodiment of the application, by providing two kinds of measurement result information, the main base station can distinguish whether the received measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the auxiliary base station directly according to the measurement result information corresponding to the received measurement report information.

In the embodiment of the present application, two measurement configurations are provided, so that the UE can distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the secondary base station directly according to which measurement configuration the received measurement configuration information is sent on, thereby avoiding a processing error of the UE. In addition, by providing two kinds of measurement result information, the main base station can conveniently distinguish whether the sent measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the auxiliary base station according to the measurement result information corresponding to the measurement report information sent by the UE, thereby avoiding the processing error of the base station.

In another embodiment, there is provided a Data Radio Bearer Identity (DRBID) negotiation method, in which DRB IDs used by a primary base station and a secondary base station are both allocated by the primary base station, the method including the steps of:

1) the secondary base station transmits a DRB ID request message to the primary base station.

Wherein, the DRB ID request message carries the DRB ID number requested by the secondary base station. Specifically, the DRB ID request message may be an s-node Modification request message, an s-node Modification request acknowledgement message, an s-node addition request acknowledgement message, or other messages.

2) And the main base station replies a response message to the secondary base station, wherein the message carries the DRB ID distributed to the secondary base station by the main base station.

The response message replied by the primary base station to the secondary base station carries the DRB ID allocated to the secondary base station, and the response message may carry one or more DRB IDs, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. In addition, the number of DRB IDs allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station may be different from or the same as the number of DRB IDs requested by the secondary base station, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. Specifically, the response message may be an s-node modification confirm message, and may be other messages.

In the embodiment of the application, the requested number of the DRB IDs is carried in the request message sent by the secondary base station to the main base station, so that the main base station can more conveniently determine how many DRB IDs are allocated to the secondary base station.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a structure of an apparatus for sending measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application, where the apparatus is applied to a master base station included in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes the master base station, at least one secondary base station, and a UE, and as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus includes:

an allocating module 801, configured to perform the operation performed by the main base station in step 601;

a generating module 802 and a sending module 803, configured to perform the operations performed by the main base station in step 602.

Optionally, the allocating module 801 includes a first allocating unit, configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 601.

Optionally, the allocating module 801 includes a second allocating unit, configured to perform the second implementation manner in step 601.

Optionally, the allocating module 801 includes a second allocating unit, configured to perform the third implementation manner in step 601.

Optionally, the sending module 803 is further configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 602.

Optionally, the generating module 802 includes a first generating unit, configured to perform the second implementation manner in step 602.

Optionally, the sending module 802 is further configured to execute the third implementation manner in step 602.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram of another structure of an apparatus for sending measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application, where the apparatus is applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes a main base station, at least one secondary base station, and a UE, and the UE is connected to the main base station and the at least one secondary base station, as shown in fig. 9, the apparatus includes:

an obtaining module 901, configured to execute the operation executed by the target secondary base station in step 603;

a generating module 902 and a sending module 903, configured to perform the operations performed by the target secondary base station in step 604.

Optionally, the obtaining module 901 includes a first obtaining unit, configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 603.

Optionally, the obtaining module 901 includes a second obtaining unit, configured to execute the second implementation manner in step 603.

Optionally, the obtaining module 901 includes a third obtaining unit, configured to execute the third implementation manner in step 603.

Optionally, the generating module 902 includes a first generating unit, configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 604.

Optionally, the generating module 902 includes a second generating unit, configured to execute the second implementation manner in step 604.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a structure of an apparatus for sending measurement report information according to an embodiment of the present application, where the apparatus is applied to a UE in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes a main base station, at least one secondary base station, and the UE is connected to the main base station and the at least one secondary base station, and as shown in fig. 10, the apparatus includes:

a receiving module 1001, configured to perform the operation performed by the UE in step 605;

a sending module 1002, configured to execute the operation performed by the UE in step 606.

Optionally, the sending module 1002 includes a determining unit, configured to execute any one of 3 implementation manners of determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station in step 606.

Optionally, the sending module 1002 includes a generating unit, configured to execute the second implementation manner of the step 606.

Optionally, the sending module 1002 includes a sending unit, configured to execute the second third implementation manner in step 606.

It should be noted that: the transmitting device for measurement configuration information and measurement report information provided in the foregoing embodiment is only illustrated by dividing the functional modules when the measurement configuration information and the measurement report information are correspondingly transmitted, and in practical applications, the function distribution may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different functional modules, so as to complete all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the sending apparatus of measurement configuration information and the sending method of measurement configuration information provided in the above embodiments belong to the same concept, the sending apparatus of measurement report information and the sending method of measurement report information provided in the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are detailed in the method embodiments and are not described herein again.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partly realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the application to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., Digital Versatile Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

The above-mentioned embodiments are provided not to limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for sending measurement configuration information, the method being applied to a main base station included in a multi-connection communication system, the multi-connection communication system including the main base station, at least one secondary base station and a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the master base station allocating a measurement identity for the at least one secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identities included in a first measurement identity resource pool of the master base station comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said multi-connection communication system is a dual-connection communication system, said at least one secondary base station is a secondary base station;

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the master base station allocating a measurement identity for the at least one secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identities included in a first measurement identity resource pool of the master base station comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the master base station allocating a measurement identity for the at least one secondary base station from among a plurality of measurement identities included in a first measurement identity resource pool of the master base station comprises:

6. The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication system, and the target secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station;

after the master base station allocates the measurement identifier for the at least one secondary base station from the plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the master base station, the method further includes:

7. The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication system, and the target secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station;

generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, including:

8. The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication system, and the target secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station;

the master base station sending the generated measurement configuration information to the UE, including:

9. A method for sending measurement configuration information is applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, wherein the multi-connection communication system includes a main base station, at least one secondary base station and a User Equipment (UE), and the method includes:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining, by the secondary base station, the measurement identifier allocated to the secondary base station from among the plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool by the primary base station comprises:

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining, by the secondary base station, the measurement identifier allocated to the secondary base station from among the plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool by the primary base station comprises:

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining, by the secondary base station, the measurement identifier allocated to the secondary base station from among the plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool by the primary base station comprises:

and the secondary base station receives the measurement identifier sent by the main base station as an allocable measurement identifier of the secondary base station.

13. A method for sending measurement report information, the method being applied to a multi-connection communication system including a User Equipment (UE), the multi-connection communication system including a main base station, at least one secondary base station and the UE, the method comprising:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first base station is the master base station, and a target secondary base station of the master base station and the at least one secondary base station supports a same communication standard;

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first base station is the master base station, and a target secondary base station of the master base station and the at least one secondary base station supports a same communication standard;

and the UE sends the measurement report information to the second base station on one of two kinds of measurement result information, wherein the two kinds of measurement result information are used for distinguishing whether the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the main base station or the target auxiliary base station.

16. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the UE determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or before the target secondary base station configuration, further comprises:

17. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the UE determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station comprises:

18. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the UE determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station or the target secondary base station comprises:

19. An apparatus for transmitting measurement configuration information, the apparatus being applied to a master base station included in a multi-connection communication system including the master base station, at least one secondary base station, and a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

an allocation module, configured to allocate a measurement identifier for the at least one secondary base station from multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, so as to implement negotiation allocation of the multiple measurement identifiers with the at least one secondary base station, where each measurement identifier is used to associate with one measurement task in measurement configuration information;

a generating module, configured to select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the master base station when measurement configuration information needs to be sent to the UE, and generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, where the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier;

a sending module, configured to send the generated measurement configuration information to the UE.

20. An apparatus for sending measurement configuration information, the apparatus being applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, the multi-connection communication system including a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain a measurement identifier allocated to the secondary base station from multiple measurement identifiers included in a first measurement identifier resource pool by the primary base station, where each measurement identifier is used to associate a measurement task in measurement configuration information;

a generating module, configured to select a measurement identifier from measurement identifiers allocated to the secondary base station when measurement configuration information needs to be sent to the UE, and generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, where the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier;

21. An apparatus for sending measurement report information, the apparatus being applied to a multi-connection communication system including a User Equipment (UE), the multi-connection communication system including a main base station, at least one secondary base station and the UE, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a first base station, where the measurement configuration information at least carries a measurement identifier, the first base station is any one of the master base station and the at least one secondary base station, and the measurement identifier is selected by the first base station from measurement identifiers allocated by the master base station to the first base station;

a sending module, configured to send measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information, where the measurement report information at least carries the measurement identifier, and the second base station is determined according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information.

22. A base station, characterized in that the base station comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that the processor is configured to perform the method of any of claims 1-8 or 9-12.

23. A user equipment, UE, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform the method of any of claims 13-18.

24. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-8 or 9-12 or 13-18.

25. A computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-8 or 9-12 or 13-18.