CN111132218A

CN111132218A - Configuration information processing method, equipment and system

Info

Publication number: CN111132218A
Application number: CN201910045794.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 岳然; 杨晓东; 鲍炜
Original assignee: Vivo Software Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Software Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-17
Filing date: 2019-01-17
Publication date: 2020-05-08

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method, equipment and a system for processing configuration information, which relate to the technical field of communication and aim to solve the problem that when UE is in a non-connected state, a base station cannot issue a measurement configuration message to the UE through RRC signaling to delay the establishment of a service cell of the UE. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a broadcast message sent by access network equipment, where the broadcast message is used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer. The method can be applied to the scene of configuring the service cell for the UE.

Description

Configuration information processing method, equipment and system

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a configuration information processing method, device and system.

Background

Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology is a technology introduced in a Long term evolution-Advanced (LTE-a) system for increasing a transmission bandwidth.

At present, when a User Equipment (UE) enters a connected state from a non-connected state, a base station may issue a measurement configuration message to the UE through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, so that the UE may measure signal quality of each Cell indicated by the measurement configuration message according to the measurement configuration message to obtain a measurement result, and report the measurement result to the base station, and the base station may use, as a Primary Cell (PCell) and/or a Secondary Cell (Secondary Cell, SCell) of the UE, a Cell whose signal quality satisfies a condition in each Cell according to the measurement result. As such, the UE may implement CA through the primary cell and the secondary cell.

However, in the above method, when the UE enters the connected state from the unconnected state, the measurement and configuration of the cell are completed by issuing the RRC signaling, and for the UE in the unconnected state, since the base station does not issue the measurement configuration message to the UE through the RRC signaling, the measurement of the signal quality of the cell, the configuration of the serving cell, the activation of the serving cell, and the like may be delayed, thereby delaying the establishment of the serving cell (the primary cell and/or the secondary cell) of the UE.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, equipment and a system for processing configuration information, which are used for solving the problem that when UE is in a non-connected state, a base station cannot issue a measurement configuration message to the UE through an RRC (radio resource control) signaling to delay the establishment of a service cell of the UE.

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

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing configuration information, where the method may be applied to a UE, and the method may include: receiving a broadcast message sent by access network equipment, where the broadcast message is used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing configuration information, where the method may be applied to an access network device, and the method may include: and sending a broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message is used for indicating first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing configuration information, where the method may be applied to a UE, and the method may include: starting timing after the UE is switched from the connected state to the non-connected state, and deleting target configuration information stored in the UE after the timing duration reaches a first duration, wherein the target configuration information is configuration information of a serving cell.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE, which may include a receiving module. A receiving module, configured to receive a broadcast message sent by an access network device, where the broadcast message is used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an access network device, where the access network device may include a sending module. A sending module, configured to send a broadcast message, where the broadcast message is used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE, where the UE may include a saving module. And the storage module is used for starting timing after the UE is switched from the connected state to the non-connected state, and deleting the target configuration information stored in the UE after the timing duration reaches a first duration, wherein the target configuration information is the configuration information of the service cell.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the configuration information processing method provided in the first aspect or the third aspect.

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

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

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the configuration information processing method in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the UE may receive a broadcast message sent by an access network device, where the broadcast message may be used to indicate first configuration information, where the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer. Through the scheme, the access network equipment can indicate the configuration information of each cell through the broadcast message, so that the UE in a connected state or a non-connected state can receive the broadcast message and acquire the configuration information of each cell according to the broadcast message. Therefore, the UE can quickly measure the signal quality of each cell and report the measurement result to the access network equipment, and the access network equipment can quickly configure and activate the serving cell (the main cell and/or the auxiliary cell) for the UE, so that the serving cell of the UE can be quickly established.

Drawings

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

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a second schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a third schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a fifth schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a sixth schematic view illustrating a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a seventh schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is an eighth schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a second schematic structural diagram of a UE according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a third schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a fourth schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a fifth schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a sixth schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a second schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a seventh schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 19 is an eighth schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 20 is a hardware diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 21 is a hardware schematic diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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

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

The terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first configuration information, the second configuration information, and the like are used to distinguish different configuration information, and are not used to describe a specific order of the configuration information.

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

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

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, equipment and a system for processing configuration information. Through the scheme, the access network equipment can indicate the configuration information of each cell through the broadcast message, so that the UE in a connected state or a non-connected state can receive the broadcast message and acquire the configuration information of each cell according to the broadcast message. Therefore, the UE can quickly measure the signal quality of each cell and report the measurement result to the access network equipment, and the access network equipment can quickly configure and activate the serving cell (the main cell and/or the auxiliary cell) for the UE, so that the serving cell of the UE can be quickly established.

The method, device and system for processing configuration information provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be applied to various communication systems, for example, a 5G communication system (NR system) or multiple communication convergence systems, and may be specifically applied to a scenario in which a serving cell for carrier aggregation (or dual connectivity) is configured for a UE. The following describes in detail a configuration information processing method, a device, and a system according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the communication system may include a UE 01 and an access network device 02. Wherein, a connection (wireless connection) can be established between the UE 01 and the access network device 02, and the UE 01 can be located in the camping cell 03.

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

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

Based on the communication system shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing configuration information. As shown in fig. 2, the configuration information processing method may include steps 201 and 202 described below.

Step 201, the access network device sends a broadcast message.

The broadcast message may be used to indicate the first configuration information. The first configuration information may be configuration information of M cells. M is a positive integer.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the M cells may be M candidate serving cells.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the access network device may send the broadcast message periodically according to a preset time.

For example, the access network device may periodically send a broadcast message according to a preset time, where the broadcast message may be used to indicate configuration information of M cells that may be configured by a cell in which the UE currently camps. Thus, the UE may receive the broadcast message sent by the access network device in the current cell where the UE resides, determine whether to measure the signal quality of the M cells according to the broadcast message to obtain a measurement result, and determine whether to report the measurement result to the access network device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first configuration information may be used to determine a cell for carrier aggregation from M cells.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first configuration information may be configuration information of a serving Cell, or may be configuration information of a Cell Group (Cell Group).

For example, assuming that the Cell in which the UE currently camps is a Special Cell (SpCell), the first configuration information may be configuration information of a Secondary Cell or configuration information of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG).

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, a first optional implementation manner is that the broadcast message may include first configuration information. A second optional implementation manner is that a specific bit may be included in the broadcast message, and the specific bit may be used to indicate that the predefined first configuration information is valid.

Further, the first configuration information may be predefined in the communication protocol, and it is predefined that the first configuration information is valid when a specific bit is included in the broadcast message.

Illustratively, the broadcast message may include first configuration information. Thus, the UE can directly obtain the first configuration information from the broadcast message after receiving the broadcast message.

Illustratively, the specific bit is 1. If a certain bit in the broadcast message received by the UE is 1, the UE may determine that the certain bit is included in the broadcast message, and thus the UE may determine that the first configuration information is valid. If a certain bit in the broadcast message received by the UE is 0, the UE may determine that the certain bit is not included in the broadcast message, and thus the UE may determine that the first configuration information is invalid or determine that the third configuration information is valid (the third configuration information is different from the first configuration information). If the UE does not include a specific bit in the broadcast message received, the UE may determine that there is no predefined configuration information in the broadcast message.

It should be noted that, the embodiment of the present invention is exemplarily illustrated by taking an example that a specific bit in a broadcast message indicates that predefined first configuration information is valid, and does not limit the embodiment of the present invention. It is understood that, in practical implementation, the UE may not need to determine the first configuration information through the received broadcast message, but may directly perform measurement on the cell detected by the UE according to the predefined first configuration information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first configuration information may specifically be (1) or (2) described below.

(1) The first configuration information may include at least one of: a serving cell index (index) of an M cell, a correspondence between the serving cell index of the M cell and a physical cell Identifier (ID) of the M cell, a correspondence between the serving cell index of the M cell and a cell group, location information, power information, a physical cell identifier of the M cell, downlink frequency information of the M cell, downlink Bandwidth Part (BWP) configuration information of the M cell, uplink frequency information of the M cell, and uplink BWP configuration information of the M cell. The location information may be used to indicate locations of Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs) in bursts (bursts) of the M cells, and the power information may be used to indicate power for transmitting the SSBs in the M cells.

(2) The first configuration information may include: the service cell index of the M cell, the corresponding relation between the service cell index of the M cell and the physical cell identifier of the M cell, and the corresponding relation between the service cell index of the M cell and the cell group.

Further, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first configuration information may further include at least one of the following: position information, power information, physical cell identification of the M cells, downlink frequency information of the M cells, downlink BWP configuration information of the M cells, uplink frequency information of the M cells, and uplink BWP configuration information of the M cells. The location information may be used to indicate a location of an SSB in a burst of M cells, and the power information may be used to indicate power for transmitting the SSB in the M cells.

It should be noted that the first configuration information in (1) or (2) in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention may further include other possible configuration information, which may be determined specifically according to a use requirement, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited specifically.

Step 202, the UE receives the broadcast message.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the UE is in the connected state or the unconnected state, the UE may receive the broadcast message sent by the access network device, determine whether to measure the M cells indicated by the broadcast message according to the broadcast message to obtain a measurement result, and determine whether to report the measurement result to the access network device.

It should be noted that, for specific description of the UE performing measurement on the cell, reference may be made to relevant description in step 203 of the following embodiments, which is not described herein again. In addition, for a specific description that the UE reports the measurement result of the cell to the access network device, reference may be made to relevant descriptions in step 204 and step 205 in the following embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for processing configuration information, wherein UE (user equipment) can receive a broadcast message sent by access network equipment, the broadcast message can be used for indicating first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer. Through the scheme, the access network equipment can indicate the configuration information of each cell through the broadcast message, so that the UE in a connected state or a non-connected state can receive the broadcast message and acquire the configuration information of each cell according to the broadcast message. Therefore, the UE can quickly measure the signal quality of each cell and report the measurement result to the access network equipment, and the access network equipment can quickly configure and activate the serving cell (the main cell and/or the auxiliary cell) for the UE, so that the serving cell of the UE can be quickly established.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 3, after step 202, the configuration information processing method provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include step 203 described below.

Step 203, the UE measures the N target cells.

Wherein, the N target cells may be any one of the following: n cells in the M cells, the cell detected by the UE, and the cell indicated by the access network equipment through the measurement configuration information. N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information is different from the first configuration information indicated by the broadcast message. For example, the measurement configuration information may be sent to the UE by the access network device through RRC signaling, and reference may be specifically made to related descriptions in the prior art, which is not repeated in the embodiments of the present invention.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the UE may measure N cells of the M cells according to the first configuration information indicated by the broadcast message; alternatively, the UE may perform measurements on the detected cells; alternatively, the UE may perform measurement on the cell indicated by the measurement configuration information according to the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, step 203 may be implemented in any one of the following two ways:

in a first way,

Step 203A, when the M cells include the first cell, the UE measures the first cell.

The first cell may be a cell different from a serving cell of the UE.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the serving cell index of the first cell is different from the serving cell index of the serving cell of the UE (i.e., the serving cell configured by the UE), it may be determined that the first cell is a cell different from the serving cell of the UE.

Illustratively, assume that M cells include cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, cell 4, and cell 5. The UE may measure the signal quality of cell 1, cell 2, and cell 3 if the serving cell index of cell 1, the serving cell index of cell 2, and the serving cell index of cell 3 are different from the serving cell index of the serving cell of the UE. I.e. the UE may measure on N target cells.

The second way,

In the case where the second cell is included in the M cells, step 203B1, the UE measures the second cell,

step 203B2, in case the second cell is included in the M cells, the UE does not measure the second cell.

The second cell may be a serving cell of the UE.

Note that, the UE in step 203B2 does not measure the second cell means that: in the case that the M cells include the second cell, the UE may not perform measurement on the second cell according to the first configuration information indicated by the broadcast message. For example, in a case where the M cells include a second cell and the first configuration information conflicts with the measurement configuration information stored in the UE, the UE may not measure the second cell according to the first configuration information, but may measure the second cell according to the measurement configuration information stored in the UE.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the serving cell index of the second cell is the same as the serving cell index of the serving cell of the UE (i.e., the serving cell configured by the UE), it may be determined that the second cell is the serving cell of the UE.

Illustratively, assume that M cells include cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, cell 4, and cell 5. If the serving cell index of cell 4, the serving cell index of cell 5, and the serving cell index of the serving cell of the UE are the same, the UE may decide a specific processing manner: measuring the signal quality of the cell 4 and the cell 5 according to the first configuration information; alternatively, the signal quality of the cell 4 and the cell 5 is not measured according to the first configuration information. I.e. the UE may measure on N target cells.

According to the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the invention, on one hand, the UE can measure the cells different from the service cell of the UE in the M cells without measuring all the cells in the M cells, so that the power consumption of a communication system can be reduced; on the other hand, the UE may perform measurement on the serving cell of the UE in the M cells, or may not perform measurement, thereby improving the flexibility of measuring the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 3, as shown in fig. 4, after step 203, the method for processing configuration information provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include step 204 and step 205 described below.

Step 204, after measuring the N target cells, the UE sends the target measurement result to the access network device.

Step 205, the access network device receives the target measurement result.

The target measurement result may be a result of the UE measuring at least one target cell of the N target cells. The N target cells are any one of: n cells in the M cells, the cell detected by the UE, and the cell indicated by the access network equipment through the measurement configuration information. N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information may be configuration information issued through an RRC signaling, or configuration information acquired through other possible manners. The method can be determined according to the use requirement, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement result of at least one target cell may be greater than or equal to a first threshold; alternatively, the measurement result of the at least one target cell is less than or equal to the second threshold value.

Specifically, if the measurement result of at least one target cell is the measurement result of one target cell, the measurement result of the one target cell may be greater than or equal to a first threshold value, or the measurement result of the one target cell may be less than or equal to a second threshold value. If the measurement result of at least one target cell is the measurement results of a plurality of target cells, the measurement results of the plurality of target cells may be all greater than or equal to a first threshold value, or the measurement results of the plurality of target cells may be all less than or equal to a second threshold value.

Further, the first threshold and the second threshold may be defined by a communication protocol, configured by an access network device, configured by a UE, or determined by other possible methods. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

For example, suppose a UE measures cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, cell 4. If the results of the measurements on the cell 1, the cell 3, and the cell 4 are all greater than or equal to the first threshold value, and the result of the measurement on the cell 2 is smaller than the first threshold value, the UE may determine that the target measurement result is the result of the measurements on the cell 1, the cell 3, and the cell 4, and send the result of the measurements on the cell 1, the cell 3, and the cell 4 to the access network device.

For example, suppose a UE measures cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, cell 4. If the results of the measurements on the cell 1 and the cell 2 are both greater than the second threshold and the results of the measurements on the cell 3 and the cell 4 are both less than or equal to the second threshold, the UE may determine that the target measurement result is the result of the measurements on the cell 3 and the cell 4, and send the result of the measurements on the cell 3 and the cell 4 to the access network device.

Optionally, the step 204 and the step 205 may be specifically implemented by the following (1) or (2):

(1) specifically, the step 204 may be realized by a step 204A described below, and the step 205 may be realized by a step 205A described below.

Step 204A, UE sends the target bitmap to the access network device.

Step 205A, the access network device receives the target bitmap.

The target bitmap may be used to indicate a target measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target measurement result indicated by the target bitmap may be any of the following: the UE measures the result of N cells in the M cells, the UE measures the cell detected by the UE, and the UE measures the cell indicated by the access network equipment through the measurement configuration information.

(2) Specifically, the step 204 may be realized by a step 204B described below, and the step 205 may be realized by a step 205B described below.

Step 204B, UE sends the at least one correspondence to the access network device.

Step 205B, the access network device receives the at least one corresponding relationship.

Wherein each corresponding relationship may include a cell identifier and at least one measurement result. The cell identity in the at least one correspondence is an identity of the at least one target cell. And the measurement result in the at least one corresponding relation is a target measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, a measurement result (i.e., a target measurement result) corresponding to the at least one corresponding relationship may be any of the following: the UE measures the result of N cells in the M cells, the UE measures the cell detected by the UE, and the UE measures the cell indicated by the access network equipment through the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, one cell identifier may be a serving cell index, a physical cell identifier, or a measurement identifier. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

In the configuration information processing method provided in the embodiment of the present invention, since the UE may report the measurement result (i.e., the target measurement result) of at least one target cell of the N target cells to the access network device in multiple reporting manners (e.g., a bitmap manner, or a correspondence manner between the cell identifier and the measurement result), the diversity and flexibility of the measurement result reported by the UE are improved. In addition, the UE reports the target measurement result, and the access network device may configure at least one serving cell for the UE according to the target measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 in combination with fig. 4, the method for processing configuration information provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include step 206 and step 207 described below.

Step 206, the access network device sends the second configuration information to the UE.

Step 207, the UE receives the second configuration information.

Wherein the second configuration information may be used to indicate any one of: configuring the at least one cell as a primary cell of the UE, switching the primary cell of the UE to the at least one cell, and configuring the at least one cell as a secondary cell of the UE.

It should be noted that, in order to more clearly illustrate the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned fig. 5 is taken as an example to be described with reference to fig. 4, and does not form any limitation on the embodiment of the present invention. It can be understood that, in actual implementation, fig. 5 may also be combined with fig. 2 or other possible figures, and the implementation steps of step 201 and step 206 are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, that is, the access network device may first implement step 201 and then step 206, or may first implement step 206 and then step 201, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the second configuration information may further include status information. The state information may be used to indicate a state of at least one cell, and the state of each cell is an activated (active) state, an inactivated (inactive) state, or a dormant (dormant) state.

For example, if at least one cell configured by the access network device for the UE is a secondary cell, the state information included in the second configuration information may be used to indicate that the state of each cell of the at least one cell is an active state, a deactivated state, or a dormant state. For example, assuming that the at least one cell includes cell 1, cell 2, and cell 3, the status information may indicate: the state of the cell 1 may be an active state, the state of the cell 2 may be a deactivated state, and the state of the cell 3 may be a dormant state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, at least one cell is assumed to be an S cell. The second configuration information may be used to indicate that the S cells are configured as master cells of the S cell groups, i.e., one master cell is configured for each cell group. Wherein S is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, a measurement result of the at least one cell indicated by the second configuration information may meet a preset condition. Wherein the preset conditions are as follows: the measurement result of the cell is greater than or equal to the third threshold value, or the measurement result of the cell is less than or equal to the fourth threshold value.

Further, the third threshold and the fourth threshold may be defined by a communication protocol, configured by an access network device, configured by a UE, or determined in other possible manners. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the second configuration information may be determined by the access network device according to a target measurement result reported by the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the at least one cell indicated by the second configuration information may include at least one of the following: the cells meeting the preset condition in the at least one target cell, and the cells meeting the preset condition in the at least one cell determined by any other possible means.

For example, it is assumed that the target measurement result reported by the UE is a measurement result for a cell a, a cell b, a cell c, a cell d, a cell e, and a cell f, and the preset condition is that the result of the cell measurement is greater than or equal to a third threshold. If the measurement results of the cell a, the cell c, and the cell d are all greater than or equal to the third threshold value, and the measurement results of the cell b, the cell e, and the cell f are all less than the third threshold value, the access network device may determine that the configured serving cells are the cell a, the cell c, and the cell d.

For example, it is assumed that the target measurement result reported by the UE is a measurement result of a cell a, a cell b, a cell c, a cell d, a cell e, and a cell f, and the preset condition is that a result of the cell measurement is less than or equal to a fourth threshold. If the measurement results of the cell b, the cell c, and the cell f are all greater than the fourth threshold value, and the measurement results of the cell a, the cell d, and the cell e are all less than or equal to the fourth threshold value, the access network device may determine that the configured serving cells are the cell a, the cell d, and the cell e.

In the configuration information processing method provided in the embodiment of the present invention, since the access network device may send the second configuration information indicating the at least one cell to the UE, the UE may implement carrier aggregation through the at least one cell in the active state.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 5, as shown in fig. 6, the configuration information processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step 208 and step 209.

Step 208, the access network device sends the incremental configuration information to the UE.

Step 209, the UE receives the incremental configuration information.

Wherein, the incremental configuration information may include at least one of the following: deactivation timer information of a secondary cell of the UE, uplink BWP list information of a serving cell of the add/release UE, downlink BWP list information of the serving cell of the add/release UE, supplementary uplink information of the serving cell of the UE, cross-carrier scheduling configuration information of the serving cell of the UE.

It should be noted that, in order to more clearly illustrate the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned fig. 6 is taken as an example to be described with reference to fig. 5, and does not form any limitation on the embodiment of the present invention. It is understood that the above-mentioned fig. 6 can be combined with other possible drawings in practical implementation. In addition, the step 206 and the step 208 are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, that is, the access network device may first execute the step 208 and then execute the step 206, or may simultaneously execute the step 206 and the step 208, and may specifically be determined according to actual usage requirements.

For example, the access network device may send the incremental configuration information to the UE first, and then send the second configuration information to the UE. Alternatively, the access network device may send RRC signaling to the UE, where the RRC signaling may include the incremental configuration information and the second configuration information.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the incremental configuration information may further include other possible information, which may be determined specifically according to a use requirement, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited specifically.

In the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the access network device sends the incremental configuration information to the UE, and the UE can implement control of carrier aggregation by using the incremental configuration information, for example, control deactivation of the secondary cell.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 5, as shown in fig. 7, the method for processing configuration information according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step 210.

Step 210, if the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, the UE performs any one of the following: the method comprises the steps of a first action, a second action, the UE determining to execute the first action according to a preset rule, and the UE determining to execute the second action according to the preset rule.

The first action may be to use first configuration information. The second action may be to modify third configuration information in the first configuration information to be the same as the second configuration information, and configure the serving cell of the UE using the modified first configuration information, where the third configuration information and the second configuration information are configuration information of the same serving cell.

In this embodiment of the present invention, if the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, the action performed by the UE may specifically be any one of the following (a) - (d):

(a) if the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, the UE may determine to perform a first action: determining to use the first configuration information.

For example, it is assumed that the first configuration information includes configuration item a, configuration item B, and configuration item C, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item a is a1, the parameter value corresponding to configuration item B is B1, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item C is C1; the second configuration information comprises configuration items A and B, and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item A is a2, and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item B is B2. Since the first configuration information is different from the second configuration information, the UE may not modify the first configuration information and configure a serving cell of the UE using the first configuration information.

For example, it is assumed that the first configuration information includes configuration item a, configuration item B, and configuration item C, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item a is a1, the parameter value corresponding to configuration item B is B1, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item C is C1; the second configuration information comprises configuration items A, B and C, and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item A is a2, the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item B is B2 and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item C is C2. Since the parameter values of the parameter items in the first configuration information and the second configuration information are different, the UE may not modify the first configuration information and use the first configuration information to configure the serving cell of the UE.

(b) If the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, the UE may determine to perform a second action: and determining to modify the third configuration information in the first configuration information to be the same as the second configuration information, and configuring the serving cell of the UE by using the modified first configuration information.

For example, it is assumed that the first configuration information includes configuration item a, configuration item B, and configuration item C, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item a is a1, the parameter value corresponding to configuration item B is B1, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item C is C1; the second configuration information comprises configuration items A and B, and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item A is a2, and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item B is B2. Since the parameter values corresponding to the configuration item a in the first configuration information and the configuration item B in the second configuration information are different, the UE may determine to modify the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item a in the first configuration information from a1 to a2, and modify the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item B in the first configuration information from B1 to B2. Thus, the UE can configure the serving cell of the UE using the modified first configuration information (i.e., the parameter value corresponding to configuration item a is a2, the parameter value corresponding to configuration item B is B2, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item C is C1).

For example, it is assumed that the first configuration information includes configuration item a, configuration item B, and configuration item C, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item a is a1, the parameter value corresponding to configuration item B is B1, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item C is C1; the second configuration information comprises configuration items A, B and C, and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item A is a1, the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item B is B1 and the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item C is C2. Since the parameter values corresponding to the configuration item B in the first configuration information and the configuration item C in the second configuration information are different, the UE may determine to modify the parameter value corresponding to the configuration item C in the first configuration information from C1 to C2. Thus, the UE can configure the serving cell of the UE using the modified first configuration information (i.e., the parameter value corresponding to configuration item a is a1, the parameter value corresponding to configuration item B is B1, and the parameter value corresponding to configuration item C is C2).

(c) If the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, the UE may determine to perform a first action according to a preset rule: determining to configure a serving cell of the UE using the first configuration information.

For the UE determining to execute the specific description of the first action according to the preset rule, reference may be made to the related description in the above embodiment (a), which is not described herein again.

(d) If the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, the UE may determine to perform a second action according to a preset rule: and determining to modify the third configuration information in the first configuration information to be the same as the second configuration information, and configuring the serving cell of the UE by using the modified first configuration information.

For the UE determining to execute the specific description of the second action according to the preset rule, reference may be made to the related description in the above embodiment (b), which is not described herein again.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the preset rule may be defined by a communication protocol, or defined by an access network device, or determined in another possible manner. The method can be determined according to the use requirement, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

In the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, the UE may configure a serving cell of the UE using the first configuration information; or, the third configuration information in the first configuration information is modified to be the same as the second configuration information, and the modified first configuration information is used for configuring the serving cell of the UE. This improves the flexibility and diversity of serving cells configuring the UE.

Optionally, the configuration information processing method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step 211.

Step 211, starting timing after the UE switches from the connected state to the unconnected state, and after the timing duration reaches the first duration, the UE deletes the target configuration information stored in the UE.

The target configuration information may be configuration information of a serving cell.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the execution sequence of step 211 and the above-mentioned steps 201 to 210 is not specifically limited, and may be determined according to the use requirement.

In addition, for the specific description of step 211, reference may be made to the following description related to step 801 and step 802 in the following embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

The method for processing the configuration information provided by the embodiment of the invention can start timing after the UE is switched from the connected state to the non-connected state, and delete the target configuration information stored in the UE after the timing duration reaches the first duration, so that the UE can use the target configuration information stored in the UE within the first duration, and remove the resources occupied by the target configuration information after the first duration.

Optionally, after step 211, the method for processing configuration information according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include step 212 described below.

Step 212, if the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state within the first duration, the UE configures the serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the UE.

For the specific description of step 212, reference may be made to the following description of step 803 in the following embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

According to the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state, the UE can configure the serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the UE, so that the flexibility of configuring the serving cell of the UE is improved.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing configuration information. The configuration information processing method may be applied to a UE. The configuration information processing method may include

steps

801 and 802 described below.

Step 801, the UE switches from a connected state to a non-connected state.

Step 802, starting timing after the UE switches from the connected state to the unconnected state, and deleting the target configuration information stored in the UE by the UE after the timing duration reaches the first duration.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the unconnected state may be an idle state (idle) or an inactive state (inactive).

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first time length may be defined in a communication protocol, configured by the access network device, or determined in another possible manner. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

For example, the first time period T is defined in the communication protocol as an example. After the UE switches from the connected state to the unconnected state, the UE may start a timer to start timing. During the first time period T, the UE may store target configuration information in the UE; after the time length of the timer reaches the first time length T, if the UE is still in the non-connected state, the UE may delete the target configuration information stored in the UE.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the value of the first time length T is not specifically limited, for example, the first time length T may be any value in an interval [0, ∞ ], and may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target configuration information may be configuration information of a serving cell in carrier aggregation, or configuration information of a serving cell in Dual Connectivity (DC).

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target configuration information may be configuration information of a serving cell that is stored by the UE when the UE is in a connected state last time, or configuration information of a serving cell that is stored by the UE in a historical time period.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target configuration information may include the first configuration information and the second configuration information in the embodiment, and certainly may also include configuration information of other possible serving cells. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target configuration information may include at least one of the following: dedicated configuration information of a serving cell, common configuration information of a serving cell.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the method for processing configuration information provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include: the UE sends target information to the network side equipment, wherein the target information can be used for indicating the capability of the UE of the target configuration information stored in the first time length after the UE is switched from the connected state to the disconnected state.

The method for processing the configuration information provided by the embodiment of the invention can start timing after the UE is switched from the connected state to the non-connected state, and delete the target configuration information stored in the UE after the timing duration reaches the first duration. Therefore, the UE can use the target configuration information stored in the UE within the first time length and remove the resources occupied by the target configuration information after the first time length.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 8, as shown in fig. 9, after the step 802, the method for processing configuration information according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a step 803 described below.

Step 803, if the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state within the first duration, the UE configures the serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the UE.

For example, if the UE switches from the non-connected state to the connected state within the first duration, the UE may send, to the access network device, a first identifier and a second identifier, where the first identifier may be used to indicate a serving cell (e.g., a primary cell) to which the UE is connected last time, and the second identifier may be used to indicate the UE. Thus, the access network device may obtain the target configuration information stored by the UE according to the first identifier and the second identifier, and re-configure the serving cell for the UE, or directly apply the configuration information consistent with the target configuration information stored by the UE. If the UE receives complete reconfiguration information sent by the access network equipment within the first duration, the UE can configure a serving cell of the UE according to the reconfiguration information; if the UE receives the reconfiguration information sent by the access network device within the first duration, but the information included in the reconfiguration information is incomplete, the UE may configure the serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the method for processing configuration information provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include: after the first time period, the UE stops timing, or retimes.

According to the configuration information processing method provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state, the UE can configure the serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the UE, so that the flexibility and diversity of the serving cell for configuring the UE are improved.

As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE 1000. The UE may include a receiving module 1001. The receiving module 1001 may be configured to receive a broadcast message sent by an access network device, where the broadcast message may be used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information may be configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 10, as shown in fig. 11, the UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a measurement module 1002. The measuring module 1002 may be configured to measure, after the receiving module 1001 receives the broadcast message sent by the access network device, a first cell in the M cells, where the first cell is a cell different from a serving cell of the UE.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, the UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a measurement module 1002. A measuring module 1002, configured to measure a second cell in the case that the M cells include the second cell after the receiving module 1001 receives the broadcast message sent by the access network device; alternatively, in the case where the second cell is included in the M cells, the second cell is not measured. Wherein the second cell may be a serving cell of the UE.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 10, as shown in fig. 12, the UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a sending module 1003. A sending module 1003, configured to send a target measurement result to the access network device after the measuring module 1002 measures the N target cells, where the target measurement result may be a result of the UE measuring at least one target cell of the N target cells. Wherein the N target cells are any one of: n cells in the M cells, the cell detected by the UE, and the cell indicated by the access network equipment through the measurement configuration information. N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast message may include a specific bit, where the specific bit may be used to indicate that the predefined first configuration information is valid; alternatively, the broadcast message may include the first configuration information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first configuration information may include at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of obtaining a serving cell index of an M cell, a corresponding relation between the serving cell index of the M cell and a physical cell identifier of the M cell, a corresponding relation between the serving cell index of the M cell and a cell group, position information, power information, a physical cell identifier of the M cell, downlink frequency information of the M cell, downlink BWP configuration information of the M cell, uplink frequency information of the M cell and uplink BWP configuration information of the M cell. Wherein the location information may be used to indicate a location of the SSB in a burst of the M cells, and the power information may be used to indicate a power at which the SSB is transmitted in the M cells.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the sending module 1003 may be specifically configured to send a target bitmap to the access network device, where the target bitmap may be used to indicate a target measurement result; or, the method may specifically be configured to send at least one corresponding relationship to the access network device, where each corresponding relationship includes a cell identifier and at least one measurement result, a cell identifier in the at least one corresponding relationship is an identifier of at least one target cell, and a measurement result in the at least one corresponding relationship is a target measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement result of the at least one target cell may be greater than or equal to a first threshold; alternatively, the measurement result of the at least one target cell may be less than or equal to the second threshold value.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the cell identifier may be a serving cell index, a physical cell identifier, or a measurement identifier.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 1001 may be further configured to receive second configuration information sent by the access network device, where the second configuration information is used to indicate any one of the following items: configuring at least one cell as a primary cell of the UE, switching the primary cell of the UE to the at least one cell, and configuring the at least one cell as a secondary cell of the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the second configuration information may further include state information, where the state information may be used to indicate a state of at least one cell, and the state of each cell is an active state, a deactivated state, or a dormant state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 1001 may be further configured to receive incremental configuration information sent by the access network device. Wherein the incremental configuration information may include at least one of: deactivation timer information of a secondary cell of the UE, uplink BWP list information of a serving cell of the add/release UE, downlink BWP list information of the serving cell of the add/release UE, supplementary uplink information of the serving cell of the UE, cross-carrier scheduling configuration information of the serving cell of the UE.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 10, as shown in fig. 13, the UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include an executing module 1004. The executing module 1004 may be configured to, in a case that the second configuration information received by the receiving module 1001 is different from the first configuration information, execute any one of the following: the method comprises the steps of a first action, a second action, the UE determining to execute the first action according to a preset rule, and the UE determining to execute the second action according to the preset rule. Wherein the first action may be configuring a serving cell of the UE using the first configuration information; the second action may be to modify third configuration information in the first configuration information to be the same as the second configuration information, and configure the serving cell of the UE using the modified first configuration information, where the third configuration information and the second configuration information are configuration information of the same serving cell.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 10, as shown in fig. 14, the UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a saving module 1005. The saving module 1005 may be configured to start timing after the UE switches from the connected state to the unconnected state, and delete the target configuration information saved in the UE after the timing duration reaches the first duration, where the target configuration information may be configuration information of a serving cell.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 14, as shown in fig. 15, the UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a configuration module 1006. The configuring module 1006 may be configured to configure a serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the storing module 1005, if the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state within the first duration.

The UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the UE in the foregoing method embodiments, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the invention provides a UE (user equipment), which can receive a broadcast message sent by access network equipment, wherein the broadcast message can be used for indicating first configuration information, and the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells. Through the scheme, the access network equipment can indicate the configuration information of each cell through the broadcast message, so that the UE in a connected state or a non-connected state can receive the broadcast message and acquire the configuration information of each cell according to the broadcast message. Therefore, the UE can quickly measure the signal quality of each cell and report the measurement result to the access network equipment, and the access network equipment can quickly configure and activate the serving cell (the main cell and/or the auxiliary cell) for the UE, so that the serving cell of the UE can be quickly established.

As shown in fig. 16, an embodiment of the invention provides an access network device 1600. The access network device may include a transmitting module 1601. The sending module 1601 may be configured to send a broadcast message, where the broadcast message may be used to indicate first configuration information, where the first configuration information may be configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 16, as shown in fig. 17, the access network device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a receiving module 1602. A receiving module 1602, may be configured to receive a target measurement result sent by the UE, where the target measurement result may be a result of measurement performed by the UE on at least one target cell of the N target cells. Wherein, the N target cells may be any one of the following: n cells in the M cells, the cell detected by the UE, and the cell indicated by the access network equipment through the measurement configuration information. N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 1602 may be specifically configured to receive a target bitmap, where the target bitmap is used to indicate a target measurement result; or, the method may be specifically configured to receive at least one corresponding relationship, where each corresponding relationship includes a cell identifier and at least one measurement result, a cell identifier in the at least one corresponding relationship is an identifier of at least one target cell, and a measurement result in the at least one corresponding relationship is a target measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the sending module 1601 may be further configured to send second configuration information to the UE, where the second configuration information may be used to indicate any one of the following: configuring at least one cell as a primary cell of the UE, switching the primary cell of the UE to the at least one cell, and configuring the at least one cell as a secondary cell of the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the sending module 1601 may be further configured to send incremental configuration information to the UE. Wherein the incremental configuration information may include at least one of: deactivation timer information of a secondary cell of the UE, uplink BWP list information of a serving cell of the add/release UE, downlink BWP list information of the serving cell of the add/release UE, supplementary uplink information of the serving cell of the UE, cross-carrier scheduling configuration information of the serving cell of the UE.

The access network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the access network device in the above method embodiments, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an access network device, which may send a broadcast message, where the broadcast message may be used to indicate first configuration information, and the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells. Through the scheme, the access network equipment can indicate the configuration information of each cell through the broadcast message, so that the UE in a connected state or a non-connected state can receive the broadcast message and acquire the configuration information of each cell according to the broadcast message. In this way, the access network device can receive the measurement result reported by the UE, and quickly configure and activate a serving cell (a primary cell and/or a secondary cell) for the UE, so that the serving cell of the UE can be quickly established.

As shown in fig. 18, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UE 1800. The UE may include a saving module 1801. The saving module 1801 is configured to start timing after the UE is switched from the connected state to the unconnected state, and delete target configuration information saved in the UE after a timing duration reaches a first duration, where the target configuration information may be configuration information of a serving cell.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 18, as shown in fig. 19, the UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a configuration module 1802. The configuration module 1802 may be configured to, if the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state within the first duration, configure a serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the storage module 1801.

The embodiment of the invention provides UE (user equipment), which can delete target configuration information stored in the UE after a first time length after the UE is switched from a connected state to a non-connected state. Therefore, the UE can use the configuration information of the serving cell stored in the UE within the first time length and remove the resources occupied by the target configuration information after the first time length.

Fig. 20 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of a UE implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 20, the UE100 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 101, network module 102, audio output unit 103, input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the UE structure shown in fig. 20 does not constitute a limitation of the UE, which may include more or fewer components than those shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the UE includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

One possible implementation manner is that the radio frequency unit 101 may be configured to receive a broadcast message sent by an access network device, where the broadcast message may be used to indicate first configuration information, and the first configuration information may be configuration information of M cells, where M is a positive integer.

In another possible implementation manner, the processor 110 may be configured to start timing after the UE switches from the connected state to the unconnected state, and control the memory 109 to delete the target configuration information stored in the memory 109 after a timing duration reaches a first duration, where the target configuration information may be configuration information of a serving cell.

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

The UE100 provides the user with wireless broadband internet access via the network module 102, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the UE100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

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

The UE100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or backlight when the UE100 moves to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of the mobile terminal (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 105 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

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

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

Further, the touch panel 1071 may be overlaid on the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 20, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the UE, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the UE, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the UE 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from external devices and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the UE100 or may be used to transmit data between the UE100 and external devices.

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

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

The UE100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and optionally, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 via a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system.

In addition, the UE100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a UE, which includes the processor 110 shown in fig. 20, the memory 109, and a computer program stored in the memory 109 and capable of being executed on the processor 110, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 110, implements the processes of the foregoing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

Fig. 21 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 21, the access network apparatus 2100 may include: one or more processors 2101, memory 2102, communication interface 2103, and bus 2104.

Wherein the one or more processors 2101, memory 2102, and communication interface 2103 are interconnected via bus 2104. The bus 2104 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus 2104 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 21, but this does not mean only one bus or one type of bus.

In addition, the access network device 2100 may further include some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described herein again.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an access network device, which includes the processor 2101 shown in fig. 21, the memory 2102, and a computer program stored in the memory 2102 and capable of running on the processor 2101, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 2101, implements each process of the foregoing method embodiment, and may achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 110 shown in fig. 20 or the processor 2101 shown in fig. 21, the computer program implements each process of the foregoing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

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

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

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

Claims

1. A configuration information processing method is applied to User Equipment (UE), and comprises the following steps:

receiving a broadcast message sent by access network equipment, where the broadcast message is used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after receiving the broadcast message sent by the access network device, the method further comprises:

measuring the first cell under the condition that the M cells comprise the first cell, wherein the first cell is a cell different from a serving cell of the UE.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein after receiving the broadcast message sent by the access network device, the method further comprises:

measuring a second cell under the condition that the M cells comprise the second cell, wherein the second cell is a service cell of the UE;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

in a case where the second cell is included in the M cells, the second cell is not measured.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

after measuring N target cells, sending a target measurement result to the access network equipment, wherein the target measurement result is a result of the UE measuring at least one target cell in the N target cells;

wherein the N target cells are any one of: n cells in the M cells, the cell detected by the UE and the cell indicated by the access network equipment through the measurement configuration information, wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast message includes a specific bit, and the specific bit is used to indicate that the predefined first configuration information is valid;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the broadcast message includes the first configuration information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of: a serving cell index of the M cell, a correspondence between the serving cell index of the M cell and a physical cell identifier of the M cell, a correspondence between the serving cell index of the M cell and a cell group, location information, power information, a physical cell identifier of the M cell, downlink frequency information of the M cell, downlink bandwidth partial configuration information of the M cell, uplink frequency information of the M cell, and uplink bandwidth partial configuration information of the M cell;

wherein the location information is used to indicate locations of synchronization signal blocks in bursts of the M cells, and the power information is used to indicate power at which synchronization signal blocks are transmitted in the M cells.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein sending the target measurement result to the access network device comprises:

sending a target bitmap to the access network equipment, wherein the target bitmap is used for indicating the target measurement result;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and sending at least one corresponding relation to the access network equipment, wherein each corresponding relation comprises a cell identifier and at least one measurement result, the cell identifier in the at least one corresponding relation is the identifier of the at least one target cell, and the measurement result in the at least one corresponding relation is the target measurement result.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the measurement result of the at least one target cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold value;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the measurement result of the at least one target cell is less than or equal to a second threshold value.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the cell identifier is a serving cell index, a physical cell identifier, or a measurement identifier.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

receiving second configuration information sent by the access network device, where the second configuration information is used to indicate any one of the following: configuring at least one cell as a primary cell of the UE, switching the primary cell of the UE to the at least one cell, and configuring the at least one cell as a secondary cell of the UE.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second configuration information further includes status information, and the status information is used to indicate a status of the at least one cell, and the status of each cell is an active status, a deactivated status, or a dormant status.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving incremental configuration information sent by the access network equipment;

wherein the incremental configuration information comprises at least one of: deactivation timer information of a secondary cell of the UE, uplink bandwidth part list information of a serving cell of the UE is increased/released, downlink bandwidth part list information of the serving cell of the UE is increased/released, supplementary uplink information of the serving cell of the UE, and cross-carrier scheduling configuration information of the serving cell of the UE.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

in a case where the second configuration information is different from the first configuration information, performing any one of: the method comprises the steps of a first action, a second action, the UE determining to execute the first action according to a preset rule, and the UE determining to execute the second action according to the preset rule;

wherein the first action is to configure a serving cell of the UE using the first configuration information; the second action is to modify third configuration information in the first configuration information to be the same as the second configuration information, and configure the serving cell of the UE using the modified first configuration information, where the third configuration information and the second configuration information are configuration information of the same serving cell.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

starting timing after the UE is switched from the connected state to the non-connected state, and deleting target configuration information stored in the UE after the timing duration reaches a first duration, wherein the target configuration information is configuration information of a serving cell.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

and if the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state within the first time period, configuring a serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the UE.

16. A configuration information processing method is applied to an access network device, and comprises the following steps:

and sending a broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message is used for indicating first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a target measurement result sent by User Equipment (UE), wherein the target measurement result is a result of the UE measuring at least one target cell in N target cells;

18. The method of claim 16, wherein a specific bit is included in the broadcast message, and the specific bit is used to indicate that the predefined first configuration information is valid;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the broadcast message includes the first configuration information.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of: a serving cell index of the M cell, a correspondence between the serving cell index of the M cell and a physical cell identifier of the M cell, a correspondence between the serving cell index of the M cell and a cell group, location information, power information, a physical cell identifier of the M cell, downlink frequency information of the M cell, downlink bandwidth partial configuration information of the M cell, uplink frequency information of the M cell, and uplink bandwidth partial configuration information of the M cell;

20. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the target measurement result sent by the UE comprises:

receiving a target bitmap, the target bitmap being used to indicate the target measurement result;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

receiving at least one corresponding relationship, where each corresponding relationship includes a cell identifier and at least one measurement result, a cell identifier in the at least one corresponding relationship is an identifier of the at least one target cell, and a measurement result in the at least one corresponding relationship is the target measurement result.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the measurement result of the at least one target cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold value;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the cell identity is a serving cell index, a physical cell identity, or a measurement identity.

23. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

sending second configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the second configuration information is used for indicating any one of the following items: configuring at least one cell as a primary cell of the UE, switching the primary cell of the UE to the at least one cell, and configuring the at least one cell as a secondary cell of the UE.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the second configuration information further includes status information, and the status information is used to indicate a status of the at least one cell, and the status of each cell is an active status, a deactivated status, or a dormant status.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

sending incremental configuration information to the UE;

26. A configuration information processing method is applied to User Equipment (UE), and comprises the following steps:

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

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

the receiving module is configured to receive a broadcast message sent by an access network device, where the broadcast message is used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

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

the sending module is configured to send a broadcast message, where the broadcast message is used to indicate first configuration information, the first configuration information is configuration information of M cells, and M is a positive integer.

30. A User Equipment (UE), comprising a saving module;

the storage module is configured to start timing after the UE is switched from the connected state to the unconnected state, and delete target configuration information stored in the UE after a timing duration reaches a first duration, where the target configuration information is configuration information of a serving cell.

31. The UE of claim 30, further comprising a configuration module;

the configuration module is configured to configure a serving cell of the UE according to the target configuration information stored in the storage module if the UE is switched from the non-connected state to the connected state within the first time period.

32. A user equipment, UE, comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the configuration information processing method according to any of claims 1 to 15 or the steps of the configuration information processing method according to any of claims 26 to 27.

33. An access network device comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 16 to 25.

34. A communication system, characterized in that the communication system comprises a user equipment, UE, according to claim 28, and an access network device according to claim 29; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the communication system comprises the UE of claim 32, and the access network device of claim 33.

35. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored thereon, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, or the steps of the configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 16 to 25, or the steps of the configuration information processing method according to any one of claims 26 to 27.