CN111601334A

CN111601334A - Measuring method, device and system

Info

Publication number: CN111601334A
Application number: CN201910518006.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金巴.迪.阿达姆.布巴卡; 郑倩
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-14
Filing date: 2019-06-14
Publication date: 2020-08-28
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-14
Also published as: CN111601334B; WO2020249116A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a measuring method, equipment and a system, relates to the technical field of communication, and can solve the problem of high signaling overhead between network equipment and UE. The method comprises the following steps: determining a target business function according to target information, wherein the target information comprises at least one of the following items: service functions supported by the UE and service requirements of the UE; and according to the measurement configuration information, measuring the target service function to obtain a measurement result. The embodiment of the invention is applied to the process of measuring the target service function by the UE.

Description

Measuring method, device and system

Technical Field

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

Background

In a communication system, when a network device needs User Equipment (UE) measurement, the network device may send measurement indication information to the UE in a non-connected state (i.e., an idle state or an inactive state) to indicate the UE to perform measurement according to the measurement indication information, and when the UE is in a connected state, report a measurement result obtained by the measurement to the network device.

However, in the above measurement process, for each service function (e.g. carrier aggregation, dual connectivity, etc.), the network device needs to send measurement indication information to the UE according to the above method to indicate the UE to perform measurement, which results in a large signaling overhead between the network device and the UE.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement method, device, and system, which can solve the problem of high signaling overhead between a network device and a UE.

In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiment of the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a measurement method is provided, which is applied to a UE, and the measurement method includes: determining a target business function according to target information, wherein the target information comprises at least one of the following items: service functions supported by the UE and service requirements of the UE; and according to the measurement configuration information, measuring the target service function to obtain a measurement result.

In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a measurement method is provided, where the measurement method is applied to a network device, and the measurement method may include: sending measurement configuration information to the UE, wherein the measurement configuration information is measurement information configured by the network equipment for at least one service function supported by the network equipment, the measurement configuration information is used for the UE to measure for a target service function, the target service function is a service function determined by the UE according to the target information, and the target information comprises at least one of the following items: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

In a third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a UE is provided, where the UE may include: the device comprises a determining module and a measuring module. The determining module is configured to determine a target service function according to target information, where the target information includes at least one of: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE. And the measuring module is used for measuring the target service function determined by the determining module according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result.

In a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a network device is provided, where the network device may include: and a sending module. The sending module is configured to send measurement configuration information to the UE, where the measurement configuration information is measurement information configured by the network device for at least one service function supported by the network device, the measurement configuration information is used for the UE to measure for a target service function, the target service function is a service function determined by the UE according to the target information, and the target information includes at least one of the following: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

In a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a UE is provided, where the UE includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the measurement method in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a network device is provided, where the network device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and being executable on the processor, and the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the measurement method in the second aspect.

A seventh aspect of the present embodiments provides a communication system, where the communication system includes the UE according to the third aspect, and the network device according to the fourth aspect; alternatively, the communication system comprises the UE according to the fifth aspect and the network device according to the sixth aspect.

An eighth aspect of embodiments of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the measurement method according to the first aspect, or the steps of the measurement method according to the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the UE may determine a target service function according to target information (the target information includes a service function supported by the UE and/or a service requirement of the UE), and perform measurement for the target service function according to measurement configuration information. After determining the target service function, the UE may directly perform measurement for the target service function according to the measurement configuration information, instead of performing measurement after receiving measurement indication information sent by the network device, that is, without the network device sending the measurement indication information, so that signaling overhead between the network device and the UE may be reduced.

Drawings

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIG. 7 is a sixth schematic view of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of a UE according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

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

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a second schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a third schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

fig. 15 is a hardware schematic diagram of a 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 terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of embodiments 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 indication information, the second indication information, and the like are used to distinguish different indication information, and are not used to describe a specific order of the indication information.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified. For example, a plurality of elements refers to two elements or more.

The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three relationships, for example, a display panel and/or a backlight, which may mean: there are three cases of a display panel alone, a display panel and a backlight at the same time, and a backlight alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, input/output denotes input or output.

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.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement method, a device, and a system, where a UE may determine a target service function according to target information (the target information includes a service function supported by the UE and/or a service requirement of the UE), and perform measurement for the target service function according to measurement configuration information. After determining the target service function, the UE may directly perform measurement for the target service function according to the measurement configuration information, instead of performing measurement after receiving measurement indication information sent by the network device, that is, without the network device sending the measurement indication information, so that signaling overhead between the network device and the UE may be reduced.

The measurement method, the measurement equipment and the measurement system provided by the embodiment of the invention can be applied to a communication system. The method and the device can be particularly applied to the process that the UE measures the target service function based on the communication system.

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 a network device 02. Wherein, the UE 01 and the network device 02 can establish connection and communicate.

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 having 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. The UE may also be referred to as a user agent (user agent) or a terminal device, etc.

The network device may be a base station. A base station is a device deployed in a RAN for providing wireless communication functions for UEs. The base stations may include various forms of macro base stations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points, and the like. In systems using different radio access technologies, the names of devices with base station functionality may differ, for example, in third generation mobile communication (3G) networks, referred to as base stations (NodeB); in an LTE system, referred to as an evolved NodeB (eNB or eNodeB); in fifth generation mobile communication (5G) networks, referred to as a gNB, and so on. As communication technology evolves, the name "base station" may change.

A measurement method, a device and a system provided by the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

Based on the communication system shown in fig. 1, the embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement method, which may include

steps

201 and 202 described below, as shown in fig. 2.

Step 201, the UE determines the target service function according to the target information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the target information may include at least one of the following items: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the UE in the unconnected state (i.e., idle state or inactive state) may determine the service function to be measured according to the target information.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the target service function may include one service function or multiple service functions.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target service function may include at least one of the following: carrier Aggregation (CA), Dual-Connectivity (DC), and Multiple-input Multiple-Output (MIMO), among others.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the UE may determine the target service function according to the target information and the system information sent by the network device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the UE may determine at least one service function indicated by the system information according to the system information; and determining a target service function according with the target information from the at least one service function according to the target information.

It is to be understood that the at least one service function is a service function supported by the network device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the UE may determine at least one second service function according to the target information; and if the UE determines that the at least one service function comprises the at least one second service function, the UE determines the at least one second service function as a target service function.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the UE may determine at least one second service function according to the target information; and determining the intersection of the at least one service function and the at least one second service function as the target service function.

Illustratively, it is assumed that the at least one service function is a service function a, a service function b, a service function c, and a service function d. If the UE determines that the at least one second service function is the service function a and the service function c according to the service requirement of the UE, the UE may determine that an intersection of the at least one service function and the at least one second service function is the service function a and the service function c, and then the UE may determine the service function a and the service function c as the target service function; if the UE determines that the at least one second service function is the service function b and the service function e according to the service requirement of the UE, the UE may determine that an intersection of the at least one service function and the at least one second service function is the service function b, and then the UE may determine the service function b as the target service function.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the at least one service function may be indicated by at least one bit (bit), where one service function is indicated by one bit.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the at least one service function may be indicated by a bitmap (bit map).

Step 202, the UE measures the target service function according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information may include at least one of the following: measurement conditions and measurement information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the measurement condition may include at least one of: the method comprises the steps of measuring a threshold of a frequency point, presetting downlink channel quality, presetting a region identifier, presetting service attributes, presetting power allowance, presetting caching requirements, presetting UE types, presetting the number of antennas and presetting a time point.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement threshold of the frequency point is used for the UE to determine the frequency point to be measured, for example, when the UE performs measurement for a target service function, the frequency point greater than or equal to the measurement threshold may be measured; the preset downlink channel quality is a threshold for the UE to measure for the target service function, for example, when the UE measures for the target service function, a channel with a quality greater than or equal to the preset downlink channel quality may be measured.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the preset area identifier may be used to indicate an area where the UE performs measurement for the target service function; the preset service attribute can be used for indicating the attribute of the service when the UE measures the target service function; the preset power headroom can be used for indicating the power headroom of the UE when the UE measures the target service function; the preset cache requirement can be used for indicating the cache requirement when the UE measures aiming at the target service function; the preset UE type can be used for indicating the type of the UE when the UE measures the target service function; the preset number of antennas can be used for indicating the number of antennas when the UE measures the target service function; the preset time point may be used to indicate a time point when the UE performs measurement for the target service function.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement information may include at least one of the following: the measurement method includes measuring frequency points, measuring bandwidth, measuring synchronous broadcast signal block timing measurement (SMTC), measuring reference signals, measuring cell identifiers and measuring area identifiers.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information may be predefined or configured by a network device.

It should be noted that "the measurement configuration information is predefined" may be understood as: the measurement configuration information is specified by the UE and the network equipment through a protocol, or the measurement configuration information is pre-configured for the UE by the network equipment.

For example, if the measurement information is the measurement frequency point 1, the UE may measure the measurement frequency point 1 for the target service function to obtain a measurement result; if the measurement information is a measurement cell identifier (e.g., measurement cell identifier 1), the UE may measure the measurement cell indicated by the measurement cell identifier 1 for the target service function, so as to obtain a measurement result.

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement method, and the UE can determine a target service function according to target information (the target information comprises service functions supported by the UE and/or service requirements of the UE), and measure the target service function according to measurement configuration information. After determining the target service function, the UE may directly perform measurement for the target service function according to the measurement configuration information, instead of performing measurement after receiving measurement indication information sent by the network device, that is, without the network device sending the measurement indication information, so that signaling overhead between the network device and the UE may be reduced.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information is configured by a network device. Referring to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 3, before step 202, the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include steps 301 and 302 described below.

Step 301, the network device sends measurement configuration information to the UE.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information is measurement information configured by a network device for at least one service function supported by the network device, where the measurement configuration information is used for a UE to measure a target service function, the target service function is a service function determined by the UE according to the target information, and the target information includes at least one of the following items: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

It should be noted that, for the description of the measurement configuration information and the at least one service function, reference may be made to the relevant description in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described here again.

Step 302, the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network device may configure the measurement information of at least one service function for the UE by sending the measurement configuration information to the UE, so that the UE may perform measurement according to the measurement configuration information configured by the network device when performing measurement for some service functions (for example, a target service function).

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 in combination with fig. 2, before step 202, the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include step 401 and step 402 described below.

Step 401, the network device sends system information to the UE.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the system information is used to indicate at least one service function supported by the network device.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the network device sends the system information in a broadcast form.

Step 402, the UE receives system information sent by the network device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 in combination with fig. 4, the step 202 may be specifically implemented by a step 202a described below.

Step 202a, if the UE determines that the network device supports the target service function according to the system information, the UE performs measurement for the target service function according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result.

It is to be understood that, after receiving the system information, the UE may determine whether to include a target service function in the at least one service function according to the at least one service function indicated by the system information, so as to determine whether to perform measurement for the target service function.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the UE determines that the network device does not support the target service function according to the system information, and the UE does not perform measurement for the target service function.

In the embodiment of the invention, the UE can determine whether the network equipment supports the target service function according to the system information so as to determine whether to measure aiming at the target service function.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 6, after the step 202, the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps 501 to 505.

Step 501, the UE sends first indication information to the network device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first indication information is used to indicate that the UE has performed measurement for a target service function.

Step 502, the network device receives first indication information sent by the UE.

Step 503, the network device sends the second indication information to the UE according to the first indication information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the second indication information is used to indicate the UE to send a measurement result, where the measurement result is a result obtained by the UE through measurement for a target service function.

In the embodiment of the invention, after receiving the first indication information sent by the UE, the network equipment can judge whether the UE is allowed to report the measurement result.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, if the network device allows the UE to report the measurement result, the network device may send the first indication information to the UE, and if the network device does not allow the UE to report the measurement result, the network device may send an indication information (for example, fourth indication information) to the UE, so as to indicate to the UE not to send the measurement result.

Step 504, the UE receives the second indication information sent by the network device, and sends the measurement result to the network device according to the second indication information.

Step 505, the network device receives the measurement result sent by the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the UE may send the measurement result to the network device in a connection process, a connection recovery (resume) process, or after being in a connected state.

In this implementation, after obtaining the measurement result, the UE may determine whether to report the measurement result according to an indication of the network device, so that the measurement result can be reported more accurately and flexibly.

Optionally, in another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 7, after the step 202, the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step 601 and step 602.

Step 601, the UE sends the measurement result to the network device.

It is to be understood that the UE may also send the measurement result to the network device directly without the indication of the network device after obtaining the measurement result.

Step 602, the network device receives the measurement result sent by the UE.

In this implementation, after obtaining the measurement result, the UE may directly send the measurement result to the network device, without sending indication information by the network device, so that signaling overhead between the network device and the UE may be saved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after step 505 or step 602, the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include step 701 described below.

Step 701, the network device determines whether to configure and/or activate a target service function for the UE according to the measurement result.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after step 504 or step 601, the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include step 801 and step 802 described below.

Step 801, the UE sends third indication information to the network device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the third indication information is used to indicate a type of the target service function.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when reporting the measurement result to the network device, the UE may send third indication information to the network device, so as to indicate the type of the measured target service function to the network device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the step 801 may be specifically implemented by the following step 801 a.

Step 801a, if the system information sent by the network device indicates that the network device supports the first service function, and the measurement information of the first service function is the same as the measurement information of the target service function, the UE sends third indication information to the network device.

For example, assuming that the first service function is a service function a and the target service function is a service function b, if the measurement information of the service function a and the measurement information of the service function b are the same, the UE may send third indication information to the network device to indicate the type of the service function b to the network device.

Step 802, the network device receives third indication information sent by the UE.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the UE may send the third indication information to the network device to indicate the type of the target service function to the network device, so that the network device may rapidly and accurately configure and/or activate the target service function for the UE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target service function may include a plurality of first service functions. After step 504 or step 601, the measurement method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include step 901 and step 902 described below.

Step 901, if the measurement information measured for at least two first service functions is the same, sending fifth indication information to the network device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the fifth indication information is used to indicate a type of a second service function, where the second service function is a service function corresponding to a service to be transmitted by the UE, the second service function is a service function of at least two first service functions, and the at least two first service functions are service functions of a plurality of first service functions.

For example, assuming that the target service function includes a service function a, a service function b, and a service function c, if the measurement information of the service function a and the service function c is the same, the UE may send fifth indication information to the network device, so as to indicate, to the network device, a type of the service function (e.g., the service function a) corresponding to the service to be transmitted by the UE.

Step 902, the network device receives fifth indication information sent by the UE.

In the embodiment of the present invention, under the condition that the measurement information of at least two first service functions in the target service function is the same, the UE may send fifth indication information to the network device, so as to indicate the type of the service function corresponding to the service to be transmitted by the UE to the network device, so that the network device may rapidly and accurately configure and/or activate the corresponding service function for the UE.

Fig. 8 shows a schematic diagram of a possible structure of a UE involved in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, a UE 80 provided in an embodiment of the present invention may include: a determination module 81 and a measurement module 82.

The determining module 81 is configured to determine a target service function according to target information, where the target information includes at least one of the following: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE. And the measuring module 82 is configured to measure the target service function determined by the determining module 81 according to the measurement configuration information, so as to obtain a measurement result.

In a possible implementation manner, with reference to fig. 8 and as shown in fig. 9, a UE 80 provided in an embodiment of the present invention may further include: and a receiving module 83. The receiving module 83 is configured to receive system information sent by the network device before the measuring module 82 measures the target service function according to the measurement configuration information, where the system information is used to indicate at least one service function supported by the network device.

In a possible implementation manner, the measurement module 82 is specifically configured to, if it is determined that the network device supports the target service function according to the system information, perform measurement for the target service function according to the measurement configuration information.

In a possible implementation manner, the at least one service function may be indicated by at least one bit, where one service function is indicated by one bit; alternatively, at least one traffic function may be indicated by a bitmap.

In a possible implementation manner, the measurement configuration information may include at least one of the following: measurement conditions and measurement information. Wherein the measurement condition may include at least one of: the method comprises the steps of measuring a threshold of a frequency point, presetting downlink channel quality, presetting a region identifier, presetting service attributes, presetting power allowance, presetting caching requirements, presetting UE types, presetting the number of antennas and presetting a time point. The measurement information may include at least one of: measuring frequency points, measuring bandwidth, measuring SMTC, measuring reference signals, measuring cell identification and measuring area identification.

In a possible implementation manner, the measurement configuration information may be predefined or configured by the network device.

In a possible implementation manner, with reference to fig. 8, as shown in fig. 10, a UE 80 provided in an embodiment of the present invention may further include: a sending module 84. The sending module 84 is configured to send, to the network device, first indication information after the measurement module 82 performs measurement for the target service function and obtains a measurement result, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the UE has performed measurement for the target service function; and sending the measurement result to the network equipment under the condition of receiving second indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the UE to send the measurement result.

In a possible implementation manner, with reference to fig. 8, as shown in fig. 10, a UE 80 provided in an embodiment of the present invention may further include: a sending module 84. The sending module 84 is configured to send the measurement result to the network device after the measurement module 82 measures the target service function to obtain the measurement result.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending module 84 is further configured to send third indication information to the network device, where the third indication information is used to indicate a type of the target service function.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending module 84 is specifically configured to send third indication information to the network device if the system information sent by the network device indicates that the network device supports the first service function, and the measurement information of the first service function is the same as the measurement information of the target service function.

The UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the UE in the foregoing method embodiments, and for avoiding repetition, detailed descriptions are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the invention provides the UE, and the UE can measure the target service function directly according to the measurement configuration information after determining the target service function, but not measure the target service function after receiving the measurement indication information sent by the network equipment, namely the UE does not need to send the measurement indication information, so that the signaling overhead between the network equipment and the UE can be reduced.

Fig. 11 shows a schematic diagram of a possible structure of a network device involved in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 11, a network device 90 provided in an embodiment of the present invention may include: a sending module 91.

The sending module 91 is configured to send measurement configuration information to the UE, where the measurement configuration information is measurement information configured by the network device for at least one service function supported by the network device, the measurement configuration information is used by the UE to measure a target service function, the target service function is a service function determined by the UE according to the target information, and the target information includes at least one of the following: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending module 91 is further configured to send system information to the UE, where the system information is used to indicate at least one service function.

In a possible implementation manner, referring to fig. 11, as shown in fig. 12, a network device 90 provided in an embodiment of the present invention may further include: a receiving module 92. The receiving module 92 is configured to receive first indication information sent by the UE after the sending module 91 sends the system information to the UE, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the UE has performed measurement for the target service function. The sending module 91 is further configured to send, according to the first indication information received by the receiving module 92, second indication information to the UE, where the second indication information is used to indicate the UE to send a measurement result, and the measurement result is a result obtained by the UE through measurement for a target service function.

In a possible implementation manner, referring to fig. 11, as shown in fig. 13, a network device 90 provided in an embodiment of the present invention may further include: a receiving module 92 and a determining module 93. The receiving module 92 is configured to receive a measurement result sent by the UE, where the measurement result is a result obtained by the UE through measurement for a target service function. A determining module 93, configured to determine whether to configure and/or activate the target service function for the UE according to the measurement result received by the receiving module 92.

In a possible implementation manner, the receiving module 92 is further configured to receive third indication information sent by the UE, where the third indication information is used to indicate a type of the target service function.

The network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the network device in the above method embodiments, and for avoiding repetition, detailed descriptions are not repeated here.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a network device, where the network device may send measurement configuration information to a UE, so that the UE may directly perform measurement for a target service function according to the measurement configuration information, instead of performing measurement after receiving measurement indication information sent by the network device, that is, without sending the measurement indication information by the network device, thereby reducing signaling overhead between the network device and the UE.

Fig. 14 shows a hardware schematic diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 14, the UE110 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 111, a network module 112, an audio output unit 113, an input unit 114, a sensor 115, a display unit 116, a user input unit 117, an interface unit 118, a memory 119, a processor 120, and a power supply 121.

It should be noted that, as those skilled in the art can understand, the UE structure shown in fig. 14 does not constitute a limitation of the UE, and the UE may include more or less components than those shown in fig. 14, or combine some components, or arrange different components. For example, 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 vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

Wherein, the processor 120 is configured to determine a target service function according to target information, where the target information includes at least one of the following: service functions supported by the UE and service requirements of the UE; and according to the measurement configuration information, measuring aiming at the target service function to obtain a measurement result.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 111 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message sending and receiving process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 120; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, radio frequency unit 111 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 111 may also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The UE provides the user with wireless broadband internet access through the network module 112, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media, and the like.

The audio output unit 113 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 111 or the network module 112 or stored in the memory 119 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 113 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the UE110 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 113 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 114 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit 114 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1141 and a microphone 1142, and the graphics processing unit 1141 processes image data of a still picture or a 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 116. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 1141 may be stored in the memory 119 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 111 or the network module 112. The microphone 1142 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 111 in case of the phone call mode.

The UE110 also includes at least one sensor 115, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel 1161 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel 1161 and/or the backlight when the UE110 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 UE attitude (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer attitude calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensors 115 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 116 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 116 may include a display panel 1161, and the display panel 1161 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 117 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. Specifically, the user input unit 117 includes a touch panel 1171 and other input devices 1172. Touch panel 1171, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near it (e.g., user operations on or near touch panel 1171 using a finger, stylus, or any suitable object or accessory). Touch panel 1171 can include two portions, 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 120, receives a command from the processor 120, and executes the command. In addition, the touch panel 1171 can be implemented by various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1171, the user input unit 117 may also include other input devices 1172. Specifically, the other input devices 1172 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a track ball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein.

Further, touch panel 1171 can be overlaid on display panel 1161, and when touch panel 1171 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch operation can be transmitted to processor 120 to determine the type of touch event, and then processor 120 can provide a corresponding visual output on display panel 1161 according to the type of touch event. Although in fig. 14, the touch panel 1171 and the display panel 1161 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the UE, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1171 and the display panel 1161 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the UE, and the implementation is not limited herein.

The interface unit 118 is an interface for connecting an external device to the UE 110. 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 118 may be used to receive input from external devices (e.g., data information, power, etc.) and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the UE110 or may be used to transmit data between the UE110 and external devices.

The memory 119 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 119 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage 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 119 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 120 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 operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 119, and calling data stored in the memory 119, thereby performing overall monitoring of the UE. Processor 120 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 120 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 120.

UE110 may also include a power supply 121 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and preferably, power supply 121 may be logically coupled to processor 120 via a power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system.

In addition, the UE110 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described herein again.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a UE, including a processor 120 as shown in fig. 14, a memory 119, and a computer program stored in the memory 119 and capable of running on the processor 120, where the computer program is executed by the processor 120 to implement the processes of the foregoing method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 120 shown in fig. 14, the computer program implements the processes of the method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

Fig. 15 shows a hardware schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 15, the network device 130 includes: a processor 131, a transceiver 132, a memory 133, a user interface 134, and a bus interface 135.

A transceiver 132, configured to send measurement configuration information to the UE, where the measurement configuration information is information of measurement configured by the network device for at least one service function supported by the network device, and the measurement configuration information is used by the UE to measure for a target service function, where the target service function is a service function determined by the UE according to the target information, and the target information includes at least one of: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

Among other things, the processor 131 may be responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the processor 131 may be used to read and execute programs in the memory 133 to implement processing functions and control of the network device 130. The memory 133 may store data used by the processor 131 in performing operations. The processor 131 and the memory 133 may be integrated or may be provided separately.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the network device 130 may further include: a computer program stored on the memory 133 and executable on the processor 131, which computer program, when executed by the processor 131, performs the steps of the method provided by the embodiments of the present invention.

In fig. 15, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors represented by processor 131 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 133 being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further in connection with embodiments of the present invention. The bus interface 135 provides an interface. The transceiver 132 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. For different UEs, the user interface 134 may also be an interface capable of interfacing externally to a desired device, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc.

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 131 shown in fig. 15, the computer program implements the processes of the method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, the computer program is not described herein again. The computer readable storage medium is, for example, ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or 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 solutions 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 according to the embodiments of the present invention.

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

Claims

1. A measurement method applied to User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

determining a target service function according to target information, wherein the target information comprises at least one of the following items: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE;

and according to the measurement configuration information, measuring the target service function to obtain a measurement result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the performing the measurement for the target service function according to the measurement configuration information, the method further comprises:

receiving system information sent by a network device, wherein the system information is used for indicating at least one service function supported by the network device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performing the measurement for the target service function according to the measurement configuration information comprises:

and if the network equipment supports the target service function according to the system information, measuring the target service function according to the measurement configuration information.

4. A method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that said at least one service function is indicated by at least one bit, wherein one service function is indicated by one bit;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the at least one traffic function is indicated by a bitmap.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises at least one of: measurement conditions and measurement information;

wherein the measurement conditions include at least one of: the method comprises the steps of measuring a threshold of a frequency point, presetting downlink channel quality, presetting a region identifier, presetting service attributes, presetting power allowance, presetting caching requirements, presetting UE types, presetting the number of antennas and presetting a time point;

the measurement information includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of measuring frequency points, measuring bandwidth, measuring synchronous broadcast signal block measurement timing SMTC, measuring reference signals, measuring cell identification and measuring area identification.

6. The method according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the measurement configuration information is predefined or network device configured.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein after the measurement is performed for the target service function and the measurement result is obtained, the method further comprises:

sending first indication information to a network device, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the UE has measured aiming at the target service function;

and sending the measurement result to the network equipment under the condition of receiving second indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the UE to send the measurement result.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein after the measurement is performed for the target service function and the measurement result is obtained, the method further comprises:

and sending the measurement result to the network equipment.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the method further comprises:

and sending third indication information to the network equipment, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating the type of the target service function.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the sending the third indication information to the network device comprises:

and if the system information sent by the network equipment indicates that the network equipment supports a first service function, and the measurement information of the first service function is the same as the measurement information of the target service function, sending the third indication information to the network equipment.

11. A measurement method applied to a network device is characterized by comprising the following steps:

sending measurement configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the measurement configuration information is measurement information configured by the network equipment for at least one service function supported by the network equipment, the measurement configuration information is used for the UE to measure for a target service function, the target service function is a service function determined by the UE according to the target information, and the target information comprises at least one of the following items: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

and sending system information to the UE, wherein the system information is used for indicating the at least one service function.

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the at least one service function is indicated by at least one bit, wherein one service function is indicated by one bit;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the at least one traffic function is indicated by a bitmap.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises at least one of: measurement conditions and measurement information;

15. The method of claim 12, wherein after sending system information to the UE, the method further comprises:

receiving first indication information sent by the UE, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the UE has measured aiming at a target service function;

and sending second indication information to the UE according to the first indication information, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the UE to send a measurement result, and the measurement result is a result obtained by the UE aiming at the target service function measurement.

16. The method according to claim 12 or 15, characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving a measurement result sent by the UE, wherein the measurement result is a result obtained by the UE aiming at the target service function;

and determining whether to configure and/or activate the target service function for the UE according to the measurement result.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

and receiving third indication information sent by the UE, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating the type of the target service function.

18. A User Equipment (UE), the UE comprising: a determination module and a measurement module;

the determining module is configured to determine a target service function according to target information, where the target information includes at least one of the following: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE;

and the measurement module is used for measuring the target service function determined by the determination module according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result.

19. A network device, characterized in that the network device comprises: a sending module;

the sending module is configured to send measurement configuration information to a user equipment UE, where the measurement configuration information is measurement information configured by the network device for at least one service function supported by the network device, the measurement configuration information is used by the UE to measure a target service function, the target service function is a service function determined by the UE according to target information, and the target information includes at least one of the following: the service functions supported by the UE and the service requirements of the UE.

20. A user equipment, UE, comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the measurement method according to any of claims 1 to 10.

21. A network device comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the measurement method according to any one of claims 11 to 17.

22. A communication system, characterized in that the communication system comprises a user equipment, UE, according to claim 18, and a network device according to claim 19; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the communication system comprises the UE of claim 20 and the network device of claim 21.

23. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 17.