CN111601348B

CN111601348B - Information reporting and acquiring method, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111601348B
Application number: CN201910591452.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张艳霞; 吴昱民
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-19
Filing date: 2019-06-19
Publication date: 2022-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-19
Also published as: WO2020253744A1; CN111601348A

Abstract

The invention provides an information reporting and acquiring method, a terminal and network side equipment, and relates to the technical field of communication. The information reporting method is applied to the terminal and comprises the following steps: sending reference signal information of a target cell to network side equipment; wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal. According to the scheme, the reference signal information of the target cell is sent to the network side equipment, so that the network side equipment can acquire the reference signal information of the adjacent cell/adjacent frequency point, the network side equipment can provide relevant configuration so that the terminal can detect the reference signal of the cell, and the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced.

Description

Information reporting and acquiring method, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information reporting method, an information acquiring method, a terminal, and a network device.

Background

In a non-independent non-public network deployment scenario, a specific User Equipment (UE, also called a terminal) can only access a specific cell to obtain a service (for example, the UE in an industrial scenario can only access an access group cell to which the UE belongs in a non-public network), and a network side needs to perform measurement configuration on the cell so as to facilitate subsequent mobility management (for example, handover). In some scenarios (for example, a non-public network (NPN) cell is newly deployed), the network side may not know the reference signal information of the neighboring cell/neighboring frequency point, and therefore, cannot provide relevant configuration to facilitate the UE to detect the reference signal of the cell, thereby increasing power consumption of the UE.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide an information reporting and acquiring method, a terminal, and a network side device, so as to solve the problem that in some existing scenarios, a network side cannot know reference signal information of an adjacent cell/an adjacent frequency point, and cannot provide relevant configuration to facilitate UE to detect a reference signal of a cell, thereby increasing power consumption of UE.

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

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information reporting method, applied to a terminal, including:

sending reference signal information of a target cell to network side equipment;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information obtaining method, applied to a network side device, including:

receiving reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

the first sending module is used for sending the reference signal information of the target cell to the network side equipment;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including: the information reporting method comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program which is stored on the memory and can run on the processor, wherein the computer program realizes the steps of the information reporting method when being executed by the processor.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device, including:

the first receiving module is used for receiving reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device, including: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program implementing the steps of the information acquisition method described above when executed by the processor.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention 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 a processor, the steps of the information reporting method or the steps of the information acquiring method are implemented.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the scheme, the reference signal information of the target cell is sent to the network side equipment, so that the network side equipment can acquire the reference signal information of the adjacent cell/adjacent frequency point, the network side equipment can provide relevant configuration so that the terminal can detect the reference signal of the cell, and the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a detailed flowchart of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a second detailed flowchart of the information reporting method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an information acquisition method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 6 shows a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

In making the description of the embodiments of the present invention, some concepts used in the following description will first be explained.

The non-public network (NPN) can adopt two modes of independent deployment and non-independent deployment when deployed, wherein the independent deployment is independent of the public network, under the deployment mode, the public network and the non-public network adopt different network identification information, the identification information can be broadcasted in a system message, and the UE can judge whether a cell broadcasting the identification information belongs to the public network or the non-public network based on the identification information. For the non-independent deployment mode, the method needs to depend on a public network; in this deployment, a Closed Access Group (CAG) concept is used to facilitate UE access to a particular cell. For example, when the UE subscribes to the NPN service, the core network may indicate the CAG to which the UE belongs, and subsequently, the UE may determine whether the cell providing the identification information can be accessed through a CAG identifier (provided by a broadcast message) provided by the network side.

In the existing protocol, in order to perform mobility management in a connected state, a network side needs to provide measurement configuration (such as a frequency point that needs to be measured) for a UE to perform relevant measurement. In a non-independent deployment scenario, a specific UE can only obtain services through a specific cell (for example, a UE device served by a non-public network can only obtain services through an access group cell to which the UE device belongs in the non-public network), and in some scenarios, a network side does not know reference signal information of an adjacent cell/adjacent frequency point, and cannot provide related configuration so that the UE can detect a reference signal of the cell, which may result in power consumption increase of the UE.

The embodiment of the invention provides an information reporting and acquiring method, a terminal and network side equipment aiming at the problems.

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information reporting method, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

step 101, sending reference signal information of a target cell to network side equipment;

it should be noted that the target cell includes: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

Specifically, the neighboring cell includes: at least one of other cells belonging to the same frequency as the serving cell of the terminal and other cells belonging to different frequencies from the serving cell of the terminal.

Further, the reference signal information includes at least one of:

a11, subcarrier spacing information of the reference signal of the target cell;

a12, frequency point information of the reference signal of the target cell;

a13, time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell;

specifically, the time domain location information includes at least one of:

a131, a transmission period of the reference signal in a time domain;

a132, offset of the reference signal in a time domain;

a133, the time length occupied by the reference signal in each period;

it should be noted that the terminal may feed back only the transmission period of the reference signal of the target cell and the time length occupied in each period, or may feed back the transmission period of the reference signal of the target cell, the offset, and the time length occupied in each period at the same time.

It should be noted that, through the feedback of the at least one type of information, it can be ensured that the network side device can acquire the specific reference signal information, and can perform relevant configuration for the terminal according to the specific information, so as to reduce the power consumption of the terminal as much as possible.

The following specifically describes embodiments of the present invention from two different implementation perspectives.

Firstly, the terminal directly reports the reference signal information

In this case, the specific implementation manner of step 101 is:

reporting the measurement result to network side equipment;

wherein the measurement result carries the reference signal information of the target cell.

It should be noted that, because the measurement result is obtained by reporting the measurement result by using the identification information of the cell, that is, one identification information corresponds to one measurement result, when the measurement result is used to carry reference signal information, only a reference signal information item needs to be correspondingly added under the identification information, and specifically, the cell identification information may be a cell identification (cell ID), a Physical Cell Identification (PCI), or a Cell Global Identification (CGI).

For example, the terminal reports the measurement result of the cell 1, and when the reference signal information item is also provided for the cell 1, it indicates that the terminal reports the reference signal information of the cell 1.

It should be noted that, the reference signal information of the target cell is directly carried in the measurement result, which can assist the network side device to obtain the relevant reference signal information when obtaining the measurement result, and shorten the time for the network side device to obtain the reference signal information.

Optionally, the measurement result further carries indication information of whether the target cell is an access group member cell of the terminal.

It should be noted that the access group member cell refers to a cell belonging to the same closed access group as the closed access group to which the terminal belongs (that is, if the closed access group to which the terminal belongs includes a closed access group to which a certain cell belongs, the cell is an access group member cell of the terminal), and the closed access group to which the terminal belongs is configured on the network side, for example, the network side configures that the terminal belongs to closed access groups CAG1 and CAG2, cell 1 belongs to closed access group CAG1, and cell 2 belongs to closed access group CAG3, so that cell 1 is referred to as an access group member cell of the terminal, and cell 2 does not belong to an access group member cell of the terminal.

Specifically, the terminal may carry the indication information in a 1-bit manner in the measurement result, for example, when the 1 bit is 0, the indication information indicates that the target cell is the access group member cell of the terminal, and when the 1 bit is 1, the indication information indicates that the target cell is not the access group member cell of the terminal; or, when the 1 bit is 0, the indication information indicates that the target cell is not the access group member cell of the terminal, and when the 1 bit is 1, the indication information indicates that the target cell is the access group member cell of the terminal.

For example, the terminal reports the measurement result of the cell 1 and the reference signal information of the cell 1, and simultaneously uses 1 bit to carry indication information of whether the cell 1 is an access group member cell of the terminal, and the value of the 1 bit indication information is 1, which indicates that the cell 1 is the access group member cell of the terminal.

It should be noted that, by feeding back the indication information indicating whether the target cell is the access group member cell of the terminal, the network side device may be assisted to quickly determine whether the target cell is the access group member cell of the terminal, and the network side device may be assisted to perform subsequent processing better.

It should be further noted that, before step 101, the information reporting method according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes one of the following implementation manners:

firstly, measuring reference signal information of a target cell according to configuration information sent by network side equipment;

in this case, the network side device needs to configure configuration information for the terminal, where the configuration information is used to instruct to perform measurement on reference signal information of the target cell, and the terminal performs measurement on the reference signal information of the target cell according to the configuration information after receiving the configuration information; it should be noted that the configuration information may be carried in a measurement configuration message sent by the network side device, or may be sent independently of the measurement configuration message; further, when the configuration information may be carried in a measurement configuration message sent by the network side device, since the measurement configuration message carries a reference signal, cells for the reference signal that can be acquired by the terminal in the system message are all target cells; when the configuration information is independent of the measurement configuration message, the configuration information may further carry at least one of reference signal information, cell identification information, and frequency point identification information, so as to explicitly indicate which cells the terminal needs to use as target cells.

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

b11, reading indication information of the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the target cell;

for example, the terminal is instructed by 1 bit to measure the subcarrier spacing of the reference signal of a specific cell.

B12, reading the indication information of the frequency point where the reference signal of the target cell is located;

for example, 1 bit indicates the frequency point where the terminal measures the reference signal of a specific cell.

B13, reading indication information of time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell;

for example, the terminal is instructed by 1 bit to measure the time domain location information of the reference signal of a specific cell.

It should be noted that, the content in the configuration information configured by the network side device corresponds to the reference signal information reported by the terminal, that is, if the configuration information includes: reading indication information of a subcarrier interval of a reference signal of a target cell, wherein the reference signal information reported by the terminal comprises the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the target cell; if the configuration information includes: reading indication information of a frequency point where a reference signal of a target cell is located, wherein the reference signal information reported by the terminal comprises the frequency point where the reference signal of the target cell is located; if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell, wherein the reference signal information reported by the terminal comprises the time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell; if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the target cell and the indication information of the frequency point where the reference signal of the target cell is located, wherein the reference signal information reported by the terminal comprises the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the target cell and the frequency point where the reference signal of the target cell is located; if the configuration information includes: reading indication information of a frequency point where a reference signal of a target cell is located and indication information of time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell, wherein the reference signal information reported by a terminal comprises the frequency point where the reference signal of the target cell is located and the time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell; if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the target cell, reading the indication information of the frequency point where the reference signal of the target cell is located, and reading the indication information of the time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell, wherein the reference signal information reported by the terminal comprises the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the target cell, the frequency point where the reference signal of the target cell is located, and the time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell.

Receiving a measurement configuration message sent by network side equipment, determining a cell which does not carry reference signal information in the measurement configuration message as a target cell, and measuring the reference signal information of the target cell;

it should be noted that, in this case, when the network side device performs measurement configuration, if the network side device does not carry reference signal information of the target cell, the network side device implicitly indicates that the terminal needs to perform measurement on the reference signal information of the target cell, specifically, the measurement configuration message may include identification information of cells and reference signal information corresponding to the cells, and if some cells do not have reference signal information, the terminal determines the cells as the target cells. After the terminal measures the reference signal information of the target cell, the relevant reference signal information is reported to the network side equipment through the measurement result.

It should be noted that, by performing the measurement of the reference signal information, it can be ensured that the terminal can acquire accurate reference signal information.

As shown in fig. 2, the specific implementation flow in this case is specifically:

step 201, a network side device sends a measurement configuration message to a terminal;

specifically, the measurement configuration message carries configuration information of reference signal information of a measurement target cell, and the terminal performs measurement of the reference signal information of the target cell according to the configuration information; it should be noted that, if some cells in the measurement configuration message sent by the network side device do not include reference signal information, it indicates that the terminal needs to perform measurement on the reference signal information of these cells.

Step 202, after the terminal finishes the measurement, sending the measurement result carrying the reference signal information of the target cell to the network side equipment;

further, after receiving the measurement result, the network side device may store the reference signal information of the target cell reported by the terminal.

Secondly, the terminal reports the reference signal information according to the request of the network side equipment

In this case, the specific implementation manner of step 101 is:

receiving a request message sent by network side equipment, wherein the request message carries identification information of a target cell, and sending reference signal information of the target cell to the network side equipment according to the request message.

In this case, the terminal does not directly send the reference signal information of the target cell to the network side device, but sends a request message to the terminal when the network side device needs to acquire the reference signal information of the target cell, where the request message is used to request to acquire the reference signal information of the target cell, and the terminal performs feedback of the reference signal information of the corresponding cell according to the request message sent by the network side device and according to the identification information of the cell in the request message.

It should be noted that, by feeding back the reference signal information of the target cell according to the request of the network side device, it can be ensured that the feedback of the reference signal information meets the use requirement of the network side device.

Further, before receiving the request message sent by the network side device, the method further includes:

reporting the measurement result to network side equipment;

wherein the measurement result carries indication information of reference signal information of the first cell.

It should be noted that, because the measurement result is obtained by reporting the measurement result by using the identification information of the cell, that is, one identification information corresponds to one measurement result, when the measurement result is utilized to carry the indication information of the reference signal information of the first cell, only an indication information item of the reference signal information needs to be correspondingly added under the identification information, specifically, the cell identification information may be directly a cell identification (cell ID), a Physical Cell Identification (PCI), or a Cell Global Identification (CGI).

For example, the terminal reports the measurement result of the cell 2, and when the indication information item of the reference signal information also exists in the cell 2, it indicates that the terminal reports the indication information of the reference signal information of the cell 1.

It should be noted that the indication information is an availability indication of the reference signal information of the first cell, that is, the indication indicates that the network side device terminal has acquired the reference signal information of the first cell, and the availability indication generally uses 1 bit for indication, which can save signaling overhead.

Specifically, the indication information of the reference signal information of the first cell is used for indicating at least one of the following:

c11, indicating the subcarrier spacing of the reference signal of the first cell;

for example, the subcarrier spacing at which the terminal has acquired the reference signal of a specific cell is indicated by 1 bit.

C12, indicating that frequency point information where the reference signal of the first cell is located exists;

for example, 1 bit indicates the frequency point where the terminal has acquired the reference signal of a specific cell.

C13, time domain position information indicating the existence of the reference signal of the first cell;

for example, it is indicated by 1 bit that the terminal has acquired the time domain location information of the reference signal of the specific cell.

Further, the measurement result also carries: indication information of whether the first cell is an access group member cell of the terminal.

Specifically, the terminal may carry the indication information in a 1-bit manner in the measurement result, for example, when the 1 bit is 0, the indication information indicates that the first cell is the indication information of the access group member cell of the terminal, and when the 1 bit is 1, the indication information indicates that the first cell is not the indication information of the access group member cell of the terminal; or, the 1 bit indicates the indication information that the first cell is not the access group member cell of the terminal when the 1 bit is 0, and the 1 bit indicates the indication information that the first cell is the access group member cell of the terminal when the 1 bit is 1.

For example, the terminal reports the measurement result of the cell 1 and the indication information of the reference signal information of the cell 1, and simultaneously carries the indication information of whether the cell 1 is the access group member cell of the terminal by using 1 bit, and the value of the 1 bit indication information is 1, which indicates that the cell 1 is the access group member cell of the terminal.

It should be noted that, by feeding back the indication information indicating whether the first cell is the access group member cell of the terminal, the network side device may be assisted to quickly determine whether the first cell is the access group member cell of the terminal, and the network side device may be assisted to perform subsequent processing better.

firstly, measuring reference signal information of a first cell according to configuration information sent by network side equipment;

in this case, the network side device needs to configure configuration information for the terminal, where the configuration information is used to instruct to perform measurement on the reference signal information of the first cell, and the terminal performs measurement on the reference signal information of the first cell according to the configuration information after receiving the configuration information; it should be noted that the configuration information may be carried in a measurement configuration message sent by the network side device, or may be sent independently of the measurement configuration message; further, when the configuration information may be carried in a measurement configuration message sent by the network side device, since the measurement configuration message carries a reference signal, cells for the reference signal that can be acquired by the terminal in the system message are all first cells; when the configuration information is independent of the measurement configuration message, the configuration information may further carry at least one of reference signal information, cell identification information, and frequency point identification information, so as to explicitly indicate which cells the terminal needs to use as the first cell.

It should be noted that, in this case, the network side device needs to configure configuration information for the terminal, and the terminal performs measurement of the reference signal information of the first cell according to the configuration information, specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

c21, reading indication information of the subcarrier spacing of the reference signal of the first cell;

C22, reading the indication information of the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell is located;

C23, reading indication information of time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell;

It should be noted that, the content in the configuration information configured by the network side device corresponds to the indication information of the reference signal information reported by the terminal, that is, if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the first cell, and indicating that the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the first cell exists in the reference signal information reported by the terminal; if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell is located, and indicating that the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell is located exists in the reference signal information reported by the terminal; if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell, and indicating that the time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell exists in the reference signal information reported by the terminal; if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the first cell and the indication information of the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell is located, and then indicating that the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the first cell exists and indicating that the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell exists are contained in the reference signal information reported by the terminal; if the configuration information includes: reading indication information of a frequency point where a reference signal of a first cell is located and indication information of time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell, and indicating that the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell is located and the time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell are located in the reference signal information reported by the terminal; if the configuration information includes: reading the indication information of the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the first cell, reading the indication information of the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell is located, and reading the indication information of the time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell, and then indicating that the subcarrier interval of the reference signal of the first cell exists, indicating that the frequency point where the reference signal of the first cell is located and indicating that the time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell exists in the reference signal information reported by the terminal.

Receiving a measurement configuration message sent by network side equipment, determining a cell which does not carry reference signal information in the measurement configuration message as a first cell, and measuring the reference signal information of the first cell;

it should be noted that, in this case, when the network side device performs measurement configuration, if the network side device does not carry reference signal information of the first cell, the network side device implicitly indicates that the terminal needs to perform measurement on the reference signal information of the first cell, specifically, identification information of cells and reference signal information corresponding to the cells may exist in the measurement configuration message, and if some cells do not have reference signal information, the terminal determines the cells as the first cell. After the terminal measures the reference signal information of the first cell, the terminal reports the relevant reference signal information to the network side equipment through the measurement result.

As shown in fig. 3, the specific implementation flow in this case is specifically:

step 301, a network side device sends a measurement configuration message to a terminal;

specifically, the measurement configuration message carries configuration information for measuring reference signal information of the first cell, and the terminal performs measurement of the reference signal information of the first cell according to the configuration information; it should be noted that, if some cells in the measurement configuration message sent by the network side device do not include reference signal information, it indicates that the terminal needs to perform measurement on the reference signal information of these cells.

Step 302, after the terminal finishes the measurement, the terminal sends the measurement result carrying the reference signal information of the first cell to the network side device;

it should be noted that, when reporting, the terminal does not directly report the reference signal information of the first cell, but first sends the indication information of the reference signal information of the first cell to the network side device, and sets, to the network side, the indication that the terminal has acquired the reference signal information of the first cell.

Step 303, after receiving the measurement result, the network side device sends a request message for acquiring reference signal information to the terminal when the reference signal information of the relevant cell needs to be acquired;

it should be noted that, in order to explicitly indicate which cells the terminal needs to send the reference signal information, the request message usually carries the identification information of the cells;

and step 304, the terminal reports the reference signal information of the cell requested to be acquired by the network side equipment to the network side equipment.

It should be noted that, if the network side device cannot provide the relevant measurement configuration to the terminal without knowing the reference signal information of the neighboring cell/neighboring frequency point, after the terminal acquires the reference signal information from the neighboring cell/neighboring frequency point, the terminal may report the reference signal information to the network side device through the measurement report or indicate the network side device that it has the available reference signal information of the neighboring cell/neighboring frequency point, so that the network side device can provide the relevant configuration to facilitate the terminal to detect the reference signal of the cell, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal, and further facilitating the subsequent measurement configuration and mobility management of the network side device.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an information obtaining method, which is applied to a network device, and includes:

step 401, receiving reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

Specifically, the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell.

Optionally, the receiving the reference signal information of the target cell sent by the terminal includes:

receiving a measurement result reported by a terminal, and acquiring reference signal information of the target cell from the measurement result;

Further, the measurement result also carries: and indication information of whether the target cell is an access group member cell of the terminal.

Optionally, before the measurement result reported by the receiving terminal, the method further includes:

sending configuration information to a terminal;

wherein the configuration information is used for indicating to measure the reference signal information of the target cell.

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

reading indication information of a subcarrier interval of a reference signal of a target cell;

reading indication information of a frequency point where a reference signal of a target cell is located;

and reading indication information of time domain position information of the reference signal of the target cell.

sending a request message to a terminal, wherein the request message carries identification information of a target cell;

receiving reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

the request message is used for requesting to acquire the reference signal information of the target cell.

Further, before the sending the request message to the terminal, the method further includes:

receiving a measurement result reported by a terminal;

a subcarrier spacing indicating the presence of a reference signal of the first cell;

indicating that frequency point information of the reference signal of the first cell exists;

time domain location information indicating the presence of a reference signal of the first cell.

sending configuration information to a terminal;

wherein the configuration information is used for indicating to measure the reference signal information of the first cell.

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

reading indication information of a subcarrier interval of a reference signal of a first cell;

reading indication information of a frequency point where a reference signal of a first cell is located;

and reading indication information of time domain position information of the reference signal of the first cell.

Specifically, the time domain location information includes at least one of:

a transmission period of a reference signal in a time domain;

an offset of the reference signal in the time domain;

the length of time the reference signal occupies in each period.

It should be noted that all descriptions about the network-side device in the above embodiments are applicable to the embodiment of the information obtaining method, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal 500, including:

a first sending module 501, configured to send reference signal information of a target cell to a network side device;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

Specifically, the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell.

Optionally, the first sending module 501 is configured to:

reporting the measurement result to network side equipment;

Optionally, before the first sending module 501 reports the measurement result to the network side device, the method further includes:

a first measurement module, configured to perform measurement of reference signal information of a target cell according to configuration information sent by a network side device, where the configuration information is used to instruct to perform measurement of the reference signal information of the target cell; or

Receiving a measurement configuration message sent by a network side device, determining a cell which does not carry reference signal information in the measurement configuration message as a target cell, and measuring the reference signal information of the target cell.

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

Optionally, the first sending module 501 includes:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a request message sent by a network side device, where the request message carries identification information of a target cell;

a first sending unit, configured to send reference signal information of the target cell to the network side device according to the request message;

Further, before the first receiving unit receives the request message sent by the network side device, the method further includes:

the reporting module is used for reporting the measurement result to the network side equipment;

Optionally, before the reporting module reports the measurement result to the network side device, the method further includes:

a second measurement module, configured to perform measurement of reference signal information of the first cell according to configuration information sent by a network side device, where the configuration information is used to instruct to perform measurement of the reference signal information of the first cell; or

And receiving a measurement configuration message sent by network side equipment, and measuring the reference signal information of the first cell when the cell which does not carry the reference signal information in the measurement configuration message is determined as the first cell.

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

Specifically, the time domain location information includes at least one of:

a transmission period of a reference signal in a time domain;

an offset of the reference signal in the time domain;

the length of time the reference signal occupies in each period.

It should be noted that the terminal embodiment is a terminal corresponding to the information reporting method applied to the terminal, and all implementation manners of the above embodiments are applicable to the terminal embodiment, and can also achieve the same technical effect as the terminal embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal 60 includes but is not limited to: radio unit 610, network module 620, audio output unit 630, input unit 640, sensor 650, display unit 660, user input unit 670, interface unit 680, memory 690, processor 611, and power supply 612. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal configuration shown in fig. 6 is not intended to be limiting, and that the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal 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.

The radio frequency unit 610 is configured to send reference signal information of a target cell to a network side device;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

The terminal of the embodiment of the invention can ensure that the network side equipment can acquire the reference signal information of the adjacent cell/adjacent frequency point by sending the reference signal information of the target cell to the network side equipment, so that the network side equipment can provide relevant configuration to facilitate the terminal to detect the reference signal of the cell, and further reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 610 may be configured to receive and transmit signals during a message transmission and reception process or a call process, and specifically, receive downlink data from a network-side device and then process the received downlink data in the processor 611; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the network side equipment. In general, radio unit 610 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 unit 610 may also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides the user with wireless broadband internet access through the network module 620, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 630 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 610 or the network module 620 or stored in the memory 690 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 630 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 60 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 630 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 640 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input Unit 640 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 641 and a microphone 642, and the Graphics processor 641 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing apparatus (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 660. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 641 may be stored in the memory 690 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 610 or the network module 620. The microphone 642 may receive sounds and may be capable of processing such sounds into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication network side device via the radio frequency unit 610 in case of the phone call mode.

The terminal 60 also includes at least one sensor 650, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel 661 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel 661 and/or a backlight when the terminal 60 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 terminal posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensor 650 may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, etc., which will not be described in detail herein.

The display unit 660 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 660 may include a Display panel 661, and the Display panel 661 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 670 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 670 includes a touch panel 671 and other input devices 672. The touch panel 671, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 671 (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 671 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 671 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 611, and receives and executes commands sent from the processor 611. In addition, the touch panel 671 can be implemented by various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 671, the user input unit 670 may also include other input devices 672. In particular, the other input devices 672 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 again.

Further, the touch panel 671 may be overlaid on the display panel 661, and when the touch panel 671 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 671, the touch panel 671 transmits to the processor 611 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 611 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 661 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 671 and the display panel 661 are shown as two separate components in fig. 6 to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 671 and the display panel 661 can be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, which is not limited herein.

The interface unit 680 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 60. 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 680 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal 60 or may be used to transmit data between the terminal 60 and an external device.

The memory 690 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 690 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 690 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 611 is a control center of the terminal, connects various parts of the entire terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 690 and calling data stored in the memory 690, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal. Processor 611 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 611 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 processor 611.

The terminal 60 may further include a power supply 612 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and preferably, the power supply 612 may be logically connected to the processor 611 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions through the power management system.

In addition, the terminal 60 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and will not be described in detail herein.

Preferably, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor 611, a memory 690, and a computer program stored in the memory 690 and capable of running on the processor 611, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 611, implements each process of the embodiment of the data processing method applied to the terminal side, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described herein to avoid repetition.

The 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 a processor, the computer program implements each process of the embodiment of the data processing method applied to the terminal side, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device 700, including:

a first receiving module 701, configured to receive reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

Specifically, the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell.

Optionally, the first receiving module 701 is configured to:

Optionally, before the first receiving module 701 receives the measurement result reported by the terminal, the method further includes:

the second sending module is used for sending the configuration information to the terminal;

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

Optionally, the first receiving module 701 includes:

a second sending unit, configured to send a request message to a terminal, where the request message carries identification information of a target cell;

a second receiving unit, configured to receive reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

Optionally, before the second sending unit sends the request message to the terminal, the method further includes:

the second receiving module is used for receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal;

Optionally, before the measurement result receiving module receives the measurement result reported by the terminal, the method further includes:

the third sending module is used for sending the configuration information to the terminal;

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

Specifically, the time domain location information includes at least one of:

a transmission period of a reference signal in a time domain;

an offset of the reference signal in the time domain;

the length of time the reference signal occupies in each period.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, including: the information acquisition method applied to the network side device comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program which is stored in the memory and can run on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, each process in the embodiment of the information acquisition method applied to the network side device is realized, the same technical effect can be achieved, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated.

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 a processor, the computer program implements each process in the above-mentioned information acquisition method embodiment applied to a network-side device, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

Fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which can implement details of the information obtaining method described above and achieve the same effect. As shown in fig. 8, the network-side device 800 includes: a processor 801, a transceiver 802, a memory 803, and a bus interface, wherein:

a processor 801 for reading the program in the memory 803, and executing the following processes:

receiving reference signal information of a target cell transmitted by a terminal through a transceiver 802;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal.

In FIG. 8, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by the processor 801, and various circuits, represented by the memory 803, 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 herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 802 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.

Specifically, the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell.

Optionally, the processor 801 is configured to read the reference signal information of the target cell sent by the receiving terminal in the memory 803, and execute the following procedures:

receiving a measurement result reported by a terminal through a transceiver 802, and acquiring reference signal information of the target cell from the measurement result;

Optionally, the processor 801 is configured to read the program in the memory 803, and further perform the following processes:

sending configuration information to the terminal via the transceiver 802;

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

sending a request message to a terminal through a transceiver 802, wherein the request message carries identification information of a target cell;

receiving a measurement result reported by a terminal through a transceiver 802;

sending configuration information to the terminal via the transceiver 802;

Specifically, the configuration information includes at least one of:

Specifically, the time domain location information includes at least one of:

a transmission period of a reference signal in a time domain;

an offset of the reference signal in the time domain;

the length of time the reference signal occupies in each period.

The network side device may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in Global System for mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved Node B (evolved Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, a relay Station or Access point, or a Base Station in a future 5G network, and the like, which is not limited herein.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

Claims

1. An information reporting method is applied to a terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal;

wherein the neighbor cell comprises: at least one of other cells belonging to the same frequency as the serving cell of the terminal and other cells belonging to different frequencies from the serving cell of the terminal;

the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell;

wherein, the sending the reference signal information of the target cell to the network side device includes:

receiving a request message sent by network side equipment, wherein the request message carries identification information of a target cell;

sending the reference signal information of the target cell to network side equipment according to the request message;

the request message is used for requesting to acquire reference signal information of a target cell;

before the receiving the request message sent by the network side device, the method further includes:

reporting the measurement result to network side equipment;

2. The information reporting method of claim 1, wherein the sending the reference signal information of the target cell to the network side device comprises:

reporting the measurement result to network side equipment;

3. The information reporting method of claim 2, wherein the measurement result further carries: and indication information of whether the target cell is an access group member cell of the terminal.

4. The information reporting method according to claim 2, wherein before reporting the measurement result to the network side device, the method further comprises:

measuring reference signal information of a target cell according to configuration information sent by network side equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating the measurement of the reference signal information of the target cell; or

5. The information reporting method of claim 4, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

6. The information reporting method of claim 1, wherein the indication information of the reference signal information of the first cell is used to indicate at least one of the following:

7. The information reporting method of claim 1, wherein the measurement result further carries: indication information of whether the first cell is an access group member cell of the terminal.

8. The information reporting method according to claim 1, wherein before reporting the measurement result to the network side device, the method further comprises:

according to configuration information sent by network side equipment, measuring reference signal information of a first cell, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating the measurement of the reference signal information of the first cell; or

9. The information reporting method of claim 8, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

10. The information reporting method of claim 1, 5, 6 or 9, wherein the time domain location information includes at least one of:

a transmission period of a reference signal in a time domain;

an offset of the reference signal in the time domain;

the length of time the reference signal occupies in each period.

11. An information acquisition method is applied to network side equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal;

the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell;

the receiving of the reference signal information of the target cell sent by the terminal includes:

receiving reference signal information of a target cell sent by a terminal;

before the sending the request message to the terminal, the method further includes:

receiving a measurement result reported by a terminal;

12. The information acquisition method according to claim 11, wherein the reference signal information of the target cell sent by the receiving terminal includes:

13. The information acquisition method according to claim 12, wherein the measurement result further carries: and indication information of whether the target cell is an access group member cell of the terminal.

14. The information acquisition method according to claim 12, wherein before the measurement result reported by the receiving terminal, the method further comprises:

sending configuration information to a terminal;

15. The information acquisition method according to claim 14, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:

16. The information acquisition method according to claim 11, wherein the indication information of the reference signal information of the first cell is used to indicate at least one of:

17. The information acquisition method according to claim 16, wherein the measurement result further carries: indication information of whether the first cell is an access group member cell of the terminal.

18. The information acquisition method according to claim 11, wherein before the measurement result reported by the receiving terminal, the method further comprises:

sending configuration information to a terminal;

19. The information acquisition method according to claim 18, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:

20. The information acquisition method according to claim 11, 15, 16 or 19, wherein the time domain position information includes at least one of:

a transmission period of a reference signal in a time domain;

an offset of the reference signal in the time domain;

the length of time the reference signal occupies in each period.

21. A terminal, comprising:

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal;

the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell;

wherein the first sending module comprises:

before the first receiving unit receives the request message sent by the network side device, the method further includes:

22. A terminal, comprising: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the information reporting method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

23. A network-side device, comprising:

wherein the target cell comprises: a neighbor cell of the terminal;

the reference signal information includes at least one of:

subcarrier spacing information of a reference signal of a target cell;

frequency point information of a reference signal of a target cell;

time domain location information of a reference signal of a target cell;

wherein the first receiving module comprises:

before the second sending unit sends the request message to the terminal, the method further includes:

24. A network-side device, comprising: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which computer program, when executed by the processor, carries out the steps of the information acquisition method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

25. A computer-readable storage medium, having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the steps of the information reporting method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 or the steps of the information acquiring method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.