CN111656813A

CN111656813A - Configuration measurement information transmission method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN111656813A
Application number: CN202080000683.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘洋
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-08
Filing date: 2020-04-08
Publication date: 2020-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-08
Also published as: CN111656813B; WO2021203309A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to a method and a device for transmitting measurement configuration information, communication equipment and a storage medium. The method for transmitting the measurement configuration information is applied to a base station and comprises the following steps: issuing measurement configuration information respectively aiming at first-class User Equipment (UE) and second-class UE; the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

Description

Configuration measurement information transmission method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, but not limited to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting measurement configuration information, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

Currently, the third Generation Partnership Project (3rd Generation Partnership Project,3GPP) has conducted research on a Reduced capability NR devices (Redcap) Project of communication protocol version (R) R17, which aims to reduce the complexity of UEs and save costs when coexisting with an R15 or R16 terminal.

However, the requirement on the network is high, because after the complexity of the terminal is reduced, the system coverage and the requirement on the system may need to be improved, the utilization rate of radio resources may be reduced, and in order to meet the requirement that the complexity of User Equipment (UE) is reduced and the influence on the network is reduced, the prior art needs to be optimized to some extent.

From an initial bandwidth perspective, the downstream and upstream are currently configured in the Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI). For a lightweight terminal, there may be two cases, one is common to downlink and enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) UEs configured in RMSI. Another is to change the configuration of the RMSI. If the configuration that the light terminal and the eMB UE share the same RMSI is adopted, how to ensure that both types of UE can successfully access the network and the access efficiency is higher is a problem to be further solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and a device for transmitting measurement configuration information, communication equipment and a storage medium.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting measurement configuration information, which is applied in a base station, and includes:

issuing measurement configuration information respectively aiming at first-class User Equipment (UE) and second-class UE;

the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting measurement configuration information, where the method, applied to a UE, includes:

receiving at least part of the measurement configuration information; the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a measurement configuration information transmission apparatus, where the measurement configuration information transmission apparatus is applied in a base station, and the measurement configuration information transmission apparatus includes:

the system comprises an issuing module, a receiving module and a processing module, wherein the issuing module is configured to issue measurement configuration information respectively aiming at first-class User Equipment (UE) and second-class UE;

A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a measurement configuration information transmission apparatus, where the measurement configuration information transmission apparatus is applied to a user equipment UE, and the apparatus includes:

a receiving module configured to receive at least part of the measurement configuration information; the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

A communication device provided in a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored on the memory and capable of being executed by the processor, where the processor executes the executable program to perform the method according to any of the technical solutions of the first aspect or the second aspect.

A sixth aspect of the disclosed embodiments provides a computer storage medium having an executable program stored thereon; the executable program, when executed by a processor, may implement the method as provided in any of the first or second aspects.

According to the scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the first type of UE and the second type of UE have mutually independent measurement configurations, that is, the measurement configurations of the first type of UE and the second type of UE are equivalent to be configured independently, so that the difference of the types of the first type of UE and the second type of UE can be fully considered, and the measurement configuration which is most suitable for the current scene can be configured for the first type of UE and the second type of UE independently according to the requirement. For example, for the case that the maximum bandwidths supported by the first type of UE and the second type of UE are different, the measurement configurations of the first type of UE and the second type of UE are independent from each other, so that the measurement configuration of the first type of UE can be determined, and the characteristics of low power consumption and low complexity of the first type of UE are fully utilized to realize low-power-consumption communication; and the characteristic that the second type UE supports large bandwidth is considered in the determination of the measurement configuration of the second type UE, so that high-speed access and low-delay communication are better realized.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of configuring measurement information transmission according to an example embodiment;

fig. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of configuring measurement information transmission according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of configuring measurement information transmission according to an example embodiment;

fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of configuring measurement information transmission according to an example embodiment;

fig. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of configuring measurement information transmission according to an example embodiment; (ii) a

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information transmission apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration information transmission apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a UE in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a base station according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of embodiments of the invention, as detailed in the following claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a cellular mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of UEs 11 and a number of base stations 12.

Among other things, the UE11 may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The UE11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and the UE11 may be internet of things UEs, such as sensor devices, mobile phones (or "cellular" phones), and computers with internet of things UEs, such as stationary, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted devices. For example, a Station (STA), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber Station (subscriber Station), a mobile Station (mobile), a remote Station (remote Station), an access point (ap), a remote UE (remote terminal), an access UE (access terminal), a user equipment (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), a user equipment (user device), or a user UE (user equipment, UE). Alternatively, the UE11 may be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the UE11 may be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a vehicle computer with a wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device externally connected to the vehicle computer. Alternatively, the UE11 may be a roadside device, such as a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside device with wireless communication capability.

The base station 12 may be a network side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) system, which is also called a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system can be a 5G system, which is also called a New Radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next-generation system of a 5G system. Among them, the Access Network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, New Generation Radio Access Network). Alternatively, an MTC system.

The base station 12 may be an evolved node b (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 12 may be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DU). A Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link layer Control Protocol (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer are provided in the central unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is disposed in the distribution unit, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation manner of the base station 12.

The base station 12 and the UE11 may establish a wireless connection over a wireless air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or the wireless air interface is based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between UEs 11. Scenarios such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure) communication, and V2P (vehicle to vehicle) communication in vehicle networking communication (V2X).

In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13.

Several base stations 12 are connected to a network management device 13, respectively. The network Management device 13 may be a Core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network Management device 13 may be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the Network management device may also be other core Network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), or the like. The implementation form of the network management device 13 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting measurement configuration information, where the method is applied in a base station, and the method includes:

s110: issuing measurement configuration information respectively aiming at first-class User Equipment (UE) and second-class UE;

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first type UE and the second type UE are different types of terminals. Here, the first type UE and the second type UE may be UEs sharing the same Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH).

In some embodiments, the first type of UE may be R17 terminals, while the second type of UE may be R16 terminals or R15 terminals. The first type of UE may be: light capability new wireless devices (Reduced capability NR devices), which may also be referred to as light UEs for short. The second class of UEs may include: an eMBB UE.

During application, the types of the first type UE and the second type UE can be distinguished by the Identity (ID) of the UE.

Here, the maximum bandwidth supported by the first type of UE is smaller than the maximum bandwidth supported by the second type of UE.

For example, the maximum bandwidth supported by the second type of UE may be 100Mhz, while the maximum bandwidth supported by the first type of UE is less than 100 Mhz. The maximum bandwidth supported by the first type of UE may be further divided into a plurality of sub-classes, for example, the maximum bandwidth in the first type of UE is a first sub-class of 40 Mhz; a second sub-class of the first class of UEs having a maximum bandwidth of 20 Mhz; and a third sub-class with a maximum bandwidth of 10Mhz in the first class of UE. Of course, the above subclassing is only an example, and in a specific implementation, the subclassing of the first type UE is not limited thereto, and may be set according to specific requirements.

Typical UEs of the first type include, but are not limited to: an industrial sensor, a monitoring device, a medical device, or a wearable device.

The first type of UE and the second type of UE have mutually independent measurement configuration, that is, the measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the measurement configuration of the second type of UE are equivalent to be configured independently, so that the measurement configuration which is most suitable for the current scene can be configured for the first type of UE and the second type of UE independently according to the requirement. In this case, the measurement configuration of the first type UE and the measurement configuration of the second type UE may be the same or different.

Due to the fact that the maximum bandwidths supported by the first type of UE and the second type of UE are different, when measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the second type of UE is conducted, the measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the measurement configuration of the second type of UE can be respectively determined according to the maximum bandwidths supported by the first type of UE and the second type of UE, and therefore the measurement configuration of the first type of UE can be determined, and low-power-consumption communication can be achieved by fully utilizing the characteristics of low power consumption and low complexity of the first type of UE; and the characteristic that the second type UE supports large bandwidth is considered in the determination of the measurement configuration of the second type UE, so that high-speed access and low-delay communication are better realized.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, for 5G networks, there are 5G networks with independent networking, and there are also 5G networks with dependent non-independent networking of 4G networks. Here, the applicable scenario that the measurement configuration of the first type UE is independent of the measurement configuration of the second type UE includes: independently networked 5G networks and non-independently networked 5G networks.

Considering the case of a non-independent networking 5G network, the association between a 4G network and a 5G network, the bandwidth of the 4G network being smaller than the bandwidth of the 5G network, and the maximum bandwidth supported by two types of UEs, for the non-independent networking 5G network, the first type of UE and the second type of UE may share one set of measurement configuration.

And the measurement configuration of the first type of UE is independent of the measurement configuration of the second type of UE, so that the characteristics of the independent networking 5G network can be better adapted to the large bandwidth supported by the second type of UE.

In some embodiments, the measurement configuration comprises: downlink measurement configuration and/or downlink measurement configuration.

The uplink measurement configuration is used for uplink measurement, and the uplink measurement comprises: a base station configures a transmission reference signal according to uplink measurement; the UE performs measurement of the reference signal. In a scenario that needs to be reported, the uplink measurement may further include: and when the reporting condition is met, the UE reports the uplink measurement result.

The downlink measurement configuration is used for downlink measurement, and the downlink measurement comprises: the UE sends an uplink reference signal, and the base station receives the uplink reference signal.

Of course, the measurement scenario of the measurement configuration is only exemplified here, and when the measurement scenario is implemented specifically, the measurement scenario is not limited to any one of the above embodiments.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the S110 may include:

s111: issuing the measurement configuration of the first type of UE through a first message structure;

s112: issuing the measurement configuration of the second type of UE through a second message structure;

wherein the second message structure is independent of the first message structure.

The measurement configuration Information may be issued through a System Information Block (SIB). The first message structure and the second message structure may be carried in the same system message block, respectively. For example, the first message structure and the second message structure may each correspond to one or more Information Elements (IEs). The information formats of the first message structure and the second message structure can be the same or different; specifically, the first message structure and the second message structure may be designed according to the information type and the information length of the measurement configuration information of the two types of UEs.

In one embodiment, the two message structures are independent of each other, and it is possible to carry the first message structure and the second message structure simultaneously in one SIB. For example, the first message structure and the second message structure are carried in the SIBn at the same time. n is a positive integer, and specific values include, but are not limited to, 1, 2, 3, or other values.

In other embodiments, the first message structure is carried in SIBm1, the second message structure is carried in SIBm2, and m1 and m2 have different values. I.e. the first message structure and the second message structure may be carried by different SIBs. At this time, the base station issues the SIBm1 carrying the first message structure for the first type of UE, and issues the SIBm2 carrying the second message structure for the second type of UE.

It should be noted that the first message structure and the second message structure may be both issued by one SIB, or may be issued by multiple SIBs, and in short, the first message structure and the second message structure are not limited to one SIB to carry the whole first message structure and the whole second message structure.

The measurement configuration information of the first type of UE and the measurement configuration information of the second type of UE are respectively issued through a first message structure and a second message structure which are independently arranged, so that the flexibility of the measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the flexibility of the measurement configuration of the second type of UE can be ensured to the maximum limit.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the S110 may include:

s113: using the same message structure to send down a first message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the first type of UE and send down a second message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the second type of UE; the second message content is independent of the first message content.

The measurement configuration information for the first type UE and the second type UE may be sent in the same message structure. The message structure may include one or more IEs. An IE may include one or more fields.

The measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the measurement configuration of the second type of UE may be partially the same and partially different, and the same message structure is used to carry the measurement configuration information for the two types of UEs, so that, for the same portion, it is not necessary to distinguish the first type of UE from the second type of UE, and it is good to use the same bit to carry. For different parts, different bits in the same structure are used for respectively indicating the measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the second type of UE, so that the signaling overhead can be reduced as much as possible.

The first message content and the second message content are independent of each other, and at least comprise:

at least part of the bits for indicating the measurement configuration of the first type of UE are different from the bits for indicating the measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

In some embodiments, the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type UE, and includes at least one of:

a measurement interval (gap) of the first type of UE different from a measurement interval of the second type of UE;

the measurement time of the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block of the first type of UE configures an SMTC parameter, which is different from the SMTC parameter of the second type of UE;

the measurement bandwidth of the first type of UE is different from the measurement bandwidth of the second type of UE;

the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE are different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE;

the measurement window length set of the first type of UE is different from the measurement window length set measured by the second type of UE; the set of measurement window lengths comprises at least one alternative length of a measurement window;

the threshold for reporting the measurement result by the first type of UE is different from the threshold for reporting the measurement result by the second type of UE.

The measurement interval is: the period of time for which the measurement is made. The larger the measurement interval, the longer the duration of the measurement. The measurement interval here can be considered as: the duration of a single measurement.

The first type of UE and the second type of UE correspond to different communication scenes. For example, the first type of UE has a weak communication capability, and a larger time domain gain may be needed to achieve more accurate measurement, so as to ensure the measurement effect of the first type of UE. The second type of UE has strong receiving capability and transmitting capability, and even if the time of the reference signal transmitted by the base station is short, the second type of UE can sensitively measure or have sufficient power to transmit the reference signal. In this case, since there is no need for a large time-domain gain, the measurement interval of the second type UE can be appropriately compressed in view of saving time-domain resources.

And the maximum bandwidth supported by the first type of UE is less than the maximum bandwidth supported by the second type of UE. In one aspect, it is ensured that the first type of UE can perform measurement, and the second type of UE can perform large bandwidth communication based on the measurement result, for example, the measurement bandwidth of the first type of UE may be smaller than the measurement bandwidth of the second type of UE. If the measurement bandwidths are different, the bandwidths for transmitting the reference signals are different.

The reference signals may be various cell-level reference signals including, but not limited to: synchronization signals and/or channel state information reference signals. The synchronization signals include, but are not limited to, primary synchronization signals and secondary synchronization signals.

For example, the reference signal is measured to obtain the measurement results of the reference signal such as the reference signal received quality, the reference signal received power, the signal-to-noise ratio, and the interference ratio.

If the UE carries out measurement, some measurement results need to be reported, and some measurement results do not need to be reported.

If the communication between the base station and the UE adopts beam communication, the index for selecting the optimal beam based on the beam measurement may not be reported when each UE performs beam scanning and determines the optimal beam on different carriers. It is to be understood that the present invention is only illustrative and not limited to the examples.

In some embodiments, the synchronization signal/Physical Broadcast Channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) parameters of the first type of UE are different from the SMTC parameters of the second type of UE, including:

the SMTC period of the first type of UE is different from the SMTC period of the second type of UE;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the SMTC system frame of the first type of UE is different from the SMTC system frame of the second type of UE.

For example, the SMTC period of the first type of UE may be the same as or different from the SMTC period of the second type of UE, e.g., the SMTC period of the first type of UE may be greater than the SMTC period of the second type of UE to match the communication characteristic that the first type of UE may be periodically dormant.

Of course, in other application scenarios, the SMTC period of the first type UE may be equal to or less than the SMTC period of the second type UE.

The SMTC system frame may be a system frame in which SS/PBCH is performed. Differences in the system frame may include: the length of the system frame is different, or the structure of the system frame is different.

The measurement window length set comprises alternative lengths of the measurement window, and a plurality of alternative lengths of the same measurement window length set can be called an equal ratio sequence; for example, the window length of the measurement window for the first type of UE may be: 5. 10, 20, 40, or 80, etc.

The threshold for reporting the measurement result may be referred to as a reporting threshold, and if the threshold is reached, reporting is performed.

Here, the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE, which are different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE, include:

the number of time-frequency resources of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE is less than that of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE;

and/or

The measurement period of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE is greater than the measurement period of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE.

For example, the number of time-frequency resources of the synchronization signal and/or the channel state information reference signal: refers to the number of time-frequency resources in a unit time. The number of time-frequency resources includes but is not limited to: the number of Resource Elements (REs) and/or the number of symbols, and the like.

A measurement period may be understood as the time interval between two adjacent measurements.

Considering that the communication frequency of the first type of UE may be lower than that of the second type of UE, the measurement period may be set to be greater than that of the second type of UE, so as to reduce the consumption of measurement resources and the overhead of measurement signaling of the system.

In some embodiments, the maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the first type of UE is greater than the maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the second type of UE.

For example, the maximum alternative length in the measurement window length set for a first type of UE may be 320, while the maximum alternative length in the measurement window length set for a second type of UE may be 160. If the candidate lengths in the measurement window length sets of the first type of UE and the second type of UE are equal in number, and if the maximum candidate length of the first type of UE is greater than the maximum candidate length of the second type of UE, the number of candidate lengths included in the measurement window length set of the first type of UE is greater than the number of candidate lengths in the measurement window combination of the second type of UE.

In some embodiments, the comparison result between the measurement result and the threshold is further used for the first type of UE to determine to perform random access in a two-step random access manner or a four-step random access manner.

For example, the selection threshold selected for the random access mode is also reused for the first type of UE as the reporting threshold whether the reporting condition is satisfied. If the measurement result shows that the channel quality of the current channel state is greater than the threshold, which indicates that the channel quality is good and the resources of the communication system are sufficient, a two-step random access mode is selected for rapid random access, and random access delay caused by competitive random access is reduced.

For another example, if the current channel condition is not good, many UEs may want to access or be caused by communication, at this time, the channel quality indicated by the measurement result may be equal to or less than the threshold, and at this time, in order to ensure fairness of communication opportunities, a four-step random access manner is preferentially adopted for random access.

In some embodiments, the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information, independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, includes:

and the CSI-RS measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is opposite to the CSI-RS measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

The aforementioned reference signals include, but are not limited to, CSI-RS.

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting measurement configuration information, where the method, applied to a user equipment UE, includes:

s210: receiving at least part of the measurement configuration information; the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

The method for transmitting measurement configuration information provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is applied to the UE, and in the embodiment of the disclosure, the UE receives at least part of the measurement configuration information issued by the base station.

The UE currently receiving the measurement configuration information may be a first type UE or a second type UE.

In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the measurement configuration of the second type of UE are issued using different signaling messages through independent message structures, the first type of UE may only receive measurement configuration information indicating the measurement configuration of the first type of UE according to the issue configuration of the signaling message of the base station; and the second type of UE may also receive only measurement configuration information indicating the measurement configuration of the second type of UE according to the issued configuration of the psychology function message of the base station.

In other embodiments, if the measurement configuration information of the first type UE and the second type UE is sent by the base station together, the measurement configuration information indicating the measurement configuration of the first type UE and the measurement configuration information indicating the measurement configuration of the second type UE may be received at the same time no matter whether the currently received UE is the first type UE or the second type UE.

In short, the measurement configuration information received by the current UE is at least part of the measurement configuration information issued by the base station; and the base station issues all measurement configuration information aiming at the first type UE and the second type UE, and the measurement configuration information indicates the measurement configuration of the first type UE and indicates the measurement configuration of the second type UE. However, the measurement configurations received from the base station for the first type UE and the second type UE are independent from each other, so the measurement configuration of the first type UE and the measurement configuration of the second type UE may be the same, partially the same, or all different; whether the measurement configuration of the first type UE is the same as or the same as the measurement configuration of the second type UE may be referred to specifically according to a specific communication scenario and a communication quality requirement.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include: receiving measurement configuration information of the first type of UE through a first message structure;

receiving measurement configuration information of the second type of UE through a second message structure;

The second message structure and the first message structure are independent of each other, and may specifically include: the message formats are different. For example, the first message structure and the second message structure may each include: one or more IEs. The one or more IEs include one or more fields, and the content carried in each field is the measurement configuration of the corresponding type of UE.

In some embodiments, the message structure comprises:

receiving a first message content carrying the measurement configuration of the first type of UE and receiving a second message content carrying the measurement configuration of the second type of UE by using the same message structure;

the second message content is independent of the first message content.

The signaling overhead issued by the base station is reduced, and the measurement configuration of the first type of UE and the measurement configuration of the second type of UE are carried by the same message structure, but the message contents of the same message structure are independent.

In some embodiments, the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information, independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, includes at least one of:

the measurement interval of the first type of UE is different from the measurement interval of the second type of UE;

Here, the description of the measurement interval, the SMTC parameter, the measurement bandwidth, the configuration parameter of the reference signal, the measurement window length set, and the threshold may refer to the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here. In some embodiments, the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration, SMTC, parameters of the first class of UEs, different from the SMTC parameters of the second class of UEs, comprise:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

Here, the description of the SMTC period and the SMTC system frame can refer to the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

In some embodiments, the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE, different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE, include:

and/or

Here, the description of the number of time-frequency resources and the measurement period can be referred to the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, for the first class of UEs, the method further comprises:

s300: measuring according to the measurement configuration of the first type of UE to obtain a measurement result;

s310: responding to the measuring result to be larger than the threshold, and performing random access by adopting a two-step random access mode;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

s320: and responding to the measuring result smaller than or equal to the threshold, and performing random access by adopting a four-step random access mode.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the comparison result between the measurement result and the threshold is further used for the UE to select the random access mode. The two-step random access mode involves transmission of a random access message a and a random access message B during the random access process. The four-step random access mode involves transmission of random access messages 1 to 4 in the random access process.

Here, the aforementioned reference signal for measurement is a CSI-RS, but is not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement configuration information transmission apparatus, applied in a base station, including:

an issuing module 410 configured to issue measurement configuration information for a first type of user equipment UE and a second type of UE, respectively;

In some embodiments, the issuing module 410 may be a program module; after being executed by the processor, the program module can realize the issue of the measurement configuration information of the first type UE and the second type UE.

In some embodiments, the issuing module 410 may be a soft-hard combining module; the soft and hard combination module includes but is not limited to a complex programmable array or a field programmable array.

In still other embodiments, the issuing module 410 may be a pure hardware module; including but not limited to application specific integrated circuits.

In some embodiments, the issuing module 410 is configured to issue the measurement configuration of the first type of UE through a first message structure; issuing the measurement configuration of the second type of UE through a second message structure;

In some embodiments, the issuing module 410 is configured to issue, by using the same message structure, a first message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the first type of UE, and issue a second message content of the measurement configuration information of the second type of UE;

the second message content is independent of the first message content.

In some embodiments, the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration, SMTC, parameters of the first class of UEs, different from the SMTC parameters of the second class of UEs, comprise:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and/or

As shown in fig. 8, the present embodiment provides a measurement configuration information transmission apparatus, where the measurement configuration information transmission apparatus is applied in a user equipment UE, and the measurement configuration information transmission apparatus includes:

a receiving module 510 configured to receive at least part of the measurement configuration information; the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE.

In some embodiments, the receiving module 510 may be a program module; the program modules, when executed by a processor, are capable of receiving at least a portion of measurement configuration information for the first type of UE and the second type of UE.

In some embodiments, the issuing module may be a software and hardware combination module; the soft and hard combination module includes but is not limited to a complex programmable array or a field programmable array.

In still other embodiments, the issuing module may be a pure hardware module; including but not limited to application specific integrated circuits.

In some embodiments, the receiving module 510 is configured to receive measurement configuration information of the first type of UE through a first message structure; receiving measurement configuration information of the second type of UE through a second message structure;

In some embodiments, the message structure comprises:

the second message content is independent of the first message content.

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and/or

In some embodiments, for the first class of UE, the method further comprises:

responding to the measurement result obtained based on the measurement configuration measurement is larger than the threshold, and performing random access by adopting a two-step random access mode;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and responding to the measuring result smaller than or equal to the threshold, and performing random access by adopting a four-step random access mode.

One specific example is provided below in connection with any of the embodiments described above:

because the terminal properties of Redcap UEs (i.e., UEs of the first type) and eMBB UEs (UEs of the second type) are different, the communication requirements are also different. Configuring a separate measurement control message structure or independent contents in the structure for the Redcap UE;

sending a message structure measured in the RRC configuration message;

further, the measurement interval (Gap) requirement can be relaxed;

for content individual configuration in the measurement configuration structure, such as measurement cycle (cycle);

configuring an independent reference signal (CSI-RS) for RedcapUE, and configuring CSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobilty in a corresponding message structure; the information of the measurement bandwidth, the density and the like of the CSI-RS is required to be configured for Redcap alone. The STMC period configured for the Redcap UE independently configures the Redcap UE independently, and even defines a new value { currently an geometric series value of 5-160 }, such as 320. The geometric sequence may be: 5. 10, 20, 40, 80 … ….

And a measurement threshold value configured separately for the Redcap UE, such as a reporting threshold value (threshold value is also referred to as threshold) of the CSI-RS and/or a measurement threshold value. For example, if the measurement thresholds for measuring CSI-RS by the first type of UE are different, the first type of UE starts to measure the reference signals of other connections when detecting that the signal quality of the current connection is lower than the measurement threshold.

For the first type of UE, for example, the measurement result of the SSB RSRP and the threshold are used in the judgment of the two-step random access, for example, the two-step random access is initiated only when the measurement result is higher than the threshold, otherwise, the four-step random access is initiated. Then the configuration of this measurement threshold, eMBB and Redcap UE, may have different configuration requirements. For example, the threshold for Redcap UE is higher than the threshold for eMBB.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which includes a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored on the memory and capable of being executed by the processor, where the processor executes a control channel detection method applied to a UE provided in any of the foregoing technical solutions when executing the executable program, or executes a measurement configuration information transmission method applied to a base station provided in any of the foregoing technical solutions.

The communication device may be the aforementioned base station or UE.

The processor may include, among other things, various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media capable of continuing to remember the information stored thereon after a power loss to the communication device. Here, the communication apparatus includes a base station or a user equipment.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like for reading an executable program stored on the memory, e.g. at least one of the methods as shown in fig. 2 to 6.

The disclosed embodiments provide a computer storage medium having an executable program stored therein; the executable program, when executed by a processor, is capable of implementing the method of any of the aspects of the first or second aspects, for example, at least one of the methods shown in fig. 2 to 6.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a ue (ue)800 according to an example embodiment. For example, the UE800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a gaming console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, and so forth.

Referring to fig. 9, a UE800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the UE800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing components 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the UE 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power components 806 provide power to the various components of UE 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the UE 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the UE800 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the UE800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the UE 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect an open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the UE800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in the position of the UE800 or a component of the UE800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE800, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the UE800, and a change in the temperature of the UE 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between the UE800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The UE800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the UE800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the UE800 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 may be provided as a network side device. Referring to fig. 10, base station 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and memory resources, represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, e.g., applications, that are executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the base station, e.g., the methods shown in fig. 2-3.

The base station 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The base station 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932 such as Windows Server (TM), Mac OSXTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A measurement configuration information transmission method is applied to a base station and comprises the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the issuing measurement configuration information for the first type of UE and the second type of UE, respectively, comprises:

issuing the measurement configuration of the first type of UE through a first message structure;

issuing the measurement configuration of the second type of UE through a second message structure;

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the issuing measurement configuration information for a first type of User Equipment (UE) and a second type of UE, respectively, comprises:

using the same message structure to send down a first message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the first type of UE and send down a second message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the second type of UE;

the second message content is independent of the first message content.

4. The method according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information, independently of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, comprises at least one of:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) parameters of the first class of UEs, different from the SMTC parameters of the second class of UEs, comprise:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE are different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE, and the method comprises:

and/or

7. The method of claim 4, wherein a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the first type of UE is greater than a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the second type of UE.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the comparison result between the measurement result and the threshold is further used for the first type of UE to determine whether to perform random access in a two-step random access manner or a four-step random access count manner.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, including:

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

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving at least partial measurement configuration information comprises:

receiving measurement configuration information of the first type of UE through a first message structure;

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the message structure comprises:

the second message content is independent of the first message content.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE and comprises at least one of:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) parameters of the first class of UEs, different from the SMTC parameters of the second class of UEs, comprise:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE, different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE, comprise:

and/or

16. The method of claim 14, wherein a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the first type of UE is greater than a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the second type of UE.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein for the first class of UEs, the method further comprises:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

18. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information, independently of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, comprises:

19. A measurement configuration information transmission device, applied in a base station, comprises:

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the issuing module is configured to issue the measurement configuration of the first type of UE through a first message structure; issuing the measurement configuration of the second type of UE through a second message structure;

21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the issuing module is configured to issue a first message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the first type of UE and issue a second message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the second type of UE, using a same message structure;

the second message content is independent of the first message content.

22. The apparatus according to any of claims 19 to 21, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information, independently of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, comprises at least one of:

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) parameters of the first class of UEs, different from the SMTC parameters of the second class of UEs, comprise:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE, different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE, comprise:

and/or

25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the first type of UE is greater than a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the second type of UE.

26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the comparison result between the measurement result and the threshold is further used for the first type of UE to determine whether to perform random access in a two-step random access manner or a four-step random access counting manner.

27. The method according to any of claims 19 to 26, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information, independently of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, comprises:

28. A measurement configuration information transmission device, applied in a User Equipment (UE), comprises:

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the receiving module is configured to receive measurement configuration information of the first type of UE through a first message structure; receiving measurement configuration information of the second type of UE through a second message structure;

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the message structure comprises:

the second message content is independent of the first message content.

31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration for the first class of UEs indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration for the second class of UEs and comprises at least one of:

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) parameters of the first class of UEs, different from the SMTC parameters of the second class of UEs, comprise:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE, different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE, comprise:

and/or

34. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the first type of UE is greater than a maximum candidate length included in the measurement window length set of the second type of UE.

35. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein for the first class of UEs, the method further comprises:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

36. The method according to any of claims 28 to 35, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first type of UE indicated by the measurement configuration information, independently of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second type of UE, comprises:

37. A communication device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored on the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the executable program, performs a method as provided in any of claims 1 to 9 or 10 to 18.

38. A computer storage medium storing an executable program; the executable program, when executed by a processor, is capable of implementing a method as provided in any one of claims 1 to 9 or 10 to 18.