CN111656813B

CN111656813B - Configuration measurement information transmission method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN111656813B
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: 2023-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-08
Also published as: WO2021203309A1; CN111656813A

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to a measurement configuration information transmission method and device, communication equipment and storage medium. The measurement configuration information transmission method applied to the base station 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, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for transmitting measurement configuration information, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

The third generation partnership project (3rd Generation Partnership Project,3GPP) is currently conducting a light-weight terminal (Reduced capability NR devices, redcap) project study of the communication protocol version (Release, R) R17, with the goal of reducing the complexity and cost of the UE in the event of coexistence with the R15 or R16 terminals.

However, the network requirements are very high, and after the complexity of the terminal is reduced, the system coverage and the requirements on the system may be improved, and the radio resource utilization rate may be reduced, so that 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 a certain extent.

Currently, from an initial bandwidth perspective, downstream and upstream are configured in the remaining minimum system messages (Remained Minimum System Information, RMSI). There may be two scenarios for lightweight terminals, one is downlink and enhanced mobile broadband (Enhance Mobile Broadband, eMBB) UE generic configured in RMSI. Another is to change the configuration of RMSI. If the configuration that the light terminal and the eMBB UE share the same RMSI is adopted, how to ensure that both types of UEs can successfully access the network and have faster access efficiency is a problem to be further solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to a measurement configuration information transmission method and device, communication equipment and storage medium.

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement configuration information transmission method, which is applied to 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 measurement configuration information transmission method, where the measurement configuration information transmission method is applied to a UE and includes:

Receiving at least part of the measurement configuration information; the measurement configuration information indicates the reference signal measurement configuration of the first-class UE and is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second-class UE.

A measurement configuration information transmission device provided in a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, and includes:

the transmitting module is configured to transmit measurement configuration information respectively aiming at the first type of User Equipment (UE) and the second type of UE;

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

a receiving module configured to receive at least part of the measurement configuration information; the measurement configuration information indicates the reference signal measurement configuration of the first-class UE and is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second-class UE.

A communication device according to a fifth aspect of the embodiments 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 method according to any of the claims of the first aspect or the second aspect when the executable program is executed by the processor.

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium storing an executable program; the executable program, when executed by a processor, is capable of implementing the method as provided in any of the technical solutions of the first or second aspect.

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of transmitting configuration measurement information according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of transmitting configuration measurement information according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of transmitting configuration measurement information according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of transmitting configuration measurement information according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of transmitting configuration measurement information according to an exemplary embodiment; the method comprises the steps of carrying out a first treatment on the surface of the

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a configuration information transmission apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a configuration information transmission apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a UE shown according to an example embodiment;

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a base station according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to 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 aspects of embodiments of the invention as detailed in the accompanying claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure 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 or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the 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 "at … …" or "responsive 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 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.

Wherein 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 (Radio Access Network, RAN), and the UE11 may be an internet of things UE such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with an internet of things UE, for example, a fixed, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted device. Such as a Station (STA), subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber Station (subscriber Station), mobile Station (mobile Station), mobile Station (mobile), remote Station (remote Station), access point, remote UE (remote terminal), access UE (access terminal), user terminal, user agent (user agent), user device (user equipment), or user UE (UE). Alternatively, the UE11 may be an unmanned aerial vehicle device. Alternatively, the UE11 may be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a laptop with a wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device externally connected to the laptop. Alternatively, the UE11 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside devices having a wireless communication function.

The base station 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. Wherein the wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th generation mobile communication,4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a New Radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. Among them, the access network in the 5G system may be called NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, new Generation radio access network). Or, an MTC system.

Wherein the base station 12 may be an evolved base station (eNB) employed in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 12 may be a base station (gNB) in a 5G system employing a centralized and distributed architecture. When the base station 12 employs a centralized and distributed architecture, it typically includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, and a medium access control (Media Access Control, MAC) layer is provided in the centralized unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is provided in the distribution unit, and the specific implementation of the base station 12 is not limited by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

A radio connection may be established between the base station 12 and the UE11 over a radio air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard-based wireless air interface; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface 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-based technology standard of a next generation mobile communication network.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between UEs 11. Such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle) communications, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure, vehicle-to-road side equipment) communications, and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian, vehicle-to-person) communications among internet of vehicles communications (vehicle to everything, V2X).

In some embodiments, the above wireless communication system may further comprise 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 (Mobility Management Entity, MME) in an evolved packet core network (Evolved Packet Core, EPC). Alternatively, the network management device may be other core network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a public data network GateWay (Public Data Network GateWay, PGW), a policy and charging rules function (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF) or a home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), etc. The embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the implementation form of the network management device 13.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement configuration information transmission method, which is applied to a base station and 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. The first type of UE and the second type of UE herein may be UEs sharing the same physical broadcast channel (Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH).

In some embodiments, the first type of UE may be an R17 terminal and the second type of UE may be an R16 terminal or an R15 terminal. The first type of UE may be: light-capability new wireless device (Reduced capability NR devices) the light-capability new wireless device may also be referred to as a light-capability UE. The second class of UEs may include: an eMBB UE.

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

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 100Mhz. The maximum bandwidth supported by the first class of UEs can be further divided into a plurality of subclasses, for example, a first subclass with a maximum bandwidth of 40Mhz in the first class of UEs; a second subclass of the first class of UEs having a maximum bandwidth of 20 Mhz; and a third subclass of the first class of UE with a maximum bandwidth of 10 Mhz. Of course, the above subclass division is only an example, and in a specific implementation, the subclass division of the first class 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: industrial sensors, monitoring devices, medical devices, or wearable devices.

The first type UE and the second type UE have independent measurement configuration, namely, the measurement configuration of the first type UE and the second type UE is configured independently, so that the measurement configuration which is most suitable for the current scene can be configured for the first type UE and the second type 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.

Because the maximum bandwidths supported by the first type UE and the second type UE are different, when the measurement configuration of the first type UE and the second type UE is carried out, the measurement configuration of the first type UE and the second type UE can be respectively determined according to the maximum bandwidths supported by the first type UE and the second type UE, so that the measurement configuration of the first type UE can be determined, the characteristics of low power consumption and low complexity of the first type UE are fully utilized, and the low power consumption communication is realized; and the measurement configuration of the second-class UE is determined by considering the characteristic that the second-class UE supports large bandwidth, so that high-rate access and low-delay communication can be better realized.

In the disclosed embodiments, for 5G networks, 5G networks with independent networking, as well as 5G networks with dependent 4G networks, are also contemplated. Here, applicable scenarios where the measurement configuration of the first class of UEs is independent of the measurement configuration of the second class of UEs include: an independently networked 5G network and a non-independently networked 5G network.

Considering the situation that the 5G network is not independently networking, the association between the 4G network and the 5G network, the bandwidth of the 4G network is smaller than the bandwidth of the 5G network and the maximum bandwidth supported by two types of UE, the first type of UE and the second type of UE can share a set of measurement configuration for the 5G network which is not independently networking.

And the measurement configuration of the first type UE is independent of the measurement configuration of the second type UE, and the 5G network which is suitable for independent networking can enable the large bandwidth supported by the second type UE to be better adapted to the characteristics of the 5G network which is suitable for independent networking.

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 transmits a reference signal according to uplink measurement configuration; the UE performs measurement of the reference signal. In the scenario that needs to be reported, the uplink measurement may further include: and when the reporting condition is met, the UE reports the result of the uplink measurement.

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

Of course, the measurement scenario of the measurement configuration is merely an example, and the specific implementation is not limited to any one of the above embodiments.

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

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

s112: issuing measurement configuration of the second-class 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 by a system message block (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 (Information Element, IE). 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 respectively designed according to the information types and the information lengths 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 at the same time 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, and the second message structure is carried in SIBm2, where the values of m1 and m2 are different. I.e. the first message structure and the second message structure may be carried by different SIBs. At this time, the base station may issue SIBm1 with the first message structure for the first type UE, and issue SIBm2 with the second message structure for the second type UE.

It should be noted that the first message structure and the second message structure may be issued by one SIB, or may be issued by a plurality of SIBs, and are not limited to one SIB in any way to carry the entire first message structure and the second message structure.

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

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

s113: using the same message structure, issuing a first message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the first type UE, and issuing a second message content of the measurement configuration information of the second type 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 UE and the second type UE may have a part of the same and a part of the same, and the measurement configuration information for the two types of UEs is carried by using the same message structure, so that the same bit is used for carrying without distinguishing the first type UE and the second type UE for the same part. For different parts, different bits in the same structure are used to indicate measurement configurations of the first type of UE and the second type of UE respectively, so that signaling overhead can be reduced as much as possible.

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

at least part of the bits used to indicate the measurement configuration of the first class of UEs are different from the bits used to indicate the measurement configuration of the second class of UEs.

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 synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration SMTC parameter of the first class of UEs is different from the SMTC parameter of the second class of UEs;

the measurement bandwidth of the first class of UEs is different from the measurement bandwidth of the second class of UEs;

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

the measurement window length set of the first-class UE is different from the measurement window length set measured by the second-class UE; the set of measurement window lengths includes at least one candidate length of a measurement window;

the threshold of the first class of UE reporting the measurement result is different from the threshold of the second class of UE reporting the measurement result.

The measurement interval is as follows: the time period during 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: duration of a single measurement.

Since the first class of UEs and the second class of UEs correspond to different communication scenarios. For example, the communication capability of the first type UE is weak, and a larger time domain gain may be required to achieve more accurate measurement, so as to ensure the measurement effect of the first type UE. The second type UE has strong receiving capability and transmitting capability, and even if the time of the reference signal issued by the base station is short, the second type UE can measure the reference signal sensitively or has enough power to transmit the reference signal. At this time, more time domain gain is not required, so that the measurement interval of the second type UE can be properly compressed in consideration of saving time-frequency domain resources.

And the maximum bandwidth supported by the first type of UE is smaller than the maximum bandwidth supported by the second type of UE. On the one hand, the first type of UE can be ensured to be capable of measuring, the second type of UE can realize large-bandwidth communication based on the measurement result, and the measurement bandwidth of the first type of UE can be smaller than that of the second type of UE. The bandwidths of the measurement are different, and the bandwidths of the transmitted reference signals are different.

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

For example, the reference signal is measured to obtain the measurement results of the reference signal receiving quality, the reference signal receiving power, the signal to noise ratio, the interference ratio and the like of the reference signal.

If the UE performs 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, when each UE performs beam scanning and determines the optimal beam on different carriers, the index of the selected optimal beam obtained based on beam measurement may not need to be reported. Of course, this is merely illustrative and is not particularly limited to this example.

In some embodiments, the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (synchronizing signal, SS/Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH block measurement timing configuration, SMTC) parameters of the first class of UEs are different from SMTC parameters of the second class of UEs, comprising:

the SMTC period of the first class of UEs is different from the SMTC period of the second class of UEs;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the SMTC system frames of the first class of UEs are different from the SMTC system frames of the second class of UEs.

For example, the SMTC period of the first type of UE may be the same or different than 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 accommodate the communication characteristics 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. The differences in system frames may include: the length of the system frames is different or the structure of the system frames is different.

The length set of the measurement window comprises alternative lengths of the measurement window, and a plurality of alternative lengths of the same length set of the measurement window can be called as an equal ratio array; for example, the window length of the measurement window of the first class of UEs 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 reporting threshold is reached, reporting.

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

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

and/or

And the measurement period of the reference signals measured by the first-class UE is longer than that of the reference signals measured by the second-class 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 per 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, etc.

A measurement period is understood to be 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 that consumption of measurement resources and overhead of measurement signaling of the system may be reduced.

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

For example, the maximum alternative length in the measurement window length set of the first class of UEs may be 320, while the maximum alternative length in the measurement window length set of the second class of UEs may be 160. If the length of the candidate in the measurement window length set of the first class of UE and the second class of UE is formed by the equal ratio number, if the maximum candidate length of the first class of UE is larger than the maximum candidate length of the second class of UE, the number of the candidate lengths contained in the measurement window length set of the first class of UE is larger than the number of the candidate lengths in the measurement window combination of the second class of UE.

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

For example, the reporting threshold, which is the reporting condition, is also multiplexed with a selection threshold selected for the random access mode for the first UE. If the measurement result shows that the channel quality of the current channel state is larger than the threshold, the channel quality is good, and the resources of the communication system are enough, a two-step random access mode is selected for quick random access, and the random access delay caused by competing 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, and at this time, the channel quality indicated by the measurement result may be equal to or smaller than the threshold, and at this time, in order to ensure fairness of the communication opportunity, a four-step random access method is preferably used for random access.

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, comprising:

and the measurement configuration information indicates the channel condition information reference signal (CSI-RS) measurement configuration of the first-class UE, and the CSI-RS measurement configuration of the second-class UE is opposite to the measurement configuration of the first-class 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 measurement configuration information transmission method, which is applied to a UE and includes:

s210: receiving at least part of the measurement configuration information; the measurement configuration information indicates the reference signal measurement configuration of the first-class UE and is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second-class UE.

The measurement configuration information transmission method 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 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 UE and the measurement configuration of the second type UE are issued by separate message structures and using different signaling messages, the first type UE may only receive measurement configuration information indicating the measurement configuration of the first type UE according to the issuing configuration of the signaling message of the base station; and the second class UE may also receive only measurement configuration information indicating measurement configuration of the second class UE according to the configuration issued by the signaling message of the base station.

In other embodiments, if the measurement configuration information of the first type UE and the second type UE are issued together by the base station, 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 are received simultaneously, regardless of 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 measurement configuration information issued by the base station; and all measurement configuration information for the first type UE and the second type UE, which is issued by the base station, indicates measurement configuration of the first type UE and measurement configuration information indicating 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 of each other, so that 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 of UE and the measurement configuration of the second type of UE are the same or the same degree can be pertinently related according to specific communication scene and communication quality requirements.

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

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

The second message structure and the first message structure are independent from 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 content carried in each field is a measurement configuration of the UE of the corresponding type.

In some embodiments, the message structure comprises:

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

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

In the reduction of signaling overhead under the base station, the measurement configuration for the first type of UE and the measurement configuration for the second type of UE are carried by the same message structure, but the message contents of the same message structure are independent from each other.

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, including 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;

The related description of the measurement interval, SMTC parameter, measurement bandwidth, configuration parameter of reference signal, set of measurement window lengths and threshold may be referred to the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here. In some embodiments, the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration SMTC parameter for the first class of UEs is different from the SMTC parameter for the second class of UEs, comprising:

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

The SMTC period and the associated description of SMTC system frames are referred to in the previous embodiments and will not be repeated here.

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

and/or

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

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, for the first type UE, the method further includes:

S300: measuring according to the measurement configuration of the first type UE to obtain a measurement result;

s310: responding to the measurement result being larger than the threshold, adopting a two-step random access mode to carry out random access;

or alternatively, the process may be performed,

s320: and responding to the measurement result being smaller than or equal to the threshold, and adopting a four-step random access mode to carry out random access.

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

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

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

a transmitting module 410 configured to transmit measurement configuration information for the first type of user equipment UE and the 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 issuing of 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 combined module; the soft and hard combined module comprises, 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; the pure hardware modules include, but are 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 UE through a first message structure; issuing measurement configuration of the second-class UE through a second message structure;

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

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 parameter for the first class of UEs is different from the SMTC parameter for the second class of UEs, comprising:

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

and/or

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

a receiving module 510 configured to receive at least part of the measurement configuration information; the measurement configuration information indicates the reference signal measurement configuration of the first-class UE and is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second-class UE.

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

In some embodiments, the issuing module may be a soft-hard combining module; the soft and hard combined module comprises, 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; the pure hardware modules include, but are 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 UE through a first message structure; receiving measurement configuration information of the second-class 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 number of the groups of groups,

and/or

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

in response to the measurement result obtained based on the measurement configuration measurement being greater than the threshold, performing random access in a two-step random access mode;

or alternatively, the process may be performed,

and responding to the measurement result being smaller than or equal to the threshold, and adopting a four-step random access mode to carry out random access.

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

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

The message structure measured in the RRC configuration message is sent;

further, the requirements of the measurement Gap (Gap) can be relaxed;

configuring separately for the content in the measurement configuration structure, such as a measurement cycle (cycle);

configuring an independent reference signal (CSI-RS) for the Redcapue, and configuring the independent reference signal (CSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobility) in a corresponding message structure; the measurement bandwidth, density, etc. of the CSI-RS should be configured separately for the Redcap. The STMC period configured for the Redcap UE alone, even defines a new value { an equal-ratio-series value of 5-160 at present }, such as 320. The sequence of the equivalents may be: 5. 10, 20, 40, 80, … ….

Measurement threshold values configured for the Redcap UE alone, such as a reporting threshold (threshold also referred to as threshold) of CSI-RS and/or measurement threshold values. For example, if the measurement thresholds of the CSI-RS measured by the first type UE are different, when the first type UE detects that the signal quality of the current connection is lower than the measurement threshold, measurement of the reference signal of the other connection is started.

For the first type of UE, for example, the measurement result of the SSB RSRP and the threshold value 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 value, otherwise, the four-step random access is initiated. The configuration of the measurement threshold eMBB and the recap UE may have different configuration requirements. Such as the threshold for the Redcap UE is higher than the threshold for the eMBB.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication device, which comprises a processor, a transceiver, a memory and an executable program stored on the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein the processor executes a control channel detection method applied to a UE provided by any of the foregoing technical schemes or executes a measurement configuration information transmission method applied to a base station provided by any of the foregoing technical schemes when running the executable program.

The communication device may be a base station or a UE as described above.

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

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

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer storage medium storing an executable program; the executable program, when executed by a processor, is capable of implementing the method according to any of the aspects of the first or second aspect, for example, at least one of the methods shown in fig. 2 to 6.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram of a UE800, 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 game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 9, ue800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a 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 component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interactions 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 the like. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or nonvolatile 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 disk.

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

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen between the UE800 and the user that provides an output interface. 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 input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may sense not only the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear 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 focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

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 be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 further 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 a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors that provide status assessment of various aspects for the UE 800. For example, the sensor component 814 may detect an on/off state of the UE800, a relative positioning of components such as a display and keypad of the UE800, the sensor component 814 may also detect a change in position of the UE800 or a component of the UE800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE800, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the UE800, and a change in temperature of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects 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 gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communication between the UE800 and other devices, either wired or wireless. The UE800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one 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, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for executing the methods described above.

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

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

Base station 900 may also include a power component 926 configured to perform power management for base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect 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 OS XTM, 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 disclosure 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 is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The measurement configuration information transmission method 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, wherein the UE identifications of the first-class UE and the second-class UE are different;

the reference signal measurement configuration of the first-class UE indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second-class UE;

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 the following: the measurement interval of the first type of UE is different from the measurement interval of the second type of UE; the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration SMTC parameter of the first class of UEs is different from the SMTC parameter of the second class of UEs; the measurement bandwidth of the first class of UEs is different from the measurement bandwidth of the second class of UEs; the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UE are different from those of the reference signals measured by the second type of UE; the measurement window length set of the first-class UE is different from the measurement window length set measured by the second-class UE; the set of measurement window lengths includes at least one candidate length of a measurement window; the threshold of the first class of UE reporting the measurement result is different from the threshold of the second class of UE reporting the measurement result.

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

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

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

using the same message structure, issuing a first message content carrying the measurement configuration information of the first type UE, and issuing a second message content of the measurement configuration information of the second type UE;

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

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration SMTC parameters for the first class of UEs are different from SMTC parameters for the second class of UEs, comprising:

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

5. The method of claim 1, 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, comprising:

and/or

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the first type of UE is greater than a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the second type of UE.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison of the measurement result and the threshold is further used for the first class UE to determine to perform random access in a two-step random access manner or a four-step random access manner.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first class of UEs indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second class of UEs, comprising:

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

receiving at least part of the measurement configuration information; 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 the UE identifications of the first type UE and the second type UE are different;

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving at least part of measurement configuration information comprises:

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

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving at least part of measurement configuration information comprises:

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

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration SMTC parameters for the first class of UEs are different from SMTC parameters for the second class of UEs, comprising:

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

13. The method of claim 12, 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, comprising:

and/or

14. The method of claim 12, wherein a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the first type of UE is greater than a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the second type of UE.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein for the first type of UE, the method further comprises:

or alternatively, the process may be performed,

16. The method of any of claims 12 to 15, 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, comprising:

17. A measurement configuration information transmission apparatus, which is applied to a base station, comprising:

the system comprises a transmitting module, a receiving module and a receiving module, wherein the transmitting module is configured to transmit measurement configuration information respectively aiming at first-class User Equipment (UE) and second-class UE, and the UE identifications of the first-class UE and the second-class UE are different;

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the issuing module is configured to issue a measurement configuration for the first type of UE via a first message structure; issuing measurement configuration of the second-class UE through a second message structure;

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the issuing module is configured to issue a first message content carrying measurement configuration information of the first type of UE and issue a second message content of measurement configuration information of the second type of UE using the same message structure;

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

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration SMTC parameters for the first class of UEs are different from SMTC parameters for the second class of UEs, comprising:

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the first type of UEs are different from the configuration parameters of the reference signals measured by the second type of UEs, comprising:

and/or

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the first type of UE is greater than a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the second type of UE.

23. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the comparison of the measurement result and the threshold is further configured to determine that a two-step random access manner or a four-step random access manner is used for random access by the first class of UEs.

24. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the reference signal measurement configuration of the first class of UEs indicated by the measurement configuration information is independent of the reference signal measurement configuration of the second class of UEs, comprising:

25. A measurement configuration information transmission apparatus, which is applied to a user equipment UE, comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive at least part of the measurement configuration information; 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 the UE identifications of the first type UE and the second type UE are different;

26. The apparatus of claim 25, 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-class UE through a second message structure;

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the message structure comprises:

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

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration SMTC parameters for the first class of UEs are different from SMTC parameters for the second class of UEs, comprising:

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

29. The apparatus of claim 25, 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, comprising:

and/or

30. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the first type of UE is greater than a maximum alternative length contained within the set of measurement window lengths for the second type of UE.

31. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, for the first type of UE, the receiving module is configured to:

or alternatively, the process may be performed,

32. The apparatus of any of claims 25-31, 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, comprising:

33. A communication device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory and an executable program stored on the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein the processor performs the method as provided in any one of claims 1 to 8 or 9 to 16 when the executable program is run by the processor.

34. A computer storage medium storing an executable program; the executable program, when executed by a processor, is capable of implementing the method as provided in any one of claims 1 to 8 or 9 to 16.