CN113316176A

CN113316176A - Method for updating measurement result, terminal device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113316176A
Application number: CN202110605061.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 麻鹏
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-31
Filing date: 2021-05-31
Publication date: 2021-08-27
Anticipated expiration: 2041-05-31
Also published as: CN113316176B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for updating a measurement result, a terminal device and a storage medium, which are used for intelligently updating the measurement result and improving the measurement accuracy under the condition of low power consumption. The method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps: and after the first timer is overtime, judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition.

Description

Method for updating measurement result, terminal device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method for updating a measurement result, a terminal device, and a storage medium.

Background

In the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP) protocol, it is not clear whether the terminal device needs to continue to measure after the T331 timer expires, and it may or may not be measured.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for updating a measurement result, a terminal device and a storage medium, which are used for intelligently updating the measurement result and improving the measurement accuracy under the condition of low power consumption.

A first aspect of the present application provides a method for updating measurement results, where the method is applied to a terminal device, and the method includes: and after the first timer is overtime, judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition.

A second aspect of the present application provides a terminal device, which may include:

and the processing module is used for judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition or not after the first timer is overtime.

A third aspect of the present application provides a terminal device, which may include:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory for performing the method according to the first aspect of the application.

Yet another aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of the first aspect of the present application.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer program product, which, when running on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method of the first aspect of the present application.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an application publishing platform, where the application publishing platform is configured to publish a computer program product, where when the computer program product runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method according to the first aspect of the present application.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

in the embodiment of the application, after the first timer is overtime, whether the measurement result is updated is judged according to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition. According to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition or not, the measurement result is intelligently updated, the fact that the measurement result is not updated or measured under a certain condition of the terminal equipment can be guaranteed, power consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced, the fact that the measurement result is updated or measured under other conditions of the terminal equipment can be guaranteed, and accuracy of the measurement result is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the embodiments and the drawings used in the description of the prior art, and obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings.

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

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for updating measurement results in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2B is a diagram of another embodiment of a method for updating measurement results in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a terminal device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. The embodiments based on the present invention should fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

The following briefly describes related art related to embodiments of the present application, as follows:

in a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message of a New Radio (New Radio, NR) system, generally, a suitable Carrier Aggregation (CA) function or a Multi Radio access technology Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) function cannot be configured for a User Equipment (UE), because a network device side has not obtained a measurement result of the UE at this time. The first RRC reconfiguration message would configure the measurement task. The network device may configure appropriate CA or MR-DC functionality depending on the reported measurement results.

In the implementation process, the time delay of the process is relatively large, because a period of time is required from the time when the UE starts to perform measurement to the time when the measurement result is reported.

In order to rapidly configure a Secondary Cell (SCell) or a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), the network device may require the UE to perform Early Measurement (Early Measurement) in an RRC idle (RRC _ idle) state or an RRC INACTIVE (RRC _ INACTIVE) state, and report a Measurement result of the Early Measurement to the network device when entering an RRC CONNECTED (RRC _ CONNECTED) state, so that the network device may rapidly configure the SCell or the SCG according to the Measurement result of the Early Measurement.

The advance measurement is configured by dedicated signaling RRC Release (RRC Release) message or system broadcast (system message block (systemlnformationblock 4, SIB4) and newly introduced SIB 11). The configuration information measured in advance in the system broadcast is common to all UEs in RRC _ idle or RRC _ INACTIVE state. If the configuration information of the advance measurement is received through the RRC Release message, the contents thereof may override the configuration information of the advance measurement acquired from the system broadcast. If the NR bin configured by RRC Release does not contain configuration information of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), then the SSB configuration information in SIB11 or SIB4 is used.

It should be noted that: the measurement target frequency point configured by the base station (gNB) may include an NR frequency point list and an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) frequency point list. The NR frequency point list only supports measurement of the SSB, but does not support measurement of a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), and the SSB frequency point includes two SSBs, namely a synchronous SSB and an asynchronous SSB.

Only when the cell system broadcasts an indication that the current cell supports the function of advanced measurement reporting (i.e. including idle mode measurements), the UE indicates to the network device whether the UE has the measurement result of advanced measurement that can be reported in an RRC Setup Complete (RRC Setup Complete) or RRC Resume Complete (RRC Resume Complete) message through a parameter (idle measurement indication (idle measurement available)). Then, the network equipment side indicates that the UE needs to report the measurement result measured in advance through a UE Information Request (UE Information Request) message. For the UE in the RRC _ inactive state, the request and report of the measurement result measured in advance may also be completed through an RRC Resume message and an RRC Resume Complete message.

The UE performs the advance measurement to be completed within a specified time, which is controlled by a T331 timer configured in the RRC release message. The UE starts the timer after acquiring the configuration information measured in advance.

The following is specified in the 3GPP 38.3315.7.8.3 protocol:

t331 times out or stops, the user equipment should:

1> if T331 times out or stops;

2> release VarMeasIdleConfig.

Note: after T331 times out or stops, a decision is made by the UE whether to continue idle/inactive measurements according to SIB11 and SIB4 configurations.

The corresponding english translation is:

T331 expiry or stop

The UE shall:

1>if T331 expires or is stopped；

2>release the VarMeasIdleConfig.

NOTE:It is up to UE implementation whether to continue idle/inactive measurements according to SIB11 and SIB4 configurations after T331 has expired or stopped.

after the T331 timer expires, it is not clear whether the terminal device needs to continue to measure, and the terminal device may or may not measure. If the measurement is not carried out for a long time and the RRC connection state is not entered, the previous measurement result is older; if the period for continuing to measure is short, frequent and too long, the power consumption of the terminal equipment in idle or inactive state is affected.

Another new technology of the third Generation Partnership (3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP) at R16 is:

two sets of relaxation criteria of whether to measure are newly introduced for the terminal equipment in the non-connected state, namely a criterion that the terminal equipment is not located at a cell edge (not cell edge) and a criterion that low mobility (low mobility) is met. Both sets of criteria are measured in terms of "cell-level" measurements of the terminal equipment on the serving cell.

The following is a description of these two criteria, respectively.

"Low mobility" criterion

For the criterion, the network device configures an evaluation duration TSearchDeltaP of Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) change and an RSRP change value threshold ssearcchdeltap, and when the RSRP change amount of the terminal on the serving cell within a period of time TSearchDeltaP is smaller than ssearcchdeltap, the terminal device is considered to satisfy the "low mobility" criterion.

After completing the cell selection/reselection, the terminal device needs to perform normal Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement for at least a period of time TSearchDeltaP.

Criterion "terminal not located at cell edge

For the criterion, the network device configures an RSRP threshold, and may also configure a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) threshold, and when the RSRP of the terminal device on the serving cell is greater than the RSRP threshold, and when the RSRQ of the terminal device on the serving cell is greater than the RSRQ threshold, the terminal device is considered to satisfy the criterion that the terminal device is not located at the cell edge.

With the above 3GPP R16 technology, it can be clearly determined whether the current terminal device is in low mobility and cell edge.

Fig. 1 is a system architecture diagram of a communication system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The communication system may include a network device 101, and the network device 101 may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 102 (or referred to as a communication terminal, a terminal). Network device 101 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices 102 located within that coverage area. Fig. 1 exemplarily shows one network device 101 and two terminal devices 102, and optionally, the communication system may include a plurality of network devices 101 and may include other numbers of terminal devices 102 within the coverage of each network device 101, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. Optionally, the communication system may further include other network entities such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The embodiments of the present application have been described in conjunction with the network device 101 and the terminal device 102, where the terminal device 102 may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a User terminal, a wireless communication device, a User agent, or a User Equipment.

The terminal device 102 may be a Station (ST) in a WLAN, and may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with Wireless communication capability, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device 102 in a next generation communication system such as an NR Network, or a terminal device 102 in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Network, and so on.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device 102 may be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, hand-held, worn, or in a vehicle; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as a ship and the like); and may also be deployed in the air (e.g., airplanes, balloons, satellites, etc.).

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device 102 may be a Mobile Phone (Mobile Phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device 102, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device 102, a wireless terminal device 102 in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device 102 in self driving (self driving), a wireless terminal device 102 in remote medical (remote medical), a wireless terminal device 102 in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device 102 in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device 102 in city (smart city), or a wireless terminal device 102 in smart home (smart home).

By way of example and not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device 102 may also be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

Network device 101 may, in turn, include access network device 1012 and core network device 1011. I.e., the wireless communication system, further includes a plurality of core networks for communicating with the access network device 1012. The access network device 1012 may be a long-term evolution (LTE) system, a Next Radio (NR) system, or an evolved base station (evolved Node B) in an authorized assisted access long-term evolution (LAA-LTE) system, a macro base station, a micro base station (also referred to as a "small base station"), a pico base station, an Access Point (AP), a Transmission Point (TP), or a new generation base station (new generation Node B, NodeB).

In this embodiment, the Network device 101 may be a device for communicating with a mobile device, and the Network device 101 may be an Access Point (AP) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved Node B (eNB, eNodeB) in LTE, a relay Station or an Access Point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a Network device 101(gNB) in an NR Network or a Network device 101 in a PLMN Network that is evolved in the future or a Network device 101 in an NTN Network, and the like.

By way of example and not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the network device 101 may have a mobile feature, for example, the network device 101 may be a mobile device. Alternatively, the network device 101 may be a satellite, balloon station. For example, the satellite may be a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite, a geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) satellite, a High Elliptic Orbit (HEO) satellite, and the like. Alternatively, the network device 101 may also be a base station disposed on land, in water, or the like.

In this embodiment of the present application, the network device 101 may provide a service for a cell, and the terminal device 102 communicates with the network device 101 through a transmission resource (for example, a frequency domain resource or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the network device 101 (for example, a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a Small cell (Small cell), where the Small cell may include: urban cells (Metro cells), Micro cells (Micro cells), Pico cells (Pico cells), Femto cells (Femto cells), and the like, and the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

It should be understood that a device having a communication function in a network/system in the embodiments of the present application may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system shown in fig. 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 101 and a terminal device 102 having a communication function, and the network device 101 and the terminal device 102 may be specific devices described in the embodiments of the present invention, and are not described herein again; the communication device may further include other devices in the communication system, such as other network entities like a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, an Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) System, a New Radio (NR) System, an Evolution System of an NR System, an LTE (LTE-based Access to unlicensed spectrum, an LTE-U) System on an unlicensed spectrum, an NR (NR-based Access to unlicensed spectrum, an NR-U) System on an unlicensed spectrum, a Non-Terrestrial communication network (UMTS-based network, UMTS) System, a Universal Mobile telecommunications network (UMTS) System, WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), a fifth Generation communication (5th-Generation, 5G) system, or other communication systems, etc.

Generally, the conventional Communication system supports a limited number of connections and is easy to implement, however, with the development of Communication technology, the mobile Communication system will support not only conventional Communication but also, for example, Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communication, or Vehicle networking (V2X) Communication, and the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these Communication systems.

The communication system in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, may also be applied to a Dual Connectivity (DC) scenario, and may also be applied to an independent (SA) networking scenario.

The following further describes the technical solution of the present application by way of an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2A, which is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for updating a measurement result in the embodiment of the present application, where the method is applied to a terminal device, and may include:

201. and before the first timer is started and is not overtime, the terminal equipment executes advanced measurement to obtain a first measurement result of the advanced measurement.

Optionally, the first timer includes a T331 timer.

Optionally, the terminal device reports the first measurement result measured in advance to the network device. The network device can configure the terminal device according to the first measurement result, and provide better service for the terminal device.

It can be understood that the network device configures the relevant information of the T331 timer in the RRC release message, the terminal device starts the T331 timer after acquiring the configuration information of the advance measurement, and performs the advance measurement before the T331 timer does not time out, so as to obtain the first measurement result of the advance measurement.

It should be noted that step 201 is an optional step.

202. And after the first timer is overtime, judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition.

Optionally, the preset condition includes low mobility and/or non-cell edge.

That is, after the first timer expires, whether to update the measurement result is determined according to whether the terminal device is in low mobility and/or a non-cell edge.

It can be understood that if the terminal device meets the condition of the "low mobility" criterion, the terminal device may be said to be in low mobility, and if the terminal device meets the condition of the "terminal not located at the cell edge" criterion, the terminal device may be said to be in non-cell edge. The conditions of the "low mobility" criterion and the conditions of the "terminal device is not located at the cell edge" criterion may refer to the related description in the foregoing, and are not described herein again.

Optionally, after the first timer is overtime, judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal device meets a preset condition, where the judging may include: and after the first timer is overtime and under the condition that the terminal equipment enters an idle state or an inactive state, judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets a preset condition.

That is, after the first timer is overtime and under the condition that the terminal device enters an idle state or an inactive state, whether to update the measurement result is judged according to whether the terminal device is in low mobility and/or a non-cell edge.

Optionally, the measurement result includes: a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer times out.

For example, when the mobile phone enters the RRC _ IDEL state or the RRC _ INACTIVE state after the T331 timer expires, it is determined whether to update the first measurement result measured in advance before the T331 timer expires according to whether the mobile phone is in a low mobility (low mobility) state and/or whether the mobile phone is located at a non-cell edge (not at cell edge).

Optionally, the first measurement result of the advanced measurement includes: a first measurement result of a secondary cell SCell or a secondary cell group SCG measured in advance. It is to be understood that the secondary cell SCell or secondary cell group SCG herein is a neighbor cell of the current serving cell of the terminal device.

Optionally, mobility and/or location of the terminal device is determined first. The mobility and/or location may be determined based on the signal of the current serving cell of the terminal device, and then a determination may be made whether it is at a low mobility and/or non-cell edge.

Optionally, the step 202 may include steps 2021-2022, as shown in fig. 2B, which is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for updating measurement results in the embodiment of the present application. As follows:

2021. and after the first timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is in low mobility and/or non-cell edge, not updating the measurement result, wherein the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer is overtime.

Optionally, after the first timer expires and under the condition that the terminal device enters the idle state or the inactive state, if the terminal device is in a low mobility and/or a non-cell edge, the measurement result is not updated, where the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer expires. That is, after the first timer expires, if the terminal device is in low mobility, the reference signal received power variation is small, and if the terminal device is in a non-cell edge, the reference signal received quality is relatively stable, so that the measurement result may not be updated, the first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer expires may be used, and the terminal device is not required to perform measurement, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal device.

For example, in the case that the handset enters the RRC _ IDEL or RRC _ INACTIVE state after the T331 timer expires, if the handset is in low mobility (low mobility) and/or the handset is located at a non-cell edge (not at cell edge), the advance measurement is not continued, that is, the measurement result is not updated, and the first measurement result of the advance measurement stored before the T331 timer expires may still be used.

2022. And after the first timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is not at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, starting a second timer, and determining whether to update the measurement result according to whether the second timer is overtime.

It is understood that the timer value corresponding to the second timer may be customized or preset, where the preset timer value of the second timer may be one or more, and is not limited specifically herein.

Optionally, the determining, by the terminal device, whether to update the measurement result according to whether the second timer is overtime may include:

1) and not updating the measurement result before the second timer is not overtime, wherein the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer is overtime.

Before the second timer is not overtime, because the terminal device is not in low mobility and/or the terminal device is not in a non-cell edge, even if the measurement is performed, the reliability of the measurement result is not high, so that before the second timer is not overtime, the measurement result still does not need to be updated, the first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer is overtime can be used, and the terminal device is not required to perform the measurement, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal device.

Illustratively, if the handset is not in low mobility, and/or the handset is at the cell edge (i.e., not at the non-cell edge), an internal timer (timer, i.e., second timer) is started, for example: tmeasure-valid is 120 seconds (which can be customized), and the first measurement result of the advance measurement stored before the T331 timer expires can still be used within 120 seconds. The timer value of the second timer is illustrated as 120s, and may be other values in practical applications, which is not limited herein.

2) And updating the measurement result after the second timer expires.

Optionally, the updating the measurement result after the second timer expires may include:

(1) and after the second timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is not at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, carrying out cell measurement to obtain and use a second measurement result.

After the second timer expires, because the terminal device is not in low mobility and/or the terminal device is not in a non-cell edge, although the reliability of the measurement result is not particularly high when performing the measurement, because the time interval between the measurement and the last measurement is longer, in order to ensure the accuracy of the measurement result and provide more effective service for the terminal device, the measurement result needs to be updated after the second timer expires. Since the terminal device is not in low mobility and/or the terminal device is not at a non-cell edge, cell measurements are made and the second measurement results are obtained and used.

Optionally, after the second timer expires and if the terminal device is not in low mobility and/or a non-cell edge, performing cell measurement to obtain and use a second measurement result, which may include: and after the second timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is not at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, carrying out cell measurement under the condition that the terminal equipment enters a connected state, and obtaining and using a second measurement result.

Optionally, the terminal device reports the second measurement result to the network device. The network device may configure the terminal device according to the second measurement result, so as to provide better service for the terminal device.

For example, if the internal timer exceeds 120 seconds, the mobile phone is still not in low mobility, and/or is at the cell edge (i.e. is not at the non-cell edge), the first measurement result measured in advance is no longer considered valid, and then the 3GPP protocol definition is reused, and after the network enters the RRC _ CONNECTED state, the relevant Scell or SCG is re-measured, and the second measurement result is obtained and used.

(2) And after the second timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, restarting the first timer, and performing advanced measurement again to obtain and use a third measurement result of the advanced measurement.

After the second timer expires, because the terminal device is still in low mobility and/or the terminal device is at a non-cell edge, although the reliability of the measurement result is not particularly high when the measurement is performed, because the time interval between the measurement and the last measurement is longer, in order to ensure the accuracy of the measurement result and provide more effective service for the terminal device, the measurement result needs to be updated after the second timer expires. And restarting the first timer, and performing advanced measurement again to obtain and use a third measurement result of the advanced measurement because the terminal equipment is still in low mobility and/or the terminal equipment is at a non-cell edge.

Optionally, when the terminal device enters an idle state or an inactive state, after the second timer expires, if the terminal device is at a low mobility and/or a non-cell edge, the first timer is restarted, and advance measurement is performed again to obtain and use a third measurement result of the advance measurement.

Optionally, the terminal device reports the third measurement result measured in advance to the network device.

It should be noted that the first measurement result measured in advance and the third measurement result measured in advance may be the same or different, and are not specifically limited in this application.

For example, if the internal timer exceeds 120 seconds, the handset is never in low mobility and/or in a cell edge (i.e. not in a non-cell edge) state, and enters a low mobility and/or a non-cell edge state again, at this time, the T331 timer may be restarted once, and the rule of 3GPP is reused in the RRC _ id el or RRC _ INACTIVE state to perform the advance measurement again, if the neighboring SCell or SCG is measured once in advance, and the measurement result is updated to the second measurement result of the advanced measurement SCell or SCG.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the first timer expires, whether to update the measurement result is determined according to whether the terminal device meets a preset condition, optionally, whether the terminal device is located at a low mobility and/or a non-cell edge. The method and the device are used for intelligently updating the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition or not, so that the measurement result is not updated or measured under a certain condition of the terminal equipment, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced, the measurement result is updated or measured under other conditions of the terminal equipment, and the accuracy of the measurement result is improved. That is, the present application mainly relates to how to intelligently measure, i.e. based on the optimization of undefined parts of the 3GPP protocol, after the expiration of the NR T331 timer. For example, when the terminal device T331 is timed out, the terminal device intelligently updates the measurement result of measuring the SCell or SCG in advance by using whether the terminal device is in low mobility and/or non-cell edge, so as to improve the measurement accuracy under the condition of low power consumption.

It can be understood that the embodiment of the present application mainly utilizes low mobility and/or non-cell edge, and subsequently, may also extend to utilize new features (features) of other 3GPP to update measurement results in a multidimensional and intelligent manner.

As shown in fig. 3, which is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a terminal device 300 in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may include:

the processing module 301 is configured to determine whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal device meets a preset condition after the first timer is overtime.

Optionally, the preset condition includes being in low mobility and/or being at a non-cell edge.

Optionally, the processing module 301 is specifically configured to not update the measurement result if the terminal device is in a low mobility state and/or a non-cell edge state, where the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the timeout of the first timer; and if the terminal equipment is not in low mobility and/or non-cell edge, starting a second timer, and determining whether to update the measurement result according to whether the second timer is overtime.

Optionally, the processing module 301 is specifically configured to not update the measurement result before the second timer is not overtime, where the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer is overtime; and updating the measurement result after the second timer expires.

Optionally, the processing module 301 is specifically configured to, after the second timer is overtime, perform cell measurement if the terminal device is not located at a low mobility and/or a non-cell edge, to obtain and use a second measurement result; and after the second timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, restarting the first timer, and performing advanced measurement again to obtain and use a third measurement result of the advanced measurement.

Optionally, the processing module 301 is specifically configured to perform cell measurement when the terminal device enters the connected state, and obtain and use a second measurement result.

Optionally, the processing module 301 is specifically configured to determine whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal device meets a preset condition after the first timer is overtime and when the terminal device enters the idle state or the inactive state.

Optionally, the first measurement result of the advanced measurement includes: a first measurement result of the secondary cell or the secondary cell group measured in advance.

Optionally, the processing module 301 is further configured to execute the advance measurement before the first timer is started and does not time out, so as to obtain a first measurement result of the advance measurement.

As shown in fig. 4, which is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention, the schematic diagram may include:

fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a partial structure of a mobile phone related to a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 4, the handset includes: radio Frequency (RF) circuitry 410, memory 420, input unit 430, display unit 440, sensor 450, audio circuitry 460, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module 470, processor 480, and power supply 490. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the handset configuration shown in fig. 4 is not intended to be limiting and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes each component of the mobile phone in detail with reference to fig. 4:

the RF circuit 410 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and in particular, receives downlink information of a base station and then processes the received downlink information to the processor 480; in addition, the data for designing uplink is transmitted to the base station. In general, the RF circuit 410 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one Amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the RF circuitry 410 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communications. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), email, Short Messaging Service (SMS), and the like.

The memory 420 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 480 executes various functional applications and data processing of the mobile phone by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 420. The memory 420 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 420 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input unit 430 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the cellular phone. Specifically, the input unit 430 may include a touch panel 431 and other input devices 432. The touch panel 431, also called a touch screen, may collect touch operations of a user on or near the touch panel 431 (e.g., operations of the user on or near the touch panel 431 using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus) and drive the corresponding connection device according to a preset program. Alternatively, the touch panel 431 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 480, and receives and executes commands sent from the processor 480. In addition, the touch panel 431 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. The input unit 430 may include other input devices 432 in addition to the touch panel 431. In particular, other input devices 432 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 440 may be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menus of the cellular phone. The Display unit 440 may include a Display panel 441, and optionally, the Display panel 441 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like. Further, the touch panel 431 may cover the display panel 441, and when the touch panel 431 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 431, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 480 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 480 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 441 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 431 and the display panel 441 are shown in fig. 4 as two separate components to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone, in some embodiments, the touch panel 431 and the display panel 441 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone.

The handset may also include at least one sensor 450, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel 441 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel 441 and/or the backlight when the mobile phone is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of a mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like; as for other sensors such as a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which can be configured on the mobile phone, further description is omitted here.

Audio circuit 460, speaker 461, microphone 462 may provide an audio interface between the user and the cell phone. The audio circuit 460 may transmit the electrical signal converted from the received audio data to the speaker 461, and convert the electrical signal into a sound signal for output by the speaker 461; on the other hand, the microphone 462 converts the collected sound signal into an electrical signal, which is received by the audio circuit 460 and converted into audio data, which is then processed by the audio data output processor 480 and then transmitted to, for example, another cellular phone via the RF circuit 410, or output to the memory 420 for further processing.

Wi-Fi belongs to short-distance wireless transmission technology, and the mobile phone can help a user to receive and send e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media and the like through the Wi-Fi module 470, and provides wireless broadband internet access for the user. Although fig. 4 shows the Wi-Fi module 470, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the handset and can be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 480 is a control center of the mobile phone, connects various parts of the entire mobile phone by using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile phone and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 420 and calling data stored in the memory 420, thereby integrally monitoring the mobile phone. Optionally, processor 480 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 480 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 480.

The handset also includes a power supply 490 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may preferably be logically connected to the processor 480 via a power management system, so that the power management system may perform functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption.

Although not shown, the mobile phone may further include a camera, a bluetooth module, etc., which are not described herein.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the processor 480 is configured to determine whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal device meets a preset condition after the first timer expires.

Optionally, the processor 480 is specifically configured to not update the measurement result if the terminal device is in a low mobility state and/or a non-cell edge state, where the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the timeout of the first timer; and if the terminal equipment is not in low mobility and/or non-cell edge, starting a second timer, and determining whether to update the measurement result according to whether the second timer is overtime.

Optionally, the processor 480 is specifically configured to not update the measurement result before the second timer is not timed out, where the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer is timed out; and updating the measurement result after the second timer expires.

Optionally, the processor 480 is specifically configured to, after the second timer expires, if the terminal device is not located at a low mobility and/or a non-cell edge, perform cell measurement to obtain and use a second measurement result; and after the second timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, restarting the first timer, and performing advanced measurement again to obtain and use a third measurement result of the advanced measurement.

Optionally, the processor 480 is further configured to perform cell measurement to obtain and use a second measurement result if the terminal device is not at a low mobility and/or a non-cell edge after the second timer expires; and if the terminal equipment is in low mobility and/or non-cell edge after the second timer is overtime, restarting the first timer, and performing advanced measurement again to obtain and use a third measurement result of the advanced measurement.

Optionally, the processor 480 is specifically configured to perform cell measurement when the terminal device enters the connected state, and obtain and use a second measurement result.

Optionally, the processor 480 is specifically configured to determine whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal device meets a preset condition after the first timer is overtime and when the terminal device enters the idle state or the inactive state.

Optionally, the processor 480 is further configured to execute the advance measurement before the first timer is started and is not timed out, so as to obtain a first measurement result of the advance measurement.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product.

The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website site, computer, server, or data center to another website site, computer, server, or data center via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can store or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that is integrated with one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for updating measurement results, wherein the method is applied to a terminal device, and the method comprises the following steps:

and after the first timer is overtime, judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets the preset condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition comprises being in low mobility and/or non-cell edge.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal device satisfies a preset condition includes:

if the terminal equipment is in low mobility and/or a non-cell edge, not updating the measurement result, wherein the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer is used for overtime;

and if the terminal equipment is not in low mobility and/or non-cell edge, starting a second timer, and determining whether to update the measurement result according to whether the second timer is overtime.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein confirming whether to update the measurement result according to whether the second timer has timed out comprises:

before the second timer is not overtime, not updating the measurement result, wherein the measurement result is a first measurement result measured in advance before the first timer is overtime;

and updating the measurement result after the second timer expires.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein updating the measurement results after the second timer expires comprises:

after the second timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is not at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, cell measurement is carried out to obtain and use a second measurement result;

and after the second timer is overtime, if the terminal equipment is at the low mobility and/or the non-cell edge, restarting the first timer, and performing advanced measurement again to obtain and use a third measurement result of the advanced measurement.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the performing cell measurements, obtaining and using second measurement results, comprises:

and under the condition that the terminal equipment enters a connected state, carrying out cell measurement to obtain and use a second measurement result.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein after the first timer expires and according to whether the terminal device satisfies a preset condition, determining whether to update the measurement result comprises:

and after the first timer is overtime and under the condition that the terminal equipment enters an idle state or an inactive state, judging whether to update the measurement result according to whether the terminal equipment meets a preset condition.

8. The method according to any of claims 3-6, wherein the first measurement result of the advance measurement comprises: a first measurement result of the secondary cell or the secondary cell group measured in advance.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1-6, further comprising:

and before the first timer is started and is not overtime, the terminal equipment executes advanced measurement to obtain a first measurement result of the advanced measurement.

10. A terminal device, comprising:

11. A terminal device, comprising:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory for performing the method of any of claims 1-9.

12. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of any of claims 1-9.