CN114080028A

CN114080028A - Processing method, configuration method and related equipment

Info

Publication number: CN114080028A
Application number: CN202010803254.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴昱民
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-11
Filing date: 2020-08-11
Publication date: 2022-02-22
Also published as: WO2022033476A1

Abstract

The application discloses a processing method, a configuration method and related equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The processing method comprises the following steps: receiving target configuration information, the target configuration information comprising: an identity of each of the N cells; first configuration information used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells; second configuration information for configuring uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells; wherein N is a positive integer. Therefore, the target configuration information can be used for configuring the frequency domain resource and the time domain resource corresponding to each cell in the N cells, so that the flexibility of the resource configured by the network side for sending the uplink signal can be improved, the probability that the terminal cannot send the uplink data by using the dedicated uplink resource can be further reduced, and the reliability of sending the uplink signal can be improved.

Description

Processing method, configuration method and related equipment

Technical Field

The present application belongs to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a processing method, a configuration method, and a related device.

Background

When the terminal is in an IDLE (IDLE)/INACTIVE (INACTIVE) state, a dedicated Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource configured on the network side may be used for small data transmission.

However, in the prior art, the flexibility of the resource configured by the network side for uplink signal transmission is low, for example, the configured dedicated PUSCH resource cannot support inter-cell mobility of the terminal, and the probability that the terminal cannot transmit uplink data by using the dedicated uplink resource is high.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a processing method, a configuration method and related equipment, which can solve the problem that a terminal cannot adopt dedicated uplink resources to transmit uplink data due to low flexibility of resources configured by a network side for transmitting uplink signals.

In a first aspect, a processing method is provided, which is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

receiving target configuration information, the target configuration information comprising:

an identity of each of the N cells;

first configuration information used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

second configuration information for configuring uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

In a second aspect, a configuration method is provided, which is performed by a network side device, and the method includes:

sending target configuration information, wherein the target configuration information comprises:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

In a third aspect, a processing apparatus is provided, which includes:

a receiving module, configured to receive target configuration information, where the target configuration information includes:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

In a fourth aspect, a configuration apparatus is provided, the configuration apparatus comprising:

a second sending module, configured to send target configuration information, where the target configuration information includes:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a network-side device is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored, which program or instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect or implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a chip is provided, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a network-side device program or instruction, implement the method according to the first aspect, or implement the method according to the second aspect.

In an embodiment of the present application, target configuration information is received, where the target configuration information includes: an identity of each of the N cells; first configuration information used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells; second configuration information for configuring uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells; wherein N is a positive integer. Therefore, the target configuration information can be used for configuring the frequency domain resource and the time domain resource corresponding to each cell in the N cells, so that the flexibility of the resource configured by the network side for sending the uplink signal can be improved, the probability that the terminal cannot send the uplink data by using the dedicated uplink resource can be further reduced, and the reliability of sending the uplink signal can be improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a processing method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a processing apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and the terms "first" and "second" used herein generally do not denote any order, nor do they denote any order, for example, the first object may be one or more. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and the claims means at least one of connected objects, and a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described techniques can be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for purposes of example, and NR terminology is used in much of the description below, although the techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as 6 th generation (6 th generation)^thGeneration, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. Wherein, the terminal 11 may also be called as a terminal Device or a User Equipment (UE), the terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook Computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a palmtop Computer, a netbook, a super-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), and other terminal side devices, the Wearable Device includes: bracelets, earphones, glasses and the like. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11. The network-side device 12 may be a Base Station or a core network, wherein the Base Station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access Point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio Base Station, a radio Transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a WLAN access Point, a WiFi node, a Transmission Receiving Point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the field, and the Base Station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary as long as the same technical effect is achieved.

For convenience of understanding, some contents related to the embodiments of the present invention are explained below:

one, Small Data Transmission (SDT).

According to the resources configured by the network side, when the UE is in an IDLE (IDLE)/INACTIVE (INACTIVE) state, the UE may send and directly send data to the network side by the following method:

message (Msg) 3 of 4-step random access procedure of initial access.

MsgA of a 2-step random access procedure of initial access.

Dedicated Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resources configured on the network side, such as: pre-configured (pre-configured) PUSCH; or, pre-allocated Uplink Resource (PUR).

The network side can directly send data to the UE by:

msg4 of a 4-step random access procedure for initial access.

MsgB of a 2-step random access procedure of initial access.

And the network side is configured with downlink feedback resources corresponding to the dedicated uplink resources.

For the "dedicated uplink resource configured by the network side", the current network side can only configure 1 cell to the UE.

And II, uplink timing.

After receiving the downlink signal, the UE may determine a location of a downlink signal subframe. In order to avoid uplink interference, the network side needs to ensure that signals sent by different UEs arrive at a fixed time, so the network side needs to configure an uplink Timing Advance (TA) for uplink transmission of the UE. After receiving the TA value, if the UE wants to send an uplink signal, the UE sends the uplink signal by advancing the TA time value with reference to the downlink subframe position.

A plurality of different cells may be configured to adopt the same TA value and belong to the same Timing Advance Group (TAG). TAG of Primary Cell (Primary Cell, PCell) including a Special Cell (Special Cell, SpCell) (i.e., Primary Cell Group (Master Cell, MCG)) or Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell) of SCG Secondary Cell Group (SCG)) is a Primary timing advance Group (Primary TAG, PTAG), and TAG including only Secondary cells (Secondary Cell, SCell) is a Secondary timing advance Group (Secondary TAG, STAG).

For a Dual Connectivity (DC) architecture, including two cell groups, MCG and SCG, the TAGs of MCG and SCG may be independent of each other.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart of a processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application. The processing method of the embodiment of the application can be executed by the terminal.

As shown in fig. 2, the processing method may include the steps of:

step 101, receiving target configuration information, wherein the target configuration information comprises: an identity of each of the N cells; first configuration information used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells; second configuration information for configuring uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells; wherein N is a positive integer.

And when the N is equal to 1, the target configuration information is used for configuring dedicated uplink resources and uplink timing corresponding to a certain cell. In this case, when the terminal needs to transmit an uplink signal, the terminal may transmit the uplink signal by using the dedicated uplink resource configured by the target configuration information according to the uplink timing configured by the target configuration information. Optionally, the N cells may be camping cells of the terminal, but are not limited thereto.

When N is greater than 1, the target configuration information may include an identifier of each of the N cells, and configure dedicated uplink resources and uplink timing corresponding to each cell. In this case, when the terminal needs to send an uplink signal, the terminal may send the uplink signal by using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell configured by the target configuration information according to the uplink timing corresponding to the first cell configured by the target configuration information, where the first cell may be any one of the N cells. Optionally, the N cells may be camping cells of the terminal, but are not limited thereto.

Such as: assuming that the N cells include cell 1 and cell 2, the terminal resides in cell 1 for a first time period and resides in cell 2 for a second time period. Then, in the first time period, the terminal may transmit the uplink signal by using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 1 according to the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1; in the first time period, the terminal may transmit the uplink signal by using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 2 according to the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 2. Therefore, even if the terminal moves, the terminal can still adopt the exclusive uplink resource to transmit the uplink signal, so that the reliability of uplink signal transmission can be improved.

The processing method of the embodiment of the application receives target configuration information, wherein the target configuration information comprises: an identity of each of the N cells; first configuration information used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells; second configuration information for configuring uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells; wherein N is a positive integer. Therefore, the target configuration information can be used for configuring the frequency domain resource and the time domain resource corresponding to each cell in the N cells, so that the flexibility of the resource configured by the network side for sending the uplink signal can be improved, the probability that the terminal cannot send the uplink data by using the dedicated uplink resource can be further reduced, and the reliability of sending the uplink signal can be improved.

The following describes the target configuration information in the embodiment of the present application:

first, the first configuration information is related.

The first configuration information is used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells. Optionally, the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to each cell may be different. The dedicated uplink resource may be a dedicated uplink PUSCH resource, such as a pre-configured PUSCH or a PUR, but is not limited thereto.

Optionally, the first configuration information includes frequency range information of an exclusive uplink resource corresponding to each cell in the N cells. Further, the frequency range information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of:

bandwidth Part (BWP) identification, such as BWP-1;

frequency points, such as Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN) -1;

bandwidth, e.g., 20 megahertz (MHz);

a frequency start location, such as a start ARFCN (ARFCN-start);

frequency ending location, such as ending ARFCN (ARFCN-end);

physical Resource Block (PRB) identity, such as PRB-1;

physical resource block number identification, such as 10 PRBs;

frequency offset information.

In case that the frequency range information includes frequency offset information, the reference frequency information of the frequency offset may be center frequency information, lowest frequency information, or highest frequency information of the target BWP, i.e., the frequency offset information is frequency offset value information with respect to the center frequency information, lowest frequency information, or highest frequency information of the target BWP. Optionally, the target BWP may be an initial BWP (initial BWP) in the configured BWP; the reference frequency information and/or the frequency offset value information may be a frequency point or a physical resource block identification.

And II, the second configuration information is related.

Optionally, the second configuration information is used to configure at least one of:

1) uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

2) the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

3) downlink measurement reference signals corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

4) a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

5) uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the first timer corresponding to the cell is used to evaluate the state of uplink timing corresponding to the cell, and therefore, in some embodiments, the first timer may also be referred to as an uplink timing evaluation timer.

The concrete description is as follows:

when the second configuration information is used in 1), uplink timing values corresponding to each cell may be equal or different. For cells with equal uplink timers, they may belong to the same uplink timing group. Optionally, the N cells correspond to M uplink timing groups, where M is a positive integer; wherein uplink timing values of at least one cell corresponding to a first uplink timing group in the N cells are equal, and the first uplink timing group is any one uplink timing group in the M uplink timing groups.

It should be noted that a specific value of the uplink timing value corresponding to each cell may be determined according to an actual situation, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application, and the value of the uplink timing value may be 0.

When the second configuration information is used in 2), the correspondence between the cell and the first timer may be a one-to-one correspondence or a many-to-one correspondence.

When the second configuration information is used in 3), downlink measurement signals corresponding to different cells may be the same or different. The downlink measurement reference signal of the cell can be used for the terminal to perform downlink measurement of the cell, and further, the uplink timing value of the cell is determined according to the downlink measurement value. The downlink measurement reference signal may include at least one of: synchronization Signal/physical broadcast channel Signal block (SSB); channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), but is not limited thereto. Such as: the second configuration information may configure the SSB-1 and/or the CSI-RS-1 for downlink measurement of the cell 1, and at this time, the downlink measurement reference signal of the cell 1 is the SSB-1 and/or the CSI-RS-1.

And when the second configuration information is used in 4), the downlink measurement change thresholds corresponding to different cells may be the same or different.

When the second configuration information is used in 5), the uplink timing group information corresponding to different cells may be the same or different.

Optionally, the uplink timing group information includes at least one of:

an uplink timing group identifier;

an uplink timing group type;

the cell group identification of the uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement reference cell of an uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group;

and downlink measurement reference signals of the downlink measurement reference cells of the uplink timing group.

In particular implementations, the uplink timing group type may include, but is not limited to, at least one of PTAG and STAG. The cell group may include, but is not limited to, at least one of an MCG and an SCG. The downlink measurement reference cell of the uplink timing group is a certain cell in the uplink timing group, and may be specifically determined by protocol agreement, network side configuration, or a terminal. For the same uplink timing group cell, the corresponding downlink measurement change threshold values are the same, namely the downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group.

Optionally, the downlink measurement change threshold is any one of the following: an increase in downlink measurement variation; a decrease in downlink measurement variation; the amount of change in the downlink measurement.

In a specific implementation, the downlink measurement change threshold may be specifically represented as a numerical value and a symbol of the numerical value, when the downlink measurement change threshold is an increase amount or a decrease amount of the downlink measurement change. The downlink measurement change threshold may be specifically expressed as a numerical value when the downlink measurement change threshold is a change amount of downlink measurement change. Therefore, for the case that the downlink measurement change threshold is an increase amount or a decrease amount of the downlink measurement change, and the case that the downlink measurement change threshold is a change amount of the downlink measurement change, the result that the terminal determines whether the downlink measurement change value of the cell exceeds the downlink measurement change threshold may be different, and for convenience of understanding, the following example is described as follows:

assuming that the downlink measurement change threshold is-10 under the condition that the downlink measurement change threshold is the reduction amount of the downlink measurement change; and under the condition that the downlink measurement change threshold is the variation of the downlink measurement change, the downlink measurement change threshold is 10. If the variation of the downlink measurement value of the cell 1 is 8, the variation trend of the measurement value of the downlink measurement is reduced. Then, under the condition that the downlink measurement change threshold is the reduction amount of the downlink measurement change, the downlink measurement change value of the cell 1 exceeds the downlink measurement change threshold; and under the condition that the downlink measurement change threshold is the variable quantity of the downlink measurement change, the downlink measurement change value of the cell 1 does not exceed the downlink measurement change threshold.

And thirdly, identification of each cell in the N cells.

Optionally, the identifier of each cell in the N cells includes at least one of:

a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) of the N cells, such as PCI-1;

a Cell Global Identifier (CGI) of the N cells, such as CGI-1;

a cell group identifier such as MCG or SCG to which the N cells belong;

and the cell type identification of the N cells, such as PCell, PSCell, SpCell or SCell.

In this embodiment of the present application, after optionally receiving the target configuration information, the method further includes:

sending an uplink signal by using dedicated uplink resources corresponding to a first cell, wherein the first cell is any one of second cells;

wherein the second cell belongs to the N cells; each of the second cells satisfies at least one of: dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell are available; uplink timing corresponding to the cell is available.

In a specific implementation, the terminal may first determine whether a corresponding dedicated uplink resource and/or cell available for uplink timing exists in the N cells, and if so, may regard all cells available for the corresponding dedicated uplink resource and/or uplink timing as the second cells, and then, according to the uplink timing corresponding to the first cell, the terminal may send an uplink signal using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell, where the first cell is any one of the second cells. Optionally, for cells for which the corresponding dedicated uplink resources and/or uplink timings are unavailable, the terminal may report the cells to the network side device, so that the network side device learns that the dedicated uplink resources and/or uplink timings corresponding to the cells are unavailable.

In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal executing the uplink signal sending by using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell may be triggered by a condition, and optionally, the sending the uplink signal by using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell includes:

and under the condition of triggering the uplink signal to be sent by adopting the exclusive uplink resource, adopting the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to the first cell to send the uplink signal.

In specific implementation, the execution main body triggering the dedicated uplink resource to send the uplink signal may be a terminal, or may be a network side device, for example, the network side device may send indication information to indicate the terminal to send the uplink signal using the dedicated uplink resource, which may be specifically determined according to actual conditions, and this is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment, the first cell may be a cell where the terminal resides. Optionally, the sending an uplink signal by using the dedicated uplink resource of the first cell includes:

and under the condition that the second cell comprises a resident cell of the terminal, sending an uplink signal by adopting dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the resident cell.

In specific implementation, the terminal may detect whether the second cell includes a cell where the terminal resides, and if the second cell includes the cell where the terminal resides, the terminal may send the uplink signal by using dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell where the terminal resides.

Optionally, the method may further include:

and under the condition that the second cell does not comprise the resident cell, abandoning to adopt exclusive uplink resources to send uplink signals.

In a specific implementation, the terminal may send the uplink signal by using other resources besides the dedicated uplink resource, such as, but not limited to, the Msg3 of the 4-step random access procedure for initial access or the MsgA of the 2-step random access procedure for initial access.

Further, the terminal may send, to the network side device, indication information indicating that dedicated uplink resources and/or uplink timing corresponding to the cell camped on the terminal are unavailable, when the second cell does not include the camped cell.

The following describes the determination of dedicated uplink resources and uplink timing states corresponding to a cell in the embodiment of the present application:

it can be understood that the state of the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell may include an available state or an unavailable state, and the state of the uplink timing corresponding to the cell may include an available state or an unavailable state.

1) And determining the state of the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to the cell.

Optionally, before the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell is used to send the uplink signal, the method further includes:

determining the state of dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell according to the first object;

wherein the first object comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

when the N cells comprise measurement reference cells of a first cell group, the uplink timing corresponding to the measurement reference cells is determined;

when the N cells comprise K cells in a first cell group, and K is an integer greater than 1, uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the K cells is determined;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

measuring a downlink measurement variation value of a reference cell of a first cell group;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

wherein the first cell group is a cell group to which the first cell belongs.

In a specific implementation, optionally, the determining, according to the first object, a state of the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell includes:

determining that dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell are available when the first object meets a first condition;

wherein the first object satisfying a first condition comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell is available;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells is available;

the N cells comprise the measurement reference cell, and uplink timing corresponding to the measurement reference cell is available;

the N cells comprise the K cells, and uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the K cells is available;

the target cell belongs to the N cells;

the downlink measurement change value of the first cell does not exceed a downlink measurement change threshold value;

the downlink measurement change value of the measurement reference cell does not exceed a downlink measurement change threshold value;

the downlink measurement change value of each cell in the first cell group does not exceed a downlink measurement change threshold value;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

and the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to each cell in the first cell group can be used.

It can be understood that, in this alternative embodiment, in a case that the first object does not satisfy the first condition, the terminal may determine that the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell is unavailable.

For ease of understanding, examples are illustrated below:

suppose the N cells include cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, and cell 4, with cell 1 and cell 2 belonging to cell group a and cell 3 and cell 4 belonging to cell group b. Cell 1 is the measurement reference cell of cell group a, and cell 3 is the measurement reference signal of cell group b. The downlink measurement threshold corresponding to the cell 1 is a downlink measurement threshold 1, the downlink measurement threshold corresponding to the cell 2 is a downlink measurement threshold 2, the downlink measurement threshold corresponding to the cell 3 is a downlink measurement threshold 3, and the downlink measurement threshold corresponding to the cell 4 is a downlink measurement threshold 4.

Under the condition that the first object comprises uplink timing corresponding to the cell, if the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 is unavailable and the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 is available, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are unavailable and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are available.

And under the condition that the first object comprises the uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells, if the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 is unavailable and the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 is available, the dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1, the cell 2, the cell 3 and the cell 4 are unavailable.

Under the condition that the first object comprises uplink timing corresponding to a measurement reference cell of a cell group to which the cell belongs, if the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1 is unavailable and the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 3 is available, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 are unavailable, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises uplink timing corresponding to each cell in K cells included in a cell group to which the cell belongs, if the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1 is unavailable, the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 2 is available, the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 3 is available, and the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 4 is unavailable, then dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cells 1 and 2 are unavailable, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cells 3 and 4 are unavailable.

Under the condition that the first object comprises the relationship between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells, if the target cell of the terminal is the cell 5 and is not the cell 1, the cell 2, the cell 3 or the cell 4, then the dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1, the cell 2, the cell 3 or the cell 4 are unavailable.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a downlink measurement threshold value corresponding to the cell, if a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 1 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 1, a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 2 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 2, a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 3 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 3, and a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 4 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 4, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are unavailable, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a downlink measurement threshold value of a measurement reference cell of a cell group to which the cell belongs, if a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 1 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 1, a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 2 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 2, a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 3 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 3, and a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 4 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 4, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 are unavailable, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in a cell group to which the cell belongs, if the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 1 does not exceed a downlink measurement threshold value 1, the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 2 exceeds a downlink measurement threshold value 2, the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 3 does not exceed a downlink measurement threshold value 3, and the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 4 exceeds a downlink measurement threshold value 4, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 are unavailable, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises uplink timing corresponding to each cell in a cell group to which the cell belongs, if the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1 is unavailable, the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 2 is available, and the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 is available, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 are unavailable, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to each cell in the cell group to which the cell belongs, if the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 1 is unavailable, the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 2 is available, and the dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cells 3 and 4 are available, the dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cells 1 and 2 are unavailable, and the dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the cells 3 and 4 are available.

2) And determining the state of uplink timing corresponding to the cell.

determining the uplink timing state corresponding to the first cell according to a second object;

wherein the second object comprises any one of:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

when the N cells comprise a measurement reference cell of a first cell group, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the measurement reference cell;

when the N cells comprise K cells in a first cell group, and K is an integer greater than 1, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the K cells;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a first timer corresponding to the measurement reference cell in case that the N cells include the measurement reference cell of the first cell group;

under the condition that the N cells comprise K cells in a first cell group, and K is an integer greater than 1, a first timer corresponding to each cell in the K cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

wherein the first cell group is a cell group to which the first cell belongs; the first timer corresponding to the cell is used for evaluating the state of uplink timing corresponding to the cell.

In a specific implementation, the determining, according to the second object, the uplink timing state corresponding to the first cell may include:

determining that uplink timing corresponding to the first cell is available when the second object meets a second condition;

wherein the second condition for the second object to satisfy comprises any one of:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell are available;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells are available;

the N cells comprise the measurement reference cell, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the measurement reference cell are available;

the N cells comprise the K cells, and dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the K cells are available;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell is in a running state;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells is in a running state;

the N cells comprise the measurement reference cell, and a first timer corresponding to the measurement reference cell is in a running state;

the N cells comprise the K cells, and a first timer corresponding to each cell in the K cells is in a running state;

the target cell of the terminal belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

It can be understood that, in this alternative embodiment, in a case that the second object does not satisfy the first condition, the terminal may determine that the uplink timing corresponding to the first cell is unavailable.

For ease of understanding, examples are illustrated below:

Under the condition that the first object comprises the exclusive uplink resources corresponding to the cell, if the exclusive uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are unavailable and the exclusive uplink resources corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are available, the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 is unavailable and the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 is available.

And under the condition that the first object comprises the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to each cell in the N cells, if the exclusive uplink resources corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are unavailable and the exclusive uplink resources corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are available, the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1, the cell 2, the cell 3 and the cell 4 is unavailable.

Under the condition that the first object comprises the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the measurement reference cell of the cell group to which the cell belongs, if the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 1 is unavailable and the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 3 is available, the uplink timings corresponding to the cells 1 and 2 are unavailable, and the uplink timings corresponding to the cells 3 and 4 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to each cell in K cells included in the cell group to which the cell belongs, if the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to the cell 1 is unavailable, the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to the cell 2 is available, the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to the cell 3 is available, and the exclusive uplink resource corresponding to the cell 4 is unavailable, the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 is unavailable, and the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 is unavailable.

Under the condition that the first object comprises the first timer corresponding to the cell, if the first timers corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are not in the running state, the first timers corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are in the running state, the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 3 is available, the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 4 is unavailable, the uplink timings corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are unavailable, and the uplink timings corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells, if the first timers corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are not in the running state, the first timers corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are in the running state, the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 3 is available, and the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the cell 4 is unavailable, the uplink timings corresponding to the cell 1, the cell 2, the cell 3 and the cell 4 are unavailable.

And under the condition that the first object comprises a first timer corresponding to a measurement reference cell of a cell group to which the cell belongs, if the first timer corresponding to the cell 1 is not in an operating state and the first timer corresponding to the cell 3 is in an operating state, the uplink timings corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 are unavailable, and the uplink timings corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a first timer corresponding to each cell in K cells included in a cell group to which the cell belongs, if the first timer corresponding to the cell 1 is not in an operating state, the first timer corresponding to the cell 2 is in an operating state, the first timer corresponding to the cell 3 is in an operating state, and the first timer corresponding to the cell 4 is not in an operating state, uplink timings corresponding to the cells 1 and 2 are unavailable, and uplink timings corresponding to the cells 3 and 4 are unavailable.

And under the condition that the first object comprises the relationship between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells, if the target cell of the terminal is the cell 5 and is not the cell 1, the cell 2, the cell 3 or the cell 4, the uplink timing corresponding to the cell 1, the cell 2, the cell 3 or the cell 4 is unavailable.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a downlink measurement threshold value corresponding to the cell, if a downlink measurement change value corresponding to the cell 1 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 1, a downlink measurement change value corresponding to the cell 2 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 2, a downlink measurement change value corresponding to the cell 3 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 3, and a downlink measurement change value corresponding to the cell 4 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 4, uplink timings corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 4 are unavailable, and uplink timings corresponding to the cell 2 and the cell 3 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a downlink measurement threshold value of a measurement reference cell of a cell group to which the cell belongs, if a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 1 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 1, a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 2 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 2, a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 3 does not exceed the downlink measurement threshold value 3, and a downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 4 exceeds the downlink measurement threshold value 4, uplink timings corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 are unavailable, and uplink timings corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 are available.

Under the condition that the first object comprises a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in a cell group to which the cell belongs, if the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 1 does not exceed a downlink measurement threshold value 1, the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 2 exceeds a downlink measurement threshold value 2, the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 3 does not exceed a downlink measurement threshold value 3, and the downlink measurement variation value corresponding to the cell 4 exceeds a downlink measurement threshold value 4, uplink timings corresponding to the cell 1 and the cell 2 are unavailable, and uplink timings corresponding to the cell 3 and the cell 4 are available.

The cell group described in the cell may be an uplink timing group, but is not limited thereto. The camping cell may also be referred to as a current camping cell, a serving cell, a current serving cell, a local cell, a current local cell, or the like.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application. The configuration method of the embodiment of the application is executed by the network side equipment.

As shown in fig. 3, the configuration method may include the steps of:

step 301, sending target configuration information, where the target configuration information includes: an identity of each of the N cells; first configuration information used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells; second configuration information for configuring uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells; wherein N is a positive integer.

In the processing method of the embodiment of the present application, a network side device may send target configuration information to a terminal, where the target configuration information includes: an identity of each of the N cells; first configuration information used for configuring dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells; second configuration information for configuring uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells; wherein N is a positive integer. Therefore, the target configuration information can be used for configuring the frequency domain resource and the time domain resource corresponding to each cell in the N cells, so that the flexibility of the resource configured by the network side for sending the uplink signal can be improved, the probability that the terminal cannot send the uplink data by using the dedicated uplink resource can be further reduced, and the reliability of sending the uplink signal can be improved.

Optionally, the first configuration information includes frequency range information of an exclusive uplink resource corresponding to each cell in the N cells.

Optionally, the frequency range information includes at least one of: bandwidth part BWP identification; frequency points; a bandwidth; a frequency start position; a frequency end position; physical resource block PRB identification; identification of the number of PRBs; frequency offset information.

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

downlink measurement reference signals corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the first timer corresponding to the cell is used for evaluating the state of uplink timing corresponding to the cell.

Optionally, the uplink timing group information includes at least one of:

an uplink timing group identifier;

an uplink timing group type;

the cell group identification of the uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement reference cell of an uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group;

Optionally, the identifier of each cell in the N cells includes at least one of: physical cell identities of the N cells; cell global identities of the N cells; a cell group identifier to which the N cells belong; cell type identification of the N cells.

Optionally, the N cells correspond to M uplink timing groups, where M is a positive integer;

wherein uplink timing values of at least one cell corresponding to a first uplink timing group in the N cells are equal, and the first uplink timing group is any one uplink timing group in the M uplink timing groups.

It should be noted that, the present embodiment is taken as an embodiment of a network side device corresponding to the embodiment of the method in fig. 2, and therefore, reference may be made to relevant descriptions in the embodiment of the method in fig. 2, and the same beneficial effects may be achieved. To avoid repetition of the description, the description is omitted.

It should be noted that, various optional implementations described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in combination with each other or separately, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

For ease of understanding, examples are illustrated below:

the method comprises the following steps: and the network side configures dedicated uplink resources of at least one cell for the UE to send uplink data.

For example, the network side configures a PUR configuration (PUR-Config) for the INACTIVE state UE in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Release (Release) message, where the configuration includes that the INACTIVE state UE transmits uplink data dedicated PUSCH uplink transmission resources in at least one cell.

Wherein the dedicated uplink resource configuration of the at least one cell includes:

an identity of each cell;

allocating dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell;

and uplink timing configuration corresponding to each cell.

Wherein the "identification of the cell" comprises at least one of:

physical cell identity (e.g., PCI-1);

cell global identity (e.g., CGI-1);

cell group identification (e.g., MCG or SCG);

a cell type identifier (e.g., PCell or PSCell or SpCell or SCell).

Wherein, the dedicated uplink resource configuration corresponding to the cell includes frequency range information corresponding to the uplink resource. The "frequency range information corresponding to the uplink resource" includes at least one of:

BWP identification (e.g., BWP-1);

frequency points (e.g., ARFCN-1);

bandwidth (e.g., 20 MHz);

a frequency start location (e.g., ARFCN-start);

an end of frequency location (e.g., ARFCN-end);

physical resource block identification (e.g., PRB-1);

physical resource block number identification (e.g., 10 PRBs);

frequency offset information (e.g., frequency offset value information relative to the center frequency information (or lowest frequency information; or highest frequency information) of an initial BWP.

Wherein, the uplink timing configuration corresponding to the cell includes at least one of the following:

an uplink timing value corresponding to a cell (e.g., NTA ═ x, where the value of "x" may be "0");

the uplink timing evaluation timer value (e.g., pur-TAT) corresponding to the cell;

downlink measurement reference signals corresponding to the cell (e.g., SSB-1 and/or CSI-RS-1 are used for downlink measurement of the cell-1);

a downlink measurement variation threshold corresponding to the cell (e.g., a variation of a Reference Received Power (RSRP) measurement value of the SSB-1 of the cell-1 exceeds a threshold-1);

and uplink timing group information corresponding to the cell.

Wherein the uplink timing group information comprises at least one of:

timing group identification (e.g., tag-1);

timing group type (e.g., PTAG or STAG);

a cell group identification (e.g., MCG or SCG) to which the timing group belongs;

a downlink measurement reference cell of the timing group (e.g., timing group-1 includes cell-1/2, where cell-1 is a downlink measurement reference cell, and then the downlink measurement value of cell-1 is used for TA availability judgment of the timing group-1);

a downlink measurement change threshold of the timing group (e.g., if the timing group-1 includes cell-1/2, and the change amount of the RSRP measurement value of cell-1 or cell-2 exceeds the threshold-1, the uplink timing of the timing group is unavailable);

the sounding reference signal of the downlink sounding reference cell of the timing group (e.g., timing group-1 includes cell-1/2, where cell-1 is the downlink sounding reference cell, and then the downlink measurement value of SSB-1 of cell-1 is used for TA availability judgment of the timing group-1).

Wherein, the "downlink measurement change threshold" includes any one of the following items:

increment (i.e., a threshold value for increment);

decrement (i.e., a threshold value applicable to decrement);

the amount of change (i.e., the threshold value for both the increase and decrease amounts).

Wherein, for at least one cell with an uplink timing value of 0 (i.e., NTA ═ 0), the at least one cell may belong to the same uplink timing group, and the at least one cell may belong to different types of cell groups (e.g., cell 1 belongs to the MCG and cell 2 belongs to the SCG).

Step two: when the dedicated uplink resource of the specific cell of the UE (or the uplink timing corresponding to the dedicated uplink resource of the specific cell) is still available, and the UE triggers to use the dedicated uplink resource for uplink signal transmission, the UE uses the dedicated uplink resource of the specific cell for uplink signal transmission.

Additionally, when the dedicated uplink resource of the specific cell of the UE (or the uplink timing corresponding to the dedicated uplink resource of the specific cell) is unavailable, the UE reports the "specific cell where the dedicated uplink resource (or the uplink timing corresponding to the dedicated uplink resource) is unavailable" to the network side.

For example, the cell where the network side configures the dedicated uplink resource for the UE in the rrcreelease message includes cell-1/2, the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to cell-1 is unavailable, and the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to cell-2 is available. The UE reports the cell-1 to the network side and tells the network side that the exclusive uplink resource of the cell-1 is unavailable.

Wherein the "specific cell" may be defined as a camping cell of the UE. For example, when the UE configures dedicated uplink resources of at least one cell, the UE only uses the dedicated uplink resources of the currently camped cell to transmit uplink signals in the mobility process. That is, the UE will not use non-camping (or dedicated uplink resources of non-serving cells).

The judgment condition for the UE to judge whether the dedicated uplink resource of the cell is still available includes any one of the following conditions:

whether the uplink timing corresponding to the dedicated uplink resource of the cell is still available (for example, the cell where the network side configures the dedicated uplink resource for the UE in the rrcreelease message includes cell-1/2, the uplink timing corresponding to cell-1 is not available, and the uplink timing corresponding to cell-2 is available, then, the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to cell-1 is not available, and the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to cell-2 is available);

whether uplink timing corresponding to dedicated uplink resources of all cells in the "cell configured with dedicated uplink resources" is still available (for example, a cell configured with dedicated uplink resources for the UE in the rrcreelease message by the network side includes cell-1/2, uplink timing corresponding to cell-1 is not available, uplink timing corresponding to cell-2 is available, then, dedicated uplink resources corresponding to cell-1/2 are not available);

whether a target cell moved by the UE belongs to a cell configured with dedicated uplink resources (for example, if the cell configured with dedicated uplink resources in the RRCRelease message by the network side includes cell-1/2/3, the UE resides in cell-4, and cell-4 does not belong to the cell configured with dedicated uplink resources, then the dedicated uplink resources configured by cell-1/2/3 are no longer available);

whether the downlink measurement variation value of the cell reaches or exceeds a threshold value (for example, the measurement value of the UE when receiving the uplink resource configuration (or TA update indication) exclusive to the cell-1 is RSRP-1. subsequently, the measurement value of the UE for the cell-1 is RSRP-2, and when the variation of the RSRP-2 and the RSRP-1 comparison reaches or exceeds the threshold value-1 configured by the network side, the cell-1 resource is judged to be unavailable);

whether the measurement variation value of the measurement reference cell of the cell group corresponding to the cell reaches or exceeds a threshold value (for example, when the UE receives a dedicated uplink resource configuration (or TA update indication) of the cell-1, the measurement value of the measurement reference cell-x of the cell group-1 corresponding to the cell-1 is RSRP-1. subsequently, the measurement value of the cell-x performed by the UE is RSRP-2, and when the variation of the comparison between the RSRP-2 and the RSRP-1 reaches or exceeds the threshold value-1 configured by the network side, all dedicated uplink resources (including the dedicated uplink resource configuration of the cell-1) of the cell group-1 are not available);

whether the measurement change value of any one cell of the cell group corresponding to the cell reaches or exceeds a threshold value (for example, when the UE receives uplink resource configuration (or TA update indication) dedicated to the cell-1 and the cell-2, the cell-1 and the cell-2 both belong to the cell group-1, the measurement value of the cell-1 is RSRP-1m, and the measurement value of the cell-2 is RSRP-2 m. subsequently, the UE performs the measurement value of the cell-1 is RSRP-1n (or performs the measurement value of the cell-2 is RSRP-2n), and when the change amount of the RSRP-1n compared with the RSRP-1m (or the RSRP-2n compared with the RSRP-2 m) reaches or exceeds the threshold value-1 configured on the network side, all dedicated uplink resources (including the dedicated uplink resource configuration of the cell-1) of the cell group-1 are not available);

the method for determining whether uplink timing corresponding to dedicated uplink resources of a cell is still available by the UE includes any one of the following:

each cell (or uplink timing group corresponding to each cell) starts a corresponding "uplink timing evaluation timer" if it is still running. (for example, the cell where the network side configures dedicated uplink resources for the UE in the rrcreelease message includes cell-1/2, the "uplink timing evaluation timer" corresponding to cell-1 is running, and the "uplink timing evaluation timer" corresponding to cell-2 is not running, then the dedicated uplink resources corresponding to cell-1 are available, and the dedicated uplink resources corresponding to cell-2 are not available);

and whether the uplink timing evaluation timers corresponding to all the cells in the cell configured with the exclusive uplink resource are running or not is judged. (for example, the cell configuring the dedicated uplink resource for the UE in the rrcreelease message by the network side includes cell-1/2, the "uplink timing evaluation timer" corresponding to cell-1 is running, and the "uplink timing evaluation timer" corresponding to cell-2 is not running, then the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to cell-1/2 is not available);

whether a target cell moved by the UE belongs to a cell configured with dedicated uplink resources (for example, if the cell configured with dedicated uplink resources in the RRCRelease message by the network side comprises a cell-1/2/3, the UE resides in a cell-4, and the cell-4 does not belong to the cell configured with dedicated uplink resources, the uplink timing of the cell-1/2/3 is no longer available);

whether the downlink measurement variation value of the cell reaches or exceeds a threshold value (for example, the measurement value of the UE when receiving the uplink resource configuration (or TA update indication) specific to the cell-1 is RSRP-1. subsequently, the measurement value of the UE for the cell-1 is RSRP-2, and when the variation of the RSRP-2 and the RSRP-1 comparison reaches or exceeds the threshold value-1 configured by the network side, the TA value corresponding to the uplink resource specific to the cell-1 is judged to be unavailable);

whether the measurement change value of the measurement reference cell of the cell group corresponding to the cell reaches or exceeds a threshold value (for example, when the UE receives the dedicated uplink resource configuration (or TA update indication) of the cell-1, the measurement value of the measurement reference cell-x of the cell group-1 corresponding to the cell-1 is RSRP-1. subsequently, the measurement value of the cell-x of the UE is RSRP-2, and when the change amount of comparing the RSRP-2 with the RSRP-1 reaches or exceeds the threshold value-1 configured by the network side, the TA values corresponding to all the dedicated uplink resources of the cell group-1 are not usable);

whether the measurement variation value of any cell of the cell group corresponding to the cell reaches or exceeds a threshold value (for example, when the UE receives uplink resource configuration (or TA update indication) dedicated to the cell-1 and the cell-2, the cell-1 and the cell-2 both belong to the cell group-1, the measurement value of the cell-1 is RSRP-1m, and the measurement value of the cell-2 is RSRP-2 m. subsequently, the UE performs the measurement value of the cell-1 is RSRP-1n (or performs the measurement value of the cell-2 is RSRP-2n), and when the measurement value of the RSRP-1n compared with the RSRP-1m (or the measurement value of the RSRP-2n compared with the RSRP-2 m) reaches or exceeds the threshold value-1 configured on the network side, the TA value corresponding to all the uplink resources of the cell group-1 is unavailable).

In the embodiment of the present application, a network side configures dedicated uplink resources and corresponding uplink timing for at least one cell of a UE, and can group each cell. And the UE respectively judges the resource availability or the uplink timing availability of each cell group according to the network configuration.

By the embodiment of the application, the dedicated uplink transmission resource of at least one cell can be configured for the UE, so that the UE can still transmit data by using the dedicated uplink transmission resource of at least one cell in the process of mobility, and the reliability of data transmission is improved.

In the processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution main body may be a processing apparatus, or a control module in the processing apparatus for executing the processing method. In the embodiment of the present application, a processing device executing a processing method is taken as an example to describe the processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a structural diagram of a processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 4, the processing apparatus 400 includes:

a receiving module 401, configured to receive target configuration information, where the target configuration information includes:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

Optionally, the uplink timing group information includes at least one of:

an uplink timing group identifier;

an uplink timing group type;

the cell group identification of the uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement reference cell of an uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group;

Optionally, the processing apparatus 400 further includes:

a first sending module, configured to send an uplink signal by using an dedicated uplink resource corresponding to a first cell, where the first cell is any one of second cells;

Optionally, the sending the uplink signal by using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell includes:

Optionally, the sending module is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the processing apparatus further includes:

a discarding module, configured to discard sending the uplink signal by using dedicated uplink resources when the second cell does not include the camping cell.

Optionally, the processing apparatus 400 further includes:

a first determining module, configured to determine, according to a first object, a state of an exclusive uplink resource corresponding to the first cell;

wherein the first object comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

wherein the first cell group is a cell group to which the first cell belongs.

Optionally, the first determining module is specifically configured to:

wherein the first object satisfying a first condition comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell is available;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells is available;

the target cell belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

Optionally, the processing apparatus 400 further includes:

a second determining module, configured to determine, according to a second object, a state of uplink timing corresponding to the first cell;

wherein the second object comprises any one of:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

Optionally, the second determining module is specifically configured to:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell are available;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell is in a running state;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells is in a running state;

the target cell of the terminal belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

The processing device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. By way of example, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the above-listed type of terminal 11, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a kiosk, or the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The processing device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present application are not limited specifically.

The processing apparatus 400 provided in this embodiment of the application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of fig. 2, and achieve the same technical effect, and for avoiding repetition, details are not described here again.

In the configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution main body may be a configuration device, or a control module in the configuration device for executing the configuration method. In the embodiment of the present application, a configuration device executing a configuration method is taken as an example to describe the configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a structural diagram of a configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 5, the configuration apparatus 500 includes:

a second sending module 501, configured to send target configuration information, where the target configuration information includes:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

Optionally, the uplink timing group information includes at least one of:

an uplink timing group identifier;

an uplink timing group type;

the cell group identification of the uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement reference cell of an uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group;

The configuration device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a network side device. The network-side device may include, but is not limited to, the types of the network-side device 12 listed above, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

The configuration apparatus 500 provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the embodiment of the method in fig. 3, and achieve the same technical effect, and for avoiding repetition, details are not described here again.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 600, which includes a processor 601, a memory 602, and a program or an instruction stored on the memory 602 and executable on the processor 601, for example, when the communication device 600 is a terminal, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 601 to implement the processes of the method embodiment of fig. 2, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 600 is a network-side device, the program or the instructions are executed by the processor 601 to implement the processes of the method embodiment shown in fig. 3, and the same technical effect can be achieved.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing the embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 700 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 701, a network module 702, an audio output unit 703, an input unit 704, a sensor 705, a display unit 706, a user input unit 707, an interface unit 708, a memory 709, and a processor 710.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 700 may further include a power supply (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, which may be logically connected to the processor 710 via a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or have a different arrangement of components, and will not be described again here.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 704 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 7041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 707 includes a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

In the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 701 receives downlink data from a network side device and then processes the downlink data in the processor 710; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the network side equipment. In general, radio frequency unit 701 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 709 may be used to store software programs or instructions as well as various data. The memory 709 may mainly include a storage program or instruction area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program or instruction area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required by at least one function, and the like. In addition, the Memory 709 may include a high-speed random access Memory and a nonvolatile Memory, where the nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid state storage device.

Processor 710 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, processor 710 may be integrated into an application processor that handles primarily the operating system, user interface, and application programs or instructions, and a modem processor that handles primarily wireless communications, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 710.

The radio frequency unit 701 is configured to:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

Optionally, the uplink timing group information includes at least one of:

an uplink timing group identifier;

an uplink timing group type;

the cell group identification of the uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement reference cell of an uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group;

Optionally, the radio frequency unit 701 is further configured to:

Optionally, the processor 710 is configured to:

wherein the first object comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

wherein the first cell group is a cell group to which the first cell belongs.

Optionally, the processor 710 is further configured to:

wherein the first object satisfying a first condition comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell is available;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells is available;

the target cell belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

Optionally, the processor 710 is further configured to:

wherein the second object comprises any one of:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

Optionally, the processor 710 is further configured to:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell are available;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell is in a running state;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells is in a running state;

the target cell of the terminal belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the terminal 700 may implement each process in the method embodiment of fig. 2 in the embodiment of the present invention, and achieve the same beneficial effects, and for avoiding repetition, details are not described here again.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application further provides a network side device. As shown in fig. 8, the network device 800 includes: antenna 81, radio frequency device 82, baseband device 83. The antenna 81 is connected to a radio frequency device 82. In the uplink direction, the rf device 82 receives information via the antenna 81 and sends the received information to the baseband device 83 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 83 processes information to be transmitted and transmits the information to the rf device 82, and the rf device 82 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 81.

The above band processing means may be located in the baseband device 83, and the method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 83, where the baseband device 83 includes a processor 84 and a memory 85.

The baseband device 83 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 8, wherein one chip, for example, the processor 84, is connected to the memory 85 to call up the program in the memory 85 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The baseband device 83 may further include a network interface 86 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 82, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: the instructions or programs stored in the memory 85 and executable on the processor 84, and the processor 84 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 85 to execute the processes in the embodiment of the method in fig. 3, and achieve the same technical effects, which are not described herein for avoiding repetition.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the method embodiment in fig. 2 or fig. 3, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a network-side device program or an instruction, to implement each process in the method embodiment shown in fig. 2 or fig. 3, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

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

Claims

1. A processing method performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first configuration information comprises frequency range information of dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each of the N cells.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second configuration information is used to configure at least one of:

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the uplink timing group information comprises at least one of:

an uplink timing group identifier;

an uplink timing group type;

the cell group identification of the uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement reference cell of an uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group;

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the N cells correspond to M uplink timing groups, and M is a positive integer;

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after receiving the target configuration information, the method further comprises:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting the uplink signal using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell comprises:

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting the uplink signal using the dedicated uplink resource of the first cell comprises:

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

10. The method according to any of claims 6 to 9, wherein before the sending the uplink signal using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell, the method further comprises:

wherein the first object comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

wherein the first cell group is a cell group to which the first cell belongs.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining, according to the first object, the state of the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell comprises:

wherein the first object satisfying a first condition comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell is available;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells is available;

the target cell belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

12. The method according to any of claims 6 to 9, wherein before the sending the uplink signal using the dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the first cell, the method further comprises:

wherein the second object comprises any one of:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the state of the uplink timing corresponding to the first cell according to the second object comprises:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell are available;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell is in a running state;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells is in a running state;

the target cell of the terminal belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

14. A configuration method, performed by a network side device, the method comprising:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first configuration information comprises frequency range information of dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each of the N cells.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the second configuration information is used to configure at least one of:

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the uplink timing group information comprises at least one of:

an uplink timing group identifier;

an uplink timing group type;

the cell group identification of the uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement reference cell of an uplink timing group;

a downlink measurement change threshold value of the uplink timing group;

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the N cells correspond to M uplink timing groups, and M is a positive integer;

19. A processing apparatus, characterized in that the processing apparatus comprises:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

20. The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first configuration information includes frequency range information of dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each of the N cells.

21. The processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the second configuration information is used to configure at least one of:

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

22. The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the N cells correspond to M uplink timing groups, where M is a positive integer;

23. The processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processing apparatus further comprises:

24. The processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the sending module is specifically configured to:

25. The processing apparatus according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that it further comprises:

wherein the first object comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

wherein the first cell group is a cell group to which the first cell belongs.

26. The processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the first determining module is specifically configured to:

wherein the first object satisfying a first condition comprises any one of:

uplink timing corresponding to the first cell is available;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the N cells is available;

the target cell belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

27. The processing apparatus according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that it further comprises:

wherein the second object comprises any one of:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the relation between the target cell of the terminal and the N cells;

a downlink measurement variation value of the first cell;

a downlink measurement variation value of each cell in the first cell group;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each cell in the first cell group;

28. The processing apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the second determining module is specifically configured to:

dedicated uplink resources corresponding to the first cell are available;

a first timer corresponding to the first cell is in a running state;

a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells is in a running state;

the target cell of the terminal belongs to the N cells;

uplink timing corresponding to each cell in the first cell group is available;

29. A configuration apparatus, characterized in that the configuration apparatus comprises:

an identity of each of the N cells;

wherein N is a positive integer.

30. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the first configuration information includes frequency range information of dedicated uplink resources corresponding to each of the N cells.

31. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the second configuration information is used for configuring at least one of:

uplink timing values corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

the running time of a first timer corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

a downlink measurement change threshold corresponding to each of the N cells;

uplink timing group information corresponding to each cell in the N cells;

32. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the N cells correspond to M uplink timing groups, where M is a positive integer;

33. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the processing method of any one of claims 1 to 13.

34. A network-side device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the configuration method according to any one of claims 14 to 18.

35. A readable storage medium, characterized in that it stores thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, or the steps of the configuration method according to any one of claims 14 to 18.