CN114128342B

CN114128342B - Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) measuring method, device and system

Info

Publication number: CN114128342B
Application number: CN202080006857.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 东宁; 余波
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-30
Filing date: 2020-06-30
Publication date: 2023-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-30
Also published as: CN114128342A; WO2022000352A1

Abstract

An ANR measurement method, an ANR measurement device and an ANR measurement system relate to the technical field of communication. In the method, a terminal (130) establishes RRC connection with a first access network device (110) and a second access network device (120) respectively, and carries out ANR measurement on a neighbor cell according to a frequency band combination satisfied by a first frequency band and at least one second frequency band. The first frequency band is a frequency band to which a first carrier belongs, the first carrier is a carrier of a neighboring cell, a network system adopted by the neighboring cell is a first network system adopted by the first access network device (110), at least one second frequency band is a frequency band to which at least one second carrier belongs, and the second carrier is a carrier of a cell of the second access network device (120) which provides service for the terminal (130). Because the frequency bands meeting the frequency band combination relation do not interfere with each other when data transmission is carried out simultaneously, the terminal (130) carries out ANR measurement on the adjacent cells according to the frequency band combination meeting the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band, and flow interruption can be reduced.

Description

Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) measuring method, device and system

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a system for measuring an automatic neighbor relation (automatic neighbour relation, ANR).

Background

Currently, for a New Radio (NR) system, most operators use a non-independent Networking (NSA), that is, a core network of a 4th generation (the 4th generation,4G) network, a 4G network is used as an anchor point of a control plane, a dual connection mode of a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system and a NR system is adopted, and an existing 4G network is used to deploy a 5th generation (the 5th generation,5G) network, so as to implement rapid deployment of the 5G network, and this access mode is called dual connection (E-UTRAN NR dual connectivity, EN-DC) networking of an evolved global terrestrial radio access network (evolved universal terrestrial radio access, E-UTRAN) and NR.

Wherein the terminal may communicate with the 4G network and the 5G network using a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception, DRX) mode. In the DRX mode, the terminal may receive a physical downlink control channel (physical downlink control channel, PDCCH) during an active time (active time) and, beyond the active time, the terminal will enter an inactive time (inactive time) (which may also be referred to as a sleep time) during which the terminal will not receive the PDCCH. When the terminal is in a connected state, the DRX mode of the terminal may be referred to as a connected state discontinuous reception (connected discontinuous reception, CDRX) mode.

In the ENDC system, if the terminal needs to measure the neighbor information of the LTE neighbor, and under the condition that the terminal is in a connection state with the NR base station, the communication of the terminal on the NR cell needs to be temporarily disconnected, and the neighbor information of the NR neighbor is measured similarly, the scheme can cause flow interruption.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an ANR measurement method, an ANR measurement device and an ANR measurement system, which are used for solving the problem of flow interruption caused by the existing ANR measurement method.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present application provides the following technical solutions:

in a first aspect, an ANR measurement method is provided, which may be performed by a communication device, which may be a complete machine of a computing device, or may be a part of a device in the computing device, for example, a chip related to a wireless communication function, such as a system chip or a communication chip. Wherein the system chip is also referred to as a system on chip, or SoC chip. Specifically, the communication device may be a terminal such as a smart phone, or may be a system chip or a communication chip that can be provided in the terminal. The communication chip may include one or more of a radio frequency processing chip and a baseband processing chip. The baseband processing chip is sometimes also referred to as a modem or baseband processor or baseband module. In a physical implementation, the communication chip may or may not be integrated within the SoC chip. For example, the baseband processing chip is integrated in the SoC chip, and the radio frequency processing chip is not integrated with the SoC chip. The ANR measurement method will be exemplarily described below using a communication device as an example. The ANR measurement method comprises the following steps: and the terminal respectively establishes RRC connection with the first access network equipment and the second access network equipment, and carries out ANR measurement on the neighbor cell according to the frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band. The first access network equipment adopts a first network system, the second access network equipment adopts a second network system, and the first network system and the second network system are different; the first frequency band is the frequency band to which the first carrier belongs, the first carrier is the carrier of the neighboring cell, the network system adopted by the neighboring cell is the first network system, at least one second frequency band is the frequency band to which at least one second carrier belongs, and the second carrier is the carrier of the cell of the second access network equipment for providing service for the terminal. According to the method provided by the first aspect, because the frequency bands meeting the frequency band combination relation do not interfere with each other when data transmission is carried out simultaneously, the terminal carries out ANR measurement on the adjacent cells according to the frequency band combination meeting the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band, whether to disconnect communication of the terminal on a cell serving the terminal of the second access network equipment can be selected according to the requirement, and flow interruption can be reduced. Moreover, the terminal does not need to wait until the terminal enters the NR CDRX non-activation time to start the ANR measurement, so that the problems that the LTE ANR measurement or the NR ANR measurement in the scheme 2 cannot be started for a long time, the scheduling of the ANR measurement is delayed, neighbor discovery is not timely, the switching accuracy initiated by the network side is low and the like can be avoided.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell according to a frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band, including: when the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination and the at least one frequency band combination comprises the first frequency band combination, the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell; the first frequency band combination comprises a first frequency band and at least one second frequency band. In this possible implementation manner, when the at least one frequency band combination includes the first frequency band combination, it is indicated that communication of the terminal on a cell of the second access network device that serves the terminal will not interfere with ANR measurement of the neighboring cell, so that the terminal may directly perform ANR measurement on the neighboring cell, without disconnecting communication of the terminal on the cell of the second access network device that serves the terminal, and traffic interruption is avoided.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell according to a frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band, including: when the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination and the frequency band combination comprising the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band does not exist in the at least one frequency band combination, the terminal informs the second access network equipment to disconnect the communication of the terminal on N cells, and the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cells; the N cells are cells corresponding to N second carriers, the N second carriers are second carriers corresponding to second frequency bands which do not belong to a first frequency band combination, the first frequency band combination is one of at least one frequency band combination, and N is an integer larger than 0. In this possible implementation manner, when the N second carriers are second carriers that do not belong to the second frequency band corresponding to the first frequency band combination, it is indicated that communication of the terminal on N cells corresponding to the N second carriers will interfere with ANR measurement of the neighboring cells, so that after the terminal can disconnect communication of the terminal on the N cells, the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighboring cells, and it is not necessary to disconnect communication of the terminal on all cells of the second access network device that provide services for the terminal, so that flow interruption is reduced.

In one possible implementation manner, the first frequency band combination is an optimal frequency band combination in at least one frequency band combination, and the optimal frequency band combination refers to a frequency band combination with minimum influence on the traffic of the terminal after communication between the terminal and a cell corresponding to a second carrier corresponding to a second frequency band which does not belong to the frequency band combination is disconnected. The first frequency band combination selected by the possible implementation mode has the minimum influence on the flow of the terminal in the ANR measurement process of the neighbor cell.

In one possible implementation, the first frequency band combination includes a frequency band to which carriers of a primary and a secondary cell in the SCG of the second access network device belong.

In one possible implementation, before the terminal performs the ANR measurement on the neighbor cell, the method further includes: the terminal informs the second access network equipment to pause the communication of the terminal on the M cells, and loads radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination; the M cells are cells corresponding to M second carriers, the M second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band in the first frequency band combination, and M is an integer larger than 0. By loading the radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination, the terminal can communicate with the cell through the new radio frequency parameters.

In one possible implementation, before the terminal performs the ANR measurement on the neighbor cell, the method further includes: the terminal opens the radio frequency front-end paths of the first carrier and the M second carriers. By opening the radio frequency front end channels of the first carrier wave and the M second carrier waves, the terminal can smoothly transmit and receive data.

In one possible implementation, before the terminal performs the ANR measurement on the neighbor cell, the method further includes: and when the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination is completed, the terminal informs the second access network equipment to resume the communication of the terminal on M cells. And the communication of the terminal on the M cells is restored, so that the terminal normally communicates on the M cells during the ANR measurement of the terminal on the neighbor cells, and the flow interruption is reduced.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: after the terminal finishes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cells, aiming at the second access network equipment, when the terminal is positioned in the activation time, the terminal informs the second access network equipment to suspend the communication of the terminal on M cells, and loads radio frequency parameters corresponding to at least one second frequency band. Aiming at the second access network equipment, when the terminal is positioned in the activation time, the terminal needs to communicate on M cells, so that the communication of the terminal on the M cells is suspended, and the loading errors of radio frequency parameters corresponding to X second frequency bands can be prevented.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: the terminal opens a radio frequency front-end path of at least one second carrier in preparation for a resumption of communication by the terminal on a cell of the second access network device serving the terminal.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: and when the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the at least one second frequency band is completed, the terminal informs the second access network equipment to resume the communication of the terminal on the cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell according to a frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band, including: and when any one of the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band does not form a frequency band combination, the terminal informs the second access network equipment to disconnect the communication between the terminal and the cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier, and the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: the terminal determines a frequency band combination which is met by the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band in a first subframe; the first subframe is a starting subframe aiming at the non-activation time of the first access network equipment, or a next subframe of the first subframe is a receiving window of the MIB and/or the SIB1 of the adjacent cell.

In a second aspect, there is provided an ANR measurement device comprising: a processing unit and a communication unit; the processing unit is used for respectively establishing RRC connection with the first access network equipment and the second access network equipment through the communication unit; the first access network equipment adopts a first network system, the second access network equipment adopts a second network system, and the first network system and the second network system are different; the processing unit is further used for carrying out ANR measurement on the neighbor cell according to the frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band through the communication unit; the first frequency band is a frequency band to which a first carrier belongs, the first carrier is a carrier of a neighboring cell, a network system adopted by the neighboring cell is a first network system, at least one second frequency band is a frequency band to which at least one second carrier belongs, and the second carrier is a carrier of a cell of the second access network device for providing service for the ANR measuring device.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit is specifically configured to, by means of the communication unit: performing ANR measurement on the neighbor cell under the condition that the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination and the at least one frequency band combination comprises the first frequency band combination; the first frequency band combination comprises a first frequency band and at least one second frequency band.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit is specifically configured to, by means of the communication unit: under the condition that the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination, and no frequency band combination comprising the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band exists in the at least one frequency band combination, notifying the second access network equipment to disconnect communication of the ANR measuring device on N cells, and carrying out ANR measurement on the neighbor cells; the N cells are cells corresponding to N second carriers, the N second carriers are second carriers corresponding to second frequency bands which do not belong to a first frequency band combination, the first frequency band combination is one of at least one frequency band combination, and N is an integer larger than 0.

In one possible implementation manner, the first frequency band combination is an optimal frequency band combination of at least one frequency band combination, where the optimal frequency band combination is a frequency band combination that has a minimum influence on the flow of the ANR measurement device after communication between the ANR measurement device and a cell corresponding to a second carrier corresponding to a second frequency band that does not belong to the frequency band combination is disconnected.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is further configured to notify, through the communication unit, the second access network device to suspend communication of the ANR measurement device on the M cells, and load radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination; the M cells are cells corresponding to M second carriers, the M second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band in the first frequency band combination, and M is an integer larger than 0.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is further configured to open a radio frequency front-end path of the first carrier and the M second carriers.

In one possible implementation manner, when loading of radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination is completed, the processing unit is further configured to notify, by using the communication unit, the second access network device to resume communication of the ANR measurement device on the M cells.

In a possible implementation manner, after the ANR measurement of the neighboring cell is completed, for the second access network device, when the ANR measurement device is located within the activation time, the processing unit is further configured to notify, through the communication unit, the second access network device to suspend communication of the ANR measurement device on the M cells, and load radio frequency parameters corresponding to at least one second frequency band.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit is further configured to open a radio frequency front-end path of the at least one second carrier.

In one possible implementation manner, when the loading of the radio frequency parameter corresponding to the at least one second frequency band is completed, the processing unit is further configured to notify, by the communication unit, the second access network device to resume the communication of the ANR measurement device on the cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit is specifically configured to, by means of the communication unit: and under the condition that any one of the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band does not form a frequency band combination, notifying the second access network equipment to disconnect communication between the ANR measuring device and the cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier, and carrying out ANR measurement on the neighbor cell by the ANR measuring device.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is further configured to determine, in the first subframe, a frequency band combination that is satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band; the first subframe is a starting subframe of the inactivity time of the ANR measurement device for the first access network device, or a next subframe of the first subframe is a receiving window of MIB and/or SIB1 of the neighboring cell.

In a third aspect, there is provided an ANR measurement device comprising: a processor. The processor is connected to the memory, the memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions, and the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, thereby implementing any one of the methods provided in the first aspect. The memory and processor may be integrated, or may be separate devices, for example. In the latter case, the memory may be located within the ANR measurement device or may be located outside the ANR measurement device.

In one possible implementation, the processor includes logic circuitry, and further includes at least one of an input interface and an output interface. The output interface is for performing the actions of the sending in the respective method, and the input interface is for performing the actions of the receiving in the respective method.

In one possible implementation, the ANR measurement device further includes a communication interface and a communication bus, the processor, the memory, and the communication interface being connected by the communication bus. The communication interface is used for executing the actions of the transceiving in the corresponding method. The communication interface may also be referred to as a transceiver. Optionally, the communication interface comprises at least one of a transmitter for performing the act of transmitting in the respective method and a receiver for performing the act of receiving in the respective method.

In one possible implementation, the ANR measurement device is present in the form of a product of a communication chip or chip system.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an ANR measurement device comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, which when executed, causes the ANR measurement device to perform any one of the methods provided in the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided an ANR measurement device comprising: a processor and an interface, the processor being coupled to the memory through the interface, the processor when executing the computer program or computer-executable instructions in the memory, causing any one of the methods provided in the first aspect to be performed.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any one of the methods provided in the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a computer program product containing computer-executable instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the methods provided in the first aspect.

An eighth aspect provides a communication system comprising the communication device described above, the ANR measurement device provided in the second aspect, the ANR measurement device provided in the third aspect, the ANR measurement device provided in the fourth aspect, or the ANR measurement device provided in the fifth aspect. Optionally, the method further comprises the first access network device and/or the second access network device.

Technical effects caused by any implementation manner of the second aspect to the eighth aspect may be referred to technical effects caused by corresponding implementation manners of the first aspect, and are not described herein.

It should be noted that, on the premise that the schemes are not contradictory, the schemes in the above aspects may be combined.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a DRX cycle;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a time domain position of a PBCH;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a time domain position of SIB 1;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of an ANR measurement;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of yet another ANR measurement;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of communication between terminals before and during ANR measurements;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of communication between terminals before and during an ANR measurement;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an ANR measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of yet another method for ANR measurement provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an ANR measurement according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic communication diagram of a terminal before and during ANR measurement according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of yet another method for ANR measurement provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of yet another method for ANR measurement provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic communication diagram of a terminal before and during an ANR measurement according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating the composition of an ANR measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is a schematic hardware structure of an ANR measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 18 is a schematic hardware structure of another ANR measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In the description of the present application, "/" means "or" unless otherwise indicated, for example, a/B may mean a or B. "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. Furthermore, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. The terms "first," "second," and the like do not limit the number and order of execution, and the terms "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ.

In this application, the terms "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

The device related to the application comprises an access network device and a terminal.

The access network device in the embodiment of the present application is an entity on the network side for sending a signal, or receiving a signal, or sending a signal and receiving a signal. The access network device may be a means deployed in a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) to provide wireless communication functionality for the terminal, e.g., may be a transmission reception point (transmission reception point, TRP), a base station, various forms of control nodes (e.g., network controllers, radio controllers (e.g., radio controllers in the context of a cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN)), etc. Specifically, the access network device may be a macro base station, a micro base station (also referred to as a small station), a relay station, an Access Point (AP), or the like in various forms, or may be an antenna panel of the base station. The control node can be connected with a plurality of base stations and can configure resources for a plurality of terminals covered by the plurality of base stations. In systems employing different radio access technologies, the names of base station capable devices may vary. For example, the LTE system may be referred to as an evolved NodeB (eNB or eNodeB), the NR system may be referred to as a next generation base station node (next generation node base station, gNB), and specific names of the base stations are not limited in this application. The access network device may also be an access network device in a future evolved public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN), etc.

The terminal in the embodiment of the present application is an entity on the user side for receiving signals, or transmitting signals, or receiving signals and transmitting signals. The terminal is for providing one or more of a voice service and a data connectivity service to the user. A terminal may also be called a User Equipment (UE), a terminal device, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user equipment. The terminal may be a Mobile Station (MS), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), an unmanned aerial vehicle, an internet of things (internet of things, ioT) device, a Station (ST) in a wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), a cellular phone (cellular phone), a smart phone (smart phone), a cordless phone, a wireless data card, a tablet, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a personal digital processing (personal digital assistant, PDA) device, a laptop (machine type communication, MTC) terminal, a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device (also may be referred to as a wearable smart device). The terminal may also be a terminal in a next generation communication system, for example, a terminal in a future evolved PLMN, a terminal in an NR system, etc.

The method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to an ENDC system, a future evolution system or a plurality of communication fusion systems. The method provided in the embodiments of the present application will be exemplarily described below with an application to an ENDC system.

As shown in fig. 1, two access network devices, such as access network device 110 and access network device 120 shown in fig. 1, may be included in the architecture of the ENDC system. The architecture may also include at least one terminal, such as terminal 130 shown in fig. 1. The terminal 130 may establish a wireless link with the access network device 110 and the access network device 120 via a dual connectivity (dual connectivity, DC) technology.

Furthermore, as shown in fig. 1, there may be one access network device, such as the access network device 110, which is responsible for interacting radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) messages with the terminal 130 and for interacting with a core network control plane entity, and then the access network device 110 may be referred to as a Master Node (MN), which may be the access network device when the terminal 130 is initially accessed. For example, the master node may be a master evolved NodeB (MeNB) or a master next generation base station node (master next generation node base station, mgNB), without being limited thereto. Another access network device, such as access network device 120, may be referred to as a Secondary Node (SN), which may be added upon RRC reconfiguration, for providing additional radio resources. For example, the secondary node may be a secondary evolved node b (secondary evolved NodeB, seNB) or a secondary next generation base station node (secondary next generation node base station, sgNB), without being limited thereto.

Wherein a plurality of serving cells in a primary node may constitute a primary cell group (master cell group, MCG) comprising one primary cell (PCell) and optionally one or more secondary cells (scells). Multiple serving cells in a secondary node may constitute a secondary cell group (secondary cell group, SCG) including one primary secondary cell (primary secondary cell, PSCell) and optionally one or more scells. The service cell refers to a cell in which the network is configured to the terminal for uplink and downlink transmission. Illustratively, the LTE cell may be regarded as a PCell of the MCG and the NR cell may be regarded as a PSCell of the SCG. Vice versa. For convenience of description, hereinafter, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application is exemplified by taking the primary node as the LTE base station, the secondary node as the NR base station, that is, the LTE cell is the PCell of the MCG, and the NR cell is the PSCell of the SCG.

Of course, in fig. 1, the access network device 120 may be a primary node, and the access network device 110 may be a secondary node, which is not limited in this application. Each device in fig. 1, such as access network device 110, access network device 120, or terminal 130 in fig. 1, may be configured with multiple antennas. The plurality of antennas may include at least one transmitting antenna for transmitting signals and at least one receiving antenna for receiving signals. In addition, each device may additionally include a transmitter and a receiver, each of which may include a plurality of components (e.g., processors, modulators, multiplexers, demodulators, demultiplexers, antennas, etc.) associated with the transmission and reception of signals, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art. Thus, communication between the access network device and the terminal may be via multiple antenna technology.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication scenes. For example, machine-to-machine (machine to machine, M2M), macro-micro communications, enhanced mobile broadband (enhanced mobile broadband, emmbb), ultra-reliable and ultra-low latency communications (URLLC), internet of vehicles (internet of things) and mass internet of things communications (massive machine type communication, mctc).

The network architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. As can be known to those skilled in the art, with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems.

In order to make the embodiments of the present application more clear, concepts and portions related to the embodiments of the present application are briefly described below.

1. DRX mode

The DRX mode is a mode of receiving a signal by a terminal, and in order to reduce power consumption of the terminal, the terminal may decide whether to receive the signal in the DRX mode according to a configuration of an access network device. When the terminal receives a signal in the DRX mode, the terminal may receive the PDCCH during an active time (active time) during one DRX cycle, and the terminal will enter an inactive time (also referred to as a sleep time) outside the active time during which the terminal will not receive the PDCCH. For example, referring to fig. 2, in both DRX cycle 1 and DRX cycle 2, the terminal can only receive the PDCCH during the active time. In fig. 2, the active time and the inactive time in one DRX cycle are each drawn by way of example, and in one DRX cycle, the active time may be composed of a plurality of discontinuous time periods, and the inactive time may be composed of a plurality of discontinuous time periods.

Wherein, when the terminal is in a connected state, the DRX mode of the terminal may be referred to as CDRX mode. In the ENDC system, the terminal may use the same CDRX configuration when communicating with the LTE base station and the NR base station, or may use different CDRX configurations. CDRX configuration determines the length of the active and inactive time of the terminal.

2. Main information block (master information block MIB)

The MIB may be used for downlink synchronization and may carry some cell parameters.

In LTE systems, MIB is transmitted on a physical broadcast channel (physical broadcast channel, PBCH). Referring to fig. 3, the pbch is located in the first 4 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM) symbols of the 2 nd slot (i.e., instant 1) of subframe 0 of each system frame in the time domain, and occupies 72 center subcarriers (without dc carriers) in the frequency domain.

In NR systems, MIB is also transmitted on PBCH with a PBCH transmission period of 80 milliseconds (ms), where the specific slot position is determined by the synchronization signal and PBCH block (synchronization signal and PBCH block, SSB) pattern (pattern).

3. System information block1 (system information block1, SIB 1)

SIB1 may be used to indicate a scheduling period and a scheduling window for a subsequent SIB.

In the LTE system, SIB1 adopts a fixed, 80ms scheduling period, and can be retransmitted within 80 ms. The first transmission of SIB1 is arranged on subframe 5 of a system frame with a margin of 0 (i.e. SFN mod8=0) per system frame number (system frame number, SFN) pair 8, while the retransmission is arranged in subframe 5 of all other system frames with a margin of 0 (i.e. SFN mod2=0) per SFN pair 2 (see fig. 4). Where "mod" is the "remainder function".

In the NR system, the SIB1 transmission period is fixed to 160ms, the transmission is repeated in the period, and the specific position of the repeated transmission is determined by the combination of the SSB pattern and the control resource set (control resource set, CORESET).

4、ANR

In today's cellular mobile networks, one of the most time-consuming tasks is the establishment and optimization of neighbor relations. The ANR function is able to automatically create and update neighbor relations between serving cells (e.g., MCG and SCG described above) and neighbors to support cell handover. The ANR function can reduce the time required for configuration and planning of the network, optimizing network performance. Wherein the process of obtaining information of the neighbor cell of the serving cell through measurement may be referred to as ANR measurement.

Under the ENDC system, when the signal quality of the PCell of the terminal is lower than a specified threshold, the access network device sends an RRC reconfiguration (RRC reconfiguration) message to the terminal, informing the terminal to initiate ANR measurements to discover neighbor cells. The terminal automatically maintains the neighbor relation in the E-UTRAN system, and the integrity, validity and correctness of the neighbor relation between the next generation radio access network (next generation radio access network, NG-RAN), E-UTRAN, universal mobile telecommunications system (universal mobile telecommunications system, UMTS) terrestrial radio access network (UMTS terrestrial radio access network, UTRAN), global system for mobile communications (global system for mobile communications, GSM)/enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (enhanced data rate for GSM evolution, EDGE) radio access network (GSM/EDGE radio access network, GERAN) and other heterogeneous systems. And, the terminal reports the measured neighbor information (for example, cell group identifier (cell group identity, CGI)) of the neighbor meeting the condition to the access network device through the air interface, so that the access network device updates the neighbor relation for switching judgment.

The LTE ANR measurement (namely, the ANR measurement of the LTE neighbor cell is conducted, the LTE neighbor cell refers to the neighbor cell with the network system of LTE) and the NR ANR measurement (namely, the ANR measurement of the NR neighbor cell is conducted, the NR neighbor cell refers to the neighbor cell with the network system of NR) both comprise MIB of the neighbor cell and SIB1 of the neighbor cell. The terminal realizes downlink synchronization with network equipment to which the neighbor Cell belongs by resolving MIB of the neighbor Cell, acquires an operator identification number (mobile country code, MCC) or a country identification number (mobile network code, MNC) of the neighbor Cell by resolving SIB1 of the neighbor Cell, and then adds a physical Cell identification (Cell ID) of the neighbor Cell to form a CGI of the neighbor Cell, and reports the CGI of the neighbor Cell to access network equipment for neighbor Cell relation maintenance.

ANR measurements include both idle period (idle period) and autonomous interval (autonomous gap). And the idle period refers to an ANR measurement mode that the communication of the terminal on all the service cells is disconnected to receive the MIB and/or the SIB1 of the neighbor cell in the non-activation time of the CDRX, and the neighbor cell information is acquired according to the received MIB and/or the SIB 1. The autonomous gap refers to a window for receiving MIB and/or SIB1 of a neighboring cell (the size of the window may be determined according to the prior art, and is not described herein, for convenience of description, the window is simply referred to as a receiving window hereinafter), and communication of the terminal on all serving cells is disconnected to receive MIB and/or SIB1 of the neighboring cell, and an ANR measurement manner for acquiring neighboring cell information according to the received MIB and/or SIB1 is obtained.

At present, the LTE system supports two ANR measurement modes, namely an idle period and an automatic period, and the NR only supports the ANR measurement mode of the idle period.

5. Radio frequency Non-volatile (Non-VolatileItem, NV)

Radio frequency NV refers to non-volatile radio frequency data. The radio frequency NV may be stored in non-volatile memory (NVM).

The radio frequency NV includes any one or more of the following: logic control parameters such as transmission and reception, temperature compensation, calibration parameters, audio related parameters, input/Output (I/O) control parameters, and current control parameters such as charging current consumption. The radio frequency NV may also include other radio frequency related data.

One carrier may correspond to one radio frequency NV. The radio frequency NV may be validated by loading the radio frequency NV (i.e., loading the radio frequency NV in the NVM into memory).

6. Radio frequency front end path

The RF front-end path is between the antenna and the RF transceiver, and the components mainly include a filter (Filters), a low noise amplifier (low noise amplifier, LNA), a Power Amplifier (PA), a RF switch (RF switch), a RF tuning switch (RF antenna switch), and a duplexer.

The rf front-end path may also be referred to as an rf resource, an rf channel, an rf switch, an rf front-end, etc., and is not limited in this application.

The radio frequency front-end path includes a receive path and a transmit path, and signals are transmitted from the line:

the signal transmission of the receiving path is as follows: signal-antenna-radio frequency tuning switch-filter/duplexer-LNA-radio frequency switch-radio frequency transceiver-baseband.

The signal transmission of the transmission path is as follows: baseband-radio frequency transceiver-radio frequency switch-PA-filter/diplexer-radio frequency tuning switch-antenna-signal.

The antenna is used for receiving and transmitting radio waves. The radio frequency switch is used for realizing the switching between the receiving and transmitting of the radio frequency signals and the switching between different frequency bands (bands). The LNA is used to achieve radio frequency signal amplification of the receive path. The PA is used to achieve radio frequency signal amplification of the transmit path. The filter is used for reserving signals in a specific frequency band and filtering signals out of the specific frequency band. The duplexer is used for isolating the transmitting signal and the receiving signal, and ensures that the receiving and transmitting can work normally under the condition of sharing the same antenna.

One carrier may correspond to one radio frequency front end channel, and when one carrier is adopted to transmit data, it is required to ensure that the radio frequency front end channel (receiving channel and/or transmitting channel) corresponding to the carrier is opened. Specifically, the purpose of opening the radio frequency front end access can be achieved by configuring the radio frequency NV to the corresponding device at a proper time.

Currently, after a terminal is configured to initiate an ANR measurement, the terminal may perform the ANR measurement using scheme 1 or scheme 2 below in the prior art.

Scheme 1

In the ENDC system, when the terminal needs to measure neighbor information of the LTE neighbor cell, if the terminal is in a connected state with the NR base station, the terminal notifies the NR base station to temporarily disconnect communication of the terminal on the cell in the SCG. Similarly, when the terminal needs to measure the neighbor information of the NR neighbor, if the terminal is in a connection state with the LTE base station, the terminal notifies the LTE base station to temporarily disconnect the communication of the terminal on the cell in the MCG. This solution causes a flow disruption.

For example, taking the case that the terminal needs to measure the neighbor information of the LTE neighbor, referring to fig. 5 (one rectangular frame in fig. 5 is one subframe, and the hatched portion in fig. 5 is a period of ANR measurement), the procedure of performing the ANR measurement by the terminal in the ANR measurement manner of idle period may include the following steps:

1. and the terminal enters the non-activation time of the LTE CDRX and judges that the ANR measurement needs to be started.

Wherein, when the terminal determines that the LTE CDRX has enough idle period to perform the ANR measurement (i.e., the length of the inactivity time of the LTE CDRX is enough to perform the ANR measurement), the terminal determines that the ANR measurement needs to be started.

2. When the terminal is in a connected state with the NR base station, the terminal notifies the NR base station to temporarily disconnect the communication of the terminal on the cell in the SCG.

3. The terminal loads the radio frequency NV of the carrier wave of the LTE neighbor.

4. The terminal initiates LTE ANR measurements.

5. And the terminal completes LTE ANR measurement.

In the step 4 and the step 5, the terminal may perform ANR measurement, that is, receive and parse MIB and SIB1 of the neighboring cell, and obtain CGI of the neighboring cell. And then, the terminal can report the CGI of the neighbor cell to the LTE base station.

6. When the communication of the terminal on the cell in the SCG is disconnected before the NR base station, the terminal notifies the NR base station to resume the communication of the terminal and the cell in the SCG.

7. Communication between the terminal and the cell in the SCG resumes.

For example, taking an example of the terminal needing to measure neighbor information of an LTE neighbor, referring to fig. 6 (one rectangular frame in fig. 6 is one subframe, and a hatched portion in fig. 6 is a period of ANR measurement), a procedure of performing ANR measurement by the terminal using an ANR measurement method of an automatic gap may include the following steps:

1. after the subframe 0 judges that the subframe 1 is the MIB or SIB1 transmitting position of the LTE neighbor, the terminal decides to start ANR measurement.

4. The terminal initiates LTE ANR measurements.

5. And the terminal completes LTE ANR measurement.

7. Communication between the terminal and the cell in the SCG resumes.

Since LTE CDRX configuration and NR CDRX configuration can be different in the ENDC system, and physical downlink shared channel (physical downlink share channel, PDSCH) scheduling is also completely asynchronous. Then this means that the terminal may still be at the NR CDRX activation time when it enters the LTE CDRX deactivation time. In the scheme 1, when judging whether to start LTE ANR measurement, only LTE CDRX inactivity time is considered, and NR CDRX inactivity time is not considered, but communication between the terminal and a cell in SCG is directly interrupted, so that the influence on the flow rate is large. For example, referring to fig. 7, when LTE ANR measurement is not performed, the terminal uses the radio frequency front end path 1, the radio frequency front end path 2, and the radio frequency front end path 3 to communicate on the NR cell 1, the NR cell 2, and the NR cell 3, where the NR cell 1 is a primary secondary cell, and the NR cell 2 and the NR cell 3 are a secondary cell 1 and a secondary cell 2, respectively. When the terminal performs LTE ANR measurement, the NR base station disconnects the communication of the terminal on NR cell 1, NR cell 2, and NR cell 3, and the terminal uses a radio frequency front end path (e.g., radio frequency front end path 1) to communicate with the LTE neighbor cell, so as to perform the ANR measurement.

Scheme 2

In comparison with scheme 1, when the terminal needs to measure the neighbor information of the LTE neighbor, scheme 2 starts ANR measurement after the terminal enters LTE CDRX inactive time and enters NR CDRX inactive time. That is, when the terminal enters the LTE CDRX inactive time (ANR measurement mode for idle period), or obtains the MIB of the LTE neighbor cell or the transmission position of SIB1 (ANR measurement mode for autonomous gap), the ANR measurement cannot be performed yet, and the ANR measurement is started only after entering the NR CDRX inactive time.

In comparison with scheme 1, when the terminal needs to measure the neighbor information of the NR neighbor, scheme 2 starts ANR measurement after the terminal enters the NR CDRX inactive time and enters the LTE CDRX inactive time. That is, when the terminal enters the NR CDRX inactive time (ANR measurement mode for idle period), the ANR measurement cannot be performed yet, and the ANR measurement is started only after entering the LTE CDRX inactive time.

Because the LTE CDRX configuration and the NR CDRX configuration may be different, and the PDSCH scheduling is also completely asynchronous, considering whether the LTE CDRX configuration and the NR CDRX configuration are selected to start the ANR measurement, compared to considering whether only the LTE CDRX configuration or the NR CDRX configuration is selected to start the ANR measurement, the window time of the ANR measurement is greatly reduced, which results in that the LTE ANR measurement or the NR ANR measurement cannot be started for a long time, the ANR measurement scheduling is delayed, and the neighbor discovery is not timely, which affects the accuracy of handover initiated at the network side.

For example, referring to fig. 8, when only entering LTE CDRX inactive time or only entering NR CDRX inactive time, or obtaining the transmission position of MIB or SIB1 of the LTE neighbor cell, the terminal does not start LTE ANR measurement either, and the terminal uses radio frequency front end path 1, radio frequency front end path 2 and radio frequency front end path 3 to communicate on NR cell 1, NR cell 2 and NR cell 3, respectively, where NR cell 1 is a primary secondary cell, and NR cell 2 and NR cell 3 are secondary cell 1 and secondary cell 2, respectively. When the terminal enters the LTE CDRX inactive time and enters the NR CDRX inactive time, the terminal starts LTE ANR measurement, the NR base station disconnects the communication of the terminal on NR cell 1, NR cell 2 and NR cell 3, and the terminal adopts a radio frequency front end path (for example, radio frequency front end path 3) to communicate with the LTE neighbor cell so as to further perform ANR measurement.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the embodiments of the present application provide an ANR measurement method, which performs ANR measurement based on a band combination (band combination) relationship, so as to reduce flow interruption and avoid scheduling delay of ANR measurement. The method may be performed by a communication device, which may be a complete machine of a computing device, or may be a part of a device in the computing device, for example, a chip related to a wireless communication function, such as a system chip or a communication chip. Wherein the system chip is also referred to as a system on chip, or SoC chip. Specifically, the communication device may be a terminal such as a smart phone, or may be a system chip or a communication chip that can be provided in the terminal. The communication chip may include one or more of a radio frequency processing chip and a baseband processing chip. The baseband processing chip is sometimes also referred to as a modem or baseband processor or baseband module. In a physical implementation, the communication chip may or may not be integrated within the SoC chip. For example, the baseband processing chip is integrated in the SoC chip, and the radio frequency processing chip is not integrated with the SoC chip.

The ANR measurement method will be exemplarily described below using a communication device as an example. As shown in fig. 9, the method includes:

901. the terminal establishes RRC connection with the first access network device and the second access network device respectively.

The first access network equipment adopts a first network mode, the second access network equipment adopts a second network mode, and the first network mode and the second network mode are different. In an exemplary case, the first access network device is an LTE base station, and the second access network device is an NR base station, where the first network system is LTE and the second network system is NR. In another case, the first access network device is an NR base station, and the second access network device is an LTE base station, where in this case, the first network system is NR, and the second network system is LTE.

An LTE base station may have one cell (i.e., only PCell included in MCG) or may have multiple cells (i.e., PCell and at least one SCell included in MCG). Similarly, an NR base station may have one cell (i.e., only a PSCell is included in an SCG), or may have multiple cells (i.e., a PSCell and at least one SCell are included in an SCG).

902. And the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell according to the frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and at least one second frequency band (marked as X second frequency bands, wherein X is an integer greater than 0).

The terminal may acquire a carrier (i.e., a first carrier) of the neighboring cell through cell search. The ANR measurement mode adopted by the terminal can be an idle period or an automatic gap.

The frequency bands satisfying the frequency band combination relation do not interfere with each other when data transmission is performed simultaneously.

The first frequency band is a frequency band to which the first carrier belongs, the first carrier is a carrier of a neighboring cell, and a network system adopted by the neighboring cell is a first network system. When the first network system is LTE, the neighbor cell is an LTE neighbor cell, and when the first network system is NR, the neighbor cell is an NR neighbor cell.

Wherein the X second frequency bands are frequency bands to which at least one second carrier (denoted as X 'second carriers, where X' is an integer greater than 0) belongs, the second carrier is a carrier of a cell of the second access network device that serves the terminal, for example, when the second access network device is an NR base station, the second carrier is a carrier of a cell in the SCG, and when the second access network device is an LTE base station, the second carrier is a carrier of a cell in the MCG. For example, when the cells of the second access network device that provide services for the terminal include 4 cells, which are respectively the cells 1 to 4, the second carriers corresponding to the 4 cells are respectively the second carriers 1 to 4, and the frequency bands to which the second carriers 1 to 4 belong are X second frequency bands. Wherein the different second carriers may belong to the same second frequency band or may belong to different second frequency bands. When the different second carriers belong to different second frequency bands, the correspondence among the cell, the second carriers and the second frequency bands can be seen in table 1.

TABLE 1

Optionally, the method further comprises: and the terminal determines a frequency band combination which is satisfied by the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands in the first subframe. The first subframe is a starting subframe of a non-activation time of the terminal (ANR measurement mode for idle period) for the first access network device, or a next subframe of the first subframe is a MIB of a neighboring cell and/or a receiving window of SIB1 (ANR measurement mode for autonomous gap).

When determining the frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands, the terminal can be determined in a traversal mode. Specifically, before determining the frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands, the memory stores radio frequency parameters of the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands, and the NV stores radio frequency parameters of each frequency band combination. The terminal may compare (e.g. perform correlation calculation) the radio frequency parameters stored in the memory with the radio frequency parameters of each frequency band combination stored in the NV, and find that the radio frequency parameters stored in the memory are similar to or the same as the radio frequency parameters of a certain frequency band combination stored in the NV, which indicates that there is a frequency band combination including the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands, or indicates that there is no frequency band combination including the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands. Then, the terminal may deactivate a second frequency band (denoted as a second frequency band a) in the memory, that is, use the first frequency band and X-1 second frequency bands (frequency bands except the second frequency band a in the X second frequency bands) to cover the existing radio frequency parameters in the memory, or after deleting the radio frequency parameters of the second frequency band a in the memory, compare the radio frequency parameters in the memory with the radio frequency parameters of each frequency band combination stored in NV according to the radio frequency parameters in the memory, and find that the radio frequency parameters in the memory are similar or identical to the radio frequency parameters of a certain frequency band combination stored in NV, so that it is indicated that there is a frequency band combination including the first frequency band and X-1 second frequency bands, and then, using a similar method, the terminal may determine all the frequency band combinations.

It should be noted that, when determining the frequency band combinations, the terminal may not determine all the frequency band combinations, but only determine the frequency band combinations including the frequency bands with the number greater than a certain threshold value and/or the frequency band combinations including the frequency bands to which the carrier wave of the PSCell belongs, which is not limited in this application.

In the existing ANR measurement, in order to avoid interference of communication of the terminal on a cell of the second access network device, which serves the terminal, to ANR measurement of a neighboring cell, communication of the terminal on the cell of the second access network device, which serves the terminal, is disconnected, thereby causing flow interruption. According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, because the frequency bands meeting the frequency band combination relation do not interfere with each other when data transmission is carried out simultaneously, the terminal carries out ANR measurement on the adjacent cell according to the frequency band combination meeting the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands, whether to disconnect communication of the terminal on the cell serving the terminal of the second access network equipment can be selected according to the requirement, and flow interruption can be reduced. Moreover, the terminal does not need to wait until the terminal enters the NR CDRX non-activation time to start the ANR measurement, so that the problems that the LTE ANR measurement or the NR ANR measurement in the scheme 2 cannot be started for a long time, the scheduling of the ANR measurement is delayed, neighbor discovery is not timely, the switching accuracy initiated by the network side is low and the like can be avoided.

The frequency band combination relationship satisfied by the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands may have the following three cases (denoted as case 1, case 2, and case 3), and the implementation procedure of step 902 in the three cases is described below.

In case 1, the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form at least one frequency band combination, and a frequency band combination including the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands exists in the at least one frequency band combination.

In case 1, step 902 may include, in particular implementations: and the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cells.

In case 1, a frequency band combination including a first frequency band and X second frequency bands may be denoted as a first frequency band combination. When the at least one frequency band combination includes the first frequency band combination, it is indicated that communication of the terminal on a cell of the second access network device, which serves the terminal, will not interfere with ANR measurement of the neighboring cell, so that the terminal can directly perform ANR measurement on the neighboring cell, without disconnecting communication of the terminal on the cell of the second access network device, which serves the terminal, and avoiding flow interruption.

For example, when the X second frequency bands are 4 second frequency bands shown in table 1, the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form 5 frequency band combinations, and the 5 frequency band combinations can be seen in table 2, and since the frequency band combination 1 includes the first frequency band and the 4 second frequency bands shown in table 1, the terminal can directly perform ANR measurement on the neighbor cell.

TABLE 2

Frequency band combination	Frequency bands in a frequency band combination
		Frequency band combination 1	First frequency band, second frequency band 1, second frequency band 2, second frequency band 3, second frequency band 4
Frequency band combination 2	First frequency band, second frequency band 1
		Frequency band combination 3	First frequency band, second frequency band 1, second frequency band 2, second frequency band 3
Frequency band combination 4	First frequency band, second frequency band 1, second frequency band 3, second frequency band 4
		Frequency band combination 5	First frequency band, second frequency band 1, second frequency band 2, second frequency band 4

In case 2, the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form at least one frequency band combination, and no frequency band combination including the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands exists in the at least one frequency band combination.

In case 2, step 902 may include, in particular implementations: the terminal informs the second access network equipment to disconnect the communication of the terminal on N cells, and the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cells; the N cells are cells corresponding to N second carriers, the N second carriers are second carriers corresponding to second frequency bands which do not belong to a first frequency band combination, the first frequency band combination is one of at least one frequency band combination, and N is an integer larger than 0.

When the N second carriers are second carriers corresponding to second frequency bands not belonging to the first frequency band combination, it is indicated that communication of the terminal on N cells corresponding to the N second carriers will interfere with ANR measurement of the neighboring cells, so that after the terminal disconnects communication of the terminal on the N cells, the terminal performs ANR measurement on the neighboring cells, and it is not necessary to disconnect communication of the terminal on all cells serving the terminal of the second access network device, and flow interruption is reduced.

For example, when the X second frequency bands are 4 second frequency bands shown in table 1, the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form 4 frequency band combinations, and the 4 frequency band combinations can be seen in table 3, and when the first frequency band combination is frequency band combination 2, the terminal notifies the second access network device to disconnect the communication of the terminal on the cell 4 corresponding to the second carrier 4 corresponding to the second frequency band 4.

TABLE 3 Table 3

Frequency band combination	Frequency bands in a frequency band combination
		Frequency band combination 1	First frequency band, second frequency band 1
Frequency band combination 2	First frequency band, second frequency band 1, second frequency band 2, second frequency band 3
		Frequency band combination 3	First frequency band, second frequency band 1, second frequency band 3, second frequency band 4
Frequency band combination 4	First frequency band, second frequency band 1, second frequency band 2, second frequency band 4

In case 2, the first frequency band combination may be any one of the above-mentioned at least one frequency band combination, and in order to reduce the influence on the traffic of the terminal, the first frequency band combination is optionally an optimal frequency band combination among the above-mentioned at least one frequency band combination, where the optimal frequency band combination refers to a frequency band combination with the least influence on the traffic of the terminal after communication between the terminal and a cell corresponding to a second carrier corresponding to a second frequency band not belonging to the frequency band combination is disconnected.

The influence of one carrier on the traffic of the terminal may be determined by a parameter corresponding to the carrier, where the parameter may include one or more of the following: a bandwidth of a bandwidth part (BWP), the number of receiving antennas, and a latest scheduling modulation and coding policy (modulation and coding scheme, MCS) are activated. The smaller the parameter corresponding to the carrier is, the smaller the influence on the flow of the terminal is. When the parameters corresponding to one carrier include a plurality of parameters, the flow effect on the terminal can be expressed by the product of the values of the plurality of parameters, and the smaller the product is, the smaller the flow effect on the terminal is expressed.

In case 1 and case 2, optionally, when the second access network device is an NR base station, the first band combination includes a band to which a carrier of a PSCell in an SCG of the second access network device belongs, and when the second access network device is an LTE base station, the first band combination includes a band to which a carrier of a PCell in an MCG of the second access network device belongs.

In case 3, no combination of frequency bands is formed by the first frequency band and any one of the X second frequency bands.

In case 3, step 902 may include, in particular implementations: the terminal notifies the second access network equipment to disconnect the communication between the terminal and the cells corresponding to the X' second carriers, and the terminal performs ANR measurement on the adjacent cells.

When the first frequency band and any one of the X second frequency bands do not form a frequency band combination, it is indicated that the communication of the terminal on the X' second carriers will interfere with the ANR measurement of the neighboring cell, so that the terminal can disconnect all cells of the second access network device serving the terminal from the terminal, and then perform the ANR measurement on the neighboring cell, so as to successfully complete the ANR measurement of the neighboring cell.

In the above cases 1 and 2, optionally, before the terminal performs the ANR measurement on the neighbor cell, the method further includes:

11 The terminal informs the second access network device to suspend the communication of the terminal on the M cells, and loads the radio frequency parameters (i.e. the radio frequency NV above) corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination. By loading the radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination, the terminal can communicate with the cell through the new radio frequency parameters.

The M cells are cells corresponding to M second carriers, the M second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band in the first frequency band combination, and M is an integer larger than 0.

12 The terminal opens the radio frequency front-end paths of the first carrier and the M second carriers. By opening the radio frequency front end channels of the first carrier wave and the M second carrier waves, the terminal can smoothly transmit and receive data.

13 When the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination is completed, the terminal informs the second access network equipment to resume the communication of the terminal on M cells. And the communication of the terminal on the M cells is restored, so that the terminal normally communicates on the M cells during the ANR measurement of the terminal on the neighbor cells, and the flow interruption is reduced.

Optionally, after the terminal completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, for the second access network device, the method further includes:

21 When the terminal is in the activation time, the terminal informs the second access network equipment to suspend the communication of the terminal on M cells, loads the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the X second frequency bands, and when the terminal is in the deactivation time, the terminal directly loads the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the X second frequency bands. Optionally, when the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the X second frequency bands is completed, the terminal notifies the second access network device to resume the communication of the terminal on the cell corresponding to the X' second carriers.

After the terminal completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, the communication of the terminal on the cell of the second access network device that provides the service for the terminal needs to be restored, so that radio frequency parameters corresponding to the X second frequency bands need to be loaded. It will be appreciated that, for the second access network device, when the terminal is located within the activation time, the terminal needs to communicate on M cells, so, in order to prevent the loading errors of radio frequency parameters corresponding to the X second frequency bands, the communication of the terminal on the M cells may be suspended. When the terminal is in the inactive time, the terminal does not need to communicate on M cells, so that radio frequency parameters corresponding to X second frequency bands can be directly loaded.

Optionally, after the terminal completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, the method further includes:

22 The terminal loads the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the S frequency bands. The S frequency bands are frequency bands to which carriers of a cell of the first access network device that serves the terminal belong. Optionally, when loading of radio frequency parameters corresponding to the S frequency bands is completed, the terminal notifies the first access network device to resume communication of the terminal on a cell of the first access network device, which provides services for the terminal.

After the terminal completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, the communication of the terminal on the cell of the first access network device, which provides the service for the terminal, needs to be restored.

Optionally, after the terminal completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, for the second access network device, when the terminal is located in the activation time, the method further includes:

31 The terminal opens the rf front-end path of the X' second carriers.

After the terminal completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, for the second access network device, when the terminal is located in the activation time, the terminal needs to perform communication on a cell of the second access network device that provides services for the terminal, and therefore, the terminal needs to open a radio frequency front end path of X' second carriers.

Optionally, for the first access network device, when the terminal is located within the activation time, the method further includes:

32 The terminal opens a radio frequency front end path of a carrier of a cell of the first access network device serving the terminal.

After the terminal completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, for the first access network device, when the terminal is located within the activation time, the terminal needs to communicate on the cell of the first access network device that serves the terminal, and therefore, the terminal needs to open a radio frequency front end path of a carrier wave of the cell of the first access network device that serves the terminal.

In order to make the embodiments of the present application clearer, taking the first access network device as an LTE base station and the second access network device as an NR base station as an example, the following describes a flow of implementing the above method by the terminal through fig. 10, and referring to fig. 10, the method includes:

1001. The terminal initiates ANR measurements.

1002. The terminal determines whether the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form a frequency band combination.

If yes, go to step 1003. If not, go to steps 1004-1015.

1003. And the terminal performs LTE ANR measurement.

1004. The terminal determines whether the first frequency band and a second frequency band to which a second carrier of the PSCell belongs belong to a frequency band combination.

If not, go to step 1005, if yes, go to steps 1006-1015.

1005. The terminal informs the NR base station to break the communication of the terminal on all cells in the SCG and to make LTE ANR measurements.

1006. Let i=1.

1007. It is determined whether there is a combination of frequency bands that satisfies the condition.

The frequency band combination meeting the condition refers to a frequency band combination of X+1-i frequency bands including a first frequency band and a second frequency band to which a second carrier of the PScell belongs.

If yes, go to step 1008-step 1013. If not, go to step 1014 and step 1015.

1008. And determining whether the number P of the frequency band combinations meeting the condition is larger than 1.

If yes, go to step 1009-step 1012. If not, go to step 1013.

1009. And determining the frequency band combination with the least influence on the terminal flow from the P frequency band combinations.

1010. And determining whether the number of frequency band combinations with the smallest influence on the terminal flow is larger than 1.

If yes, go to step 1011-step 1012, if not, go to step 1012.

1011. And randomly selecting a frequency band combination with the least influence on the terminal flow.

1012. And carrying out LTE ANR measurement based on the frequency band combination with the least influence on the terminal flow.

In the specific implementation, step 1012 may be referred to in case 2 above, and is not described herein.

1013. LTE ANR measurements are made based on the combination of frequency bands that meet the conditions.

In the specific implementation of step 1013, reference may be made to the above case 2, and the specific implementation of this application is not repeated here.

1014. Let i=i+1.

1015. It is determined whether i is equal to or greater than X-1.

If yes, go to step 1005. If not, return to step 1007.

In order to make the above embodiments clearer, the flow of the method provided in the present application is briefly described below in order from front to back in time series. Specifically, the following examples 1 to 3 are each described.

Example 1

In embodiment 1, the first access network device is an LTE base station, the second access network device is an NR base station, the frequency band combination relationship satisfied by the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands is the above case 1 (i.e., the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form at least one frequency band combination, and there is a frequency band combination including the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands in the at least one frequency band combination), and the ANR measurement mode is an idle period.

Referring to fig. 11, the method provided in embodiment 1 includes:

1101. and the terminal enters LTE CDRX non-activation time in the subframe 0, the terminal judges that the ANR measurement needs to be started in the subframe 0, and the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form a frequency band combination.

In embodiment 1, the first frequency band is the frequency band to which the first carrier of the LTE neighbor cell belongs. The X second frequency bands are frequency bands to which carriers of all cells in the SCG belong.

1102. When the terminal is in a connected state with the NR base station, the terminal notifies the NR base station to suspend communication of the terminal on all cells in the SCG.

1103. The terminal loads radio frequency parameters of the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands, and opens radio frequency front end paths of the first carrier and carriers of all cells in the SCG.

1104. If the loading of the radio frequency parameters of the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands is completed in subframe 1 of the LTE CDRX inactive time, and the radio frequency front-end paths of the first carrier and the carriers of all cells in the SCG are opened, the terminal resumes the communication on all cells in the SCG, and starts LTE ANR measurement.

During the LTE ANR measurement, the communication of the terminal on all cells in the SCG is normally performed, and when the terminal enters the NR CDRX non-activation time, the communication is processed according to a normal flow, and the LTE ANR measurement is not affected.

1105. And in the subframe N+1 of the LTE CDRX non-activation time, the terminal completes LTE ANR measurement.

1106. When the terminal is in NR CDRX activation time, the terminal informs the NR base station to suspend the communication of the terminal on all cells in the SCG, loads the radio frequency parameters of all cells in the MCG and the radio frequency parameters of all cells in the SCG, and opens the radio frequency front end paths of the carriers of all cells in the SCG.

1107. In subframe n+2 of LTE CDRX inactive time, loading of radio frequency parameters of all cells in mcg and radio frequency parameters of all cells in SCG is completed, and radio frequency front-end paths of carriers of all cells in SCG are opened, and the terminal notifies the NR base station to resume communication on all cells in SCG.

For example, referring to fig. 12, when the terminal does not perform ANR measurement, the terminal uses the radio frequency front end path 1, the radio frequency front end path 2, and the radio frequency front end path 3 to communicate on the NR cell 1, the NR cell 2, and the NR cell 3, where the NR cell 1 is a primary secondary cell, and the NR cell 2 and the NR cell 3 are a secondary cell 1 and a secondary cell 2, respectively. When the terminal performs ANR measurement under the condition that the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form a frequency band combination, the radio frequency front end channel 1, the radio frequency front end channel 2 and the radio frequency front end channel 3 are adopted to communicate on the NR cell 1, the NR cell 2 and the NR cell 3 respectively, and the radio frequency front end channel 4 is also adopted to communicate on the LTE neighbor cell.

In embodiment 1, assuming that the NR base station has K service carriers and the service flow of each service carrier is average, PDSCH scheduling in each slot is uniform, service continuity of NR service carriers of N LTE subframes can be guaranteed in n+2 LTE subframes, and the flow can be improved by (N/n+2).

When the first access network device is an NR base station, the second access network device is an LTE base station, the first frequency band, and the frequency band combination relationships satisfied by the X second frequency bands are the above case 1, and the ANR measurement mode is an idle period, the implementation process of the method provided in the present application is similar to the process shown in fig. 11, which can be understood by reference, and will not be repeated.

Example 2

In embodiment 2, the first access network device is an LTE base station, the second access network device is an NR base station, the frequency band combination relationship satisfied by the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands is the above case 1 (i.e., the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form at least one frequency band combination, and there is a frequency band combination including the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands in the at least one frequency band combination), and the ANR measurement mode is an automatic single gap.

Referring to fig. 13, the method provided in embodiment 2 includes:

1301. And the terminal judges whether the subframe 1 is a receiving window of the MIB and/or the SIB1 of the adjacent cell in the subframe 0, determines to start ANR measurement, and judges that the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form a frequency band combination.

In embodiment 2, the first frequency band is the frequency band to which the first carrier of the LTE neighbor cell belongs. The X second frequency bands are frequency bands to which carriers of all cells in the SCG belong.

1302. The same as in step 1102.

1303. The same as step 1103.

1304. If loading of radio frequency parameters of the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands is completed in the subframe 1, and the radio frequency front end paths of the first carrier and carriers of all cells in the SCG are opened, the terminal resumes communication on all cells in the SCG, and starts LTE ANR measurement.

1305. In subframe n+1, the terminal completes LTE ANR measurement.

1306. As in step 1106.

1307. In subframe n+2, loading of radio frequency parameters of all cells in the mcg and radio frequency parameters of all cells in the SCG is completed, and a radio frequency front end path of carriers of all cells in the SCG is opened, and the terminal notifies the NR base station to resume communication on all cells in the SCG.

In example, in embodiment 2, when the terminal does not perform the ANR measurement and performs the ANR measurement, the communication situation of the terminal may be referred to fig. 12, which is not described again. Similar to example 1, under example 2, a (N/n+2) fold increase in flow can be obtained.

Example 3

In embodiment 3, the first access network device is used as the LTE base station, the second access network device is used as the NR base station, the frequency band combination relationship satisfied by the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands is the above case 2 (i.e., the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands form at least one frequency band combination, and no frequency band combination including the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands exists in the at least one frequency band combination), and the ANR measurement mode is an idle period.

As shown in fig. 14, the method provided in embodiment 3 includes:

1401. and the terminal enters LTE CDRX non-activation time in a subframe 0, judges that ANR measurement needs to be started in the subframe 0, determines a frequency band combination consisting of a first frequency band and X second frequency bands, and determines the first frequency band combination in the frequency band combinations.

In embodiment 3, the first frequency band is the frequency band to which the first carrier of the LTE neighbor cell belongs. The X second frequency bands are frequency bands to which carriers of all cells in the SCG belong.

For example, the frequency band combinations of the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands may be as shown in table 3 above.

In a specific implementation of step 1401, the first frequency band combination may be a frequency band combination having the largest number of frequency bands including the frequency band to which the carrier of the PSCell belongs, and when there are a plurality of such frequency band combinations, a frequency band combination having the smallest influence on the traffic of the terminal is selected. When there are a plurality of frequency band combinations having the smallest influence on the flow rate of the terminal, one frequency band combination is arbitrarily selected as the first frequency band combination.

For example, when the frequency band combinations of the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands are shown in table 3, and the parameters corresponding to the respective second frequency bands are shown in table 4, since the frequency band combination 2, the frequency band combination 3, and the frequency band combination 4 are the frequency band combinations including the frequency band to which the carrier of the PSCell belongs and having the largest number of frequency bands, the first frequency band combination can be determined among the frequency band combination 2, the frequency band combination 3, and the frequency band combination 4. The influence of the second carrier 2 on the terminal traffic is 40×2× p=80p, the influence of the second carrier 3 on the terminal traffic is 50×4× p=200p, and the influence of the second carrier 4 on the terminal traffic is 60×2× p=120p, and since the influence of the second carrier 2 on the terminal traffic is minimum, it can be determined that the frequency band combination (i.e., the frequency band combination 3) excluding the second frequency band 2 to which the second carrier 2 belongs is the first frequency band combination.

TABLE 4 Table 4

For example, when the frequency band combinations of the first frequency band and the X second frequency bands are shown in table 3, and the parameters corresponding to the respective second frequency bands are shown in table 5. Since the band combination 2, the band combination 3, and the band combination 4 are band combinations including the band to which the carrier of the PSCell belongs and having the largest number of bands, the first band combination can be determined among the band combination 2, the band combination 3, and the band combination 4. The influence of the second carrier 2 on the terminal traffic is 40×2×12=960, the influence of the second carrier 3 on the terminal traffic is 40×2×13=1040, and the influence of the second carrier 4 on the terminal traffic is 40×2×5=400, and since the influence of the second carrier 4 on the terminal traffic is the smallest, it can be determined that the frequency band combination (i.e., the frequency band combination 2) excluding the second frequency band 4 to which the second carrier 4 belongs is the first frequency band combination.

TABLE 5

1402. When the terminal is in a connection state with the NR base station, the terminal notifies the NR base station to disconnect the communication of the terminal on N cells and notifies the NR base station to suspend the communication of the terminal on M cells.

The N cells are cells corresponding to N second carriers, and the N second carriers are second carriers which do not belong to the second frequency band in the first frequency band combination. The M cells are cells corresponding to M second carriers, and the M second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band in the first frequency band combination.

1403. The terminal loads radio frequency parameters of each frequency band in the first frequency band and the first frequency band combination, and opens radio frequency front-end channels of the first carrier and the M second carriers.

1404. If loading of radio frequency parameters of each frequency band in the combination of the first frequency band and the first frequency band is completed in subframe 1 of the LTE CDRX inactive time, and the radio frequency front-end paths of the first carrier and the M second carriers are opened, the terminal resumes communication on the M cells, and starts LTE ANR measurement.

During the LTE ANR measurement, the communication of the terminal on M cells is normally performed, and when the terminal enters the NR CDRX non-activation time, the communication is processed according to a normal flow, and the LTE ANR measurement is not affected.

1405. And in the subframe N+1 of the LTE CDRX non-activation time, the terminal completes LTE ANR measurement.

1406. When the terminal is in NR CDRX activation time, the terminal informs the NR base station to suspend the communication of the terminal on M cells, loads the radio frequency parameters of all cells in the MCG and the radio frequency parameters of all cells in the SCG, and opens the radio frequency front end paths of the carriers of all cells in the SCG.

1407. In subframe n+2 of LTE CDRX inactive time, loading of radio frequency parameters of all cells in mcg and radio frequency parameters of all cells in SCG is completed, and radio frequency front-end paths of carriers of all cells in SCG are opened, and the terminal notifies the NR base station to resume communication on all cells in SCG.

For example, referring to fig. 15, when the terminal does not perform ANR measurement, the terminal uses the radio frequency front end path 1, the radio frequency front end path 2, and the radio frequency front end path 3 to communicate on the NR cell 1, the NR cell 2, and the NR cell 3, where the NR cell 1 is a primary secondary cell, and the NR cell 2 and the NR cell 3 are a secondary cell 1 and a secondary cell 2, respectively. If the first frequency band combination does not include the frequency band to which the carrier of the NR cell 3 belongs, when the terminal performs ANR measurement, the radio frequency front end path 1 and the radio frequency front end path 2 are used to communicate on the NR cell 1 and the NR cell 2, and the radio frequency front end path 3 is used to communicate on the LTE neighbor cell.

In embodiment 3, assuming that the NR base station has K service carriers and the service flow of each service carrier is average, the PDSCH scheduling of each time slot is uniform, if the communication of the terminal on the cell corresponding to a part of the carriers is interrupted, L service carriers (L < K, where L service carriers include carriers of the PScell) remain, and in n+2 LTE subframes, the service continuity of the NR remaining service carriers of N LTE subframes can be ensured, and the flow can be improved by (L/K) ×by (N/n+2).

When the first access network device is an NR base station, the second access network device is an LTE base station, the first frequency band, and the frequency band combination relationships satisfied by the X second frequency bands are the above case 2, and the ANR measurement mode is an idle period, the implementation process of the method provided in the present application is similar to the process shown in fig. 14, which can be understood by reference, and will not be repeated.

In the description of the above embodiments of the present application, the carrier may be replaced by a frequency bin.

The foregoing description of the embodiments of the present application has been presented primarily from a method perspective. It will be appreciated that each network element, e.g. the ANR measurement device, in order to implement the above-described functions, comprises at least one of a corresponding hardware structure and software module for performing each function. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application may divide the functional units of the ANR measurement device according to the above method example, for example, each functional unit may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated in one processing unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the units is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual practice.

By way of example, fig. 16 shows a schematic diagram of one possible structure of the ANR measurement device (denoted as ANR measurement device 160) referred to in the above embodiments, the ANR measurement device 160 comprising a processing unit 1601 and a communication unit 1602. Optionally, a storage unit 1603 is also included. The ANR measurement device 160 may be, for example, the terminal described above.

The processing unit 1601 is configured to control and manage actions of the ANR measurement device, for example, the processing unit 1601 is configured to perform steps in fig. 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14, and/or actions performed by the ANR measurement device in other processes described in embodiments of the present application. The processing unit 1601 may communicate with other network entities, e.g. with the first access network device and/or the second access network device, by way of the communication unit 1602. The storage unit 1603 is used to store program code and data for the ANR measurement device.

The ANR measurement device 160 may be a device or a communication chip or system-on-chip, for example.

When the ANR measurement device 160 is a device (e.g., a terminal), the processing unit 1601 may be a processor; the communication unit 1602 may be a communication interface, a transceiver, or an input interface and/or an output interface. Alternatively, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit. Alternatively, the input interface may be an input circuit and the output interface may be an output circuit.

When the ANR measurement device 160 is a communication chip or system of chips, the communication unit 1602 may be a communication interface, an input interface, and/or an output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, pins, or related circuitry, etc. on the communication chip or system of chips. The processing unit 1601 may be a processor, processing circuit, logic circuit, or the like.

The communication device (or the ANR measurement device) in the embodiments of the present application may be a complete machine of a computing device, or may be a part of devices in the computing device, for example, a chip related to a wireless communication function, such as a system chip and a communication chip. Wherein the system chip is also referred to as a system on chip, or SoC chip. Specifically, the communication device (or ANR measurement device) may be a terminal such as a smart phone, or may be a system chip or a communication chip that can be provided in the terminal. The communication chip may include one or more of a radio frequency processing chip and a baseband processing chip. The baseband processing chip is sometimes also referred to as a modem or baseband processor or baseband module. In a physical implementation, the communication chip may or may not be integrated within the SoC chip. For example, the baseband processing chip is integrated in the SoC chip, and the radio frequency processing chip is not integrated with the SoC chip.

The integrated units of fig. 16, if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application may be essentially or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. The storage medium storing the computer software product includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The embodiment of the application further provides a schematic hardware structure of the ANR measurement device, referring to fig. 17 or fig. 18, where the ANR measurement device includes a processor 1701, and optionally, a memory 1702 connected to the processor 1701.

The processor 1701 may be a general purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), microprocessor, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of the programs of the present application. The processor 1701 may also include multiple CPUs, and the processor 1701 may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

The memory 1702 may be a ROM or other type of static storage device, a RAM or other type of dynamic storage device that can store static information and instructions, or that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, a compact disk storage (including compact disk, laser disk, optical disk, digital versatile disk, blu-ray disk, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, as the embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard. The memory 1702 may be separate (in this case, the processor may be located outside the ANR measurement device or inside the ANR measurement device) or may be integrated with the processor 1701. Wherein the memory 1702 may contain computer program code. The processor 1701 is configured to execute computer program code stored in the memory 1702 to implement the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application.

In a first possible implementation, referring to fig. 17, the anr measurement device further includes a transceiver 1703. The processor 1701, the memory 1702, and the transceiver 1703 are connected by a bus. The transceiver 1703 is used to communicate with other devices or communication networks. Optionally, the transceiver 1703 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The means for implementing the receiving function in the transceiver 1703 may be regarded as a receiver for performing the steps of receiving in the embodiments of the present application. The means for implementing the transmitting function in the transceiver 1703 may be regarded as a transmitter for performing the steps of transmitting in the embodiments of the present application.

Based on a first possible implementation, the structural diagram shown in fig. 17 may be used to illustrate the structure of the terminal involved in the above-described embodiment. The processor 1701 is configured to control and manage actions of the ANR measurement device, e.g., the processor 1701 is configured to perform steps in fig. 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14, and/or actions performed by the ANR measurement device in other processes described in embodiments of the present application. The processor 1701 may communicate with other network entities, e.g., with the first access network device and/or the second access network device, via the transceiver 1703. The memory 1702 is used to store program codes and data for the ANR measurement device.

In a second possible implementation, the processor 1701 includes logic circuitry and at least one of an input interface and an output interface. The output interface is for performing the actions of the sending in the respective method, and the input interface is for performing the actions of the receiving in the respective method.

Based on a second possible implementation, referring to fig. 18, the structural diagram shown in fig. 18 may be used to illustrate the structure of the terminal involved in the above-described embodiment. The processor 1701 is configured to control and manage actions of the ANR measurement device, e.g., the processor 1701 is configured to perform steps in fig. 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14, and/or actions performed by the ANR measurement device in other processes described in embodiments of the present application. The processor 1701 may communicate with other network entities, e.g., with the first access network device and/or the second access network device, via at least one of an input interface and an output interface. The memory 1702 is used to store program codes and data for the ANR measurement device.

In implementation, each step in the method provided in the present embodiment may be implemented by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in a software form. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in a hardware processor for execution, or in a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor for execution.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the methods described above.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product containing computer-executable instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the methods described above.

The embodiment of the application also provides an ANR measuring device, which comprises: a processor and an interface through which the processor is coupled to the memory, which when executed by the processor executes a computer program or computer-executable instructions in the memory, cause any of the methods provided by the embodiments described above to be performed.

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication system which comprises the communication device (or the ANR measuring device). Optionally, the method further comprises the first access network device and/or the second access network device.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with embodiments of the present application are produced in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another, for example, a website, computer, server, or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. Computer readable storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer or data storage devices including one or more servers, data centers, etc. that can be integrated with the media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

Although the present application has been described herein in connection with various embodiments, other variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed application, from a review of the figures, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. A single processor or other unit may fulfill the functions of several items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.

Although the present application has been described in connection with specific features and embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that various modifications and combinations can be made without departing from the scope of the application. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are merely exemplary illustrations of the present application as defined in the appended claims and are considered to cover any and all modifications, variations, combinations, or equivalents that fall within the scope of the present application. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present application without departing from the scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof, the present application is intended to cover such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. An automatic neighbor relation, ANR, measurement method, comprising:

the communication device respectively establishes Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the first access network equipment and the second access network equipment; the first access network equipment adopts a first network system, the second access network equipment adopts a second network system, and the first network system and the second network system are different;

the communication device performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cells according to the frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band and communicates with the cells corresponding to the at least one second carrier; the first frequency band is a frequency band to which a first carrier belongs, the first carrier is a carrier of the neighboring cell, a network system adopted by the neighboring cell is the first network system, the at least one second frequency band is a frequency band to which the at least one second carrier belongs, and the second carrier is a carrier of a cell of the second access network device, which provides service for the communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device performs ANR measurements on the neighbor cells according to a combination of frequency bands satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band, comprising:

When the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination and the at least one frequency band combination comprises the first frequency band combination, the communication device performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell; wherein the first frequency band combination comprises the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device performs ANR measurements on the neighbor cells according to a combination of frequency bands satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band, comprising:

when the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination, and no frequency band combination comprising the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band exists in the at least one frequency band combination, the communication device informs the second access network equipment to disconnect communication of the communication device on N cells, and the communication device performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cells; the N cells are cells corresponding to N second carriers, the N second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band which does not belong to a first frequency band combination, the first frequency band combination is one of the at least one frequency band combination, and N is an integer greater than 0.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first frequency band combination is an optimal frequency band combination of the at least one frequency band combination, and the optimal frequency band combination is a frequency band combination having a minimum influence on a traffic of the communication device after communication of the communication device with a cell corresponding to a second carrier corresponding to a second frequency band not belonging to the frequency band combination is disconnected.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the first frequency band combination comprises a frequency band to which a carrier of a primary secondary cell in a secondary cell group SCG of the second access network device belongs.

6. The method according to any of claims 2-4, wherein prior to the communication device making ANR measurements on the neighbor cell, the method further comprises:

the communication device informs the second access network equipment to suspend the communication of the communication device on M cells, and loads radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination; the M cells are cells corresponding to M second carriers, the M second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band in the first frequency band combination, and M is an integer greater than 0.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein prior to the communication device performing ANR measurements on the neighbor cell, the method further comprises:

the communication device opens the radio frequency front-end paths of the first carrier and the M second carriers.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein prior to the communication device performing ANR measurements on the neighbor cell, the method further comprises:

and when the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination is completed, the communication device informs the second access network equipment to resume the communication of the communication device on the M cells.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

after the communication device completes the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell, for the second access network device, when the communication device is located in the activation time, the communication device notifies the second access network device to suspend the communication of the communication device on the M cells, and loads the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the at least one second frequency band.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

The communication device opens a radio frequency front end path of the at least one second carrier.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the method further comprises:

and when the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the at least one second frequency band is completed, the communication device informs the second access network equipment to resume the communication of the communication device on the cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device performs ANR measurements on the neighbor cells according to a combination of frequency bands satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band, comprising:

and when any one of the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band does not form a frequency band combination, the communication device informs the second access network equipment to disconnect communication between the communication device and a cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier, and the communication device performs ANR measurement on the neighbor cell.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:

the communication device determines a frequency band combination which is satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band in a first subframe; the first subframe is a starting subframe of the inactivity time of the communication device for the first access network equipment, or a next subframe of the first subframe is a receiving window of a master information block MIB and/or a system information block 1SIB1 of the neighboring cell.

14. An automatic neighbor relation, ANR, measuring device, comprising: a processing unit and a communication unit;

the processing unit is configured to establish radio resource control RRC connection with the first access network device and the second access network device through the communication unit, respectively; the first access network equipment adopts a first network system, the second access network equipment adopts a second network system, and the first network system and the second network system are different;

the processing unit is further configured to perform ANR measurement on the neighbor cell and perform communication with a cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier according to a frequency band combination satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band through the communication unit; the first frequency band is a frequency band to which a first carrier belongs, the first carrier is a carrier of the neighboring cell, a network system adopted by the neighboring cell is the first network system, the at least one second frequency band is a frequency band to which the at least one second carrier belongs, and the second carrier is a carrier of a cell of the second access network device which provides service for the ANR measuring device.

15. ANR measurement device according to claim 14, characterized in that the processing unit is specifically configured to, by means of the communication unit:

Performing ANR measurement on the neighbor cell under the condition that the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination and the at least one frequency band combination comprises the first frequency band combination; wherein the first frequency band combination comprises the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band.

16. ANR measurement device according to claim 14, characterized in that the processing unit is specifically configured to, by means of the communication unit:

notifying the second access network equipment to disconnect the communication of the ANR measuring device on N cells and carrying out ANR measurement on the neighbor cells under the condition that the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band form at least one frequency band combination and the frequency band combination comprising the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band does not exist in the at least one frequency band combination; the N cells are cells corresponding to N second carriers, the N second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band which does not belong to a first frequency band combination, the first frequency band combination is one of the at least one frequency band combination, and N is an integer greater than 0.

17. The ANR measurement device of claim 16, wherein the first frequency band combination is an optimal frequency band combination of the at least one frequency band combination, the optimal frequency band combination being a frequency band combination that has a minimum impact on a flow rate of the ANR measurement device after communication of the ANR measurement device with a cell corresponding to a second carrier corresponding to a second frequency band that does not belong to the frequency band combination is disconnected.

18. The ANR measurement device of claim 16 or 17, wherein the first combination of frequency bands includes a frequency band to which carriers of primary and secondary cells in a secondary cell group SCG of the second access network device belong.

19. The ANR measurement device of any one of claims 15-17, wherein the sensor is configured to measure the ANR of the subject,

the processing unit is further configured to notify, through the communication unit, the second access network device to suspend communication of the ANR measurement device on M cells, and load radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination; the M cells are cells corresponding to M second carriers, the M second carriers are second carriers corresponding to a second frequency band in the first frequency band combination, and M is an integer greater than 0.

20. The ANR measurement device of claim 19,

the processing unit is further configured to open a radio frequency front-end path of the first carrier and the M second carriers.

21. The ANR measurement device of claim 19 or 20,

and when the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to each frequency band in the first frequency band combination is completed, the processing unit is further configured to notify the second access network device to resume the communication of the ANR measurement device on the M cells through the communication unit.

22. The ANR measurement device of claim 19,

after the ANR measurement of the neighbor cell is completed, for the second access network device, when the ANR measurement device is located within the activation time, the processing unit is further configured to notify, through the communication unit, the second access network device to suspend communication of the ANR measurement device on the M cells, and load radio frequency parameters corresponding to the at least one second frequency band.

23. The ANR measurement device of claim 22,

the processing unit is further configured to open a radio frequency front-end path of the at least one second carrier.

24. The ANR measurement device of claim 22,

and when the loading of the radio frequency parameters corresponding to the at least one second frequency band is completed, the processing unit is further configured to notify the second access network device to resume the communication of the ANR measurement device on the cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier through the communication unit.

25. ANR measurement device according to claim 14, characterized in that the processing unit is specifically configured to, by means of the communication unit:

and under the condition that any one of the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band does not form a frequency band combination, notifying the second access network equipment to disconnect communication between the ANR measuring device and the cell corresponding to the at least one second carrier, and carrying out ANR measurement on the neighbor cell by the ANR measuring device.

26. The ANR measurement device of any one of claims 14-17, wherein the sensor is configured to measure the ANR of the subject,

the processing unit is further configured to determine, in a first subframe, a frequency band combination that is satisfied by the first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band; the first subframe is a starting subframe of the inactivity time of the ANR measurement device for the first access network device, or a next subframe of the first subframe is a receiving window of a master information block MIB and/or a system information block 1SIB1 of the neighboring cell.

27. An automatic neighbor relation, ANR, measuring device, comprising: a processor;

the processor is connected to a memory for storing computer-executable instructions that the processor executes to cause the ANR measurement device to implement the method of any one of claims 1-13.

28. An automatic neighbor relation, ANR, measuring device, comprising: a processor and an interface, the processor being coupled with the memory through the interface, which when executed by a computer program or computer-executable instructions in the memory, causes the method of any of claims 1-13 to be performed.

29. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-13.

30. A communication system, comprising: the automated neighbor relation, ANR, measurement device of any one of claims 14-26, or the ANR measurement device of claim 27, or the ANR measurement device of claim 28.