CN114503674A

CN114503674A - Measurement processing method, measurement processing device, storage medium, processor, and electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN114503674A
Application number: CN201980100848.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 尤心; 卢前溪
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-19
Filing date: 2019-12-19
Publication date: 2022-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-19
Also published as: WO2021120129A1; CN114503674B

Abstract

The invention discloses a measurement processing method, a measurement processing device, a storage medium, a processor and an electronic device. The method comprises the following steps: receiving measurement configuration information from network side equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network; based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, a measurement operation is performed. The invention solves the technical problems that the measurement of the connection state provided in the related technology is usually completed based on the S-measure configured by the network side equipment, the measurement error is larger, and the method is difficult to be suitable for the mobility measurement of the NTN cell.

Description

Measurement processing method, measurement processing device, storage medium, processor, and electronic device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a measurement processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, a processor, and an electronic apparatus.

Background

Currently, the third generation partnership project (3)^rdGeneration Partnership Project, 3GPP for short, is under investigation for Non-Terrestrial communication networks (NTN for short)) Provided is a technique. The NTN typically provides communication services to terrestrial users by way of satellite communications. Satellite communications have a number of unique advantages over terrestrial cellular communications. First, satellite communications are not limited by the user's geographic area, for example: the common land communication can not cover the areas such as oceans, mountains, deserts and the like, which can not be provided with communication equipment or can not realize communication coverage due to sparse population. However, for satellite communication, since one satellite can cover a large ground and the satellite can orbit the earth, theoretically every corner of the earth can be covered by satellite communication. Second, satellite communication has great social value. Satellite communication can be covered in remote mountain areas, poor and backward countries or areas with lower cost, so that people in the areas can enjoy advanced voice communication and mobile internet technology, thereby being beneficial to reducing the digital gap between the poor and backward areas and developed areas and further promoting the comprehensive development of the poor and backward areas. Again, although the satellite communication distance is long, it does not significantly increase the communication cost. And finally, the satellite communication has high stability and is not limited by natural disasters.

Communication satellites can be classified into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites, geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) satellites, High-elliptic Orbit (HEO) satellites, and the like according to different orbital altitudes. The main research in the present phase is LEO satellites and GEO satellites.

LEO satellites typically range in altitude from 500km to 1500km, with a corresponding orbital period of about 1.5 hours to 2 hours. The signal propagation delay for single hop communications between users is typically less than 20 ms. The maximum satellite visibility time is 20 minutes. LEO satellites are characterized by: the signal propagation distance is short, the link loss is less, and the requirement on the transmitting power of the user terminal is lower.

The GEO satellite had an orbital altitude of 35786km and a period of 24 hours of rotation around the earth. The signal propagation delay for single hop communication between users is typically 250 ms.

In order to ensure the coverage of the satellite and improve the system capacity of the whole satellite communication system, the satellite covers the ground by adopting multiple beams. A satellite may form tens or even hundreds of beams to cover the ground. One satellite beam may cover a ground area several tens to hundreds of kilometers in diameter.

The measurement is typically referred to as mobility measurement in connected state. After the network side device issues the measurement configuration information to the User Equipment (User Equipment, abbreviated as UE), the UE may detect the signal quality state of the neighboring cell according to parameters such as a measurement object and a reporting configuration indicated in the measurement configuration information, and feed back the measurement reporting information to the network side device, so that the network side device performs switching or perfects the neighboring cell relationship list.

In a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a network side device sends measurement configuration information to a connected UE through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. And the UE carries out measurement according to the content contained in the measurement configuration information and then reports the measurement result to the network side equipment.

In the process of performing measurement configuration by using RRC connection reconfiguration, the measurement configuration information may generally include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) measurement Object (Measurement Object)

Each configured measurement object is an individual frequency point with the frequency point as a basic unit and has an individual measurement object Identification (ID). For the same frequency and different frequency measurement of evolution type Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA), the measurement object is a single E-UTRA carrier frequency. The E-UTRA may configure a list of cell offsets (offsets) and a blacklisted cell list for the cell associated with the carrier frequency. There is no operation on the blacklisted cells in the measurement evaluation and measurement reporting.

(2) Measurement reporting configuration (measurement report config)

The measurement report configuration can be divided into Event (Event) triggered reporting and cycle triggered reporting according to types. Each reporting configuration has a separate Identity (ID). The event triggered reporting configuration includes an event type, a threshold, and a duration (Time to Trigger) that satisfies a Trigger condition. The reporting configuration of the periodic trigger type includes a reporting period and a purpose of periodic triggering.

The measurement of the connection state provided in the related art is usually performed based on the S-measure configured by the network side device. The UE starts performing measurements if the channel quality of the serving cell meets the configured threshold. The TN cell center to cell edge pathloss (pathloss) differs by 20+ dB, while the NTN cell center to cell edge pathloss differs by about 3 dB. Since the measurement error may reach 4.5dB at most, the UE may continuously perform useless measurement.

In view of the above problems, no effective solution has been proposed.

Disclosure of Invention

At least some embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement processing method, an apparatus, a storage medium, a processor, and an electronic apparatus, so as to at least solve the technical problem that the measurement of the connection state provided in the related art is usually completed based on the S-measure configured by the network side device, and the measurement error is large, which is difficult to be applied to the mobility measurement of the NTN cell.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a measurement processing method including:

receiving measurement configuration information from network side equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network; based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, a measurement operation is performed.

Optionally, the trigger condition comprises one of the following conditions: the cell information meets a preset switching condition, wherein the cell information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or is determined by the first position information of the user equipment and second position information designated by the network side equipment; the time information meets a preset time threshold, wherein the time information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or configured by the network side equipment; the cell information meets a preset switching condition, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets a preset threshold value, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality; the time information meets a preset time threshold, and additional information measured by the user equipment determines a trigger condition, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality.

Optionally, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation includes: determining time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information; and when the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, performing measurement operation.

Optionally, the time information includes RTT, and the preset time threshold includes: a first time threshold; based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing a measurement operation, including: determining RTT between the user equipment and the network side equipment based on the first position information and the ephemeris information; upon determining that the RTT is greater than or equal to a first time threshold, a measurement operation is performed.

Optionally, the time information includes a TA duration, and the preset time threshold includes: a second time threshold; based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing a measurement operation, including: determining TA duration between the user equipment and the network side equipment based on the first position information and the ephemeris information; upon determining that the TA duration is greater than or equal to the second time threshold, performing a measurement operation.

Optionally, the preset threshold includes: based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing a measurement operation includes: determining time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information, and obtaining a first measurement of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement of reference signal received quality; and when the time information is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measurement value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation includes: acquiring time information configured by network side equipment; and when the time information is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, executing measurement operation.

Optionally, the obtaining of the time information configured by the network-side device includes one of: acquiring RTT configured by network side equipment based on a timer configured in the network side equipment; and acquiring the TA time length configured by the network side equipment based on the TA instruction configured in the network side equipment.

Optionally, the preset threshold includes: based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing a measurement operation includes: acquiring time information configured by network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality; and when the time information is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measured value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measured value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation includes: determining a ground deployment mode adopted by the network side equipment based on ephemeris information of the network side equipment; and when the cell information is determined to meet the preset switching condition through the ground deployment mode and the first position information of the user equipment, executing measurement operation.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions include: the beam coverage area is switched, and based on the measurement configuration information, when the trigger condition is determined to be met, the performing of the measurement operation comprises: determining a ground deployment mode that a network side device adopts a plurality of beams to share the same cell identifier based on ephemeris information; and when the user equipment is determined to be switched from the coverage range of the first beam to the coverage range of the second beam through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, the measurement operation is executed.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions of the cell coverage range comprise: switching the cell coverage, and executing measurement operation when determining that the trigger condition is met based on the measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement operation comprises the following steps: determining a ground deployment mode that network side equipment adopts one cell identifier for each beam based on ephemeris information; and when the user equipment is determined to be switched from the coverage area of the first cell to the coverage area of the second cell through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, performing measurement operation.

Optionally, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation includes: determining a ground deployment mode adopted by the network side equipment based on ephemeris information of the network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality; when the user equipment is determined to have the regional switch through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, and the first measurement value is greater than or equal to a power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to a quality threshold value, executing a measurement operation, wherein the regional switch comprises one of the following steps: the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first beam to the coverage of the second beam, and the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first cell to the coverage of the second cell.

Optionally, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation includes: determining a current distance between first position information and second position information based on the first position information of the user equipment and the second position information designated by the network side equipment; and when the current distance is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset distance threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation includes: determining a current distance between first position information and second position information based on the first position information of the user equipment and the second position information designated by the network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality; and when the current distance is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset distance threshold value, the first measurement value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided another measurement processing method including:

generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering the user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network; and sending the measurement configuration information to the user equipment so that the user equipment performs measurement operation when the trigger condition is determined to be met based on the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, the trigger condition comprises one of the following conditions: the cell information meets a preset switching condition, wherein the cell information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or is determined by the first position information of the user equipment and second position information designated by the network side equipment; the time information meets a preset time threshold, wherein the time information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or configured by the network side equipment; the cell information meets the preset switching condition, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets a preset threshold value, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality; the time information meets the preset time threshold, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets the preset threshold, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a measurement processing apparatus including:

the system comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving measurement configuration information from network side equipment, the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network; and the processing module is arranged to execute the measurement operation when the trigger condition is determined to be met based on the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to determine time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information; and when the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the time information includes RTT, and the preset time threshold includes: a first time threshold; a processing module configured to determine an RTT between the user equipment and the network side equipment based on the first location information and the ephemeris information; upon determining that the RTT is greater than or equal to a first time threshold, a measurement operation is performed.

Optionally, the time information includes a TA duration, and the preset time threshold includes: a second time threshold; the processing module is configured to determine a TA (time offset) duration between the user equipment and the network side equipment based on the first position information and the ephemeris information; upon determining that the TA duration is greater than or equal to the second time threshold, performing a measurement operation.

Optionally, the preset threshold includes: a power threshold value and a quality threshold value, the processing module is configured to determine time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information, and obtain a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality; and when the time information is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measured value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measured value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to obtain time information configured by the network side device; and when the time information is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, executing measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to acquire time information configured by the network side device, and the time information includes one of: acquiring RTT configured by network side equipment based on a timer configured in the network side equipment; and acquiring the TA time length configured by the network side equipment based on the TA instruction configured in the network side equipment.

Optionally, the preset threshold includes: a processing module is set to acquire time information configured by network side equipment and acquire a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality; and when the time information is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measured value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measured value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to determine a ground deployment mode adopted by the network-side device based on ephemeris information of the network-side device; and when the cell information is determined to meet the preset switching condition through the ground deployment mode and the first position information of the user equipment, executing measurement operation.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions include: the processing module is set to determine a ground deployment mode that the network side equipment adopts a plurality of beams to share the same cell identifier based on ephemeris information; and when the user equipment is determined to be switched from the coverage range of the first beam to the coverage range of the second beam through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, the measurement operation is executed.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions of the cell coverage range comprise: the cell coverage area is switched, and the processing module is set to determine that the network side equipment adopts a ground deployment mode that each wave beam independently uses a cell identifier based on ephemeris information; and when the user equipment is determined to be switched from the coverage range of the first cell to the coverage range of the second cell through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, executing measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to determine a ground deployment mode adopted by the network-side device based on ephemeris information of the network-side device, and obtain a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality; when the user equipment is determined to have the regional switch through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, and the first measurement value is greater than or equal to a power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to a quality threshold value, executing a measurement operation, wherein the regional switch comprises one of the following steps: the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first beam to the coverage of the second beam, and the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first cell to the coverage of the second cell.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to determine a current distance between the first location information and the second location information based on the first location information of the user equipment and the second location information specified by the network-side device; and when the current distance is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset distance threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to determine a current distance between the first location information and the second location information based on the first location information of the user equipment and the second location information specified by the network-side device, and obtain a first measurement value of the reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of the reference signal received quality; and when the current distance is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset distance threshold value, the first measurement value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided another measurement processing apparatus including:

the generation module is configured to generate measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering the user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of the non-ground communication network; and the sending module is used for sending the measurement configuration information to the user equipment so that the user equipment executes measurement operation when the trigger condition is determined to be met based on the measurement configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein the computer program is configured to execute one of the measurement processing methods described above or another one of the measurement processing methods described above when the computer program is executed.

There is further provided, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a processor for executing a program, where the program is configured to execute one of the measurement processing methods described above or another one of the measurement processing methods described above when executed.

There is further provided, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic apparatus including a memory and a processor, the memory having a computer program stored therein, the processor being configured to execute the computer program to perform one of the measurement processing methods described above or another one of the measurement processing methods described above.

In at least some embodiments of the present invention, a method of receiving measurement configuration information from a network side device is adopted, where the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, where the trigger condition is used to trigger a user equipment in a connected state to perform a measurement operation in a cell handover process of a non-terrestrial communication network, and the measurement operation is performed when the trigger condition is determined to be satisfied by measuring the configuration information, so that the trigger condition that is set in the measurement configuration information and used to trigger the UE to perform the measurement operation in an NTN cell handover process is used to replace S-measure based on network side device configuration provided in the related art to perform the measurement operation, thereby achieving the technical effect of improving the effectiveness of the measurement operation performed by the UE, avoiding power consumption caused by the UE continuously performing useless measurement, and further solving the problem that the measurement in the connected state provided in the related art is usually completed based on the S-measure based on the network side device configuration, the measurement error is large, and the method is difficult to be applied to the technical problem of mobility measurement of the NTN cell.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a mobile terminal according to a measurement processing method of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of a measurement processing method according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an NTN deployment in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another NTN deployment in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of another measurement processing method according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a measurement processing device according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of another measurement processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Where an embodiment of a measurement processing method is provided according to one of the embodiments of the present invention, it is noted that the steps illustrated in the flowchart of the drawings may be performed in a computer system such as a set of computer-executable instructions and that, although a logical order is illustrated in the flowchart, in some cases the steps illustrated or described may be performed in an order different than here.

The method embodiments may be performed in a mobile terminal, a computer terminal or similar user equipment. Taking an example of the present invention running on a mobile terminal, fig. 1 is a block diagram of a hardware structure of the mobile terminal of a measurement processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the mobile terminal may include one or more (only one shown in fig. 1) processors 102 (the processors 102 may include, but are not limited to, a processing device such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip, a Microprocessor (MCU), or a programmable logic device (FPGA)), and a memory 104 for storing data. Optionally, the mobile terminal may further include a transmission device 106, an input/output device 108, and a display device (not shown in the figure) for communication functions. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure shown in fig. 1 is only an illustration, and does not limit the structure of the mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may also include more or fewer components than shown in FIG. 1, or have a different configuration than shown in FIG. 1.

The memory 104 may be used to store a computer program, for example, a software program and a module of application software, such as a computer program corresponding to the measurement processing method in the embodiment of the present invention, and the processor 102 executes various functional applications and data processing by running the computer program stored in the memory 104, so as to implement the measurement processing method described above. The memory 104 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic storage devices, flash memory, or other non-volatile solid-state memory. In some examples, the memory 104 may further include memory located remotely from the processor 102, which may be connected to the mobile terminal over a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

The transmission device 106 is used to receive or transmit data via a network. Specific examples of the network described above may include a wireless network provided by a communication provider of the mobile terminal. In one example, the transmission device 106 includes a Network adapter (NIC) that can be connected to other Network devices through a base station to communicate with the internet. In one example, the transmission device 106 may be a Radio Frequency (RF) module, which is used to communicate with the internet in a wireless manner.

The display device may be, for example, a touch screen type Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a touch display (also referred to as a "touch screen" or "touch display screen"). The liquid crystal display may enable a user to interact with a user interface of the mobile terminal. In some embodiments, the mobile terminal has a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with which a user can interact by touching finger contacts and/or gestures on a touch-sensitive surface, where the human-machine interaction function optionally includes the following interactions: executable instructions for creating web pages, drawing, word processing, making electronic documents, games, video conferencing, instant messaging, emailing, call interfacing, playing digital video, playing digital music, and/or web browsing, etc., for performing the above-described human-computer interaction functions, are configured/stored in one or more processor-executable computer program products or readable storage media.

In this embodiment, a measurement processing method operating in the user equipment is provided, and fig. 2 is a flowchart of the measurement processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the method includes the following steps:

step S22, receiving measurement configuration information from a network side device, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering a user equipment in a connection state to execute a measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network;

in step S24, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, a measurement operation is performed.

Through the steps, the method of receiving the measurement configuration information from the network side equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, the trigger condition is used for triggering the user equipment in a connection state to execute the measurement operation in the cell switching process of the non-terrestrial communication network, and the measurement operation is executed when the trigger condition is determined to be met through the measurement configuration information, so that the trigger condition which is set in the measurement configuration information and used for triggering the UE to execute the measurement operation in the NTN cell switching process is used for replacing the S-measure based on the network side equipment configuration and provided in the related technology to execute the measurement operation, thereby realizing the technical effect of improving the effectiveness of the measurement operation executed by the UE, avoiding the electric quantity loss caused by the continuous execution of the UE by the useless measurement, further solving the problem that the measurement of the connection state provided in the related technology is usually completed based on the S-measure based on the network side equipment configuration, the measurement error is large, and the method is difficult to be applied to the technical problem of mobility measurement of the NTN cell.

In an alternative embodiment, the triggering condition may comprise one of the following conditions:

the method comprises the following steps that firstly, cell information meets a preset switching condition, wherein the cell information is determined by first position information of user equipment and ephemeris information of network side equipment or is determined by the first position information of the user equipment and second position information appointed by the network side equipment;

for a UE with positioning capability, cell information may be determined according to first location information of the UE (i.e., location information of the UE currently located in the UE) and ephemeris information of a network-side device (i.e., location information of the network-side device currently located in the UE). In addition, for the UE with positioning capability, the distance between the first location and the second location may also be determined by the first location information of the UE (i.e. the location information of the UE currently located) and the second location information specified by the network side device. The preset switching condition may include, but is not limited to: and switching the coverage of the wave beam, switching the coverage of the cell, wherein the distance between the first position and the second position is greater than or equal to a preset distance threshold.

In a second mode, the time information meets a preset time threshold, wherein the time information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or configured by the network side equipment;

for a UE with positioning capability, time information may be determined according to first location information of the UE (i.e., location information of the UE currently located in the UE) and ephemeris information of the network-side device (i.e., location information of the network-side device currently located in the UE). For the UE lacking the positioning capability, the time information may be determined through the network side device configuration.

And in a third mode, the cell information meets a preset switching condition, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets a preset threshold value, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality;

on the basis that the cell information meets the preset switching condition, the triggering condition can be further accurately set by means of additional information such as reference signal receiving power and/or reference signal receiving quality.

And in a fourth mode, the time information meets a preset time threshold, and the additional information measured by the user equipment determines a trigger condition, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality.

On the basis that the time information meets the preset time threshold, the trigger condition can be further accurately set by means of additional information such as reference signal received power and/or reference signal received quality.

Alternatively, in step S24, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation may include performing the steps of:

step S2401, determining time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information;

in step S2402, when the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, a measurement operation is performed.

The time information may be determined from the first position information and the ephemeris information. The time information may include, but is not limited to: round trip transmission time (RTT), Timing Advance (TA) time. A time threshold may be set in the trigger condition, and the measuring operation is performed when it is determined that the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold by comparing the time information with the preset time threshold set in the trigger condition.

Optionally, the time information includes RTT, and the preset time threshold includes: a first time threshold; in step S24, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation may include performing the steps of:

step S2403, determining RTT between the user equipment and the network side equipment based on the first position information and the ephemeris information;

in step S2404, when it is determined that the RTT is greater than or equal to the first time threshold, a measurement operation is performed.

In the process that the UE triggers measurement based on the RTT, the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by network side equipment. The measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition for starting measurement by the UE. The trigger condition may be a threshold of RTT, in other words, when the RTT of the UE satisfies a first time threshold, the UE starts to measure based on the measurement configuration information of the network.

The RTT may be determined by the UE based on positioning capabilities. Specifically, for a UE with positioning capability, the UE may determine propagation delay (propagation delay) between the UE and a base station through its location information and ephemeris information of a network device, so as to determine the RTT duration. The UE starts measuring when the RTT of the UE exceeds a first time threshold.

Optionally, the time information includes a TA duration, and the preset time threshold includes: a second time threshold; in step S24, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation may include performing the steps of:

step S2405, determining a TA duration between the UE and the network side device based on the first location information and the ephemeris information;

in step S2406, when it is determined that the TA duration is greater than or equal to the second time threshold, a measurement operation is performed.

In a process that the UE triggers measurement based on Timing Advance (TA), the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by a network side device. The measurement configuration information includes a trigger condition for the UE to start measurement. The trigger condition may be a threshold of TA, in other words, when the TA of the UE satisfies the second time threshold, the UE starts to perform measurement based on the measurement configuration information of the network.

The TA may be determined by the UE based on location capabilities. Specifically, for a UE with positioning capability, the UE may determine a propagation delay (propagation delay) between the UE and a base station through its own location information and ephemeris information of a network side device to determine a duration. The UE starts to make measurements when the TA of the UE exceeds a second time threshold.

Optionally, the preset threshold includes: the power threshold value and the quality threshold value, in step S24, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing the measurement operation may include performing the steps of:

step S2407, determining time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information, and obtaining a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality;

in step S2408, when it is determined that the time information is greater than or equal to the time threshold, the first measurement value is greater than or equal to the power threshold, and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to the quality threshold, the measurement operation is performed.

In an optional embodiment, the measurement configuration information sent by the network side device may further include: a Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) and/or a Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ) threshold, and the UE starts to measure only when the RSRP and/or the RSRQ and the RTT satisfy a trigger condition. Or, the UE may start to measure only when the RSRP/RSRQ and the TA satisfy the trigger condition at the same time.

step S2409, acquiring time information configured by network side equipment;

step S2410, when it is determined that the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, performing a measurement operation.

For a UE lacking location capability, the UE may determine time information based on a network configuration of the network-side device. A preset time threshold may be set in the trigger condition, and the measurement operation may be performed when it is determined that the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold by comparing the time information with the preset time threshold set in the trigger condition.

In an optional embodiment, the manner for the UE to obtain the time information configured by the network-side device may include one of the following:

the method comprises the steps that firstly, RTT configured by network side equipment is obtained based on a timer configured in the network side equipment;

for UEs lacking location capability, the RTT may be determined by a duration recorded by a RTT timer (timer) configured based on the network side device. The UE may determine the RTT duration based on the RTT timer configured by the network side device. The UE starts measuring when the RTT of the UE exceeds a first time threshold.

And secondly, acquiring the TA time length configured by the network side equipment based on the TA instruction configured in the network side equipment.

For a UE lacking location capability, the TA may be determined by a timing advance COMMAND (TA COMMAND) based on network side device configuration. The UE may determine the TA duration based on the TA command configured by the network side device. The UE starts to make measurements when the TA of the UE exceeds a second time threshold.

step S2411, acquiring time information configured by network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality;

step S2412, when it is determined that the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measurement value is greater than or equal to the power threshold and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to the quality threshold, performing a measurement operation.

Similar to the UE with positioning capability, for the UE lacking positioning capability, the measurement configuration information sent by the network side device may further include: RSRP and/or RSRQ, such that the UE will not start to measure until the RSRP and/or RSRQ and RTT simultaneously satisfy a trigger condition. Or, the UE may start to measure only when the RSRP/RSRQ and the TA satisfy the trigger condition at the same time. That is, the measurement operation is performed upon determining that the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measurement value is greater than or equal to the power threshold, and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to the quality threshold.

step S2413, determining a ground deployment mode adopted by the network side equipment based on ephemeris information of the network side equipment;

step S2414, when it is determined that the cell information satisfies the preset handover condition through the ground deployment manner and the first location information of the user equipment, performing a measurement operation.

The method includes the steps that a ground deployment mode adopted by a network side device (which may include but is not limited to a ground deployment mode in which multiple beams share the same cell identifier and a ground deployment mode in which each beam independently uses one cell identifier) can be determined through ephemeris information of the network side device, and then whether a trigger condition is met or not is judged through the ground deployment mode and first position information of user equipment, so that when the trigger condition is determined to be met, a measurement operation is executed.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions include: when the beam coverage is switched, and it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information in step S24, performing the measurement operation may include performing the following steps:

step S2415, determining a ground deployment mode that the network side equipment adopts a plurality of beams to share the same cell identifier based on the ephemeris information;

step S2416, when it is determined through the terrestrial deployment mode and the first location information that the user equipment is switched from the coverage of the first beam to the coverage of the second beam, performing a measurement operation.

In a process of triggering measurement based on beam index (beam index) by UE, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an NTN deployment method according to an optional embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, a plurality of beams share one Physical Cell Identifier (PCI).

In this case, if the UE falls in the coverage of other beams, the UE starts to perform measurement. Specifically, the UE first determines the terrestrial deployment of the satellite based on ephemeris information of the satellite, and then the UE can know that the UE is currently located in the coverage of the specific beam based on the location information. If the UE falls within the coverage of other beams than the specific beam, the UE starts to perform measurement.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions of the cell coverage range comprise: when the cell coverage is switched, and it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information in step S24, performing the measurement operation may include the following steps:

step S2417, determining a ground deployment mode that the network side equipment independently uses one cell identifier for each beam based on the ephemeris information;

step S2418, when it is determined through the terrestrial deployment mode and the first location information that the user equipment is switched from the coverage of the first cell to the coverage of the second cell, performing a measurement operation.

In the process of triggering measurement based on cell identity by the UE, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another NTN deployment manner according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, each beam individually uses one PCI.

In this case, if the UE falls in the coverage of other cells, the UE starts to perform measurement. Specifically, the UE first determines the terrestrial deployment of the satellite based on ephemeris information of the satellite, and then the UE can know the coverage area of the current UE in the specific cell based on the location information. If the UE falls within the coverage of other cells than the specific cell, the UE starts to perform measurement.

step S2419, determining a ground deployment mode adopted by the network side equipment based on ephemeris information of the network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality;

step S2420, when it is determined that the user equipment is switched in the area through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, and the first measurement value is greater than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing a measurement operation, wherein the switching in the area comprises one of the following steps: the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first beam to the coverage of the second beam, and the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first cell to the coverage of the second cell.

Whether a ground deployment mode that multiple beams share the same cell identifier or a ground deployment mode that each beam individually uses one cell identifier is adopted, the UE can perform measurement judgment by combining with RSRP and/or RSRQ judgment conditions. In an optional embodiment, the UE may perform measurement judgment by combining the beam index and the RSRP and/or RSRQ judgment condition. In an optional embodiment, the UE may make the measurement determination in conjunction with the PCI and RSRP and/or RSRQ determination conditions.

step S2421, determining a current distance between the first position information and the second position information based on the first position information of the user equipment and the second position information designated by the network side equipment;

in step S2422, when it is determined that the current distance is greater than or equal to the preset distance threshold, a measurement operation is performed.

In the process that the UE triggers measurement based on the distance between the UE and a specific ground reference point (the second position information specified by the network side equipment of the UE), the UE receives measurement configuration information sent by the network side equipment. The measurement configuration information includes a trigger condition for the UE to start measurement. The trigger condition may be a threshold value of a distance between the UE and the specific terrestrial reference point, in other words, when the distance between the UE and the specific terrestrial reference point satisfies a preset threshold value, the UE starts to perform measurement based on measurement configuration information of the network.

The distance between the UE and the particular terrestrial reference point may be determined by the UE based on positioning capabilities. Specifically, for a UE with positioning capability, the UE may determine a distance between the UE and a specific ground reference point through its own location and the specific ground reference point indicated by the network side device. When the distance between the UE and a specific ground reference point exceeds a preset threshold, the UE starts to make measurements.

step S2423, determining the current distance between the first position information and the second position information based on the first position information of the user equipment and the second position information designated by the network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of the reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of the reference signal received quality;

in step S2424, when it is determined that the current distance is greater than or equal to the preset distance threshold, the first measurement value is greater than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to the quality threshold value, a measurement operation is performed.

In an optional embodiment, the measurement configuration information sent by the network side device may further include: RSRP and/or RSRQ, the UE will not start to measure until the RSRP and/or RSRQ and the distance between the UE and a particular ground reference point satisfy a trigger condition at the same time.

There is also provided, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, another embodiment of a measurement processing method, in which the steps illustrated in the flowchart of the figure may be performed in a computer system, such as a set of computer-executable instructions, and, although a logical order is illustrated in the flowchart, in some cases, the steps illustrated or described may be performed in an order different than that presented herein.

The method embodiment may be performed in a LEO satellite, MEO satellite, GEO satellite, HEO satellite, or similar network-side device. In this embodiment, a measurement processing method operating in the network side device is provided, and fig. 5 is a flowchart of another measurement processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the method includes the following steps:

step S52, generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering the user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in the cell switching process of the non-ground communication network;

step S54, sending the measurement configuration information to the user equipment, so that the user equipment performs the measurement operation when determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information.

Through the above steps, a mode of generating measurement configuration information, where the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, where the trigger condition is used to trigger a connected UE to perform a measurement operation in a cell handover process of a non-terrestrial communication network, may be adopted, and the measurement configuration information is sent to the UE, so that the UE performs the measurement operation based on the measurement configuration information when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, and thus the trigger condition, which is set in the measurement configuration information and used to trigger the UE to perform the measurement operation in an NTN cell handover process, is used to replace an S-measure based on network-side device configuration provided in the related art to perform the measurement operation, thereby achieving a technical effect of improving effectiveness of the measurement operation performed by the UE, avoiding power consumption of the UE due to continuous execution of an unused measurement, and further solving a technical problem that the connected measurement provided in the related art is usually completed based on the S-measure based on network-side device configuration The measurement error is large, and the method is difficult to be applied to the technical problem of mobility measurement of the NTN cell.

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

In this embodiment, a measurement processing apparatus is further provided, and the apparatus is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and details are not repeated for what has been described. As used below, the term "module" may be a combination of software and/or hardware that implements a predetermined function. Although the means described in the embodiments below are preferably implemented in software, an implementation in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and contemplated.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of a measurement processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, the apparatus including: a receiving module 10, configured to receive measurement configuration information from a network side device, where the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used to trigger a user equipment in a connected state to perform a measurement operation in a cell handover process of a non-terrestrial communication network; the processing module 20 is configured to perform a measurement operation upon determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, the trigger condition comprises one of the following conditions: the cell information meets a preset switching condition, wherein the cell information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or is determined by the first position information of the user equipment and second position information designated by the network side equipment; the time information meets a preset time threshold, wherein the time information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or configured by the network side equipment; the cell information meets a preset switching condition, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets a preset threshold value, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality; the time information meets a preset time threshold, and additional information measured by the user equipment determines a trigger condition, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality.

Optionally, the processing module 20 is configured to determine time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information; and when the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the time information includes RTT, and the preset time threshold includes: a first time threshold; a processing module 20 configured to determine RTT between the user equipment and the network side device based on the first location information and the ephemeris information; upon determining that the RTT is greater than or equal to a first time threshold, a measurement operation is performed.

Optionally, the time information includes a TA duration, and the preset time threshold includes: a second time threshold; a processing module 20, configured to determine a TA duration between the ue and the network side device based on the first location information and the ephemeris information; upon determining that the TA duration is greater than or equal to the second time threshold, performing a measurement operation.

Optionally, the preset threshold includes: a power threshold and a quality threshold, the processing module 20 is configured to determine time information based on the first location information and the ephemeris information, and obtain a first measurement of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement of reference signal received quality; and when the time information is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measured value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measured value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module 20 is configured to obtain time information configured by the network side device; and when the time information is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, executing measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module 20 is configured to obtain the time information configured by the network-side device, and the time information includes one of the following: acquiring RTT configured by network side equipment based on a timer configured in the network side equipment; and acquiring the TA time length configured by the network side equipment based on the TA instruction configured in the network side equipment.

Optionally, the preset threshold includes: a power threshold and a quality threshold, and the processing module 20 is configured to obtain time information configured by the network side device, and obtain a first measurement value of the reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of the reference signal received quality; and when the time information is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measured value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measured value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module 20 is configured to determine a ground deployment manner adopted by the network-side device based on ephemeris information of the network-side device; and when the cell information is determined to meet the preset switching condition through the ground deployment mode and the first position information of the user equipment, executing measurement operation.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions include: the beam coverage area is switched, and the processing module 20 is configured to determine, based on the ephemeris information, that the network side device adopts a ground deployment mode in which a plurality of beams share the same cell identifier; and when the user equipment is determined to be switched from the coverage range of the first beam to the coverage range of the second beam through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, the measurement operation is executed.

Optionally, the cell information includes: the preset switching conditions of the cell coverage range comprise: the cell coverage area is switched, and the processing module 20 is configured to determine, based on the ephemeris information, that the network side device adopts a ground deployment mode in which each beam individually uses one cell identifier; and when the user equipment is determined to be switched from the coverage area of the first cell to the coverage area of the second cell through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, performing measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module 20 is configured to determine a ground deployment manner adopted by the network-side device based on ephemeris information of the network-side device, and obtain a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality; when the user equipment is determined to have the regional switch through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, and the first measurement value is greater than or equal to a power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to a quality threshold value, executing a measurement operation, wherein the regional switch comprises one of the following steps: the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first beam to the coverage of the second beam, and the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first cell to the coverage of the second cell.

Optionally, the processing module 20 is configured to determine a current distance between the first location information and the second location information based on the first location information of the user equipment and the second location information specified by the network-side device; and when the current distance is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset distance threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

Optionally, the processing module 20 is configured to determine a current distance between the first location information and the second location information based on the first location information of the user equipment and the second location information specified by the network-side device, and obtain a first measurement value of the reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of the reference signal received quality; and when the current distance is determined to be larger than or equal to the preset distance threshold value, the first measurement value is larger than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is larger than or equal to the quality threshold value, executing the measurement operation.

In this embodiment, another measurement processing apparatus is further provided, and the apparatus is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and the description of the apparatus is omitted for brevity. As used below, the term "module" may be a combination of software and/or hardware that implements a predetermined function. Although the means described in the embodiments below are preferably implemented in software, an implementation in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and contemplated.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of another measurement processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus including: a generating module 30 configured to generate measurement configuration information, where the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used to trigger a user equipment in a connected state to perform a measurement operation in a cell handover process of a non-terrestrial communication network; a sending module 40 configured to send the measurement configuration information to the user equipment, so that the user equipment performs the measurement operation when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information.

It should be noted that, the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware, and for the latter, the following may be implemented, but not limited to: the modules are all positioned in the same processor; alternatively, the modules are respectively located in different processors in any combination.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein the computer program is arranged to perform the steps of any of the above method embodiments when executed.

Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the storage medium may be configured to store a computer program for executing the steps of:

s1, receiving measurement configuration information from a network side device, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering a user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network;

s2, based on the measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, performing a measurement operation.

Optionally, the storage medium is further arranged to store a computer program for performing the steps of:

s1, generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering the user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in the cell switching process of the non-ground communication network;

and S2, sending the measurement configuration information to the user equipment so that the user equipment executes the measurement operation when the trigger condition is determined to be met based on the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the storage medium may include, but is not limited to: various media capable of storing computer programs, such as a usb disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide an electronic device, comprising a memory in which a computer program is stored and a processor configured to execute the computer program to perform the steps in any of the above method embodiments.

Optionally, the electronic apparatus may further include a transmission device and an input/output device, wherein the transmission device is connected to the processor, and the input/output device is connected to the processor.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processor may be configured to execute the following steps by a computer program:

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processor may be further configured to execute, by the computer program, the following steps:

Optionally, the specific examples in this embodiment may refer to the examples described in the above embodiments and optional implementation manners, and this embodiment is not described herein again.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology can be implemented in other ways. The above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units may be a logical division, and in actual implementation, there may be another division, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or may not be executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, units or modules, and may be in an electrical or other form.

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

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

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

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

A measurement processing method, comprising:

receiving measurement configuration information from network side equipment, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network;

and based on the measurement configuration information, when the trigger condition is determined to be met, executing measurement operation.
The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger condition comprises one of:

the cell information meets a preset switching condition, wherein the cell information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or is determined by the first position information of the user equipment and second position information designated by the network side equipment;

the time information meets a preset time threshold, wherein the time information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or configured by the network side equipment;

the cell information meets the preset switching condition, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets a preset threshold value, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality;

the time information meets the preset time threshold, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets the preset threshold, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality.
The method of claim 2, wherein the performing a measurement operation upon determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information comprises:

determining the time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information;

and when the time information is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, executing measurement operation.
The method of claim 3, wherein the time information comprises a round trip transmission duration RTT, and the preset time threshold comprises a first time threshold; the performing, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement operation including:

determining an RTT between the user equipment and the network side equipment based on the first position information and the ephemeris information;

performing a measurement operation upon determining that the RTT is greater than or equal to the first time threshold.
The method of claim 3, wherein the time information comprises a Timing Advance (TA) duration, and the preset time threshold comprises: a second time threshold; the performing, when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement operation including:

determining a TA (time offset) duration between the user equipment and the network side equipment based on the first position information and the ephemeris information;

performing a measurement operation upon determining that the TA duration is greater than or equal to the second time threshold.
The method of claim 2, wherein the preset threshold value comprises: a power threshold value and a quality threshold value, wherein the performing a measurement operation when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information includes:

determining the time information based on the first position information and the ephemeris information, and obtaining a first measurement of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement of reference signal received quality;

and executing the measurement operation when the time information is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measurement value is greater than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to the quality threshold value.
The method of claim 2, wherein the performing a measurement operation upon determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information comprises:

acquiring the time information configured by the network side equipment;

and when the time information is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, executing measurement operation.
The method of claim 7, wherein obtaining the time information configured by the network-side device comprises one of:

acquiring RTT configured by the network side equipment based on a timer configured in the network side equipment;

and acquiring the TA time length configured by the network side equipment based on the TA instruction configured in the network side equipment.
The method of claim 2, wherein the preset threshold value comprises: a power threshold value and a quality threshold value, wherein the performing a measurement operation when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information includes:

acquiring the time information configured by the network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality;

and executing the measurement operation when the time information is determined to be greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, the first measurement value is greater than or equal to the power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to the quality threshold value.
The method of claim 2, wherein the performing a measurement operation upon determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information comprises:

determining a ground deployment mode adopted by the network side equipment based on ephemeris information of the network side equipment;

and when the cell information is determined to meet the preset switching condition through the ground deployment mode and the first position information of the user equipment, executing measurement operation.
The method of claim 10, wherein the cell information comprises: the preset switching condition comprises: the switching of the beam coverage occurs, and the performing of the measurement operation when it is determined that the trigger condition is met based on the measurement configuration information includes:

determining a ground deployment mode that the network side equipment adopts a plurality of beams to share the same cell identifier based on the ephemeris information;

and when the ground deployment mode and the first position information determine that the user equipment is switched from the coverage range of the first beam to the coverage range of the second beam, executing measurement operation.
The method of claim 10, wherein the cell information comprises: the cell coverage, the preset handover condition includes: switching the cell coverage, wherein the performing the measurement operation when determining that the trigger condition is met based on the measurement configuration information comprises:

determining a ground deployment mode that the network side equipment adopts one cell identifier for each beam based on the ephemeris information;

and when the user equipment is determined to be switched from the coverage area of the first cell to the coverage area of the second cell through the ground deployment mode and the first position information, performing measurement operation.
The method of claim 2, wherein the performing a measurement operation upon determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information comprises:

determining a ground deployment mode adopted by the network side equipment based on ephemeris information of the network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality;

when it is determined that the user equipment has a region switch according to the ground deployment mode and the first location information, and the first measurement value is greater than or equal to a power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is greater than or equal to a quality threshold value, performing a measurement operation, wherein the region switch includes one of: the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first beam to the coverage of the second beam, and the user equipment switches from the coverage of the first cell to the coverage of the second cell.
The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the performing a measurement operation upon determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information comprises:

determining a current distance between first position information and second position information based on the first position information of the user equipment and the second position information designated by the network side equipment;

and when the current distance is determined to be greater than or equal to a preset distance threshold value, executing measurement operation.
The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the performing a measurement operation upon determining that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information comprises:

determining a current distance between first position information and second position information based on the first position information of the user equipment and the second position information designated by the network side equipment, and acquiring a first measurement value of reference signal received power and/or a second measurement value of reference signal received quality;

and when the current distance is determined to be larger than or equal to a preset distance threshold value, the first measurement value is larger than or equal to a power threshold value and/or the second measurement value is larger than or equal to a quality threshold value, executing measurement operation.
A measurement processing method, comprising:

generating measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network;

and sending the measurement configuration information to the user equipment so that the user equipment executes measurement operation when the user equipment determines that the trigger condition is met based on the measurement configuration information.
The method of claim 16, wherein the trigger condition comprises one of:

the cell information meets a preset switching condition, wherein the cell information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or is determined by the first position information of the user equipment and second position information designated by the network side equipment;

the time information meets a preset time threshold, wherein the time information is determined by first position information of the user equipment and ephemeris information of the network side equipment or configured by the network side equipment;

the cell information meets the preset switching condition, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets a preset threshold value, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality;

the time information meets the preset time threshold, and the additional information measured by the user equipment meets the preset threshold, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of the following information: reference signal received power, reference signal received quality.
A measurement processing apparatus, comprising:

the system comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving measurement configuration information from network side equipment, the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network;

and the processing module is arranged to execute the measurement operation when the trigger condition is determined to be met based on the measurement configuration information.
A measurement processing apparatus, comprising:

the system comprises a generation module, a measurement configuration module and a measurement configuration module, wherein the measurement configuration information carries a trigger condition, and the trigger condition is used for triggering user equipment in a connection state to execute measurement operation in a cell switching process of a non-ground communication network;

a sending module configured to send the measurement configuration information to the ue, so that the ue performs a measurement operation when it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied based on the measurement configuration information.
A storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the computer program is arranged to execute the measurement processing method of any of claims 1 to 15 or the measurement processing method of any of claims 16 to 17 when executed.
A processor, wherein the processor is configured to run a program, wherein the program is configured to perform the measurement processing method of any of claims 1 to 15 when run, or to perform the measurement processing method of any of claims 16 to 17 when run.
An electronic device comprising a memory in which a computer program is stored and a processor arranged to run the computer program to perform the measurement processing method of any of claims 1 to 15 or to perform the measurement processing method of any of claims 16 to 17.