CN115250483A

CN115250483A - Information measurement control method and device

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Publication number: CN115250483A
Application number: CN202110453489.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王睿炜; 倪春林
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-26
Filing date: 2021-04-26
Publication date: 2022-10-28

Abstract

The application discloses an information measurement control method and device, which are used for realizing a Trace mechanism-based QoE measurement function, so that the increase of the number of messages between interfaces caused by QoE measurement is avoided, and the network performance is improved. The information measurement control method comprises the following steps: receiving a first message; acquiring a reference cell from the first message; wherein the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating a quality of experience (QoE) measurement or a TraceReference cell for tracking a Trace measurement.

Description

Information measurement control method and device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information measurement control method and apparatus.

Background

QoE (Quality of Experience) measurement is introduced in the 3gpp Release 17 version, and the introduction of the measurement is based on the existing Trace functional framework.

The Trace function is introduced as follows:

the Trace function is triggered by the management station, is used for tracking messages in the network unit and on the interface, and is divided into a Trace activated by management and a Trace activated by signaling. For the base station, the Trace of management activation is directly sent to the base station by the management station, and the base station is triggered to carry out measurement collection. And the Trace activated by the signaling is sent to the core network by the management station, and then the core network sends the information to the base station through the interface message to trigger and collect the measurement information.

In the signaling activation message sent to the base station by the core network through the interface, the main contained Trace parameters include: base station Trace ID, interface of Trace, depth of Trace, IP address of Trace data collection entity and MDT (minimum Drive Test) related configuration, etc. For EPC (Evolved Packet Core) system, the base station Trace ID is E-UTRAN Trace ID, and if the system base station Trace ID is 5GC (5G Core network ), the base station Trace ID is NG-RAN Trace ID. The base station Trace ID is 8 bytes long and consists of a 6 byte long Trace Reference (Reference) cell and a 2 byte long Trace Recording Session Reference (Trace Recording Session Reference) cell.

The Trace Reference is used as the mark of one Trace Session and is distributed by the management station, and in the Trace flow activated by the signaling, the core network distributes the Trace Recording Session Reference after receiving the Trace activation, and then transmits the Trace activation to the base station. The Trace Reference is composed of MCC (Mobile Country Code), MNC (Mobile Network Code) and Trace ID, where the MCC and MNC are used to identify Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and the Trace ID is composed of 3 bytes. If the base station receives the same Trace Reference for activating the Trace as the existing Trace Reference, the base station abandons the newly received Trace activation task.

The MDT (minimum Drive Test) allows the terminal to assist the network side in collecting some data, so as to optimize some parameters or related flows of the network side, and the MDT is implemented based on the Trace flow, and it can be considered that the MDT related configuration is also included in the Trace configuration parameters.

During the switching process, the Trace related configuration information activated by the signaling is also sent to the target base station. And if the target base station also meets the condition of continuing the Trace, the target base station continues to perform the Trace process.

When receiving the signaling activation Trace of the core network, if the UE is in the inactive state at that time, the base station stores the configuration information of the UE, and when the UE is converted from the inactive state to the active state, the context information and the Trace configuration information of the UE are also sent to the base station where the UE is located when being activated. The base station also triggers the Trace procedure if the conditions for continuing the Trace are met.

QoE measurements are introduced as follows:

the QoE measurement is triggered by the management station for collecting QoE measurement results, which are divided into QoE activated for management and QoE activated for signaling. Similar to Trace, for the base station, the QoE of management activation is directly sent to the base station by the management station, and triggers the base station to perform measurement collection. And sending the QoE activated by the signaling to a core network by the management station, and sending the QoE activated by the signaling to the base station by the core network through an interface message to trigger and collect measurement information.

In the signaling activation message sent to the base station by the core network through the interface, the QoE parameters mainly contained include: qoE reference, range of QoE collection, IP address of QoE data collection entity, etc.

The QoE Reference is used as an identifier of one-time QoE measurement and is distributed by the management station, and the core network receives QoE activation in the signaling activated QoE flow and then sends the QoE activation to the base station. The QoE Reference consists of MCC, MNC and QMC (QoE Measurement Collection) IDs, which are used to identify PLMNs, and the QMC ID consists of 3 bytes.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an information measurement control method and device, which are used for realizing a Trace mechanism-based QoE measurement function, so that the increase of the number of messages between interfaces caused by QoE measurement is avoided, and the network performance is improved.

At a receiving end, an information measurement control method provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

receiving a first message;

acquiring a reference cell from the first message; wherein the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating quality of experience (QoE) measurement, or a Trace reference cell for tracking Trace measurements.

By the method, a first message is received; acquiring a reference cell from the first message; the reference cell is a QoE reference cell used for indicating quality of experience (QoE) measurement, or a Trace reference cell used for tracking Trace measurement, so that a multiplexing Trace mechanism is realized to implement a QoE measurement function, the increase of the number of messages between interfaces caused by QoE measurement can be avoided, and the network performance is improved.

Optionally, if it is determined that the reference cell included in the first message is a QoE reference cell, then:

the first message also comprises a Trace reference cell for indicating to carry out Trace measurement; alternatively, the method further comprises: and receiving a second message, and acquiring a Trace reference cell for indicating the performance of the Trace measurement from the second message.

Optionally, if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement correlate, the values of the Trace reference cell and the QoE reference cell are the same;

or, the first message and/or the second message further comprise a correlation reference cell for indicating the correlation between the QoE reference cell and the Trace reference cell.

Optionally, if the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement and the first message further includes a Trace reference information element, the first message further includes an indication identifier for indicating that the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

when the terminal moves among the base stations, receiving a message which is sent by a source base station of the terminal and used for indicating the QoE measurement.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

when the terminal moves among the base stations, the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information sent by the source base station of the terminal are/is acquired.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and acquiring information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

Optionally, the first message includes one or a combination of the following interface messages:

NG interface, S1 interface, F1 interface, X2 interface, XN interface.

At a sending end, an information measurement control method provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

determining a first message;

sending the first message, wherein the first message comprises a Trace reference information element for indicating to perform a Trace measurement and a QoE reference information element for indicating to perform a quality of experience (QoE) measurement.

The QoE measurement function is realized by increasing the length of the Trace cell of the Trace mechanism, the increase of the number of messages between interfaces caused by QoE measurement can be avoided, and the network performance is improved.

Optionally, the values of the Trace reference cell and the QoE reference cell are the same if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are correlated;

or, the first message further comprises a correlation reference cell for indicating a correlation between the QoE reference cell and the Trace reference cell.

Optionally, if the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement, the first message further includes an indicator indicating that the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

and when the terminal moves among the base stations, the first message is sent to a target base station to which the terminal moves.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

and when the terminal moves among the base stations, sending the acquired Trace configuration information and/or QoE configuration information to a target base station to which the terminal moves through a message.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and sending information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

At a receiving end, an information measurement control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

a memory for storing program instructions;

a processor for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing according to the obtained program:

receiving a first message;

the first message also comprises a Trace reference cell for indicating to carry out Trace measurement; or, the processor is further configured to call the program instruction stored in the memory, and execute, according to the obtained program: a second message is received that includes a Trace reference cell to indicate that a Trace measurement is to be taken.

An information measurement control device provided by the embodiment of the application comprises:

a memory for storing program instructions;

a processor for calling the program instructions stored in the memory, executing according to the obtained program:

determining a first message;

or, the first message further comprises a correlation reference cell for indicating the correlation between the QoE reference cell and the Trace reference cell.

Optionally, if the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement and the first message further includes a Trace reference information element, the first message further includes an indicator indicating that the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement.

At a receiving end, another information measurement control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message;

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a reference cell from the first message; wherein the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating quality of experience (QoE) measurement, or a Trace reference cell for tracking Trace measurements.

Another information measurement control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

a determining unit configured to determine a first message;

a sending unit, configured to send the first message, where the first message includes a Trace reference cell for indicating to perform a Trace measurement and a QoE reference cell for indicating to perform a quality of experience QoE measurement.

Another embodiment of the present application provides a computing device, which includes a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is used for storing program instructions, and the processor is used for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing any one of the methods according to the obtained program.

Another embodiment of the present application provides a computer storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform any one of the methods described above.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an information measurement control method at a receiving end according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an information measurement control method at a sending end according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an information measurement control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an information measurement control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an information measurement control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, 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 application.

The method and the device are based on the same application concept, and because the principles of solving the problems of the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred, and repeated parts are not described again.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be suitable for various systems, particularly 5G systems. For example, the applicable system may be a global system for mobile communication (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) system, a 5G NR system, and the like. These various systems include terminal devices and network devices.

The terminal device referred to in the embodiments of the present application may be a device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. In different systems, the name of the terminal device may also be different, for example, in a 5G system, the terminal device may be referred to as a User Equipment (UE). Wireless terminal devices, which may be mobile terminal devices such as mobile telephones (or "cellular" telephones) and computers with mobile terminal devices, such as portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices, may communicate with one or more core networks via the RAN, and may exchange language and/or data with a radio access network. Examples of such devices include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and the like. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber station (subscriber station), a mobile station (mobile), a remote station (remote station), an access point (access point), a remote terminal device (remote terminal), an access terminal device (access terminal), a user terminal device (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), and a user device (user device), which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station, and the base station may include a plurality of cells. A base station may also be referred to as an access point, or a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminal devices, or by other names, depending on the particular application. The network device may be configured to interconvert received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (GSM) or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), may also be a network device (NodeB) in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), may also be an evolved network device (eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a 5G base station in a 5G network architecture (next generation system), or may also be a home evolved node B (HeNB), a relay node (HeNB), a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), and the like, which are not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Various embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the display sequence of the embodiment of the present application only represents the sequence of the embodiment, and does not represent the merits of the technical solutions provided by the embodiments.

From the needs, for the signaling activation Trace and QoE measurement initiated by the same user, the scenarios to be satisfied are as follows:

in a scenario one, a management station initiates a Trace (including MDT measurement) process first, and then initiates a QoE measurement process. Or the management station initiates a QoE measurement procedure first and then initiates a Trace (including MDT measurement) procedure. Trace (including MDT measurements) and QoE measurements are not correlated.

And in a second scenario, the management station initiates a Trace (including MDT measurement) process first, and then initiates a QoE measurement process. Or the management station initiates a QoE measurement procedure first and then initiates a Trace (including MDT measurement) procedure. Trace (including MDT measurements) and QoE measurements are related.

And in a third scenario, the management station needs to simultaneously activate a Trace (including MDT measurement) flow and a QoE measurement flow. It can be triggered in one interface message or in 2 times, and Trace (including MDT measurement) and QoE measurement are not related.

And in the fourth scenario, the management station needs to simultaneously activate a Trace (including MDT measurement) flow and a QoE measurement flow. It can be triggered in one interface message or 2 times, trace (including MDT measurement) and QoE measurement are related.

The Trace (including MDT measurement) and QoE measurement are related, that is, when the Trace (including MDT measurement) and QoE measurement are performed by a terminal, time alignment needs to be performed, and a timestamp recording manner or other manners may be adopted to ensure that recorded data has correlation. For example, the MDT measurement records poor signal quality, and the QoE measurement records a large data delay, which is convenient for correlation analysis.

From the above, trace and QoE measurement have great similarity in flow and parameter structure, and the two flows may need to be measured and correlated, so that reasonable design of an interface structure can be considered to reduce the number of interface messages, reduce message length, and improve network performance.

The embodiment of the application provides a technical scheme for increasing the QoE measurement function based on the existing Trace framework and process, and the technical scheme mainly comprises two schemes:

in the first scheme, the structure and the size of a reference (reference) cell are consistent with those of a QoE reference cell, and the QoE reference can multiplex the reference, so that the cost of increasing the QoE reference cell in a message is saved.

And in the second scheme, the QoE reference cell is newly added, the structure and the size of the QoE reference cell can be consistent with those of the Trace reference, and the QoE reference cell has the advantages of clear structure and convenience for understanding, but the message length is increased.

Both schemes can support the simultaneous transmission of Trace and QoE measurement, and the number of messages on an interface is reduced. The interface can be an NG interface, an S1 interface, an F1 interface, an X2 interface or an XN interface. The NG interface and the S1 interface are interfaces between a core network and a base station, the F1 interface is an interface inside the base station, and the X2 interface and the XN interface are interfaces between the base stations. That is to say, the embodiments of the present application are applicable to a core network, and also applicable to a base station, and may be used for message transfer between the core network and the base station, and also may be used for message transfer between base stations.

The first embodiment is as follows: multiplexing the existing Trace reference scheme.

Because the QoE reference and the Trace reference have the same structure and size, multiplexing may be considered, that is, only one reference is contained in the interface message sent by the core network to the base station, and the reference may be used to represent the QoE reference or the Trace reference. The base station does not need to make detailed distinction, and only completes measurement configuration, measurement collection and reporting according to the following measurement parameter configuration. In fact, from the measurement configuration information carried in the message (because the Trace configuration and the QoE configuration are different), the base station can also deduce whether the configured reference is the QoE reference or the Trace reference.

In this embodiment, some conventions and restrictions need to be made for the multiple requirement scenarios.

For scenario one, the Trace (including MDT measurement) process and QoE measurement are received sequentially (the sequence is not limited), and the measurement is not related, and can be processed separately. The QoE reference and the Trace reference transmitted before and after may have different or the same values.

For scenario two, the Trace (including MDT measurement) procedure and QoE measurement are received sequentially (the sequence is not limited), and the measurements are related. To represent the measured correlation, the following methods can be used:

the QoE reference and the Trace reference, which have the same value, are used to indicate measurement correlation, for example, both the QoE reference and the Trace reference have a value equal to 10. The base station will associate the twice received Trace measurement configuration and QoE measurement configuration and inform the UE to perform.

Different QoE references and different Trace references are adopted, but in order to express the correlation, a correlation reference needs to be added to express the correlation between the QoE reference and the Trace reference. For example, the QoE reference triggered by the first message is equal to 5, and the Trace reference triggered by the second message is equal to 10. Increasing the correlation reference equal to 5 in the second message indicates an association with the QoE reference in the first message.

For scenarios three and four, if two triggers are divided, similar to scenarios one and two, if one trigger can be triggered, one message can be saved, but the information element indication needs to be added in the message. If the Trace (including MDT measurement) procedure and QoE measurement are issued in one message at the same time, qoE and Trace can be expressed simultaneously using only one reference, i.e. without clearly distinguishing QoE reference and Trace reference. The information needs to be added with a cell indication, namely, for whether the QoE and the Trace are measured relatively, a 1-bit identification bit can be introduced to be represented in an activation message in the interface.

The IP addresses of data collection entities for Trace (including MDT measurement) and QoE measurement can be multiplexed, and because the reported data of the Trace and QoE measurement are different, even if one IP address server collects the measurement report result, different measurement reports can be distinguished.

In a switching scene (including any switching scene), the current protocol version can only support the transmission of one set of Trace information between base stations. The above scenario may have multiple sets of reference information and configuration data of QoE and Trace, which also need to be transferred between base stations.

And the UE receives the QoE and Trace configuration scene in the inactive state, and the base station stores the configuration information of the QoE and Trace. When the UE changes from the inactive state to the active state, the QoE and Trace configuration information of the UE are also sent to the base station where the UE is active, i.e., the target base station. The above scenario may also include multiple sets of reference information and configuration data of QoE and Trace, which also need to be transferred between base stations.

In a handover or UE inactive state, when the QoE and Trace configuration information is transferred between base stations, the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information may be sent to the target base station all at once, and the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information may have measurement association with each other. When sending, the association information can be added in the interface message to indicate the measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or QoE configuration information, and can be represented in the form of flag bit representation or placing the measurement correlation configuration in the same cell, etc.

Example two: the existing Trace reference scheme is not multiplexed.

The present embodiment newly increases the QoE reference, since the Trace reference already exists in the existing interface message.

For the first scenario, a Trace (including MDT measurement) process and QoE measurement are received in sequence (the sequence is not limited), a Trace reference and a newly added QoE reference are used respectively, and the measurement is not related, and can be processed separately.

For the second scenario, since the Trace (including MDT measurement) process and the QoE measurement are received sequentially (the sequence is not limited), a Trace reference and a new QoE reference are used, respectively, and the measurements are correlated. In order to represent the measurement correlation, an associated reference needs to be added in the interface message to indicate the association between the Trace (including MDT measurement) flow and the QoE measurement which are not received before and after the report. For example, the QoE reference triggered by the first message is equal to 5, and the Trace reference triggered by the second message is equal to 10. Increasing the correlation reference equal to 5 in the second message indicates an association with the QoE reference in the first message.

For the third scenario and the fourth scenario, if the triggering is divided into two times (i.e. triggering simultaneously or triggering related measurements in different messages at different times), similar to the first scenario and the second scenario, if the triggering can be performed once, one message can be saved, but an information element indication needs to be added in the message. If the Trace (including MDT measurement) process and the QoE measurement instruction are issued in a message at the same time, the message contains a Trace reference and a newly added QoE reference at the same time. The information needs to be added with a cell indication, namely, an identification bit which can introduce 1bit for whether the QoE and the Trace are measured is represented in an activation message in the interface.

The IP addresses of the data collection entities for the Trace (including MDT measurement) and QoE measurement can be multiplexed, and because the reported data of the Trace and the reported data of the QoE measurement are different, even if the measurement report result is collected by one IP address server, different measurement reports can be distinguished.

And the UE receives the QoE and Trace configuration scenes in an inactive state, and the base station stores the configuration information of the QoE and Trace. When the UE is converted from the inactive state to the active state, the QoE and Trace configuration information of the UE are also sent to the base station where the UE is located when the UE is activated. The above scenario may also have multiple sets of reference information and configuration data of QoE and Trace, which also need to be transferred between base stations.

When the QoE configuration information (including one or more reference cell) and the Trace configuration information (including one or more reference cell) are transferred between the base stations in a handover or non-active state, the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information may be sent to the target base station all at once, and the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information may have measurement association with each other. When sending, the association information can be added in the interface message to indicate the measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or QoE configuration information, and can be represented in the form of flag bit representation or placing the measurement correlation configuration in the same cell, etc.

To sum up, the embodiment of the present application implements QoE measurement based on a Trace framework, and specifically includes:

the base station adds QoE measurement activation configuration information (comprising a QoE reference cell) in a Trace activation cell (comprising a Trace reference cell) received on the interface, and triggers the base station to perform QoE measurement configuration and reporting. When the UE moves to other base stations, the configuration of Trace and QoE measurement is transferred on an interface, and the measurement and report are triggered to continue at other base stations.

Adding QoE measurement activation configuration information (including QoE reference cells) in the Trace activation cell may employ a multiplexing existing Trace reference scheme or an demultiplexing existing Trace reference scheme.

In the multiplexing of the existing Trace reference scheme, the existing Trace reference can represent either a Trace reference or a QoE reference; newly increasing QoE reference without multiplexing the existing Trace reference scheme;

an association reference is added to the Trace activation cell to indicate that the currently received Trace reference and/or QoE reference needs to be associated with a previously received Trace reference and/or QoE reference for measurement.

And the associated identification bit is required to be added in the Trace activating cell to indicate whether the currently received Trace reference and QoE reference need to be measured and associated or not.

When the UE moves to other base stations, the UE may be switched to other base station cells, or the UE may enter an inactive state and reselect to other base station cells.

Communicating the Trace and QoE measurement configurations over the interface may require communicating multiple sets of Trace and QoE measurement configuration information, i.e., there may be multiple Trace references and/or multiple QoE reference associated Trace configurations and/or QoE measurement configurations.

And for the transfer of the configuration information of the multiple sets of Trace and QoE measurements, adding measurement association information which indicates that one or more Trace and one or more QoE measurements are related to each other in measurement. Can be represented by adding an identification bit or placing the associated Trace(s) and QoE measurement(s) in the same cell.

The interface may be an NG interface, an S1 interface, an F1 interface, an X2 interface, or an XN interface.

Therefore, the method for realizing QoE measurement in the embodiment of the application can reduce the number of messages and the message length on the interface and improve the network performance by multiplexing the existing Trace flow and cells.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application is suitable for a core network and can also be suitable for an access network (base station).

Referring to fig. 1, at a receiving end of an interface message, for example, at a base station side of an access network, an information measurement control method provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

s101, receiving a first message;

s102, acquiring a reference cell from the first message; wherein the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating a quality of experience (QoE) measurement or a Trace reference cell for tracking a Trace measurement.

That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, in the first message transmitted between the interfaces, the Trace reference cell may be multiplexed, or a QoE reference cell may be added, so as to instruct to perform QoE measurement.

Optionally, after obtaining the reference cell from the first message, it is further determined whether the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating quality of experience QoE measurement or a Trace reference cell for tracking Trace measurement.

the first message also comprises a Trace reference cell for indicating to carry out Trace measurement; that is, trace measurements and QoE measurements may be indicated in the same message.

Or, if it is determined that the reference cell included in the first message is a QoE reference cell, the method further includes: and receiving a second message, and acquiring a Trace reference cell for indicating to perform Trace measurement from the second message, that is, the Trace measurement and the QoE measurement can be indicated by different messages respectively.

It should be noted that the first message described in this embodiment of the present application refers to a message for instructing to perform quality of experience QoE measurement, and further, the message may also be used for instructing to perform Trace measurement; the second message is a message for indicating to perform Trace measurement. The same network node, for example, a base station, may send the first message to other base stations, and may also receive the first message sent by other base stations. Similarly, the second message may be sent to other base stations, or may be received from other base stations.

Optionally, if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement correlate, the values of the Trace reference cell and the QoE reference cell are the same; of course, the value is not limited to this, and may be different.

Or, the message received later in the first message and the second message further includes a correlation reference cell for indicating the correlation between the QoE reference cell and the Trace reference cell. Of course, the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto, and the related reference information element may be included in any one of the first message and the second message.

Optionally, if the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement and the first message further includes a Trace reference information element, the first message further includes an indicator indicating that the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement. That is, if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are indicated in the same message and the two measurements are related, an indication flag indicating that the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are related is further included in the message.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

The terminal moves among the base stations, can be the terminal switches among the base stations, and can also be converted into an active state after the terminal moves to another base station in an inactive state.

That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, when the terminal moves between the base stations, the source base station of the terminal sends the first message, the second message, and/or the like to the target base station where the terminal moves, so that the relevant measurement can be continuously performed.

That is, when the QoE configuration information (including one or more reference cell) and the Trace configuration information (including one or more reference cell) are transferred between the base stations in the handover or inactive state, the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information may be sent to the target base station all at once, and there may be measurement association between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information. When sending, the association information can be added in the interface message to indicate the measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information, and can be represented in the form of an identification bit or a measurement-related configuration placed in the same cell. Thus, optionally, the method further comprises:

when the terminal moves among the base stations, obtaining Trace configuration information and/or QoE configuration information sent by a source base station of the terminal.

Wherein, if there are multiple sets of Trace configuration information and/or QoE configuration information, the source base station of the terminal may send through one message, and therefore, optionally, the method further includes: and acquiring information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

NG interface, S1 interface, F1 interface, X2 interface, XN interface.

Correspondingly, referring to fig. 2, at a sending end, for example, the sending end may be a core network side or a base station side, an information measurement control method provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:

s201, determining a first message;

s202, sending the first message, wherein the first message comprises a Trace reference cell for indicating to perform Trace measurement and a QoE reference cell for indicating to perform quality of experience (QoE) measurement.

Optionally, if the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement, the first message further includes an indication identifier indicating that the QoE measurement is related to the Trace measurement.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

Referring to fig. 3, an information measurement control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes: a memory 11 and a processor 12. The information measurement control device provided by the embodiment of the application can be used as a receiving end and also can be used as a sending end.

When the information measurement control device provided by the embodiment of the application is used as a receiving end:

a memory 11 for storing program instructions;

a processor 12 for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing, according to the obtained program:

receiving a first message;

the first message also comprises a Trace reference cell used for indicating to carry out Trace measurement; alternatively, the first and second liquid crystal display panels may be,

alternatively, the processor 12 is further configured to call the program instruction stored in the memory, and execute, according to the obtained program: a second message is received that includes a Trace reference cell to indicate that a Trace measurement is to be taken.

or, the message received later in the first message and the second message further includes a correlation reference cell for indicating the correlation between the QoE reference cell and the Trace reference cell.

Optionally, the processor 12 is further configured to call the program instruction stored in the memory, and execute, according to the obtained program:

when the terminal moves among the base stations, receiving a message which is sent by a source base station of the terminal and used for indicating QoE measurement.

Optionally, the processor 12 is further configured to call the program instruction stored in the memory, and execute, according to the obtained program: and acquiring information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

NG interface, S1 interface, F1 interface, X2 interface, XN interface.

When the information measurement control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application is used as a sending end:

a memory 11 for storing program instructions;

determining a first message;

or, the message sent later in the first message and the second message further includes a correlation reference cell for indicating the correlation between the QoE reference cell and the Trace reference cell.

Optionally, the processor 12 is further configured to call the program instruction stored in the memory, and execute, according to the obtained program: and sending information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

A transceiver 510 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 12.

Wherein in fig. 3 the bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, in particular one or more processors represented by processor 12 and various circuits of the memory represented by memory 11 being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 510 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 12 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 11 may store data used by the processor 12 in performing operations.

The processor 12 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD).

Referring to fig. 4, at a receiving end, another information measurement control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

a receiving unit 21, configured to receive a first message;

an obtaining unit 22, configured to obtain a reference cell from the first message; wherein the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating a quality of experience (QoE) measurement or a Trace reference cell for tracking a Trace measurement.

the first message also comprises a Trace reference cell for indicating to carry out Trace measurement;

alternatively, the receiving unit 21 is further configured to receive a second message including a Trace reference cell for instructing to perform a Trace measurement.

Optionally, the receiving unit 21 is further configured to:

Optionally, the obtaining unit 22 is further configured to:

Optionally, the obtaining unit 22 is further configured to: and acquiring information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

Referring to fig. 5, another information measurement control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

a determining unit 31 for determining the first message;

a sending unit 32, configured to send the first message, where the first message includes a Trace reference information element for indicating to perform a Trace measurement and a QoE reference information element for indicating to perform a quality of experience QoE measurement.

Optionally, the sending unit 32 is further configured to:

Optionally, the sending unit 32 is further configured to: and sending information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the unit is schematic, and is only one logic function division, and when the actual implementation is realized, another division manner may be provided. In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application 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 application may be substantially implemented or contributed by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in 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, a network device, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The embodiment of the present application provides a computing device, which may specifically be a desktop computer, a portable computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like. The computing device may include a Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory, input/output devices, etc., the input devices may include a keyboard, mouse, touch screen, etc., and the output devices may include a Display device, such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), cathode Ray Tube (CRT), etc.

The memory may include Read Only Memory (ROM) and Random Access Memory (RAM), and provides the processor with program instructions and data stored in the memory. In the embodiment of the present application, the memory may be used to store a program of any one of the methods provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The processor is used for executing any method provided by the embodiment of the application according to the obtained program instructions by calling the program instructions stored in the memory.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer storage medium for storing computer program instructions for an apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application, which includes a program for executing any one of the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application.

The computer storage media may be any available media or data storage device that can be accessed by a computer, including, but not limited to, magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disks (MOs), etc.), optical memory (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor memory (e.g., ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memories (NAND FLASH), solid State Disks (SSDs)), etc.

The method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to terminal equipment and network equipment.

The Terminal device may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Terminal (Mobile Terminal), or the like, and optionally, the Terminal may have a capability of communicating with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), for example, the Terminal may be a Mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone), a computer with Mobile property, or the like, and for example, the Terminal may also be a portable, pocket, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted Mobile device.

A network device may be a base station (e.g., access point) that refers to a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminals. The base station may be configured to interconvert received air frames and IP packets as a router between the wireless terminal and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The base station may also coordinate management of attributes for the air interface. For example, the Base Station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base Station (NodeB) in WCDMA, an evolved Node B (NodeB or eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE, or a gNB in 5G system. The embodiments of the present application are not limited.

The above method process flow may be implemented by a software program, which may be stored in a storage medium, and when the stored software program is called, the above method steps are performed.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.

Claims

1. An information measurement control method, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving a first message;

acquiring a reference cell from the first message;

wherein the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating quality of experience (QoE) measurement, or a Trace reference cell for tracking Trace measurements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein if the reference cell included in the first message is determined to be a QoE reference cell, then:

the first message also comprises a Trace reference cell used for indicating to carry out Trace measurement;

or, the method also comprises the steps of receiving a second message, and acquiring a Trace reference information element for indicating the Trace measurement from the second message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the value of the Trace reference cell and the QoE reference cell are the same if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are correlated;

4. The method of claim 2, wherein if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are related and the first message further comprises a Trace reference information element, the first message further comprises an indication flag indicating that the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are related.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: and acquiring information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

8. An information measurement control method, characterized in that the method comprises:

determining a first message;

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the value of the Trace reference cell and the QoE reference cell are the same if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are correlated;

10. The method of claim 8, wherein if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are related, further comprising an indicator indicating that the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are related.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising: and sending information used for indicating measurement correlation between the Trace configuration information and/or the QoE configuration information.

14. An information measurement control apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

a memory for storing program instructions;

receiving a first message;

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein if the reference cell included in the first message is determined to be a QoE reference cell, then:

the first message also comprises a Trace reference cell used for indicating to carry out Trace measurement; or, the processor is further configured to call a program instruction stored in the memory, and execute, according to the obtained program: a second message is received that includes a Trace reference cell to indicate that a Trace measurement is to be taken.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the value of the Trace reference cell and the QoE reference cell are the same if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are correlated;

or, the first message and/or the second message further comprise a correlation reference cell for indicating a correlation between the QoE reference cell and the Trace reference cell.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein if the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are related and the first message further comprises a Trace reference information element, the first message further comprises an indicator indicating that the QoE measurement and the Trace measurement are related.

18. An information measurement control apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

a memory for storing program instructions;

determining a first message;

19. An information measurement control apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

a receiving unit configured to receive a first message;

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a reference cell from the first message; wherein the reference cell is a QoE reference cell for indicating a quality of experience (QoE) measurement or a Trace reference cell for tracking a Trace measurement.

20. An information measurement control apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

a determining unit for determining a first message;

a sending unit, configured to send the first message, where the first message includes a tracking Trace reference cell for indicating to perform a Trace measurement and a QoE reference cell for indicating to perform a quality of experience QoE measurement.

21. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 13.