CN115336314A

CN115336314A - Method, device, communication equipment and storage medium for measuring reference signal

Info

Publication number: CN115336314A
Application number: CN202180000715.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 洪伟
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-10
Filing date: 2021-03-10
Publication date: 2022-11-11
Also published as: WO2022188073A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes: determining an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time; wherein the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of reference signals.

Description

Method, device, communication equipment and storage medium for measuring reference signal

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, but not limited to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for measuring a reference signal, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

In the mobile communication technology, when a terminal communicates with a serving cell, the terminal also needs to measure neighbor cell signals and other signals (for example, positioning reference signals used in terminal positioning). However, the terminal often has only one rf module, and therefore, the terminal can only use a single rf module in time division to perform measurement of different reference signals when communicating with the serving cell. Here, a time interval in which the terminal suspends communication with the serving cell to implement neighbor cell mobility measurement and/or positioning related measurement and the like is referred to as a measurement interval.

In the related art, when different reference signals are measured by using a measurement interval, power consumption is high, so that the endurance time of the terminal is short, and bad experience is brought to a user.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method and a device for measuring a reference signal, communication equipment and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

determining an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time;

wherein the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of the reference signals.

In one embodiment, the determining, according to the predetermined time, an operation of measuring the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information includes:

determining to measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information in response to a timing time being within the predetermined time;

or,

determining not to measure the reference signal in response to the timing time being outside of the predetermined time.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

determining whether the timing time is within the preset time or not according to the timing time of the timer;

and the period of the timing time of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time.

In an embodiment, a duration of the predetermined time indication is an integral multiple of a measurement reporting period or a trigger event reporting period.

In one embodiment, the determining whether the timed time is within the predetermined time according to the timed time of the timer further includes:

in response to a period of the timing time of the timer not ending, determining that the timed time is within the predetermined time;

or,

determining that the timed time is outside the predetermined time in response to an end of a period of a timed time of the timer.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

deleting the measurement configuration information in response to an end of a period of a timing time of the timer.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

and sending indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information to a base station in response to the end of the period of the timing time of the timer.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

the timer is started in response to the signal strength of the serving cell and/or neighbor cell being within a threshold range.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

in response to the measurement intervals configured for different ones of the reference signals overlapping in a time domain location, timeshare measuring the different ones of the reference signals in the overlapping time domain location;

or,

in response to the measurement intervals for different ones of the reference signal configurations not overlapping in time domain position, measuring different ones of the reference signals based on the measurement intervals for the reference signal configurations.

In one embodiment, said time-sharing measuring different said reference signals at said overlapping time-domain locations comprises:

and according to the priority of the reference signals, different reference signals are measured in a time-sharing mode at the overlapped time domain positions.

In one embodiment, the priority of the SSB reference signal is higher than the priority of the CSI-RS; alternatively, the SSB reference signals have a higher priority than the positioning reference signals.

different ones of the reference signals are alternately measured at overlapping time domain locations.

In one embodiment, the alternately measuring different reference signals at overlapping time domain positions comprises:

in response to coincidence between at least two of N measurement intervals of any N reference signals of different reference signals, alternately measuring the N reference signals;

wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

sending a request message for acquiring the measurement configuration information to a base station;

and receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the base station according to the request message.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving information of a measuring object sent by a base station;

wherein the information of the measurement object indicates that the reference signal is the SSB reference signal and/or the CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the reference signal includes one or more of:

a synchronization signal block SSB reference signal;

a channel state reference signal, CSI-RS;

the reference signal is located.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for measuring a reference signal, wherein the method is performed by a base station, the method including:

sending measurement configuration information to a terminal;

the terminal determines an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time; the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of the reference signals.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises

And receiving indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information, which is sent by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

and deleting the measurement configuration information in response to receiving indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information, which is sent by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving a request message for acquiring the measurement configuration information sent by a terminal;

and sending the measurement configuration information to the terminal according to the request message.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

transmitting information of a measurement object to a terminal;

wherein the information of the measurement object indicates that the measurement reference signal is the SSB reference signal and/or the CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the reference signal includes at least one of:

a synchronization signal block SSB reference signal;

a channel state reference signal, CSI-RS;

the reference signal is located. According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for measuring a reference signal, where the apparatus is applied in a terminal, the apparatus including a determining module, where the determining module is configured to:

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for measuring a reference signal, wherein the apparatus is applied in a terminal, the apparatus includes a transmitting module, wherein,

the sending module is configured to send measurement configuration information to the terminal;

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when the executable instructions are executed, the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium storing a computer-executable program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the disclosed embodiment, an operation of measuring a reference signal based on measurement configuration information is determined according to a predetermined time; wherein the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of the reference signals. Here, since the operation of measuring the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information is determined according to a predetermined time, the terminal may perform measurement of the measurement reference signal based on the measurement configuration information during a period indicated by the predetermined time, and not perform measurement of the measurement reference signal during a period not indicated by the predetermined time, compared to a manner in which the reference signal is measured using the measurement configuration information at any time, power consumption can be reduced, power can be saved, and a duration of the terminal can be extended.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system.

Fig. 2 is a timing diagram illustrating making a measurement reference signal measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring reference signals according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a measurement interval according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 9a is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring reference signals according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 9b is a schematic diagram illustrating a measurement interval in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 9c is a schematic diagram illustrating a measurement interval according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring reference signals according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring reference signals according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring a reference signal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring reference signals in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an apparatus for measuring a reference signal according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an apparatus for measuring a reference signal according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a base station in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the embodiments of the disclosure, as detailed in the claims that follow.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at" \8230; "or" when 8230; \8230; "or" in response to a determination ", depending on the context.

For the purposes of brevity and ease of understanding, the terms "greater than" or "less than" are used herein when characterizing a size relationship. But it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the term "greater than" also encompasses the meaning of "greater than or equal to," and "less than" also encompasses the meaning of "less than or equal to.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of user equipments 110 and a number of base stations 120.

User device 110 may refer to, among other things, a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 110 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and the user equipment 110 may be an internet of things user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone, and a computer having the internet of things user equipment, and may be a fixed, portable, pocket, handheld, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted device, for example. For example, a Station (Station), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber Station (subscriber Station), a mobile Station (mobile), a remote Station (remote Station), an access point (ap), a remote user equipment (remote), an access user equipment (access terminal), a user equipment (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), a user equipment (user device), or a user equipment (user equipment). Alternatively, user device 110 may also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user device 110 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a vehicle computer with a wireless communication function, or a wireless user device externally connected to the vehicle computer. Alternatively, the user device 110 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

The base station 120 may be a network side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be the fourth generation mobile communication (4 g) system, which is also called Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, which is also called a new air interface system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of a 5G system. Among them, the Access Network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network).

The base station 120 may be an evolved node b (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link layer Control Protocol (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer are provided in the central unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is disposed in the distribution unit, and the specific implementation manner of the base station 120 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The base station 120 and the user equipment 110 may establish a radio connection over the air. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or the wireless air interface is based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between user devices 110. Such as a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, a vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) communication, and a vehicle to peer (V2P) communication in a vehicle to internet communication (V2X).

Here, the above-described user equipment may be regarded as terminal equipment of the following embodiments.

In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 130.

Several base stations 120 are connected to the network management device 130, respectively. The network Management device 130 may be a Core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network Management device 130 may be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the Network management device may also be other core Network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), or the like. The implementation form of the network management device 130 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In order to facilitate understanding of technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality of embodiments are listed in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments provided in the present disclosure can be implemented alone, or in combination with other embodiments of the methods in the present disclosure, or in combination with some methods in other related technologies; the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto.

In order to better understand the technical solution described in any embodiment of the present disclosure, first, a measurement related scenario of a sounding reference signal is explained:

in one embodiment, a measurement interval mechanism is defined for neighbor cell mobility measurements and/or positioning related measurements. Here, the neighbor cell mobility measurement includes measurement of a reference signal by the terminal for cell reselection and/or handover. The positioning related measurements comprise measurements of reference signals related to the positioning of the terminal.

In one embodiment, a set of measurement intervals are configured for measurement of different reference signals in the same Frequency Range (FR).

In one embodiment, under the same FR, the terminal may time-share and measure different kinds of reference signals over the same set of measurement intervals indicated by the measurement interval configuration. For example, the terminal needs to measure a, B and C with 3 different kinds of reference signals, and the same set of measurement interval configurations are configured for a, B and C, then the terminal may time-share the measurement of the a, B and C with 3 reference signals on the measurement interval indicated by the measurement interval configuration.

In one embodiment, the reference signal may be one of: a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) Reference Signal, a Channel-State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), and a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS).

Here, in the same frequency range, the configuration values of the offsets of different reference signals need to be aligned, which affects the flexibility of the network in configuring the parameters. For example, the measurement intervals can only be correspondingly configured at fixed time domain positions, and the measurement intervals at different time domain positions cannot be flexibly configured for different types of reference signals. In addition, the measurement of different reference signals sharing a set of measurement interval configuration may cause too long time delay of mobility measurement or positioning related measurement, which affects measurement performance. Therefore, different Measurement intervals (MGs) need to be configured for different reference signals.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 2, part A shows the time when the SSB reference signal is measured, corresponding toHas a center frequency of f ₀ The offset is offset 0, and the period is 40ms. Part B shows the time of measurement of the CSI-RS, corresponding to a center frequency f ₁ The offset is offset 1, and the period is 40ms. Part C shows the time when the positioning reference signal is measured, corresponding to a center frequency f ₂ The offset is offset 2, and the period is 80ms. Section D shows the measurement interval configured to measure SSB reference signals, corresponding to a center frequency f ₀ The measurement interval offset is measurement interval offset 0, and the period is 40ms. Section E shows the configured measurement interval for measuring CSI-RS, corresponding to a center frequency f ₁ The measurement interval offset is measurement interval offset 1, and the period is 40ms. Part F shows the configured measurement interval offset for measurement of positioning reference signals, corresponding to a center frequency F ₂ The measurement interval offset is measurement interval offset 2, and the period is 80ms. It should be noted that: parts E, F and G are detailed illustrations and descriptions of the measurement intervals on the basis of parts a, B and C, respectively.

As shown in fig. 3, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 31, determining an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time;

wherein the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of reference signals.

Here, the terminal may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a Road Side Unit (RSU), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensing device, and/or a medical device.

In one embodiment, it may be the terminal that receives the measurement configuration information sent by the base station.

The base station may be an interface device for the terminal to access the network. Here, the base station may be various types of base stations, for example, a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

In one embodiment, the reference signal comprises at least one of:

an SSB reference signal;

CSI-RS；

the reference signal is located.

Here, the SSB reference signal and/or the CSI-RS may be mobility measurements for neighbor cells of the terminal. The positioning reference signal may be a positioning measurement for the terminal.

In one embodiment, when a terminal communicates with a serving cell, communication with the serving cell is suspended to enable mobility measurements and/or positioning measurements. For example, at time a, the terminal needs to perform mobility measurement, and then the terminal needs to suspend communication with the serving cell at time a to perform mobility measurement.

In one embodiment, the predetermined time may include: a start time and an end time. For example, the start time is time a, and the end time is time b.

In another embodiment, the predetermined time may include: start time and duration. For example, the starting time is time c and the duration is d.

In one embodiment, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information within a time period determined by the start time and the end time. Alternatively, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information within a time period determined by the start time and the duration.

In one embodiment, the predetermined time is determined based on a required power consumption of the terminal.

In one embodiment, in response to a required power consumption of the terminal being greater than a power consumption threshold, determining that a duration of the predetermined time is greater than a duration threshold; and in response to the required power consumption of the terminal being less than the power consumption threshold, determining that the duration of the predetermined time is less than the duration threshold. In this manner, the duration of the predetermined time may be adapted to the power consumption threshold.

In one embodiment, a terminal receives information which is transmitted by a base station and indicates a preset time; an operation of measuring the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information is determined according to a predetermined time indicated by the information. Here, the terminal may periodically receive the information indicating the predetermined time transmitted by the base station, so that the predetermined time may be updated in time.

In one embodiment, information indicating a predetermined time transmitted by a base station is received in response to a terminal establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the base station. Here, the terminal may send a request message for acquiring a predetermined time to the base station after the terminal establishes RRC connection with the base station; and after receiving the request message, the base station sends information indicating the preset time to the terminal according to the request message.

In one embodiment, the terminal receives an RRC message carrying information of a predetermined time sent by the base station.

In one embodiment, a terminal receives a random access message carrying information of a predetermined time sent by a base station. Here, the random access message may be a random access message in a 2-step random access or 4-step random access procedure.

Therefore, the information of the preset time is carried in the RRC message or the random access message, and the signaling compatibility of the RRC message and the random access message can be improved.

In one embodiment, in response to the measurement configuration information being validated within a time range indicated by the predetermined time, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the validated measurement configuration information. In another embodiment, in response to the measurement configuration information failing outside the time range indicated by the predetermined time, the terminal cannot measure the reference signal based on the failed measurement configuration information. Here, the terminal stops measuring the reference signal in response to the failure of the measurement configuration information. Here, the time may be counted by a timer.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is measured based on the measurement configuration information in response to a counted time of the timer being within a predetermined time. In one embodiment, in response to the timing of the timer being within the predetermined time and the measurement configuration information being in effect, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is not measured in response to the counted time of the timer being outside of a predetermined time. In one embodiment, in response to the timing time of the timer being outside the predetermined time, the measurement configuration information is invalid and the terminal does not measure the reference signal. Here, the measurement configuration information invalidation may be that the measurement configuration information is deleted.

In one embodiment, in response to receiving the information for the predetermined time, a timer is started; the timing time period of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time. Here, in response to the timed time period of the timer not ending, determining that the counted time is within a predetermined time; the timed time is determined to be outside of the predetermined time in response to the timed time period of the timer ending.

In another embodiment, a timer is started in response to a measurement condition of a neighbor cell being met; the timing time period of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time. Here, in response to the timed time period of the timer not ending, determining that the timed time is within a predetermined time; the timed time is determined to be outside of the predetermined time in response to the timed time period of the timer ending. Here, the measurement condition of the neighbor cell is satisfied including that the signal strength of the serving cell is less than a strength threshold and/or the signal strength of the neighbor cell is greater than the strength threshold.

In one embodiment, the measurement configuration information carries information indicating a predetermined time. Here, it may be that the measurement configuration information is validated within a predetermined time; outside a predetermined time, the measurement configuration information is invalidated.

In one embodiment, the terminal receives measurement configuration information in response to the terminal establishing an RRC connection with the base station.

In one embodiment, a terminal receives an RRC message carrying measurement configuration information.

In one embodiment, a terminal receives a random access message carrying measurement configuration information. Here, the random access message may be a random access message in a 2-step random access or 4-step random access procedure.

In one embodiment, a terminal receives a system message carrying measurement configuration information.

Therefore, the measurement configuration information is carried in the RRC message, the random access message or the system message, and the signaling compatibility of the RRC message, the random access message or the system message can be improved.

In one embodiment, the measurement configuration information may be received periodically. Therefore, the measurement interval configured for the terminal can be updated in time.

In one embodiment, a terminal sends a request message for acquiring measurement configuration information to a base station; and the terminal receives the measurement configuration information sent to the terminal by the base station according to the request message.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is a positioning reference signal for positioning measurements. A terminal sends a request message for acquiring measurement configuration information of a positioning reference signal to a base station; and the terminal receives the measurement configuration information sent by the base station according to the request message. Here, the request message may be a location measurement information (LocationMeasurementInfo) request message.

In one embodiment, the terminal receives measurement configuration information actively transmitted by the base station.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is an SSB reference signal for mobility measurements. And the terminal receives the measurement configuration information of the SSB reference signal actively sent by the base station.

In one embodiment, the base station transmits information indicating a Measurement Object (MO) of the reference signal to the terminal in advance.

In one embodiment, in response to the measurement being a mobility measurement, the base station transmits information of the measurement object to the terminal. The information of the measurement object indicates that the measurement reference signal measured by the terminal is an SSB reference signal and/or a CSI-RS, and at this time, the terminal performs mobility measurement based on the SSB reference signal and/or the CSI-RS. Here, the base station may carry information of the measurement object based on measurement configuration signaling (MeasConfig).

In one embodiment, when the terminal communicates with the serving cell, a time interval in which the terminal suspends communication with the serving cell to perform neighbor cell mobility measurement, positioning related measurement, and the like is referred to as a measurement interval. Here, when the measurement is a neighbor cell mobility measurement, the reference signal may be an SSB reference signal and/or a CSI-RS; when the measurement is a positioning related measurement, the reference signal may be a positioning reference signal.

In one embodiment, the measurement configuration information may indicate an offset of the measurement interval, a repetition period of the measurement interval, and/or a length of the measurement interval.

In one embodiment, the repetition period of the measurement interval is determined according to the required delay of the neighbor cell mobility measurement.

In one embodiment, in response to a required delay of the mobility measurement of the neighboring cell being less than a delay threshold, determining that a repetition period of the measurement interval is less than a period threshold; and in response to the requirement time delay of the mobility measurement of the adjacent cell being larger than the time delay threshold, determining that the repetition period of the measurement interval is larger than the period threshold.

In one embodiment, the repetition period of the measurement interval is determined based on the required time delay of the positioning measurement.

In one embodiment, in response to the required latency of the positioning measurement being less than a latency threshold, determining that a repetition period of the measurement interval is less than a period threshold; in response to a required latency of the positioning measurement being greater than a latency threshold, determining that a repetition period of the measurement interval is greater than a periodicity threshold.

Here, it should be noted that the smaller the repetition period of the measurement interval, the faster the terminal can obtain the measurement result, and therefore, the smaller the measurement delay.

In one embodiment, the length of the measurement interval is determined according to the required accuracy of the neighbor cell mobility measurements.

In one embodiment, in response to a required accuracy of the neighbor cell mobility measurement being less than an accuracy threshold, determining that a length of the measurement interval is less than a length threshold; in response to a required accuracy of the mobility measurement of the neighbor cell being greater than an accuracy threshold, determining that a length of the measurement interval is greater than a length threshold.

In one embodiment, the length of the measurement interval is determined based on the required accuracy of the positioning measurement.

In one embodiment, in response to the required accuracy of the positioning measurement being less than the accuracy threshold, determining that the length of the measurement interval is less than the length threshold; in response to a required accuracy of the positioning measurement being greater than an accuracy threshold, determining that a length of the measurement interval is greater than a length threshold.

Here, it should be noted that the longer the length of the measurement interval is, the more accurate the measurement result is. In an embodiment, the signal strength of the reference signal is continuously obtained within a time length corresponding to the length of the measurement interval, and then the signal strength obtained within the time length may be averaged, and the average value may be used as the final measurement result. Here, the longer the time length corresponding to the length of the measurement interval, the more accurate the average value will be.

In one embodiment, the measurement configuration information carries measurement interval configurations for a plurality of different types of reference signals configured. Here, the reference signal may include: an SSB reference signal, a CSI-RS and a positioning reference signal. Wherein the measurement intervals configured for different kinds of reference signals are different. For example, the measurement interval of the SSB reference signal is a first measurement interval; the measurement interval of the CSI-RS is a second measurement interval; the measurement interval of the positioning reference signal is a third measurement interval.

In the disclosed embodiment, an operation of measuring a reference signal based on measurement configuration information is determined according to a predetermined time; wherein the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of reference signals. Here, since the operation of measuring the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information is determined according to a predetermined time, the terminal may perform measurement of the measurement reference signal based on the measurement configuration information during a period indicated by the predetermined time, and not perform measurement of the measurement reference signal during a period not indicated by the predetermined time, compared to a manner in which the reference signal is measured using the measurement configuration information at any time, power consumption can be reduced, power can be saved, and a duration of the terminal can be extended.

It should be noted that, as can be understood by those skilled in the art, the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be executed alone, or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiment of the present disclosure or some methods in the related art.

As shown in fig. 4, in this embodiment, a method for measuring a reference signal is provided, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 41, responding to the timing time within a preset time, determining to measure a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information; alternatively, in response to the timing time being outside of the predetermined time, it is determined not to measure the reference signal.

In one embodiment, whether the measurement configuration information is valid may be determined based on a relationship between the timing time and a time range indicated by a predetermined time.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the measurement configuration information is valid within a time range indicated by the predetermined time, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the valid measurement configuration information. In another embodiment, in response to determining that the measurement configuration information is invalid outside a time range indicated by the predetermined time, the terminal cannot measure the reference signal based on the invalid measurement configuration information. Here, the terminal stops measuring the reference signal in response to the failure of the measurement configuration information. In one embodiment, the reference signal is measured based on the measurement configuration information in response to the timing time being within a predetermined time. In one embodiment, in response to determining that the measurement configuration information is valid within the predetermined time, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information. Here, the counted time may be counted by a timer.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is not measured in response to the timed time being outside of the predetermined time. In one embodiment, in response to the timing time being outside of the predetermined time, the measurement configuration information is invalid and the terminal does not measure the reference signal. Here, the measurement configuration information invalidation may be that the measurement configuration information is deleted from the target storage area. Here, the measurement configuration information is stored in the target storage area.

In one embodiment, in response to receiving the information for the predetermined time, a timer is started; the timing time period of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time. Here, in response to the timed time period of the timer not ending, determining that the timed time is within a predetermined time; the timed time is determined to be outside of the predetermined time in response to the timed time period of the timer ending.

In another embodiment, a timer is started in response to a measurement condition of a neighbor cell being met; the timing time period of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time. Here, in response to the period of the timing time of the timer not ending, determining that the counted time is within a predetermined time; the timed time is determined to be outside of the predetermined time in response to an end of a period of the timed time of the timer. Here, the measurement condition of the neighbor cell is satisfied including that the signal strength of the serving cell is less than the strength threshold and/or the signal strength of the neighbor cell is greater than the strength threshold.

It should be noted that, as can be understood by those skilled in the art, the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in the related art.

As shown in fig. 5, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 51, determining whether the timing time is within a preset time according to the timing time of the timer;

the period of the timing time of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time.

In an embodiment, the duration of the predetermined time indication is an integral multiple of the measurement reporting period or the trigger event reporting period. For example, the duration of the predetermined time indication is N times the measurement reporting period or the trigger event reporting period. Wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. Here, the measurement reporting period may be a period in which the terminal sends the measurement result of the measurement reference signal to the base station. Here, the trigger event reporting period may be a period for sending information of a measurement event to the base station when the measurement event occurs.

In one embodiment, the timer is clocked with a period of the timing time as a clocking period. In response to the period of the timing time ending, the timing of the timer ends. Here, the end of the period of the timer time may be a timer timeout.

In one embodiment, in response to a period of the timing time of the timer not ending, determining that the timed time is within a predetermined time; alternatively, the counted time is determined to be outside the predetermined time in response to the end of the period of the timing time of the timer.

In one embodiment, in response to the timing time being within a predetermined time, determining to measure a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information; alternatively, in response to the timing time being outside of the predetermined time, it is determined not to measure the reference signal.

As shown in fig. 6, in this embodiment, a method for measuring a reference signal is provided, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 61, responding to the period of the timing time of the timer not ending, and determining that the timing time is in the preset time; alternatively, the counted time is determined to be outside the predetermined time in response to the end of the period of the timing time of the timer.

In one embodiment, the timer is clocked with a period of the timing time as a clocking period. In response to the period of the timing time ending, the timing of the timer ends. The period of the timing time of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time.

In one embodiment, the duration of the predetermined time indication is an integer multiple of a measurement reporting period or a trigger event reporting period. For example, the duration of the predetermined time indication is N times the measurement reporting period or the trigger event reporting period. Wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. Here, the measurement reporting period may be a period in which the terminal sends the measurement result of the measurement reference signal to the base station. Here, the trigger event reporting period may be a period for sending information of a measurement event to the base station when the measurement event occurs.

In one embodiment, in response to the timing time being within a predetermined time, determining to measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information; alternatively, in response to the timing time being outside of the predetermined time, it is determined not to measure the reference signal.

As shown in fig. 7, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

and step 71, responding to the end of the period of the timing time of the timer, and sending indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information to the base station.

Here, the end of the period of the timing time of the timer may be that the measurement of the reference signal is completed. For example, in response to the end of the period of the timing time, it is determined that the measurement of the positioning reference signal is completed.

In one embodiment, after sending the indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information to the base station, the base station deletes the measurement configuration information; and the terminal receives a response message for deleting the measurement configuration information, which is sent by the base station.

In one embodiment, the terminal deletes the measurement reference configuration stored in the target area in response to the end of the period of the timing time of the timer. Here, the measurement configuration information is stored in the target storage area in advance. In one embodiment, in response to the measurement configuration information being deleted, the terminal cannot measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information.

As shown in fig. 8, in this embodiment, a method for measuring a reference signal is provided, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 81, in response to the signal strength of the serving cell and/or the neighbor cell being within a threshold range, a timer is started.

In one embodiment, a timer is started in response to the signal strength of the serving cell being less than a first strength threshold and the signal strength of the neighbor cell being greater than a second strength threshold. Here, when the signal strength of the serving cell is less than the first strength threshold and the signal strength of the neighbor cell is greater than the second strength threshold, the terminal may perform signal measurement of the neighbor cell.

In an embodiment, the duration of the predetermined time indication is an integral multiple of the measurement reporting period or the trigger event reporting period. For example, the duration of the predetermined time indication is N times of the measurement reporting period or the trigger event reporting period. Wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. Here, the measurement reporting period may be a period in which the terminal sends the measurement result of the measurement reference signal to the base station. Here, the trigger event reporting period may be a period for sending information of a measurement event to the base station when the measurement event occurs.

In one embodiment, in response to a period of the timing time of the timer not ending, determining that the timed time is within a predetermined time; alternatively, the timed time is determined to be outside the predetermined time in response to the end of the period of the timed time of the timer.

In one embodiment, in response to the timing time being within a predetermined time, determining to measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information; alternatively, determining not to measure the reference signal in response to the timing time being outside of a predetermined time

As shown in fig. 9a, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 91, in response to the measurement intervals configured for different reference signals overlapping in time domain position, time-sharing measuring different reference signals in the overlapped time domain position; alternatively, in response to the measurement intervals configured for different reference signals not overlapping in time domain position, the different reference signals are measured based on the measurement intervals configured for the reference signals.

In one embodiment, the measurement intervals configured for different reference signals may fully or partially coincide in time domain position.

In one embodiment, in response to measurement intervals configured for different reference signals within a predetermined time and coinciding in whole or in part in a time domain location, the different reference signals may be time-divisionally measured in the overlapping locations. Thus, different reference signals can share overlapped time domain positions, and the measurement between different reference signals cannot influence each other. For example, the time domain position indicated by the measurement interval of the SSB reference signal is a, and the time domain position indicated by the measurement interval of the CSI-RS is B, where a and B may completely or partially coincide at the time domain position, and the coinciding part is C, the terminal may time-share the SSB reference signal and the CSI-RS at C.

In one embodiment, measurement intervals of portions of the different reference signals overlap in time domain position. For example, the different reference signals include an SSB reference signal, a CSI-RS, and a positioning reference signal, and the measurement intervals of the partial reference signals overlap in time domain positions may be that the measurement intervals of the SSB reference signal and the CSI-RS overlap in time domain positions, but the positioning reference signal does not overlap with the SSB reference signal in time domain positions and the positioning reference signal does not overlap with the CSI-RS in time domain positions.

In one embodiment, time-sharing measurement of different reference signals may be performed by performing measurement of the measurement reference signals in a continuous manner at overlapping time domain locations. Namely: after one reference signal measurement is completed, another reference signal is measured. For example, the different reference signals include an SSB reference signal and a CSI-RS, a time domain position indicated by a measurement interval of the SSB reference signal is a, and a time domain position indicated by a measurement interval of the CSI-RS is B, where a and B partially coincide in the time domain position, and the coinciding portion is C, then the terminal may measure the SSB reference signal and the CSI-RS in the time division of C. Referring to fig. 9b, SSB may be measured at the first time domain position portion of C at the overlapped time domain position C, and CSI-RS may be measured at the second time domain position portion of C after the SSB reference signal measurement is completed. Wherein the first time domain position portion and the second time domain position portion are separated by a dashed line.

In one embodiment, time-sharing measurement of different reference signals may be measurement of the reference signals in an alternating manner at overlapping time-domain locations. For example, the different reference signals include an SSB reference signal and a CSI-RS, which may be at overlapping time domain locations, the SSB reference signal is measured, the CSI-RS is measured, the SSB reference signal is then tested, and the CSI-RS is then measured. Referring to fig. 9C, SSB may be partially measured at a first time domain location of C, CSI-RS may be partially measured at a second time domain location, SSB may be partially measured at a third time domain location, CSI-RS may be partially measured at a fourth time domain location, SSB \8230maybe measured at a fifth time domain location, \8230, and so on.

In one embodiment, the measurement intervals configured for different reference signals may not coincide with each other in time domain position, and thus the reference signal may be measured in time domain position of the measurement interval corresponding to the reference signal. Here, since the measurement intervals of different reference signals do not coincide with each other at time domain positions, the measurements between different reference signals do not affect each other.

As shown in fig. 10, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

and 101, measuring different reference signals in a time-sharing manner at the overlapped time domain position according to the priority of the reference signals.

In one embodiment, at overlapping time domain locations, reference signals corresponding to high priority are measured before reference signals corresponding to low priority are performed.

For example, if the measurement priority of the SSB reference signal is different from that of the CSI-RS, and the measurement priority of the SSB reference signal is higher than that of the CSI-RS, the SSB reference signal is measured in preference to the CSI-RS in the overlapped time domain position.

In one embodiment, the SSB reference signals have a higher priority than the CSI-RS. Here, when the measurement interval of the SSB reference signal coincides with the measurement interval of the CSI-RS, the measurement of the SSB reference signal is preferentially performed.

In one embodiment, the SSB reference signals have a higher priority than the positioning reference signals. When the measurement interval of the SSB reference signals coincides with the measurement interval of the positioning reference signals, measurement of the SSB reference signals is preferentially performed.

As shown in fig. 11, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

and 111, measuring different reference signals alternately at the overlapped time domain positions.

In one embodiment, when different reference signals are measured in a time-sharing manner, the measurement of the reference signals may be performed in an alternating manner at overlapping time domain positions.

For example, the different reference signals include an SSB reference signal and a CSI-RS, which may be at overlapping time domain locations, the SSB reference signal is measured, the CSI-RS is measured, the SSB reference signal is then tested, and the CSI-RS is then measured. Referring again to fig. 9C, SSB may be measured at the first time domain location portion of C, CSI-RS may be measured at the second time domain location portion, SSB may be measured at the third time domain location portion, CSI-RS may be measured at the fourth time domain location portion, SSB \8230maybe measured at the fifth time domain location portion, 8230, and so on.

As shown in fig. 12, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 121, responding to N measurement intervals of any N reference signals of different reference signals, at least two of the N measurement intervals coincide, and alternately measuring the N reference signals; wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the different reference signals include 3 of SSB reference signals, positioning reference signals, and CSI-RS; wherein the time intervals of the SSB reference signal and the CSI-RS overlap in time domain position. At overlapping time domain locations, the SSB reference signals are measured first, followed by CSI-RS, then the SSB reference signals are tested again, followed by CSI-RS. Referring again to fig. 9C, SSB may be measured at the first time domain location portion of C, CSI-RS may be measured at the second time domain location portion, SSB may be measured at the third time domain location portion, CSI-RS may be measured at the fourth time domain location portion, SSB \8230maybe measured at the fifth time domain location portion, 8230, and so on.

As shown in fig. 13, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 131, sending a request message for acquiring measurement configuration information to the base station;

step 132, receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the base station according to the request message.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is an SSB reference signal for mobility measurements. And the terminal receives measurement configuration information of the SSB reference signal actively sent by the base station.

As shown in fig. 14, in this embodiment, a method for measuring a reference signal is provided, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 141, receiving information of a measurement object transmitted by a base station;

the information of the measurement object indicates that the reference signal is an SSB reference signal and/or a CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the measurement is mobility measurement, the base station sends information of a measurement object to the terminal, the information of the measurement object indicates that a measurement reference signal measured by the terminal is an SSB reference signal and/or a CSI-RS, and at this time, the terminal performs mobility measurement based on the SSB reference signal and/or the CSI-RS. Here, the base station may transmit information of the measurement object based on measurement configuration signaling (MeasConfig).

As shown in fig. 15, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 151, sending measurement configuration information to the terminal;

the terminal comprises measurement configuration information and a control unit, wherein the measurement configuration information is used for determining the operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a preset time; measurement configuration information indicating at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of reference signals.

Here, the terminal may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an in-vehicle terminal, a Road Side Unit (RSU), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensing device, and/or a medical device.

In one embodiment, the reference signal comprises at least one of:

an SSB reference signal;

CSI-RS；

the reference signal is located.

In one embodiment, the base station may determine the predetermined time based on a required power consumption of the terminal.

In one embodiment, in response to a required power consumption of the terminal being greater than a power consumption threshold, determining that a duration of the predetermined time is greater than a duration threshold; and in response to the required power consumption of the terminal being less than the power consumption threshold, determining that the duration of the predetermined time is less than the duration threshold. As such, the duration of the predetermined time may be adapted to the power consumption threshold.

In one embodiment, the information indicating the predetermined time sent by the base station is received in response to the terminal establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the base station. Here, the terminal may send a request message for acquiring a predetermined time to the base station after the terminal establishes RRC connection with the base station; and after receiving the request message, the base station sends information indicating the preset time to the terminal according to the request message.

In one embodiment, in response to the measurement configuration information being validated within a time range indicated by the predetermined time, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the validated measurement configuration information. In another embodiment, in response to the measurement configuration information failing outside the time range indicated by the predetermined time, the terminal cannot measure the reference signal based on the failed measurement configuration information. Here, the terminal stops measuring the reference signal in response to the failure of the measurement configuration information. Here, the counted time may be counted by a timer.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is measured based on the measurement configuration information in response to a counted time of the timer being within a predetermined time. In one embodiment, in response to the counted time of the timer being within the predetermined time and the measurement configuration information being in effect, the terminal may measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information.

In one embodiment, the reference signal is not measured in response to the timed time of the timer being outside of a predetermined time. In one embodiment, in response to the counted time of the timer being outside the predetermined time, the measurement configuration information is invalid, and the terminal does not measure the reference signal. Here, the measurement configuration information invalidation may be that the measurement configuration information is deleted.

In one embodiment, the measurement configuration information carries information indicating a predetermined time. Here, it may be that the measurement configuration information is validated for a predetermined time; outside the predetermined time, the measurement configuration information is invalidated.

In one embodiment, in response to a required delay of the neighbor cell mobility measurement being less than a delay threshold, determining that a repetition period of the measurement interval is less than a period threshold; and in response to the requirement time delay of the mobility measurement of the adjacent cell being larger than the time delay threshold, determining that the repetition period of the measurement interval is larger than the period threshold.

In one embodiment, the repetition period of the measurement interval is determined based on a required time delay of the positioning measurement.

In one embodiment, in response to a required latency of a positioning measurement being less than a latency threshold, determining that a repetition period of a measurement interval is less than a period threshold; in response to a required latency of the positioning measurement being greater than a latency threshold, determining that a repetition period of the measurement interval is greater than a period threshold.

Here, it should be noted that the smaller the repetition period of the measurement interval, the faster the terminal can obtain the measurement result, and thus, the smaller the measurement delay.

In one embodiment, in response to a required accuracy of the positioning measurement being less than an accuracy threshold, determining that a length of the measurement interval is less than a length threshold; in response to a required accuracy of the positioning measurement being greater than an accuracy threshold, determining that a length of the measurement interval is greater than a length threshold.

Here, it should be noted that the longer the length of the measurement interval is, the more accurate the measurement result is. In an embodiment, the signal strength of the reference signal is continuously obtained within a time length corresponding to the length of the measurement interval, and then the signal strength obtained within the time length may be averaged, and the average value may be used as the final measurement result. Here, the longer the length of time corresponding to the length of the measurement interval, the more accurate the average value will be.

In one embodiment, the measurement configuration information carries measurement interval configurations for a plurality of different types of reference signals configured. Here, the reference signal may include: SSB reference signals, CSI-RS and positioning reference signals. Wherein the measurement intervals configured for different kinds of reference signals are different. For example, the measurement interval of the SSB reference signal is a first measurement interval; the measurement interval of the CSI-RS is a second measurement interval; the measurement interval of the positioning reference signal is a third measurement interval.

As shown in fig. 16, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 161, receiving indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information sent by the terminal.

In one embodiment, after receiving indication information for deleting measurement configuration information sent by a terminal, a base station deletes the measurement configuration information; and the base station sends a response message for deleting the measurement configuration information to the terminal.

In one embodiment, in response to the measurement configuration information being deleted, the terminal cannot measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information.

In one embodiment, the terminal deletes the measurement reference configuration stored in the target area in response to the end of the period of the timing time of the timer. Here, the measurement configuration information is stored in the target storage area in advance.

As shown in fig. 17, in this embodiment, a method for measuring a reference signal is provided, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 171, in response to receiving the indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information sent by the terminal, deleting the measurement configuration information.

As shown in fig. 18, in this embodiment, a method for measuring a reference signal is provided, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 181, receiving a request message for acquiring measurement configuration information sent by a terminal;

and step 182, sending the measurement configuration information to the terminal according to the request message.

In one embodiment, in response to the terminal establishing an RRC connection with the base station, the base station transmits measurement configuration information indicating a measurement interval to the terminal.

In one embodiment, the base station sends an RRC message carrying measurement configuration information to the terminal.

In one embodiment, the base station sends a random access message carrying measurement configuration information to the terminal. Here, the random access message may be a random access message in a 2-step random access or 4-step random access procedure.

In one embodiment, the base station sends a system message carrying measurement configuration information to the terminal.

Therefore, the configuration information is carried in the RRC message, the random access message or the system message, and the signaling compatibility of the RRC message, the random access message or the system message can be improved.

In one embodiment, the measurement configuration information may be periodically transmitted to the terminal. Therefore, the measurement interval configured for the terminal can be updated in time.

In one embodiment, the base station actively sends measurement configuration information to the terminal.

As shown in fig. 19, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring a reference signal, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 191 of transmitting information of the measurement object to the terminal;

and the information of the measurement object indicates that the measurement reference signal is an SSB reference signal and/or a CSI-RS.

As shown in fig. 20, an apparatus for measuring a reference signal is provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, where the apparatus is applied in a terminal, and the apparatus includes a determining module 201, where the determining module 201 is configured to:

As shown in fig. 21, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for measuring a reference signal, which is applied in a terminal, and the apparatus includes a transmitting module 211, wherein,

a transmitting module 211 configured to transmit measurement configuration information to the terminal;

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

The disclosed embodiment provides a communication device, which includes:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when used to execute executable instructions, implement the methods applied to any embodiment of the present disclosure.

The processor can include, among other things, various types of storage media, non-transitory computer storage media capable of continuing to remember the information stored thereon after a communication device has been powered down.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like for reading the executable program stored on the memory.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and the executable program, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 22, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

Referring to fig. 22, the present embodiment of a terminal 800 provides a terminal 800, which may be embodied as a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 22, terminal 800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the terminal 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on terminal 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

A power supply component 806 provides power to the various components of the terminal 800. Power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for terminal 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the terminal 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

Sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for terminal 800. For example, sensor assembly 814 can detect the open/closed state of device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of terminal 800, sensor assembly 814 can also detect a change in position of terminal 800 or a component of terminal 800, the presence or absence of user contact with terminal 800, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of terminal 800, and a change in temperature of terminal 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between terminal 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The terminal 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi,2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions, such as the memory 804 including instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the terminal 800 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

As shown in fig. 23, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 may be provided as a network side device. Referring to fig. 23, base station 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, e.g., applications, that are executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in the memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the base station.

The base station 900 may also include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The base station 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server (TM), mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

A method of measuring reference signals, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

determining an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time;

wherein the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of the reference signals.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the predetermined time, an operation of measuring a reference signal based on measurement configuration information comprises:

determining to measure the reference signal based on the measurement configuration information in response to a timing time being within the predetermined time;

or,

determining not to measure the reference signal in response to the timing time being outside of the predetermined time.
The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the timing time is within the preset time or not according to the timing time of a timer;

and the period of the timing time of the timer is the duration indicated by the preset time.
The method of claim 3, wherein a duration of the predetermined time indication is an integer multiple of a measurement reporting period or a trigger event reporting period.
The method of claim 3, wherein the determining whether the timed time is within the predetermined time according to the timed time of the timer further comprises:

in response to a period of the timing time of the timer not ending, determining that the timed time is within the predetermined time;

or,

determining that the timed time is outside the predetermined time in response to an end of a period of a timed time of the timer.
The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

deleting the measurement configuration information in response to an end of a period of a timing time of the timer.
The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information to the base station in response to the end of the period of the timing time of the timer.
The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

the timer is started in response to the signal strength of the serving cell and/or neighbor cell being within a threshold range.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to the measurement intervals configured for different ones of the reference signals overlapping in a time domain location, time-divisionally measuring the different ones of the reference signals in the overlapping time domain location;

or,

in response to the measurement intervals configured for different ones of the reference signals not overlapping in time domain position, measuring the different ones of the reference signals based on the measurement intervals configured for the reference signals.
The method of claim 9, wherein said time-sharing measurement of different said reference signals at said overlapping time-domain locations comprises:

and according to the priority of the reference signals, different reference signals are measured in a time-sharing mode at the overlapped time domain positions.
The method of claim 10, wherein the SSB reference signals have a higher priority than the CSI-RS; alternatively, the SSB reference signals have a higher priority than the positioning reference signals.
The method of claim 9, wherein the time-sharing the measuring the different reference signals over the overlapping time-domain locations comprises:

different ones of the reference signals are alternately measured at overlapping time domain locations.
The method of claim 12, wherein the alternately measuring different ones of the reference signals at overlapping time domain locations comprises:

in response to coincidence between at least two of N measurement intervals of any N reference signals of different reference signals, alternately measuring the N reference signals;

wherein N is an integer greater than 1.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending a request message for acquiring the measurement configuration information to a base station;

and receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the base station according to the request message.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving information of a measurement object transmitted by a base station;

wherein the information of the measurement object indicates that the reference signal is the SSB reference signal and/or the CSI-RS.
The method of claim 1, wherein the reference signal comprises one or more of:

a synchronization signal block SSB reference signal;

a channel state reference signal, CSI-RS;

the reference signal is located.
A method of measuring reference signals, wherein the method is performed by a base station, the method comprising:

sending measurement configuration information to a terminal;

the terminal determines an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time; the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals for different types of the reference signal configurations.
The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises

And receiving indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information, which is sent by the terminal.
The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

and deleting the measurement configuration information in response to receiving indication information for deleting the measurement configuration information, which is sent by the terminal.
The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request message for acquiring the measurement configuration information sent by a terminal;

and sending the measurement configuration information to the terminal according to the request message.
The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting information of a measurement object to a terminal;

wherein the information of the measurement object indicates that the measurement reference signal is the SSB reference signal and/or the CSI-RS.
The method of claim 17, wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of:

a synchronization signal block SSB reference signal;

a channel state reference signal, CSI-RS;

the reference signal is located.
An apparatus for measuring a reference signal, wherein the apparatus is applied in a terminal, and the apparatus comprises a determining module, wherein the determining module is configured to:

determining an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time;

wherein the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of the reference signals.
An apparatus for measuring a reference signal, wherein the apparatus is applied in a terminal, the apparatus comprises a transmitting module, wherein,

the sending module is configured to send measurement configuration information to the terminal;

the terminal determines an operation of measuring a reference signal based on the measurement configuration information according to a predetermined time; the measurement configuration information indicates at least different measurement intervals configured for different types of the reference signals.
A communication device, comprising:

an antenna;

a memory;

a processor, coupled to the antenna and the memory, respectively, configured to control transceiving of the antenna by executing computer-executable instructions stored on the memory, and to enable the method provided by any one of claims 1 to 16 or 17 to 22.
A computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions capable, when executed by a processor, of implementing the method as provided in any one of claims 1 to 16 or 17 to 22.