CN115552968A

CN115552968A - Record reporting method and device for Successful Handover Report (SHR)

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Publication number: CN115552968A
Application number: CN202280002925.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 江小威
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-08
Filing date: 2022-08-08
Publication date: 2022-12-30
Also published as: WO2024031274A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a record reporting method and a device for a Successful Handover Report (SHR), which can be applied to the technical field of communication, wherein the method executed by a terminal device comprises the following steps: receiving a switching command sent by network side equipment on a source cell, wherein the switching command is used for indicating that the terminal equipment is switched from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the switching command comprises SHR configuration, and recording a successful switching report according to the SHR configuration under the condition of successfully switching from the LTE cell to the NR cell. Therefore, the terminal device supports the SHR configuration configured by the network side device received by the LTE cell, and records the successful handover report in the scene of handover from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

Description

Record reporting method and device for Successful Handover Report (SHR)

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR.

Background

In the related art, the successful handover report only supports the recording in the scenario where the terminal device is handed over from a New Radio (NR) cell to the NR cell, but does not support the recording in the scenario where the terminal device is handed over from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell to the NR cell, which is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and a device for recording and reporting a Successful Handover Report (SHR). A terminal device supports the reception of an SHR configuration configured by a network side device in an LTE cell, and records a successful handover report in a scenario of switching from the LTE cell to an NR cell.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR, where the method is executed by a terminal device, and the method includes: receiving a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, wherein the handover command is used for indicating that a terminal device is handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the handover command comprises SHR configuration, and a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration under the condition of successful handover from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

In the technical scheme, terminal equipment receives a handover command sent by network side equipment on a source cell, wherein the handover command is used for indicating that the terminal equipment is handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless radio Network (NR) cell, the handover command comprises a handover configuration, and a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration under the condition of successful handover from the LTE cell to the NR cell. Therefore, the terminal device supports the SHR configuration configured by the network side device received by the LTE cell, and records the successful handover report in the scene of handover from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides another method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR, where the method is executed by a network side device, and the method includes: sending a handover command to a terminal device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to be handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the handover command includes an SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used to instruct the terminal device to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication apparatus, where the communication apparatus has a function of implementing part or all of the functions of the terminal device in the method according to the first aspect, for example, the function of the communication apparatus may have the functions in part or all of the embodiments in the present disclosure, or may have the functions of implementing any one of the embodiments in the present disclosure separately. The functions can be realized by hardware, and the functions can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.

In one implementation, the communication device may include a transceiver module and a processing module in the structure, where the processing module is configured to support the communication device to perform the corresponding functions in the above method. The transceiver module is used for supporting communication between the communication device and other equipment. The communication device may further comprise a memory module for coupling with the transceiver module and the processing module, which holds computer programs and data necessary for the communication device.

In one implementation, the communication device includes: a transceiver module configured to receive a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to handover from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration; a processing module configured to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration in response to a successful handover from the source cell to the target cell.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides another communication apparatus, where the communication apparatus has a function of implementing part or all of the functions of the network-side device in the method example described in the second aspect, for example, the function of the communication apparatus may have the functions in part or all of the embodiments in the present disclosure, or may have the functions of implementing any one of the embodiments in the present disclosure separately. The functions can be realized by hardware, and the functions can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.

In one implementation, the communication device may include a transceiver module and a processing module in a structure, where the processing module is configured to support the communication device to perform corresponding functions in the method described above. The transceiver module is used for supporting communication between the communication device and other equipment. The communication device may further comprise a memory module for coupling with the transceiver module and the processing module, which holds computer programs and data necessary for the communication device.

In one implementation, the communication device includes: a transceiver module configured to send a handover command to a terminal device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to be handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a long term evolution LTE cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used to instruct the terminal device to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell.

In a fifth aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a communication device comprising a processor, which, when calling a computer program in a memory, executes the method of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a communication device comprising a processor that, when calling a computer program in a memory, performs the method of the second aspect described above.

In a seventh aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a communication device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein a computer program; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a computer program; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method of the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a communication apparatus, the apparatus comprising a processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit being configured to receive code instructions and transmit the code instructions to the processor, and the processor being configured to execute the code instructions to cause the apparatus to perform the method of the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication apparatus, which includes a processor and an interface circuit, where the interface circuit is configured to receive code instructions and transmit the code instructions to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute the code instructions to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a random access system, which includes the communication apparatus in the third aspect and the communication apparatus in the fourth aspect, or includes the communication apparatus in the fifth aspect and the communication apparatus in the sixth aspect, or includes the communication apparatus in the seventh aspect and the communication apparatus in the eighth aspect, or includes the communication apparatus in the ninth aspect and the communication apparatus in the tenth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, configured to store instructions for the terminal device, where the instructions, when executed, cause the terminal device to perform the method according to the first aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a readable storage medium, configured to store instructions for the network-side device, where the instructions, when executed, cause the network-side device to perform the method according to the second aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a fifteenth aspect, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

In a sixteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface for enabling a terminal device to implement the functionality according to the first aspect, e.g. to determine or process at least one of data and information related in the above method. In one possible design, the chip system further includes a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the terminal device. The chip system may be formed by a chip, or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

In a seventeenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a chip system, which includes at least one processor and an interface, and is configured to support a network-side device to implement the functions related to the second aspect, for example, to determine or process at least one of data and information related to the method. In one possible design, the system-on-chip further includes a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the network-side device. The chip system may be formed by a chip, or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

In an eighteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a nineteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or the background art of the present disclosure, the drawings used in the embodiments or the background art of the present disclosure will be described below.

Fig. 1 is an architecture diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of another method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of another method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of another method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

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

fig. 7 is a block diagram of another communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In order to better understand the method and the apparatus for reporting the record of the successful handover report SHR disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, first, a communication system to which the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable is described below.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, one network side device and one terminal device, the number and the form of the devices shown in fig. 1 are only used for example and do not constitute a limitation to the embodiments of the present disclosure, and two or more network side devices and two or more terminal devices may be included in practical applications. The communication system 10 shown in fig. 1 includes a network side device 101 and a terminal device 102 as an example.

It should be noted that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to various communication systems. For example: a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a fifth generation (5 th generation, 5G) mobile communication system, a 5G New Radio (NR) system, or other future new mobile communication systems. It should also be noted that the side links in the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be referred to as side links or through links.

The network side device 101 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is an entity for transmitting or receiving signals on the network side. For example, the network side device 101 may be an evolved NodeB (eNB), a transmission point (TRP), a next generation base station (gNB) in an NR system, a base station in another future mobile communication system, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and the specific device form adopted by the base station. The base station provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and a structure of CU-DU may be used to split protocol layers of the base station, for example, the base station, and a part of functions of the protocol layers are placed in the CU for centralized control, and the rest or all of the functions of the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU.

The terminal device 102 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is an entity, such as a mobile phone, on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals. A terminal device may also be referred to as a terminal device (terminal), a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a mobile terminal device (MT), or the like. The terminal device may be a vehicle having a communication function, a smart vehicle, a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in self-driving (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in remote surgery (remote medical supply), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), and the like. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and the specific device form adopted by the terminal device.

It is to be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation to the technical solutions provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and as a person having ordinary skill in the art knows that as the system architecture evolves and new service scenarios appear, the technical solutions provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

In the related art, the successful handover report only supports recording in a scenario in which the terminal device is handed over from the NR cell to the NR cell, but does not support recording in a scenario in which the terminal device is handed over from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

Based on this, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method and an apparatus for reporting a Successful Handover Report (SHR) record are provided, where a terminal device receives a Handover command sent by a network side device on an LTE cell, the Handover command indicates that the terminal device is handed over from the LTE cell to an NR cell, the Handover command includes a SHR configuration, and the terminal device records a Successful Handover report of this Handover (HO) according to the SHR configuration when the terminal device successfully hands over the cell. Therefore, the recording of the successful switching report can be supported in the scene that the terminal device is switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

The following describes a method and an apparatus for reporting a successful handover report SHR according to the present disclosure in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2, the method is performed by a terminal device, and may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

s21: receiving a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, wherein the handover command is used for indicating that a terminal device is handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes SHR configuration.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, a terminal device receives a handover command sent by a network side device on an LTE cell, where the handover command indicates that the terminal device is handed over from a source cell to a target cell, the source cell is an LTE long term evolution cell, and the target cell is a new wireless NR cell.

It can be understood that the handover command sent by the network side device to the terminal device in the LTE cell may be determined and sent based on a measurement result reported by the terminal device to the network side device in the LTE cell. The terminal device may establish a wireless link connection with the LTE cell, so as to report a measurement result to the network side device in the LTE cell, and receive a handover command sent by the network side device in the LTE cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the handover command indicates that the terminal device is handed over from a source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a long term evolution LTE cell, and the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, where the handover command may carry a target cell identifier, and the target cell identifier may be an NR cell identifier, and after the LTE cell receives the handover command, the terminal device may determine a target cell (NR cell) to be handed over to according to the NR cell identifier, so as to perform cell handover.

The handover command includes an SHR configuration, and the terminal device may determine whether to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration after successfully completing the cell handover.

S22: in response to a successful handover from the source cell to the target cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device records a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when successfully performing handover from the source cell to the target cell, that is, successfully performing handover from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

The SHR configuration includes a trigger condition, the terminal device records a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration, and may determine to record the successful handover report when the trigger condition indicated by the SHR configuration is satisfied, and determine not to record the successful handover report when the trigger condition indicated by the SHR configuration is not satisfied.

Illustratively, the trigger condition may be a trigger threshold of a T304 timer, a trigger threshold of a T310 timer, a trigger threshold of a T312 timer, and so on.

Of course, the trigger condition may also be other conditions besides the above examples, and may be set as needed, and this is not specifically limited by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

By implementing the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal device receives a handover command sent by the network side device on the source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to handover from the source cell to the target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the handover command includes SHR configuration, and a successful handover report can be recorded according to the SHR configuration when the LTE cell is successfully handed over to the NR cell. Therefore, the terminal device supports the SHR configuration configured by the network side device received by the LTE cell, and records the successful handover report in the scene of handover from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

In some embodiments, the SHR configuration includes a first threshold value of a timer, and the configured duration of the timer in the source cell is a second threshold value; wherein, according to the SHR configuration record successful handover report, including: and triggering and recording a successful switching report in response to the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer to the second threshold value being larger than the first threshold value when the terminal equipment is in the source cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the SHR configuration includes a first threshold of a timer, the configuration duration of the timer in the source cell (that is, the LTE cell) is a second threshold, the terminal device records a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration, and in the case that the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer in the source cell to the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, the successful handover report is triggered and recorded.

When the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer to the second threshold value in the source cell of the terminal device is not greater than (less than or equal to) the first threshold value, the successful handover report is not triggered and recorded, that is, the successful handover report is not recorded.

Illustratively, the SHR configuration includes that a first threshold value of the timer is 0.6, a configuration duration of the timer in the source cell (i.e. the LTE cell) is a second threshold value, the second threshold value is 500ms (milliseconds), the terminal device is in the source cell, an elapsed time of the timer is 400ms, a ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold value is 0.8, and in a case that the ratio is 0.8 and is greater than the first threshold value of 0.6, the terminal device records a successful handover report.

Illustratively, the SHR configuration includes that the first threshold value of the timer is 0.6, the configured time duration of the timer in the source cell (i.e. the LTE cell) is the second threshold value, the second threshold value is 500ms (milliseconds), the terminal device is in the source cell, the elapsed time of the timer is 200ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold value is 0.4, and in the case that the ratio of 0.4 is less than the first threshold value of 0.6, the terminal device does not record the successful handover report.

It should be noted that the above example is only an illustration, and is not a specific limitation to the embodiment of the present disclosure, and values of the first threshold and the second threshold may be set differently according to the timer.

In some embodiments, the timer comprises at least one of:

T304；

T310；

T312。

in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the SHR configuration includes a first threshold of T304, the configuration time of T304 in the source cell (that is, the LTE cell) is a second threshold, the terminal device records a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration, and when the ratio of the elapsed time of T304 in the source cell to the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, the successful handover report is triggered and recorded.

When the ratio of the elapsed time of T304 to the second threshold value in the source cell is not greater than (less than or equal to) the first threshold value, the successful handover report is not triggered, that is, the successful handover report is not recorded.

Illustratively, the SHR configuration includes that the first threshold of the T304 is 0.6, the configuration duration of the T304 in the source cell (i.e. LTE cell) is a second threshold, the second threshold is 500ms (millisecond), the elapsed time of the T304 in the source cell is 400ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold is 0.8, in case that the ratio is 0.8 greater than the first threshold 0.6, the terminal device records a successful handover report, or, in the source cell, the elapsed time of the T304 is 200ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold is 0.4, in case that the ratio is 0.4 less than the first threshold 0.6, the terminal device does not record a successful handover report.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the SHR configuration includes a first threshold of the T310, the configuration time of the T310 in the source cell (that is, the LTE cell) is a second threshold, the terminal device records a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration, and when the ratio of the elapsed time of the T310 in the source cell to the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, the successful handover report is triggered and recorded.

When the ratio of the elapsed time of the T310 to the second threshold value in the source cell is not greater than (less than or equal to) the first threshold value, the recording of the successful handover report is not triggered, that is, the successful handover report is not recorded.

Illustratively, the SHR configuration includes that the first threshold of T310 is 0.8, the configured time duration of T310 in the source cell (i.e. LTE cell) is a second threshold, the second threshold is 1000ms (millisecond), the terminal device is in the source cell, the elapsed time of T310 is 900ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold is 0.9, in case that the ratio is 0.9 greater than the first threshold 0.8, the terminal device records the successful handover report, or, in the source cell, the elapsed time of T310 is 500ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold is 0.5, in case that the ratio is 0.5 less than the first threshold 0.8, the terminal device does not record the successful handover report.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the SHR configuration includes a first threshold of T312, the configuration time duration of T312 in the source cell (that is, the LTE cell) is a second threshold, the terminal device records a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration, and when the ratio of the elapsed time of T312 to the second threshold in the source cell of the terminal device is greater than the first threshold, the successful handover report is triggered and recorded.

When the ratio of the elapsed time of the T312 to the second threshold value in the source cell of the terminal device is not greater than (less than or equal to) the first threshold value, the recording of the successful handover report is not triggered, that is, the successful handover report is not recorded.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are not exhaustive, and are only illustrative of some embodiments, and the above embodiments may be implemented alone or in combination of a plurality of embodiments.

In some embodiments, the successful handover report includes a trigger cause, further comprising: the terminal equipment records the trigger reason as a timer for triggering and recording the successful switching report.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device records a successful handover report, the successful handover report includes a trigger reason, and under the condition that the SHR configuration includes a first threshold of the timer, if the terminal device triggers to record the successful handover report according to the SHR configuration, the terminal device records the trigger reason in the successful handover report as the timer for triggering to record the successful handover report when the terminal device is in the source cell and the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer to the second threshold is greater than the first threshold.

Illustratively, the SHR configuration includes that the first threshold of T304 is 0.6, the configuration duration of T304 in the source cell (i.e. LTE cell) is the second threshold, the second threshold is 500ms (millisecond), the terminal device is in the source cell, the elapsed time of T304 is 400ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold is 0.8, in the case that the ratio is 0.8 greater than the first threshold of 0.6, the terminal device records the successful handover report, and records the handover reason in the successful handover report as the T304 timer.

It should be noted that the above examples are only illustrative, and are not intended to be specific limitations on the embodiments of the present disclosure, and the timer may be other timers and the like.

In some embodiments, the successful handover report is recorded in a successful handover report variable on the NR side of the terminal device.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, the successful handover Report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and the successful handover Report may be recorded in a successful handover Report variable (varsuccess ho-Report) on the NR side of the terminal device.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, the successful handover Report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and the successful handover Report may be recorded in a successful handover Report variable (varsuccess ho-Report) on the LTE side of the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the successful handover report includes first information of the LTE cell, the first information including at least one of:

an identity, ID, of the LTE cell;

reference signal received power, RSRP, at the cell level for an LTE cell;

a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, at a cell level for an LTE cell;

the signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR, at the cell level of the LTE cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful switching report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and first information of the LTE cell is recorded in the successful switching report, where the first information is an identifier ID of the LTE cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful switching report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and first information of the LTE cell is recorded in the successful switching report, where the first information is a cell-level RSRP (reference signal receiving power) of the LTE cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and first information of the LTE cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the first information is a cell-level RSRQ (reference signal receiving quality) of the LTE cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and first information of the LTE cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the first information is a cell-level SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) of the LTE cell.

In some embodiments, the successful handover report includes second information of the NR cell, the second information including at least one of:

an ID of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRP of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell;

SINR at cell level of NR cell;

RSRP of each synchronization signal block SSB of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each SSB of the NR cell;

SINR of each SSB of the NR cell;

RSRP of each channel state information reference signal CSI-RS of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell;

SINR of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is an ID of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, the successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and the second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is the cell-level RSRP of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is a cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is a cell-level SINR of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is RSRP of each synchronization signal block SSB of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is RSRQ of each SSB of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is SINR of each SSB of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful switching report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful switching report, where the second information is RSRP of each channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful switching report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful switching report, where the second information is RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful switching report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful switching report, where the second information is SINR of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

In some embodiments, the terminal device sends an indication message to the network side device on the NR cell, where the indication message is used to indicate that there is an available SHR.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an indication message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the indication message is used to indicate that there is an available SHR, so as to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR.

In some embodiments, the indication message comprises at least one of:

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message;

RRC reestablishment complete message;

an RRC establishment completion message;

RRC resume complete message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, an RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration complete message may be sent to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC reconfiguration complete message carries an indication message to inform the network side device that there is an available SHR.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful switching report, the terminal device may send an RRC reestablishment complete message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC reestablishment complete message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an RRC establishment complete message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC establishment complete message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful switching report, an RRC recovery completion message may be sent to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC recovery completion message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR.

In some embodiments, a terminal device receives a request message sent by a network side device on an NR cell, where the request message is used to request an SHR; and sending a successful handover report to the network side equipment on the NR cell according to the request message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device sends an indication message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the indication message is used to indicate that there is an available SHR, so as to inform the network side device of the available SHR. The network side equipment receives the indication message sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell, determines that available SHR exists, and sends a request message to the terminal equipment on the NR cell for requesting the SHR so as to request the terminal equipment to send a successful switching report to the network side equipment.

The request message may be a UE information request.

And, the terminal device may send a successful handover report to the network side device on the NR cell, upon receiving the request message sent by the network side device on the NR cell.

The terminal device may send a UE information response to the network side device in the NR cell, so as to send a successful handover report to the network side device.

It may be understood that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the handover command sent by the network side device to the terminal device includes an SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration does not carry a source dual activation protocol stack failure request sourceDAPS-FailureReporting field, so as to avoid a configuration error.

Of course, if the handover command includes the SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration carries the sourceDAPS-FailureReporting field of the source dual activation protocol stack failure request, the terminal device may ignore the sourceDAPS-FailureReporting field of the source dual activation protocol stack failure request in the SHR configuration of the handover command.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, a terminal device receives a handover command sent by a network side device on an LTE cell, where the handover command indicates that the terminal device is handed over from the LTE cell to an NR cell, and the terminal device ignores a source dual activation protocol stack failure request sourceDAPS-failure reporting field in an SHR configuration of the handover command and switches from the LTE cell to the NR cell.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart of another method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 3, the method is performed by a terminal device, and may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

s31: receiving a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, wherein the handover command is used for instructing a terminal device to be handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless radio Noise Ratio (NR) cell, and the handover command includes a radio frequency response (SHR) configuration.

S32: and responding to the successful switching from the source cell to the target cell, and recording a successful switching report according to the SHR configuration.

The relevant description of S31 and S32 may refer to the relevant description in the above embodiments, and is not repeated herein.

S33: and sending an indication message to the network side equipment on the NR cell, wherein the indication message is used for indicating that the SHR is available.

In some embodiments, the indication message comprises at least one of:

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message;

RRC reestablishment complete message;

an RRC establishment completion message;

RRC resume complete message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an RRC reestablishment complete message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC reestablishment complete message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an RRC recovery complete message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC recovery complete message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR.

S34: and receiving a request message sent by the network side equipment on the NR cell, wherein the request message is used for requesting the SHR.

S35: and sending a successful handover report to the network side equipment on the NR cell according to the request message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the NR cell sends an indication message to the network side device, where the indication message is used to indicate that there is an available SHR, so as to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR. The network side equipment receives the indication message sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell, determines that available SHR exists, and sends a request message to the terminal equipment on the NR cell for requesting the SHR so as to request the terminal equipment to send a successful switching report to the network side equipment.

The request message may be a UE information request.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, a terminal device receives a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to handover from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is an LTE cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration. Therefore, the terminal device supports receiving the SHR configuration configured by the network side device in the LTE cell, records a successful handover report under the condition of switching from the LTE cell to the NR cell, and supports reporting the successful handover report from the LTE cell to the NR cell to the network side device.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart of another method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 4, the method is performed by a network side device, and the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

s41: and sending a switching command to the terminal equipment on the source cell, wherein the switching command is used for indicating the terminal equipment to be switched from the source cell to the target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the switching command comprises SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used for indicating the terminal equipment to record a successful switching report according to the SHR configuration under the condition of successfully switching from the source cell to the target cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, a network side device sends a handover command to a terminal device in an LTE cell, the terminal device may receive the handover command sent by the network side device in the LTE cell, the handover command indicates that the terminal device is handed over from a source cell to a target cell, the source cell is an LTE long term evolution cell, and the target cell is a new wireless NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the handover command instructs the terminal device to handover from the source cell to the target cell, where the source cell is an LTE long term evolution cell, and the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, where the handover command may carry a target cell identifier, and the target cell identifier may be an NR cell identifier, and after the LTE cell receives the handover command, the terminal device may determine a target cell (NR cell) to be handed over to according to the NR cell identifier, so as to perform cell handover.

By implementing the embodiment of the present disclosure, a network side device sends a handover command to a terminal device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to be handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a long term evolution LTE cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the handover command includes an SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used to instruct the terminal device to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell. Therefore, the terminal device supports receiving the SHR configuration configured by the network side device in the LTE cell, and supports recording the successful switching report when the LTE cell is switched to the NR cell.

In some embodiments, the SHR configuration includes a first threshold value of a timer, and the configuration duration of the timer in the source cell is a second threshold value; the SHR is configured to instruct the terminal device to trigger and record a successful handover report when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell and the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer in the source cell to the second threshold is greater than the first threshold.

When the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer to the second threshold value in the source cell of the terminal device is not greater than (less than or equal to) the first threshold value, the recording of the successful handover report is not triggered, that is, the successful handover report is not recorded.

In some embodiments, the timer comprises at least one of:

T304；

T310；

T312。

Illustratively, the SHR configuration includes that the first threshold of T304 is 0.6, the configured time duration of T304 in the source cell (i.e. LTE cell) is the second threshold, the second threshold is 500ms (millisecond), the terminal device is in the source cell, the elapsed time of T304 is 400ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold is 0.8, in case that the ratio is 0.8 greater than the first threshold 0.6, the terminal device records the successful handover report, or, in the source cell, the elapsed time of T304 is 200ms, the ratio of the elapsed time to the second threshold is 0.4, in case that the ratio is 0.4 less than the first threshold 0.6, the terminal device does not record the successful handover report.

When the ratio of the elapsed time of T312 to the second threshold in the source cell is not greater than (less than or equal to) the first threshold, the successful handover report is not triggered, that is, the successful handover report is not recorded.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are not exhaustive, but are only illustrative of some embodiments, and the above embodiments may be implemented alone or in combination of multiple embodiments.

an identity, ID, of the LTE cell;

reference signal received power, RSRP, at a cell level for an LTE cell;

a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, at a cell level for an LTE cell;

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, the successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and the first information of the LTE cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the first information is a Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) of the LTE cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and first information of the LTE cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the first information is a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) of the LTE cell at a cell level.

an ID of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRP of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell;

cell-level SINR of NR cells;

RSRP of each synchronization signal block SSB of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each SSB of the NR cell;

SINR of each SSB of the NR cell;

RSRP of each channel state information reference signal CSI-RS of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell;

SINR of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, the successful switching report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and the second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful switching report, where the second information is the cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, the successful handover report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and the second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is the cell-level SINR of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell, a successful switching report is recorded according to the SHR configuration, and second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful switching report, where the second information is RSRP of each channel state information reference signal CSI-RS (channel state information reference signal) of the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal device records a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when successfully switching from the LTE cell to the NR cell, and the second information of the NR cell is recorded in the successful handover report, where the second information is RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

In some embodiments, the network side device receives an indication message sent by the terminal device on the NR cell, where the indication message is used to indicate that there is an available SHR.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an indication message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the indication message is used to indicate that there is an available SHR, so as to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR. The network side device may receive the indication message sent by the terminal device on the NR cell.

In some embodiments, the indication message comprises at least one of:

a radio resource control RRC reconfiguration complete message;

RRC reestablishment complete message;

an RRC establishment completion message;

RRC resume complete message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, an RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration complete message may be sent to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC reconfiguration complete message carries an indication message to inform the network side device that there is an available SHR. The network side device may receive the RRC reconfiguration complete message sent by the terminal device on the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an RRC reestablishment complete message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC reestablishment complete message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR. The network side device may receive the RRC reestablishment complete message sent by the terminal device on the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an RRC establishment complete message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC establishment complete message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR. The network side device may receive the RRC establishment complete message sent by the terminal device on the NR cell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device is successfully switched from the LTE cell to the NR cell and records the successful handover report, the terminal device may send an RRC recovery complete message to the network side device in the NR cell, where the RRC recovery complete message carries an indication message to notify the network side device that there is an available SHR. The network side device may receive the RRC recovery complete message sent by the terminal device on the NR cell.

In some embodiments, a network side device sends a request message to a terminal device on an NR cell, where the request message is used to request an SHR; and receiving a successful switching report sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell.

The request message may be a UE information request.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart of another method for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5, the method is performed by a network side device, and the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

s51: and sending a switching command to the terminal equipment on the source cell, wherein the switching command is used for indicating the terminal equipment to be switched from the source cell to the target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the switching command comprises SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used for indicating the terminal equipment to record a successful switching report according to the SHR configuration under the condition of successfully switching from the source cell to the target cell.

For the relevant description of S51, reference may be made to the relevant description in the above embodiments, which is not described herein again.

S52: and receiving an indication message sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell, wherein the indication message is used for indicating that the available SHR exists.

S53: and sending a request message to the terminal equipment on the NR cell, wherein the request message is used for requesting the SHR.

S54: and receiving a successful switching report sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell.

The request message may be a UE information request.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, a network side device sends a handover command to a terminal device on a source cell, wherein the handover command is used for instructing the terminal device to be handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the handover command includes an SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used for instructing the terminal device to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration under the condition that the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell; receiving an indication message sent by a terminal device on an NR cell, wherein the indication message is used for indicating that an available SHR exists; sending a request message to terminal equipment on an NR cell, wherein the request message is used for requesting SHR; and receiving a successful switching report sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell. Therefore, the terminal device supports receiving the SHR configuration configured by the network side device in the LTE cell, recording a successful handover report under the condition of switching from the LTE cell to the NR cell, and reporting the successful handover report from the LTE cell to the NR cell to the network side device.

In the embodiments provided by the present disclosure, the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are introduced from the perspective of the terminal device and the network side device, respectively. In order to implement the functions in the method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device and the network side device may include a hardware structure and a software module, and the functions are implemented in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure and a software module. Some of the above-described functions may be implemented by a hardware configuration, a software module, or a combination of a hardware configuration and a software module.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The communication device 1 shown in fig. 6 may comprise a transceiver module 11 and a processing module. The transceiver module may include a transmitting module and/or a receiving module, the transmitting module is configured to implement a transmitting function, the receiving module is configured to implement a receiving function, and the transceiver module may implement a transmitting function and/or a receiving function.

The communication device 1 may be a terminal device, may be a device in a terminal device, or may be a device that can be used in cooperation with a terminal device. Alternatively, the communication device 1 may be a network side device, may be a device in the network side device, or may be a device that can be used in cooperation with the network side device.

The communication apparatus 1 is a terminal device:

the device, comprising: a transceiver module 11 and a processing module 12.

The transceiver module 11 is configured to receive a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct a terminal device to handover from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a long term evolution LTE cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration.

And the processing module 12 is configured to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration in response to a successful handover from the source cell to the target cell.

In some embodiments, the SHR configuration includes a first threshold value of a timer, and the configured duration of the timer in the source cell is a second threshold value; wherein the processing module 12 is further configured to trigger recording of the successful handover report in response to the terminal device being in the source cell and the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer to the second threshold being greater than the first threshold.

In some embodiments, the timer comprises at least one of:

T304；

T310；

T312。

in some embodiments, the successful handover report includes a trigger cause, and the processing module 12 is further configured to record the trigger cause as a timer according to a timer for recording the successful handover report.

an identity, ID, of the LTE cell;

reference signal received power, RSRP, at the cell level for an LTE cell;

a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, at a cell level for an LTE cell;

an ID of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRP of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell;

SINR at cell level of NR cell;

RSRP of each synchronization signal block SSB of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each SSB of the NR cell;

SINR of each SSB of the NR cell;

RSRP of each channel state information reference signal CSI-RS of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell;

SINR of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

In some embodiments, the transceiving module 11 is further configured to send an indication message to the network side device on the NR cell, where the indication message is used to indicate that there is an available SHR,

in some embodiments, the indication message comprises at least one of:

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message;

RRC reestablishment complete message;

an RRC establishment completion message;

RRC resume complete message.

In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive a request message sent by the network-side device on the NR cell, where the request message is used to request the SHR; and sending a successful switching report to the network side equipment on the NR cell according to the request message.

In some embodiments, the processing module 12 is further configured to ignore the source dual activation protocol stack failure request sourceDAPS-FailureReporting field in the SHR configuration of the handover command.

The communication device 1 is a network side device:

the device, comprising: a transceiver module 11.

The transceiver module 11 is configured to send a handover command to the terminal device in the source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to be handed over from the source cell to the target cell, the source cell is an LTE long term evolution cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, the handover command includes an SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used to instruct the terminal device to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell.

In some embodiments, the timer comprises at least one of:

T304；

T310；

T312。

an identity, ID, of the LTE cell;

reference signal received power, RSRP, at a cell level for an LTE cell;

a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, at a cell level for an LTE cell;

signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR, at the cell level of an LTE cell.

an ID of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRP of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell;

cell-level SINR of NR cells;

RSRP of each synchronization signal block SSB of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each SSB of the NR cell;

SINR of each SSB of the NR cell;

RSRP of each channel state information reference signal CSI-RS of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell;

SINR of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

In some embodiments, the transceiving module 11 is further configured to receive, on the NR cell, an indication message sent by the terminal device, where the indication message is used to indicate that an SHR is available,

in some embodiments, the indication message comprises at least one of:

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message;

RRC reestablishment complete message;

an RRC establishment completion message;

RRC resume complete message.

In some embodiments, the transceiving module 11 is further configured to send a request message to the terminal device on the NR cell, where the request message is used to request SHR; and receiving a successful switching report sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell.

With regard to the communication apparatus 1 in the above 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 communication device 1 provided in the above embodiments of the present disclosure obtains the same or similar beneficial effects as the record reporting method of the successful handover report SHR provided in some embodiments above, and is not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device 1000 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Communication apparatus 1000 may be a network side device, a terminal device, a chip system, a processor, or the like supporting the network side device to implement the method described above, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, or the like supporting the terminal device to implement the method described above. The communication device 1000 may be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment, and specific reference may be made to the description in the above method embodiment.

The communications device 1000 may include one or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc. For example, a baseband processor or a central processor. The baseband processor may be configured to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be configured to control a communication apparatus (e.g., a network side device, a baseband chip, a terminal device chip, a DU or CU, etc.), execute a computer program, and process data of the computer program.

Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include one or more memories 1002, on which a computer program 1004 may be stored, and the memory 1002 executes the computer program 1004, so that the communication device 1000 executes the method described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, the memory 1002 may further store data. The communication device 1000 and the memory 1002 may be provided separately or may be integrated together.

Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a transceiver 1005 and an antenna 1006. The transceiver 1005 may be referred to as a transceiving unit, a transceiver, or a transceiving circuit, etc., for implementing a transceiving function. The transceiver 1005 may include a receiver and a transmitter, and the receiver may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc. for implementing a receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmission circuit, etc. for implementing the transmission function.

Optionally, one or more interface circuits 1007 may also be included in the communication device 1000. The interface circuit 1007 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor 1001. The processor 1001 executes the code instructions to cause the communication device 1000 to perform the methods described in the above method embodiments.

The communication apparatus 1000 is a terminal device: the transceiver 1005 is configured to perform S21 in fig. 2; s31, S33 to S35 in fig. 3; the processor 1001 is configured to execute S22 in fig. 2; s32 in fig. 3.

The communication apparatus 1000 is a network side device: the transceiver 1005 is configured to perform S41 in fig. 4; s51 to S54 in fig. 5.

In one implementation, a transceiver may be included in processor 1001 for performing receive and transmit functions. The transceiver may be, for example, a transceiver circuit, or an interface circuit. The transmit and receive circuitry, interfaces or interface circuitry used to implement the receive and transmit functions may be separate or integrated. The transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code/data, or the transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for transmitting or transferring signals.

In one implementation, the processor 1001 may store a computer program 1003, and the computer program 1003 runs on the processor 1001 and may cause the communication apparatus 1000 to execute the method described in the above method embodiment. The computer program 1003 may be solidified in the processor 1001, in which case the processor 1001 may be implemented by hardware.

In one implementation, the communications device 1000 may include circuitry that may implement the functionality of transmitting or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments. The processors and transceivers described in this disclosure may be implemented on Integrated Circuits (ICs), analog ICs, radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), mixed signal ICs, application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), electronic devices, and the like. The processor and transceiver may also be fabricated using various IC process technologies, such as Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS), bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), and the like.

The communication apparatus in the above description of the embodiment may be a terminal device or a network-side device, but the scope of the communication apparatus described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication apparatus may not be limited by fig. 7. The communication means may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication means may be:

(1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or system-on-chip or subsystem;

(2) A set of one or more ICs, which optionally may also include storage means for storing data, computer programs;

(3) An ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem);

(4) A module that may be embedded within other devices;

(5) Receivers, terminal devices, intelligent terminal devices, cellular phones, wireless devices, handsets, mobile units, in-vehicle devices, network devices, cloud devices, artificial intelligence devices, and the like;

(6) Others, and so forth.

In the case that the communication device may be a chip or a chip system, please refer to fig. 8, which is a structural diagram of a chip provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Chip 1100 includes a processor 1101 and an interface 1103. The number of the processors 1101 may be one or more, and the number of the interfaces 1103 may be plural.

For the case that the chip is used for realizing the functions of the terminal device in the embodiments of the present disclosure:

an interface 1103 for receiving code instructions and transmitting them to the processor.

A processor 1101 for executing the code instructions to execute the record reporting method of the successful handover report SHR according to some embodiments above.

For the case that the chip is used to implement the functions of the network side device in the embodiments of the present disclosure:

Optionally, the chip 1100 further comprises a memory 1102, the memory 1102 being adapted to store necessary computer programs and data.

Those of skill in the art will further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps (step) set forth in the embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design requirements of the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the disclosed embodiments.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a system for reporting a record of a successful handover report SHR, where the system includes the communication device serving as the terminal device and the communication device serving as the network-side device in the foregoing fig. 6 embodiment, or the system includes the communication device serving as the terminal device and the communication device serving as the network-side device in the foregoing fig. 7 embodiment.

The present disclosure also provides a readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement the functionality of any of the above-described method embodiments.

The present disclosure also provides a computer program product which, when executed by a computer, implements the functionality of any of the above-described method embodiments.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. The procedures or functions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure are wholly or partially generated when the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: various numerical numbers of the first, second, etc. referred to in this disclosure are only for convenience of description and distinction, and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the disclosure, and also represent a sequential order.

At least one of the present disclosure may also be described as one or more, and a plurality may be two, three, four or more, without limitation of the present disclosure. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D", etc., and the technical features described in "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D" are not in a sequential order or a magnitude order.

The correspondence shown in the tables in the present disclosure may be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are only examples, and may be configured as other values, and the disclosure is not limited thereto. When the correspondence between the information and each parameter is configured, it is not always necessary to configure all the correspondences indicated in each table. For example, in the table in the present disclosure, the correspondence relationship shown by some rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate modification adjustments, such as splitting, merging, etc., can be made based on the above tables. The names of the parameters in the tables may be other names understandable by the communication device, and the values or the expression of the parameters may be other values or expressions understandable by the communication device. When the above tables are implemented, other data structures may be used, for example, arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear tables, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables, or hash tables may be used.

Predefinition in this disclosure may be understood as defining, predefining, storing, pre-negotiating, pre-configuring, curing, or pre-firing.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure, and shall cover the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A record reporting method for a Successful Handover Report (SHR) is executed by a terminal device, and is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

receiving a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to handover from the source cell to a target cell, where the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, and the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration;

and responding to the successful switching from the source cell to the target cell, and recording a successful switching report according to the SHR configuration.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the SHR configuration comprises a first threshold value of a timer, and wherein a configured duration of the timer in the source cell is a second threshold value; wherein, the successful handover report according to the SHR configuration record includes:

triggering recording of the successful handover report in response to the ratio of the elapsed time of the timer to the second threshold being greater than the first threshold in the source cell by the terminal device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the timer comprises at least one of:

T304；

T310；

T312。

4. the method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the successful handover report includes a trigger cause, the method further comprising:

recording the trigger cause as triggering the timer recording the successful handover report.

5. Method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the successful handover report is recorded in a successful handover report variable at the NR side of the terminal device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the successful handover report includes first information of the LTE cell, the first information including at least one of:

an identity, ID, of the LTE cell;

a reference signal received power, RSRP, at a cell level of the LTE cell;

a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, at a cell level of the LTE cell;

a signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR, at a cell level of the LTE cell.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the successful handover report includes second information of the NR cell, the second information including at least one of:

an ID of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRP of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell;

a cell-level SINR of the NR cell;

RSRP of each synchronization signal block SSB of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each SSB of the NR cell;

SINR of each SSB of the NR cell;

RSRP of each channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell;

SINR of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

8. The method of any of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

and sending an indication message to the network side equipment on the NR cell, wherein the indication message is used for indicating that the available SHR exists.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication message comprises at least one of:

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message;

RRC reestablishment complete message;

an RRC establishment completion message;

RRC resume complete message.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request message sent by the network side equipment on the NR cell, wherein the request message is used for requesting an SHR;

and sending the successful handover report to the network side equipment on the NR cell according to the request message.

11. The method of any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising:

ignoring a source dual activation protocol stack failure request sourceDAPS-FailureReporting field in the SHR configuration of the handover command.

12. A record reporting method for a Successful Handover Report (SHR) is executed by a network side device, and the method comprises the following steps:

sending a handover command to a terminal device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to handover from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a long term evolution LTE cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration, where the SHR configuration is used to instruct the terminal device to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the SHR configuration comprises a first threshold value of a timer, and wherein a configured duration of the timer in the source cell is a second threshold value; the SHR is configured to instruct the terminal device to trigger recording of the successful handover report when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell, and a ratio of an elapsed time of the timer in the source cell to the second threshold is greater than the first threshold.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the timer comprises at least one of:

T304；

T310；

T312。

15. the method of claim 12, wherein the successful handover report includes first information for the LTE cell, the first information including at least one of:

an identity, ID, of the LTE cell;

a cell-level reference signal received power, RSRP, of the LTE cell;

a cell-level reference signal received quality, RSRQ, of the LTE cell;

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the successful handover report includes second information of the NR cell, the second information including at least one of:

an ID of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRP of the NR cell;

a cell-level RSRQ of the NR cell;

a cell-level SINR of the NR cell;

RSRP of each synchronization signal block SSB of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each SSB of the NR cell;

SINR of each SSB of the NR cell;

RSRQ of each CSI-RS of the NR cell;

SINR of each CSI-RS of the NR cell.

17. The method of any of claims 12 to 16, further comprising:

and receiving an indication message sent by the terminal equipment on the NR cell, wherein the indication message is used for indicating that the available SHR exists.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the indication message comprises at least one of:

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message;

RRC reestablishment complete message;

an RRC establishment completion message;

RRC resume complete message.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

sending a request message to a terminal device on the NR cell, wherein the request message is used for requesting an SHR;

receiving the successful handover report sent by the terminal device on the NR cell.

20. A communications apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver module configured to receive a handover command sent by a network side device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to handover from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration;

a processing module configured to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration in response to a successful handover from the source cell to the target cell.

21. A communications apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver module configured to send a handover command to a terminal device on a source cell, where the handover command is used to instruct the terminal device to be handed over from the source cell to a target cell, the source cell is a long term evolution LTE cell, the target cell is a new wireless NR cell, and the handover command includes an SHR configuration, and the SHR configuration is used to instruct the terminal device to record a successful handover report according to the SHR configuration when the terminal device is successfully handed over from the source cell to the target cell.

22. A communications apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein a computer program, the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 11, or the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 12 to 19.

23. A communications apparatus, comprising: a processor and an interface circuit;

the interface circuit is used for receiving code instructions and transmitting the code instructions to the processor;

the processor for executing the code instructions to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 11 or for executing the code instructions to perform the method of any one of claims 12 to 19.

24. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the method of any of claims 1 to 11 to be implemented, or that, when executed, cause the method of any of claims 12 to 19 to be implemented.