CN115943659A

CN115943659A - Method, apparatus, communication device and storage medium for measuring relaxation

Info

Publication number: CN115943659A
Application number: CN202180002446.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李艳华
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-04
Filing date: 2021-08-04
Publication date: 2023-04-07
Also published as: WO2023010339A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for measuring relaxation, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes: determining indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC unconnected state; and determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state according to the indication information.

Description

Method, apparatus, communication device and storage medium for measuring relaxation

Technical Field

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

Background

In a mobile communication system, the movement of a terminal causes channel conditions around the location of the terminal to vary with time. In order to support the mobility of the terminal and obtain the current cell channel condition of the terminal in time, the network configures Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement for the terminal, so as to measure the signal quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell where the terminal is currently located. However, too much measurement also increases the power consumption of the terminal, affecting the endurance of the terminal. For this reason, a measurement relaxation mechanism is introduced to reduce the high power consumption caused by the measurement. However, in the related art, a large signaling overhead is incurred to implement the measurement relaxation mechanism.

Disclosure of Invention

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

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of measuring relaxation, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

determining indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC unconnected state;

determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state according to the indication information.

In one embodiment, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is carried in a system message.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving the indication information sent by the base station;

wherein the indication information is used for indicating: the terminal is allowed to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state, or the terminal is not allowed to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the determining the indication information to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state comprises:

determining the indication information according to the received system message;

or,

and determining the indication information according to a predetermined protocol rule.

In one embodiment, the determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state according to the indication information includes:

in response to the indication information indicating: allowing use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state, determining use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state;

or,

in response to the indication information indicating: not allowing use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state, determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving a notification message which is sent by a base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for executing measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the notification message is a system message and/or an RRC message sent to the terminal.

In one embodiment, in response to determining to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state, the method further comprises:

the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is validated in an RRC connected state in response to the terminal switching from an RRC non-connected state to an RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

in response to receiving a notification message which is sent by a base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, performing measurement relaxation by using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter and the second relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC (radio resource control) connection state;

or,

in response to receiving a notification message which is sent by a base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, performing measurement relaxation by using the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC (radio resource control) connection state; wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

releasing the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter and/or obtaining the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter from the system message in response to the terminal switching from an RRC connected state to an RRC unconnected state.

In an embodiment, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter and/or the second measurement criteria parameter comprises one of: parameters of a low mobility criterion, parameters of a non-cell-edge criterion, and parameters of a stationary criterion.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of measuring relaxation, wherein the method is performed by a base station, the method comprising:

sending indication information to a terminal;

wherein the indication information is used for indicating: allowing the terminal to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state, or not allowing the terminal to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state; the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for the terminal to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state.

In one embodiment, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is carried in a system message; and/or the indication information is carried in the system message.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

and sending a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for the terminal to execute measurement relaxation in an RRC (radio resource control) connection state.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

determining the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter according to a state of measurement relaxation determined in an RRC unconnected state.

In an embodiment, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter and/or the second measurement criteria parameter comprises one of: parameters for low mobility criteria, parameters for non-cell-edge criteria, and parameters for stationary criteria

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for measuring relaxation, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a determination module to: determining indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; and determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state according to the indication information.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for measuring relaxation, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an indication module to: sending indication information;

the indication information is used for indicating that the terminal is allowed or not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter to execute measurement relaxation in an RRC connection state; the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for the terminal to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state.

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

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

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

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

In the embodiment of the disclosure, indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state is determined, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC unconnected state; determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state according to the indication information. Here, since the terminal can perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC non-connected state in the RRC connected state according to the indication information, it is not necessary to reconfigure the measurement relaxation criterion parameter for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state using signaling. Compared with the measurement relaxation rule parameters which need to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state by signaling reconfiguration, the method can save signaling overhead.

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Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system shown in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of measuring relaxation according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus for measuring relaxation according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus for measuring relaxation according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a base station in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

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

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

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if," as used herein, may be interpreted as "at \8230; \8230when" or "when 8230; \823030when" or "in response to a determination," depending on the context.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In order to better understand the technical solution disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, an application scenario of measuring relaxation is described:

in one scenario embodiment, a New air interface (NR) introduces two RRM measurement relaxation criteria for a terminal in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state. When the terminal is in low mobility and/or non-cell edge, it is determined that the terminal is not likely to have cell reselection/handover, and the terminal may be allowed to perform RRM measurement relaxation to some extent. For example, the measurement period may be extended or the measurement of the neighboring cell may be stopped to achieve the purpose of saving power consumption.

In one scenario embodiment, further study of RRM measurement relaxation is considered under the reduced capability (RedCap) device type, a more advanced measurement relaxation criterion, i.e. a quiescence criterion, is introduced, and RRM measurement relaxation is also introduced into the RRC connected state. In one embodiment, enhanced Mobile bandwidth (eMBB) devices (e.g., handsets) that may be introduced to the NR may be used.

Here, the relaxation criterion is measured in at least three ways:

1. non-cell-edge criteria:

if the receiving signal intensity (Srxlev) of the serving cell where the terminal is located is larger than a preset threshold value (S) _{searchThresholdP} ) And the received signal quality (Squal) is greater than a predetermined threshold (S) _{searchThresholdQ} ) And then, determining that the terminal is not positioned at the edge of the cell. Wherein S is _{searchThresholdP} And S _{searchThresholdQ} Is configured by the network.

2. A low mobility criterion;

within a certain time (T) _SearchDeltaP ) If the received signal strength of the reference (Srxlev) _Ref ) The difference value of the signal intensity (Srxlev) of the serving cell where the terminal is located is smaller than a preset threshold value (S) _SearchDeltaP ) And when the terminal is in the low mobility state, namely the signal variation amplitude representing the terminal is not large, determining that the terminal is in the low mobility state currently. Wherein the parameter S _SearchDeltaP And T _SearchDeltaP Is configured by the network.

3. A stationary criterion. Three criteria are introduced in turn as follows:

at a certain time (T) _{SearchDeltaP_stationary} ) If the difference between the signal receiving strength (Srxlev) of the serving cell where the terminal is currently located and the reference signal receiving strength (SrxlevRef) is smaller than the preset threshold value (S) _{SearchDeltaP_stationary} ) And in the time period, the times of switching the wave beam of the terminal is less than a threshold value (N) _{beam_switching} ) Then it is determined that the terminal signal has not changed much and no beam cutting has occurredAnd determining that the terminal is in a static state. Wherein, the parameter T _{SearchDeltaP_stationary} 、S _{SearchDeltaP_stationary} And N _{beam_switching} Is configured by the network.

In one embodiment, for a terminal in an RRC connected state, the measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state may be notified by broadcast or dedicated signaling, and is dedicated to performing measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state. The network typically allocates a set of measurement relaxation criteria parameters to the terminal in the RRC non-connected state, and the measurement relaxation criteria parameters inform the terminal in a broadcast message. However, in fact, it does not matter what state the terminal is in, i.e. the measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC idle state can be used continuously after the terminal enters the RRC connected state, so as to save the overhead of network reconfiguration.

As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring relaxation, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 21, determining indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a radio resource control, RRC, connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state;

and step 22, determining whether to use the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state according to the indication information.

Here, the terminal may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, an in-vehicle terminal, a Road Side Unit (RSU), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensing device, and/or a medical device. For example, the smart home terminal may include a camera, a temperature acquisition device, a brightness acquisition device, and the like. The terminal may also be a reduced capability Redcap terminal.

Here, the base station according to the present disclosure may be various types of base stations, for example, a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

In one embodiment, the measurement relaxation is a measurement relaxation for RRM. Here, the terminal may perform measurement relaxation in a time domain, and the performing measurement relaxation in the time domain may include: 1. relaxation to longer times not measured on an originally unmeasured basis, e.g., relaxation from 1 hour not measured to greater than or equal to 1 hour not measured; 2. increasing the measurement interval on the basis of the original measurement, for example, the measurement interval is x times of the original measurement interval K1; wherein x is a number greater than 1. It should be noted that the terminal needs to perform measurement relaxation based on a measurement relaxation criterion (or a parameter of the measurement relaxation criterion), where the measurement relaxation criterion includes at least one of the following: low mobility criteria, non-cell edge criteria, and stationary criteria. Correspondingly, a relaxation criterion parameter is measured, comprising at least one of: parameters of a low mobility criterion, parameters of a non-cell-edge criterion, and parameters of a stationary criterion.

In one embodiment, indication information sent by a base station and using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state is received, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is allowed to be used in RRC connected state. Determining to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. It should be noted that the RRC non-connected state in the present disclosure is a state in which an RRC connection is not established, for example, the RRC non-connected state includes an RRC idle state and an RRC inactive state.

In one embodiment, indication information sent by a base station and using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state is received, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is not allowed to be used in the RRC connected state. Determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

The above embodiment may be indication information sent by the receiving base station using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state by using a system message. Here, the system message contains an information field, wherein the information field is used to indicate: allowing the terminal to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state; alternatively, the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. In one embodiment, the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state in response to the information field indicating the first value. In one embodiment, the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state in response to the information field indicating the second value. Here, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter may be carried in a system message.

In one embodiment, the predetermined protocol rule comprises indication information to use a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining to use a first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in an RRC connected state. Here, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter may be carried in a system message. It should be noted that the predetermined protocol rule in the present disclosure may be pre-stored in the terminal.

In one embodiment, the predetermined protocol rule comprises an indication to use a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in RRC connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is not allowed to be used in the RRC connected state. Determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Here, the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter may be carried in a system message.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is not used in the RRC connected state, a notification message sent by the base station carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state is received. Here, the notification message may be an RRC message or a system message. After the terminal acquires the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, the terminal may perform measurement relaxation based on the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter. Here, it should be noted that the second measured relaxation criterion parameter may be the same as the first measured relaxation criterion parameter, and the second measured relaxation criterion parameter may also be different from the first measured relaxation criterion parameter. For example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameters are all parameters of a low mobility criterion. As another example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a low mobility criterion and the second measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a stationary criterion. Here, it should be noted that, when a condition of measurement relaxation determined based on a measurement relaxation criterion parameter is satisfied, the terminal may report feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the measurement relaxation.

In one embodiment, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is validated in the RRC connected state in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is used in the RRC connected state and the terminal switches from the RRC non-connected state to the RRC connected state. In this way, measurement relaxation may be performed based on the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter. It should be noted that, after the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is validated in the RRC connected state, a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter and sent by the base station may also be received. In one embodiment, after acquiring the second measured relaxation parameter, the measured relaxation may be performed based on the first measured relaxation parameter and the second measured relaxation parameter, where it is noted that the first measured relaxation parameter is different from the second measured relaxation parameter. In another embodiment, after acquiring the second measured relaxation parameter, the first measured relaxation parameter is ignored and the second measured relaxation parameter is used to perform the measurement relaxation. Here, when a condition for measurement relaxation determined based on one or two measurement relaxation criterion parameters (one or both of the first measurement relaxation parameter and the second measurement relaxation parameter) is satisfied, the terminal may report feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the corresponding measurement relaxation.

In one embodiment, the terminal may transmit the RRM measurement result using the random access message 3 or the random access message 5 in the RRC connection setup procedure. Thus, after switching to the RRC connected state, the base station may select a measurement relaxation parameter based on the RRM measurement result; and sending the selected measurement relaxation parameters to the terminal.

In one embodiment, the second measured relaxation criteria parameter may comprise a plurality of sets. If x sets of parameters can be used for all terminals to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state, and y sets of parameters can only be used for predetermined terminals to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state, the x sets of parameters of the second measurement relaxation criteria may be sent by using a system message, and the y sets of parameters of the second measurement relaxation criteria may be sent by using an RRC message. For example, if the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter includes a, b and c, then a and b may be sent to all terminals by using a system message, and the a and b are used by all terminals when performing measurement relaxation in RRC connected state. C may be sent to the first terminal and the second terminal using RRC messages, respectively, for use when the first terminal and the second terminal perform measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is discarded or released in response to the terminal switching from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state; a first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is obtained from the system message. The terminal performs measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC non-connected state.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state is determined, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; and determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state according to the indication information. Here, since the terminal can perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC non-connected state in the RRC connected state according to the indication information, it is not necessary to reconfigure the measurement relaxation criterion parameter for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state using signaling. Compared to the measurement relaxation criteria parameters that need to perform measurement relaxation in RRC connected state with signaling reconfiguration, signaling overhead can be saved.

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

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

step 31, receiving indication information sent by a base station;

wherein, the indication information is used for indicating: the terminal is allowed to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state, or the terminal is not allowed to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, indication information sent by a base station and using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state is received, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, indication information sent by a base station and using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state is received, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

In one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 4, the method further includes:

step 41, determining the indication information according to the received system message or according to the communication protocol.

In one embodiment, the indication information sent by the receiving base station using the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state may be received by the receiving base station. Here, the system message contains an information field indicating: allowing the terminal to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state; alternatively, the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. In one embodiment, the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state in response to the information field indicating the first value. In one embodiment, the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state in response to the information field indicating the second value. Here, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter may also be carried in a system message.

In one embodiment, indication information sent by a base station by using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state is received, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, indication information sent by a base station by using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state is received, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

In other embodiments, the communication protocol may be a predetermined protocol rule, which may be a default configuration.

In one embodiment, the predetermined protocol rule comprises indication information to use a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a radio resource control, RRC, connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates: the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Here, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter may also be carried in a system message. It should be noted that the predetermined protocol rule in the present disclosure may be pre-stored in the terminal.

In one embodiment, the predetermined protocol rule comprises indication information to use a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a radio resource control, RRC, connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; the indication information indicates that: the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Here, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter may also be carried in a system message.

In one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 5, the method further includes:

step 51, in response to determining that the information indicates: allowing use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state, determining use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state;

or,

in response to the indication information indicating: the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is not allowed to be used in the RRC connected state, and it is determined not to be used in the RRC connected state.

Specifically, the step 51 may be executed in combination with the step 31, or in combination with the step 41, or in combination with the steps 31 and 41.

Here, the predetermined protocol rule stored in the terminal includes the instruction information or the instruction information transmitted from the base station received by the terminal. If the indication information indicates that: the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining to use a first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in an RRC connected state. If the indication information indicates that: the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. Here, the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter may be carried in a system message.

As shown in fig. 6, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring relaxation, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

and step 61, receiving a notification message which is sent by the base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for executing measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is not used in the RRC connected state, receiving a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter sent by the base station, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state; here, the notification message may be an RRC message or a system message. After the terminal acquires the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, the terminal may perform measurement relaxation based on the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter. Here, it should be noted that the second measured relaxation criterion parameter may be the same as the first measured relaxation criterion parameter, and the second measured relaxation criterion parameter may also be different from the first measured relaxation criterion parameter. For example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameters are all parameters of a low mobility criterion. As another example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a low mobility criterion and the second measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a stationary criterion. Here, it should be noted that, when a condition of measurement relaxation determined based on a measurement relaxation criterion parameter is satisfied, the terminal may report feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the measurement relaxation.

In one embodiment, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is validated in the RRC connected state in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is used in the RRC connected state and the terminal switches from the RRC non-connected state to the RRC connected state. In this way, measurement relaxation may be performed based on the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter. It should be noted that, after the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is validated in the RRC connected state, a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter and sent by the base station may also be received. In one embodiment, after acquiring the second measured relaxation parameter, the measured relaxation may be performed based on the first measured relaxation parameter and the second measured relaxation parameter, where it is noted that the first measured relaxation parameter is different from the second measured relaxation parameter. In another embodiment, after acquiring the second measured relaxation parameter, the first measured relaxation parameter is ignored and the second measured relaxation parameter is used to perform the measurement relaxation. Here, when a condition of measurement relaxation determined based on one or two measurement relaxation criterion parameters is satisfied, the terminal reports feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the corresponding measurement relaxation.

In some possible implementations, the measurement relaxation in step 61 may be as described in step 21 and step 22, or may be other possible measurement relaxation manners, which are not described herein again.

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

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

step 71, in response to the terminal switching from the RRC non-connected state to the RRC connected state, taking into effect the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

Here, the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is validated, and may be such that the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter can be used in an RRC connected state. For example, the first measured relaxation criterion parameter may be transferred from a first storage area to a second storage area, and the relaxation criterion parameter stored in the second storage area is a parameter that can be used in the RRC connected state. For the description of the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter, reference may be made to other embodiments or related technologies, which are not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 8, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring relaxation, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

and step 81, in response to receiving the notification message which is sent by the base station and carries the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, performing measurement relaxation by using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter and the second relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is validated in the RRC connected state in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is used in the RRC connected state and the terminal switches from the RRC non-connected state to the RRC connected state. After the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is validated in the RRC connected state, a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter sent by the base station may also be received. In one embodiment, after acquiring the second measured relaxation parameter, the measured relaxation may be performed based on the first measured relaxation parameter and the second measured relaxation parameter, where it is noted that the first measured relaxation parameter is different from the second measured relaxation parameter.

In one embodiment, a system message carrying a first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is received; and receiving an RRC message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, and simultaneously utilizing the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter and the second relaxation criterion parameter to execute measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state. For the description of the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter and/or the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, reference may be made to other embodiments or related technologies, which are not described herein again.

Alternatively, step 81 may be: in response to receiving a notification message which is sent by the base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, performing measurement relaxation by using the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state; wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state.

That is, in this embodiment, regardless of whether other measurement relaxation criterion parameters have been received, the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is directly applied to perform measurement relaxation as long as the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is received. For example, if a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter has been received, the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is applied directly upon receipt; i.e. the second measured relaxation criteria parameter has the highest priority and is applied as soon as it is received, irrespective of whether there are other measured relaxation criteria parameters that have been received. Here, when a condition of measurement relaxation determined based on one or two measurement relaxation criterion parameters is satisfied, the terminal reports feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when the received information sent aiming at the feedback information indicates to execute the measurement relaxation, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the corresponding measurement relaxation.

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

step 91, in response to the terminal switching from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state, performing at least one of the following operations:

releasing the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter;

a first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is obtained from the system message.

In one embodiment, the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is discarded or released in response to the terminal switching from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state; a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is obtained from the system message. The terminal performs measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC non-connected state. For the description of the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter and/or the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, reference may be made to other embodiments or related technologies, which are not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 10, in the present embodiment, a method for measuring relaxation is provided, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 101, sending indication information to a terminal;

wherein, the indication information is used for indicating: allowing the terminal to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state, or not allowing the terminal to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state; the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for the terminal to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state.

In one embodiment, a base station sends indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC unconnected state; the indication information indicates: the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is allowed to be used in RRC connected state. Determining to use a first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in an RRC connected state. It should be noted that the RRC non-connected state in the present disclosure is a state in which an RRC connection is not established, for example, the RRC non-connected state includes an RRC idle state and an RRC inactive state.

In one embodiment, a base station sends indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC unconnected state; the indication information indicates: the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is not allowed to be used in the RRC connected state. Determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.

In the above embodiment, the base station may send the indication information using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state by using a system message. Here, the system message contains an information field indicating: allowing the terminal to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state; alternatively, the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state. In one embodiment, the terminal is allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state in response to the information field indicating the first value. In one embodiment, the terminal is not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state in response to the information field indicating the second value. Here, the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter may be carried in a system message.

In one embodiment, in response to determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state, the base station may send a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state. Here, the notification message may be an RRC message or a system message. The terminal may perform measurement relaxation based on the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter after acquiring the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter. Here, it should be noted that the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter may be the same as the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter, and the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter may also be different from the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter. For example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameters are all parameters of a low mobility criterion. As another example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a low mobility criterion and the second measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a stationary criterion. Here, it should be noted that, when a condition of measurement relaxation determined based on a measurement relaxation criterion parameter is satisfied, the terminal may report feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the measurement relaxation.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is used in the RRC connected state and the terminal switches from the RRC non-connected state to the RRC connected state, the terminal validates the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. In this way, measurement relaxation may be performed based on the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter. It should be noted that, after the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is validated in the RRC connected state, the base station may further send a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter. In an embodiment, after acquiring the second measurement relaxation parameter, the terminal may perform measurement relaxation based on the first measurement relaxation parameter and the second measurement relaxation parameter, where it is to be noted that the first measurement relaxation parameter is different from the second measurement relaxation parameter. In another embodiment, after acquiring the second measurement relaxation parameter, the first measurement relaxation parameter is ignored and the measurement relaxation is performed using the second measurement relaxation parameter. Here, when a condition for measuring relaxation determined based on one or two measurement relaxation criterion parameters (one or two of the first measurement relaxation parameter and the second measurement relaxation parameter) is satisfied, the terminal reports feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the corresponding measurement relaxation.

In one embodiment, the second measured relaxation criteria parameter may comprise a plurality of sets. If x sets of parameters can be used for all terminals to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state, and y sets of parameters can only be used for predetermined terminals to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state, the base station may send the x sets of second measurement relaxation criterion parameters by using a system message, and send the y sets of second measurement relaxation criterion parameters by using an RRC message. For example, the second measurement relaxation criteria parameter includes a, b and c, the base station may send a and b to all terminals using a system message, the a and b being used when all terminals perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state. C may be sent to the first terminal and the second terminal using RRC messages, respectively, for use when the first terminal and the second terminal perform measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state.

As shown in fig. 11, the present embodiment provides a method for measuring relaxation, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 111, sending a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for the terminal to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state. In some possible implementations, the measurement relaxation in step 111 may be as described in step 21 and step 22, or may be other possible measurement relaxation manners, which are not described herein again.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is not used in the RRC connected state, the base station may send a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for performing measurement relaxation in the RRC connected state; here, the notification message may be an RRC message or a system message. The terminal may perform measurement relaxation based on the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter after acquiring the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter. Here, it should be noted that the second measured relaxation criterion parameter may be the same as the first measured relaxation criterion parameter, and the second measured relaxation criterion parameter may also be different from the first measured relaxation criterion parameter. For example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameters are all parameters of a low mobility criterion. As another example, the first measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a low mobility criterion and the second measured relaxation criteria parameter is a parameter of a stationary criterion. Here, it should be noted that, when a condition of measurement relaxation determined based on a measurement relaxation criterion parameter is satisfied, the terminal reports feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the measurement relaxation.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is used in the RRC connected state and the terminal switches from the RRC non-connected state to the RRC connected state, the terminal validates the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state. In this way, measurement relaxation may be performed based on the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter. It should be noted that, after the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is validated in the RRC connected state, the base station may further send a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter. In an embodiment, after acquiring the second measurement relaxation parameter, the terminal may perform measurement relaxation based on the first measurement relaxation parameter and the second measurement relaxation parameter, where it is to be noted that the first measurement relaxation parameter is different from the second measurement relaxation parameter. In another embodiment, after acquiring the second measured relaxation parameter, the first measured relaxation parameter is ignored and the second measured relaxation parameter is used to perform the measurement relaxation. Here, when a condition of measurement relaxation determined based on one or two measurement relaxation criterion parameters is satisfied, the terminal reports feedback information satisfying the condition; and the terminal executes the measurement relaxation only when receiving the information instruction issued by the network aiming at the feedback information, otherwise, the terminal does not execute the corresponding measurement relaxation.

It should be noted that, for the description of the first measured relaxation criterion parameter, reference may be made to other embodiments or related technologies, and details are not described herein.

As shown in fig. 12, in the present embodiment, a method for measuring relaxation is provided, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

and step 121, determining a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter according to the determined state of measurement relaxation in the RRC non-connected state.

For a better understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following further illustrates the technical solution of the present disclosure by an exemplary embodiment:

example 1:

1. the network explicitly informs or the protocol pre-agrees whether the RRC connected state user can use the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameters provided in the system message. Here, the RRM measurement relaxation criterion parameter is the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter.

In one embodiment, the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter provided in the system message is available for RRC non-connected users.

In one embodiment, a switch is provided in the system message to indicate whether the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter provided by the switch can be used for the user after entering the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter provided in the protocol agreement system message may be used for the user to continue after entering the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter provided in the protocol agreement system message may not be available for continued use by the user after entering the connected state.

In one embodiment, based on 1, if the RRC connected user may not use the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the system message: the RRM notified using dedicated signaling will measure the relaxation criteria parameter when the connected user enters the connected state.

In one embodiment, the measurement relaxation criteria with only R16 configured in RRC idle state is low mobility, while entering connected state requires reconfiguration of the measurement relaxation criteria with R17; at this time, the connected user can report that only one criterion (which may be a static criterion) is satisfied.

In one embodiment, based on 1, if the RRC connected user can use the RRM measurement relaxation criteria in the system message: the RRC connected user continues to validate the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter that it obtained from the system message using the RRC idle state when entering the RRC connected state.

In one embodiment, the RRC idle state configures only the measurement relaxation criteria for R16 as not being at the cell edge, and the RRC connected state reconfigures the measurement relaxation criteria for R17, if configured statically, the criteria obtained in the idle state not at the cell edge continues to be valid. At this time, the RRC connected user may report that one criterion (not at the cell edge or static) is satisfied, or report that two criteria (not at the cell edge or static) are satisfied.

In an embodiment, when the terminal enters the connected state from the RRC non-connected state, the terminal reports the RRM measurement state that the terminal has satisfied in the non-connected state (for example, measurement relaxation is already in progress), so that after the terminal enters the RRC connected state, the base station configures a reference for the terminal to relax measurement

In one embodiment, based on 1, if the RRC connected user can use the RRM measurement relaxation criterion for the RRC non-connected user provided in the system message: if the user in the RRC connection state enters the RRC connection state, acquiring the RRM measurement relaxation criterion parameter from the special signaling; covering off the RRM measurement relaxation criterion parameters obtained from the system messages;

in one embodiment, based on 1, if the RRC connected user can use the RRM measurement relaxation criteria for the RRC non-connected user provided in the system message: if the user in the RRC connection state enters the RRC connection state, acquiring an RRM measurement relaxation criterion parameter from a special signaling; the to RRM measurement relaxation criterion parameter acquired in the system message and the to RRM measurement relaxation criterion parameter acquired from the dedicated signaling will be used simultaneously;

in one embodiment, the base station may broadcast the common parameter configuration in a system message for RRC connected state usage, but the delta configuration, i.e. delta configuration, will be signaled in dedicated signaling; for example, the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameters include a, b, and c; and the base station may broadcast the common parameter configurations a and b in system messages for use by all RRC connected users. Therefore, for a certain user, the parameters a and b acquired in the system message are continuously used after the user enters a connected state, and the parameter c configured by the network for the user is acquired from a special signaling mode. In the present disclosure, the common parameter is configured as a configuration to measure the relaxation criterion parameter.

In one embodiment, the base station may broadcast the common parameter configuration in a system message for RRC non-connected state user usage, but the delta configuration, i.e. delta configuration, will be signaled in dedicated signaling; for example, the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameters include a, b, and c; and the common parameter configurations a and b broadcasted by the base station in the system message for the RRC non-connected state users can continue to be used by all RRC connected state users. Therefore, for a certain user, the parameters a and b acquired in the system message of the user are continuously used after the user enters a connected state, and the parameter c configured by the network for the user is acquired from a special signaling mode.

In one embodiment, the base station may broadcast the common parameter configuration in a system message for RRC connected state usage, i.e. for common usage by multiple users, but different configuration parts will be notified to the respective users in dedicated signaling; for example, the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameters include a, b, and c; the base station may broadcast common parameter configurations a and b in the system message for all RRC connected users to use, and use a dedicated signaling manner to configure the C1 parameters of user 1 and the C2 parameters of user 2, where C1 may be different from C2, that is, the values of the two users may be different.

In one embodiment, the base station may broadcast the common parameter configuration in the system message for RRC non-connected state user use, i.e. for multiple users to use in common, but the dedicated signaling will inform each user of different configuration parts; for example, the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameters include a, b, and c; and the common parameter configurations a and b broadcasted by the base station in the system message for the non-connected users can continue to be used by all RRC connected users, and use a dedicated signaling manner to configure the C1 parameters of user 1 and the C2 parameters of user 2, where C1 may be different from C2, and the values of the two users may be different. Therefore, for a certain user, the parameters a and b acquired in the system message of the user are continuously used after the user enters a connected state, and the parameter c configured by the network for the user is acquired from a special signaling mode.

In one embodiment, the base station may broadcast the common parameter configuration a and the parameter b in the system message for RRC non-connected state user usage and RRC connected state user usage, respectively, while the common parameter configuration a broadcast by the base station in the system message for non-connected state user usage may continue for all RRC connected state user usage. Therefore, for a certain user, the parameters a and b acquired in the system message of the user are continuously used after the user enters a connected state.

In one embodiment, based on 1, if the RRC connected user is released to enter the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state, the release obtains the RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter from the dedicated signaling, and obtains the provided RRM measurement relaxation criteria parameter for the non-connected state from the system message.

As shown in fig. 13, the present embodiment provides an apparatus for measuring relaxation, wherein the apparatus includes:

a determining module 131 configured to: determining indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC unconnected state; and determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state according to the indication information.

As shown in fig. 14, the present embodiment provides an apparatus for measuring relaxation, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an indication module 141, configured to: sending indication information;

the indication information is used for indicating that the terminal is allowed or not allowed to use the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter to execute measurement relaxation in an RRC connection state; the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for the terminal to perform measurement relaxation in the RRC non-connected state.

The disclosed embodiment provides a communication device, which includes:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

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

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

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

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

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

As shown in fig. 15, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

Referring to the terminal 800 shown in fig. 15, the present embodiment provides a terminal 800, which may be embodied as a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 15, terminal 800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As shown in fig. 16, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 may be provided as a network side device. Referring to fig. 16, base station 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, such as applications, that may be executed by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the base station.

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

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

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

Claims

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

determining indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC unconnected state;

and determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state according to the indication information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is carried in a system message.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the indication information sent by the base station;

wherein the indication information is used for indicating: the terminal is allowed to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state, or the terminal is not allowed to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the indication information to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in a radio resource control, RRC, connected state comprises:

determining the indication information according to the received system message;

or,

and determining the indication information according to a predetermined protocol rule.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in an RRC connected state according to the indication information comprises:

in response to the indication information indicating: allowing use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in an RRC connected state, determining use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state;

or,

in response to the indication information indicating: not allowing use of the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state, determining not to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state.
The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving a notification message which is sent by the base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for the terminal to execute measurement relaxation in an RRC (radio resource control) connection state.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the notification message is a system message and/or an RRC message sent to the terminal.
The method of claim 5, wherein in response to determining to use the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter in the RRC connected state, the method further comprises:

the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is validated in an RRC connected state in response to the terminal switching from an RRC non-connected state to an RRC connected state.
The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to receiving a notification message which is sent by a base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, performing measurement relaxation by using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter and the second relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC (radio resource control) connection state;

or,

in response to receiving a notification message which is sent by a base station and carries a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, performing measurement relaxation by using the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC (radio resource control) connected state; wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state.
The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

releasing the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter and/or obtaining the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter from the system message in response to the terminal switching from an RRC connected state to an RRC unconnected state.
The method according to claims 1 to 10, wherein the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter and/or the second measurement criteria parameter comprises one of: parameters of a low mobility criterion, parameters of a non-cell-edge criterion, and parameters of a stationary criterion.
A method of measuring relaxation, wherein the method is performed by a base station, the method comprising:

sending indication information to a terminal;

wherein the indication information is used for indicating: allowing the terminal to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state, or not allowing the terminal to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in the RRC connected state; the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for the terminal to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state.
The method of claim 12, wherein the first measurement relaxation criteria parameter is carried in a system message; and/or the indication information is carried in the system message.
The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending a notification message carrying a second measurement relaxation criterion parameter, wherein the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter is used for the terminal to execute measurement relaxation in an RRC (radio resource control) connection state.
The method according to claim 14, wherein the notification message is a system message and/or an RRC message sent to the terminal.
The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

determining the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter according to a state of measurement relaxation determined in an RRC unconnected state.
The method according to claims 12 to 16, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter and/or the second measurement relaxation criterion parameter comprises one of: parameters of a low mobility criterion, parameters of a non-cell-edge criterion, and parameters of a stationary criterion.
An apparatus for measuring relaxation, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a determination module to: determining indication information for using a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, wherein the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for performing measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state; and determining whether to perform measurement relaxation using the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter in an RRC connected state according to the indication information.
An apparatus for measuring relaxation, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an indication module to: sending indication information;

wherein the indication information is used for indicating that the terminal is allowed or not allowed to use a first measurement relaxation criterion parameter to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC connected state; the first measurement relaxation criterion parameter is a parameter for the terminal to perform measurement relaxation in an RRC non-connected state.
A communication device, comprising:

a memory;

a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to implement the method of any of claims 1-11 or 12-17 by executing computer-executable instructions stored on the memory.
A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, are capable of implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 11 or 12 to 17.