CN116097705A

CN116097705A - SCG configuration method, SCG configuration device, storage medium, user equipment and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN116097705A
Application number: CN202280003706.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨星
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-23
Filing date: 2022-09-23
Publication date: 2023-05-09
Also published as: WO2024060249A1

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method, a device, a storage medium, user equipment and network side equipment for SCG configuration, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from a network side device; and determining whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition. According to the method and the device, whether the target reconfiguration condition is evaluated is determined according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side device, so that the power consumption of the user device in the SCG configuration process can be reduced.

Description

SCG configuration method, SCG configuration device, storage medium, user equipment and network side equipment

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, a device, a storage medium, user equipment and network side equipment for SCG configuration.

Background

With the rapid development of mobile internet and internet of things, the mobile internet has raised higher and higher requirements on the transmission rate and transmission delay of a wireless communication system. To achieve higher transmission rates and lower transmission delays, the third generation partnership project (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project,3GPP) introduced a dual connectivity (DualConnectivity, DC) technique.

The dual connectivity technique means that a User Equipment (UE) can establish a connection at two cell groups simultaneously; the two cells are a primary cell group (Master Cell Group, MCG) and a secondary cell group (Secondary Cell Group, SCG), respectively. Wherein the MCG includes a Primary Cell (PCell) and a Secondary Cell (SCell); the SCG includes primary and secondary cells (Primary Secondary Cell, PSCell) and scells. A condition-based PSCell addition (Conditional PScell Additional, CPA) and a condition-based PSCell modification (Conditional PSCell Change) were introduced as technology developed. Therefore, how to configure SCGs is a technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, a storage medium, a user equipment and a network side device for SCG configuration.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an SCG configuration method, applied to a user equipment, the method including:

receiving a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from a network side device;

and determining whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an SCG configuration method, applied to a network side device, the method including:

And sending the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user equipment so as to instruct the user equipment to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an SCG configuration apparatus, for application to a user equipment, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from a network side device;

and a determining module configured to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an SCG configuration apparatus, the apparatus being applied to a network side device, the apparatus including:

and the sending module is configured to send the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user equipment so as to instruct the user equipment to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a user equipment comprising:

a first processor;

a first memory for storing first processor-executable instructions;

wherein the first processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the SCG configuration method provided by the first aspect of the disclosure.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network side device, including:

a second processor;

a second memory for storing second processor-executable instructions;

wherein the second processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the SCG configuration method provided by the second aspect of the disclosure.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the SCG configuration method provided in the first or second aspect of the present disclosure.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects: by determining whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side device, the power consumption of the user equipment in the SCG configuration process can be reduced.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is an application scenario to which an SCG configuration method is applicable, shown according to some embodiments.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to some embodiments.

Fig. 3 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to some embodiments.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to further embodiments.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments.

Fig. 6 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to yet other embodiments.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments.

Fig. 8 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to further embodiments.

Fig. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments.

Fig. 10 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments.

Fig. 11 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments.

Fig. 12 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments.

Fig. 13 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to still other embodiments.

Fig. 14 is a flow chart illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to some embodiments.

Fig. 15 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to further embodiments.

Fig. 16 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments.

Fig. 17 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments.

Fig. 18 is a block diagram of an SCG configuration apparatus, shown in accordance with some embodiments.

Fig. 19 is a block diagram of an SCG configuration apparatus, shown in accordance with some embodiments.

Fig. 20 is a block diagram of a user device, shown in accordance with some embodiments.

Fig. 21 is a block diagram of a network side device, according to some embodiments.

Detailed Description

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

To facilitate understanding of embodiments of the present application, some of the terms of embodiments of the present application are explained below to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.

1) User equipment

User equipment, including devices that provide voice and/or data connectivity to a user, specifically, devices that provide voice to a user, or devices that provide data connectivity to a user, or devices that provide voice and data connectivity to a user. For example, may include a handheld device having wireless connectivity, or a processing device connected to a wireless modem. As one approach, the user equipment may include User Equipment (UE), wireless user equipment, mobile user equipment, or user equipment (user device), or the like.

2) Network side equipment

The network side device is also called a radio access network device, and is a device for accessing the user equipment to the wireless network, and may include an access network device, a core network device, a device of a service provider (such as a server), and the like. For example, network-side devices include, but are not limited to: transmission point (transmission reception point, TRP), base station (e.g., gNB), radio network controller (radionetwork controller, RNC), node B (Node B, NB), base station controller (base station controller, BSC), BTS (base transceiver station), heNB (home evolved NodeB), or HNB (home NodeB), baseband unit (BBU), etc.

3) Dual connection architecture

In a network architecture, a user equipment in a connected state can simultaneously keep connection and communication with at least two different access network devices, and radio resources of the two different access network devices can be utilized, wherein one of the two different access network devices is a Master Node, a Main Node or a primary Node, an MN or a PN, the other is a Secondary Node, an SN, and the MN and the SN are connected with the same core network device. The MN can provide the user equipment with a signaling control function of the access network compared to the SN. The Cell Group at the MN side is a Main Cell Group (Master Cell Group, main Cell Group, or Primary Cell Group, MCG or PCG), and the MCG comprises a Main Cell (PCell) and M auxiliary cells (SCell), wherein M is more than or equal to 0. The Cell group at the SN side is a Secondary Cell group (Secondary Cell Group, SCG) which comprises a primary Secondary Cell (PScell) and N Secondary cells (SCell), wherein N is more than or equal to 0.

Wherein, the PCell is a cell which is initially accessed by the user equipment at the MN side, the PCell and the SCell in the MCG work on different carriers and are combined together through a carrier aggregation (Carrier aggregation, CA) technology. Similarly, PSCell is a cell to which user equipment is initially accessed on the SN side, and PSCell and SCell in SCG operate on different carriers and are combined together by CA technology.

When cell switching is performed at present, the network side equipment configures the user equipment to perform measurement, and sends a switching request to the target cell according to a measurement result reported by the user equipment, and after the target cell is confirmed to be completed, the network side equipment can send a switching command to the user equipment, wherein the command can carry configuration information of the target cell; the user equipment performing the handover may be achieved by a synchronized reconfiguration (Reconfiguration with sync). In addition, after receiving the handover command, the ue may synchronize with the target cell and send a random access procedure to access the target cell.

In order to improve the robustness of cell handover, 5G proposes a conditional based handover (conditional handover, CHO), i.e. the network side device may configure a CHO handover command for the user equipment in advance, which CHO handover command may comprise a handover target cell configuration and handover triggering conditions. The handover target cell configuration includes a reconfiguration message provided for the target cell, which may be an RRC reconfiguration message (rrcrecon configuration). The user equipment may store the CHO handover command it receives. On this basis, the ue may perform RRM (Radio Resource Management ) measurements to determine whether it satisfies the handover condition. When it is determined that the handover trigger condition is satisfied, the user equipment may perform a cell handover operation by itself, which may be achieved by performing a synchronized reconfiguration. Thus, the radio link failure caused by too late a timing of sending a switching command by the base station can be avoided.

The existing switching conditions may include an A3 event and an A5 event, where the A3 event is that the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than the channel quality of the serving cell, and the difference between the two is greater than a certain value, and the serving cell may be the cell where the user equipment currently resides; the event A5 is that the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than a first threshold, and the channel quality of the serving cell is lower than a second threshold, where the first threshold may be greater than the second threshold. In addition, the handover condition may further include a distance between the ue and a reference point, and time, etc., where the reference point may be an absolute geographic location configured by the base station.

In some embodiments, the network side device may configure one or more handover conditions for a certain target cell, and when a plurality of handover conditions are configured, the plurality of handover conditions may trigger handover to the target cell when all the plurality of handover conditions are satisfied.

As is known from the above description, in a dual connection, a user equipment may remain connected with two cell groups, which may be a primary cell group (MCG) and a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), respectively. Wherein, a master cell (PCell) can exist in the master cell group as the master cell of the master cell group to provide connection management and access control for the master cell group; there is one primary and secondary cell (PSCell) of the SCG group in the secondary cell group as the primary cell of the secondary cell group to provide connection management and access control for the secondary cell group.

A condition-based PSCell addition (Conditional PScell Additional, CPA) and condition-based PSCell change (Conditional PSCell Change, CPC) procedure similar to CHO is currently introduced, and when the conditions are met, the user equipment can make PSCell addition or PSCell change itself. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, a condition-based PSCell change may be referred to as a CPC change or CPC, which may be included in an SCG change. The user equipment may store the CHO/CPA/CPC command and the condition received by the user equipment locally, evaluate the stored condition, and when determining that the CHO/CPA/CPC satisfies the condition, the user equipment may execute the command corresponding to the CHO/CPA/CPC. In addition, the user device may delete its stored CHO/CPA/CPC commands and conditions after successful command execution. In one possible implementation, the network side device does not configure CPA and CPC commands for the user device at the same time. In the disclosed embodiments, CHO/CPA/CPC conditions, also referred to as reconfiguration conditions, or handover conditions, or conditions. CHO/CPA/CPC means at least one of CHO, CPA, CPC.

To quickly switch between different pscells, the UE may continue to reserve stored CPA/CPC commands and conditions after successfully performing PSCell addition or PSCell change, and the UE may maintain only one MCG/Pcell and one SCG/PSCell.

After the user equipment executes the PSCell adding or PSCell changing operation, the user equipment continues to reserve the stored CPA/CPC command, so that the situation that the user equipment has configured the SCG may occur, and at this time, the user equipment also evaluates the stored CPA condition to determine whether the current state meets the CPA condition; however, even if the CPA condition is satisfied, the user equipment cannot perform PSCell addition. In addition, the user equipment evaluates the condition of the stored CPC even if the user equipment does not configure the SCG, and at this time, the user equipment cannot make a PSCell change (also referred to as SCG change) even if the CPC satisfies the condition. This can lead to the user device wasting power during the evaluation process and the user device behaviour can be erroneous when the condition is met.

In order to solve the above problems, the embodiment of the present application provides a method, an apparatus, a storage medium, a user equipment and a network side device for SCG configuration, so as to reduce the electric quantity in the condition evaluation process.

An application environment of the SCG configuration method provided in this embodiment is described below, as shown in fig. 1, the application environment may include a user equipment 01 and a network side device 02, where the user equipment 01 and the network side device 02 may be connected in a wired or wireless manner.

The ue 01 may be a Mobile Station (MS) or a Mobile Terminal (MT), among others. Specifically, the user device 01 may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer or a computer with a wireless transceiver function, and may also be a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in unmanned driving, a wireless terminal in telemedicine, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in smart city (smart home), a vehicle-mounted terminal, and the like.

The network side device 02 may include an access network device, a core network device, a device of a service provider (such as a server), and the like, without limitation. The network side device 02 is mainly used for realizing the functions of resource scheduling, radio resource management, radio access control and the like of the user equipment 01. Specifically, the network-side device 02 may be any one of a small-sized base station, a wireless access point, a transceiver point (transmission receive point, TRP), a transmission point (transmission point, TP), and some other access node.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to some embodiments. As shown in fig. 2, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S110, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, in all embodiments of the present disclosure, the user equipment is explicitly defined to receive the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition from the network side device; in one implementation, the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition may be that the network side device sends the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user equipment through the same signaling, or that the network side device sends the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user equipment through different signaling.

In one implementation, the network side device may directly configure the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device through the same or different signaling. In another implementation, the network side device may also send the parameters for determining the target evaluation condition to the user equipment or send the parameters for determining the target reconfiguration condition to the user equipment through the same or different signaling. For example, embodiments of the present application may determine one or more candidate target evaluation conditions via a communication protocol or pre-configuration, and signal an identification or index of one of the target evaluation conditions. For another example, embodiments of the present application may determine one or more candidate target reconfiguration conditions via a communication protocol or pre-configuration, and indicate, via signaling, an identification or index of one of the target reconfiguration conditions.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in all embodiments of the present disclosure, the target evaluation condition or target reconfiguration condition may be determined by a communication protocol or a pre-configuration. For example, the user equipment may determine the target evaluation condition through a communication protocol or a pre-configuration, and determine the target reconfiguration condition through signaling sent by the network side device. For another example, the ue may determine the target evaluation condition through signaling sent by the network side device, and determine the target reconfiguration condition through a communication protocol or a pre-configuration. For another example, the user device may determine the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition through a communication protocol or a pre-configuration.

In all embodiments of the present application, the target evaluation condition is used to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition, which may be related to the SCG. In particular, the target evaluation condition may include that the user equipment performed an operation related to the SCG, did not perform an operation related to the SCG, or other evaluation condition. Wherein performing an operation related to the SCG may be configuring the SCG, establishing the SCG, presence of the PSCell, and presence of the already activated SCG; the non-performing of the operation related to the SCG may be at least one of non-configuring the SCG, non-establishing the SCG, absence of PSCell, and absence of already activated SCG; other evaluation conditions may be that the PSCell or PCell of the user equipment coincides with the specified cell identity.

Here, the target reconfiguration condition may be related to a secondary cell group, which may be at least one of the above-described handover conditions. In particular, the target reconfiguration condition may be related to a CPC change or SCG change, which may also be related to a CPA or SCG addition. As a specific embodiment, the target reconfiguration condition may include at least one of: the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than that of the serving cell, and the channel quality is higher than a specified value, wherein the serving cell can be a cell where the user equipment currently resides; the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than a first threshold, and the channel quality of the serving cell is lower than a second threshold, which may be higher than the first threshold; the distance between the user equipment and the appointed reference point exceeds the preset distance, wherein the appointed reference point can be an absolute physical address sent by the network side equipment, namely the appointed reference point can be a GPS point; the current time is within a specified time period.

As an alternative, the user equipment may store the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition after receiving them. In addition, when the target reconfiguration condition includes different types of reconfiguration conditions, the user equipment may store the different types of reconfiguration conditions in different local variables, wherein the different types of reconfiguration conditions may include reconfiguration conditions related to CPC or SCG changes and reconfiguration conditions related to CPA or SCG additions.

Optionally, when different types of reconfiguration conditions are stored, the embodiment of the application may also add an additional flag to the different types of reconfiguration conditions, so as to distinguish which type of reconfiguration conditions it is about to store by using the flag (indication), where the different types of reconfiguration conditions may be stored in the same local variable.

As an alternative, after receiving the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition, i.e. proceed to step S120.

In step S120, the user equipment determines whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

In some embodiments, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition it receives from the network side device. If the evaluation of the target reconfiguration condition is determined according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side device, the present application may perform the operation of evaluating the target reconfiguration condition.

In addition, if it is determined that the target reconfiguration condition is not evaluated according to the target evaluation condition received by the network side device, the embodiment of the application may not perform the operation of evaluating the target reconfiguration condition, so that unnecessary power consumption caused by condition evaluation may be avoided.

According to the embodiment of the application, the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition or not according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment in the SCG configuration process can be reduced.

Fig. 3 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to some embodiments. As shown in fig. 3, the user equipment may receive the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition sent by the network side equipment. On this basis, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to further embodiments. As shown in fig. 4, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S210, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target reconfiguration condition may include a first reconfiguration condition and a second reconfiguration condition. Wherein the first reconfiguration condition may be associated with a CPC or SCG change and the second reconfiguration condition may be associated with a CPA or SCG addition.

As an alternative, the user equipment may store the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition after receiving them. In addition, as known from the above description, the target reconfiguration condition may include a first reconfiguration condition and a second reconfiguration condition, which the user equipment may store in different local variables.

Optionally, when the first reconfiguration condition and the second reconfiguration condition are stored, the embodiment of the application may also add an additional flag to the first reconfiguration condition and the second reconfiguration condition, so as to distinguish whether the reconfiguration condition to be stored is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition through the flag (indication). At this time, the first reconfiguration condition and the second reconfiguration condition may be stored in the same local variable.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition may include at least one of: the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than that of the serving cell, and the channel quality is higher than a specified value, wherein the serving cell can be a cell where the user equipment currently resides; the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than a first threshold, and the channel quality of the serving cell is lower than a second threshold, which may be higher than the first threshold; the distance between the user equipment and the appointed reference point exceeds the preset distance, wherein the appointed reference point can be an absolute physical address sent by the network side equipment, namely the appointed reference point can be a GPS point; the current time is within a specified time period.

In step S220, the user equipment acquires a configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition.

As an alternative, after receiving the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may acquire a configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, and then determine whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition based on the target reconfiguration condition, that is, step S230 is performed.

In step S230, the user equipment determines whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition according to the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition.

In this embodiment of the present application, the configuration corresponding to the first reconfiguration condition may include a CPC or SCG changing reconfiguration condition, and the configuration corresponding to the second reconfiguration condition may include a CPA or SCG adding reconfiguration condition.

As a specific embodiment, when detecting that the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition includes the CPC or SCG modified reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may determine the target reconfiguration condition as the first reconfiguration condition, where it may take the first reconfiguration condition as the target reconfiguration condition.

As another specific embodiment, when detecting that the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition includes the CPA or SCG added reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may determine the target reconfiguration condition as the second reconfiguration condition, and may use the second reconfiguration condition as the target reconfiguration condition.

In step S240, the user equipment determines whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

As an alternative, after the user equipment acquires the target reconfiguration condition, it may determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition. Specifically, when the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the first reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition, that is, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the CPC or SCG modification according to the target evaluation condition.

Alternatively, when the target reconfiguration condition is the second reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the second reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition, i.e. the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the CPA or SCG addition according to the target evaluation condition.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, wherein the target reconfiguration condition can comprise a first reconfiguration condition and a second reconfiguration condition, the first reconfiguration condition is related to CPC or SCG change, and the second reconfiguration condition is related to CPA or SCG addition. Therefore, the power consumption of the user equipment in the condition evaluation process can be reduced, and errors in the behavior of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments. As shown in fig. 5, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S310, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

In step S310, please refer to the description of step S210 in the above embodiment, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In step S320, the user equipment receives first network indication information from the network side equipment.

As an alternative, the user equipment may receive first network indication information from the network side device, where the first network indication information is used to indicate whether the configuration of the target reconfiguration condition stored by the user equipment is related to the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition.

In addition, the first network indication information may be received by the user equipment together with the target reconfiguration condition, i.e. the first network indication information may be carried in the target reconfiguration condition. Alternatively, the first network indication information may be received by the user after receiving the target reconfiguration condition, i.e. the first network indication information may be separately sent to the user equipment. The first network indicates in which way the information is specifically sent to the user equipment when it is not explicitly selectable here according to the actual situation.

In step S330, the ue determines a configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition according to the first network indication information.

As an optional manner, after receiving the first network indication information, the ue may determine, according to the first network indication information, a configuration corresponding to the target configuration condition, and on this basis, determine, according to the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition, that is, step S340 is performed.

As a specific embodiment, the first network indication information may be used to indicate that the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition is a first configuration, where the first configuration may include a CPC or SCG modified reconfiguration condition.

As another specific embodiment, the first network indication information may be used to indicate that the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition is a second configuration, where the second configuration may include a CPA or SCG adding reconfiguration condition.

In step S340, the user equipment determines whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition according to the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition.

As known from the above description, the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition may include a first configuration and a second configuration, where the first configuration may include a CPC or SCG change reconfiguration condition, and the second configuration may include a CPA or SCG add reconfiguration condition.

As an alternative, when the user equipment determines that the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition is the first configuration, it may determine that the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition. Alternatively, when the user equipment determines that the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition is the second configuration, it may determine that the target reconfiguration condition is the second reconfiguration condition.

In step S350, the user equipment determines whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

The above embodiment of step S350 has been described in detail, and will not be described in detail here.

Fig. 6 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to still other embodiments. As shown in fig. 6, the user equipment may receive the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition sent by the network side equipment. In addition, the user equipment may also receive first network indication information sent by the network side device, so as to determine, according to the first network indication information, a configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, and determine, according to the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, whether the target reconfiguration condition is a first reconfiguration condition or a second reconfiguration condition. On this basis, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, wherein the target reconfiguration condition can comprise a first reconfiguration condition and a second reconfiguration condition, the first reconfiguration condition is related to CPC or SCG change, and the second reconfiguration condition is related to CPA or SCG addition. Therefore, the power consumption of the user equipment in the condition evaluation process can be reduced, and errors in the behavior of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided. In addition, the embodiment of the application can determine the configuration corresponding to the target condition according to the first network indication information sent by the network side equipment, can simply and effectively realize the configuration of the SCG, and can avoid the behavior of the user equipment from being wrong when the evaluation condition is met.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments. As shown in fig. 7, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S410, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

In step S410, please refer to the description of step S210 in the above embodiment, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In step S420, the user equipment receives second network indication information from the network side equipment.

As an alternative, the user equipment may receive second network indication information from the network side device, where the second network indication information is used to indicate whether the target reconfiguration condition stored by the user equipment is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition.

In this embodiment of the present application, the second network indication information and the target reconfiguration condition may be received together by the user equipment, that is, the second network indication information may be carried in the target reconfiguration condition. Alternatively, the second network indication information may be received by the user after receiving the target reconfiguration condition, i.e. the second network indication information may be separately sent to the user equipment. The second network indicates in which way the information is specifically sent to the user equipment when it is not explicitly selectable here according to the actual situation.

In step S430, the user equipment determines whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition according to the second network indication information.

As an optional manner, after receiving the second network indication information sent by the network side device, the user equipment may determine, according to the second network indication information, whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition.

As a specific embodiment, when the second network indication information indicates that the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the first reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition. Alternatively, when the second network indication information indicates that the target reconfiguration condition is the second reconfiguration condition, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the second reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

In step S440, the user equipment determines whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

The above embodiment of step S440 has been described in detail, and will not be described here again.

Fig. 8 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to further embodiments. As shown in fig. 8, the user equipment may receive the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition sent by the network side equipment. In addition, the user equipment may also receive second network indication information sent by the network side device, so as to determine whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition according to the second network indication information. On this basis, the user equipment may determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, wherein the target reconfiguration condition can comprise a first reconfiguration condition and a second reconfiguration condition, the first reconfiguration condition is related to CPC or SCG change, and the second reconfiguration condition is related to CPA or SCG addition. Therefore, the power consumption of the user equipment in the condition evaluation process can be reduced, and errors in the behavior of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided. In addition, the embodiment of the application can determine the target reconfiguration condition according to the second network indication information sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment can be further reduced, and the user equipment can be prevented from generating errors when the evaluation condition is met.

Fig. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments. As shown in fig. 9, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S510, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

In step S510, please refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the description is omitted here.

In step S520, the user equipment evaluates the first reconfiguration condition if the first evaluation condition is satisfied, the first evaluation condition being that the user equipment performs an operation related to SCG.

As an alternative, the user equipment may evaluate the first reconfiguration condition if the first evaluation condition is met. Wherein the first evaluation condition may be that the user equipment performs an operation related to SCG. Specifically, the first evaluation condition may be at least one of the user equipment configuring the SCG, the user equipment establishing the SCG, the user equipment having a PSCell present therein, and the user equipment having an activated SCG present therein.

As one example, when it is determined that the user equipment has configured the SCG, embodiments of the present application may evaluate the first reconfiguration condition.

As another example, embodiments of the present application may evaluate the first reconfiguration condition when it is determined that the user equipment has established an SCG.

As another example, when determining that a PSCell is present in a user equipment, embodiments of the present application may evaluate a first reconfiguration condition.

As another example, embodiments of the present application may evaluate the first reconfiguration condition when it is determined that there is an already activated SCG in the user equipment.

In addition, if it is determined that the user equipment does not meet the first evaluation condition, the embodiment of the application may not evaluate the first reconfiguration condition.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition or not according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment in the SCG configuration process can be reduced. In addition, under the condition that the user equipment meets the first evaluation condition, the first reconfiguration condition is evaluated, unnecessary CPA or SCG evaluation can be avoided, so that the power consumption of the user equipment can be further reduced, and errors in the behavior of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided.

Fig. 10 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments. As shown in fig. 10, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S610, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

In step S610, please refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the description is omitted here.

In step S620, the user equipment evaluates the second reconfiguration condition if the second evaluation condition is satisfied, the second evaluation condition being that the user equipment does not perform an operation related to SCG.

As an alternative, the user equipment may evaluate the second reconfiguration condition if the second evaluation condition is met. Wherein the second evaluation condition may be that the user equipment does not perform an operation related to SCG. In particular, the second evaluation condition may be at least one of a user equipment not configured SCG, a user equipment not establishing an SCG, a user equipment in which no PSCell is present and a user equipment in which no SCG is already activated.

As one example, when it is determined that the user equipment is not configured with the SCG, embodiments of the present application may evaluate the second reconfiguration condition.

As another example, when it is determined that the user equipment does not establish the SCG, the embodiments of the present application may evaluate the second reconfiguration condition.

As another example, when it is determined that the user equipment does not have a PSCell, embodiments of the present application may evaluate the second reconfiguration condition.

As another example, embodiments of the present application may evaluate the second reconfiguration condition when it is determined that there is no SCG in the user equipment that has been activated.

In addition, if it is determined that the user equipment does not meet the second evaluation condition, the embodiment of the application may not evaluate the second reconfiguration condition.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition or not according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment in the SCG configuration process can be reduced. In addition, under the condition that the user equipment meets the second evaluation condition, the second reconfiguration condition is evaluated, so that unnecessary CPC or SCG evaluation can be avoided, the power consumption of the user equipment can be further reduced, and errors of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided.

Fig. 11 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments. As shown in fig. 11, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S710, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

In step S710, please refer to the description of the above embodiment, and a detailed description is omitted here.

In step S720, the ue evaluates a third reconfiguration condition if the third evaluation condition is satisfied, where the third evaluation condition is that the PSCell or PCell of the ue is consistent with the specified cell identifier, and the third reconfiguration condition corresponds to the third evaluation condition.

As an alternative, the user equipment may evaluate the third reconfiguration condition if the third evaluation condition is met. The third evaluation condition may be that the PSCell or PCell of the user equipment is consistent with a specified cell identifier, where the specified cell identifier may be sent by the network side device. In addition, the third reconfiguration condition may correspond to a third evaluation condition.

As an alternative, the user equipment may receive a plurality of third evaluation conditions from the network-side device, each of the third evaluation conditions being different. In addition, each third evaluation condition may correspond to one or more third reconfiguration conditions, and if the third evaluation condition is satisfied, the embodiment of the present application may evaluate the third reconfiguration condition corresponding to the third evaluation condition.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first reconfiguration condition, the second reconfiguration condition, and the third reconfiguration condition may include at least one of the following: the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than that of the serving cell, and the channel quality is higher than a specified value, wherein the serving cell can be a cell where the user equipment currently resides; the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than a first threshold, and the channel quality of the serving cell is lower than a second threshold, which may be higher than the first threshold; the distance between the user equipment and the appointed reference point exceeds the preset distance, wherein the appointed reference point can be an absolute physical address sent by the network side equipment, namely the appointed reference point can be a GPS point; the current time is within a specified time period.

In addition, if it is determined that the user equipment does not meet the third evaluation condition, the embodiment of the present application may not evaluate the third reconfiguration condition.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition or not according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment in the SCG configuration process can be reduced. In addition, under the condition that the user equipment meets the third evaluation condition, the third reconfiguration condition is evaluated, so that the power consumption of the user equipment can be further reduced, the configuration of the SCG can be accurately and effectively realized, and errors of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided.

Fig. 12 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments. As shown in fig. 12, the SCG configuration method may be used in the user equipment in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step S810, the user equipment receives a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side equipment.

In step S810, please refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the description is omitted here.

In step S820, the ue receives the correspondence between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition sent by the network side device.

In this embodiment of the present application, the user equipment may receive a correspondence between a third evaluation condition and a third configuration condition sent by the network side device, where the network side device may be a base station, that is, the user equipment may receive a correspondence between the third evaluation condition and the third configuration condition sent by the base station. In addition, the corresponding relation between the third evaluation condition and the third configuration condition can be stored in a relation lookup table, and the user equipment can quickly acquire the third configuration condition corresponding to the relation lookup table.

On the basis, after determining the third evaluation condition, the user equipment can acquire the third reconfiguration condition corresponding to the third evaluation condition through the corresponding relation between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition.

In step S830, the ue evaluates a third reconfiguration condition if the third evaluation condition is satisfied, where the third evaluation condition is that the PSCell or PCell of the ue is consistent with the specified cell identifier, and the third reconfiguration condition corresponds to the third evaluation condition.

In this embodiment of the present application, the third evaluation condition may be that PSCell or PCell of the user equipment is consistent with the designated cell identifier, and the third reconfiguration condition corresponds to the third evaluation condition.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition or not according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment in the SCG configuration process can be reduced. In addition, under the condition that the user equipment meets the third evaluation condition, the third reconfiguration condition is evaluated, and the third reconfiguration condition can be obtained through the corresponding relation sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment can be further reduced, and the configuration of the SCG can be simply and flexibly realized.

Fig. 13 is a communication timing diagram illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to still other embodiments. As shown in fig. 13, the user equipment may receive the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition sent by the network side equipment. In addition, the user equipment may also receive a correspondence between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition sent by the network side device, so as to obtain the third reconfiguration condition corresponding to the third evaluation condition through the correspondence. And the user equipment can evaluate a third reconfiguration condition under the condition that the third evaluation condition is met, wherein the third evaluation condition can be that the PScell or the PCell of the user equipment is consistent with the specified cell identifier, and the third reconfiguration condition corresponds to the third evaluation condition.

Fig. 14 is a flow chart illustrating a SCG configuration method, according to some embodiments. As shown in fig. 14, the SCG configuration method may be used in the network side device in fig. 1, and includes the following steps.

In step S910, the network side device sends the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

The description of the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition may refer to the above embodiments, and will not be described here.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may send the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition. Thus, the electric quantity wasted by the user equipment in the condition evaluation process can be reduced.

Fig. 15 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to further embodiments. As shown in fig. 15, the SCG configuration method may be used in the network side device in fig. 1, and includes the following steps.

In step S1010, the network side device sends the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

In step S1020, the network side device sends first network indication information to the user equipment to indicate the user equipment to determine a configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition.

The description of the first network indication information may refer to the above embodiment, and will not be described herein.

In the embodiment of the application, the network side device may send the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition, so as to reduce the electric quantity wasted by the user device in the condition evaluation process. In addition, the network side device can also send the first network indication information to the user equipment, so that the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition can be quickly and effectively obtained, and the configuration of the SCG can be further quickened.

Fig. 16 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to yet other embodiments. As shown in fig. 16, the SCG configuration method may be used in the network side device in fig. 1, and includes the following steps.

In step S1110, the network side device sends the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

In step S1120, the network-side device sends second network indication information to the user equipment to instruct the user equipment to determine whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition.

The description of the second network indication information may refer to the above embodiment, and will not be described herein.

In the embodiment of the application, the network side device may send the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition, so as to reduce the electric quantity wasted by the user device in the condition evaluation process. In addition, the network side device may also send the second network indication information to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can quickly and effectively determine whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition, and further, the configuration of the SCG can be quickened.

Fig. 17 is a flow chart illustrating a method of SCG configuration, according to still other embodiments. As shown in fig. 17, the SCG configuration method may be used in the network side device in fig. 1, and includes the following steps.

In step S1210, the network side device transmits the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

In step S1220, the network side device sends the corresponding relationship between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition to the user equipment.

For the third evaluation condition, the third reconfiguration condition and the correspondence relation between the third reconfiguration condition and the third reconfiguration condition, reference may be made to the above-mentioned embodiments, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the embodiment of the application, the network side device may send the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition, so as to reduce the electric quantity wasted by the user device in the condition evaluation process. In addition, the network side device may also send the corresponding relation between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition to the user device, so that the user device can more flexibly perform SCG configuration.

Fig. 18 is a block diagram illustrating an SCG configuration apparatus 1300, according to some embodiments. Referring to fig. 18, the SCG configuration apparatus 1300 is applied to a user equipment, and the SCG configuration apparatus 1300 may include a receiving module 1310 and a determining module 1320.

The receiving module 1310 is configured to receive a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition from the network-side device;

the determination module 1320 is configured to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition based on the target evaluation condition.

In some embodiments, the target reconfiguration condition includes a first reconfiguration condition associated with a CPC or SCG change and a second reconfiguration condition associated with a CPA or SCG addition.

In some embodiments, the SCG configuration apparatus 1300 may further include:

the configuration acquisition module is configured to acquire the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition;

a first determining module configured to determine, according to a configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition, where the configuration corresponding to the first reconfiguration condition includes a CPC or SCG change reconfiguration condition, and the configuration corresponding to the second reconfiguration condition includes a CPA or SCG add reconfiguration condition.

In some embodiments, the configuration acquisition module may include:

a first indication receiving sub-module configured to receive first network indication information from the network side device;

and the configuration determining submodule is configured to determine the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition according to the first network indication information.

In some embodiments, the SCG configuration apparatus 1300 may further include:

The second indication receiving module is configured to receive second network indication information from the network side equipment;

and a second determining module configured to determine whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition according to the second network indication information.

In some embodiments, the first reconfiguration condition and the second reconfiguration condition are stored in different local variables.

In some implementations, the determining module 1320 may include:

and a first evaluation sub-module configured to evaluate the first reconfiguration condition if a first evaluation condition is satisfied, the first evaluation condition performing an operation related to SCG for the user equipment.

In some embodiments, the performing an operation related to the SCG includes at least one of configuring the SCG, establishing the SCG, presence of a PSCell, and presence of an already activated SCG.

In some implementations, the determining module 1320 may further include:

and a second evaluation sub-module configured to evaluate the second reconfiguration condition if a second evaluation condition is satisfied, the second evaluation condition being that the user equipment does not perform an operation related to SCG.

In some embodiments, the not performing an operation related to SCG includes at least one of not configuring an SCG, not establishing an SCG, not having a PSCell, and not having an SCG that has been activated.

In some implementations, the determining module 1320 may further include:

and the third evaluation sub-module is configured to evaluate a third reconfiguration condition when a third evaluation condition is met, wherein the third evaluation condition is that the PSCell or PCell of the user equipment is consistent with a specified cell identifier, and the third reconfiguration condition corresponds to the third evaluation condition.

In some embodiments, the SCG configuration apparatus 1300 may further include:

and the relation receiving module is configured to receive the corresponding relation between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition, which are sent by the network side equipment.

In some embodiments, the first reconfiguration condition, the second reconfiguration condition, and the third reconfiguration condition include at least one of:

the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than that of a serving cell, and the channel quality is higher than a specified value, wherein the serving cell is the cell where the user equipment resides;

the channel quality of the neighbor cell is higher than a first threshold, and the channel quality of the serving cell is lower than a second threshold;

The distance between the user equipment and the appointed reference point exceeds a preset distance;

the current time is within a specified time period.

The embodiment of the application provides that the user equipment can determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition sent by the network side equipment, so that the power consumption of the user equipment in the SCG configuration process can be reduced, and errors of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided.

Fig. 19 is a block diagram illustrating an SCG configuration apparatus 1400, in accordance with some embodiments. Referring to fig. 19, the SCG configuration apparatus 1400 is applied to a network-side device, and the SCG configuration apparatus 1400 may include a transmission module 1410.

The sending module 1410 is configured to send a target evaluation condition and a target reconfiguration condition to a user equipment, so as to instruct the user equipment to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

In some embodiments, the SCG configuration apparatus 900 may further include:

a first indication information sending module configured to send first network indication information to the user equipment, so as to instruct the user equipment to determine a configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, where the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition includes at least one of a CPC or SCG change reconfiguration condition and a CPA or SCG add reconfiguration condition.

In some embodiments, the SCG configuration apparatus 900 may further include:

and a second indication information sending module configured to send second network indication information to the user equipment so as to instruct the user equipment to determine whether the target reconfiguration condition is a first reconfiguration condition or a second reconfiguration condition.

In some embodiments, the target evaluation condition comprises a first evaluation condition characterizing that the user equipment performed an operation related to SCG, the target reconfiguration condition comprises a first reconfiguration condition to alter CPC or SCG; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

the target evaluation condition comprises a second evaluation condition characterizing that the user equipment is not performing an operation related to SCG, the target reconfiguration condition comprises a second reconfiguration condition to add CPA or SCG; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

the target evaluation condition comprises a third evaluation condition that the PSCell or PCell of the user equipment is consistent with a specified cell identity, and the target reconfiguration condition comprises a third reconfiguration condition.

In some embodiments, the SCG configuration apparatus 1400 may further include:

and the relation sending module is configured to send the corresponding relation between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition to the user equipment.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may send the target evaluation condition and the target reconfiguration condition to the user device, so as to instruct the user device to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition. Therefore, not only can the electric quantity wasted by the user equipment in the condition evaluation process be reduced, but also errors of the user equipment when the evaluation condition is met can be avoided.

The specific manner in which the various modules perform the operations in the apparatus of the above embodiments have been described in detail in connection with the embodiments of the method, and will not be described in detail herein.

The present disclosure also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the SCG configuration method provided by the present disclosure.

Fig. 20 is a block diagram of a user device, shown in accordance with some embodiments. For example, user device 1500 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, exercise device, personal digital assistant, smart car, or the like.

Referring to fig. 20, user device 1500 can include one or more of the following components: a first processing component 1502, a first memory 1504, a first power component 1506, a multimedia component 1508, an audio component 1510, a first input/output interface 1512, a sensor component 1514, and a communications component 1516.

The first processing component 1502 generally controls overall operation of the user device 1500, such as operations associated with display, telephone call, data communication, camera operation, and recording operation. The first processing component 1502 may include one or more first processors 1520 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the SCG configuration methods described above. Further, the first processing component 1502 may include one or more modules that facilitate interactions between the first processing component 1502 and other components. For example, the first processing component 1502 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1508 and the first processing component 1502.

The first memory 1504 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the user device 1500. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the user device 1500, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, video, and the like. The first memory 1504 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or nonvolatile 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 disk.

The first power supply component 1506 provides power to the various components of the user device 1500. The first power supply component 1506 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the user device 1500.

The multimedia component 1508 comprises a screen between the user device 1500 and the user that provides an output interface. 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 input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may sense not only the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, multimedia assembly 1508 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the user device 1500 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 1510 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1510 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the user device 1500 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the first memory 1504 or transmitted via the communication component 1516. In some embodiments, the audio component 1510 further comprises a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The first input/output interface 1512 provides an interface between the first processing component 1502 and peripheral interface modules, which can be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, and the like. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor assembly 1514 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the user device 1500. For example, the sensor component 1514 may detect an on/off state of the user device 1500, a relative positioning of components such as a display and keypad of the user device 1500, a change in position of the user device 1500 or a component of the user device 1500, the presence or absence of user contact with the user device 1500, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the user device 1500, and a change in temperature of the user device 1500. The sensor assembly 1514 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1514 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 1514 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 1516 is configured to facilitate communication between the user device 1500 and other devices, either wired or wireless. The user device 1500 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1516 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1516 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the user device 1500 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, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for performing the SCG configuration methods described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as a first memory 1504, comprising instructions executable by the first processor 1520 of the user equipment 1500 to perform the above described SCG configuration method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

The apparatus may be a stand-alone electronic device or may be part of a stand-alone electronic device, for example, in one embodiment, the apparatus may be an integrated circuit (Integrated Circuit, IC) or a chip, where the integrated circuit may be an IC or may be a collection of ICs; the chip may include, but is not limited to, the following: GPU (Graphics Processing Unit, graphics processor), CPU (Central Processing Unit ), FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array, programmable logic array), DSP (Digital Signal Processor ), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, application specific integrated circuit), SOC (System on Chip, SOC, system on Chip or System on Chip), etc. The integrated circuits or chips described above may be used to execute executable instructions (or code) to implement the SCG configuration methods described above. The executable instructions may be stored on the integrated circuit or chip or may be retrieved from another device or apparatus, such as the integrated circuit or chip including a processor, memory, and interface for communicating with other devices. The executable instructions may be stored in the memory, which when executed by the processor implement the SCG configuration method described above; alternatively, the integrated circuit or chip may receive executable instructions through the interface and transmit them to the processor for execution to implement the SCG configuration method described above.

In another exemplary embodiment, a computer program product is also provided, the computer program product comprising a computer program executable by a programmable apparatus, the computer program having code portions for performing the above described SCG configuration method when executed by the programmable apparatus.

Fig. 21 is a block diagram of a network side device, according to an example embodiment. For example, network-side device 1600 may be provided as a server. Referring to fig. 21, the network side device 1600 includes a second processing component 1622 further comprising one or more processors and memory resources represented by a second memory 1632 for storing instructions, such as applications, executable by the second processing component 1622. The application program stored in the second memory 1632 may include one or more modules each corresponding to a set of instructions. Further, the second processing component 1622 is configured to execute instructions to perform SCG configuration methods.

The network-side device 1600 may also include a second power component 1626 configured to perform power management of the network-side device 1600, a wired or wireless network interface 1650 configured to connect the network-side device 1600 to a network, and a second input/output interface 1658. Network side device 1600 may operate an operating system based on memory 1632, such as Windows Server ^TM ，Mac OS X ^TM ，Unix ^TM ，Linux ^TM ，FreeBSD ^TM Or the like.

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

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An SCG configuration method, which is applied to a user equipment, includes:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target reconfiguration condition comprises a first reconfiguration condition and a second reconfiguration condition, the first reconfiguration condition being related to a CPC or SCG change, the second reconfiguration condition being related to a CPA or SCG addition.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition;

determining whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition according to the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, wherein the configuration corresponding to the first reconfiguration condition comprises CPC or SCG change reconfiguration conditions, and the configuration corresponding to the second reconfiguration condition comprises CPA or SCG addition reconfiguration conditions.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein said obtaining a configuration corresponding to said target reconfiguration condition comprises:

receiving first network indication information from the network side equipment;

and determining the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition according to the first network indication information.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving second network indication information from the network side equipment;

and determining whether the target reconfiguration condition is the first reconfiguration condition or the second reconfiguration condition according to the second network indication information.

6. The method of any of claims 2 to 5, wherein the first reconfiguration condition and the second reconfiguration condition are stored in different local variables.

7. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein said determining whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition comprises:

the first reconfiguration condition is evaluated if a first evaluation condition is fulfilled, the first evaluation condition performing SCG-related operations for the user equipment.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the performing an operation related to SCG comprises at least one of configuring an SCG, establishing an SCG, presence of a PSCell, and presence of an already activated SCG.

9. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein said determining whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition comprises:

and in the case that a second evaluation condition is met, evaluating the second reconfiguration condition, wherein the second evaluation condition is that the user equipment does not execute the operation related to the SCG.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the non-performing an operation related to SCG comprises at least one of non-configuring an SCG, non-establishing an SCG, absence of a PSCell, and absence of an already activated SCG.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said determining whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition comprises:

and under the condition that a third evaluation condition is met, evaluating a third reconfiguration condition, wherein the third evaluation condition is that the PScell or the PCell of the user equipment is consistent with a specified cell identifier, and the third reconfiguration condition corresponds to the third evaluation condition.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving the corresponding relation between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition, which are sent by the network side equipment.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first reconfiguration condition, the second reconfiguration condition, and the third reconfiguration condition comprise at least one of:

the current time is within a specified time period.

14. The SCG configuration method is characterized by being applied to network side equipment and comprising the following steps:

and sending target evaluation conditions and target reconfiguration conditions to user equipment to instruct the user equipment to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration conditions according to the target evaluation conditions.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending first network indication information to the user equipment to indicate the user equipment to determine the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition, wherein the configuration corresponding to the target reconfiguration condition comprises at least one of CPC or SCG change reconfiguration condition and CPA or SCG addition reconfiguration condition.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending second network indication information to the user equipment to indicate the user equipment to determine whether the target reconfiguration condition is a first reconfiguration condition or a second reconfiguration condition.

17. The method of claim 14, the target evaluation condition comprising a first evaluation condition characterizing that the user equipment performed an operation related to SCG, the target reconfiguration condition comprising a first reconfiguration condition to alter CPC or SCG; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

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

and sending the corresponding relation between the third evaluation condition and the third reconfiguration condition to the user equipment.

19. An SCG configuration apparatus, for use in a user equipment, comprising:

and the determining module is configured to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration condition according to the target evaluation condition.

20. An SCG configuration apparatus, which is applied to a network side device, includes:

and the sending module is configured to send target evaluation conditions and target reconfiguration conditions to user equipment so as to instruct the user equipment to determine whether to evaluate the target reconfiguration conditions according to the target evaluation conditions.

21. A user device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 13.

22. A network side device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the method of any one of claims 14 to 18.

23. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions, which when executed by a processing device, implement the steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 18.