CN116158114A - Carrier wave measuring method and device and communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a carrier measurement method, a carrier measurement device and communication equipment, and relates to the technical field of mobile communication. In the event that the timer expires, the user equipment UE performs the first measurement on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol, so that the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, and the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of the EMR measurement is avoided.

Description

Carrier wave measuring method and device and communication equipment

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of mobile communication, and in particular relates to a carrier measurement method, a carrier measurement device and communication equipment.

Background

In the current NR (New Radio) protocol, in order to support fast DC (Dual connectivity) establishment or CA (carrier aggregation ) connection, EMR measurement reporting (Early Measurement Report, advanced measurement reporting) is introduced, that is, during the validity period of the timer T331, the UE may perform measurement according to configured carrier measurement information in an idle state (idle state) or an inactive state (inactive state).

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a carrier measurement method, apparatus and communication device, in which when a timer expires, EMR first measurement is introduced, so that validity and reliability of necessary EMR measurement results can be maintained, and situations that EMR measurement results are invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of EMR measurement are avoided.

An embodiment of a first aspect of the present disclosure provides a carrier measurement method, which is performed by a user equipment UE, the method comprising: in the event that the timer expires, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol includes: receiving carrier indication information configured by the network device, wherein the carrier indication information indicates information about an EMR carrier on which the first measurement is performed; based on the carrier indication information, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier.

In some embodiments of the disclosure, the carrier indication information includes an identification of an EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during a validity period of the timer, performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information includes: a first measurement is performed on one or more EMR carriers corresponding to the identification.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the carrier indication information includes carrier priority information, and performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information includes: determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during the expiration of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement priority higher than or equal to carrier priority information from at least one EMR carrier; the first measurement is performed on a carrier having a measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the carrier indication information includes measurement threshold information, and performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information includes: determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during the expiration of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to measurement threshold value information from at least one EMR carrier; a first measurement is performed on carriers for which the measurement result is higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, receiving carrier indication information configured by a network device includes: and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries carrier indication information.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, performing measurements on an EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by a network device or agreed upon by a protocol includes: determining a measurement interval according to the EMR measurement spreading factor; at measurement intervals, measurements are performed on the EMR carrier.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries the EMR measurement extension factor.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol includes: in the event that the timer expires and no random access initiation message is received, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured or agreed upon by the network device.

A second aspect embodiment of the present disclosure provides a carrier measurement method performed by a network device, the method comprising: an EMR measurement spreading factor is configured, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor is to assist the UE in performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and configuring carrier indication information, wherein the carrier indication information indicates information about an EMR carrier on which the UE performs the first measurement.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and sending configuration signaling to the UE, wherein the configuration signaling comprises EMR measurement expansion factors and/or carrier indication information.

An embodiment of a third aspect of the present disclosure provides a carrier measurement apparatus, the apparatus including a first measurement module configured to: in the event that the timer expires, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

An embodiment of a fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a carrier measurement apparatus, including a configuration module configured to: an EMR measurement spreading factor is configured, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor is to assist the UE in performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier.

A fifth aspect embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device including: a transceiver; a memory; and a processor, respectively connected with the transceiver and the memory, configured to control wireless signal transceiving of the transceiver by executing computer executable instructions on the memory, and capable of realizing the method as the embodiment of the first aspect or the embodiment of the second aspect of the disclosure.

A sixth aspect embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, are capable of implementing a method as in the first aspect embodiment or the second aspect embodiment of the present disclosure.

A seventh aspect of the present disclosure provides a communication system comprising a user equipment, UE, and a network device, wherein: the user equipment UE is configured to perform a method as an embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure; the network device is configured to perform the method of the second aspect embodiment of the present disclosure.

According to the carrier measurement method of the present disclosure, in case of expiration of the timer, the user equipment UE performs a first measurement on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network equipment or agreed by the protocol. The embodiment of the disclosure provides a scheme for carrying out EMR measurement after the expiration of the timer, which can maintain the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result and avoid the condition that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of EMR measurement.

Additional aspects and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice 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 a flow chart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 3 is a flow chart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 5 is a flow chart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 6 is a flow chart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 7 is an interaction diagram of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a carrier measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a carrier measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary and intended for the purpose of explaining the present disclosure and are not to be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

In the current NR protocol, in order to support fast establishment of DC or CA connection, EMR measurement reporting is introduced, that is, in the validity period of the timer T331, the UE may measure according to configured carrier measurement information in idle state or inactive state, and directly report measurement result when entering active state, so as to reduce the time delay of establishing DC or CA. At the time of current measurementThe delay requirement is K _carrier *T _{detect,NR_Inter} Wherein K is _carrier For the number of EMR carriers to be tested, T _{detect,NR_Inter} See table 1 below.

TABLE 1

However, according to the existing protocol requirements, when the timer T331 expires, whether the UE needs to continue measuring the EMR carrier is not standardized, if the UE receives a paging message (paging message) to initiate random access after ending the EMR measurement for a relatively long time, the EMR measurement result reported in Msg5 (referred to as rrcsetup complete) may be invalid or unreliable due to the fact that the EMR carrier is not measured for a long time.

For this reason, the present disclosure proposes a carrier measurement method, apparatus and communication device, in which, when a timer expires, EMR first measurement is introduced, so that the validity and reliability of necessary EMR measurement results can be maintained, and the possibility that EMR measurement results are invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of EMR measurement is reduced or even avoided.

The scheme provided in the present disclosure may be used for Fifth Generation mobile communication technology (5G) and subsequent communication technologies thereof, such as Fifth Generation mobile communication technology evolution (5G-advanced), sixth Generation mobile communication technology (6G), and the like, which are not limited in the present disclosure.

The following describes in detail the schemes provided by the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the method is performed by a user equipment UE. In embodiments of the present disclosure, user Equipment (UE) includes, but is not limited to, smart terminal devices, cellular telephones, wireless devices, handsets, mobile units, vehicles, on-board devices, etc., without limitation in the present disclosure.

The method may comprise the following steps.

S101, in the event that the timer expires, performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, network devices include, but are not limited to, switches, routers, bridges, hubs, gateways, network Interface Cards (NICs), wireless Access Points (WAPs), base stations, and the like, without limitation in the present disclosure.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the first measurement refers to an EMR measurement performed on an EMR carrier if the timer T331 expires, and in the present disclosure, the first measurement may be referred to as an enhancement measurement, which is a pair of relative concepts with an EMR measurement performed during the validity period of the timer T331, and does not constitute a limitation of the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the timer may include a timer T331, which is not described in detail below.

The present disclosure may be applied to cases where EMR measurement reporting is introduced in the NR protocol to quickly establish a DC or CA connection. In the NR protocol, the UE is in an idle state or in a deactivated state, after the UE receives an RRCConnectionRelease or SIB message including measideconfig released by the network device, a timer T331 is started, and the UE starts EMR measurement (referred to as second measurement in this disclosure, that is, EMR measurement performed during the validity period of the timer T331), and for the case that the timer T331 expires, whether the UE needs to continuously measure the EMR carrier is not standardized.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the expiration of the timer includes the expiration of the timer and the duration of time after the expiration of the timer. The present disclosure introduces EMR enhancement measurements that are made in the event of expiration of a timer.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the EMR measurement spreading factor, also referred to as an EMR enhanced measurement spreading factor, may be used to determine a measurement interval of the EMR enhanced measurement to assist the UE in making the first measurement.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE may determine a measurement interval of the EMR first measurement based on the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device, and perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier. For example, the network device may carry the EMR measurement extension factor in measideconfig, which is sent to the UE via an RRCConnectionRelease message or SIB message, from which the UE obtains the EMR measurement extension factor.

The UE may also obtain an EMR measurement spreading factor agreed in advance according to the protocol, and further perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier, which is not limited in this disclosure.

It will be appreciated that the present disclosure introduces a first measurement of EMR for the event of expiration of the timer and provides various ideas for the manner in which the first measurement of EMR is performed and the process.

According to the carrier measurement method of the present disclosure, in case of expiration of the timer, the user equipment UE performs a first measurement on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network equipment or agreed by the protocol. The embodiment of the disclosure provides a scheme for carrying out EMR measurement after the expiration of the timer, which can maintain the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result and avoid the condition that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of EMR measurement.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a carrier measurement method according to another embodiment of the disclosure. The method is performed by a user equipment UE, as shown in fig. 2, and may comprise the following steps.

S201, receiving carrier indication information configured by the network equipment.

Wherein the carrier indication information indicates information about the EMR carrier on which the first measurement is performed.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the carrier indication information may be sent by the network device directly to the user device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the UE may determine an EMR carrier on which the EMR first measurement is performed according to carrier indication information configured by the network device, and further perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier, for example, the UE may obtain carrier indication information according to receiving an RRCConnectionRelease or SIB message including measiderconfig released by the network device, the carrier indication information may be used to determine the EMR carrier on which the EMR first measurement is performed by the UE, and the specific indication manner is not limited in this disclosure.

In this disclosure, the EMR carrier performing the first measurement may be an NR carrier or an E-UTRAN carrier, where NR is New Radio, referred to as New Radio/New air interface, representing a 5G access network, E-UTRAN is Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network, referred to as evolved UMTS terrestrial Radio access network, representing a 4G access network.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, receiving carrier indication information configured by a network device may include: and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries carrier indication information.

Further, the configuration signaling may include IE MeasIdleConfig messages. The IE MeasIdleConfig message may be configured or carried by an RRCRelease message, or may be configured or carried by an SIB message. Alternatively, the carrier indication information may be carried by a field in the RRCRelease message or the SIB message, for example, by a MeasIdleConfig field in the RRCRelease message or the SIB message.

S202, based on the carrier indication information, performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier.

For example, the user equipment performs the first measurement on the EMR carrier indicating the first measurement according to the carrier indication information configured by MeasIdleConfig.

In the present disclosure, the carrier indication information may include an identification of an EMR carrier, carrier priority information, measurement threshold value information, and the like, and further, may be any one or a combination of any several of them, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the carrier indication information includes an identification of an EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer. An embodiment of step S202 includes: a first measurement is performed on one or more EMR carriers corresponding to the identification.

In particular, the network device may configure in the carrier indication information an identification of the EMR carrier on which the first measurement needs to be performed. In an alternative embodiment, the network device may carry the identification of all EMR carriers that perform EMR measurements during the validity period of the timer T331 in the carrier indication information, or may carry the identification of part of the EMR carriers that perform EMR measurements during the validity period of the timer T331 in the carrier indication information. The UE may determine to perform a first measurement on one or more EMR carriers based on the EMR carrier identification in the carrier indication information. In an alternative embodiment, the UE may directly perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier corresponding to the identifier carried in the carrier indication information. In another alternative, the UE may select a portion of the EMR carriers indicated in the carrier indication information for the first measurement.

Thus, according to the above embodiment, the UE may perform the first measurement on the one or more EMR carriers corresponding to the identification according to the identification of the EMR carrier carried in the carrier indication information, where the carrier corresponding to the identification is the carrier on which the EMR measurement was performed during the validity period of the timer T331. Embodiments of the present disclosure may maintain the necessary validity and reliability of EMR measurements, reducing or even avoiding the possibility of EMR measurements being invalid or unreliable due to prolonged absence of EMR measurements.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the carrier indication information includes carrier priority information, and the implementation of step S202 includes: determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, wherein the second measurement is an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement priority higher than or equal to carrier priority information from at least one EMR carrier; the first measurement is performed on a carrier having a measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information.

The at least one EMR carrier on which the second measurement has been performed may include all or part of the EMR carriers on which the EMR measurement has been performed during the expiration of the timer T331, which is not described in detail herein.

In one example of the present disclosure, the network device may add carrier priority information in IE MeasIdleConfig, configure the carrier indication information of the EMR first measurement by IE MeasIdleConfig such that the carrier indication information includes carrier priority information. Illustratively, the carrier priority information includes carrier priority P, such that the UE may determine an EMR carrier having a measurement priority higher than or equal to P among at least one EMR carrier performing the measurement during the timer validity period, and perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier having the measurement priority higher than or equal to P.

Thus, according to the above-described embodiments, at least one EMR carrier for which the UE performs measurements during the validity period of the timer is determined; determining a carrier with a measurement priority higher than or equal to carrier priority information from at least one EMR carrier; performing the first measurement on a carrier having a measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information may maintain the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurements, reducing or even avoiding situations where EMR measurements are invalid or unreliable due to prolonged absence of EMR measurements.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the carrier indication information includes measurement threshold value information, and the implementation of step S202 includes: determining at least one EMR carrier for which the UE has performed a second measurement, wherein the second measurement is an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to measurement threshold value information from at least one EMR carrier; a first measurement is performed on carriers for which the measurement result is higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information. Specifically, the at least one EMR carrier is all or part of the EMR carriers that perform EMR measurement during the validity period of the timer T331, which is not described herein.

In one example of the disclosure, threshold information of the first measurement of the EMR carrier may be added in IE MeasIdleConfig, and the threshold information of the first measurement of the EMR carrier is configured through IE MeasIdleConfig, where the carrier indication information includes the threshold information, and further, a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information may be determined; a first measurement is performed on carriers for which the measurement result is higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information.

Thus, according to the above-described embodiments, at least one EMR carrier for which the UE performs measurements during the validity period of the timer is determined; determining a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to measurement threshold value information from at least one EMR carrier; the first measurement is performed on the carrier with the measurement result higher than or equal to the measurement threshold value information, so that the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, the condition that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to long-time non-EMR measurement is reduced or even avoided, and the boundary of the first EMR measurement is expanded.

In summary, according to the carrier measurement method disclosed by the disclosure, the user equipment UE executes the carrier indication information configured by the network device, wherein the carrier indication information indicates the relevant information of the EMR carrier for executing the first measurement, and executes the first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information, so that the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to the fact that the EMR measurement is not executed for a long time is avoided, and the boundary of the EMR first measurement is expanded.

Fig. 3 shows a flow diagram of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The method is performed by a user equipment, as shown in fig. 3, and may comprise the following steps.

For ease of understanding, fig. 4 provides a schematic diagram of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

S301, determining a measurement interval according to EMR measurement expansion factors.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries the EMR measurement extension factor.

Wherein the configuration signaling includes any one of IE MeasIdleConfig message, RRCRelease message or SIB message. It should be appreciated that the configuration signaling may be IE MeasIdleConfig messages, which IE MeasIdleConfig messages may be transmitted via RRCRelease messages or SIB messages. Alternatively, the EMR measurement extension factor may be carried by a field in the RRCRelease message or SIB message, for example, by the MeasIdleConfig field in the RRCRelease message or SIB message.

It should be noted that the EMR measurement extension factor can also be obtained in the protocol conventions, and is not disclosed and limited.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 4, the measurement interval refers to a measurement interval at which the EMR first measurement is performed, and the UE of the present disclosure may determine the measurement interval according to the EMR measurement spreading factor.

In one example of the present disclosure, after expiration of the timer T331, the measurement interval of the EMR first measurement may be determined by K _EMR *T _EMR Determining, wherein K _EMR For EMR measurement of spreading factor, T _EMR Measurement intervals for performing EMR measurements.

S302, performing measurement on the EMR carrier at measurement intervals.

For example, when the timer T331 expires, the user equipment performs measurements on the EMR carrier, and the user equipment may perform measurements based on the measurement spreading factor (K _EMR ) Corresponding measurement intervals are determined and corresponding measurements are made.

In summary, according to the carrier measurement method of the present disclosure, a measurement interval is determined according to an EMR measurement spreading factor; performing measurements on the EMR carrier at measurement intervals can maintain the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurements, reducing or even avoiding situations where the EMR measurements are invalid or unreliable due to prolonged absence of EMR measurements.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The method is performed by a user equipment, as shown in fig. 5, and may comprise the following steps.

S401, in the case that the timer expires and the random access initiating message is not received, performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in a case where the timer expires and the random access initiation message is not received, including the user equipment being in an idle state or a deactivated state, the timer expires and the random access initiation message, for example, the paging message or the Msg 1 message, is not received.

As shown in fig. 4, the process of the user equipment performing the EMR first measurement may occur when and after the expiration of the timer T331, before the user equipment starts the PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel ) random access process upon receipt of the transmission message Msg 1.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol, and specifically, reference may be made to the methods in the corresponding embodiments of fig. 1, fig. 2, and fig. 3, which are not described in detail herein.

In summary, according to the carrier measurement method disclosed by the disclosure, when the timer expires and the random access initiation message is not received, the first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol, so that the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, and the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of the EMR measurement is avoided.

It should be noted that, any combination of the above different embodiments may be implemented in the present disclosure, and a suitable embodiment may be selected according to a specific application scenario, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The method is performed by a network device, as shown in fig. 6, and may include the following steps. In embodiments of the present disclosure, network devices include, but are not limited to, switches, routers, bridges, hubs, gateways, network Interface Cards (NICs), wireless Access Points (WAPs), base stations, and the like, without limitation in the present disclosure.

S501, configuring EMR measurement expansion factors.

Wherein the EMR measurement extension factor is used to assist the UE in performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, user equipment UE includes, but is not limited to, smart terminal devices, cellular telephones, wireless devices, handsets, mobile units, vehicles, onboard devices, etc., without limitation in the present disclosure.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the EMR measurement spread factor may be used to determine a measurement interval of the EMR first measurement, e.g., by K _EMR *T _EMR Determining, wherein K _EMR For EMR measurement of spreading factor, T _EMR Measurement intervals for performing EMR measurements.

Further, the present disclosure is directed primarily to the case where the timer T331 expires in the NR protocol, whether the network device needs to continue measuring the EMR carrier is not standardized. Whereby in case the timer T331 expires, a first measurement of EMR is introduced, the user equipment UE is configured with EMR measurement spreading factor acquisition by the network equipment, and the user equipment may perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and configuring carrier indication information, wherein the carrier indication information indicates information about an EMR carrier on which the UE performs the first measurement.

In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the network device may directly send the configured carrier indication information to the UE, and the UE may perform EMR first measurement according to the network device configured carrier indication information.

Further, the carrier indication information indicates information about an EMR carrier on which the UE performs the first measurement, the information about the EMR carrier including at least one of an identity of the EMR carrier, carrier priority information, and measurement threshold information.

Further, where the identity of the EMR carrier is the carrier identity for which EMR measurements were performed during the expiration of the timer, the UE may perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier or carriers to which the identity corresponds. The carrier priority information may be used to assist the UE in determining a carrier with a measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information from at least one EMR carrier that performs measurements during the validity period of the timer, and further performing a first measurement on the carrier with the measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information. The measurement threshold information may be used to assist the UE in determining, from at least one EMR carrier that performs measurement during the validity period of the timer, a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information, and further performing a first measurement on the carrier with the measurement result higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and sending configuration signaling to the UE, wherein the configuration signaling comprises EMR measurement expansion factors and/or carrier indication information. Wherein the network device sends configuration signaling to the UE, the configuration signaling including any one of IE MeasIdleConfig message, RRCRelease message, or SIB message, the configuration signaling may be used to carry EMR measurement spreading factor and/or carrier indication information

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device may configure the EMR measurement spreading factor and/or carrier indication information in a IE MeasIdleConfig message, carry IE MeasIdleConfig message in an RRCRelease message or SIB message, and send to the UE. Alternatively, the network device may carry the EMR measurement spreading factor and/or carrier indication information in some field in the RRCRelease message or SIB message, without limitation in this disclosure.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, a network device configures an EMR measurement spreading factor in a IE MeasIdleConfig message, an RRCRelease message, or an SIB message, and sends the IE MeasIdleConfig message, the RRCRelease message, or the SIB message to a UE, so that the UE may acquire the EMR measurement spreading factor to perform a first measurement; the network device configures carrier indication information in IE MeasIdleConfig message, RRCRelease message or SIB message IE MeasIdleConfig, and sends IE MeasIdleConfig message, RRCRelease message or SIB message to the UE, so that the UE may acquire carrier indication information to perform the first measurement. Wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor may be used to determine the measurement interval, the carrier indication information may be used to determine the EMR carrier on which the EMR first measurement is performed, and the network device may configure the EMR measurement spreading factor, the carrier indication information, simultaneously or separately via the messages described above, without limitation to this disclosure.

In summary, according to the carrier measurement method of the present disclosure, -configuring, by the network device, the EMR measurement spreading factor, where the EMR measurement spreading factor is used to assist the UE in performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier, thereby assisting the UE in performing the first measurement of EMR, the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result may be maintained, and the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to the absence of the EMR measurement for a long time is avoided.

Fig. 7 shows an interactive schematic diagram of a carrier measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 7, this embodiment involves data/signaling interactions between the network device and the user equipment UE in performing the positioning measurement method procedure. Based on the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 6, the method comprises the following steps.

S601, the network device configures EMR to measure the spreading factor.

Wherein the EMR measurement extension factor is used to assist the UE in performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier.

Optionally, step S601 further includes: the network device configures carrier indication information to the UE, wherein the carrier indication information indicates information about an EMR carrier on which the UE performs the first measurement.

Optionally, step S601 further includes: the network equipment sends configuration signaling to the UE, wherein the configuration signaling comprises EMR measurement expansion factors and/or carrier indication information.

S602, the UE performs a first measurement on an EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol.

Optionally, step S602 includes: the UE receives carrier indication information configured by the network equipment, wherein the carrier indication information indicates related information of an EMR carrier for executing first measurement; the UE performs a first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information.

Wherein the carrier indication information comprises an identification of an EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, wherein the second measurement is an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer, the UE performing the first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information, may comprise: a first measurement is performed on one or more EMR carriers corresponding to the identification.

Wherein when the carrier indication information includes carrier priority information, an embodiment in which the UE performs the first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information includes: determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, wherein the second measurement is an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement priority higher than or equal to carrier priority information from at least one EMR carrier; the first measurement is performed on a carrier having a measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information.

Wherein when the carrier indication information includes measurement threshold value information, the UE performs the first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information, and the method includes: determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, wherein the second measurement is an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to measurement threshold value information from at least one EMR carrier; a first measurement is performed on carriers for which the measurement result is higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information.

It should be understood that the above three implementations may be combined or implemented simultaneously, and at least one of the identity of the EMR carrier on which the second measurement has been performed, the carrier priority information, and the measurement threshold information may be carried in the carrier indication information, which is not limited to this disclosure. For example, the carrier indication information includes an identifier of an EMR carrier on which the second measurement has been performed and carrier priority information, and the UE may determine, according to the carrier priority information, a carrier corresponding to the identifier satisfying the condition, so as to perform the first measurement. For another example, the carrier indication information includes carrier priority information and measurement threshold information, and the UE may determine that the EMR carrier satisfies both the priority condition and the threshold condition makes the first measurement. Other possible embodiments are included within the scope of the present disclosure and are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, step S602 further includes: the UE receives configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries carrier indication information.

Optionally, step S602 further includes: the UE determines a measurement interval according to the EMR measurement extension factor; at measurement intervals, measurements are performed on the EMR carrier.

Optionally, step S602 further includes: the UE receives configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries EMR measurement spreading factors.

Optionally, step S602 further includes: in the event that the timer expires and no random access initiation message is received, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured or agreed upon by the network device.

It should be appreciated that step S601 described above is an optional step in which the EMR measurement extension factor may be agreed upon by the protocol without the network device being configured to the UE.

The principle of the steps S601-S602 described above and the steps described in fig. 1-6 can be referred to in fig. 1-6, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In summary, according to the carrier measurement method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, in the case that the timer expires, the UE may perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol, so that the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result may be maintained, and the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of the EMR measurement is avoided.

In the embodiments provided in the present disclosure, the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is described from the perspective of the network device and the user device, respectively. In order to implement the functions in the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device and the user device may include hardware structures, software modules, and implement the functions in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or both hardware structures and software modules. Some of the functions described above may be implemented in a hardware structure, a software module, or a combination of a hardware structure and a software module.

Corresponding to the carrier measurement methods provided in the foregoing several embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a carrier measurement device, and since the carrier measurement device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure corresponds to the carrier measurement method provided in the foregoing several embodiments, implementation of the carrier measurement method is also applicable to the carrier measurement device provided in the present embodiment, which is not described in detail in the present embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier measurement device 700 according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

As shown in fig. 8, the apparatus 700 may include: a first measurement module 710 for performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier in accordance with an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol, if the timer expires.

According to the carrier measurement device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, under the condition that the timer expires, the User Equipment (UE) performs the first measurement on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network equipment or agreed by the protocol, so that the validity and reliability of a necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, and the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to the fact that the EMR measurement is not performed for a long time is avoided.

In some embodiments, the first measurement module 710 is to: receiving carrier indication information configured by the network device, wherein the carrier indication information indicates information about an EMR carrier on which the first measurement is performed; based on the carrier indication information, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier.

In some embodiments, the carrier indication information includes an identification of an EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, wherein the second measurement is an EMR measurement performed during a validity period of the timer. The first measurement module 710 is configured to: a first measurement is performed on one or more EMR carriers corresponding to the identification.

In some embodiments, the carrier indication information includes carrier priority information, and the first measurement module 710 is configured to: determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement priority higher than or equal to carrier priority information from at least one EMR carrier; the first measurement is performed on a carrier having a measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information.

In some embodiments, the carrier indication information includes measurement threshold information, and the first measurement module 710 is configured to: determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during the validity of the timer; determining a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to measurement threshold value information from at least one EMR carrier; a first measurement is performed on carriers for which the measurement result is higher than or equal to the measurement threshold information.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first measurement module 710 is further configured to: and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries carrier indication information.

In some embodiments, the first measurement module 710 is to: determining a measurement interval according to the EMR measurement spreading factor; at measurement intervals, measurements are performed on the EMR carrier.

In some embodiments, the first measurement module 710 is further to: and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries the EMR measurement extension factor.

In summary, according to the carrier measurement apparatus of the present disclosure, when the timer expires, the user equipment UE performs the first measurement on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol, so that the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, and the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to no EMR measurement for a long time is avoided.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier measurement device 800 according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

As shown in fig. 9, the apparatus 800 may include: a configuration module 810 is configured for configuring an EMR measurement spreading factor, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor is used to assist the UE in performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier.

According to the carrier measurement device disclosed by the invention, the EMR measurement spreading factor is configured, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor is used for assisting the UE to perform first measurement on the EMR carrier, so that in the condition that a timer expires, the user equipment UE can perform first measurement on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network equipment or agreed by a protocol, the validity and reliability of a necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, and the condition that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to the fact that no EMR measurement is performed for a long time is avoided.

In some embodiments, configuration module 810 is to: and configuring carrier indication information, wherein the carrier indication information indicates information about an EMR carrier on which the UE performs the first measurement.

In some embodiments, configuration module 810 is further configured to: and sending configuration signaling to the UE, wherein the configuration signaling comprises EMR measurement expansion factors and/or carrier indication information.

According to the carrier measurement device disclosed by the invention, the EMR measurement spreading factor is configured, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor is used for assisting the UE to perform first measurement on the EMR carrier, so that in the condition that a timer expires, the user equipment UE can perform first measurement on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network equipment or agreed by a protocol, the validity and reliability of a necessary EMR measurement result can be maintained, and the condition that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to the fact that no EMR measurement is performed for a long time is avoided.

The present disclosure also provides a communication system applied to a core network. The communication system may be a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a fifth generation (5th generation,5G) mobile communication system, a 5G New Radio (NR) system, or other future new mobile communication systems, etc.

The communication system includes: a network device and a user equipment, UE, wherein,

the UE is configured to perform the method as in any of the embodiments shown in fig. 1-5 above;

the network device is configured to perform the method in the embodiment shown in fig. 6.

In summary, according to the communication system provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, in the case that the timer expires, the user equipment UE may perform the first measurement on the EMR carrier according to the EMR measurement spreading factor configured by the network device or agreed by the protocol, so that the validity and reliability of the necessary EMR measurement result may be maintained, and the situation that the EMR measurement result is invalid or unreliable due to long-time absence of the EMR measurement is avoided.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 900 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The communication device 900 may be a network device, a user device, a chip system, a processor, or the like that supports the network device to implement the above method, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, or the like that supports the user device to implement the above method. The device can be used for realizing the method described in the method embodiment, and can be particularly referred to the description in the method embodiment.

The communications device 900 may include one or more processors 901. The processor 901 may be a general purpose processor or a special purpose processor, etc. For example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal equipment chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute computer programs, and process data of the computer programs.

Optionally, the communication device 900 may further include one or more memories 902, on which a computer program 904 may be stored, and the processor 901 executes the computer program 904, so that the communication device 900 performs the method described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, the memory 902 may also have data stored therein. The communication device 900 and the memory 902 may be provided separately or may be integrated.

Optionally, the communication device 900 may further comprise a transceiver 905, an antenna 906. The transceiver 905 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, transceiver circuitry, or the like, for implementing a transceiver function. The transceiver 905 may include a receiver, which may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc., for implementing a receiving function, and a transmitter; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmitting circuit, etc., for implementing a transmitting function.

Optionally, one or more interface circuits 907 may also be included in the communications device 900. The interface circuit 907 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor 901. The processor 901 executes code instructions to cause the communication device 900 to perform the methods described in the method embodiments described above.

In one implementation, a transceiver for implementing the receive and transmit functions may be included in processor 901. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuitry, interface or interface circuitry for implementing the receive and transmit functions may be separate or may be integrated. The transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit may be used for reading and writing codes/data, or the transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit may be used for transmitting or transferring signals.

In one implementation, the processor 901 may store a computer program 903, where the computer program 903 runs on the processor 901, and may cause the communication device 900 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. The computer program 903 may be solidified in the processor 901, in which case the processor 901 may be implemented in hardware.

In one implementation, the communications apparatus 900 may include circuitry that may implement the functions of transmitting or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments. The processors and transceivers described in this disclosure may be implemented on integrated circuits (integrated circuit, ICs), analog ICs, radio frequency integrated circuits RFICs, mixed signal ICs, application specific integrated circuits (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), printed circuit boards (printed circuit board, PCB), electronic devices, and the like. The processor and transceiver may also be fabricated using a variety of IC process technologies such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (complementary metal oxide semiconductor, CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (positive channel metal oxide semiconductor, PMOS), bipolar junction transistor (bipolar junction transistor, BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

The communication apparatus described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a user device, but the scope of the communication apparatus described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication apparatus may not be limited by fig. 11. The communication means may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

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

(2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, a computer program;

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

(4) Modules that may be embedded within other devices;

(5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like;

(6) Others, and so on.

For the case where the communication device may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to the schematic structural diagram of the chip shown in fig. 11. The chip shown in fig. 11 includes a processor 1001 and an interface 1002. Wherein the number of processors 1001 may be one or more, and the number of interfaces 1002 may be a plurality.

Optionally, the chip further comprises a memory 1003, the memory 1003 being used for storing the necessary computer programs and data.

The present disclosure also provides a computer storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, are capable of carrying out the functions of any of the method embodiments described above.

Those of skill in the art will further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks (illustrative logical block) and steps (step) described in connection with the embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design requirements of the overall system. Those skilled in the art may implement the functionality in a variety of ways for each particular application, but such implementation should not be construed as beyond the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, the flow or functions in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure are produced in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer program may be stored in or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, a website, computer, server, or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) connection. Computer readable storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer or data storage devices, such as servers, data centers, etc., that contain an integration of one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a high-density digital video disc (digital video disc, DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: the various numbers of first, second, etc. referred to in this disclosure are merely for ease of description and are not intended to limit the scope of embodiments of this disclosure, nor to indicate sequencing.

At least one of the present disclosure may also be described as one or more, a plurality may be two, three, four or more, and the present disclosure is not limited. In the embodiment of the disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D", and the technical features described by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D" are not in sequence or in order of magnitude.

As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, apparatus, and/or device (e.g., magnetic discs, optical disks, memory, programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)) used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor.

The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in a computing system that includes a background component (e.g., as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an application server), or that includes a front-end component (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described here), or any combination of such background, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: local Area Networks (LANs), wide Area Networks (WANs), and the internet.

The computer system may include a client and a server. The client and server are typically remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other.

It should be appreciated that various forms of the flows shown above may be used to reorder, add, or delete steps. For example, the steps recited in the present disclosure may be performed in parallel, sequentially, or in a different order, provided that the desired results of the disclosed aspects are achieved, and are not limited herein.

Furthermore, it is to be understood that the various embodiments of the disclosure may be practiced alone or in combination with other embodiments as the scheme permits.

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

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

The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the disclosure, but the protection scope of the disclosure is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the disclosure, and it should be covered in the protection scope of the disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A carrier measurement method, the method being performed by a user equipment, UE, the method comprising:

in the event that the timer expires, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol comprises:

receiving carrier indication information configured by the network equipment, wherein the carrier indication information indicates relevant information of an EMR carrier for executing first measurement;

a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the carrier indication information includes an identification of an EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during a validity period of the timer, the performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information comprising:

a first measurement is performed on one or more EMR carriers corresponding to the identification.

4. A method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the carrier indication information comprises carrier priority information, and wherein the performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information comprises:

Determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during the expiration of the timer;

determining a carrier with a measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information from the at least one EMR carrier;

a first measurement is performed on a carrier having the measurement priority higher than or equal to the carrier priority information.

5. The method of any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the carrier indication information includes measurement threshold information, and wherein performing a first measurement on the EMR carrier based on the carrier indication information includes:

determining at least one EMR carrier on which a second measurement has been performed, the second measurement being an EMR measurement performed during the expiration of the timer;

determining a carrier with a measurement result higher than or equal to the measurement threshold value information from the at least one EMR carrier;

and performing a first measurement on carriers with the measurement result being higher than or equal to the measurement threshold value information.

6. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the receiving carrier indication information configured by the network device comprises:

and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries the carrier indication information.

7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor configured according to a network device or agreed upon protocol, performing measurements on an EMR carrier comprises:

determining a measurement interval according to the EMR measurement expansion factor;

at the measurement intervals, measurements are performed on the EMR carrier.

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

and receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries the EMR measurement spreading factor.

9. The method of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the performing a first measurement on an EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by a network device or agreed to by a protocol comprises:

in the event that the timer expires and no random access initiation message is received, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured or agreed upon by the network device.

10. A method of carrier measurement, the method performed by a network device, the method comprising:

an EMR measurement spreading factor is configured, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor is to assist the UE in performing a first measurement on an EMR carrier.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

and configuring carrier indication information, wherein the carrier indication information indicates related information of an EMR carrier of which the UE performs first measurement.

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

and sending configuration signaling to the UE, wherein the configuration signaling comprises the EMR measurement spreading factor and/or the carrier indication information.

13. A carrier measurement device, the device comprising a first measurement module configured to:

in the event that the timer expires, a first measurement is performed on the EMR carrier according to an EMR measurement extension factor configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

14. A carrier measurement device, the device comprising a configuration module configured to:

an EMR measurement spreading factor is configured, wherein the EMR measurement spreading factor is to assist the UE in performing a first measurement on an EMR carrier.

15. A communication device, comprising: a transceiver; a memory; a processor, coupled to the transceiver and the memory, respectively, configured to control wireless signal transceiving of the transceiver and to enable the method of any one of claims 1-12 by executing computer-executable instructions on the memory.

16. A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; the computer executable instructions, when executed by a processor, are capable of implementing the method of any one of claims 1-12.

17. A communication system comprising a user equipment, UE, and a network device, wherein:

the user equipment, UE, configured to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 9;

the network device is configured to perform the method of any of claims 10 to 12.

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