CN116530170A

CN116530170A - Cell measurement method, cell measurement device and readable storage medium

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Publication number: CN116530170A
Application number: CN202180004087.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付婷
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-30
Filing date: 2021-11-30
Publication date: 2023-08-01
Also published as: WO2023097523A1

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a cell measurement method, a cell measurement device and a readable storage medium, which are applied to the technical field of wireless communication, wherein the cell measurement method comprises the following steps: receiving a closed beam notification sent by network equipment; wherein the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed; a cell measurement is determined based on the beam measurement of the beam that is not to be turned off. In the method, the network equipment sends the beam closing notification to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can acquire the beam to be closed, the user equipment does not consider the beam to be closed when carrying out cell measurement, the processing capacity of the user equipment can be saved, and the user equipment can select a more reasonable cell or carry out more accurate measurement on the cell to be measured, thereby providing preconditions for saving the energy consumption of the base station.

Description

Cell measurement method, cell measurement device and readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to wireless communication technology, and in particular, to a cell measurement method, apparatus, and readable storage medium.

Background

In a wireless communication system, how to realize energy saving is a conventional research topic.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present disclosure provides a cell measurement method, apparatus and readable storage medium.

In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a cell measurement method, the method being performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving a closed beam notification sent by network equipment, wherein the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed;

a cell measurement is determined based on the beam measurement of the beam that is not to be turned off.

In some possible embodiments, the determining the cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the beam that is not to be turned off includes:

and measuring the beam measurement quantity of the non-to-be-closed beam when the at least one to-be-closed beam is a partial transmission beam, and not measuring the beam measurement quantity of the at least one to-be-closed beam.

In some possible implementations, determining the cell measurement based on the beam measurement for the beam that is not to be turned off includes:

and determining that the cell measurement quantity is null when the at least one beam to be turned off is all transmission beams.

In some possible embodiments, the method further comprises:

determining a maximum beam measurement of a beam not to be turned off in response to the user equipment performing cell reselection;

The determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the non-to-be-turned-off beam includes at least one of:

in response to not configuring the first quantity value in SIB2 or SIB4, determining that the cell measurement quantity is a maximum beam measurement quantity among beam measurement quantities of beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

In response to the first threshold value not being configured in the system message SIB2 or SIB4, determining that the cell measurement is a maximum beam measurement of the beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

And determining that the cell measurement is the largest beam measurement among the beam measurement of the beams which are not to be turned off in response to the largest beam measurement being smaller than or equal to the first threshold.

In some possible embodiments, the method further comprises:

the determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the non-to-be-turned-off beam includes:

in response to a first quantity value being configured in the system message SIB2 or SIB4 and a first threshold value being configured in the system message SIB2 or SIB4 and the maximum beam measurement quantity being greater than the first threshold value, determining that the cell measurement quantity is an average of one or more maximum beam measurement quantities of the beam measurement quantities of non-to-be-turned-off beams exceeding the first threshold value and the number of the beam measurement quantities not exceeding the first quantity value.

In some possible embodiments, the method further comprises:

determining a maximum beam measurement amount of a beam that is not to be turned off in response to the user equipment performing mobility measurements;

in response to not configuring the second quantity value in the associated measurement object measObject or in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrierlistnr, determining that the cell measurement quantity is a maximum beam measurement quantity among beam measurement quantities of the beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

In response to not configuring the second threshold value in the associated measurement object measObject or in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrierlistnr, determining that the cell measurement quantity is a maximum beam measurement quantity among beam measurement quantities of the beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

And determining that the cell measurement is the largest beam measurement among the beam measurement of the beams which are not to be turned off in response to the largest beam measurement being less than or equal to the second threshold.

In some possible embodiments, the method further comprises:

in response to a second number of values being configured in the associated measurement object measObject and in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirristenr and a second threshold value being configured in the associated measurement object measObject and in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrintnr and the maximum beam measurement being greater than the second threshold value, determining that the cell measurement is an average of one or more maximum beam measurement values of the beam measurement values of non-to-be-turned-off beams exceeding the second threshold value and not exceeding the second number of values.

In some possible implementations, the beam is a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel SS/PBCH beam.

In a second aspect, the present disclosure provides a cell measurement method performed by a network device, the method comprising:

sending a beam closing notification to the user equipment; the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed so that the user equipment can determine a cell measurement quantity based on the beam measurement quantity of the beam not to be closed.

In a third aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication apparatus may be adapted to perform the steps performed by the user equipment in the first aspect or any of the possible designs of the first aspect. The user equipment may implement the functions in the methods described above in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or both.

When the communication device according to the third aspect is implemented by a software module, the communication device may include a processing module and a transceiver module coupled to each other, where the processing module may be configured to perform processing operations on the communication device, such as generating information/messages to be transmitted, or processing received signals to obtain information/messages, and the transceiver module may be configured to support communication by the communication device.

And when the steps in the first aspect are executed, the transceiver module is configured to receive a beam closing notification sent by the network device, where the beam closing notification is used to indicate at least one beam to be closed. And the processing module is used for determining the cell measurement quantity based on the beam measurement quantity of the beam which is not to be turned off.

In a fourth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication means may be arranged to perform the steps performed by the network device in the second aspect or any of the possible designs of the second aspect described above. The network device may implement the functions of the methods described above in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or both.

When the communication device according to the fourth aspect is implemented by a software module, the communication device may comprise a transceiver module, wherein the transceiver module may be used to support the communication device to communicate.

A transceiver module, configured to send a beam-off notification to the user equipment when performing the step described in the second aspect; the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed so that the user equipment can determine a cell measurement quantity based on the beam measurement quantity of the beam not to be closed.

In a fifth aspect, the present disclosure provides a communication device comprising a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing a computer program; the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the first aspect or any one of the possible designs of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present disclosure provides a communication device comprising a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing a computer program; the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the second aspect or any one of the possible designs of the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions (or computer programs, programs) which when invoked for execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform any one of the possible designs of the first aspect or the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions (or computer programs, programs) which when invoked for execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform the second aspect or any one of the possible designs of the second aspect.

The advantages of the second to eighth aspects and possible designs thereof described above may be referred to the description of the advantages of the method of the first aspect and any possible design thereof.

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 accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of embodiments of the disclosure, illustrate and explain the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the embodiments of the disclosure and do not constitute an undue limitation on the embodiments of the disclosure. In the drawings:

the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system architecture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of cell measurement according to an example embodiment;

fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of cell measurement according to an example embodiment;

fig. 4A is a flow chart illustrating a method of cell measurement according to an example embodiment;

fig. 4B is a flow chart illustrating a method of cell measurement according to an example embodiment;

fig. 5A is a flow chart illustrating a method of cell measurement according to an example embodiment;

fig. 5B is a flow chart illustrating a method of cell measurement according to an example embodiment;

fig. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of cell measurement according to an example embodiment;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a cell measurement apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of a cell measurement apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of a cell measurement apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a cell measurement apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure will now be further described with reference to the drawings and 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 embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of 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.

As shown in fig. 1, a cell measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a wireless communication system 100, which may include, but is not limited to, a network device 102 and a user device 101. User equipment 101 is configured to support carrier aggregation, and user equipment 101 may be connected to multiple carrier elements of network device 102, including one primary carrier element and one or more secondary carrier elements.

It should be appreciated that the above wireless communication system 100 is applicable to both low frequency and high frequency scenarios. Application scenarios of the wireless communication system 100 include, but are not limited to, long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD) systems, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for micro wave access, wiMAX) communication systems, cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) systems, future fifth Generation (5 th-Generation, 5G) systems, new Radio (NR) communication systems, or future evolved public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN) systems, and the like.

The user equipment 101 shown above may be a User Equipment (UE), a terminal (terminal), an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a Mobile Station (MS), a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile terminal (mobile terminal), a wireless communication device, a terminal agent, a user equipment, or the like. The user device 101 may be provided with wireless transceiver functionality capable of communicating (e.g., wirelessly communicating) with one or more network devices 102 of one or more communication systems and receiving network services provided by the network devices 102, where the network devices 102 include, but are not limited to, the illustrated base stations.

The user equipment 101 may be, among other things, a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a user equipment in a future 5G network or a user equipment in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

Network device 102 may be an access network device (or access network site). The access network device refers to a device that provides a network access function, such as a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) base station, etc. The network device may specifically include a Base Station (BS) device, or include a base station device, a radio resource management device for controlling the base station device, and the like. The network device may also include a relay station (relay device), an access point, a base station in a future 5G network, a base station in a future evolved PLMN network, or an NR base station, etc. The network device may be a wearable device or an in-vehicle device. The network device may also be a communication chip with a communication module.

For example, network device 102 includes, but is not limited to: a next generation base station (gnodeB, gNB) in 5G, an evolved node B (eNB) in LTE system, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a Node B (NB) in WCDMA system, a radio controller under CRAN system, a base station controller (basestation controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS) in GSM system or CDMA system, a home base station (e.g., home evolved nodeB, or home node B, HNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a transmission point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), a transmission point (transmitting point, TP), a mobile switching center, or the like.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a cell measurement method which is applied to a wireless communication system shown in fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a cell measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the method comprising:

in step S201, the network device 102 sends a beam-off notification to the user device 101, where the beam-off notification is used to indicate at least one beam to be turned off.

In step S202, the user equipment 101 receives the beam-off notification sent by the network equipment.

In step S202, the user equipment 101 determines a cell measurement amount based on the beam measurement amount of the beam that is not to be turned off.

In some possible implementations, a maximum of 8 beams are supported when using a 4-5GHz carrier, and a maximum of 64 beams are supported when using a 24-30GHz carrier.

The network device sends SSB-positioning Inburst indication, which is used for indicating the index of the actually transmitted SSB, and uses bitmap to carry, which can be 8 bits or 64 bits, and each bit corresponds to 1 wave beam respectively. When the value of a certain bit in the bitmap field is 1, it means that the beam corresponding to the bit is actually transmitted, and the beam actually transmitted may be referred to as a transmission beam; when the value of a certain bit in the bitmap field is 0, it indicates that the beam corresponding to the bit is not actually transmitted, and the beam that is not actually transmitted may be referred to as an untransmitted beam. In some possible embodiments, when the closed beam notification indicates at least one beam to be closed, the closed beam indication is carried by using a bitmap method.

In some possible embodiments, the off beam indicates that a bit with a value of 0 in the bitmap field corresponds to the beam to be turned off, i.e., the beam is the beam to be turned off; a field with a value of 1 indicates that the beam is not to be turned off, i.e., is a beam that is not to be turned off. The number of the beams to be turned off can be one or a plurality of beams.

In some possible implementations, the non-to-be-turned-off beam is a beam of the transmission beam other than the at least one to-be-turned-off beam indicated by the turn-off beam notification.

In some possible implementations, determining the cell measurement based on the beam measurement for the beam that is not to be turned off includes: and measuring the beam measurement quantity of the non-to-be-closed beam when the at least one to-be-closed beam is a partial transmission beam, not measuring the beam measurement quantity of the at least one to-be-closed beam, and/or determining that the cell measurement quantity is null when the at least one to-be-closed beam is all transmission beams.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the network device 102 sends the notification of the beam to be turned off to the user device 101, so that the user device 101 knows the beam to be turned off, and therefore, the user device 101 does not consider the beam to be turned off when performing cell measurement, so that the processing capability of the user device 101 can be saved, and the user device 101 can select a more reasonable cell or perform more accurate measurement on the cell to be measured, thereby providing a precondition for saving the energy consumption of the base station.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell measurement method is provided, which is performed by the user equipment 101. The method is applied to a cell reselection scene of the user equipment in a multi-beam scene. Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a cell measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the method comprising:

In step S301, a beam closing notification sent by a network device is received, where the beam closing notification is used to indicate at least one beam to be closed.

Step S302, determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the beam that is not to be turned off.

In some possible implementations, the beam is a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) beam. I.e. the beam to be turned off is the SS/PBCH beam and the beam not to be turned off is the SS/PBCH beam.

In some possible implementations, determining the cell measurement based on the beam measurement for the beam that is not to be turned off includes: and measuring the beam measurement quantity of the non-to-be-closed beam, and not measuring the beam measurement quantity of the at least one to-be-closed beam.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell measurement method is provided, which is performed by the user equipment 101. The method is applied to a cell measurement scene when the user equipment is in a connected state. Fig. 4A is a flowchart illustrating a method of cell measurement, as shown in fig. 4A, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

in step S401, a beam closing notification sent by the network device is received, where the beam closing notification is used to indicate at least one beam to be closed.

Step S402, in response to the user equipment performing cell reselection, determining a maximum beam measurement of the beam that is not to be turned off.

In step S403-1, the method comprises,

In some possible embodiments, the first quantity value is nrofSS-BlocksToAverage (maxRS-IndexCellQual in E-UTRA). The first threshold is absThreshSS-blockConsodation (threshRS-Index in E-UTRA).

In some possible embodiments, a close beam indicates that a bit with a value of 0 in the bitmap field corresponds to the beam to be closed, i.e., the beam is the beam to be closed; a field with a value of 1 indicates that the beam is not to be turned off, i.e., is a beam that is not to be turned off. The number of the beams to be turned off can be one or a plurality of beams.

In some possible implementations, determining the cell measurement based on the beam measurement for the beam that is not to be turned off includes: and measuring the beam measurement quantity of the non-to-be-closed beam when the at least one to-be-closed beam is a partial transmission beam, and not measuring the beam measurement quantity of the at least one to-be-closed beam.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the network device 102 sends the notification of the beam to be turned off to the user device 101, so that the user device 101 knows the beam to be turned off, and therefore the user device 101 does not consider the beam to be turned off when performing cell measurement for cell reselection, which can save the processing capacity of the user device 101 and make the user device 101 select a more reasonable cell, thereby providing preconditions for saving energy consumption of the base station.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell measurement method is provided, which is performed by the user equipment 101. The method is applied to a cell measurement scene when the user equipment is in a connected state. Fig. 4B is a flowchart illustrating a method of cell measurement, as shown in fig. 4B, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

In response to the configuration of the first quantity value in the system message SIB2 or SIB4 and the configuration of the first threshold value in the system message SIB2 or SIB4, and the maximum beam measurement quantity is greater than the first threshold value, it is determined that the cell measurement quantity is an average value of one or more maximum beam measurement quantities among beam measurement quantities of non-to-be-turned-off beams exceeding the first threshold value and the number of the beam measurement quantities does not exceed the first quantity value in step S403-2.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell measurement method is provided, which is performed by the user equipment 101. Fig. 5A is a flowchart illustrating a method of cell measurement, according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 5A, the method comprising:

in step S501, a beam closing notification sent by the network device is received, where the beam closing notification is used to indicate at least one beam to be closed.

Step S502, in response to the user equipment performing mobility measurement, determining a maximum beam measurement amount of the beam that is not to be turned off.

In step S503-1, a step of,

And determining that the cell measurement is the largest beam measurement among the beam measurement of the beams not to be turned off in response to the largest beam measurement being less than or equal to the second threshold.

In some possible embodiments, the value of one or more largest of the beam measurements of the non-to-be-turned-off beam is a logarithmic value and the average of the one or more largest of the beam measurements of the non-to-be-turned-off beam is a linear average.

In some possible implementations, the second quantity value is nrofSS-blocktoaverage that may be configured in an associated measObject in an RRC CONNECTED state (rrc_connected) or in an associated measidleidstorlistnr (in parameter varimeasidleconfig) in an RRC IDLE state (rrc_idle) or an RRC INACTIVE state (rrc_inactive).

The second threshold value is the absThreshSS-blockconfiguration that may be configured in the associated measObject in the RRC CONNECTED state (rrc_connected) or in the associated measidleidst listnr (in the parameter VarMeasIdleConfig) in the RRC IDLE state (rrc_idle) or RRC INACTIVE state (rrc_inactive).

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the network device 102 sends the notification of the beam to be turned off to the user device 101, so that the user device 101 knows the beam to be turned off, and therefore, the user device 101 does not consider the beam to be turned off when performing cell measurement, so that the processing capacity of the user device 101 can be saved, and the user device 101 can perform more accurate measurement on the cell to be measured, thereby providing preconditions for saving energy consumption of the base station.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell measurement method is provided, which is performed by the user equipment 101. Fig. 5B is a flowchart illustrating a method of cell measurement, as shown in fig. 5B, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

In response to the configuration of the second number value in the associated measurement object measObject and in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrintnr and the configuration of the second threshold value in the associated measurement object measObject and in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrintnr and the maximum beam measurement quantity being greater than the second threshold value, determining that the cell measurement quantity is an average of one or more maximum beam measurement quantities of the non-to-be-turned-off beams exceeding the second threshold value and the number not exceeding the second number value.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell measurement method is provided, which is performed by the network device 102. Fig. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a cell measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the method comprising:

step S601, sending a beam closing notification to user equipment; the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed so that the user equipment can determine a cell measurement quantity based on the beam measurement quantity of the beam not to be closed.

In some possible implementations, determining the cell measurement based on the beam measurement for the beam that is not to be turned off includes: and measuring the beam measurement quantity of the non-to-be-closed beam when the at least one to-be-closed beam is a partial transmission beam, and not measuring the beam measurement quantity of the at least one to-be-closed beam. Or, in response to the at least one beam to be turned off being all transmission beams, determining that the cell measurement quantity is null.

Based on the same concept as the above method embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a communication apparatus, which may have the functions of the user equipment 102 in the above method embodiments, and is configured to perform the steps performed by the user equipment 102 provided in the above embodiments. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by software or hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In one possible implementation, the communication apparatus 700 shown in fig. 7 may be used as the user equipment 102 according to the above-described method embodiment, and perform the steps performed by the user equipment 102 in the above-described method embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, the communication device 700 may include a processing module 1001. In some implementations, a transceiver module 702 may be further included, where the transceiver module 702 may be configured to support communications with the communications device 700, and the transceiver module 702 may be configured to provide wireless communications functionality, such as being capable of wirelessly communicating with other communications devices over a wireless air interface.

A transceiver module 702, when performing the steps implemented by the user equipment 102, configured to receive a beam-off notification sent by the network equipment, where the beam-off notification is used to indicate at least one beam to be turned off; a processing module 701 is configured to determine a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the beam that is not to be turned off.

When the communication device is a user equipment 102, its structure may also be as shown in fig. 8. The apparatus 80 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, exercise device, personal digital assistant, or the like.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a cell measurement apparatus 800 according to an example embodiment. For example, apparatus 800 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, exercise device, personal digital assistant, or the like.

Referring to fig. 8, apparatus 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

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

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 804 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 power component 806 provides power to the various components of the device 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen between the device 800 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, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operational mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the device 800 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 memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

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

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

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communication between the apparatus 800 and other devices, either in a wired or wireless manner. The device 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

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

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as memory 804 including instructions executable by processor 820 of apparatus 800 to perform the above-described 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.

Based on the same concept as the above method embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a communication apparatus that may have the function of the network device 101 in the above method embodiments and is used to perform the steps performed by the network device 101 provided in the above embodiments. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by software or hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus 900 shown in fig. 9 may be used as the network device 101 according to the above method embodiment, and perform the steps performed by the network device 101 in the above method embodiment. As shown in fig. 9, the communication device 900 may include a processing module 901.

In performing the steps implemented by the network device 101, the processing module 901 is configured to send a closed beam notification to the user device, where the closed beam notification is configured to indicate at least one beam to be closed, so that the user device determines a cell measurement based on a beam measurement of a beam that is not to be closed.

When the communication apparatus is a network device, its structure may also be as shown in fig. 10. The configuration of the communication apparatus is described with the network device 101 as a base station. As shown in fig. 10, the apparatus 1000 includes a memory 1001, a processor 1002, a transceiver module 1003, and a power module 1006. The memory 1001 is coupled to the processor 1002, and can store programs and data necessary for the communication device 1000 to realize the respective functions. The processor 1002 is configured to support the communication device 1000 to perform the corresponding functions of the above-described method, which functions may be implemented by calling a program stored in the memory 1001. The transceiving component 1003 may be a wireless transceiver operable to support the communication device 1000 to receive signaling and/or data over a wireless air interface and to transmit signaling and/or data. The transceiver module 1003 may also be referred to as a transceiver unit or a communication unit, and the transceiver module 1003 may include a radio frequency module 1004 and one or more antennas 1005, where the radio frequency module 1004 may be a remote radio frequency unit (remote radio unit, RRU), and may be specifically used for transmitting radio frequency signals and converting radio frequency signals to baseband signals, and the one or more antennas 1005 may be specifically used for radiating and receiving radio frequency signals.

When the communication device 1000 needs to transmit data, the processor 1002 may perform baseband processing on the data to be transmitted, and then output a baseband signal to the radio frequency unit, where the radio frequency unit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signal and then transmits the radio frequency signal in the form of electromagnetic wave through the antenna. When data is transmitted to the communication device 1000, the radio frequency unit receives a radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 1002, and the processor 1002 converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data.

Other implementations of the disclosed embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosed embodiments following, in general, the principles of the disclosed embodiments 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 disclosed embodiments being indicated by the following claims.

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

Industrial applicability

The network equipment sends a beam closing notification to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can acquire the beam to be closed, the user equipment does not consider the beam to be closed when carrying out cell measurement, the processing capacity of the user equipment can be saved, and the user equipment can select a more reasonable cell or carry out more accurate measurement on the cell to be measured, thereby providing preconditions for saving the energy consumption of the base station.

Claims

A cell measurement method, the method performed by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving a closed beam notification sent by network equipment, wherein the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed;

a cell measurement is determined based on the beam measurement of the beam that is not to be turned off.
The method of cell measurement according to claim 1, wherein,

the determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the non-to-be-turned-off beam includes:

and measuring the beam measurement quantity of the non-to-be-closed beam when the at least one to-be-closed beam is a partial transmission beam, and not measuring the beam measurement quantity of the at least one to-be-closed beam.
The method of cell measurement according to claim 1, wherein,

determining a cell measurement based on beam measurement for a beam that is not to be turned off, comprising:

And determining that the cell measurement quantity is null when the at least one beam to be turned off is all transmission beams.
The method for cell measurement according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the method further comprises the steps of:

determining a maximum beam measurement of a beam not to be turned off in response to the user equipment performing cell reselection;

the determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the non-to-be-turned-off beam includes at least one of:

in response to not configuring the first quantity value in SIB2 or SIB4, determining that the cell measurement quantity is a maximum beam measurement quantity among beam measurement quantities of beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

In response to the first threshold value not being configured in the system message SIB2 or SIB4, determining that the cell measurement is a maximum beam measurement of the beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

And determining that the cell measurement is the largest beam measurement among the beam measurement of the beams which are not to be turned off in response to the largest beam measurement being smaller than or equal to the first threshold.
The method for cell measurement according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the method further comprises the steps of:

determining a maximum beam measurement of a beam not to be turned off in response to the user equipment performing cell reselection;

The determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the non-to-be-turned-off beam includes:

in response to a first quantity value being configured in the system message SIB2 or SIB4 and a first threshold value being configured in the system message SIB2 or SIB4 and the maximum beam measurement quantity being greater than the first threshold value, determining that the cell measurement quantity is an average of one or more maximum beam measurement quantities of the beam measurement quantities of non-to-be-turned-off beams exceeding the first threshold value and the number of the beam measurement quantities not exceeding the first quantity value.
The method for cell measurement according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the method further comprises the steps of:

determining a maximum beam measurement amount of a beam that is not to be turned off in response to the user equipment performing mobility measurements;

the determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the non-to-be-turned-off beam includes at least one of:

in response to not configuring the second quantity value in the associated measurement object measObject or in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrierlistnr, determining that the cell measurement quantity is a largest one of the beam measurement quantities of the beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

In response to not configuring the second threshold value in the associated measurement object measObject or in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrierlistnr, determining that the cell measurement quantity is a maximum beam measurement quantity among beam measurement quantities of the beams that are not to be turned off; or (b)

And determining that the cell measurement is the largest beam measurement among the beam measurement of the beams which are not to be turned off in response to the largest beam measurement being less than or equal to the second threshold.
The method for cell measurement according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the method further comprises the steps of:

determining a maximum beam measurement amount of a beam that is not to be turned off in response to the user equipment performing mobility measurements;

the determining a cell measurement based on the beam measurement of the non-to-be-turned-off beam includes:

in response to a second number of values being configured in the associated measurement object measObject and in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirristenr and a second threshold value being configured in the associated measurement object measObject and in the associated measurement idle carrier list measidleirrintnr and the maximum beam measurement being greater than the second threshold value, determining that the cell measurement is an average of one or more maximum beam measurement values of the beam measurement values of non-to-be-turned-off beams exceeding the second threshold value and not exceeding the second number of values.
The method of cell measurement according to claim 1, wherein,

The beam is a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel SS/PBCH beam.
A cell measurement method performed by a network device, comprising:

sending a beam closing notification to the user equipment; the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed so that the user equipment can determine a cell measurement quantity based on the beam measurement quantity of the beam not to be closed.
A communication apparatus, comprising:

the receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving a beam closing notification sent by the network equipment, wherein the beam closing notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed;

and the processing module is used for determining the cell measurement quantity based on the beam measurement quantity of the beam which is not to be turned off.
A communication apparatus, comprising:

the receiving and transmitting module is used for sending a beam closing notification to the user equipment; the closed beam notification is used for indicating at least one beam to be closed so that the user equipment can determine a cell measurement quantity based on the beam measurement quantity of the beam not to be closed.
A communication apparatus, comprising:

comprising a processor and a memory, wherein

The memory is used for storing a computer program;

the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method of any one of claims 1-8.
A communication apparatus, comprising:

comprising a processor and a memory, wherein

The memory is used for storing a computer program;

the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method of claim 9.
A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which, when invoked for execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-8 or the method of claim 9.