CN116567703A

CN116567703A - Communication method, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN116567703A
Application number: CN202210103067.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张晓然; 刘亮
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2022-01-27
Filing date: 2022-01-27
Publication date: 2023-08-08
Also published as: WO2023143143A1

Abstract

The application discloses a communication method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, comprising the following steps: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment receives first measurement configuration configured by network equipment, wherein the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed; the timeliness of the measurement result can be ensured, and the success rate of CA/DC configuration is increased.

Description

Communication method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, but not limited to, a communication method, apparatus, device, and storage medium.

Background

After the terminal equipment enters a connection state, the network equipment performs measurement configuration for the terminal equipment, after the terminal equipment measures and reports the result, the network equipment performs carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation, CA)/double-connection ((Dual Connectivity, DC) configuration for the terminal equipment, wherein the longest time-consuming part of the whole process is measurement, an advanced measurement report (early measurement report, EMR) mechanism is introduced for accelerating the CA/DC establishment process, the terminal equipment in an idle state performs measurement, and the terminal equipment reports the measurement result after entering the connection state, so that the network equipment is helped to establish the CA/DC for the terminal equipment as soon as possible.

However, for some carriers, such as FR2 millimeter waves, the time required for measurement is long, and the timeliness of the excessively long measurement result is also greatly affected due to channel variation, so that the establishment of CA/DC may also fail.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, which ensure the timeliness of a measurement result and increase the success rate of CA/DC configuration.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application is realized as follows:

the embodiment of the application provides a communication method, which comprises the following steps:

the terminal device receives a first measurement configuration of a network device configuration, wherein the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal device is accessed.

the network device sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal device, wherein the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal device is accessed.

The embodiment of the application provides a communication device, which comprises:

the first receiving module is used for receiving a first measurement configuration configured by the network equipment, wherein the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed.

The embodiment of the application provides a communication device, which is applied to a second node, and comprises:

the terminal equipment comprises a sending module, a receiving module and a receiving module, wherein the sending module is used for sending a first measurement configuration to the terminal equipment, and the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed.

The embodiment of the application also provides communication equipment, which comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor realizes the steps in the communication method implemented by the terminal equipment or the network equipment when executing the computer program.

The embodiment of the application also provides a storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements the communication method implemented by the terminal device or the network device.

According to the communication method, the device, the equipment and the storage medium, the terminal equipment receives the first measurement configuration of the network equipment configuration, and the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed, so that the terminal equipment can measure when the terminal equipment is accessed, the time interval between measurement and CA/DC configuration is shortened, the timeliness of a measurement result is ensured, and the success rate of the CA/DC configuration is increased.

Drawings

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

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of an alternative communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an alternative schematic view of the measurement effect provided by the embodiments of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of an alternative communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart of an alternative communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an alternative schematic illustration of the measurement effect provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of an alternative effect of co-sited deployment provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of an alternative effect of co-sited deployment provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of an alternative effect of co-sited deployment provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic illustration of an alternative effect of co-sited deployment provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic flow chart of an alternative communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic flow chart of an alternative communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic flow chart of an alternative communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic flow chart of an alternative communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of an alternative communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of an alternative communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the specific technical solutions of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. The following examples are illustrative of the present application, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application can be provided as a communication method, a device and a storage medium. In practical applications, the communication method may be implemented in an electronic device, and each functional entity in the electronic device may be cooperatively implemented by a hardware resource of the electronic device (such as a terminal device and a server), a computing resource such as a processor, and a communication resource (such as for supporting communications in various manners such as implementing an optical cable and a cellular).

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, communication system 100 may include a terminal device 110 and a network device 120. Network device 120 may communicate with terminal device 110 over the air interface. Multi-service transmission is supported between terminal device 110 and network device 120.

Fig. 1 exemplarily illustrates one network device, one core network device, and two terminal devices, alternatively, the wireless communication system 100 may include a plurality of base station devices and may include other number of terminal devices within a coverage area of each base station, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that the present embodiments are illustrated by way of example only with respect to communication system 100, but the present embodiments are not limited thereto. That is, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application may be applied to various communication systems, for example: long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) systems, LTE time division duplex (Time Division Duplex, TDD), universal mobile telecommunications system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), internet of things (Internet of Things, ioT) systems, narrowband internet of things (Narrow Band Internet of Things, NB-IoT) systems, enhanced Machine-type-Type Communications (eMTC) systems, 5G communication systems (also known as New Radio (NR) communication systems), or future communication systems, etc.

In the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, the network device may be an access network device that communicates with the terminal device. The access network device may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices (e.g., UEs) located within the coverage area.

The network device may be an evolved base station (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, or a next generation radio access network (Next Generation Radio Access Network, NG RAN) device, or a base station (gNB) in a NR system, or a radio controller in a cloud radio access network (Cloud Radio Access Network, CRAN), or the network device 120 may be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, a bridge, a router, or a network device in a future evolved public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN), etc.

The terminal device may be any terminal device including, but not limited to, a terminal device that employs a wired or wireless connection with a network device or other terminal device.

For example, a terminal device may refer to an access terminal, user Equipment (UE), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or User Equipment. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) phone, an IoT device, a satellite handset, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handset with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolution network, etc.

The wireless communication system 100 may further comprise a core network device 130 in communication with the base station, which core network device 130 may be a 5G core,5gc device, e.g. an access and mobility management function (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), further e.g. an authentication server function (Authentication Server Function, AUSF), further e.g. a user plane function (User Plane Function, UPF), further e.g. a session management function (Session Management Function, SMF). Optionally, the core network device 130 may also be a packet core evolution (Evolved Packet Core, EPC) device of the LTE network, for example a session management function+a data gateway (Session Management Function + Core Packet Gateway, smf+pgw-C) device of the core network. It should be appreciated that SMF+PGW-C may perform the functions performed by both SMF and PGW-C. In the network evolution process, the core network device may also call other names, or form a new network entity by dividing the functions of the core network, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Communication may also be achieved by establishing connections between various functional units in the communication system 100 through a next generation Network (NG) interface.

In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions of the present application are described in detail below through specific embodiments. The above related technologies may be optionally combined with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, which all belong to the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application. Embodiments of the present application include at least some of the following.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to a terminal device, as shown in fig. 2, and includes:

s201, the terminal equipment receives a first measurement configuration of network equipment configuration, wherein the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed.

The network device configures a first measurement configuration for the terminal device and sends the configured first measurement configuration to the terminal device.

After receiving the first measurement configuration, the terminal device may determine a frequency at which the measurement is performed at the time of access, i.e. a measurement frequency, based on the first measurement configuration. Optionally, the terminal device may also determine a reception beam to be used when making the measurement based on the measurement frequency based on the first measurement configuration.

In this embodiment, the access may be understood as an access procedure performed when switching from an idle state or a deactivated state to a connected state, including: random access, initial access, connection establishment, etc.

After the measurement frequency is determined, the terminal equipment uses the measurement frequency to measure at the access time, and reports the measurement result to the network equipment, so that the network equipment establishes CA/DC based on the measurement result reported by the terminal equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal device may report the measurement result to the network device after the terminal device is successfully accessed into the connection state.

In an example, as shown in fig. 3, the terminal device accesses between t301 and t302, and performs measurement based on the first measurement configuration between t301 and t302, so as to obtain a measurement result, and the terminal device reports the measurement result to the network device after the access of t302 is successful.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal device can perform multiple measurements in the access process, and report multiple measurement results obtained by the multiple measurements to the network device, and at this time, the network device can select a measurement result with the shortest time interval from the multiple measurement results to report time to establish the CA/DC.

According to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal equipment receives the first measurement configuration configured by the network equipment, and the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed, so that the terminal equipment can measure when the terminal equipment is accessed, the time interval between measurement and CA/DC configuration is shortened, the timeliness of a measurement result is ensured, and the success rate of the CA/DC configuration is increased.

The communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to a network device, as shown in fig. 4, and includes:

s401, the network equipment sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal equipment, wherein the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed.

According to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application, the network equipment sends the first measurement configuration to the terminal equipment, and the first measurement configuration is used for measuring when the terminal equipment is accessed, so that the terminal equipment can measure when the terminal equipment is accessed through the configuration of the first measurement configuration, the time interval between the measurement and the CA/DC configuration is shortened, the timeliness of a measurement result is ensured, and the success rate of the CA/DC configuration is increased.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to a wireless communication system comprising a terminal device and a network device, and as shown in fig. 5, the communication method comprises the following steps:

S501, the network equipment sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal equipment.

S502, the terminal equipment performs measurement at the time of access based on the first measurement configuration.

Here, the descriptions of S501 and S502 may be referred to the descriptions of S201 and S401, and will not be repeated here.

In some embodiments, the first measurement configuration includes at least one of the following information:

information A1, first frequency information indicating at least one first frequency, the first frequency being a measurement frequency at access;

information A2, priority information indicating a measurement priority of the frequency;

information A3, a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is a threshold value of signal intensity or signal quality;

information A4, beam information, where the beam information is used to indicate a reception beam used when the terminal device performs reception or measurement.

In an example, the first measurement configuration includes information A1.

In an example, the first measurement configuration includes information A2.

In an example, the first measurement configuration includes information A3.

In an example, the first measurement configuration includes information A4.

In an example, the first measurement configuration includes information A1 and information A2.

In an example, the first measurement configuration includes information A2 and information A3.

In an example, the first measurement configuration includes information A1, information A2, information A3, and information A4.

For the information A1, at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information may constitute a first frequency table, and the terminal device may use part or all of the at least one first frequency indicated by the information A1 as a measurement frequency used for measurement at the time of access.

In an example, the first frequency indicated by the first frequency information includes: f1, f2 and f3, the terminal device selects one or the frequencies from f1, f2 and f3 to measure at the time of access.

For the information A2, the measurement priority of the frequency is indicated, and here, the measurement priority may be understood as the priority of taking the measurement.

In one example, the priority information is: the order of priority from high to low is: f1, f2, f3 and f4, then at access, measurement is preferentially performed using f1, and then without f1, measurement is performed using f2, measurement is performed using f3 without f1 and f2, and measurement is performed using f4 without f1, f2 and f 3.

For information A3, it may be a reference signal received power (Reference Signal Receiving Power, RSRP) threshold or a reference signal received quality (Reference Signal Receiving Quality, RSRQ) threshold.

The information A4 may be a beam identifier of a beam, or may be a relationship between a received beam used for indicating reception or measurement and a received beam used for access.

In some embodiments, in case the first measurement configuration comprises first frequency information, the at least one measurement frequency used by the terminal device for measurement at access comprises at least one of:

case A1, the at least one first frequency;

case A2, based on the priority information, a first frequency having a higher measurement priority is selected from the at least one first frequency;

and in case A3, based on the first measurement result of the first frequency, selecting a first frequency with a high first measurement result from the at least one first frequency, wherein the first measurement result is a measurement result in an idle state or a deactivated state.

Taking the case A1 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case A1, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: in the first aspect, the first frequency indicated by the first frequency information is determined as the measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device performs measurement at the time of access using at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information.

In an example, if the at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information includes f1, the terminal device uses f1 to make measurements at the time of access.

In an example, if the at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information includes f1 and f2, the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to make measurements at the time of access.

In practical applications, the number of measurement frequencies used by the terminal device at the time of access may be determined based on whether the terminal device supports measurement of multiple frequencies.

Taking the case A2 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case A2, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: in the second aspect, a first frequency having a higher measurement priority among the first frequencies indicated by the first frequency information is determined as a measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device selects one or more first frequencies with high measurement priority from at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information according to the priority information, and determines the selected one or more first frequencies as measurement frequencies for measurement at the time of access.

In an example, the at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information includes f1 and f2, the priority information indicates that the measurement priorities of f1, f2 and f3 are f1, f2 and f3 from high to low, and f1 with high measurement priority is the measurement frequency, and the terminal device uses f1 to perform measurement when accessing.

In an example, the at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information includes f1, f2 and f3, the priority information indicates that the measurement priorities of f1, f2 and f3 are f1, f2 and f3 from high to low, and f1 and f2 with high measurement priorities are measurement frequencies, and the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to perform measurement when accessing.

Taking the case A3 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case A3, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: in a third aspect, a first frequency, which is indicated by the first frequency information and has a high first measurement result, is determined as the measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device determines a first measurement result of each first frequency among at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information, and selects a first frequency with one or more high first measurement results from the at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information according to the first measurement result of each first frequency. At this time, measurement is performed using one or more first frequencies at which the first measurement results are high at the time of access.

In an example, the at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information includes f1 and f2, M1 is higher than M2 in the first measurement result M2 of the first measurement result M1 and f2 of f1, f1 is the measurement frequency, and the terminal device uses f1 to perform measurement when accessing.

In an example, the at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency information includes f1, f2, and f3, and if M1 is higher than M2 and M2 is higher than M3 in the first measurement results M1, M2, and M3 of the first measurement results M1, f2 of f1, and f3, the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to perform measurement when accessing.

And under the condition that the frequency used for measurement when the access is performed is the condition A3, the terminal equipment performs measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state by using at least one first frequency indicated by the first frequency, so as to obtain a first measurement result of each first frequency.

In practical applications, when the terminal device performs measurement using a plurality of measurement frequencies, the measurement order of the respective measurement frequencies may be determined based on the priority information.

In an example, the frequencies used for measurement at the time of access include f1 and f2, in the priority information, the measurement priority of f1 is higher than the measurement priority of f2, and the measurement order of f1 and f2 is f1 and f2, then the terminal device firstly measures f1 and then f2 at the time of access, if f2 measurement is completed, the access is not completed, and the measurement of f1 can be continued until the access is completed.

In some embodiments, the terminal device further performs the steps of: the terminal equipment receives a second measurement configuration sent by the network equipment, wherein the second measurement configuration is used for measuring in an idle state or a deactivated state by the terminal equipment.

At this point, the network device performs the following steps: the network device sends a second measurement configuration to the terminal device, wherein the second measurement configuration is used for the terminal device to measure in an idle state or a deactivated state.

The network device configures a second measurement configuration for the terminal device, and sends the configured second measurement configuration to the terminal device, and after the terminal device receives the second measurement configuration, the terminal device performs idle state or deactivation state measurement based on the second measurement configuration. The idle state or deactivated state measurement is understood to mean that the measurement is performed in the idle state or deactivated state.

In an example, as shown in fig. 6, the terminal device performs idle state or deactivation state measurement based on the second measurement configuration at t303 to t301, performs access between t301 and t302, performs measurement based on the first measurement configuration between t301 and t302, and reports the measurement result to the network device after the access of t302 is successful, where the idle state or deactivation state is between t303 to t 301.

Optionally, the network device sends the first measurement configuration and the second measurement configuration to the terminal device via the same message.

Optionally, the network device sends the first measurement configuration and the second measurement configuration to the terminal device via different messages.

In some embodiments, the second measurement configuration comprises:

information B1, second frequency information indicating at least one second frequency, the second frequency being a measurement frequency in an idle state or a deactivated state.

For the information A1, at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information may constitute a second frequency table, and the terminal device may perform measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state using at least one second frequency indicated by the information B1.

In an example, the first frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes: f1 and f2, the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to make measurements when measuring in the idle state or the deactivated state.

In an example, the first frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes: f1, f2 and f3, the terminal device uses f1, f2 and f3 to make measurements when measuring in the idle state or in the deactivated state.

In some embodiments, in case the first measurement configuration does not include the first frequency information, the at least one measurement frequency used by the terminal device to make measurements at access time includes at least one of:

case B1, the at least one second frequency;

case B2, a second frequency with a higher measurement priority selected from the at least one second frequency based on the priority information;

Case B3, based on the first measurement result of the second frequency, a second frequency that is higher than the first measurement result selected from the at least one second frequency, the first measurement result being a measurement result in an idle state or a deactivated state;

case B4, at least one candidate frequency selected from the at least one second frequency; the candidate frequencies are determined based on the first threshold;

a case B5 in which a candidate frequency having a higher measurement priority is selected from the at least one candidate frequency based on the priority information;

and B6, selecting a candidate frequency with a high first measurement result from the at least one candidate frequency based on the first measurement result of the candidate frequencies.

Taking the case B1 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case B1, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: mode four, the second frequency indicated by the second frequency information is determined as the measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device performs measurement at the time of access using at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1, and the terminal device uses f2 for measurement in idle state or deactivated state and f2 for measurement in access.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1 and f2, and the terminal device uses f1 and f2 for measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state and f1 and f2 for measurement in an access state.

Taking the case B2 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case B2, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: in a fifth aspect, the second frequency having a higher measurement priority among the second frequencies indicated by the second frequency information is determined as the measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device selects one or a plurality of second frequencies with higher measurement priority from at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information according to the priority information, and performs measurement using the selected second frequency with higher measurement priority when accessing.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1 and f2, the priority information indicates that the measurement priorities of f1, f2, and f3 are f1, f2, and f3 from high to low, and f1 with high measurement priority is the measurement frequency, and the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to perform measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state, and uses f1 to perform measurement when accessing.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1, f2 and f3, the priority information indicates that the measurement priority of f1, f2 and f3 is f1, f2 and f3 from high to low, and then f1 and f2 with high measurement priority are measurement frequencies, the terminal device uses f1, f2 and f3 for measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state, and uses f1 and f2 for measurement at the time of access.

Taking the case B3 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: in a sixth aspect, a second frequency, which is indicated by the second frequency information and has a high first measurement result, is determined as the measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device determines a first measurement result of each second frequency among at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information, and selects one or more second frequencies having a high first measurement result from the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information according to the first measurement result of each second frequency. At this time, measurement is performed using one or more second frequencies, which are high in the first measurement result, at the time of access.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1 and f2, the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to measure in an idle state or a deactivated state, a first measurement result M1 of f1 and a first measurement result M2 of f2 are obtained, and if M1 is higher than M2, f1 is a measurement frequency, and the terminal device uses f1 to measure when accessing.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1, f2 and f3, the terminal device uses f1, f2 and f3 to perform measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state, a first measurement result M1 of f1, a first measurement result M2 of f2 and a first measurement result M3 of f3 are obtained, M1 is higher than M2, M2 is higher than M3, f1 and f2 are measurement frequencies, and the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to perform measurement when accessing.

Taking the case B4 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case B4, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: mode seven, a candidate frequency determined from at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information based on the first threshold is taken as a measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device determines at least one candidate frequency from at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information based on the first threshold. The terminal device uses at least one candidate frequency for measurement at access.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1 and f2, and the terminal device determining the candidate frequency based on the first threshold includes: f1, the terminal device uses f1 and f2 to measure in idle state or inactive state, and uses f1 to measure when accessing.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1, f2, and f3, and the terminal device determining the candidate frequency based on the first threshold includes: f1 and f2, the terminal device uses f1, f2 and f3 to measure in idle state or deactivated state, and uses f1 and f2 to measure at the time of access.

Taking the case B5 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case B5, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: in an eighth aspect, candidate frequencies are determined from at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information based on the first threshold, and a candidate frequency having a higher measurement priority among the candidate frequencies is determined as a measurement frequency. At this time, the terminal device determines at least one candidate frequency from at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information based on the first threshold, and selects a candidate frequency with a high measurement priority from the at least one candidate frequency according to the priority information, and performs measurement using the selected candidate frequency with a high measurement priority at the time of access.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1 and f2, and the terminal device determining the candidate frequency based on the first threshold includes: f1 and f2, the priority information indicates that the measurement priorities of f1, f2 and f3 are f1, f2 and f3 from high to low, f1 with high measurement priority is the measurement frequency, the terminal equipment uses f1 and f2 to perform measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state, and f1 is used to perform measurement when accessing.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1, f2, and f3, and the terminal device determining the candidate frequency based on the first threshold includes: f1 and f2, the priority information indicates that the measurement priorities of f1, f2 and f3 are f1, f2 and f3 from high to low, and f1 with high measurement priority is the measurement frequency, and the terminal equipment uses f1, f2 and f3 to perform measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state and uses f1 to perform measurement when accessing.

Taking the case B6 as an example, where the frequency used for measurement during access is the case B6, the manner in which the terminal device determines the measurement frequency is: a ninth aspect is the method of determining, as the measurement frequency, a candidate frequency having a high first measurement result among the at least one candidate frequency. At this time, the terminal device determines candidate frequencies among at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information, determines first measurement results of the candidate frequencies, and selects one or more candidate frequencies with high first measurement results from the at least one candidate frequency according to the first measurement results of the candidate frequencies. At this time, measurement is performed using one or more candidate frequencies whose first measurement results are high at the time of access.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1 and f2, the terminal device performs measurement using the f1 and f2 in an idle state or a deactivated state, to obtain a first measurement result M1 of the f1 and a first measurement result M2 of the f2, where M1 is higher than M2, and determining, by the terminal device, the candidate frequency based on the first threshold includes: f1 and f2, f1 is the measurement frequency, and the terminal device uses f1 to perform measurement when accessing.

In an example, the at least one second frequency indicated by the second frequency information includes f1, f2, and f3, the terminal device performs measurement using f1, f2, and f3 in an idle state or a deactivated state, and obtains a first measurement M1 of f1, a first measurement M2 of f2, and a first measurement M3 of f3, where M1 is higher than M2, and M2 is higher than M3, and determining the candidate frequency based on the first threshold includes: f1 and f2, f1 is the measurement frequency, and the terminal device uses f1 to perform measurement during access.

In practical application, the terminal device receives the first measurement configuration and the second measurement configuration, where the first measurement configuration may include first frequency information, and the second measurement configuration includes second frequency information.

In case the first measurement configuration comprises the first frequency information and the second measurement configuration comprises the second frequency information, the terminal device determines the measurement frequency based on the first frequency information. Wherein the manner of determining the measurement frequency based on the first frequency information includes one or more of a first manner, a second manner, and a third manner. In the embodiment of the present application, the usage priority or usage rule of the first mode, the second mode, and the third mode is not limited in any way.

In case that the first frequency information is not included in the first measurement configuration and the second frequency information is included in the second measurement configuration, the terminal device determines the measurement frequency based on the second frequency information. Wherein the manner of determining the measurement frequency based on the second frequency information includes one or more of manners four through nine. In the embodiment of the present application, the usage priority or usage rule of the fourth to ninth modes is not limited in any way.

In an example, if the terminal device has determined the candidate frequencies, selecting one or more frequencies with highest priority among the candidate frequencies as measurement frequencies; if the terminal equipment has determined the candidate frequency, but the first measurement configuration does not include priority information, selecting one or more frequencies with good first measurement results as measurement frequencies; and if the candidate frequencies are not determined by the terminal equipment, selecting one or more second frequencies with good first measurement results as measurement frequencies.

In some embodiments, the candidate frequency is a second frequency for which the first measurement is greater than or equal to the first threshold.

The terminal equipment measures the second frequency indicated by the second frequency information in the idle state or the deactivated state to obtain a first measurement result of each second frequency, compares the first measurement result of each second frequency with a first threshold, and for one second frequency, when the first measurement result of the second frequency is higher than the first threshold, the second frequency is a candidate frequency.

In one example, the first threshold is-70 dBm and the second measurement frequency includes: f1, f2, and the first measurement result of f1 is-55 dBm, the first measurement result of f2 is-80 dBm, then the first measurement result is-80 dBm of f2 is the candidate frequency.

In one example, the first threshold is-70 dBm and the second measurement frequency includes: f1, f2, f1 has a first measurement of-60 dBm and f2 has a first measurement of-70 dBm, and since both f1 and f2 have a first measurement of greater than or equal to-70 dBm, the candidate frequencies include: f1 and f2.

In some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether a first receiving beam for receiving or measuring a third frequency is the same as a second receiving beam, where the first receiving beam for receiving or measuring the third frequency is a beam used by the terminal for receiving or measuring the third frequency, and the second receiving beam is a beam of a cell where the terminal device resides or accesses.

The beam information indicates one or more third frequencies as reception beams when the measurement frequency is set, and here, a frequency corresponding to the reception beam indicated by the beam information is referred to as a third frequency.

In an example, the beam information includes the following first indication information: and indication information 1 and indication information 2, wherein the indication information 1 indicates whether a receiving beam used by the terminal equipment when receiving f1 or measuring f1 is the same as a receiving beam used by the terminal equipment when camping on or accessing a cell, and the indication information 2 indicates whether a receiving beam used by the terminal equipment when receiving f2 or measuring f2 is the same as a receiving beam used by the terminal equipment when camping on or accessing a cell.

Wherein the first indication information corresponding to the different third frequencies are independent of each other.

Optionally, in a case where the first indication information corresponding to the third frequency indicates that the first reception beam is the same as the second reception beam, the beam used for receiving or measuring the third frequency is the second reception beam.

In an example, for f1, if the first indication information corresponding to f1 in the beam information indicates that the first receiving beam and the second receiving beam of f1 are the same, that is, indicates that when the terminal device uses f1 to perform measurement during access, the terminal device may perform measurement with the same receiving beam as the current camping/access cell, and then the terminal device performs measurement of f1 with the same receiving beam as the current camping/access cell.

Optionally, when the first indication information corresponding to the third frequency indicates that the first received beam is different from the second received beam, the beam used for receiving or measuring the third frequency is the received beam used when measuring the third frequency in an idle state or a deactivated state.

In an example, for f1, if the first indication information corresponding to f1 in the beam information indicates that the first receiving beam and the second receiving beam of f1 are different, that is, when the terminal device is indicated to use f1 to perform measurement during access, the terminal device cannot use the receiving beam same as the currently camping/accessing cell to perform measurement, and then the terminal device uses the receiving beam used during idle state or deactivated state to perform measurement of f1 during access.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first indication information may be determined based on a co-station deployment situation of F1 and F2, where F1 and F2 are different frequencies, and F1 and F2 may belong to the same frequency band or may belong to different frequency bands.

Alternatively, when the co-sited deployment situation of F1 and F2 is the co-sited deployment situation shown in fig. 7 or fig. 8, the terminal device may use the same receiving beam as the currently camping or accessing cell during the access, which greatly reduces the time of scanning the receiving beam.

Alternatively, when the co-sited deployment situation of F1 and F2 is the case of the flower arrangement deployment shown in fig. 9 or the non-co-sited deployment shown in fig. 10, the terminal device cannot use the same reception beam as the current camping/access cell to perform measurement at the time of access, and at this time, the terminal device needs to change the direction of the reception beam to perform measurement at the time of access.

In some embodiments, the first measurement comprises: among the measurement results of a plurality of cells measured in the idle state or the deactivated state, the highest measurement result.

And under the condition that one second frequency has a plurality of cells, the terminal equipment measures the second frequency on the cells to obtain measurement results of the second frequency in the cells, and at the moment, the measurement results of the second frequency in the cells are compared, and the highest measurement result is used as the first measurement result of the second frequency.

In an example, when there are cell 1 and cell 2 on the second frequency f1, the terminal device measures f1 in cell 1 and f1 in cell 2 in the idle state or in the deactivated state, the measurement result of cell 1 on f1 is-80 dBm, the measurement result of cell 2 on f1 is-60 dBm, and then-60 dBm is taken as the first measurement result of f 1.

In some embodiments, the terminal device further performs the following:

the terminal equipment reports a measurement result to the network equipment, wherein the measurement result at least comprises a second measurement result, and the second measurement result comprises a measurement result obtained by measuring the at least one measurement frequency when the terminal equipment is accessed.

At this time, the network device performs the following processing:

the network equipment receives the measurement result reported by the terminal equipment, wherein the measurement result at least comprises a second measurement result, and the second measurement result comprises a measurement result obtained by measuring the at least one measurement frequency when the terminal equipment is accessed.

In some embodiments, the measurement result reported by the terminal device further includes: and a third measurement including a first measurement for each of the at least one measurement frequency.

In some embodiments, the measurement results further comprise: the number of measurement samples of a first measurement frequency, the first measurement frequency being any one of the at least one measurement frequency.

In this embodiment of the present application, the measurement result reported by the terminal device to the network device may further include at least one of the following in addition to the second measurement result obtained by measuring the measurement frequency during access:

the third measurement result is that,

the number of samples was measured.

Wherein the third measurement is a first measurement of the at least one measurement frequency.

When the terminal device reports the third measurement result, the first measurement result of at least one second measurement frequency indicated based on the second frequency information may be reported to the network device, where the at least one measurement frequency includes at least one measurement frequency.

In some embodiments, the third measurement is used to determine whether the second measurement can be used for CA/DC configuration.

When the terminal device reports the third measurement result, for one measurement frequency, the terminal device reports the measurement result when the measurement frequency is accessed and the first measurement result to the network device at the same time, and the network device receives the measurement result when the measurement frequency is accessed and the first measurement result, so that whether the measurement result of each measurement frequency is stable or not can be determined based on the measurement result when the measurement frequency is accessed and the first measurement result.

In the case where the network device determines that the measurement result of a measurement frequency is stable, the CA/DC configuration may be performed based on the measurement frequency.

Alternatively, when the difference between the measurement result at the time of access of one measurement frequency and the first measurement result is smaller than the set second threshold, the measurement frequency is considered to be stable, and at this time, the CA/DC configuration is performed using the measurement frequency; when the difference between the measurement result at the time of access of one measurement frequency and the first measurement result is greater than or equal to the second threshold, the measurement frequency is considered to be unstable, and the CA/DC configuration is not performed using the measurement frequency.

In case the terminal device reports the number of measurement samples, the number of measurement samples based on one or more of the at least one measurement frequency may be reported to the network device.

In the embodiment of the application, the number of measurement samples can represent the number of times that the terminal equipment measures one measurement frequency during access.

In an example, the terminal device measures f2, the synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal Block, SSB) of f2 at access time configures SMTC period to be 20ms, the access process lasts 80ms, during which the terminal obtains 4 measurement samples of f2 for the measurement of access, and at this time, the number of measurement samples of f2 is 4.

In an example, when the terminal device measures f2 at the time of access, the SMTC period of f2 is 20ms, the access procedure lasts for 50ms, and the number of samples of the terminal measurement f2 is 2.

In some embodiments, the number of measurement samples is used to determine whether a measurement of a first frequency in the second measurement can be used for CA/DC configuration.

When the terminal device reports the number of measurement samples, the terminal device reports the number of measurement samples of the first measurement frequency at the time of access to the network device, and the network device receives the measurement result and the number of measurement samples of each first measurement frequency at the time of access, so that it is possible to determine whether the measurement result of each first measurement frequency is stable or not based on the measurement result and the number of measurement samples of each first measurement frequency at the time of access.

In the case where the network device determines that the measurement result of a first measurement frequency is stable, the CA/DC configuration may be performed based on the first measurement frequency.

Optionally, when the number of measurement samples of a first measurement frequency is greater than or equal to a third threshold, the measurement frequency is considered to be stable, and at this time, the measurement frequency is used for CA/DC configuration; when the number of measurement samples of a first measurement frequency is less than a third threshold, the measurement frequency is considered to be unstable, and the CA/DC configuration is not performed by using the measurement frequency.

In some embodiments, the condition that the measurement result includes the number of measurement samples of the first measurement frequency includes: the number of measurement samples of the first measurement frequency is greater than or equal to a sample number threshold.

In some embodiments, the sample number threshold is: the terminal equipment is preset; or, the network device is configured.

When the terminal measures at least one measuring frequency in the access, the measuring result of each measuring frequency in the access is obtained, and the number of the measuring results obtained when each measuring frequency is in the access, namely the number of measuring samples, is judged. And when the number of the measured samples of one measuring frequency is greater than or equal to the threshold value of the number of the samples, reporting a measuring result obtained when the measuring frequency is accessed to the network equipment, wherein the measuring frequency can be regarded as a first measuring frequency. When the number of measurement samples of a measurement frequency is smaller than the threshold value of the number of samples, the measurement of the measurement frequency is considered to be failed, and the measurement result obtained when the measurement frequency is accessed is not reported to the network equipment.

Optionally, the sample number threshold is less than the third threshold.

Optionally, the sample number threshold is equal to a third threshold. And under the condition that the threshold value of the number of samples is equal to the third threshold, reporting the measurement frequency of the number of measurement samples to be the measurement frequency with stable measurement results by the terminal equipment, and performing CA/DC configuration by using the measurement frequency of the number of reported measurement samples directly by the network equipment.

Optionally, the manner in which the network device uses the measurement frequency for CA/DC configuration is: the network access device configures the measurement frequency as a secondary cell of the CA/DC to the terminal device.

The communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application is further described below.

After the terminal equipment enters a connection state, the network performs measurement configuration for the terminal, and after the terminal measures and reports the result, the network performs carrier aggregation CA/DC configuration for the terminal. The longest time-consuming part of the whole process is measurement, an EMR mechanism is introduced for accelerating the establishment process of CA/DC configuration, and the network is helped to carry out CA/DC configuration for the terminal as soon as possible by enabling the terminal in an idle state to measure and report the measurement result after entering a connection state.

Taking the DRX cycle of 0.32 seconds as an example, the time required for FR1 measurement is 11.5×1×1.5=17.28 s, and the time required for FR2 measurement is 11.5×8×1.5= 138.24s (2.3 min). It can be seen that the time required to measure one FR2 frequency exceeds 2 minutes, and increases linearly as the number of carriers to be measured increases. The frequency range of the FR2 millimeter wave is very high, so that the channel change is also faster, the timeliness of the overlong measurement result is also greatly affected, for example, the terminal measures the result of 4 FR2 carriers 8 minutes before entering the connection state, the results may be invalid (for example, the channel environment changes, the terminal moves, etc.) when entering the connection state for reporting, the validity of the EMR function is greatly affected, and thus the CA/DC establishment configuration may also fail.

The embodiment of the application provides an optimization method for early measurement, which can solve the problems of measurement failure and CA/DC configuration failure caused by overlong measurement time.

The traditional thinking is to make the terminal increase the measurement frequency and increase the effectiveness of the measurement result by shortening the measurement time, but this increases the power consumption of the terminal in an idle state, and the disadvantage is obvious. The idea provided by the embodiment of the application is that on the basis of the existing EMR advanced measurement mechanism, the terminal is allowed to conduct advanced measurement in the process of accessing, 50 ms-100 ms is usually required in the process of establishing from an idle state to a connection state, if the terminal can conduct measurement in the process of accessing, the process of accessing is the last process of entering the connection state, and the effectiveness of the measurement result can be ensured.

The problems to be solved are: how does a determination of the carrier that the terminal needs to measure during access? Since the access procedure usually requires 50ms to 100ms, in this procedure, if the terminal has the capability of multi-carrier aggregation, multiple carriers can be measured simultaneously, otherwise, the terminal may only complete measurement of one carrier.

Terminal type 1: the terminal supports multi-carrier aggregation capability, for example, the terminal supports f1+f2+f3 carrier aggregation, at which time the terminal initiates access on f1, and the terminal can measure f2 and f3 simultaneously.

Terminal type 2: the terminal supports 2 carrier aggregation, for example, the terminal supports f1+f2 carrier aggregation and f1+f3 carrier aggregation, at this time, the terminal initiates access on f1, and the terminal can only measure f2 or f3 in the access process, at this time, the carrier specifically measured by the terminal in the access process needs to be determined.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application is optimized for the terminal type 2, and meanwhile, although the capability of the communication method is strong for the terminal type 1, the power consumption problem also exists when a plurality of carriers are measured at the same time.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps:

1. the terminal receives an idle state or deactivated state measurement configuration, i.e. a second measurement configuration, and an access measurement configuration, i.e. a first measurement configuration, sent by the network, wherein,

a) The idle state or deactivated state measurement configuration includes: frequency list 1, frequency list 1 includes the frequency information to be measured in idle state or deactivated state;

b) The access measurement configuration includes one or more of the following: frequency list 2, priority, threshold 1 (RSRP or RSRQ), beam information; wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,

i. the frequency list 2 comprises frequency information to be measured in access;

Priority indicates frequency priority in the frequency list, when there are multiple candidate frequencies, for determining a measurement carrier at the time of access;

iii, a threshold 1 (RSRP or RSRQ) for selecting candidate frequencies for the access measurement in the frequency list, e.g. candidate frequencies for which the first measurement result is above the threshold 1;

and iv, beam information informing the terminal whether to measure with the same receiving beam as the current resident/accessed cell. In the case of co-sited deployment shown in fig. 7 and fig. 8, the terminal may use the same receive beam, so that the time for scanning the receive beam may be greatly reduced, and in the case of the flower arrangement deployment shown in fig. 9 or the non-co-sited deployment shown in fig. 10, the terminal cannot use the same receive beam as the current camping/access cell to perform measurement and needs to change the direction of the receive beam, where the terminal may first attempt to use the direction of the receive beam during idle state or deactivation state measurement.

2. On the basis of 1, the method further comprises the step of determining candidate frequencies for access measurement, wherein the terminal selects a frequency higher than a threshold 1 in the first measurement results in the frequency list 2 as the candidate frequency for access measurement, and if a plurality of cells exist on one frequency in the first measurement results, the cell with the highest measurement result is selected to represent the first measurement result of the frequency.

3. 1 or 2, further comprising determining one or more frequencies of the access measurement,

a) If the candidate frequencies are determined, selecting one or more frequencies with highest priority from the candidate frequencies as accessed measurement frequencies;

b) If the candidate frequencies are determined, but priority information is not received, selecting one or more frequencies with the best first measurement result as the accessed measurement frequency;

c) If the candidate frequencies are not determined, one or more frequencies with the best first measurement result are selected as the accessed measurement frequencies.

4. On the basis of 1, the method also comprises the step of determining the receiving beam direction by the terminal.

a) If the network indicates a certain frequency in the frequency list 2, the terminal can measure the certain frequency by using the same receiving wave beam as the current resident/access cell, and the terminal adopts the same receiving wave beam as the current resident/access cell to measure the certain frequency;

b) If the network indicates a certain frequency in the frequency list 2, the terminal cannot use the same receiving beam as the current resident/access cell to measure, and then the terminal uses the receiving beam used in idle state or deactivated state measurement to measure the frequency.

5. Based on 1, 2, 3 or 4, the method further comprises the step that the terminal reports the accessed measurement result and the first measurement result.

6. The method is based on the step 5, and further comprises the step that the terminal reports the number of the accessed measured samples.

For example, the SSB measurement time configuration SMTC period of the terminal for measuring f2, f2 in the access process is 20ms, the access process lasts for 80ms, during which the terminal obtains 4 measurement samples of f2 for performing the measurement of the access; for another example, if the SMTC period of f2 is 20ms and the access procedure lasts 50ms, the number of samples of f2 measured by the terminal is 2. This is to assist the network in determining the accuracy of the access measurement, for example, when the first measurement result and the access measurement result differ significantly, or when the access measurement result with multiple frequencies is good, the greater the number of measurement samples, the more accurate and reliable the measurement result.

7. On the basis of 5, the method further comprises that the network preset terminal sends at least the needed measurement sample number, for example, at least the needed measurement sample number is 2, if the sample number for measurement is less than 2 when the terminal is in access measurement, the terminal does not report the access measurement result, namely, the terminal represents that the access measurement fails.

The communication method provided in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented as, but not limited to, the following embodiments:

example 1

The communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 11, includes:

S1101, the terminal receives idle state or deactivated state measurement configuration and access measurement configuration sent by the network.

The frequency list 1 included in the idle state or the deactivated state measurement configuration includes f1 and f2, and the access measurement configuration includes the following information:

i. priority level: f1 has a higher priority than f2,

ii. Threshold 1: rsrp= -70dBm,

iii, beam information: f1 may use the same receive beam as the camping/access cell and f2 may not use the same receive beam as the camping/access cell.

And S1102, the terminal performs idle state or deactivation state measurement based on the idle state or deactivation state measurement configuration.

The terminal measures based on the frequency f1 and the frequency f2 in the idle state or the deactivated state measurement configuration in the idle state or the deactivated state to obtain an idle state or deactivated state measurement result, wherein the measurement result of the cell 1 on the frequency f1 is-80 dBm, the measurement result of the cell 2 on the frequency f1 is-60 dBm, and the-60 dBm is taken as the measurement result of the frequency f 1; the measurement result of the cell 1 on the frequency f2 is-70 dBm, the measurement result of the cell 2 on the frequency f2 is-90 dBm, and the measurement result of the frequency f2 is-70 dBm.

S1103, the terminal determines candidate frequencies.

The terminal determines candidate frequencies according to the measurement result of S1102 and the threshold 1 in the access measurement configuration. Wherein, since the measurement results of the frequency f1 and the frequency f2 are both greater than or equal to-70 dBm, both frequencies can be used as candidate frequencies.

S1104, the terminal determines a measurement frequency in the candidate frequencies.

According to the priority f1 in the access measurement configuration being higher than f2, f1 can be determined as the measurement frequency of the measurement in the access process.

S1105, the terminal measures the measurement frequency in the access process. Results

In the access measurement configuration, the same receiving beam as the resident/accessed cell can be used by the f1 of the beam information, and then the terminal adopts the current receiving beam (i.e. the receiving beam same as the current accessed cell) to measure the cell 2 on the f1 frequency in the access process, so as to obtain the access measurement result. Wherein the cell 2 measurement result of the frequency f1 is-55 dBm.

And 1106, the terminal reports idle state or deactivation state measurement results and access measurement results.

Idle state or deactivated state measurements include: the measurement result of cell 2 on frequency f1 is-60 dBm, and the measurement result of cell 1 on frequency f2 is-70 dBm. The access measurement results include: the cell 2 measurement result for frequency f1 is-55 dBm.

S1107, the network device determines whether the access measurement can perform CA/DC configuration based on the idle state or deactivated state measurement result and the access measurement result.

The network receives the measurement result reported by the terminal, considers that the measurement result of the cell 2 of f1 in the access measurement result is better based on the idle state or deactivation state measurement result, and can be used as a secondary cell of CA/DC to be added to the terminal.

Example two

The communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 12, includes:

and S1201, the terminal receives idle state or deactivated state measurement configuration and access measurement configuration sent by the network.

The idle state or deactivated state measurement configuration includes frequencies f1, f2 and f3 in list 1,

the access measurement configuration includes the following information:

i. priority level: the prioritization of f1, f2, f3 is: f1, f2 and f3,

ii. Beam information: f1, f3 may use the same receive beam as the camping/access cell and f2 may not use the same receive beam as the camping/access cell.

And S1202, the terminal performs idle state or deactivation state measurement based on idle state or deactivation state measurement configuration.

The terminal measures based on the frequency f1, the frequency f2 and the frequency f3 in the idle state or the deactivated state measurement configuration in the idle state or the deactivated state, and an idle state or deactivated state measurement result is obtained.

And S1203, the terminal determines the measurement frequency according to the priority information.

And f1 is determined to be the measurement frequency for measurement in the access process according to the priority information in the access measurement configuration.

And S1204, the terminal measures the measurement frequency in the access process based on the beam information.

In the access measurement configuration, the same receiving beam as the resident/access cell can be used by f1 of the beam information, and then the terminal adopts the current receiving beam (i.e. the receiving beam same as the current access cell) to measure f1 frequency in the access process, so as to obtain an access measurement result.

S1205, the terminal reports idle state or deactivation state measurement results and access measurement results.

S1206, the network device determines whether the access measurement is CA/DC configurable based on the idle state or deactivated state measurement result and the access measurement result.

And the network receives the measurement result reported by the terminal, and if the measurement result of the cell on the frequency f1 is higher than the threshold of the CA/DC auxiliary cell configured by the network, the measurement result can be used as the CA/DC auxiliary cell to be added to the terminal.

Example III

The communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 13, includes:

s1301, the terminal receives idle state or deactivation state measurement configuration and access measurement configuration sent by the network.

the access measurement configuration includes the following information:

frequency list 2, comprising: f1 and f2.

S1302, the terminal performs idle state or deactivation state measurement based on idle state or deactivation state measurement configuration.

The terminal measures based on the frequency f1, the frequency f2 and the frequency f3 in the idle state or the deactivated state measurement configuration in the idle state or the deactivated state, and an idle state or deactivated state measurement result is obtained. The f1 measurement result in the idle state or the deactivated state is-70 dBm, and the f2 measurement result is-60 dBm.

S1303, the terminal determines the measurement frequency.

The measurement frequencies determinable by the terminal 1 may include: frequency 1 and frequency 2.

In the case where the terminal 2 can only measure 1 frequency, since there is no priority information, the terminal 2 adopts f2 having a higher measurement result in the first measurement result as the measurement frequency of the access.

S1304, the terminal measures the measurement frequency in the access process.

And if the access measurement configuration does not comprise beam information, in the access measurement configuration, the terminal uses the receiving beam measurement frequency f1 or the measurement frequencies f1 and f2 used in idle state or deactivation state measurement to obtain an access measurement result.

Wherein, the f1 measurement result of the terminal 1 is-80 dBm, and the number of measurement samples is 3; f2 measurement result was-110 dBm, and the number of measurement samples was 3. The f2 measurement result of the terminal 2 is-110 dBm, and the number of measurement samples is 3.

Here, it can be considered that the positions of the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 are the same, and thus, the measurement results for f1 and f2 are similar.

And S1305, the terminal reports idle state or deactivation state measurement results and access measurement results.

S1306, the network device determines whether the access measurement is CA/DC configurable based on the idle state or deactivated state measurement result and the access measurement result.

For the terminal 1, f2 in idle state or deactivated state measurement results reported by the terminal 1 is better than f1, but the access measurement result f2 is worse than f1, and according to the reported measurement sample number 3, the network considers that the access measurement result is reliable, so the network determines that the cell on the terminal configuration f1 is a CA/DC auxiliary cell.

For the terminal 2, f2 in the idle state or deactivated state measurement result reported by the terminal 2 is better than f1, but the access measurement result f2 is worse, according to the reported measurement sample number 3, the network considers that the access measurement result is reliable, so that the cell on f2 is not suitable to be added to the terminal 2 as the auxiliary carrier of CA/DC, and according to the previous idle state or deactivated state measurement result, the network configures the cell on f1 for the terminal as the CA/DC auxiliary cell.

The embodiment of the present application provides a communication device 1400, as shown in fig. 14, the communication device 1400 includes:

a first receiving module 1401 is configured to receive a first measurement configuration of a network device configuration, where the first measurement configuration is used for the terminal device to perform measurement when accessing.

first frequency information indicating at least one first frequency, the first frequency being a measurement frequency at the time of access;

priority information indicating measurement priority of frequency;

a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is a threshold value of signal strength or signal quality;

and the beam information is used for indicating a receiving beam used when the terminal equipment receives or measures.

the at least one first frequency;

a first frequency having a higher measurement priority selected from the at least one first frequency based on the priority information;

and a first frequency selected from the at least one first frequency based on a first measurement result of the first frequency, the first measurement result being a measurement result in an idle state or a deactivated state.

In some embodiments, the first receiving module 1401 is further configured to receive a second measurement configuration sent by the network device, where the second measurement configuration is used for the terminal device to perform measurement in an idle state or a deactivated state.

In some embodiments, the second measurement configuration comprises: and second frequency information indicating at least one second frequency, the second frequency being a measurement frequency in an idle state or a deactivated state.

the at least one second frequency;

a second frequency having a higher measurement priority selected from the at least one second frequency based on the priority information;

a second frequency selected from the at least one second frequency, based on a first measurement result of the second frequency, the first measurement result being a measurement result in an idle state or a deactivated state;

at least one candidate frequency selected from the at least one second frequency; the candidate frequencies are determined based on the first threshold;

a candidate frequency having a high measurement priority selected from the at least one candidate frequency based on the priority information;

and a candidate frequency selected from the at least one candidate frequency to have a high first measurement result based on the first measurement result of the candidate frequency.

In some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether a first receiving beam for receiving or measuring a third frequency is the same as a second receiving beam, where the first receiving beam for receiving or measuring the third frequency is a beam used by the terminal device for receiving or measuring the third frequency, and the second receiving beam is a beam of a cell where the terminal device resides or accesses.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in some embodiments,

receiving or measuring a beam used by the third frequency as a second receiving beam under the condition that the first indication information corresponding to the third frequency indicates that the first receiving beam is the same as the second receiving beam; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

and when the first indication information corresponding to the third frequency indicates that the first receiving beam is different from the second receiving beam, the beam used for receiving or measuring the third frequency is the receiving beam used when measuring the third frequency in an idle state or a deactivated state.

In some embodiments, the apparatus 1400 further comprises:

and the reporting module is used for reporting the measurement result to the network equipment, wherein the measurement result at least comprises a second measurement result, and the second measurement result comprises a measurement result obtained by measuring the at least one measurement frequency when the terminal equipment is accessed.

In some embodiments, the measurement results further comprise: and a third measurement including a first measurement for each of the at least one measurement frequency.

In some embodiments, the measurement results further comprise:

the number of measurement samples of a first measurement frequency, the first measurement frequency being any one of the at least one measurement frequency.

In some embodiments, the condition that the measurement result includes the number of measurement samples of the first measurement frequency includes:

the number of measurement samples of the first measurement frequency is greater than or equal to a sample number threshold.

In some embodiments, the sample number threshold is:

the terminal equipment is preset; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

the network device is configured.

The embodiment of the present application provides a communication device 1500, as shown in fig. 15, the communication device 1500 includes:

a sending module 1501, configured to send a first measurement configuration to a terminal device, where the first measurement configuration is used for measurement by the terminal device when accessing.

priority information indicating measurement priority of frequency;

The at least one first frequency;

In some embodiments, the sending module 1501 is further configured to send a second measurement configuration to the terminal device, where the second measurement configuration is used for the terminal device to make measurements in an idle state or a deactivated state.

the at least one second frequency;

In some embodiments of the present invention, in some embodiments,

In some embodiments, the apparatus 1500 further comprises:

the second receiving module is configured to receive a measurement result reported by the network device, where the measurement result includes at least a second measurement result, and the second measurement result includes a measurement result obtained by measuring the at least one measurement frequency when the terminal device is accessed.

In some embodiments, the measurement results further comprise:

In some embodiments, the sample number threshold is:

the network device is configured.

The description of the apparatus embodiments above is similar to that of the method embodiments above, with similar advantageous effects as the method embodiments. For technical details not disclosed in the device embodiments of the present application, please refer to the description of the method embodiments of the present application for understanding.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the communication method is implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a separate product, the communication method may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application may be essentially or partially contributing to the related art, and the computer software product may be stored in a storage medium, and include several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes. Thus, embodiments of the present application are not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the application provides an electronic device, which comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program capable of running on the processor, and the processor realizes the steps in the communication method provided in the embodiment when executing the program.

Accordingly, the present embodiment provides a storage medium, that is, a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements the communication method provided in the above embodiment.

It should be noted here that: the description of the storage medium and apparatus embodiments above is similar to that of the method embodiments described above, with similar benefits as the method embodiments. For technical details not disclosed in the embodiments of the storage medium and the apparatus of the present application, please refer to the description of the method embodiments of the present application for understanding.

It should be noted that fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware entity of a communication device (a terminal device or a network device) according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 16, the electronic device 1600 includes: a processor 1601, at least one communication bus 1602, a user interface 1603, at least one external communication interface 1604 and a memory 1605. Wherein the communication bus 1602 is configured to enable connected communication between these components. Wherein the user interface 1603 may comprise a display screen and the external communication interface 1604 may comprise a standard wired interface and a wireless interface.

The memory 1605 is configured to store instructions and applications executable by the processor 1601, and may also cache data (e.g., image data, audio data, voice communication data, and video communication data) to be processed or processed by the respective modules in the processor 1601 and the electronic device, and may be implemented by a FLASH memory (FLASH) or a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM).

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in some embodiments" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not mean the order of execution, and the order of execution of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application. The foregoing embodiment numbers of the present application are merely for describing, and do not represent advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above described device embodiments are only illustrative, e.g. the division of the units is only one logical function division, and there may be other divisions in practice, such as: multiple units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. In addition, the various components shown or discussed may be coupled or directly coupled or communicatively coupled to each other via some interface, whether indirectly coupled or communicatively coupled to devices or units, whether electrically, mechanically, or otherwise.

The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and components shown as units may or may not be physical units; can be located in one place or distributed to a plurality of network units; some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may be separately used as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit; the integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in hardware plus software functional units.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of the steps for implementing the above method embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to program instructions, and the foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, where the program, when executed, performs steps including the above method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: a mobile storage device, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, or the like, which can store program codes.

Alternatively, the integrated units described above may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as a stand-alone product. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application may be essentially or partially contributing to the related art, and the computer software product may be stored in a storage medium, and include several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a removable storage device, a ROM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

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

Claims

1. A method of communication, the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first measurement configuration comprises at least one of:

priority information indicating measurement priority of frequency;

and the beam information is used for indicating a beam used when the terminal equipment receives or measures.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, in case the first measurement configuration comprises first frequency information, at least one measurement frequency used by the terminal device for measurement at access time comprises at least one of:

the at least one first frequency;

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

the terminal equipment receives a second measurement configuration sent by the network equipment, wherein the second measurement configuration is used for measuring in an idle state or a deactivated state by the terminal equipment.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second measurement configuration comprises: and second frequency information indicating at least one second frequency, the second frequency being a measurement frequency in an idle state or a deactivated state.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, in case the first measurement configuration does not comprise the first frequency information, at least one measurement frequency used by the terminal device for measurement at access time comprises at least one of:

the at least one second frequency;

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the candidate frequency is a second frequency for which the first measurement is greater than or equal to the first threshold.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the beam information comprises at least one first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate whether a first reception beam for receiving or measuring a third frequency is identical to a second reception beam, the first reception beam for receiving or measuring the third frequency being a beam used by the terminal device for receiving or measuring the third frequency, the second reception beam being a beam of a cell in which the terminal device is camping or accessing.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of determining the position of the first electrode is performed,

10. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the first measurement comprises: among the measurement results of a plurality of cells measured in the idle state or the deactivated state, the highest measurement result.

11. The method according to claim 3 or 6, characterized in that the method further comprises:

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the measurement further comprises: and a third measurement including a first measurement for each of the at least one measurement frequency.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the third measurement is used to determine whether the second measurement can be used for CA/DC configuration.

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

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the number of measurement samples is used to determine whether a measurement of a first frequency of the second measurement is available for CA/DC configuration.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the condition that the measurement result includes the number of measurement samples of the first measurement frequency includes:

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the sample number threshold is:

the network device is configured.

18. A method of communication, the method comprising:

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first measurement configuration comprises at least one of:

priority information indicating measurement priority of frequency;

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein, in case the first measurement configuration comprises first frequency information, at least one measurement frequency used by the terminal device for measurement at access time comprises at least one of:

the at least one first frequency;

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

the network device sends a second measurement configuration to the terminal device, where the second measurement configuration is used for the terminal device to measure in an idle state or a deactivated state.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the second measurement configuration comprises: and second frequency information indicating at least one second frequency, the second frequency being a measurement frequency in an idle state or a deactivated state.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein, in case the first measurement configuration does not comprise the first frequency information, at least one measurement frequency used by the terminal device for measurement at access time comprises at least one of:

the at least one second frequency;

and based on the priority information, selecting a candidate frequency with a high measurement priority from the at least one candidate frequency.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the candidate frequency is a second frequency for which the first measurement is greater than or equal to the first threshold.

25. The method according to claim 19, wherein the beam information includes at least one first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate whether a first reception beam for receiving or measuring a third frequency is the same as a second reception beam, the first reception beam for receiving or measuring the third frequency being a beam used by the terminal for receiving or measuring the third frequency, the second reception beam being a beam of a cell in which the terminal device is camping or accessing.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

receiving or measuring a receiving beam used by the third frequency as a second receiving beam under the condition that the first indication information corresponding to the third frequency indicates that the first receiving beam is the same as the second receiving beam; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

27. The method of claim 20 or 23, wherein the first measurement comprises: among the measurement results of a plurality of cells measured in the idle state or the deactivated state, the highest measurement result.

28. The method according to claim 20 or 23, characterized in that the method further comprises:

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the measurement further comprises: and a third measurement including a first measurement for each of the at least one measurement frequency.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the third measurement is used to determine whether the second measurement can be used for CA/DC configuration.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the measurement further comprises:

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the number of measurement samples is used to determine whether a measurement of a first frequency of the second measurement is available for CA/DC configuration.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the condition that the measurement result includes the number of measurement samples of the first measurement frequency includes:

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the sample number threshold is:

the network device is configured.

35. A communication device, the device comprising:

36. A communication device, the device comprising:

37. A communication device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that the processor, when executing the computer program, implements the steps of the communication method of any of claims 1 to 17 or the steps of the communication method of any of claims 18 to 34.

38. A storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the communication method of any of claims 1 to 17 or implements the communication method of any of claims 18 to 34.