CN116601994A - Method and device for configuring measurement purpose - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a method and a device for configuring measurement purposes, wherein the method comprises the following steps: indication information is generated for indicating the purpose of the measurement report, which is for the radio resource management RRM, and the indication information is transmitted to the terminal device. The method enables the terminal equipment to determine the purpose of the measurement report by configuring the measurement purpose, so that the measurement report can be selectively reported according to the current state, and the signaling overhead and the network delay can be reduced.

Description

Method and device for configuring measurement purpose Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for configuring measurement purposes.

Background

With the upgrade of network deployment, the network gradually evolves from a current non-independent Networking (NSA) mode to a mixed networking mode of NSA and independent networking (SA), the same New Radio (NR) cell can operate in either NSA mode or SA mode, and if a User Equipment (UE) is connected to a network device of long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), the network device expects the UE to enter a dual-connection state or switch to SA state, a radio resource management connection reconfiguration message is sent to the UE to instruct the UE to perform connection state measurement of the NR cell, and when the UE detects the NR cell satisfying the reporting condition, the UE reports a measurement report of an NR B1 or B2 event to the network device. The network device instructs the UE to perform a handover to the SA mode or the NSA mode according to the measurement report.

But as a UE, the purpose of the network device configuration measurement cannot be determined, so that a biased selection in the measurement report cannot be made. For example, the current UE heats up severely, has a low power, and it is desirable to perform SA handover preferentially instead of adding secondary cell groups (secondary cell group, SCG) under the condition that the current network environment can perform SA handover. If the UE reports the measurement report for adding the SCG first, at this time, after the network device configures the UE to add the SCG to establish dual connectivity, the UE reports the measurement report for switching to the SA again, and the network device instructs the UE to perform SA switching again. The above actions can cause redundancy of signaling, and under the condition that the UE has the function of directly executing SA switching, the addition and release of SCG are executed redundantly, so that the delay of switching the UE to the SA mode is further increased.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a method and a device for configuring measurement purposes, which can enable terminal equipment to perceive the purpose of network equipment configuration measurement.

A first aspect provides a method of configuring measurement purposes, the method comprising a network device generating indication information for indicating a purpose of measurement reporting, the purpose being for radio resource management, RRM. The network device sends the indication information to the terminal device.

Based on the technical scheme, the terminal equipment can perceive the purpose of network equipment configuration measurement through the received indication information, so that according to the state of the terminal equipment, such as power consumption, electric quantity, heating value and the like, the terminal equipment can decide to select which purpose of measurement report to report, thereby saving signaling overhead and avoiding network delay.

It will be appreciated that the network device needs to determine the purpose of the measurement report before the network device generates the indication information.

Alternatively, the network device may determine the purpose of the measurement report by determining whether the data traffic of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a threshold value, or whether the signal quality of the cell is greater than or equal to a threshold value, when at least one of the above conditions is satisfied.

It should be appreciated that the signal quality of the above-described cells includes: reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the RRM includes adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, report configuration information is sent to the terminal device, where the report configuration information includes the indication information.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, measurement identification information is sent to the terminal device, where the measurement identification information includes the indication information.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the indication information includes a destination cell, where the destination cell is used to instruct the terminal device to report the measurement report.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the indication information includes a value of a parameter, where the value of the parameter is used to indicate the purpose of the measurement report, and the value of the parameter is carried on a cell used to indicate a measurement cell parameter.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the cell indicating the measurement cell parameter includes at least one cell of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

A second aspect provides a method of configuring measurement purposes, the method comprising a terminal device receiving indication information sent by a network device, determining a purpose of a measurement report based on the indication information, the purpose being for RRM.

Based on the above scheme, the terminal device can determine the purpose of the measurement report, so that according to the state of the terminal device, such as power consumption, electric quantity, heating value and the like, the terminal device decides to select which purpose of the measurement report to report, and when the terminal device changes the strategy, the terminal device does not need to inform the network device through information, thereby saving signaling overhead and avoiding network delay.

For example, if the same measurement object in the measurement configuration received by the terminal device is associated with two reporting configurations for the purpose of measurement report, and if the same cell exists in the environment and the reporting threshold condition for the two purposes is met, the measurement report for handover or redirection is preferentially reported, or the measurement report for adding the secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying the secondary cell/secondary cell group or releasing the secondary cell/secondary cell group is not reported; if different measurement objects in the measurement configuration received by the terminal equipment are associated with the measurement configuration with two purposes, at the moment, if a cell in the environment meets the switching or redirection event, the terminal equipment does not report a measurement report for adding the auxiliary cell/auxiliary cell group, modifying the auxiliary cell/auxiliary cell group or releasing the auxiliary cell/auxiliary cell group; if the terminal device is sensitive to low power consumption and heat, it may choose not to report measurement reports for adding secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying secondary cell/secondary cell group or releasing secondary cell/secondary cell group, whether or not the conditions of handover or redirection are currently in existence. The conditions without handover or redirection may be two of: firstly, the network does not configure measurement configuration for both purposes, and secondly, the environment does not have a cell satisfying handover or redirection.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the RRM includes adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, report configuration information sent by the network device is received, where the report configuration information includes the indication information.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, measurement identification information sent by the network device is received, where the measurement identification information includes the indication information.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the indication information includes a destination cell, where the destination cell is used to indicate a purpose of the measurement report.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the indication information is a value of a parameter, where the value of the parameter is used to indicate the purpose of the measurement report, and the value of the parameter is carried on a cell used to indicate a measurement cell parameter.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the cell indicating the measurement cell parameter includes at least one of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

A third aspect provides an apparatus for configuring measurement purposes, the apparatus comprising a processing unit and a transceiving unit, the processing unit being configured to generate indication information for indicating a purpose of a measurement report, the purpose being for RRM. The transceiver unit is used for sending the indication information to the terminal equipment.

Based on the technical scheme, the terminal equipment can sense the purpose of measurement configuration, so that according to the state of the terminal equipment, such as power consumption, electric quantity, heating value and the like, the terminal equipment can decide to report which purpose of measurement report is selected, signaling overhead is saved, and network delay is avoided.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the RRM includes adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the processing unit may be further configured to determine an objective of the measurement report. Alternatively, the processing unit may determine the purpose of the measurement report by determining whether the data traffic of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a threshold value, or whether the signal quality of the presence cell is greater than or equal to a threshold value, when at least one of the above conditions is satisfied.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the transceiver unit is specifically configured to send report configuration information to the terminal device, where the report configuration information includes the indication information.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the transceiver unit is specifically configured to send measurement identification information to the terminal device, where the measurement identification information includes the indication information.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the indication information includes a destination cell, where the destination cell is used to instruct the terminal device to report the measurement report.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the indication information includes a value of a parameter, where the value of the parameter is used to indicate the purpose of the measurement report, and the value of the parameter is carried on a cell used to indicate a measurement cell parameter.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the cell indicating the measurement cell parameter includes at least one cell of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

A fourth aspect provides an apparatus for configuring measurement purposes, the apparatus comprising a transceiver unit for receiving indication information sent by a network device, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to determine a purpose of the measurement report, which is for RRM, based on the indication information.

Based on the above scheme, the terminal device can determine the purpose of the measurement report, so that according to the state of the terminal device, such as power consumption, electric quantity, heating value and the like, the terminal device decides to select which purpose of the measurement report to report, and when the terminal device changes the strategy, the terminal device does not need to inform the network device through information, thereby saving signaling overhead and avoiding network delay.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the RRM includes adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is further configured to determine, according to the purpose of the measurement report and information of the terminal device, not to report the measurement report for the secondary cell/secondary cell group, modify the secondary cell/secondary cell group, or release the secondary cell/secondary cell group.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the transceiver unit is specifically configured to receive report configuration information sent by the network device, where the report configuration information includes the indication information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the transceiver unit is specifically configured to receive measurement identifier information sent by the network device, where the measurement identifier information includes the indication information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the indication information includes a destination cell, where the destination cell is used to indicate a purpose of the measurement report.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the indication information is a value of a parameter, where the value of the parameter is used to indicate the purpose of the measurement report, and the value of the parameter is carried on a cell used to indicate a measurement cell parameter.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the cell indicating the measurement cell parameter includes at least one of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided an apparatus for configuring measurement purposes, which may be a network device as in the first aspect above, or an electronic device configured in a network device, or a larger device comprising a network device. The apparatus is for performing the method of configuring measurement purposes provided in the first aspect above. The apparatus includes a processor for generating indication information for indicating a purpose of a measurement report for RRM, and a transceiver; the transceiver is configured to send the indication information to the terminal device. The processor is coupled to the memory and operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of configuring the measurement object in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect. Optionally, the communication device further comprises a memory. Optionally, the apparatus further comprises a communication interface, the processor being coupled to the communication interface.

In one implementation, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the apparatus is a chip configured in a network device. When the apparatus is a chip configured in a network device, the communication interface may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin, or related circuitry on the chip or system-on-chip. The processor may also be embodied as processing circuitry or logic circuitry.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided an apparatus for configuring measurement purposes, which may be a terminal device as in the second aspect above, or an electronic device configured in a terminal device, or a larger device including a terminal device. The apparatus is for performing the method of configuring measurement purposes provided in the second aspect above. The apparatus includes a transceiver for receiving indication information transmitted by a network device; the processor is configured to determine a purpose of the measurement report based on the indication information, the purpose being for RRM. The processor is coupled to the memory and operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of the second aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect. Optionally, the apparatus further comprises a memory. Optionally, the apparatus further comprises a communication interface, the processor being coupled to the communication interface.

In one implementation, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the apparatus is a chip configured in a terminal device. When the communication device is a chip configured in a terminal device, the communication interface may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin, or related circuits on the chip or a system of chips, or the like. The processor may also be embodied as processing circuitry or logic circuitry.

Alternatively, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit. Alternatively, the input/output interface may be an input/output circuit.

In a specific implementation process, the processor may be one or more chips, the input circuit may be an input pin, the output circuit may be an output pin, and the processing circuit may be a transistor, a gate circuit, a flip-flop, various logic circuits, and the like. The input signal received by the input circuit may be, but not limited to, received by and input to the receiver, the output signal output by the output circuit may be, but not limited to, output to and transmitted by the transmitter, and the input circuit and the output circuit may be the same circuit, which functions as the input circuit and the output circuit, respectively, at different times. The embodiment of the application does not limit the specific implementation modes of the processor and various circuits.

In a seventh aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored which, when executed by a network device, causes the network device to implement the method of the first aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a terminal device, causes the terminal device to implement the method of the second aspect and any possible implementation of the second aspect.

A ninth aspect provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause a network device to implement the first aspect and the method in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause a terminal device to implement the second aspect and the method in any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system suitable for use in embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a network structure in a non-independent networking mode.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a network structure in an independent networking mode.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a scheme for switching networking modes.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of another scheme for switching networking modes.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart interaction diagram suitable for handover or redirection provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of adding, modifying or releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: LTE, LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), communication systems, satellite communication systems, fifth generation (5th generation,5G) systems, or NR, as well as future communication systems.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system 100 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system 100 may include at least one network device, such as the network device 110 shown in fig. 1. The wireless communication system 100 may also include at least one terminal device, such as the terminal device 120 shown in fig. 1. Wireless connection can be established between the terminal equipment and the network equipment and between the terminal equipment and the terminal equipment for wireless communication, and the sending equipment can indicate the scheduling information of the data through the control information so that the receiving equipment can correctly receive the data according to the control information.

The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a user equipment, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user equipment. The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may be a cellular phone, a tablet computer, a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in unmanned driving, a wireless terminal in telemedicine), a wireless terminal in smart grid, a transportation security (wireless terminal in smart city, a wireless terminal in smart home, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), a handheld device with a wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolved public land mobile communication network (public land mobile network, PLMN), etc., it should be understood that the present application is not limited to the specific form of the terminal device.

The network device in the embodiment of the application can be any device with a wireless receiving and transmitting function. The apparatus includes, but is not limited to: an eNB, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a Node B (NB), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved nodeB, or home node B, HNB), a Base Band Unit (BBU), an Access Point (AP) in a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, WIFI) system, a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a transmission point (transmission point, TP), or a transmission reception point (transmission and reception point, TRP), etc., may also be 5G, e.g., NR, a gNB in a system, or a transmission point (TRP or TP), an antenna panel of one or a group (including multiple antenna panels) of base stations in a 5G system, or a network node constituting a gNB or transmission point, such as a base band unit, or a Distributed Unit (DU), etc.

In some deployments, the gNB may include a Centralized Unit (CU) and DUs. The gNB may also include an active antenna unit (active antenna unit, abbreviated as AAU). The CU implements part of the functionality of the gNB and the DU implements part of the functionality of the gNB. For example, the CU is responsible for handling non-real time protocols and services, implementing the functions of the radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC), packet data convergence layer protocol (packet data convergence protocol, PDCP) layer. The DUs are responsible for handling physical layer protocols and real-time services, implementing the functions of the radio link control (radio link control, RLC), medium access control (media access control, MAC) and physical layers. The AAU realizes part of physical layer processing function, radio frequency processing and related functions of the active antenna. Since the information of the RRC layer may eventually become information of the PHY layer or be converted from the information of the PHY layer, under this architecture, higher layer signaling, such as RRC layer signaling, may also be considered to be transmitted by the DU or by the du+aau. It is understood that the network device may be a device comprising one or more of a CU node, a DU node, an AAU node. In addition, the CU may be divided into network devices in an access network (radio access network, RAN), or may be divided into network devices in a Core Network (CN), which the present application is not limited to.

The NSA networking adopts a 4G-5G dual connectivity (E-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, EN-DC) mode, a 5G NR control surface is anchored to 4G LTE, and 5G NR is used for bearing the service of a user surface. The control plane is a channel for signaling needed by sending and scheduling resources, and the user plane is a channel for transmitting user data. Under NSA networking, the 5G base station attaches to the existing 4G core network.

NSA networking has multiple modes, and the most widely used mode in actual networking is option3X mode, and a schematic diagram of the NSA networking is shown in fig. 2. The LTE base station eNB serves as the MN, and the NR base station gNB serves as the SN. An S1 interface exists between the LTE eNB and an evolution packet core network (evolved packet core, EPC) of the LTE system, and at least a Control plane connection (S1-Control, S1-C) and a user plane connection (S1-userplan, S1-U) are provided. There is an S1-U interface between the NR gNB and EPC, i.e. only user plane connections are possible.

SA networking schematic diagram is shown in FIG. 3, gNB is directly connected with 5G core network (next generation core, NGC) through S1-C and S1-U, without attaching to EPC, UE residing on LTE can enter SA networking mode or NSA networking mode if 5G service is required.

Because of the dual connectivity of 4G and 5G, NSA networking is easier to expose compatibility problems than independent SA networking, resulting in failure to provide service normally after EN-DC is established in LTE cells that could normally be used. In addition, NSA consumes higher power than SA, which is disadvantageous for user equipment sensitive to power consumption, standby duration, and heating requirements. Such as: the UE is not suitable for entering the EN-DC state under the conditions of serious heat generation, low power, etc.

When the network device expects the UE to enter NSA or SA mode, the network device instructs the UE to measure the NR cell by sending an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE, and the UE reports the measurement result according to the instruction, and then the network device may instruct the UE to enter NSA or SA mode according to the measurement report.

Because the UE cannot perceive the purpose of configuring the measurement report by the network device at this time, if the measurement report for the purpose of adding the SCG is reported first, the network device instructs the UE to add the SCG to establish EN-DC at this time, and if the UE reports the measurement report for the purpose of switching or redirecting again, the network device instructs the UE to switch or redirect. The above actions can cause redundancy of signaling, and under the condition that the UE has the function of directly executing switching or redirection, the redundancy executes addition and release of NR SCG, thereby further increasing the delay of switching or redirection of the UE.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of switching networking modes to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Step S410: the network device sends an RRC connection reconfiguration message instructing the UE to measure the NR cell.

Step S420: the UE sends UE auxiliary information to the network equipment, and the UE auxiliary information is used for informing the network equipment of the current preference state of the UE. Included in the assistance information is a power preference indication (powerPrefIndication) cell, and a current enumeration value supports normal (normal) and low power consumption (lowpowerConsumption), which may be used to inform the network device whether the current UE has a low power consumption requirement. The auxiliary information also includes an overheating auxiliary information (overranging auxiliary information (formcg) cell, and a cut maximum carrier number (reduced maxccs) cell may be configured to inform the network device of the maximum carrier number recommended by the current UE.

However, the power consumption preference indication cell in the scheme only informs the network device of the power consumption condition of the current UE, and does not directly inform the network device whether the current UE tends to switch or redirect or add, modify or release the secondary cell/secondary cell group, and the current protocol does not agree on specific behavior constraints when the network device receives low power consumption and common two enumeration values. The overheat auxiliary information cell in the scheme gives decision rights to the network equipment, so that auxiliary information recommended by the UE can be seen, the base station can reject the auxiliary information, a plurality of UEs can be accessed simultaneously in the same NR cell, different UEs have different power consumption requirements, and at the moment, the network equipment has high optimization pressure and can generate control errors.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of another method for switching networking modes to solve the above-mentioned problem.

Step S510: the network device sends a UE capability query (UE capability enquiry) message indicating that the UE is reporting UE capability related information.

Step S520: the UE sends a UE capability message (UE capability information) to the network device, a UE multi-radio dual connectivity (UE-MRDC-capability, multi-radio dual connectivity, MRDC) cell in UE capability information with an EN-DC capability support indication inside. The UE NR capability (UE-NR-capability) in UE capability information can indicate whether handover or redirection is supported.

But the scheme relies on the network sending UE capability enquiry messages, the UE cannot actively send UE capability information a change informing the network if the network does not query the UE's capabilities. Because the network will preserve the UE's capabilities, the network will not have much opportunity to actively query, except for the initial registration (attach) of the UE. Even if the cell has the condition of actively transmitting to inform the network in the future, since the capability information contained in UE capability information is large, signaling overhead is large, and if the UE frequently changes the requirement and transmits the information to the network device, the signaling overhead is large, which is uneconomical.

The application provides a method for UE to perceive the purpose of network equipment to issue measurement, the measurement can be B1/B2 event measurement, but is not limited to B1/B2 event measurement, the method can make UE to make corresponding decision by combining with the current state of UE after receiving the measurement issued by the network equipment, the proposal can reduce the pressure of the network equipment, the UE decides to report a measurement report of a certain purpose according to the current state, the UE can change the strategy without informing the network equipment, and the network equipment does not need to make decision, thus the cost of extra signaling is not increased, and the UE has the condition of frequently changing the strategy.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of switching or redirection according to an embodiment of the present application.

In step S610, the first network device sends indication information to the UE, where the indication information is used for indicating the purpose of measurement reporting, and the purpose is for RRM, where RRM includes handover or redirection.

Optionally, the first network device sends a measurement configuration to the UE, where the measurement configuration includes the indication information. For example, the network device sends an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes NR frequency points and NR cells indicating measurement of the UE, and associates related measurement events, such as an event NR B1 (eventB 1-NR) and/or an event NRB2 (eventB 2-NR), by using a report configuration (reportConfig) cell, which is not limited to an NR B1/B2 event, and the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes the above indication information, where the specific example is only applicable to a specific scenario, and the network device may also send other messages of the bearer measurement configuration to the UE, or the indication information may also be carried in other messages sent by the first network device to the UE, and is not limited to being carried in the measurement configuration.

It will be appreciated that before the indication is sent by the first network device, the purpose of the measurement report needs to be determined in order to generate the indication.

Optionally, when the first network device determines that the data traffic of the UE is greater than or equal to the threshold, the UE needs to switch or redirect in order to acquire a larger bandwidth to support the large-traffic data transmission service, or when the first network device finds that a cell with good signal quality (including reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio SINR) exists in the current environment and can be used for switching or redirecting, the first network device determines the purpose of the measurement report, thereby generating the indication information when the better communication service can be provided.

It should also be understood that the measurement event issued by the first network device is not limited to the NR B1/B2 event, and any measurement related to handover or redirection falls within the protection scope of this patent.

In one embodiment, in the specific scenario described above, the indication information may also be configured in an inter at report configuration (reportconfiginter RAT) message for the purpose of the first network device informing the UE of configuring NR B1/B2 measurements.

Optionally, the indication information may be a destination (destination) cell, where the destination belongs to enumeration, and the enumeration value is handover or redirection (redirection), which is illustrated below, but the specific definition form of the destination cell is not limited to this example, and any definition form capable of achieving the purpose of informing the UE of reporting the measurement report falls within the scope of protection of this patent.

It should be understood that, except for the definition of the destination cell, the present application does not limit the location of the destination cell in the reportconfigInterRAT message, and does not limit the name of the cell, so long as the added cell in the InterRAT report configuration message indicates the UE first network device to configure the purpose of NR B1/B2 measurement, which is within the scope of the present application.

In another embodiment, the indication information is added to measurement identity (measId) information for the purpose of the first network device informing the UE of the configuration measurement.

Alternatively, the indication information may be a destination (destination) cell, where the destination belongs to enumeration, and the enumeration value is handover or redirection (redirection), and examples are as follows, and as described above, the specific definition form of the destination cell is not limited to this example, and any definition form capable of achieving the purpose of notifying the UE to report the measurement report belongs to the protection scope of the present patent.

It should be understood that, as described above, the location of the destination cell in the measId is not limited except for the definition of the destination cell, and the name of the destination cell is not limited, so long as the cell added in the measId can indicate the UE first network device to configure the measurement, which is within the scope of the present application.

In another embodiment, in reporting the configuration information, the UE is instructed to measure the value of the configuration parameter on the cell of the cell parameter in the message.

For example, the value of the configuration parameter in at least one cell of the NR threshold (threshold NR-r 15), hysteresis (Hysteresis), time-to-trigger (time trigger), reporting interval (reportenterval) and the like of the inter-at report configuration message is not limited to the above cell, and any parameter value that can distinguish the report purpose belongs to the protection scope of the present invention. A negotiation is made at both the first network device and the UE to indicate the range of this parameter for the UE to report measurement reports for handover and redirection purposes.

Specifically, after receiving the inter at report configuration message, the UE determines which range the value of the parameter falls into, so as to determine the purpose of reporting the measurement report, and negotiates that the value of the parameter may be divided into a plurality of ranges at both ends of the first network device and the UE, where the value ranges of the parameter corresponding to redirection and handover may be the same or different, and if they are different, the two ranges corresponding to redirection and handover may be completely non-overlapping or partially overlapping. In the case that the two ranges are partially overlapped, if the value of the parameter falls in the non-overlapped range, the purpose can be definitely one of switching and redirection; if the values of the parameters fall within the overlapping ranges, the representation purposes are two, including switching and redirection.

In step S620, the UE performs measurement evaluation to determine whether there is a cell satisfying the measurement event, for example, a B1 event and/or a B2 event.

In step S630, the UE reports measurement reports for handover or redirection to the first network device, e.g. B1 event and/or B2 event.

And S640, the UE receives a message sent by the first network equipment and used for indicating the UE to switch or redirect.

And S650, after receiving the message sent by the first network equipment and used for indicating the UE to switch or redirect, the UE switches or redirects.

And S660, after the UE finishes the switching, indicating successful switching of the UE to the second network equipment. For example, the UE sends an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message to the second network device indicating that the UE successfully handed over. It should be noted that step S660 is an operation performed after the UE completes the handover, and if the UE completes the redirection before that, the UE does not send an acknowledgement of completion of the redirection to the second network device.

It should be understood that the specific example in the above steps is applicable to an eNB where a UE resides in LTE, but the network device expects the UE to access the NR system, where the first network device in fig. 6 is an eNB and the second network device is a gNB. The solution of the present embodiment may also be applied to other communication systems, and when the solution of the present embodiment is applied to other communication systems, the network devices and messages involved in the above steps may also change, which is not limited herein.

Fig. 7 is an interaction diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application to instruct a UE to switch to NSA mode.

Step S710, the network device sends indication information to the UE, the indication information being used for indicating the purpose of measurement reporting, the purpose being for RRM, the use for RRM including adding, modifying or releasing secondary cells/secondary cell groups.

Optionally, the network device sends a measurement configuration to the UE, where the measurement configuration includes the indication information. For example, the network device sends an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes NR frequency points and NR cells indicating measurement of the UE, and associates related measurement events, such as event NR B1 (eventB 1-NR) and/or NR event B2 (eventB 2-NR), through a report configuration (reportConfig) cell, while the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes indication information, and in step S610, the specific example is only applicable to a specific scenario, and the network device may send other messages of bearer measurement configuration to the UE, or the indication information may be carried in other messages sent by the network device to the UE, and is not limited to being carried in measurement configuration.

It will be appreciated that the network device may determine the purpose of the measurement report before sending the indication to the UE, thereby generating the indication.

Optionally, when the network device determines that the data traffic of the UE is greater than or equal to the threshold, the UE needs to add, modify or release the secondary cell/secondary cell group in order to obtain a larger bandwidth to support the large-traffic data transmission service, or when the network device finds that a cell with good signal quality (including reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal-to-interference plus noise ratio SINR) exists in the current environment, and can provide better communication service, the network device determines the purpose of the measurement report to add, modify or release the secondary cell/secondary cell group, thereby generating the indication information.

In one embodiment, in the specific scenario described above, the indication information is added to the InterRat report configuration message for the purpose of the network device informing the UE to configure NR B1/B2 measurements.

Optionally, the indication information may be a destination (destination) cell, where the destination belongs to enumeration, the enumeration value is adding NR SCG (addNrScg), modifying NR SCG (modNrScg) or releasing NR SCG (relNrScg), and examples are as follows, but a specific definition form of the destination cell is not limited to this example, and any definition form capable of achieving the purpose of notifying the UE of reporting the measurement report falls within the scope of protection of this patent.

It should be understood that, as described above, the present application does not limit the location of the destination cell in the reportconfiglnterat message, nor the name of the destination cell, except that the definition of the destination cell is not limited, so long as the added cell in the reportconfiglnterat message can instruct the UE network device to configure the purpose of NR B1/B2 measurement, which is within the scope of the present application.

In another embodiment, the indication information is added to the measId information for the purpose of the network device informing the UE of configuring NR B1/B2 measurements.

Optionally, the indication information may be a destination (destination) cell, where the destination belongs to enumeration, and the enumeration value is addNrScg, modNrScg or relNrScg, and examples are as follows, but a specific definition form of the destination cell is not limited to this example, and any definition form capable of achieving the purpose of notifying the UE to report the measurement report falls within the scope of protection of this patent.

It should be understood that, as described above, the location of the destination cell in the measId is not limited, nor is the name of the cell limited, so long as the cell added in the measId can instruct the UE network device to configure the purpose of NR B1/B2 measurement, which is within the scope of the present application.

In another embodiment, in reporting the configuration information, the value of the parameter is configured on a cell that instructs the UE to measure the cell parameter.

For example, the value of the configuration parameter in at least one cell of the NR threshold (threshold NR-r 15), hysteresis (Hysteresis), time-to-trigger (time trigger), reporting interval (reporting interval) and the like of the inter-at report configuration message is not limited to the above cell, and any parameter capable of distinguishing the purpose of reporting belongs to the protection scope of the present invention. A negotiation is made at both the network device and the UE to indicate the range of this parameter that the UE reports to add, modify or release the measurement report for the purpose of the secondary cell/secondary cell group.

Specifically, after the UE receives the inter at report configuration message, it determines which range the value of the parameter falls into, so as to determine the purpose of reporting the measurement report, where the value of the parameter agreed at both ends of the network device and the UE may be divided into multiple ranges, where the value ranges of the parameters corresponding to the adding, modifying or releasing the secondary cell/secondary cell group may be the same or different, and it should be noted that five purposes of adding, modifying or releasing the secondary cell/secondary cell group and switching and redirecting are parallel, where each purpose needs to have a value range of a corresponding parameter, specifically, one purpose corresponds to a value range of a parameter, or two or more purposes correspond to a value range of a parameter, which is not limited herein.

In step S720, the UE performs measurement evaluation to determine whether there is a cell satisfying the measurement event, for example, a B1 event and/or a B2 event.

In step S730, the UE reports measurement reports for adding, modifying or releasing secondary cells/secondary cell groups to the network device, e.g. B1 event and/or B2 event.

Step S740, the UE receives the indication information sent by the network device and used for indicating the UE to add, modify or release the secondary cell/secondary cell group.

Step S750, after receiving the indication information sent by the network equipment, the UE adds, modifies or releases the auxiliary cell/auxiliary cell group.

Step 760, the UE indicates to the network device that the UE successfully adds, modifies or releases the secondary cell/secondary cell group after completing adding, modifying or releasing the secondary cell/secondary cell group. For example, the UE sends an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message to the network device indicating that the UE successfully added, modified or released the secondary cell/secondary cell group.

In the embodiments shown in fig. 6 and fig. 7, it should be noted that one measurement of the configuration of the network device is not limited to one measurement purpose, but may be multiple measurement purposes. For example, for a certain measurement, it may be used for both handover and redirection, or for adding secondary cell/secondary cell group and handover, etc. When one measurement configured by the network device represents two or more measurement purposes, the network device may send indication information to the UE to indicate priority between different measurement purposes, thereby indicating a primary measurement purpose and a secondary measurement purpose.

It should be appreciated that the issuing of the measurement purpose and the measurement configuration may be decoupled, e.g. the network device may have issued the measurement configuration before informing the UE of the purpose of configuring the measurement via the purpose indication information. Therefore, no matter what way, it is within the protection scope of this patent as long as the UE receives the indication information for measurement purpose sent from the network device and selectively reports the measurement report according to its own state.

It should also be appreciated that the above step S730 is only an alternative, as are the steps S740 and S760. When the UE receives the indication information to indicate that the purpose of the measurement report is to add, modify or release the secondary cell/secondary cell group, the UE may selectively report or not report the measurement report according to the state of the terminal device, which is specifically as follows:

(1) If the network equipment associates two kinds of report configuration of measurement report purposes to the same measurement object at the same time, after sensing different purposes, if a cell exists in the surrounding environment and simultaneously meets the reporting threshold conditions of two events, reporting the measurement report for switching and redirecting the associated measurement report preferentially or not reporting the measurement report for adding, modifying or releasing the associated measurement report of the secondary cell/secondary cell group by default;

(2) If the network equipment associates two kinds of report configurations for the purposes of measurement report to different measurement objects, after the UE senses the different purposes, if a cell in the environment meets the event associated with the handover and redirection, the UE does not report the measurement report for adding, modifying or releasing other cells associated with the secondary cell/secondary cell group;

(3) If the UE is sensitive to low power consumption and heat, the UE may choose not to report measurement reports for adding, modifying or releasing secondary cells/secondary cell groups, whether or not handover and redirection conditions are currently in place. The conditions without handover and redirection are two: firstly, the network equipment does not configure reporting configuration for two purposes, and secondly, the current environment does not have a cell meeting the requirements of switching and redirection.

Therefore, when the UE reports the measurement report for handover and redirection in step S720, the subsequent steps refer to the above-mentioned steps S640 and S660.

It should be appreciated that the specific example in the above steps applies to an eNB where the UE resides in LTE, but the network device expects the UE to access EN-DC, where the network device in fig. 7 is an eNB. The solution of the present embodiment may also be applied to other communication systems, and when the solution of the present embodiment is applied to other communication systems, the network devices and messages involved in the above steps may also change, which is not limited herein.

The method mainly introduces the scheme provided by the embodiment of the application from the interaction point of view. It will be appreciated that each network element, e.g. a terminal device or a network device, for implementing the above-mentioned functions, comprises corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application can divide the function modules of the transmitting end equipment or the receiving end equipment according to the method example, for example, each function module can be divided corresponding to each function, and two or more functions can be integrated in one processing module. The integrated modules described above may be implemented either in hardware or in software functional modules. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the modules is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual implementation. The following description will be given by taking an example of dividing each function module into corresponding functions.

The method provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 1 to 7. The following describes in detail the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application with reference to fig. 8 to 11. It should be understood that the descriptions of the apparatus embodiments and the descriptions of the method embodiments correspond to each other, and thus, descriptions of details not described may be referred to the above method embodiments, which are not repeated herein for brevity.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal device 800 may correspond to the terminal device in the method 600 or 700 of the embodiment of the present application, and the terminal device 800 may include means for performing the method performed by the terminal device of the method of fig. 6 or 7. And each unit in the terminal device and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow of the method of fig. 6 or 7.

As shown in fig. 8, the terminal device may include a transceiving unit 810 and a processing unit 820. The transceiver 810 is configured to receive indication information sent by a network device; the processing unit 820 is configured to determine a purpose of the measurement report, which is for RRM, according to the indication information.

Specifically, for RRM includes adding secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.

Optionally, the processing unit 820 is further configured to select not to report a measurement report for adding, modifying or releasing the secondary cell/secondary cell group according to the indication information and the state of the terminal device.

In one embodiment, the transceiver 810 is specifically configured to: and receiving report configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the report configuration information comprises the indication information.

In another embodiment, the transceiver 810 is specifically configured to: and receiving measurement identification information sent by the network equipment, wherein the measurement identification information comprises the indication information.

The indication information may include a destination cell for indicating the purpose of the measurement report.

Optionally, the indication information may further include a value of a parameter, where the value of the parameter is used to indicate the purpose of the measurement report, and the value of the parameter is carried on a cell used to indicate the parameter of the measurement cell.

Specifically, the cell indicating the measurement cell parameter includes at least one cell of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, and a reporting interval cell.

Specifically, the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of the purposes of adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.

It is also understood that the transceiver unit 810 in the terminal device may correspond to the transceiver 1020 in the terminal device shown in fig. 10, and the processing unit 820 in the terminal device may correspond to the processor 1010 in the terminal device shown in fig. 10.

It should also be appreciated that the transceiver unit 810 in the terminal device may be implemented via a communication interface (e.g., a transceiver or an input/output interface), for example, may correspond to the transceiver 1020 in the terminal device shown in fig. 10, the processing unit 820 in the terminal device may be implemented via at least one processor, for example, may correspond to the processor 1010 in the terminal device shown in fig. 10, and the processing unit 820 in the terminal device may also be implemented via at least one logic circuit.

Optionally, the terminal device may further include a storage unit, where the storage unit may be configured to store instructions or data, and the processing unit may call the instructions or data stored in the storage unit to implement a corresponding operation.

It should be understood that the beneficial effects of the above device may be referred to the description in the above method embodiments, and for brevity, they are not described herein again.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

It is to be understood that the network device may correspond to the network device in the method 600 or 700 of the embodiment of the present application, and the network device may include means for performing the method performed by the network device in the method of fig. 6 or 7. And each unit in the network device and the other operations and/or functions described above are for implementing the corresponding flow of the method in fig. 6 or 7, respectively.

As shown in fig. 9, the network device may include a transceiving unit 910 and a processing unit 920. Wherein the processing unit 920 is configured to generate indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate a purpose of a measurement report, and the purpose is used for RRM; the transceiver unit 910 is configured to send the indication information to a terminal device.

Specifically, for RRM includes adding secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.

Optionally, the processing unit 920 is further configured to determine the purpose of the measurement report, for example, when the data traffic of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a threshold value, or the signal quality of the presence cell is greater than or equal to a threshold value, which is only an example, but not limited to, the processing unit 920 may also determine the purpose of the measurement report according to other conditions.

In one embodiment, the transceiver unit 910 is specifically configured to send report configuration information to the terminal device, where the report configuration information includes the indication information.

In another embodiment, the transceiver unit 910 is specifically configured to send measurement identifier information to the terminal device, where the measurement identifier information includes the indication information.

The indication information may include a destination cell, where the destination cell is used to instruct the terminal device to report the measurement report.

Optionally, the indication information may further include a value of a parameter, where the value of the parameter is used to indicate the purpose of the measurement report, and the value of the parameter is carried on a cell used to indicate the measurement cell parameter.

Specifically, the cell indicating the measurement cell parameter includes at least one cell of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, and a reporting interval cell.

Specifically, the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of the purposes of adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting. It should also be appreciated that the transceiver unit 910 in the network device may correspond to the transceiver 1120 in the network device shown in fig. 11, and the processing unit 920 in the network device may correspond to the processor 1110 in the network device shown in fig. 11.

Optionally, the network device may further include a storage unit, where the storage unit may be configured to store instructions or data, and the processing unit may invoke the instructions or data stored in the storage unit to implement the corresponding operation.

It should also be appreciated that the transceiver unit 910 in the network device may be implemented through a communication interface (such as a transceiver or an input/output interface), for example, may correspond to the transceiver 1120 in the network device shown in fig. 11, the processing unit 920 in the network device may be implemented through at least one processor, for example, may correspond to the processor 1110 in the network device shown in fig. 11, and the processing unit 920 in the network device may be implemented through at least one logic circuit.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device can be applied to the system shown in fig. 1, and performs the functions of the terminal device in the above method embodiment. As shown, the terminal device includes a processor 1010 and a transceiver 1020. Optionally, the terminal device further comprises a memory 1030. Wherein the processor 1010, the transceiver 1020 and the memory 1030 are in communication with each other via an internal connection path for transferring control and/or data signals, the memory 1030 is configured to store a computer program, and the processor 1010 is configured to invoke and run the computer program from the memory 1030 to control the transceiver 1020 to transmit and receive signals. Optionally, the terminal device may further include an antenna, for sending the uplink data or the uplink control signaling output by the transceiver 1020 through a wireless signal.

The processor 1010 and the memory 1030 may be combined into a single processing device, with the processor 1010 being configured to execute program code stored in the memory 1030 for performing the functions described herein. In particular implementations, the memory 1030 may also be integrated within the processor 1010 or separate from the processor 1010. The processor 1010 may correspond to the processing unit 820 in fig. 8.

The transceiver 1020 may correspond to the transceiver unit 810 in fig. 8. The transceiver 1020 may include a receiver (or receiver, receiving circuitry) and a transmitter (or transmitter, transmitting circuitry). Wherein the receiver is for receiving signals and the transmitter is for transmitting signals.

It will be appreciated that the terminal device shown in fig. 10 is capable of carrying out the various processes involving the terminal device in the method embodiments shown in fig. 6 or 7. The operations and/or functions of the respective modules in the terminal device are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows in the above method embodiments. Reference is specifically made to the description in the above method embodiments, and detailed descriptions are omitted here as appropriate to avoid repetition.

The processor 1010 described above may be used to perform the actions described in the method embodiments as being performed internally by the terminal device, while the transceiver 1020 may be used to perform the actions described in the method embodiments as being performed by the terminal device as being transmitted to or received from the network device. Please refer to the description of the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

Optionally, the terminal device may further include a power source for providing power to various devices or circuits in the terminal device.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device 1100 according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device may be applied in a system as shown in fig. 1, and perform the functions of the network device in the above method embodiment. As shown, the network device includes a processor 1110 and a transceiver 1120. Optionally, the network device further comprises a memory 1130. Wherein the processor 1110, the transceiver 1120 and the memory 1130 can communicate with each other through an internal connection path, and transfer control and/or data signals, the memory 1130 is used for storing a computer program, and the processor 1110 is used for calling and running the computer program from the memory to control the transceiver 1120 to transmit and receive signals. Optionally, the network device may further include an antenna, for sending downlink data or downlink control signaling output by the transceiver through a wireless signal.

The processor 1110 and the memory 1130 may be combined into one processing device, and the processor 1110 is configured to execute program codes stored in the memory to implement the functions. In particular, the memory 1130 may also be integrated into the processor or separate from the processor 1110. The processor 1110 may correspond to the processing unit 920 in fig. 9.

The transceiver 1120 may correspond to the transceiver unit 910 in fig. 9. The transceiver 1120 may include a receiver (or receiver, receiving circuitry) and a transmitter (or transmitter, transmitting circuitry). Wherein the receiver is for receiving signals and the transmitter is for transmitting signals.

It should be understood that the network device shown in fig. 11 is capable of implementing the various processes involving the network device in the method embodiments shown in fig. 6 or 7. The operations and/or functions of the respective modules in the network device are respectively for implementing the corresponding flows in the above-mentioned method embodiments. Reference is specifically made to the description in the above method embodiments, and detailed descriptions are omitted here as appropriate to avoid repetition.

The processor 1110 may be used to perform the actions described in the method embodiments above as being performed internally by the network device, while the transceiver 1120 may be used to perform the actions described in the method embodiments above as being transmitted to or received from the terminal device by the network device. Please refer to the description of the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

Optionally, the network device may further include a power source for providing power to various devices or circuits in the network device.

It should be understood that the network device shown in fig. 11 is only one possible architecture of a network device, and should not be construed as limiting the present application in any way. The method provided by the application can be applied to network equipment with other architectures. For example, network devices including CUs, DUs, and AAUs, etc. The application is not limited to the specific architecture of the network device.

The embodiment of the application also provides a processing device, which comprises a processor and an interface; the processor is configured to perform the method of any of the method embodiments described above.

It should be understood that the processing means described above may be one or more chips. For example, the processing device may be a field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA), an application specific integrated chip (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), a system on chip (SoC), a central processing unit (central processor unit, CPU), a network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processing circuit (digital signal processor, DSP), a microcontroller (micro controller unit, MCU), a programmable controller (programmable logic device, PLD) or other integrated chip.

In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or by instructions in the form of software. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in a hardware processor for execution, or in a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor for execution. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method. To avoid repetition, a detailed description is not provided herein.

It should be noted that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capability. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in software form. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component. The disclosed methods, steps, and logic blocks in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in the execution of a hardware decoding processor, or in the execution of a combination of hardware and software modules in a decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method.

It will be appreciated that the memory in embodiments of the application may be volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (random access memory, RAM) which acts as an external cache. By way of example, and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

According to a method provided by an embodiment of the present application, the present application also provides a computer program product, including: computer program code means for causing a computer to carry out the method of the embodiment shown in fig. 6 or 7 when the computer program code means are run on the computer.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the present application further provides a computer readable medium storing a program code, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 or 7.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the application also provides a system which comprises the one or more terminal devices and one or more network devices.

The network device in the above-mentioned respective apparatus embodiments corresponds entirely to the network device or the terminal device in the terminal device and method embodiments, the respective steps are performed by respective modules or units, for example, the steps of receiving or transmitting in the method embodiments are performed by the communication unit (transceiver), and other steps than transmitting and receiving may be performed by the processing unit (processor). Reference may be made to corresponding method embodiments for the function of a specific unit. Wherein the processor may be one or more.

As used in this specification, the terms "component," "module," "system," and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computing device and the computing device can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between 2 or more computers. Furthermore, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The components may communicate by way of local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from two components interacting with one another in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the internet with other systems by way of the signal).

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

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over 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 the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.

In the above-described embodiments, the functions of the respective functional units may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions (programs). When the computer program instructions (program) are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions that are present in accordance with embodiments of the present application are all or partially produced. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains an integration of one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the respective implementation of the method of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions easily contemplated by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present application should be included in the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims and the specification.

Claims (38)

1. A method of configuring measurement purposes, comprising:

   generating indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the purpose of a measurement report, and the purpose is used for Radio Resource Management (RRM);

   and sending the indication information to the terminal equipment.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

   the purpose of the measurement report is determined.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the use for RRM comprises adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.
4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said sending indication information to a terminal device comprises:

   and sending report configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the report configuration information comprises the indication information.
5. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said sending indication information to a terminal device comprises:

   and sending measurement identification information to the terminal equipment, wherein the measurement identification information comprises the indication information.
6. The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the indication information comprises a destination cell for indicating the purpose of the terminal device to report the measurement report.
7. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the indication information comprises a value of a parameter, the value of the parameter being used for indicating the purpose of the measurement report, the value of the parameter being carried on a cell used for indicating a measurement cell parameter.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the cells indicating measurement cell parameters comprise at least one of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.
9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.
10. A method of configuring measurement purposes, comprising:

    receiving indication information sent by network equipment;

    and determining the purpose of the measurement report according to the indication information, wherein the purpose is used for RRM.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the use for RRM comprises adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.
12. Method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that it is determined not to report a measurement report for adding, modifying or releasing secondary cells/secondary cell groups based on the purpose of the measurement report and information of the terminal device.
13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the receiving the indication information sent by the network device includes:

    and receiving report configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the report configuration information comprises the indication information.
14. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the receiving the indication information sent by the network device includes:

    and receiving measurement identification information sent by the network equipment, wherein the measurement identification information comprises the indication information.
15. The method according to any of the claims 10 to 14, wherein the indication information comprises a destination cell for indicating the purpose of the measurement report.
16. A method according to any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the indication information is a value of a parameter, the value of the parameter being used for indicating the purpose of the measurement report, the value of the parameter being carried on a cell used for indicating a measurement cell parameter.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the cells indicating measurement cell parameters comprise at least one of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.
18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.
19. An apparatus for configuring measurement purposes, comprising:

    a processing unit, configured to generate indication information, where the indication information is used for indicating a purpose of a measurement report, and the purpose is used for RRM;

    and the receiving and transmitting unit is used for transmitting the indication information to the terminal equipment.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine a purpose of the measurement report.
21. The apparatus of claim 19 or 20, wherein the means for RRM adds a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifies a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releases a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switches, or redirects.
22. The apparatus according to any one of claims 19 to 21, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

    And sending report configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the report configuration information comprises the indication information.
23. The apparatus according to any one of claims 19 to 21, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

    and sending measurement identification information to the terminal equipment, wherein the measurement identification information comprises the indication information.
24. The apparatus according to any of claims 19 to 23, wherein the indication information comprises a destination cell for indicating the purpose of the terminal device to report the measurement report.
25. The apparatus according to any of claims 19 to 22, wherein the indication information comprises a value of a parameter, the value of the parameter being used for indicating the purpose of the measurement report, the value of the parameter being carried on a cell used for indicating a measurement cell parameter.
26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the cell indicating the measurement cell parameter comprises at least one of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.
27. The apparatus according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.
28. An apparatus for configuring measurement purposes, comprising:

    the receiving and transmitting unit is used for receiving the indication information sent by the network equipment;

    and the processing unit is used for determining the purpose of the measurement report according to the indication information, wherein the purpose is used for RRM.
29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the means for RRM comprises adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching, or redirecting.
30. The apparatus according to claim 28 or 29, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine, based on the purpose of the measurement report and information of the terminal device, not to report a measurement report for adding a secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying a secondary cell/secondary cell group, or releasing a secondary cell/secondary cell group.
31. The apparatus according to any one of claims 28 to 30, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

    and receiving report configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the report configuration information comprises the indication information.
32. The apparatus according to any one of claims 28 to 30, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

    and receiving measurement identification information sent by the network equipment, wherein the measurement identification information comprises the indication information.
33. The apparatus according to any one of claims 28 to 32, wherein the indication information comprises a destination cell for indicating the purpose of the measurement report.
34. The apparatus according to any of claims 28 to 31, wherein the indication information is a value of a parameter, the value of the parameter being used for indicating the purpose of the measurement report, the value of the parameter being carried on a cell used for indicating a measurement cell parameter.
35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the cells indicating measurement cell parameters comprise at least one of a threshold cell, a hysteresis cell, a trigger time duration cell, or a reporting interval cell.
36. The apparatus according to claim 34 or 35, wherein the range to which the value of the parameter belongs corresponds to at least one of adding secondary cell/secondary cell group, modifying secondary cell/secondary cell group, releasing secondary cell/secondary cell group, switching or redirecting.
37. An apparatus for configuring measurement purposes, comprising:

    a memory for storing computer instructions;

    a processor for executing computer instructions stored in the memory, to cause the apparatus for configuring measurement purposes to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 or to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 18.
38. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when executed by an apparatus for configuring a measurement object, causes the apparatus for configuring a measurement object to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 or the method of any one of claims 10 to 18.