CN117136622A

CN117136622A - Report requesting method, communication device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117136622A
Application number: CN202380009971.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘晓菲
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-30
Filing date: 2023-06-30
Publication date: 2023-11-28

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a report request method, a communication device and a storage medium, wherein the report request method comprises the following steps: and sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal. According to the method, the first node can send first information to the terminal, and the terminal can send report information related to the second node to the first node according to the first information. Because the report sent by the terminal to the first node according to the first information is not a report related to any node but a report related to a specific second node, the method is beneficial to ensuring that the acquired report meets the forwarding requirement, so that the first node can forward the report to the second node, and the problem of resource waste caused by incapability of forwarding the report is avoided.

Description

Report requesting method, communication device, and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a report requesting method, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

The terminal may send a report (report), such as a Random Access (RA) report, to the network device. In some scenarios, the network device receiving the report may perform some operations on the report, but there may be some problems with performing some operations.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a report request method, a communication device, and a storage medium, to solve a technical problem existing in the related art in which a network device operates a report.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a report request method is provided, which is performed by a first node, the method comprising: and sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a report requesting method is provided, which is performed by a terminal, the method including: and receiving first information sent by a first node, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a report request method is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that a first node sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal; and sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the first aspect.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the second aspect.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, including: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the report requesting method of any of the above-mentioned first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including a first node configured to implement the report request method described in the foregoing first aspect and the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and a terminal configured to implement the report request method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the report requesting method according to the first and second aspects, the optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the first node may send the first information to the terminal, and the terminal may send the report information related to the second node to the first node according to the first information. Because the report sent by the terminal to the first node according to the first information is not a report related to any node but a report related to a specific second node, the method is beneficial to ensuring that the acquired report meets the forwarding requirement, so that the first node can forward the report to the second node, and the problem of resource waste caused by incapability of forwarding the report is avoided.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a report requesting method, a communication device, and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a report request method, performed by a first node, the method comprising: and sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal.

In the above-described embodiments of the present invention,

with reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the second node comprises at least one of: a node having a network interface with the first node; a node that sent an indication of availability of the reporting information to the first node.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: and a node connected with the first node through a first number of hops.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the first number of times is configured for the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and receiving the identification information of the second node from the second node.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of: an identification of the second node; and path information of the second node.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the identification of the second node includes at least one of: identification of the master node; identification of the auxiliary node; identification of the primary cell; identification of primary and secondary cells; identification of the secondary cell; the identity of the collection entity is tracked.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of: absolute time information; tracking a reference; tracking record session references.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; and sending report information related to the second node.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a report request method, performed by a terminal, the method comprising: and receiving first information sent by a first node, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the second node comprises at least one of: a node having a network interface with the first node; a node that sent an indication of availability of the reporting information to the first node.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: and a node connected with the first node through a first number of hops.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the first number of times is configured for the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of: an identification of the second node; and path information of the second node.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the identification of the second node includes at least one of: identification of the master node; identification of the auxiliary node; identification of the primary cell; identification of primary and secondary cells; identification of the secondary cell; the identity of the collection entity is tracked.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of: absolute time information; tracking a reference; tracking record session references.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a report request method, including: the method comprises the steps that a first node sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal; and sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, such as a first node, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, such as a terminal, including: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, including: one or more processors; one or more memories for storing instructions; wherein the processor is configured to invoke the instructions to cause the communication device to perform the xx method as described in the first and second aspects, and optional implementations of the first and second aspects.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication system, including: a first node and a terminal; wherein the first node is configured to perform the method as described in the first and second aspects, the optional implementation of the first and second aspects, and the terminal is configured to perform the method as described in the first and second aspects, the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a method as described in the first and second aspects, and optional implementations of the first and second aspects.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a program product which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a method as described in the first and second aspects, and optional implementations of the first and second aspects.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method as described in the first and second aspects, the alternative implementations of the first and second aspects.

It will be appreciated that the communication device, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program described above are all adapted to carry out the methods set forth in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a report request method, a communication device and a storage medium. In some embodiments, terms of report requesting method and information processing method, communication method, and the like may be replaced with each other, terms of communication apparatus and information processing device, communication device, and the like may be replaced with each other, terms of information processing system, communication system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in a certain embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, alternative implementations in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; furthermore, various embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the disclosure, terms and/or descriptions of the various embodiments are consistent throughout the various embodiments and may be referenced to each other in the absence of any particular explanation or logic conflict, and features from different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are referred to in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," "said," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated.

For example, where an article (article) is used in translation, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., in english, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or as a plural expression.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, terms such as "at least one of", "one or more of", "multiple of" and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, "A, B at least one of", "a and/or B", "in one case a, in another case B", "in response to one case a", "in response to another case B", and the like, may include the following technical solutions according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments, execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments a and B (both a and B are performed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "a or B" may include the following technical schemes according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words.

For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, terms "responsive to … …", "responsive to determination … …", "in the case of … …", "at … …", "when … …", "if … …", "if … …", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, devices and the like may be interpreted as physical or virtual, the names of which are not limited to those described in the embodiments

The terms "apparatus," "device," "circuit," "network element," "node," "function," "unit," "component," "system," "network," "chip," "system-on-chip," "entity," "subject," and the like may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus (e.g., access network device, core network device, etc.) contained in a network.

In some embodiments, "access network device (access network device, AN device)", "radio access network device (radio access network device, RAN device)", "Base Station (BS)", "radio base station (radio base station)", "fixed station (fixed station)", "node (node)", "access point (access point)", "transmit point (transmission point, TP)", "Receive Point (RP)", "transmit receive point (transmit/receive point), the terms TRP)", "panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macrocell", "microcell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier (component carrier)", bandwidth part (BWP) and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, "terminal," terminal device, "" user equipment, "" user terminal, "" mobile station, "" mobile terminal, MT) ", subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile unit (mobile unit), subscriber unit (subscriber unit), wireless unit (wireless unit), remote unit (remote unit), mobile device (mobile device), wireless device (wireless device), wireless communication device (wireless communication device), remote device (remote device), mobile subscriber station (mobile subscriber station), access terminal (access terminal), mobile terminal (mobile terminal), wireless terminal (wireless terminal), remote terminal (remote terminal), handheld device (handset), user agent (user agent), mobile client (mobile client), client (client), and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, the access network device, core network device, or network device may be replaced with a terminal. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be applied to a configuration in which an access network device, a core network device, or communication between a network device and a terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-device (V2X), or the like). In this case, the terminal may have all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink", "downlink", and the like may be replaced with terms corresponding to communication between terminals (e.g., "side)". For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be replaced with side-uplink channels, uplink, downlink, etc. may be replaced with side-downlink channels.

In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced with an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have all or part of the functions of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

As shown in fig. 1, a communication system 100 includes a first node 101 and a terminal (terminal) 102.

In some embodiments, the first node comprises at least one of: a network device, wherein the network device comprises at least one of: an access network device, a core network device (core network device).

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes at least one of a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, an internet of things device, a communication enabled car, a smart car, a tablet (Pad), a wireless transceiver enabled computer, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), for example, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the access network device 102 is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and the access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (next generation NodeB, gNB), a NodeB (node B, NB), a Home NodeB (HNB), a home NodeB (home evolved nodeB, heNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a baseband unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open base station (Open RAN), a Cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the core network device 103 may be a device, including one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a device group, including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network comprises, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (Evolved Packet Core, EPC), a 5G core network (5G Core Network,5GCN), a next generation core (Next Generation Core, NGC).

In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be applied to an Open RAN architecture, where an access network device or an interface in an access network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may become an internal interface of the Open RAN, and flow and information interaction between these internal interfaces may be implemented by using software or a program.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split the protocol layers of the access network device, where functions of part of the protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and functions of the rest of all the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, or a part of the main body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1 are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1, or may include other bodies than fig. 1, and the number and form of the respective bodies may be arbitrary, and the respective bodies may be physical or virtual, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may not be connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-a), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), upper 3G, IMT-Advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G New air (New Radio, NR), future wireless access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new wireless access technology (New-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new wireless (New Radio, NR), new wireless access (New Radio access, NX), future generation wireless access (Future generation Radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (registered trademark), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra WideBand (Ultra-wide bandwidth, UWB), bluetooth (Bluetooth) mobile communication network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN, device-D-Device, device-M, device-M, internet of things system, internet of things (internet of things), machine-2, device-M, device-M, internet of things (internet of things), system (internet of things), internet of things 2, device (internet of things), machine (internet of things), etc. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

As shown in fig. 2, the resource determining method includes:

step S201, the first information is sent to the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal receives the first information.

In some embodiments, the first information is for the terminal to send reporting information related to the second node to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node comprises at least one of: a node having a network interface with the first node; a node that sent an indication of availability of the reporting information to the first node.

In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: and a node connected with the first node through a first number of hops.

In some embodiments, the first number of times is configured for the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

and receiving the identification information of the second node from the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of:

An identification of the second node;

and path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification of the second node includes at least one of: identification of the master node; identification of the auxiliary node; identification of the primary cell; identification of primary and secondary cells; identification of the secondary cell; the identity of the collection entity is tracked.

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of: absolute time information; tracking a reference; tracking record session references.

In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; and sending report information related to the second node.

Step S202, the terminal sends a report to the first node.

In some embodiments, the first node receives the report.

In some embodiments, the report may be reporting information associated with the second node.

The communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S201 to step S202 x. For example, step S201 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S202 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 1+3 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step S201+s202 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S201, S202 may be performed in exchange order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 2.

In some embodiments, the terminal may send a report, such as a random access report (RA report), to the network device.

In a harmonious embodiment, the network device (e.g., referred to as a first network device) that received the report may forward the report to other network devices (e.g., a second network device).

For example, the first network device and the second network device are both access network devices, and when forwarding the report on the NG interface and the S1 interface is not considered, if there is no interface between the first network device and the second network device, for example, an X2 interface, an Xn interface, etc., the first network device cannot forward the report to the second network device, which may cause a problem of resource waste caused by report loss.

For example, in a single connection scenario, the first network device is an LTE base station and the second network device is an NR base station. The first report in the terminal may be a first report acquired by the terminal when the terminal accesses the NR base station, and after the terminal accesses the LTE base station, the LTE sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the LTE base station. Since the first report is a first report acquired by the terminal when accessing the NR base station, the LTE base station cannot decode the first report. In some embodiments, the LTE base station may forward the first report to the NR base station. However, when there is no network interface between the LTE base station and the NR base station, the LTE base station cannot forward the first report to the NR base station, which may cause a problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

For example, in a dual connectivity scenario, the first network device is a Master Node (MN), including an eNB, and the second network device is a Secondary Node (SN), including an en-gNB. The first report in the terminal may be a first report acquired by the terminal when the terminal accesses the en-gNB, and after the terminal accesses the eNB, the eNB sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the eNB. Since the first report is a first report acquired by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB, the eNB cannot decode the first report. In some embodiments, the eNB may forward the first report to the en-gcb. However, when there is no network interface between the eNB and the en-gNB, the eNB cannot forward the first report to the en-gNB, which may cause a problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a report request method. Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The report requesting method shown in this embodiment may be performed by the first node.

As shown in fig. 3, the report request method may include the steps of:

in step S301, first information is sent to a terminal, where the first information is used for the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 3 may be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the disclosure, and specifically may be selected as needed, which is not limited by the disclosure.

In some embodiments, the first node may send the first information to the terminal, and the terminal may send report information related to the second node to the first node according to the first information. Because the report sent by the terminal to the first node according to the first information is not a report related to any node but a report related to a specific second node, the method is beneficial to ensuring that the acquired report meets the forwarding requirement, so that the first node can forward the report to the second node, and the problem of resource waste caused by incapability of forwarding the report is avoided.

In some embodiments, when the second node-related reporting information is present in the terminal, the terminal may transmit the second node-related reporting information to the first node. When no reporting information related to the second node is present in the terminal, the terminal may send a null report (i.e., report as null) to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node comprises at least one of:

A node having a network interface with the first node;

a node that sent an indication of availability of the reporting information to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node may be a node that has a network interface with the first node. For example, the terminal may determine the second node based on the first information. The terminal can send the report information related to the second node to the first node in a targeted manner according to the first information, while for other nodes, such as nodes without network interfaces with the first node, the terminal does not send the report information related to the other nodes to the first node. Therefore, after the first node receives the report sent by the terminal, the report can be smoothly sent to the second network node through the network interface between the first node and the second node under the condition that the report needs to be forwarded to the second node, and the problem of resource waste caused by incapability of forwarding the report is avoided.

In some embodiments, the second node may be a node that sent an indication of availability of the reporting information to the first node. The first node may determine that a network interface exists between the second node and the first node when receiving the availability indication of the reporting information sent by the second node, and may further determine whether reporting information related to the second node is available according to the availability indication. Accordingly, the first node can cause the terminal to transmit report information related to the second node having a network interface between the first node to the first node by transmitting the first information to the terminal, and facilitate ensuring that the report information transmitted to the first node is available.

In some embodiments, there is a network interface between the second node and the first node, which may be a direct interface, for example, or may be an indirect interface. In some embodiments, the type of network interface includes at least one of: an Xn interface and an X2 interface.

In some embodiments, the report requesting method further comprises: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; and sending report information related to the second node.

In some embodiments, the single connection comprises at least one of: LTE single connection (LTE standard), NR single connection (NR standard).

For example, in a single connection scenario, the first node is an LTE base station and the second node is an NR base station. The first report in the terminal may be a first report acquired by the terminal when the terminal accesses the NR base station, and after the terminal accesses the LTE base station, the LTE sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the LTE base station. Since the first report is a first report acquired by the terminal when accessing the NR base station, the LTE base station cannot decode the first report.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, since the first report sent by the terminal to the LTE base station is the first report of the NR base station having the network interface with the LTE base station, the LTE base station can smoothly forward the first report to the NR base station, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

In some embodiments, the dual connection may comprise a Multi-air interface dual connection (Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity, MR-DC).

For example, in a dual connectivity scenario, the first node is a Master Node (MN), including an eNB, and the second node is a Secondary Node (SN), including an en-gNB. The first report in the terminal may be a first report acquired by the terminal when the terminal accesses the en-gNB, and after the terminal accesses the eNB, the eNB sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the eNB. Since the first report is a first report acquired by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB, the eNB cannot decode the first report.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, since the first report sent by the terminal to the eNB is the first report of the en-gNB having the network interface with the eNB, the eNB can smoothly forward the first report to the en-gNB, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

For example, the first node and the second node have a direct interface, which may mean that the first node and the second node can be connected through a network interface without going through a hop. For example, the first node and the second node have an indirect interface, which may mean that the first node and the second node need to be connected through a hop.

For example, the second node in this embodiment may include a node connected to the first node through a first number of hops.

For example, there is no direct interface between the first node and the second node, but the i-th node has a direct interface with both the first node and the second node, and then the first node may communicate with the second node through the i-th node, and the number of hops is 1.

For example, there is no direct interface between the first node and the second node, but there is a direct interface between the first node and the i node, and there is a direct interface between the i+1th node and both the i node and the second node, so the first node can communicate with the second node through the i node and the i+1th node, and the number of hops is 2.

Similarly, the first node may communicate with the second node through the ith node, the (i+1), the (…), and the (i+n-1) th nodes, with the number of hops being n.

In some embodiments, the first number is configured for the network device or agreed upon by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the first node may determine the second node prior to sending the first information, e.g., based on neighbor information at the time of establishing the Xn interface, or by an operation and maintenance management (Operation Administration and Maintenance, OAM) device configuration. Wherein the neighbor information includes at least one of: neighbour Information E-UTRA, neighbour Information NR. Wherein E-UTRA refers to evolved UMTS terrestrial radio Access (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network), UMTS refers to Universal Mobile telecommunication System (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System).

In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node. The terminal may determine the second node according to the identification information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving identification information of the second node from the second node; the first node receives the identification information of the second node, which is determined by the report related information sent by the second node, for example, the report related information includes, but is not limited to, an availability indication of a report, an availability indication of a configuration corresponding to the report (for example, the terminal may make a measurement based on the configuration to obtain the report), and a configuration corresponding to the report.

an identification of the second node;

and path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification of the second node includes at least one of:

identification of the master node;

identification of the auxiliary node;

an identity of a primary cell (PCell);

an identification of a primary secondary cell (PSCell);

an identity of a secondary cell (SpCell);

the identity of The Collection Entity (TCE) is tracked, where TCE is known in full as Trace Collection Entity.

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of:

absolute time information absoltatyinfo;

tracking a reference traceReference;

the trace record session references traceRecordingSessionRef.

For example, the identification information of the second node includes the identification information of the second node, the first node may carry the identification information of the second node in the first information and send the identification information of the second node to the terminal, and the terminal may directly determine the second node according to the identification of the second node.

For example, the identification information of the second node includes path information of the second node, such as at least one of absoluteTimeInfo, traceReference, traceRecordingSessionRef and tce ID, where the first node may send the path information of the second node to the terminal, and the terminal may also determine the second node according to the path information.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report availability indication information of the second node, the first node determines that a network interface exists between the first node and the second node, and the network interface can carry the identification information of the second node in the first information to send the identification information to the terminal so as to request the terminal to send report information related to the second node to the first node.

For example, the first node is a master node MN, the second node is a secondary node sn#1, the MN receives an indication of report availability of sn#1, and when it is determined that there is a network interface connection with the sn#1 (for example, when a neighboring node of the current MN of the terminal includes sn#1 and/or a neighboring node of the current secondary node sn#2 of the terminal includes sn#1), identification information (for example, PScell ID) of sn#1 may be sent to the terminal, and the request terminal reports report information related to sn#1.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report availability indication information of the second node, the first node may send the first information carrying the identification information of the second node to the terminal, and may also send a node identification list (may be sent to the terminal together with the identification information of the second node or separately sent to the terminal) with a network interface to the terminal. The terminal may determine that there is reporting information of the second node, and determine that an interface exists between the second node and the first node according to the node identification list, and then may transmit reporting information related to the second node to the first node.

For example, the first node is a master node MN, the first node is a secondary node sn#1, the MN receives a report availability indication of sn#1, identification information (for example, PScell ID) of sn#1 may be sent to the terminal, a node identification list with a network interface (for example, a neighbor node list of a current MN of the terminal and/or a neighbor node list of a current secondary node sn#2 of the terminal) may also be sent to the terminal, the terminal determines that there is sn#1 related report information, and the MN has a network interface with sn#1, and the terminal sends sn#1 related report information to the MN.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The report requesting method shown in the present embodiment may be performed by a terminal.

As shown in fig. 4, the report request method may include the steps of:

in step S401, first information sent by a first node is received, where the first information is used for the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 4 may be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the disclosure, and specifically may be selected as needed, which is not limited by the disclosure.

In some embodiments, the terminal may receive the first information from the first node, and the terminal may send report information related to the second node to the first node according to the first information. The report sent by the terminal to the first node according to the first information is not a report related to any node but a report related to a specific second node, so that the obtained report is beneficial to ensuring that the obtained report meets the forwarding requirement, and the first node can forward the report to the second node, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by incapability of forwarding the report.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

When the reporting information related to the second node exists in the terminal, the terminal may transmit the reporting information related to the second node to the first node. When no reporting information related to the second node is present in the terminal, the terminal may send a null report (i.e., report as null) to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node comprises at least one of:

a node having a network interface with the first node;

In some embodiments, the first node may determine the second node prior to sending the first information, e.g., based on neighbor information at the time of establishing the Xn interface, or by an operation and maintenance management (OAM) device configuration. Wherein the neighbor information includes at least one of: neighbour Information E-UTRA, neighbour Information NR.

an identification of the second node;

and path information of the second node.

identification of the master node;

identification of the auxiliary node;

an identity of a primary cell (PCell);

an identification of a primary secondary cell (PSCell);

an identity of a secondary cell (SpCell);

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of:

absolute time information absoltatyinfo;

tracking a reference traceReference;

the trace record session references traceRecordingSessionRef.

In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "symbol", "codebook", "code word", "code point", "bit", "data", "program", "chip", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "radio," "wireless," "radio access network," "RAN," and "RAN-based," may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, "acquire," "obtain," "receive," "transmit," "bi-directional transmit," "send and/or receive" may be used interchangeably and may be interpreted as receiving from other principals, acquiring from protocols, acquiring from higher layers, processing itself, autonomous implementation, etc.

In some embodiments, terms such as "send," "transmit," "report," "send," "transmit," "bi-directional," "send and/or receive," and the like may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, terms "specific", "predetermined", "preset", "set", "indicated", "certain", "arbitrary", "first", etc. may be replaced with terms "specific a", "predetermined a", "preset a", "set a", "indicated a", etc.

The present disclosure also provides embodiments of a communication device, corresponding to the embodiments of the report requesting method described previously.

The present disclosure also proposes a communication device comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the foregoing first aspect and optional embodiments of the first aspect. For example, the communication device may be a first node.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 5, the communication device includes: a transmitting module 501.

In some embodiments, the sending module is configured to send first information to a terminal, where the first information is used for the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

In some embodiments, the communication device further comprises: and the receiving module is used for receiving the identification information of the second node from the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of: an identification of the second node; and path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the communication device further comprises: a receiving module, configured to receive report information related to the second node from the terminal; the sending module is further configured to send report information related to the second node.

The present disclosure also proposes a communication device comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the second aspect and optional embodiments of the second aspect. For example, the communication device may be a terminal.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device apparatus shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6, the communication device includes: a receiving module 601.

In some embodiments, the receiving module is configured to receive first information sent by a first node, where the first information is used for the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node comprises at least one of:

a node having a network interface with the first node;

In some embodiments, the communication device further comprises: and the sending module is used for sending the report information related to the second node to the first node.

It should be noted that the above communication device is not limited to include the modules in the corresponding embodiments, but may include other modules, which are not shown in the present disclosure, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

For the device embodiments, reference is made to the description of the method embodiments for the relevant points, since they essentially correspond to the method embodiments. The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the modules illustrated as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a report request method, which comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a first node sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal; and sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication device including: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the first aspect.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication device including: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to perform the report requesting method described in the second aspect.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication device including: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the report requesting method of any of the above-mentioned first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also propose a communication system comprising a first node configured to implement the report request method described in the above first aspect and optional embodiments of the first aspect, and a terminal configured to implement the report request method described in the second aspect and optional embodiments of the second aspect.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a report requesting method as described in the first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods, for example, an apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a unit or a module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is also proposed, which includes a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is merely a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software: the device comprises, for example, a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the memory having instructions stored therein, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory to perform any of the methods or to perform the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or microprocessor, and the memory is internal to the device or external to the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and part or all of the functions of the units or modules may be implemented by designing hardware circuits, which may be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing the logic relationships of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), for example, a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), which may include a large number of logic gates, and the connection relationship between the logic gates is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities, and in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capabilities, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), microprocessor, graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may implement a function through a logical relationship of hardware circuits that are fixed or reconfigurable, e.g., a hardware circuit implemented as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, hardware circuits designed for artificial intelligence may be used, which may be understood as ASICs, such as neural network processing units (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor processing units (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning processing units (Deep learning Processing Unit, DPU), etc.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 7100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 7100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 7100 may be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, and may be referred to in particular in the description of the above method embodiments.

As shown in fig. 7, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc., and may be, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. The processor 7101 is operable to invoke instructions to cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 also includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 7102 may be external to the communication device 7100.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 also includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, communication steps such as transmission and reception in the above method are performed by the transceivers 7103, and other steps are performed by the processor 7101.

In some embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

Optionally, the communication device 7100 further comprises one or more interface circuits 7104, the interface circuits 7104 being connected to the memory 7102, the interface circuits 7104 being operable to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other means, and being operable to transmit signals to the memory 7102 or other means. For example, the interface circuit 7104 may read an instruction stored in the memory 7102 and send the instruction to the processor 7101.

The communication device 7100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by fig. 7. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 8200 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. For the case where the communication device 7100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 8200 illustrated in fig. 8, but is not limited thereto.

The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201, the processors 8201 being configured to invoke instructions to cause the chip 8200 to perform any of the methods described above.

In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202, the interface circuits 8202 being coupled to the memory 8203, the interface circuits 8202 being operable to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other devices, the interface circuits 8202 being operable to provide signals to the memory

8203 or other means. For example, the interface circuit 8202 may read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201. Alternatively, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 8203 may be external to the chip 8200.

The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on a communication device 7100, cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The present disclosure also proposes a program product which, when executed by a communication device 7100, causes the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product.

The present disclosure also proposes a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

Claims

1. A report requesting method performed by a first node, the method comprising:

and sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second node comprises at least one of:

a node having a network interface with the first node;

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the presence of a network interface with the first node comprises:

and a node connected with the first node through a first number of hops.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the first number is configured by a network device or is agreed upon by a protocol.

5. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first information comprises identification information of the second node.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the identification information of the second node comprises at least one of:

an identification of the second node;

and path information of the second node.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the identification of the second node comprises at least one of:

identification of the master node;

identification of the auxiliary node;

identification of the primary cell;

identification of primary and secondary cells;

identification of the secondary cell;

the identity of the collection entity is tracked.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the path information comprises at least one of:

absolute time information;

tracking a reference;

tracking record session references.

10. The method according to any of claims 1 to 9, wherein the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection or wherein the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising:

receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal;

and sending report information related to the second node.

12. A report requesting method, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

and receiving first information sent by a first node, wherein the first information is used for sending report information related to a second node to the first node by the terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second node comprises at least one of:

a node having a network interface with the first node;

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the presence of a network interface with the first node comprises:

and a node connected with the first node through a first number of hops.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first number is configured by a network device or is agreed upon by a protocol.

16. The method according to any of claims 12 to 15, wherein the first information comprises identification information of the second node.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the identification information of the second node comprises at least one of:

an identification of the second node;

and path information of the second node.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the identification of the second node comprises at least one of:

identification of the master node;

identification of the auxiliary node;

identification of the primary cell;

identification of primary and secondary cells;

identification of the secondary cell;

the identity of the collection entity is tracked.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the path information comprises at least one of:

absolute time information;

tracking a reference;

tracking record session references.

20. The method according to any of claims 12 to 19, wherein the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection or wherein the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

21. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 20, further comprising:

And sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

22. A communication device, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the communication device is adapted to perform the report requesting method of any of claims 1-11.

23. A communication device, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the communication device is adapted to perform the report requesting method of any of claims 12-21.

24. A communication device, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the report requesting method of any of claims 1-11, 12-21.

25. A communication system comprising a first node configured to implement the report request method of any of claims 1-11, a terminal configured to implement the report request method of any of claims 12-21.

26. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the report requesting method of any one of claims 1-11, 12-21.