CN117858130B

CN117858130B - Communication method, device, storage medium, and product

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Publication number: CN117858130B
Application number: CN202410253523.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 薛子涛
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2024-03-06
Filing date: 2024-03-06
Publication date: 2024-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 2044-03-06
Also published as: CN117858130A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method, equipment, a storage medium and a product, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a first terminal device responds to adjustment conditions meeting the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points and sends indication information to a network device; and the network equipment adjusts the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the indication information. The adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to send the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point preferentially, so that the reasonability of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is ensured, and the switching or carrier aggregation effect is improved.

Description

Communication method, device, storage medium, and product

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a communications method, apparatus, storage medium, and product.

Background

In an application scenario such as Handover (HO) or carrier aggregation (carrier aggregation, CA), in order to ensure stability and continuity of a New Radio (NR) network, a network device typically configures a plurality of frequency points for a terminal device. Different frequency points may correspond to different frequency bands or cells, and each frequency point is used to detect and evaluate information in terms of signal quality, cell status, etc.

In the related art, after a network device configures a plurality of frequency points with a measurement sequence for a terminal device, the terminal device transmits a signal measurement result of each frequency point according to the measurement sequence. The network device performs switching or carrier aggregation according to the signal measurement results of the frequency points sent by the terminal device according to the measurement sequence, but in this way, the switching or carrier aggregation effect is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method, a device, a storage medium and a product, which are applied to the technical field of communication to improve the reasonability of the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points and further improve the switching effect or the carrier aggregation effect.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method. The method may be performed by a terminal device (e.g., a first terminal device) or may be performed by a component (e.g., a chip or circuit) configured in the terminal device. The application is not limited in this regard.

For example, the method includes: transmitting indication information in response to the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points being met, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the network equipment to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment; the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to preferentially send the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point; and the more preferable frequency point is a frequency point where the signal measurement result measured by the first terminal device is more preferable.

It should be understood that the first terminal device may timely acquire the situation that the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is not reasonable through the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points, send indication information to the network device, and enable the network device to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the indication information, so that the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points has higher rationality, and avoid that the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is not reasonable to always affect the switching or carrier aggregation effect, thereby improving the switching or carrier aggregation effect.

That is, the terminal device transmits the signal measurement result of each frequency point according to the measurement sequence of the unreasonable configuration, and the network device performs switching or carrier aggregation according to the signal measurement result of each frequency point, so as to finally affect the switching or carrier aggregation effect. Therefore, the technical scheme provided by the application is aimed at the situation, the terminal equipment responds to the condition that the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points is met, and sends the indication information, so that the network equipment can timely acquire the condition that the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is unreasonable, the adjustment of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points can be timely realized, the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points can instruct the second terminal equipment to preferentially send the signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point, and the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points after adjustment can improve the switching or carrier aggregation effect.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, when a manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is an active sending manner, an adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points includes any one of the following:

adjusting condition 1: the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a first preset threshold value;

Adjusting condition 1: the ratio of the difference value to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a second preset threshold value;

The measurement sequence of the first frequency point is located behind the measurement sequence of the second frequency point.

It should be understood that, when the first terminal device determines that the adjustment condition of the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied, the first frequency point and the second frequency point are determined, and since the network device may configure one or more measurement events, the second frequency point is a frequency point of the "plurality of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event" in which the measurement order is the first frequency point, while the first frequency point is a frequency point of the "plurality of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event" in which the measurement order is not the first, and in which the "adjustment condition of the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points" is satisfied.

Accordingly, when it is determined that the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point with the rear measurement sequence and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point with the front measurement sequence is greater than the first preset threshold, or the ratio of the difference to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is greater than the second preset threshold, it is indicated that the signal measurement result of the first frequency point is obviously better than the signal measurement result of the second frequency point, so that the original measurement sequence of the first frequency point is unreasonable after the measurement sequence of the second frequency point, so that the first terminal device can timely learn that the measurement sequence is unreasonable, further timely send indication information for indicating the network device to adjust the measurement sequences of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device to the network device, and improve the timeliness of adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device. In addition, the embodiment of the application can improve the selectivity of the first frequency point through the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points with different contents, thereby enabling the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points to be selective after adjustment.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, when a manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is an active sending manner, the indication information includes: a terminal equipment assistance message (UEAssistanceInformation, UAI) and synchronization information block (synchronization signal/PBCH block, SSB) index indication information;

the UAI comprises more optimal frequency point prompt information; the SSB index indication information includes SSB indexes corresponding to beam directions in which the first terminal device is located.

It should be understood that the specific form of the "better frequency point prompt information" may be any form for prompting the "better frequency point", such as a number or a field or other forms, which is not limited in this application. The specific form of the "SSB index indication information" may be any form for prompting the "SSB index", such as a number or a field or other forms, which is not limited in the present application. The "SSB index" has a mapping relationship with the beam direction.

Accordingly, the "more optimal frequency point prompt information" is included in the UAI, so that the timeliness of sending the "more optimal frequency point prompt information" can be improved, and the timeliness of the network equipment for adjusting the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment is further improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the more optimal frequency point hint information is located in a first newly added cell of the UAI.

It should be understood that, when the first newly added cell is used as the indication cell of the better frequency point prompt information, the first terminal device can newly add the first newly added cell as required under the condition that the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points is satisfied, so that the resource consumption can be reduced. The first terminal device can improve the timeliness of sending the more optimal frequency point prompt information by sending the more optimal frequency point prompt information to the network device through the first newly added cell in the UAI.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, after the first terminal device sends the indication information, the method further includes:

receiving first event measurement indication information, wherein the first event measurement indication information comprises more optimal frequency point information;

determining a signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point according to the more optimal frequency point information;

And responding to the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point to meet the event requirement, and sending the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point, wherein the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point is used for indicating the network equipment to switch the first terminal equipment to a cell corresponding to the more preferable frequency point or distributing sub-carriers corresponding to the more preferable frequency point for the first terminal equipment.

It should be understood that the specific form of the "first event measurement indication information" may be any form, such as a number or a field or other form, for prompting the "first terminal device to send a signal measurement result corresponding to a better frequency point", which is not limited in this application.

It should be further understood that, after the first terminal device switches to the cell corresponding to the frequency point (for example, frequency point X) with the front measurement sequence according to the original measurement sequence or allocates the sub-carrier corresponding to the frequency point with the front measurement sequence to the first terminal device, the network device switches to the cell corresponding to the better frequency point (for example, frequency point Y) or allocates the sub-carrier corresponding to the better frequency point to the first terminal device, so that the first terminal device can be prevented from being always located in the cell corresponding to the other frequency points except the better frequency point or being always allocated to the other frequency points except the better frequency point, and timely adjustment of the cell and timely adjustment of the sub-carrier can be realized, so that the first terminal device is always located in the cell corresponding to the better frequency point or is always allocated to the better frequency point by the network device.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, when the manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is a passive sending manner, the indication information is a terminal information response (UEInformationResponse, UIR); the adjustment conditions of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequences include, in addition to any one or more of the adjustment conditions 1 or 2, further: receiving a terminal information request;

The UIR includes position information, time information of the first terminal device and the satisfied adjustment condition when the adjustment condition of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequences is satisfied.

It should be understood that the specific form of the terminal information request may be any form, such as a number or a field or other forms, of "a terminal information response for requesting the first terminal device to send to the network device whether to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction where the first terminal device is located".

It is also understood that the location information of the first terminal device may be understood as the actual location information of the first terminal device, e.g. the longitude and latitude in which it is located. The time information may be understood as a time stamp when the adjustment condition is satisfied or when various pieces of information are stored. The adjustment conditions that are satisfied are adjustment condition 1 and/or adjustment condition 2 (e.g., frequency point Y is better than frequency point X30%).

Therefore, the above information included in the UIR may indicate that the measurement sequence of the original first frequency point and the measurement sequence of the second frequency point are unreasonable before the first terminal device receives the terminal information request. For this case, the first terminal device may cause the network device to adjust the measurement order by sending UIR to the network device.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, when the manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is a passive sending manner, the location information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment condition of the first terminal device are located in a second added cell of the UIR.

It should be understood that the first terminal device adds the second newly added cell as needed, which can reduce resource consumption. The first terminal device sends the indication information to the network device through the terminal information response UIR, so that the network device can adjust the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the position information, the time information and the like of the first terminal device, and the granularity of adjustment is refined.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, when a manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is a passive sending manner, before the first terminal device sends the indication information, the method further includes:

and storing the position information, the time information and the satisfied adjustment conditions of the first terminal equipment.

It should be understood that, under different time information, the adjustment conditions that are satisfied may be different, and the determined optimal frequency points may be different frequency points, where the satisfied adjustment conditions may explicitly indicate each optimal frequency point corresponding to the different time information, so that the plurality of optimal frequency points can provide diversified information for the network device to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, which may be performed by a network device, or may also be performed by a component in the network device (e.g. an access network device or a core network device). The application is not limited in this regard.

For example, the method includes:

Receiving indication information, wherein the indication information is sent by a first terminal device when the adjustment condition of the measuring sequence of a plurality of frequency points is met;

According to the indication information, adjusting the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment, wherein the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to send the signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point preferentially; the more preferable frequency point is a frequency point where the signal measurement result measured by the first terminal device is more preferable.

It should be understood that, the network device may implement adjustment of the measurement sequence of multiple frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the indication information, where the adjusted measurement sequence of multiple frequency points is used to instruct the second terminal device to preferentially send the signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point, so that the adjusted measurement sequence of multiple frequency points is more reasonable than the previous measurement sequence, and it can effectively avoid that the measurement sequence with poor rationality affects the switching or carrier aggregation effect.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, when the manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is an active sending manner, the adjusting condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points includes any one of the following:

the difference between the measurement result of the first frequency point and the measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a first preset threshold value;

The ratio of the difference value to the measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a second preset threshold value;

It should be understood that the description of the first frequency point and the second frequency point in the second aspect is similar to the description of the first frequency point and the second frequency point in the first aspect, and will not be repeated here.

Correspondingly, when the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point with the rear measurement sequence and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point with the front measurement sequence is larger than a first preset threshold value, the signal measurement result of the first frequency point is obviously better than the signal measurement result of the second frequency point, so that the original measurement sequence of the first frequency point is unreasonable after the measurement sequence of the second frequency point, and the network equipment can timely acquire the unreasonable measurement sequence through the indication information sent by the first terminal equipment.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, when a manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is an active sending manner, the indication information includes: the terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and the synchronous information block SSB index indication information;

The UAI comprises more optimal frequency point prompt information; the SSB index indication information comprises SSB indexes corresponding to the beam directions where the first terminal equipment is located;

The method for adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the indication information comprises the following steps:

determining the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the SSB index;

and adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the more optimal frequency point prompt information.

It should be understood that the description of the better frequency point hint information and the SSB index in the second aspect is similar to the description of the better frequency point hint information and the SSB index in the first aspect, and will not be repeated here.

It should be further understood that, the network device may accurately determine the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located according to the SSB index and the mapping relationship between the SSB index and the beam direction, so as to correspondingly adjust the measurement sequences of the multiple frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located according to the more optimal frequency point prompt information, thereby improving the effectiveness of adjustment.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, when the mode in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is an active sending mode, the more optimal frequency point indication information is located in a first new cell of the UAI.

It should be understood that the first newly added cell is used as an indication cell of the more preferred frequency point prompt information, so that the network device can timely analyze the more preferred frequency point prompt information in the first newly added cell, and the analysis speed is improved.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, when the manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is an active sending manner, after the network device receives the indication information, the method further includes:

transmitting first event measurement indication information to a first terminal device, wherein the first event measurement indication information comprises more optimal frequency point information;

receiving a signal measurement result corresponding to a better frequency point sent by first terminal equipment;

and switching the first terminal equipment to a cell corresponding to the more preferable frequency point or distributing sub-carriers corresponding to the more preferable frequency point for the first terminal according to the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point.

It should be further understood that, after the first terminal device switches to the cell corresponding to the frequency point (for example, frequency point X) with the front measurement sequence according to the original measurement sequence or allocates the sub-carrier corresponding to the frequency point with the front measurement sequence to the first terminal device, the network device sends the first event measurement indication information to the first terminal device, so as to control the first terminal device to switch to the cell corresponding to the better frequency point (for example, frequency point Y) or allocate the sub-carrier corresponding to the better frequency point to the first terminal device under the condition that the signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point meets the measurement event, so that the first terminal device can be prevented from being always in the cell corresponding to the other frequency point except the better frequency point or being always allocated to the other frequency point except the better frequency point, and the first terminal device can be enabled to be always located in the cell corresponding to the better frequency point or be always allocated to the better frequency point by the network device.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, when the manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is a passive sending manner, the adjusting condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points further includes: receiving a terminal information request; the indication information is a terminal information response (UIR);

the UIR includes position information, time information, and satisfied adjustment conditions of the first terminal device when the adjustment conditions of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequences are satisfied;

determining the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the position information of the first terminal equipment;

and adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the time information and the satisfied adjustment conditions.

It should be understood that the description of the terminal information request, the location information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment conditions in the second aspect is similar to the description of the terminal information request, the location information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment conditions in the first aspect, and will not be repeated here.

It should be further understood that, the network device may determine, according to the location information of the first terminal device, the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located, and if the number of storage times is multiple, different adjustment conditions corresponding to different time information may provide adjustment basis of different degrees for adjusting the "measurement sequence of multiple frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located", so as to improve diversity of adjustment policies.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, when the manner in which the first terminal device sends the indication information is a passive sending manner, the location information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment condition of the first terminal device are located in a second added cell of the UIR.

It should be appreciated that adding a second newly added cell as needed can reduce resource consumption. The first terminal device sends the indication information for indicating the network device to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device to the network device through the terminal information response UIR, so that the network device can adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the position information, the time information and the like of the first terminal device, and the granularity of adjustment is refined.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, after the network device receives the indication information, the method further includes:

Transmitting second event measurement indication information to the second terminal equipment, wherein the second event measurement indication information comprises the adjusted measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points;

Receiving signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points; the signal measurement results of the plurality of frequency points are received according to the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points, and the signal measurement results of the plurality of frequency points meet the same event requirement.

It should be understood that the specific form of the "second event measurement indication information" may be any form, such as a number or a field or other forms, for prompting the "second terminal device to preferentially send the signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point", which is not limited in this application. "meeting the same event requirement" may be understood as meeting the event requirement of the same event, where "same event" includes, but is not limited to: the specific description of the events A3, A4, A5, A6, etc. may be referred to in the related art, and will not be repeated herein.

In the application scenario of switching or carrier aggregation, whether the measurement sequence of the multiple frequency points after adjustment is aimed at an active transmission mode or a passive transmission mode, the indication information sent by the first terminal device in the same beam direction is referred to, so that compared with the measurement sequence of the multiple frequency points before adjustment, the indication information has better rationality, the network device sends the second event measurement indication information to the second terminal device, so that the second terminal device can conveniently send the signal measurement results of the multiple frequency points according to the measurement sequence of the multiple frequency points after adjustment, the network device can be ensured to switch the second terminal device to a cell corresponding to the better frequency point or allocate a subcarrier corresponding to the better frequency point for the first terminal device according to the signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point, the switching or carrier aggregation effect is improved, and the feasibility of the scheme is ensured.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication device comprising respective modules or units for performing the method of the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communications apparatus comprising means or units for performing the method of the second aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus including a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory and operable to execute instructions in the memory to implement the method of the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first 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 device is a terminal device. When the communication device is a terminal device, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the communication device is a chip configured in the terminal device. When the communication means is a chip arranged in the terminal device, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

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

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus including a processor. 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 apparatus is a network device. When the communication apparatus is a network device, the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.

In another implementation, the communication device is a chip configured in a network device. When the communication means is a chip configured in a network device, the communication interface may be an input/output interface.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a processor, including: input circuit, output circuit and processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive a signal via the input circuit and transmit a signal via the output circuit, such that the processor performs the methods of the first aspect to the second aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect to the second aspect.

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 received and input by, for example and without limitation, a receiver, the output signal may be output by, for example and without limitation, a transmitter and transmitted by a 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 is not limited to the specific implementation of the processor and various circuits.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus including a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to read instructions stored in the memory and is configured to receive a signal via the receiver and to transmit a signal via the transmitter to perform the method of the first aspect to the second aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect to the second aspect.

Optionally, the processor is one or more, and the memory is one or more.

Alternatively, the memory may be integrated with the processor or the memory may be separate from the processor.

In a specific implementation process, the memory may be a non-transient (non-transitory) memory, for example, a Read Only Memory (ROM), which may be integrated on the same chip as the processor, or may be separately disposed on different chips.

It should be appreciated that the related data interaction process, for example, transmitting the indication information, may be a process of outputting the indication information from the processor, and the receiving the capability information may be a process of receiving the input capability information by the processor. Specifically, the data output by the processor may be output to the transmitter, and the input data received by the processor may be from the receiver. Wherein the transmitter and receiver may be collectively referred to as a transceiver.

The communication device in the eighth aspect described above may be one or more chips. The processor in the communication device may be implemented by hardware or by software. When implemented in hardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit, or the like; when implemented in software, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, implemented by reading software code stored in a memory, which may be integrated in the processor, or may reside outside the processor, and exist separately.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, including a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, where the memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions, and the transceiver is configured to receive and send data, and the processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, and when the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, instruct the terminal device to perform the method described in any one of the foregoing first aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, where the memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions, and the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit data, and the processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, and when the processor is configured to instruct the network device to perform the method described in any one of the second aspect and the possible implementation manners of the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program or instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method described in the first to second aspects and any one of the possible implementations of the first to second aspects.

In a twelfth aspect, the present application provides a chip or chip system comprising at least one processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the at least one processor being interconnected by wires, the at least one processor being adapted to execute a computer program or instructions to perform the method described in the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect. The communication interface in the chip can be an input/output interface, a pin, a circuit or the like.

In a thirteenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the first to second aspects and any one of the possible implementations of the first to second aspects.

In one possible implementation, the chip or chip system described above further includes at least one memory, where the at least one memory has instructions stored therein. The memory may be a memory unit within the chip, such as a register, a cache, etc., or may be a memory unit of the chip (e.g., a read-only memory, a random access memory, etc.).

It should be understood that the third aspect, the fifth aspect and the ninth aspect of the present application correspond to the solutions of the first aspect of the present application, the fourth aspect, the sixth aspect and the tenth aspect of the present application correspond to the solutions of the second aspect of the present application, and the seventh aspect, the eighth aspect and the eleventh to thirteenth aspects of the present application correspond to the solutions of the first aspect and the second aspect of the present application, and the advantages achieved by the aspects and the corresponding possible embodiments are similar and are not repeated.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system 100 to which embodiments of the present application are applied;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a communication method 200 provided by an embodiment of the present application from a device interaction perspective;

fig. 3 is a signaling interaction diagram from the perspective of device interaction, which shows a communication method 300 provided by an embodiment of the present application between a terminal device and a network device in an active transmission mode;

fig. 4 is a signaling interaction diagram from the perspective of device interaction, which shows a communication method 400 provided by an embodiment of the present application, between a terminal device and a network device in a passive transmission mode;

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 5000 provided by an embodiment of the application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure of a terminal device 6000 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application, for example, may be a schematic diagram of a base station 7000.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the communication method, the device, the storage medium and the product provided by the embodiment of the present application, the communication method, the system architecture and the application scenario provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described below. It may be understood that the system architecture and the application scenario described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present application.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to communication scenes under various communication systems, such as: long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), universal mobile telecommunications system (universal mobile telecommunication system, UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, wiMAX) telecommunications system, future fifth generation (5th generation,5G) telecommunications system or new radio access technology (new radio access technology, NR), vehicle-to-other devices (V2X), where V2X may include vehicle-to-internet (vehicle to network, V2N), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (vehicle to infrastructure, V2I), vehicle-to-pedestrian (vehicle to pedestrian, V2P) and the like, workshop communication long term evolution technology (long term evolution-vehicle, LTE-V), vehicle networking, machine-like communications (MACHINE TYPE communication, MTC), internet of things (internet of things), inter-machine communication long term evolution technology (long term evolution-machine, LTE-M), machine-to-machine (machine to machine, M2M) and the like.

Further, the present application may be applied to various specific communication scenarios, for example, point-to-point transmission between a base station and a terminal or between terminals, multi-hop transmission between a base station and a terminal, dual connectivity (dual connectivity, DC) or multiple connectivity of a plurality of base stations and terminals, etc. It should be noted that the above specific communication application scenario is merely exemplary and is not limited thereto. In particular, the method can be applied to the scene that can adopt switching or carrier aggregation in the specific communication scene.

To facilitate an understanding of embodiments of the present application, a communication system suitable for use in embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system 100 to which an embodiment of the application applies. As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 may include at least one terminal device, such as the terminal device 110 shown in fig. 1. The communication system 100 may also include at least one network device, such as the network device 120 shown in fig. 1. Wherein the terminal device 110 may be mobile or stationary. The network device 120 is a device that can communicate with the terminal device 110 via a wireless link, such as a base station or a base station controller. Network device 120 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices located within that coverage area (cell).

Fig. 1 exemplarily shows one terminal device and one network device, and the communication system 100 may include other number of terminal devices or other number of network devices, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

Each of the above-described communication devices, such as the terminal device 110 and the network device 120 in fig. 1, may be configured with a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas may include at least one transmitting antenna for transmitting signals and at least one receiving antenna for receiving signals. In addition, each communication device may additionally include a transmitter chain and a receiver chain, each of which may include a plurality of components (e.g., processors, modulators, multiplexers, demodulators, demultiplexers, antennas, etc.) associated with the transmission and reception of signals, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art. Thus, communication between the network device and the terminal device may be via multiple antenna technology.

Optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may further include a network controller, a mobility management entity, and other network entities, which are not limited thereto according to the embodiments of the present application.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device can be any device with a wireless receiving and transmitting function. The apparatus includes, but is not limited to: an evolved node B (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 next generation base station (the next generation node B, gNB) in the system, or a transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a group of antenna panels (including multiple antenna panels) of a base station in the 5G system, or may also be a network node, e.g., a Unit (BBU), or a distributed Unit (base band Unit, DU), etc., constituting the gNB or transmission point.

In some deployments, the gNB may include a centralized unit (centralized unit, CU) and DUs. The gNB may also include an active antenna unit (ACTIVE ANTENNA units, AAU). The CU implements part of the functionality of the gNB and the DU implements part of the functionality of the gNB, e.g. the CU is responsible for handling non-real time protocols and services, implementing radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC), packet data convergence layer protocol (PACKET DATA convergence protocol, PDCP) layer functions. The DU is responsible for handling physical layer protocols and real-time services, and implements functions of a radio link control (radio link control, RLC) layer, a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and a Physical (PHY) layer. 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 be eventually changed into or 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 is not limited by the present application.

The network device provides services for the cell, and the terminal device communicates with the cell through transmission resources (e.g., frequency domain resources, or spectrum resources) allocated by the network device, where the cell may belong to a macro base station (e.g., macro eNB or macro gNB, etc.), or may belong to a base station corresponding to a small cell (SMALL CELL), where the small cell may include: urban cells (metro cells), micro cells (micro cells), pico cells (pico cells), femto cells (femto cells) and the like, and the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmitting power and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), 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 mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet (pad), 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 (industrial control), a wireless terminal in unmanned (SELF DRIVING), a wireless terminal in telemedicine (remote media), a wireless terminal in smart grid (SMART GRID), a wireless terminal in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in smart city (SMART CITY), a wireless terminal in smart home (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 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 in a future mobile communication network (PLMN public land mobile network), etc.

The wearable device can also be called as a wearable intelligent device, and is a generic name for intelligently designing daily wearing and developing wearable devices by applying a wearable technology, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothes, shoes and the like. The wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also can realize a powerful function through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable intelligent device includes full functionality, large size, and may not rely on the smart phone to implement complete or partial functionality, such as: smart watches or smart glasses, etc., and focus on only certain types of application functions, and need to be used in combination with other devices, such as smart phones, for example, various smart bracelets, smart jewelry, etc. for physical sign monitoring.

The terminal device may also be a terminal device in an internet of things (internet of things, ioT) system. IoT is an important component of future information technology development, and its main technical feature is to connect an item with a network through a communication technology, so as to implement man-machine interconnection and an intelligent network for object interconnection.

The present application is not limited to the specific form of the terminal device.

In order to facilitate the clear description of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following simply describes some terms and techniques involved in the embodiments of the present application:

1. and (3) switching: generally refers to a procedure when a terminal device migrates from one cell (e.g., a serving cell) to another cell (e.g., a neighbor cell of the serving cell) in a communication system. The terminal device may refer to the first terminal device or the second terminal device in the embodiment of the present application. The following describes a handover scheme in a manner that a terminal device interacts with a network device, the handover scheme comprising the steps of:

s11, the network equipment configures a measurement event, a measurement standard and a plurality of corresponding frequency points with a measurement sequence for the terminal equipment.

It should be appreciated that the measurement event is at least one event of event A3, event A4, event A5 or event A6. Different measurement events correspond to different event requirements, specifically, the event requirement of the event A3 is that the quality of a signal measurement result of a frequency point of a neighboring cell is better than that of an original cell, and the occurrence of the event triggers switching. The event of event A4 requires that the signal measurement quality of the frequency point of the neighbor cell is greater than an absolute threshold, and this event occurrence will trigger a handover. The event of the event A5 requires that the quality of the signal measurement result of the frequency point of the original cell is smaller than an absolute threshold, and the quality of the signal measurement result of the frequency point of the adjacent cell is larger than an absolute threshold, and the occurrence of the event triggers the switching. The event of the event A6 requires that the quality of the signal measurement result of the frequency point of the adjacent cell is better than that of the primary and secondary cells, and the occurrence of the event triggers the switching. The signal measurement results of the frequency points can be specifically described as the signal measurement results of the frequency points on the measurement standard. The measurement standard is reference signal received power (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING power, RSRP), reference signal received quality (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING quality, RSRQ), or signal or interference plus noise ratio (signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR).

It should also be appreciated that the network device may configure at least one corresponding measurement criterion and a corresponding plurality of frequency points with a measurement order for each measurement event. And, the same measurement event and the same measurement standard can enable the signal measurement results of all frequency points to have the same measurement dimension. For example, for the event A3, the measurement standard configured by the network device and corresponding to the event A3 is RSRQ, and the number of the plurality of frequency points corresponding to the event A3 is 8, so the signal measurement results of the 8 frequency points are all the signal measurement results of the frequency points on the measurement standard RSRQ, so the signal measurement results of the 8 frequency points have the same measurement dimension. After the configuration is completed, S12 may be performed.

And S12, the network equipment sends a measurement event, a measurement standard and a plurality of corresponding frequency points with a measurement sequence to the terminal equipment.

The measurement event, the measurement standard and the corresponding plurality of frequency points with the measurement order may be included in the radio resource control RRC reconfiguration message, in other words, the network device may send the measurement event, the measurement standard and the corresponding plurality of frequency points with the measurement order by sending the RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal device.

S13, the terminal equipment evaluates whether frequency points meeting the measurement event exist.

It should be appreciated that when the presence is assessed, the number of bins satisfying the same measurement event is determined for the same measurement event. The terminal device transmits the frequency point satisfying the measurement event to the network device in the case where the number of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event is one, and performs the following S14 in the case where the number of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event is a plurality. If not, the evaluation is continued.

S14, the terminal equipment sends signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event to the network equipment according to the measurement sequence.

And S15, the network equipment sends a switching instruction to the terminal equipment.

The switching instruction comprises the identification information of the cell corresponding to the frequency point with the forefront measurement sequence. The identification information of the cell may be any form, such as a number or a field or other form, used to represent a "cell", which is not limited by the present application. Illustratively, the identification information of a cell is "cell1", "cell #1", or the like.

S16, the terminal equipment responds to the switching instruction and executes cell switching.

After the terminal equipment completes the cell switching, the terminal equipment can switch to a cell corresponding to the frequency point with the forefront measurement sequence.

2. Carrier aggregation: by combining multiple carrier bandwidths, a single terminal device is provided with a larger bandwidth, so that a higher user experience effect and a faster network data transmission rate are realized. The terminal device may refer to the first terminal device or the second terminal device in the embodiment of the present application. The carrier aggregation scheme is described below in a manner that a terminal device interacts with a network device, and includes the following steps:

S21, the network equipment configures a measurement event, a measurement standard and a plurality of corresponding frequency points with a measurement sequence for the terminal equipment.

And S22, the network equipment sends a measurement event, a measurement standard and a plurality of corresponding frequency points with a measurement sequence to the terminal equipment.

S23, the terminal equipment evaluates whether frequency points meeting the measurement event exist.

It should be appreciated that when the presence is assessed, the number of bins satisfying the same measurement event is determined for the same measurement event. The terminal device transmits the frequency point satisfying the measurement event to the network device in the case where the number of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event is one, and performs the following S24 in the case where the number of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event is a plurality. If not, the evaluation is continued.

S24, the terminal equipment sends signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event to the network equipment according to the measurement sequence.

S25, the network equipment sends a carrier aggregation instruction to the terminal equipment.

The switching instruction includes identification information of a subcarrier corresponding to a frequency point with the forefront measurement sequence, and the identification information of the subcarrier may be a serial number of the subcarrier. The sequence number of the subcarrier may be any form used to represent a "subcarrier," such as a number or field or other form, as the application is not limited in this regard. Illustratively, a subcarrier is numbered "N012", "n#12", or the like.

S26, the terminal equipment responds to the carrier aggregation instruction and executes carrier aggregation.

After the terminal device completes carrier aggregation, the allocated subcarriers and the subcarriers corresponding to the frequency points with the forefront measurement sequence can be aggregated, so that data can be sent to the network device through the aggregated carriers.

The specific descriptions of S21, S22, S24 are identical to the specific descriptions of S11, S12, S14, and are not repeated here for brevity.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following description is first made:

First, in order to facilitate the clear description of the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, in the embodiment of the present application, the words "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish the same item or similar items having substantially the same function and effect. For example, the first preset threshold and the second preset threshold are merely for distinguishing different preset thresholds, and are not limited in order. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the words "first," "second," and the like do not limit the amount and order of execution, and that the words "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ.

Second, in embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

Third, in the embodiments of the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or", describes an association relationship of an association object, and indicates that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a alone, a and B together, and B alone, wherein a, B may be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or plural.

Fourth, in the embodiments of the present application, "when …", "if" and "if" all refer to that the device will perform the corresponding process under some objective condition, and are not limited in time, nor do they require that the device be implemented with a judgment action, nor are they meant to be limited.

Fifth, the term "simultaneously" in the embodiments of the present application may be understood as at the same time point, may be understood as within a period of time, may be understood as within the same period, and may be specifically understood in conjunction with the context.

Sixth, in the embodiments of the present application, "B corresponding to a" means that B is associated with a. "B is performed according to A" does not mean that B is performed according to A only, but B may also be performed according to A and/or other information.

Seventh, "predefined" or "preconfiguration" may be implemented by pre-storing corresponding codes, tables, or other manners in which related information may be indicated in devices (e.g., including terminal devices and network devices), and the present application is not limited to a specific implementation thereof. Where "save" may refer to saving in one or more memories. The one or more memories may be provided separately or may be integrated in an encoder or decoder, processor, or communication device. The one or more memories may also be provided separately as part of the decoder, processor, or communication device as part of the integrated circuit. The type of memory may be any form of storage medium, and the application is not limited in this regard.

Predefined in the present application may be understood as defining, predefining, storing, pre-negotiating, pre-configuring, curing, or pre-sintering.

Eighth, in the embodiment of the present application, "for indicating" may include for direct indication and for indirect indication, and may also include explicit indication and implicit indication. In the specific implementation process, the manner of indicating the information to be indicated is various, for example, but not limited to, the information to be indicated may be directly indicated, such as the information to be indicated itself or an index of the information to be indicated. The information to be indicated can also be indicated indirectly by indicating other information, wherein the other information and the information to be indicated have an association relation. It is also possible to indicate only a part of the information to be indicated, while other parts of the information to be indicated are known or agreed in advance. The indication of the information to be indicated may also be achieved by means of a pre-agreement (e.g. protocol specification) whether a certain cell is present, for example, thereby reducing the indication overhead to some extent.

Ninth, various embodiments are described in detail below in connection with various flowcharts, but it should be understood that these flowcharts and the associated descriptions of their respective embodiments are merely illustrative for ease of understanding and should not be construed as limiting the application in any way. Each step in the flowcharts is not necessarily performed, and some steps may be skipped, for example. Moreover, the order of execution of the steps is not fixed nor limited to that shown in the drawings, and should be determined by its functions and inherent logic.

In the application scenario of switching or carrier aggregation, after the network device configures a plurality of frequency points with a measurement sequence for the terminal device, the terminal device sends signal measurement results of all the frequency points according to the measurement sequence. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of frequency points configured by the network device for the terminal device and having a measurement sequence are "X-Y", and in a case where the frequency point X and the frequency point Y satisfy the same measurement event, the related technology sequentially sends the signal measurement result of the frequency point X and the signal measurement result of the frequency point Y to the network device according to the measurement sequence of "X-Y". The network device indicates the terminal device to switch to the cell corresponding to the frequency point X or indicates the terminal device to aggregate the subcarriers corresponding to the frequency point X, even if the signal measurement result of the frequency point Y is far better than the signal measurement result of the frequency point X, the network device does not indicate the terminal device to switch to the cell corresponding to the frequency point Y or indicates the terminal device to aggregate the subcarriers corresponding to the frequency point Y, so that the measurement sequence has the phenomenon of unreasonable configuration, so that the network device switches or carries out carrier aggregation according to the signal measurement result of each frequency point sent by the terminal device according to the unreasonable configuration measurement sequence, and finally the switching or carrier aggregation effect is affected.

For the terminal equipment and the network equipment, how to determine respective specific execution actions, avoiding unreasonable configuration measurement sequence, and further improving the switching effect or the carrier aggregation effect is a problem to be solved urgently at present. In this regard, the embodiment of the application provides a communication method, and the main inventive concept is as follows:

The first terminal equipment sends indication information to the network equipment, and the network equipment adjusts the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the indication information. In this way, for the second terminal device in the beam direction where the first terminal device is located, the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points after adjustment is higher in configuration rationality than the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points before adjustment. Therefore, the second terminal device can preferentially send the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point according to the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points, so that the switching effect or the carrier aggregation effect is improved.

The technical scheme shown in the application is described in detail by specific examples. It should be noted that the following embodiments may exist alone or in combination with each other. For the same or similar matters, for example, explanation of terms or nouns, explanation of steps, etc., reference may be made to each other in different embodiments, and the explanation is not repeated.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method 200 provided by an embodiment of the present application from the perspective of device interaction, the communication method 200 comprising:

s201, the first terminal equipment responds to the adjustment condition meeting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points and sends indication information to the network equipment.

It should be understood that the specific forms of the first terminal device and the network device may refer to the above related descriptions, which are not repeated herein.

The following describes in detail the adjustment conditions of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points.

It should be understood that the adjustment condition for satisfying the order of measurement of the plurality of frequency points is a trigger condition for the first terminal device to send the indication information to the network device.

It should also be understood that the "adjustment conditions for the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points" may correspond to different contents in different transmission modes adopted by the terminal device when the instruction information is transmitted. Therefore, the embodiment of the application does not limit the content of the adjustment condition of the measuring sequence of the plurality of frequency points in detail. For example, when the manner in which the first terminal device transmits the indication information is an active transmission manner, the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points may include any one or more of the following:

Adjusting condition 1: the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a first preset threshold value.

Adjusting condition 2: the ratio of the difference value to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a second preset threshold value.

In the adjustment conditions 1 and 2, the measurement sequence of the first frequency point is located after the measurement sequence of the second frequency point.

The above is an introduction to the content of the "adjustment condition of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequence", and the following introduction is made with respect to the learning manner of the first frequency point and the second frequency point in the "adjustment condition of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequence":

It should be appreciated that in either the handover scheme or the carrier aggregation scheme, the network device may indicate one or more measurement events when performing S11 or S21 before performing S201. Under the condition that the network equipment indicates event measurement indication of one or more measurement events, aiming at the same measurement event and consistent measurement standards, if the first terminal equipment evaluates that a plurality of frequency points of the same measurement event are met, the first terminal equipment judges whether adjustment conditions of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points are met or not, and further acquires the first frequency point and the second frequency point when the adjustment conditions are confirmed to be met.

The second frequency point is the frequency point with the highest measurement sequence among the plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event, and the first frequency point is the frequency point with the measurement sequence which is not the highest among the plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event and meets the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points. In other words, the "multiple frequency points" configured by the network device may include at least one of the third frequency point or the fourth frequency point in addition to the first frequency point and the second frequency point. The third frequency point is a frequency point which does not meet the same measurement event, the fourth frequency point is a frequency point which meets the same measurement event and does not meet the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points, and the measurement sequence of the fourth frequency point is not the forefront.

From the number point of view, in the case where it is determined that the adjustment condition of the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied, the number of the second frequency points is 1, the number of the first frequency points is 1 or more, the number of the third frequency points may be 0, 1 or more, and the number of the fourth frequency points may be 0, 1 or more.

In one example, when the plurality of frequency points and the measurement sequence are "a-B-C-D-E", the frequency points satisfying the same measurement event and the measurement sequence are "a-B-E", C and D are third frequency points, and the adjustment condition of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequences is the adjustment condition 2, in the process of judging whether the adjustment condition 2 is satisfied, if the signal measurement result of the frequency point B is 30% better than the signal measurement result of the frequency point a, and the signal measurement result of the frequency point E is not 30% better than the signal measurement result of the frequency point a, the frequency point a is the second frequency point, the frequency point B is the first frequency point, and the frequency point E is the fourth frequency point. Or if the signal measurement result of the frequency point B and the signal measurement result of the frequency point E are both better than the signal measurement result of the frequency point A by 30%, the frequency point A is a second frequency point, and the frequency point B and/or the frequency point E are first frequency points. Or if the signal measurement result of the frequency point B is not better than the signal measurement result of the frequency point A by 30%, and the signal measurement result of the frequency point E is better than the signal measurement result of the frequency point A by 30%, the frequency point A is the second frequency point, the frequency point E is the first frequency point, and the frequency point B is the fourth frequency point.

It should also be understood that the first frequency point and the second frequency point may correspond to the same or different neighboring cells of the current serving cell, which is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Accordingly, when it is determined that the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point with the rear measurement sequence and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point with the front measurement sequence is greater than the first preset threshold, or the ratio of the difference to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is greater than the second preset threshold, it is indicated that the signal measurement result of the first frequency point is obviously better than the signal measurement result of the second frequency point, so that the measurement sequence of the original first frequency point is unreasonable after the measurement sequence of the second frequency point, and further the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points is unreasonable, especially the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device is unreasonable, so that the first terminal device can timely learn that the measurement sequence is unreasonable through the judgment of the "adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points", and timely send indication information for indicating that the network device adjusts the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device to the network device.

It should be further understood that, according to the embodiment of the present application, the "adjustment conditions for the measurement sequences of multiple frequency points" of different contents may improve the selectivity of the first frequency point, so that the measurement sequences of multiple frequency points after adjustment may have selectivity.

It should be understood that the signal measurement is a measurement for any one of the reference signal received power RSRP, the reference signal received quality RSRQ, or the signal or interference plus noise ratio SINR. While RSRP, RSRQ or SINR may be indicated in advance by the network device, the specific implementation of the indicated in advance is not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application.

It should also be appreciated that different pre-indications may correspond to similar adjustment conditions. In other words, the same first terminal device may correspond to the adjustment conditions of the similar measurement orders of the plurality of frequency points under different pre-indications of the network device.

Specifically, the adjustment condition 1 may include any one of the following:

adjusting the condition 1-1: the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for RSRP and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRP is greater than a first preset threshold.

Adjusting the conditions 1-2: the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for RSRQ and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRQ is greater than a first preset threshold.

Adjusting conditions 1-3: the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for SINR and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for SINR is greater than a first preset threshold.

Likewise, adjusting condition 2 may include any one of the following:

Adjusting condition 2-1: the ratio of the "difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for RSRP and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRP" to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRP is greater than a second preset threshold.

Adjusting condition 2-2: the ratio of the "difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for RSRQ and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRQ" to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRQ is greater than a second preset threshold.

Adjusting conditions 2-3: the ratio of the "difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for SINR and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for SINR" to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for SINR is greater than a second preset threshold.

Therefore, after the network device indicates RSRP, RSRQ or SINR in advance, the first terminal device may determine a specific adjustment condition according to the network device's pre-indication, further determine a signal measurement result of the first frequency point for RSRP, RSRQ or SINR and a signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRP, RSRQ or SINR, and send indication information to the network device when it is determined that the adjustment condition of the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, specific values of the first preset threshold value in each item and the second preset threshold value in each item are not specifically limited. For example, the second preset threshold may be 20% or 30%.

It should be understood that the first terminal device may send the indication information in response to each adjustment condition, which is exemplary:

When the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points includes an adjustment condition 1-1, the first terminal device may send indication information to the network device in response to a difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for RSRP and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRP being greater than a first preset threshold. Or when the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points includes an adjustment condition 1-2, the first terminal device may send indication information to the network device in response to a difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for the RSRQ and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for the RSRQ being greater than a first preset threshold. Or when the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points comprises the adjustment condition 1-3, the first terminal device can send indication information to the network device in response to the fact that the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for the SINR and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for the SINR is larger than a first preset threshold value.

When the adjustment condition of the sequence of measuring the plurality of frequency points includes the adjustment condition 2-1, the first terminal device may send the indication information to the network device in response to the satisfaction of the ratio of "the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for RSRP and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRP" and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for RSRP being greater than a second preset threshold. Or when the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points includes an adjustment condition 2-2, the first terminal device may send the indication information to the network device in response to satisfaction of a ratio of "a difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for the RSRQ and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for the RSRQ" and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for the RSRQ being greater than a second preset threshold. Or when the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points includes an adjustment condition 2-3, the first terminal device may send the indication information to the network device in response to the satisfaction of the ratio of "the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point for SINR and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for SINR" and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point for SINR being greater than a second preset threshold.

When the adjustment conditions of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequences include the adjustment conditions 1-1 and 2-1, the embodiment of the present application may execute S201 if at least one of the adjustment conditions 1-1 and 2-1 is satisfied, or execute S201 if the adjustment conditions 1-1 and 2-1 are satisfied at the same time, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application. Similarly, the adjustment conditions for the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points may further include adjustment conditions 1-2 and 2-2, or adjustment conditions 1-3 and 2-3.

Therefore, the embodiment of the application enables the first terminal equipment to have flexibility in sending the triggering condition of the indication information to the network equipment through the configuration of different 'adjustment conditions of the measuring sequence of the plurality of frequency points'.

It should be noted that different first terminal devices may correspond to the same adjustment conditions of the measurement sequences of the plurality of frequency points, or may correspond to the adjustment conditions of the measurement sequences of the plurality of frequency points, which is not limited in the present application.

The instruction information will be described in detail below.

The indication information is used for indicating the network equipment to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment.

The "measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device" refers to a measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points configured by the network device for the second terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device. The second terminal device may be one or more terminal devices in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located, so the second terminal device may comprise the first terminal device; the second terminal device may also be one or more terminal devices other than the first terminal device in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located, so the second terminal device may not include the first terminal device. Therefore, the embodiment of the application does not specifically limit the number and the second terminal device.

It should be understood that the specific form of the indication information may be any form, such as a number or a field or other forms, for indicating "the network device adjusts the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located". In one example, the indication information is "filter B than a &02", where filter B than a represents a more optimal frequency point B, and 02 represents the second beam direction. In yet another example, the indication information is "(20 degrees XX in north latitude, 120 degrees XX in east longitude) &3:20& Adjusting conditions1" where 20 degrees XX in north latitude, 120 degrees XX in east longitude is divided into the actual position of the first terminal device, 3 points 20 is the storage time, and Adjusting conditions1 is the adjustment condition 2.

It should also be understood that the indication information may be transmitted in different manners under different transmission manners adopted by the terminal device when the indication information is transmitted. In other words, the transmission method of the instruction information is not limited in this embodiment.

S202, the network equipment adjusts the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the indication information.

The network equipment receives the indication information, correspondingly adjusts according to the indication information, and the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to preferentially send a signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point; the more preferable frequency point is a frequency point with more preferable signal measurement results measured by the first terminal device, so the more preferable frequency point is short for the more preferable frequency point of the signal measurement results.

It should be understood that, when the "adjustment condition of the multiple frequency point measurement sequence" includes any item, "a better frequency point is a frequency point where the signal measurement result measured by the first terminal device is better" may be understood that the first terminal device takes, as the better frequency point, a first frequency point where the difference between the signal measurement result and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is greater than the first preset threshold when it is determined that the "adjustment condition of the multiple frequency point measurement sequence" is satisfied. Or the first frequency point with the ratio of the signal measurement result of the second frequency point to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point being larger than a second preset threshold value is used as a better frequency point. When the "adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points" includes a plurality of items, the description manner of the "more preferable frequency point is the frequency point with the more preferable signal measurement result measured by the first terminal device" is similar to the description manner when the "adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points" includes any item, and is not repeated here.

It should be further understood that, before the network device adjusts the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located according to the indication information, the network device configures the measurement sequence of the corresponding plurality of frequency points for the second terminal device in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located. In other words, the network device may be configured with the same or different frequency points and the same or different measurement frequency point sequences for different second terminal devices in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located. Therefore, the different second terminal devices may correspond to the same or different "measurement orders of the plurality of frequency points after adjustment".

In one example, the order of the frequency points and the measurement frequency points of one terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device is X-Y-Z, and the order of the frequency points and the measurement frequency points of the other terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device is X-Y-Z or X-Z-Y. If the first terminal device determines that the better frequency point is Y after measurement, for "one terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device," the measurement sequence of the adjusted multiple frequency points "is Y-X-Z, and for" another terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device, "the measurement sequence of the adjusted multiple frequency points" is Y-X-Z or Y-Z-X.

In another example, the order of the frequency points and the measurement frequency points of one terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device is X-Y, and the order of the frequency points and the measurement frequency points of the other terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device is X-Y-Z or X-Z-Y. If the first terminal device determines that the better frequency point is Y after measurement, for "one terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device," the measurement sequence of the adjusted multiple frequency points "is Y-X, and for" another terminal device in the beam direction of the first terminal device, "the measurement sequence of the adjusted multiple frequency points" is Y-X-Z or Y-Z-X.

Therefore, in the application scenario of switching or carrier aggregation, the network device sends the signal measurement results of each frequency point according to the measurement sequence of the corresponding multiple frequency points configured by the second terminal device, and the network device switches or carries out carrier aggregation according to the signal measurement results of each frequency point sent by the second terminal device according to the measurement sequence, which is affected by unreasonable configuration of the measurement sequence, and the frequency point, which is switched to by the second terminal device and is located before the measurement sequence, is not the optimal frequency point or the frequency point, which is located before the measurement sequence and is allocated to the second terminal device, is not switched to the frequency point, which is located after the measurement sequence and is better, or the frequency point, which is located after the measurement sequence and is better, is allocated to the second terminal device, so that the switching or carrier aggregation effect is poor. In the embodiment of the application, when the first terminal equipment determines that the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is met, the better frequency points are determined, and the indication information is sent to the network equipment, because the second terminal equipment is the terminal equipment in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment, the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points after the network equipment is adjusted refers to the indication information sent by the first terminal equipment in the same beam direction, and the method has better rationality compared with the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points before adjustment, so the network equipment can switch or carry out carrier aggregation according to the signal measurement result of each frequency point sent by the second terminal equipment according to the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points after adjustment, and the switching or carrier aggregation effect is improved.

It should be understood that the manner in which the terminal device transmits the indication information includes an active transmission manner or a passive transmission manner. In addition, the indication information required to be sent by the terminal device to the network device is different in different sending modes, and correspondingly, the mode of the network device for subsequent adjustment based on the indication information is also different in different indication information.

The following analysis is performed for the indication information and the adjustment method in the two transmission methods:

When the mode of sending the indication information by the first terminal equipment is an active sending mode, the indication information comprises: the terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and the synchronous information block SSB index indication information; the UAI comprises more optimal frequency point prompt information; the SSB index indication information includes SSB indexes corresponding to beam directions in which the first terminal device is located.

It should be understood that the specific form of the "better frequency point prompt information" may be any form for prompting the "better frequency point", such as a number or a field or other forms, which is not limited in this application. In one example, "filter-Y" is used to suggest that the more optimal frequency point is Y. In another example, "filter Y than X" is used to suggest that the more optimal frequency point is Y. The "more optimal frequency point prompt information" is included in the UAI, so that the timeliness of sending the "more optimal frequency point prompt information" can be improved, and the timeliness of the network equipment for adjusting the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment is further improved.

It will also be appreciated that in order to cover the entire service area of a network device, it is necessary to orient the beam direction in multiple (e.g., eight) directions. The beam direction in which the first terminal device is located may be understood as being centered on the network device, for which the first terminal device is directed. The specific form of the "SSB index indication information" may be any form for prompting the "SSB index", such as a number or a field or other forms, which is not limited in the present application. There is a mapping relationship between "SSB index" and beam direction, in one example SSB index 01 corresponds to a first beam direction, SSB index 02 corresponds to a second beam direction, … …, and SSB index 08 corresponds to an eighth beam direction.

When the mode of sending the indication information by the first terminal device is an active sending mode, the "SSB index indication information" may be sent to the network device together with the "UAI" so that the network device may quickly determine the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located and the second terminal device. Wherein "co-transmission" may be a point in time or may be a period of time, as the application is not limited in this regard.

Optionally, the more optimal frequency point prompt information is located in a first newly added cell of the UAI.

It should be understood that the first terminal device may add the first new cell based on the existing structure of the UAI when determining that the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied, and include the "better frequency point prompt information" in the first new cell of the UAI. The first newly added cell is used as an indication cell of the prompt information of the more optimal frequency point, and the indication mode of the indication cell comprises direct indication or indirect indication. In one example, "beer-Y" is a direct indication; in another example, "beer Y than X" is an indirect indication.

Therefore, the first terminal device can add the first newly added cell as required under the condition that the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied, and the resource consumption can be reduced. The first terminal device can improve the timeliness of sending the more optimal frequency point prompt information by sending the more optimal frequency point prompt information to the network device through the first newly added cell in the UAI.

Correspondingly, S202, the network device adjusts the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the indication information, including:

S211, determining the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the SSB index.

S212, adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the more optimal frequency point prompt information.

It should be understood that, the network device may accurately determine the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located according to the SSB index and the mapping relationship between the SSB index and the beam direction, so as to correspondingly adjust the measurement sequences of the multiple frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located according to the more optimal frequency point prompt information, thereby improving the effectiveness of adjustment. The measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment can comprise the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points corresponding to the second terminal in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment, the number of the second terminal equipment is at least one, and different second terminal equipment can correspond to the same or different frequency points and the frequency point sequence, so that the network equipment can realize batch adjustment of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points configured for each second terminal equipment, and the adjustment efficiency is improved.

When the mode of transmitting the indication information by the first terminal device is a passive transmission mode, the adjusting conditions of the measuring sequence of the plurality of frequency points further include: receiving a terminal information request UEInformationRequest; the indication information is a terminal information response UIR.

Accordingly, the UIR includes position information, time information of the first terminal device and the satisfied adjustment condition when the adjustment condition of the plurality of frequency point measurement sequences is satisfied.

It should be understood that the "adjustment conditions for the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points" may correspond to different contents in different transmission manners adopted by the terminal device when the instruction information is transmitted. Therefore, when the mode of transmitting the instruction information by the first terminal device is the passive transmission mode, the content of the "adjustment condition of the order of measuring the plurality of frequency points" is: any one or more of the adjustment condition 1 or the adjustment condition 2, and the first terminal device receives a terminal information request sent by the network device. The specific form of the terminal information request may be any form, such as a number or a field or other forms, of "the terminal information response for requesting the first terminal device to send to the network device whether to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device" which is used to request the first terminal device to send to the network device whether to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device. In addition, the specific implementation flow of the network device for sending the terminal information request may refer to related technologies, which are not described herein again.

Therefore, satisfying the "adjustment condition of the multiple frequency point measurement order" means that any one or more of the adjustment condition 1 or the adjustment condition 2 is satisfied, and the first terminal device receives the terminal information request sent by the network device. In other words, when the first terminal device does not satisfy the adjustment condition 1 nor the adjustment condition 2, the "adjustment condition of the order of measurement of a plurality of frequency points" is not satisfied even if the terminal information request transmitted by the network device is received. Or the first terminal device satisfies any one or more of the adjustment conditions 1 and 2, but the first terminal device does not receive the terminal information request sent by the network device, and does not satisfy the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points.

As to the execution order, the first terminal device may determine whether the first terminal device satisfies any one or more of the adjustment condition 1 or the adjustment condition 2 before receiving the terminal information request transmitted by the network device. If yes, the following steps are executed:

s204, the first terminal device stores the position information, the time information and the satisfied adjustment conditions of the first terminal device.

The location information of the first terminal device may be understood as the actual location information of the first terminal device, such as the longitude and latitude where it is located. The time information may be understood as a time stamp when the adjustment condition is satisfied or when various pieces of information are stored. The adjustment conditions that are satisfied are adjustment condition 1 and/or adjustment condition 2 (for example, frequency point Y is better than frequency point X30%), and the adjustment conditions that are satisfied may also be other adjustment conditions, which are not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present application. In addition, the specific description of the adjustment condition 1 and the adjustment condition 2 in the passive transmission mode may refer to the description of the adjustment condition 1 and the adjustment condition 2 in the active transmission mode in the mode that the first terminal device transmits the indication information, which are not described herein.

It should be understood that, after determining that the first terminal device satisfies any one or more of the adjustment conditions 1 or 2, the first terminal device stores "the location information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment conditions of the first terminal device", the satisfied adjustment conditions may be different under different time information, and the determined optimal frequency points may be different frequency points, and each optimal frequency point corresponding to the different time information may be explicitly indicated in the satisfied adjustment conditions, so that the plurality of optimal frequency points can provide diversified information for the network device to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located.

It should also be appreciated that the number of stores may be one or more, and embodiments of the present application are not specifically limited in this regard. In other words, the embodiment of the application can store the position information, the time information and the satisfied adjustment conditions of the first terminal device each time any one or more of the adjustment conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied, thereby improving the richness of the information; the last stored content may be updated, and the latest content is finally reserved to reduce the storage resources, so that the embodiment of the application does not limit the specific storage mode.

The specific expression forms of the position information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment condition of the first terminal device are any form, such as a number or a field or other forms, for indicating "the actual position of the first terminal device", "the timestamp when stored", and "the adjustment condition 1 and/or the adjustment condition 2", respectively, which are not limited in this application. For example, the "actual position of the first terminal device" is (31 degrees XX in north latitude, 121 degrees XX in east longitude). The "time stamp at the time of storage" is a month, day, minute, and second, the "adjustment condition 1" is Adjusting conditions1, and the "adjustment condition 2" is Adjusting conditions.

Optionally, the location information, the time information of the first terminal device and the satisfied adjustment condition are located in a second added cell of the UIR.

The embodiment of the application can newly add the second newly added cell on the basis of the existing UIR structure when receiving the terminal information request sent by the network equipment. And includes the stored "location information of the first terminal device, time information, and the satisfied adjustment condition" in the terminal information response UIR. The second newly added cell is used as an indication cell of the position information, the time information and the satisfied adjustment condition of the first terminal equipment, and the indication mode of the indication cell comprises direct indication or indirect indication, in one example, "a certain time, a certain minute and a certain second on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year" is a direct indication; in another example, "time information is consistent with a timestamp at the time of storage, and an indirect indication needs to be obtained from the timestamp".

Therefore, when the mode of sending the indication information by the first terminal device is a passive sending mode, the first terminal device can meet any one or more of the adjustment condition 1 or the adjustment condition 2 before receiving the terminal information request sent by the network device, and when receiving the terminal information request sent by the network device, the second newly added cell is newly added as required, so that the resource consumption can be reduced. The first terminal device sends the indication information for indicating the network device to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device to the network device through the terminal information response UIR, so that the network device can adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the position information, the time information and the like of the first terminal device, and the granularity of adjustment is refined. Meanwhile, the second newly-added information element of the UIR can comprise information stored for a plurality of times, the first terminal equipment responds to a terminal information request sent by the network equipment and sends indication information to indicate the network equipment to adjust the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment, so that the resource consumption adopted by the network equipment for adjustment can be reduced.

It should be further noted that, after determining that "any one or more of the adjustment condition 1 or the adjustment condition 2 is not satisfied", if the terminal information request is received, the first terminal device sends, to the network device, indication information, for example, an empty, for indicating that the network device does not need to adjust the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located. The "indication information for indicating that the network device does not need to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located" may be located in the second additional cell of the UIR as well, or may be located in the third additional cell of the UIR. Wherein the third cell is another cell in the UIR that is different from the second cell. Therefore, the embodiment of the application does not limit the specific form and position of the indication information.

S221, determining the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the position information of the first terminal equipment.

S222, adjusting the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the time information and the satisfied adjustment conditions.

It should be understood that, the network device may determine the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located according to the location information of the first terminal device, and if the number of storage times is multiple, different adjustment conditions corresponding to different time information may provide adjustment basis of different degrees for adjusting the "measurement sequence of multiple frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located", so as to improve diversity of adjustment policies. For example, the location information of the network device is unchanged, the stored time information is 10 points, 10 points 10 minutes and 10 points 11 minutes, and the adjustment conditions satisfied by each time information are: y is better than X30%, Z is better than X30%, and Z is better than X30%, then the time point of sending the terminal information response UIR to the network equipment is closer to 11 minutes than 10 points, so that when the network equipment adjusts the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment, Z is better than X30%, and then Y is better than X30% are considered. If the measurement sequence of the plurality of corresponding frequency points configured by the network device for the second terminal device is X-Y-Z, the measurement sequence of the plurality of adjusted frequency points may be Z-Y-X or Z-X-Y, so the embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the adjustment policy.

It should be further understood that, because the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device may include the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points corresponding to the second terminal in the beam direction of the first terminal device, and the number of the second terminal devices is at least one, and different second terminal devices may correspond to the same or different frequency points and the frequency point sequence, the network device may implement batch adjustment of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points configured for each second terminal device, thereby improving adjustment efficiency.

The above description is directed to the indication information and the adjustment mode in the two transmission modes, and the following description is directed to the same communication flow in the two transmission modes and other corresponding communication flows in the active transmission mode.

The following analysis is performed for the same communication flow under two transmission modes:

After the first terminal device sends the indication information to the network device in response to the adjustment condition that the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied S201, the communication method further includes the following steps:

s2031, the network device sends second event measurement indication information to the second terminal device, where the second event measurement indication information includes the adjusted measurement order of the plurality of frequency points.

It should be understood that the specific form of the "second event measurement indication information" may be any form, such as a number or a field or other forms, for prompting the "second terminal device to preferentially send the signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point", which is not limited in this application. For example, "the second event measurement instruction information" is "Y-X-Z" or "prioritize SENDING Y THAN X".

It should also be understood that the "second event measurement indication information" may be carried in a radio resource control RRC reconfiguration message issued by the network device after adjusting the measurement order of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction in which the first terminal device is located, and sent by the network device to the second terminal device. The embodiment of the application loads the second event measurement indication information into the radio resource control RRC reconfiguration message, reduces signaling overhead and effectively avoids waste of communication resources.

S2032, the second terminal device determines signal measurement results of the adjusted multiple frequency points according to the measurement sequence of the adjusted multiple frequency points.

It should be understood that, determining the signal measurement results of the adjusted plurality of frequency points according to the measurement sequence of the adjusted plurality of frequency points, the second terminal device may be able to preferentially transmit the signal measurement results corresponding to the more optimal frequency points than determining the signal measurement results of the adjusted plurality of frequency points according to the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points before adjustment.

S2033, the second terminal equipment responds to the signal measurement results of the plurality of frequency points to meet the same event requirement, and sends the signal measurement results of the plurality of frequency points according to the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points.

Wherein "meeting the same event requirement" can be understood as meeting the event requirement of the same event, wherein "same event" includes, but is not limited to: the specific description of the events A3, A4, A5, A6, etc. may be referred to in the related art, and will not be repeated herein. The adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to send the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point preferentially.

S2034, the network equipment switches the second terminal equipment to a cell corresponding to the more preferable frequency point or allocates subcarriers corresponding to the more preferable frequency point for the first terminal equipment according to the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point.

It should be understood that, in the application scenario of switching or carrier aggregation, whether for the active transmission mode or the passive transmission mode, S2031 to S2034 are all refinement of the subsequent switching or carrier aggregation flow according to the adjusted measurement sequence of the multiple frequency points. The adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points refers to the indication information sent by the first terminal equipment in the same beam direction, so that the method has better rationality compared with the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points before adjustment, the second terminal equipment sends the signal measurement results of the plurality of frequency points according to the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points after adjustment, the network equipment can be ensured to switch the second terminal equipment to a cell corresponding to the better frequency point or allocate subcarriers corresponding to the better frequency point for the first terminal equipment according to the signal measurement results corresponding to the better frequency point, the switching or carrier aggregation effect is improved, and the feasibility of the scheme is ensured.

It should be noted that, for the active transmission mode, after the network device adjusts the measurement sequence of the multiple frequency points in the beam direction where the first terminal device is located according to the indication information, and the network device switches the first terminal device to a cell corresponding to a frequency point (for example, frequency point X) with a front measurement sequence or allocates a subcarrier corresponding to a frequency point with a front measurement sequence to the first terminal device, the scheme may also have other communication flows.

The following analysis is performed for other communication flows in the active transmission mode:

after the first terminal device sends the indication information to the network device in response to the adjustment condition that the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied S201, the communication method further includes:

S2041, the network device sends first event measurement indication information to the first terminal device, where the first event measurement indication information includes better frequency point information.

It should be understood that the specific form of the "first event measurement indication information" may be any form, such as a number or a field or other form, for prompting the "first terminal device to send a signal measurement result corresponding to a better frequency point", which is not limited in this application. For example, "the first event measurement instruction information" is "Y".

S2042, the first terminal device determines a signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point according to the better frequency point information.

S2043, the first terminal equipment responds to the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point to meet the event requirement, and sends the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point.

S2044, the network equipment switches the first terminal equipment to a cell corresponding to the more preferable frequency point or allocates subcarriers corresponding to the more preferable frequency point for the first terminal equipment according to the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point.

It should be understood that, before the network device sends the first event measurement indication information to the first terminal device, the first terminal device sends signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points to the network device according to the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points before adjustment, and the network device switches the first terminal device to a cell corresponding to a frequency point (for example, a frequency point X) with a front measurement sequence or allocates subcarriers corresponding to the frequency point with the front measurement sequence to the first terminal device. In this case, the first terminal device receives the first event measurement indication information including the more preferable frequency point information issued by the network device, determines a signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point according to the more preferable frequency point information, and is equivalent to re-determining the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point after the first terminal device measures the more preferable frequency point and the frequency point signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point, and when the re-determined signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point meets the event requirement, sends the signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point to the network device; the network device can switch to a cell corresponding to a frequency point (for example, frequency point X) with a front measurement sequence or assign a sub-carrier corresponding to a frequency point with a front measurement sequence to the first terminal device, and then switch to a cell corresponding to a more preferred frequency point (for example, frequency point Y) or assign a sub-carrier corresponding to a more preferred frequency point to the first terminal device.

Communication schemes in the active transmission mode and the passive transmission mode are described below in a manner in which the terminal device interacts with the network device.

In the active transmission mode, as shown in fig. 3, the communication method 300 includes the following steps:

s310, the network equipment sends an RRC reconfiguration message to the first terminal equipment.

The network device may send the measurement event, the measurement standard, and the corresponding multiple frequency points with the measurement sequence by sending the RRC reconfiguration message to the first terminal device. The description of S310 in the handover scenario may refer to the related description of S12, and the description of S310 in the carrier aggregation scenario may refer to the related description of S22, which is not repeated herein for brevity.

S320, the first terminal equipment evaluates whether a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event exist according to the measurement event.

It should be appreciated that S330 and S360 are performed when multiple frequency points satisfying the same measurement event are evaluated. Otherwise, the evaluation is continued.

S330, the first terminal device sends signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event to the network device according to the measurement sequence.

Wherein, the description of S330 in the handover scenario is identical to the description of S14 above, and the description of S330 in the carrier aggregation scenario is identical to the description of S24 above.

And S340, the network equipment sends a switching instruction to the first terminal equipment.

For example, when a plurality of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event include a frequency point X and a frequency point Y, and the measurement order of the frequency point X is the forefront, the handover instruction includes the identification information of the cell corresponding to the frequency point X, and the frequency point Y is ignored by the network device.

S350, the first terminal equipment responds to the switching instruction and executes cell switching.

After the first terminal device completes cell switching, the first terminal device can switch to a cell corresponding to a frequency point with the forefront measurement sequence.

S360, the first terminal equipment responds to the adjustment condition meeting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points, and sends a terminal equipment auxiliary message UAI and synchronous information block SSB index indication information to the network equipment.

It should be understood that the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is satisfied, and exemplary descriptions can be given: the signal measurement result of the frequency point Y is better than 30% of the signal measurement result of the frequency point X. When the adjustment condition of the measuring sequence of the plurality of frequency points is met, the first terminal device prompts the network device to have better frequency point information with obviously better signal measuring results through the first newly-added cell in the UAI, and prompts the network device to send the better frequency point information again. And the network device may implement the retransmission of the more optimal frequency point information by executing the following step S380. Meanwhile, the SSB index indication information may transmit an SSB index to the network device, where the SSB index is used to indicate the network device to determine, according to the SSB index and the mapping relationship, a beam direction in which the first terminal device is located.

And S370, the network equipment adjusts the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and the synchronous information block SSB index indication information.

The adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to preferentially send signal measurement results corresponding to the more optimal frequency points; the more preferable frequency point is a frequency point where the signal measurement result measured by the first terminal device is more preferable.

And S380, the network equipment sends first event measurement indication information to the first terminal equipment.

Wherein the first event measurement indication information includes better frequency point information.

S381, the first terminal device determines a signal measurement result corresponding to the better frequency point according to the better frequency point information.

S382, the first terminal equipment responds to the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point to meet the event requirement, and sends the signal measurement result corresponding to the more optimal frequency point.

The signal measurement result corresponding to the more preferable frequency point is used for indicating the network equipment to switch the first terminal equipment to the cell corresponding to the more preferable frequency point or allocate the subcarrier corresponding to the more preferable frequency point to the first terminal equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the specific implementation scheme for adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the auxiliary message UAI and the synchronization information block SSB index indication information of the terminal device, and the obtained beneficial effects are similar to the specific implementation scheme and the effect when the transmission mode is the active transmission mode, and are not repeated herein.

In the passive transmission mode, as shown in fig. 4, the communication method 400 includes the following steps:

s410, the network equipment sends an RRC reconfiguration message to the first terminal equipment.

The network device may send the measurement event, the measurement standard, and the corresponding multiple frequency points with the measurement sequence by sending the RRC reconfiguration message to the first terminal device. The description of S410 in the handover scenario may refer to the related description of S12, and the description of S410 in the carrier aggregation scenario may refer to the related description of S22, which is not repeated herein for brevity.

S420, the first terminal equipment evaluates whether a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event exist or not according to the measurement event.

It should be understood that S430 and S460 are performed when a plurality of frequency points satisfying the same measurement event are evaluated. Otherwise, the evaluation is continued.

S430, the first terminal equipment sends signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event to the network equipment according to the measurement sequence.

Wherein, the description of S430 in the handover scenario is identical to the description of S14 above, and the description of S430 in the carrier aggregation scenario is identical to the description of S24 above.

S440, the network device sends a switching instruction to the first terminal device.

S450, the first terminal equipment responds to the switching instruction and executes cell switching.

And S460, when the first terminal equipment determines that any one or more of the adjustment conditions 1 and 2 are met, storing the position information, the time information and the met adjustment conditions of the first terminal equipment.

It should be understood that any one or more of adjustment condition 1 or adjustment condition 2 is satisfied, and that exemplary descriptions may be given: the signal measurement result of the frequency point Y is better than 30% of the signal measurement result of the frequency point X. When any one or more of the adjustment conditions 1 or 2 are determined to be met, the first terminal device records the event of unreasonable measurement sequence through a storage mode.

And S470, the network equipment sends a terminal information request to the first terminal equipment.

S480, the first terminal equipment responds to the terminal information request and sends a terminal information response UIR to the network equipment.

The terminal information response UIR may include location information, time information of the first terminal device, and the satisfied adjustment condition. The description of the position information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment condition of the first terminal device may be referred to the above description, and detailed description is omitted herein as appropriate to avoid repetition.

And S490, the network equipment adjusts the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the terminal information response UIR.

The network equipment can refer to the terminal information response UIR to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points so that the second terminal equipment in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment can send the signal measurement results corresponding to the more optimal frequency points in sequence preferentially; the more preferable frequency point is a frequency point where the signal measurement result measured by the first terminal device is more preferable.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, a specific implementation scheme for adjusting the measurement sequence of multiple frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the terminal information response UIR and the obtained beneficial effects are similar to the specific implementation scheme and effects when the above transmission mode is a passive transmission mode, and are not repeated herein.

The method provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 3 to 4. The following describes in detail the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application with reference to fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 5000 provided in an embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 5, the communication apparatus 5000 may include a processing unit 5010 and a transceiving unit 5020.

In one possible design, the communication device 5000 may implement the operations corresponding to the terminal device in the above method embodiments, for example, the communication device may be the terminal device, or a component such as a chip or a circuit configured in the terminal device.

The communication device 5000 may implement the corresponding operations of the first terminal device in the method embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 4. For example, the transceiver unit 5020 may be used to perform S310, S330, S340, S360, etc. in the method 300. And, each unit in the communication device 5000 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for realizing the corresponding flow in the method embodiment shown in fig. 3.

Specifically, when the communication apparatus 5000 is configured to perform the method 300 in fig. 3, the transceiver unit 5020 may be configured to receive an RRC reconfiguration message sent by a network device; transmitting signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event to network equipment according to a measurement sequence; receiving a switching instruction sent by network equipment to first terminal equipment; and in response to the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points being satisfied, sending a terminal equipment auxiliary message UAI and synchronous information block SSB index indication information to the network equipment.

In another possible design, the communication device 5000 may implement the operations corresponding to the network device in the above method embodiments, for example, the communication device may be the network device, or a component such as a chip or a circuit configured in the network device.

The communication device 5000 may implement the corresponding operations of the network equipment in the method embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 4. For example, the transceiver unit 5020 may be used to perform S310, S330, S340, S360, etc. in the method 300, and the processing unit 5010 may be used to perform S370 in the method 300. And, each unit in the communication device 5000 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for realizing the corresponding flow in the method embodiment shown in fig. 3.

Specifically, when the communication apparatus 5000 is used to perform the method 300 in fig. 3, the transceiver unit 5020 may be used to send an RRC reconfiguration message to the first terminal device; receiving signal measurement results of a plurality of frequency points meeting the same measurement event sent by first terminal equipment according to a measurement sequence; transmitting a switching instruction to first terminal equipment; and receiving terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and synchronization information block SSB index indication information, where the terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and synchronization information block SSB index indication information is sent by the first terminal equipment when determining that the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is met, and the processing unit 5010 may be configured to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and synchronization information block SSB index indication information.

It should be understood that the specific process of each unit performing the corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein for brevity.

It should be further understood that the division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is merely illustrative, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation, and in addition, each functional module in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processor, or may exist separately and physically, or two or more modules may be integrated in one module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules.

It should be appreciated that the communication apparatus 5000 may correspond to the terminal device 110 or the network device 120 in the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1. Terminal device 110 may be an example of a terminal device and network device 120 may be an example of a network device. The processing unit 5010 in the communication apparatus 5000 may correspond to a processor in the terminal device 110 or the network device 120, and may call the instructions stored in the memory through the processor in the terminal device 110 or the network device 120 to implement the above functions, such as network coding, acquiring an original packet, and so on; the transceiver unit 5020 may correspond to an interface in the terminal device 110 or the network device 120, and may implement the above-described functions of receiving and/or transmitting data in response to an instruction of a processor.

In particular, the transceiver unit 5020 in the communication apparatus 5000 may be implemented by a transceiver or a communication interface, for example, may correspond to the transceiver 6020 in the terminal device 6000 shown in fig. 6 and the remote radio frequency unit (remote radio unit, RRU) 7020 in the network device shown in fig. 7. The processing unit 5010 in the communication means 5000 may be implemented by at least one processor, for example, may correspond to the processor 6010 in the terminal device 6000 shown in fig. 6 and the processor 7060 in the network device shown in fig. 7.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure of a terminal device 6000 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 6000 may be applied in a system as shown in fig. 1 for performing the functions of the terminal device in the above-described method embodiments. As shown in fig. 6, the terminal device 6000 includes a processor 6010 and a transceiver 6020. Optionally, the terminal device 6000 further comprises a memory 6030. Wherein the processor 6010, the transceiver 6020 and the memory 6030 may communicate with each other through an internal connection path to transfer control and/or data signals, the memory 6030 is used for storing a computer program, and the processor 6010 is used for calling and running the computer program from the memory 6030 to control the transceiver 6020 to transmit and receive signals. Optionally, the terminal device 6000 may further include an antenna 6040 for transmitting uplink data or uplink control signaling outputted by the transceiver 6020 through a wireless signal.

The processor 6010 and the memory 6030 may be combined into one communication apparatus, and the processor 6010 is configured to execute program codes stored in the memory 6030 to realize the functions. In particular implementations, the memory 6030 may also be integrated within the processor 6010 or separate from the processor 6010. The processor 6010 may correspond to the processing unit 5010 in fig. 5.

The transceiver 6020 may correspond to the transceiver unit 5020 in fig. 5. The transceiver 6020 may include a receiver (or receiver, receiving circuit) and a transmitter (or transmitter, transmitting circuit). Wherein the receiver is for receiving signals and the transmitter is for transmitting signals.

It will be appreciated that the terminal device 6000 shown in fig. 6 is capable of carrying out the various processes relating to the terminal device in the method embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 4. The operation and/or function of the individual modules in the terminal device 6000 are respectively for realizing the respective flows in the above-described 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 above-described processor 6010 may be used to perform the actions described in the foregoing method embodiments as being implemented internally by the terminal device, and the transceiver 6020 may be used to perform the actions described in the foregoing method embodiments as being transmitted to or received from the network device by the terminal device. Please refer to the description of the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

Optionally, the terminal device 6000 may also include a power supply 6050 for providing power to the various devices or circuits in the terminal device.

In addition to this, in order to make the functions of the terminal device more complete, the terminal device 6000 may further include one or more of an input unit 6060, a display unit 6070, an audio circuit 6080, a camera 6090, a sensor 6100, and the like, and the audio circuit 6080 may further include a speaker 6110, a microphone 6120, and the like.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application, for example, may be a schematic diagram of a base station 7000. The base station 7000 can be applied in the system as shown in fig. 1 for performing the functions of the network device in the above-described method embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, the base station 7000 may include one or more RRUs 7020 and one or more BBUs 7010. The RRU 7020 may be referred to as a transceiving unit, corresponding to the transceiving unit 5020 in fig. 5. Alternatively, the transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, transceiver circuitry, or transceiver, etc., which may include at least one antenna 7030 and a radio frequency unit 7040. Alternatively, the transceiver unit may include a receiving unit, which may correspond to a receiver (or receiver, receiving circuit), and a transmitting unit, which may correspond to a transmitter (or transmitter, transmitting circuit). The RRU 7020 is mainly used for receiving and transmitting a radio frequency signal and converting the radio frequency signal and a baseband signal, for example, for sending first event measurement indication information to a first terminal device or sending second event measurement indication information to a second terminal device. The BBU 7010 is mainly used for baseband processing, control of a base station, and the like. The RRU 7020 and the BBU 7010 may be physically located together or physically separate, i.e., distributed base stations.

The BBU 7010 is a control center of a base station, and may also be referred to as a processing unit, and may correspond to the processing unit 5010 in fig. 5, and is mainly used for performing baseband processing functions, such as channel coding, multiplexing, modulation, spreading, and so on. For example, the BBU (processing unit) may be configured to control the base station to perform the operation procedure with respect to the network device in the above-described method embodiment, for example, to generate the above-described indication information, etc.

In one example, the BBU 7010 may be formed of one or more single boards, where the multiple single boards may support a single access system radio access network (e.g., an LTE network), or may support different access systems radio access networks (e.g., an LTE network, a 5G network, or other networks) respectively. The BBU 7010 also includes a memory 7050 and a processor 7060. The memory 7050 is used to store necessary instructions and data. The processor 7060 is configured to control the base station to perform necessary actions, for example, to control the base station to perform the operation procedure about the network device in the above-described method embodiment. The memory 7050 and the processor 7060 may serve one or more boards. That is, the memory and the processor may be separately provided on each board. It is also possible that multiple boards share the same memory and processor. In addition, each single board can be provided with necessary circuits.

It should be appreciated that the base station 7000 shown in fig. 7 is capable of implementing various procedures involving the network device in the method embodiment shown in fig. 3. The operations and/or functions of the respective modules in the base station 7000 are respectively in order to implement the respective flows in the above-described 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 BBU 7010 described above may be used to perform the actions described in the method embodiments as being implemented internally by the network device, while the RRU 7020 may be used to perform the actions described in the method embodiments as being sent 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.

It should be understood that the base station 7000 shown in fig. 7 is only one possible architecture of a network device and should not be construed as limiting the application in any way. The method provided by the application can be applied to network equipment with other architectures. Such as network devices containing CUs, DUs and active antenna units (ACTIVE ANTENNA units, AAUs), etc. The application is not limited to the specific architecture of the network device.

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication 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 communication means described above may be one or more chips. For example, the communication device may be a field programmable gate array (field programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA), an Application Specific Integrated Chip (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, discrete gate or transistor logic, or discrete hardware components. 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 programmable ROM (erasable PROM), an electrically erasable programmable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (random access memory, RAM) which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (STATIC RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DYNAMIC RAM, DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (double DATA RATE SDRAM, DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ENHANCED SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SYNCHLINK DRAM, SLDRAM), and direct memory bus random access memory (direct rambus 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 the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the application further provides a computer readable storage medium, and the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program causes the computer to execute the method of any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 4.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the application further provides a chip system, which comprises at least one processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface and the at least one processor are interconnected through a line, and the at least one processor is used for running a computer program or instructions, so that the computer executes the method of any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 4.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the application further provides a computer program product, comprising a computer program, which when executed causes the computer to perform the method of any of the embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 4.

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 logical blocks (illustrative logical block) and steps (steps) described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can 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.

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

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 elements is merely a logical functional division, and there may be additional divisions of actual implementation, e.g., multiple elements 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 in accordance with embodiments of the present application are produced in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer 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 (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). Computer readable storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer or data storage devices, such as servers, data centers, etc., that contain an integration of one or more available media. Usable media may be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape), optical media (e.g., high-density digital video discs (digital video disc, DVD)), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid-state disks (SSDs)), etc.

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 method of the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

The foregoing is merely illustrative embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about variations or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the application should be covered. Therefore, the protection scope of the application is subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method of communication, comprising:

transmitting indication information in response to the adjustment condition of the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points being met, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the network equipment to adjust the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment; the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to preferentially send the signal measurement result corresponding to the optimal frequency point; the optimal frequency point is a frequency point with the optimal signal measurement result measured by the first terminal equipment, wherein the beam directions of the first terminal equipment and the second terminal equipment are the same;

The adjustment conditions of the measuring sequence of the plurality of frequency points comprise any one of the following:

the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a first preset threshold value;

The ratio of the difference between the signal measurement result of the first frequency point and the signal measurement result of the second frequency point to the signal measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a second preset threshold;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication information comprises: the terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and the synchronous information block SSB index indication information;

the UAI comprises optimal frequency point prompt information; the SSB index indication information comprises SSB indexes corresponding to the beam directions of the first terminal equipment.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the optimal frequency point hint information is located in a first newly added cell of the UAI.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein after the sending the indication information, the method further comprises:

receiving first event measurement indication information, wherein the first event measurement indication information comprises optimal frequency point information;

determining a signal measurement result corresponding to the optimal frequency point according to the optimal frequency point information;

And responding to the signal measurement result corresponding to the optimal frequency point to meet the event requirement, and sending the signal measurement result corresponding to the optimal frequency point, wherein the signal measurement result corresponding to the optimal frequency point is used for indicating the network equipment to switch the first terminal equipment to a cell corresponding to the optimal frequency point or allocate subcarriers corresponding to the optimal frequency point for the first terminal equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting conditions of the plurality of frequency bin measurement sequences further comprise: receiving a terminal information request; the indication information is a terminal information response (UIR);

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the location information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment condition of the first terminal device are located in a second additional cell of UIR.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein prior to the sending the indication information, the method further comprises:

8. A method of communication, comprising:

According to the indication information, adjusting the measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment, wherein the adjusted measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points is used for indicating the second terminal equipment to preferentially send a signal measurement result corresponding to the optimal frequency point; the optimal frequency point is a frequency point with the optimal signal measurement result measured by the first terminal equipment, wherein the beam directions of the first terminal equipment and the second terminal equipment are the same;

The ratio of the difference between the measurement result of the first frequency point and the measurement result of the second frequency point to the measurement result of the second frequency point is larger than a second preset threshold;

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication information comprises: the terminal equipment auxiliary information UAI and the synchronous information block SSB index indication information;

The UAI comprises optimal frequency point prompt information; the SSB index indication information comprises SSB indexes corresponding to the beam directions of the first terminal equipment;

The adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal device according to the indication information comprises the following steps:

and adjusting the measurement sequence of the plurality of frequency points in the beam direction of the first terminal equipment according to the optimal frequency point prompt information.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the optimal frequency point hint information is located in a first newly added cell of the UAI.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein after receiving the indication information, the method further comprises:

transmitting first event measurement indication information to first terminal equipment, wherein the first event measurement indication information comprises optimal frequency point information;

receiving a signal measurement result corresponding to an optimal frequency point sent by first terminal equipment;

And switching the first terminal equipment to a cell corresponding to the optimal frequency point or distributing sub-carriers corresponding to the optimal frequency point for the first terminal according to the signal measurement result corresponding to the optimal frequency point.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the adjusting conditions of the plurality of frequency bin measurement sequences further comprise: receiving a terminal information request; the indication information is a terminal information response (UIR);

The UIR comprises position information, time information and satisfied adjustment conditions of the first terminal equipment when the adjustment conditions of the measurement sequences of the plurality of frequency points are satisfied;

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the location information, the time information, and the satisfied adjustment condition of the first terminal device are located in a second additional cell of UIR.

14. The method according to claim 9 or 12, wherein after receiving the indication information, the method further comprises:

Transmitting second event measurement indication information to second terminal equipment, wherein the second event measurement indication information comprises the adjusted measurement sequence of a plurality of frequency points;

15. A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory;

The memory stores computer-executable instructions;

The processor executing computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the terminal device to perform the method of any one of claims 1-7.

16. A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory;

The memory stores computer-executable instructions;

the processor executing computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the network device to perform the method of any one of claims 8-14.

17. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor performs the method of any one of claims 1-14.

18. A system on a chip comprising at least one processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the at least one processor being interconnected by a wire, the at least one processor being configured to execute a computer program or instructions to perform the method of any of claims 1-14.

19. A computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run, causes a computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-14.