CN117882423A

CN117882423A - Measurement processing method, communication device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117882423A
Application number: CN202380012181.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡子泉
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-11-06
Filing date: 2023-11-06
Publication date: 2024-04-12

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement processing method, communication equipment and storage medium. The measurement processing method performed by the terminal may include: performing a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on the first resource.

Description

Measurement processing method, communication device, and storage medium

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a measurement processing method, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

The wireless communication process of the terminal may involve multiple measurement intervals (measurement gaps), and different measurement intervals may have different measurement configurations. Measurement of the reference signal based on these measurement configurations will yield measurement results. Different measurements may be used for different purposes of the terminal. For example, some measurements may be used for synchronization between the terminal and the network device, some measurements may be used for management of radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) of the terminal by the network device, some measurements may be used for mobility management of the terminal, etc. In some cases, a terminal can only support one measurement at a time due to limitations on the terminal's capabilities or related technical specifications.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement processing method, communication equipment and storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement processing method, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, the method including: performing a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement processing method, wherein the method is performed by a network device, the method comprising: receiving a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including: a processing module configured to perform a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network device, including: a receiving module configured to receive a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and the second resource having a second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement processing method, including: the terminal performs a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource; the network device receiving a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication system, including: a terminal configured to execute the measurement processing method of any of the aspects of the first aspect; a network device configured to perform the measurement processing method of any of the second aspects.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus includes: one or more processors; the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to execute the measurement processing method provided by any of the foregoing first and/or second aspects.

According to an eighth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the measurement processing method provided in the first aspect and/or any aspect.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, when the first resource with the first priority and the second resource with the second priority have resource conflict, the first measurement is executed on the second resource, so that the terminal behavior when the resource conflict exists between the first resource with the first priority and the second resource with the second priority is normalized, and the condition that the measurement operation of the terminal is disordered under the condition is reduced. In addition, through the scheme, when resource conflict exists, the first measurement can still be performed, and therefore, the terminal can still use the measurement result of the first measurement to achieve corresponding purposes.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of embodiments of the disclosure.

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

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system, shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating different measurement resource conflicts in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 1C is a diagram illustrating different measurement resource conflicts in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2A is a flow chart illustrating a measurement processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3A is a flow chart illustrating a measurement processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4A is a flow chart illustrating a measurement processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 5A is a schematic structural view of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 5B is a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram of a communication device, according to an example embodiment;

fig. 6B is a schematic diagram of a chip structure according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement processing method and device, communication equipment, a communication system and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes: performing a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

Based on the above-described scheme, when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority, the first measurement is performed on the second resource, and thus, the terminal behavior when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority is normalized, thereby reducing the case where the terminal performs a disturbance of the measurement operation in this case. In addition, through the scheme, when resource conflict exists, the first measurement can still be performed, and therefore, the terminal can still use the measurement result of the first measurement to achieve corresponding purposes.

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the second priority comprises: a third priority and a fourth priority, wherein the fourth priority is higher than the third priority, and wherein the second resource comprises a third resource and a fourth resource, wherein the third resource has the third priority and the fourth resource has the fourth priority; performing the first measurement on the second resource, comprising: the first measurement is performed on a third resource that does not collide with the fourth resource.

Based on the above scheme, in the case that a plurality of second priorities exist, the first measurement is performed on the third resource with lower priority, on one hand, it can be ensured that the measurement configured on the fourth resource with higher priority is not interfered, and the first measurement that each first resource is occupied can still be performed.

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the first measurement is performed on a third resource that does not collide with the fourth resource transmission resource.

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further comprises: performing a second measurement and a first measurement on a second resource in a time division multiplexed manner; the second measurement is a measurement configured on a second resource.

Based on the above scheme, the time duration of simultaneously performing the first measurement and the second measurement on one second resource can be realized by a time division multiplexing mode, so that at least one method for simultaneously performing the first measurement and the second measurement is provided.

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further comprises: a length of time for performing the first measurement on a second resource and a length of time for performing the second measurement are determined based on the scaling factor.

Based on the above scheme, the terminal can determine the duration of performing the first measurement and the second measurement on one second resource according to the scaling factor.

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further comprises: determining a fifth resource for transmitting the measurement result according to the scaling factor; the measurement results include at least one of: a measurement result at the first measurement; the measurement result at the second measurement.

Based on the above scheme, since the first measurement is further performed on the second resource, the fifth resource for transmitting the measurement result is readjusted according to the scaling factor.

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the first measurement comprises at least one of: layer (L) measurements; l3 measurement.

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the first resource comprises at least one of: measurement resources of a synchronization signal broadcast block (Synchronization Signal and (Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH) block, SSB); measurement resources of channel state information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS); SSB measures the measurement resource configuration of the timing configuration (SSB Measurement Timing Configuration, SMTC).

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the second resource comprises at least one of: measurement resources for radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM); measurement resources of a Multi-universal subscriber identity module (Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module, MUSIM).

In some embodiments of the first aspect, the priority of the measurement resources of the MUSIM is different from the priority of the measurement resources for the RRM.

A second aspect provides a measurement processing method, wherein the method is performed by a network device, the method comprising: receiving a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

In some embodiments of the second aspect, the second priority comprises: a third priority and a fourth priority, wherein the fourth priority is higher than the third priority, and wherein the second resource comprises a third resource and a fourth resource, wherein the third resource has a third priority and the fourth resource has the fourth priority;

The second resource performing the first measurement includes: and a third resource.

In some embodiments of the second aspect, performing the second resource of the first configuration comprises: and a third resource that does not collide with the fourth resource.

In some embodiments of the second aspect, the method further comprises: determining a fifth resource for receiving the measurement result according to the scaling factor; the measurement results include at least one of: a measurement result at the first measurement; a measurement result at the second measurement; the second measurement is a measurement configured on a second resource; and a scaling factor for the terminal to determine a duration for performing the first measurement and the second measurement on the second resource in a time division multiplexed manner.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including: a processing module configured to perform a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including: a processing module configured to receive a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and the second resource having a second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, including:

the terminal performs a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource; the network device receiving a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, including:

the terminal is configured to perform the measurement processing method provided by any of the technical solutions of the first aspect.

The network device is configured to perform the measurement processing method provided by any of the claims of the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, including: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the measurement processing method described in the alternative implementation of the first aspect and/or the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a measurement processing method as described in alternative implementations of the first and/or second aspects.

It will be appreciated that the above-described terminals, network devices, communication systems, program products, computer programs are all adapted to perform the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement processing method, a communication device, a communication system and a storage medium. In some embodiments, terms such as a measurement processing method and an information processing method, a communication method, and the like may be replaced with each other, terms such as an information indicating device and an information processing device, an information transmitting device, and the like may be replaced with each other, and terms such as a communication system, an information processing system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

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

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

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

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are expressed in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated. For example, where an article (article) is used in translation, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., in english, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or as a plural expression.

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

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

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

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

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "first type information" and the "second type information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

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

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

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

In some embodiments, an apparatus or the like may be interpreted as an entity, or may be interpreted as a virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, "apparatus," "device," "circuit," "network element," "node," "function," "unit," "section," "system," "network," "chip system," "entity," "body," and the like may be replaced with each other.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As shown in fig. 1A, a communication system 100 includes a terminal (terminal) 101 and a network device 102. Network device 102 may include an access network device and/or a core network device.

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

In some embodiments, the terminal is also referred to as a User Equipment (UE).

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

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

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

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

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

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

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-a), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G New air interface (New Radio, NR), future Radio access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new Radio access technology (New-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new Radio (New Radio, NR), new Radio access (New Radio access, NX), future generation Radio access (Future generation Radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra-WideBand (UWB), bluetooth (registered trademark)), land public mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) network, device-to-Device (D2D) system, machine-to-machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) system, internet of things (Internet of Things, ioT) system, vehicle-to-evaluation (V2X), system utilizing other measurement processing methods, next generation system extended based on them, and the like. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

In order to achieve measurements for different purposes, various measurement resources are provided. Some of the measurement resources have priority while others do not. For measurement resources with priority, some resources have a high measurement priority, while others have a low measurement priority. When resource conflicts occur, low priority resources are preempted by high priority resources. If all the resources involved in a certain measurement collide with the resources with high priority, how the terminal will operate is not specified in the related technology; further, for resources not configured with priorities, how a terminal will operate when it collides with other resources not configured with priorities has not been specified in the related art.

As shown in fig. 2A, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, which is performed by a communication system. The method may include:

s2101: the terminal relinquishes the first measurement configured on the first resource.

In some embodiments, upon determining that there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, the terminal relinquishes the first measurement configured on the first resource.

If there is a resource conflict between the first resource of the first priority and the second resource of the second priority, it is indicated that the first resource and the second resource at least partially overlap, where the first resource may be one or multiple. That is, in some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between a first resource of a first priority and a second resource of a second priority, meaning that a plurality of first resources of the first priority each overlap (either fully overlap or partially overlap) with the second resource of the second priority. Or, if there is a resource conflict between each first resource of the first priority and a second resource of the second priority, it is stated that each of the plurality of first resources is at least partially covered by the second resource.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, which may include: there is a resource conflict between each (or all) first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority.

In some embodiments, the second priority is higher than the first priority.

In some embodiments, the first resource and the second resource may be the same type of resource, e.g., a first type of resource. The first type of resource may be prioritized resources for the network device or protocol.

In some embodiments, when either one of the first resource and the second resource is a resource of a second type that is not configured with a priority, then the priority of the resource of the second type is considered to be a specified priority, where the specified priority may be the highest priority of the measurement resources or the lowest priority of the measurement resources. The specified priority may also be any priority that is lower than the highest priority and higher than the lowest priority. It should be appreciated that the second type of resource may be a resource for which the network device is not configured with priority. That is, when there is a resource of an unconfigured priority among the first resource and the second resource, the resource of the unconfigured priority may be regarded as having a specified priority so as to perform processing according to the priority when the resources collide.

In some embodiments, the first resources and/or the second resources may be periodically distributed in the time domain.

In some embodiments, the first resource and/or the second resource may be a periodically configured resource, a semi-statically configured resource, and/or a dynamically configured resource.

In some embodiments, both the first resource and the second resource may measure the resources. The measurement resources may be used for measurement of reference signals by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the first resource and/or the second resource may both be determined from configuration information provided by the network device.

In some embodiments, the first resource and/or the second resource may both be resources determined according to a protocol.

In some embodiments, the first resource and the second resource may be different measurement intervals.

In some embodiments, the reference signal includes, but is not limited to, at least one of: SSB; CSI-RS; tracking reference signals (Tracking Reference Signal, TRS); positioning reference signals (Positioning Reference Signal, PRS), etc.

In some embodiments, the first resource may be a plurality. The plurality of first resources may be spaced apart in the time domain.

If there is a resource conflict between the first resource and the second resource, it is indicated that the location of each first resource at least partially overlaps with the location of the second resource. For example, each first resource completely overlaps with one or more second resources having a second priority. For another example, each first resource partially overlaps with one or more second resources having a second priority.

In some embodiments, the number of second priorities may be 1, i.e., if the second resources are multiple, the multiple second resources all have the same priority.

In some embodiments, the number of second priorities may be a plurality. Illustratively, the second priority includes a plurality of priorities, e.g., a third priority and a fourth priority, wherein both the third priority and the fourth priority are higher than the first priority. That is, the second priority may refer broadly to one or more priorities higher than the first priority.

In some embodiments, the fourth priority is higher than the third priority.

In some embodiments, where there are multiple second priorities, then the first resource may have resource conflicts with resources of all of the multiple second priorities. Alternatively, the first resource may have a resource conflict with a portion of the resources in a second resource of a second priority.

As shown in fig. 1B and 1C, the MUSIM MG generates resource conflicts between the plurality of first resources in the time domain and the resources of the third priority and the fourth priority, respectively. In some embodiments, the resources of the third priority level also have resource conflicts with the resources of the fourth priority level. Illustratively, SMTC in fig. 1B and 1C may be the first resource of the first priority. Legacy (legacy) MGs and MUSIM MGs are resources with higher priority than SMTC. In fig. 1B and 1C, the resource locations of the individual SMTCs are preempted by high priority MGs. In fig. 1B and 1C, a legacy (legacy) MG may have a third priority, and a MUSIM MG may have a fourth priority.

In some embodiments, the first measurement configured on the first resource comprises: layer L1 measurements and/or L3 measurements.

Layer 1 measurements can be understood as measurements corresponding to the physical layer.

Layer 3 measurements may be understood as measurements corresponding to the radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) layer.

The layer 1 measurements may include one or more of the following: beam level quality for layer 1, cell level quality for layer 1, beam group level quality for layer 1. A beam set may include one or more beams.

The layer 3 measurements may include one or more of the following: beam level quality for layer 3, beam group level quality for layer 3, cell level quality for layer 3.

Layer 1 measurements for beams may include, but are not limited to, the following steps:

and the terminal receives the reference signals sent by one or more beams to obtain measured values. The measurement may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: reference signal received power (Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP), reference signal received quality (Reference Signal Received Quality, RSRQ), signal to noise-plus-interference ratio (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio, SINR).

And the terminal performs operations such as weighting, merging, layer 1 filtering and the like on the plurality of measured values to obtain a layer 1 measured result.

and the terminal performs layer 3 filtering on the measurement result after the layer 1 filtering of the wave beam to obtain the measurement result after the layer 3 filtering of the wave beam.

The cell-level quality of layer 3 may be obtained by weighting or combining the layer 3 filtered measurements of the multiple beams of the cell,

the beam group quality of layer 3 may be obtained by weighting or combining layer 3 filtered measurements of the plurality of beams comprised by the beam group.

Notably, are: the filtering of layer 1 is mainly to remove noise interference. Layer 3 filtering is primarily to reduce the negative effects of channel fading (e.g., fast fading) and/or variations in the results of short period measurements.

In some embodiments, the first resource may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: measurement resources of the synchronization signal broadcast block SSB; measurement resources of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); SSB measurement timing configures measurement resource configuration of SMTC.

It is noted that the reference signal to which SMTC relates may equally be an SSB and/or a CSI-RS, but that the measurement resources of such an SSB and/or CSI-RS are different from the measurement resources of an SSB alone and/or the measurement resources of a channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS.

The measurement configured on the first resource may include: measurement of co-frequency cells, measurement of inter-frequency cells and/or measurement of inter-system cells.

In some embodiments, the second resource comprises at least one of: measurement resources for radio resource management RRM; measurement resources of a Multi-universal subscriber identity module (Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module, MUSIM).

In some embodiments, the measurement resources used for RRM may also be directly referred to as RRM measurement resources.

In some embodiments, the second resource may be a legacy (legacy) MG.

Illustratively, the legacy MG may in turn include, but is not limited to, at least one of:

and the MG defined by R15 can be used for measuring the neighbor cells by the terminal, and the terminal stops communicating with the serving cell during the measurement using the MG.

The activated preconfigured MG. The preconfigured MG is an enhanced version of the MG defined by R15. The preconfigured MG has two states, active and inactive. The terminal performs measurement of the neighbor cell in the pre-configured MG if activated. Also during the measurement, the terminal stops communication with the serving cell.

Network control small intervals (network controlled small gap, NCSG) with visible interruption lengths (visible interruption length, VIL). When such measurement configured on the NCSG is performed, one intra-VIL terminal at the time of starting the measurement may interrupt communication with the serving cell, one intra-VIL terminal before ending the measurement may interrupt the measurement with the serving cell, and the terminal may maintain communication with the serving cell for a time between adjacent two VILs. In performing measurements on the NCSG, the terminal may be configured with multiple radio frequency links, one radio frequency link making measurements, and the other radio frequency links may remain in communication with the serving cell.

In some embodiments, the measurement resources of the MUSIM may be used for terminals supporting MUSIM capabilities while supporting measurements for 2 or more networks. For example, the terminal's current serving network is network a, and the measurement resources of the MUISM may be used for terminal measurements on network B.

In other embodiments, the priorities of the measurement resources of the MUSIMs are different from the priorities of the measurement resources for the RRMs.

For example, the measurement resources of the MUSIM may have a higher priority than the measurement resources for the RRM, or the measurement resources for the RRM may have a higher priority than the measurement resources of the MUSIM.

In some embodiments, the priority level of the first resource, the second resource, and/or the third resource may depend on a configuration or protocol convention of the network device.

In some embodiments, the resource of the resource conflict location will normally be used as the second resource, since the second resource has a higher priority than the first resource. In this way, although measurement on the first resource cannot be performed, the terminal is configured with measurement, which may cause problems such as disturbance of measurement operation of the terminal.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, if each first resource has a resource conflict with a second resource of the second priority, the terminal discards the first measurement.

In some embodiments, if there is at least one first resource that does not collide with the second resource, the terminal continues to perform the first measurement on the first resource that does not collide with the second resource.

In some embodiments, since the terminal discards the first measurement, in the case that the first measurement has associated reporting resources, the terminal may discard reporting of the measurement result of the first measurement. For example, the measurement for cell switching may be configured with corresponding reporting resources in general, so that the network device may determine a target cell for the terminal to perform cell switching.

In some embodiments, the terminal may also continue to send measurement reports on the configured reporting resources as it discards the first measurement. The measurement report may not carry the measurement result of the first measurement. Alternatively, the measurement report is empty. Or the measurement report may carry an anomaly value indicating an anomaly. The network device receives such a measurement report, it will know that the terminal has discarded the first measurement.

In some embodiments, in the case where the first measurement does not have associated reporting resources, the first measurement result does not need to be reported to the network device. For example, the measurement results for cell reselection do not need to be reported to the network device.

S2102: the network device stops receiving the measurement result of the first measurement.

In some embodiments, the first resource stops reception of the measurement result at the second measurement when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority.

In some embodiments, the terminal gives up the first measurement and/or the reporting of the measurement result of the first measurement, and the network device may give up the receiving of the measurement result of the first measurement, thereby saving the workload and power consumption of the terminal and the network device.

In some embodiments, if the terminal still transmits a measurement report for the discarded first measurement, the network device may also receive the measurement report on the configured reporting resource.

In some embodiments, when there is a resource conflict between any two measured resources, the measurement at the resource conflict is not required. In this case, the terminal may decide whether to perform the measurement at which the resource conflict occurs and/or how to perform the measurement at which the resource conflict occurs according to its own implementation. In some embodiments, when a resource conflict occurs between any two measured resources, the measurement where the resource conflict occurs is not constrained by the measurement configuration. In these embodiments, the conflicting two resources may be the first type of resource and/or the second type of resource described previously.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, and no requirement is made of the first measurement.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, execution of the first measurement being unconstrained by the measurement configuration.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between each first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, and no requirement is made of the first measurement.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between each first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, execution of the first measurement being unconstrained by the measurement configuration.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between each measurement resource that is not configured with priority and the resource that is configured with priority, and no requirement is made for the measurement corresponding to each measurement resource that is not configured with priority.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between each measurement resource that is not prioritized and a resource that is prioritized, a constraint on the measurement configuration corresponding to each measurement resource that is not prioritized.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between each measurement resource that is not configured with priority and the resource that is configured with priority, no requirement is made for the measurement corresponding to each measurement resource that is not configured with priority, and measurements configured on the resource that is configured with priority are performed at the resource conflict.

In some embodiments, there is a resource conflict between each measurement resource that is not configured with priority and a resource that is configured with priority, a constraint on measurement configuration corresponding to each measurement resource that is not configured with priority, and measurements configured on the resource that is configured with priority are performed at the resource conflict.

In some embodiments, when there is a resource conflict for two resources with the same priority, the resources at the resource conflict are evenly distributed to the measurements configured on the resources with the same priority.

As shown in fig. 2B, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, which is performed by a communication system. The method may include:

s2201: the terminal makes the on-first measurement on the second resource.

In some embodiments, when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, the terminal makes the first measurement on the second resource.

The first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

A measurement configured on a first resource may be understood as a measurement configured to be performed on the first resource.

In some embodiments, the second priority is higher than the first priority.

In some embodiments, the first resource and the second resource may be a first type of resource. The first type of resource is a prioritized resource agreed upon by the network device or protocol.

In some embodiments, when either one of the first resource and the second resource is a resource of the second type, then the priority of the resource of the second type is treated as a specified priority. The specified priority may be the highest priority of the measurement resources or the lowest priority of the measurement resources. The specified priority may also be any priority that is lower than the highest priority and higher than the lowest priority. The second type of resource is a measurement resource with no configured priority.

In some embodiments, the first measurement and the second measurement have at least one of the following differences: the measurement objects (Measurement Object, MO) are different; the measurements may be different and include, but are not limited to, RSRQ, RSRP, SINR, and/or the like; the number of sampling points in unit time of the reference signal is different during measurement. In some embodiments, the reference signal includes, but is not limited to, at least one of: SSB; CSI-RS; tracking reference signals (Tracking Reference Signal, TRS); positioning reference signals (Positioning Reference Signal, PRS), etc.

In some embodiments, the number of second priorities may be 1.

In some embodiments, the number of second priorities may be multiple. Illustratively, the second priority includes: a third priority and a fourth priority. I.e. the second priority may refer broadly to one or more priorities higher than the first priority.

In some embodiments, the fourth priority is higher than the third priority.

In some embodiments, where there are multiple second priorities, then the first resource may have resource conflicts with resources of all of the multiple second priorities.

As shown in fig. 1B and 1C, the plurality of first resources in the time domain collide with the resources of the third priority and the resources of the fourth priority, respectively. In some embodiments, the resources of the third priority level also have resource conflicts with the resources of the fourth priority level. Illustratively, SMTC in fig. 1B and 1C may be the first resource of the first priority. Legacy (legacy) MGs and MUSIM MGs are resources with higher priority than SMTC. In fig. 1B and 1C, the resource locations of the individual SMTCs are preempted by high priority MGs. In fig. 1B and 1C, a legacy (legacy) MG may have a third priority, and a MUSIM MG may have a fourth priority.

In some embodiments, S2201 may include: the first measurement is performed on a third resource.

In some embodiments, S2201 may include: the first measurement is performed on a third resource that does not collide with the fourth resource.

As shown in fig. 1B and 1C, the third resource of the third priority and the fourth resource of the fourth priority are in resource conflict, and in order not to interfere with the measurement configured on the fourth resource, the first measurement is set on the third resource where the resource conflict does not occur. In fig. 1B and 1C, SMTC is exemplarily shown as a first resource, and both a legacy (legacy) MG and a MUSIM MG are second resources. Further, a legacy (legacy) MG may be a third resource in the second resources. The MUSIM MG may be a fourth resource of the second resources. The preempted resources in fig. 1B and 1C are covered by an "x".

In some embodiments, it is determined whether the configuration at the first measurement and the configuration at the second measurement can be performed simultaneously, where the first measurement and the second measurement are performed simultaneously on the second resource. The second measurement is a measurement configured on a second resource.

For example, according to the configuration information, it is determined that the first measurement and the second measurement are for the same reference signal, but the configured measurement values or the number of sampling points in a unit time point are different, at which time it may be determined that the first measurement and the second measurement can be simultaneously performed on the second resource.

For another example, if the terminal has multiple radio frequency links that may perform measurements of different reference signals on one resource, then it may be determined that the first measurement and the second measurement are performed simultaneously on a second resource.

And when the first measurement and the second measurement cannot be simultaneously performed on the second resource, respectively performing the first measurement and the second measurement on the second resource according to a time division multiplexing mode.

In some embodiments, measurements configured on the first resource and the second resource are performed on the second resource for the same duration, respectively.

In some embodiments, the first measurement and the second measurement are performed on the second resource in a time division multiplexed manner according to a scaling factor. The scaling factor may be used to determine the duration of performing the first measurement and the second measurement, respectively, on one of the second resources, and in some embodiments the scaling factor may be any value between 0 and 1.

In some embodiments, the scaling factor may be configured by the network device or the scaling factor may be agreed upon by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the scaling factor may include, but is not limited to: carrier scaling factor (Carrier-specific scaling factor, CSSF).

In some embodiments, the CSSF may allocate resources for multiple measurement objects (Measurement Object, MO) when the resources compete for the same resource.

In some embodiments, the scaling factor may be a CSSF of the second resource to which the first measurement is to be performed _{within_gap,i} 。

In some embodiments, the first measurement includes a layer L1 measurement and/or an L3 measurement.

In some embodiments, the second resource may be a legacy (legacy) MG.

In some embodiments, since other measurements are configured on the second resource, the terminal may perform the measurements configured on the first resource and the measurements configured on the second resource in a time division multiplexed or frequency division multiplexed manner, respectively, on the second resource in order not to affect the other measurements.

S2202: and sending the measurement result.

In some embodiments, a fourth resource to send the measurement is determined based on the scaling factor.

The measurement results sent to the network device on the fourth resource include at least one of: in the measurement result of the first measurement, illustratively, the measurement result of the first measurement performed on the second resource; the measurement result at the second measurement.

In some embodiments, determining the fifth resource to send the measurement result according to the scaling factor may include at least one of: and determining a fourth resource for transmitting the measurement result according to the first interval according to the scaling factor.

If the fifth resource is the reporting resource of the first measurement, the first interval is determined according to the scaling factor and the second interval. The second interval may be a measurement result original transmission interval of the first measurement. For example, gap 1=gap 2×1/S. S is a scaling factor. Gap1 is the first interval and Gap2 is the second interval.

If the fifth resource is the reporting resource of the second measurement, the first interval is determined according to the scaling factor and the third interval. The third interval may be a second measurement result original transmission interval. For example, gap 1=gap 3×1/S. S is a scaling factor. Gap1 is the first interval and Gap3 is the third interval.

Notably, are: when the first measurement and/or the second measurement are/is not configured with reporting resources, the measurement result of the corresponding measurement does not need to be sent to the network equipment.

Notably, are: the S2202 is an optional step. For example, if neither the first measurement nor the second measurement is configured with reporting resources, or the measurement result to be transmitted to the network device is not acquired, S2202 may be omitted. The reporting resource may be a resource configured by the network device or agreed by a protocol to send measurement results.

As shown in fig. 3A, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, which is performed by a terminal. The method may include:

s3101: the first measurement is discarded.

In some embodiments, the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

In some embodiments, the first measurement is aborted when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority.

In some embodiments, the second priority is higher than the first priority.

In some embodiments, the first resources may be periodically distributed in the time domain.

If there is a resource conflict between the first resource and the second resource, it is indicated that each of the first resource locations at least partially overlaps with the second resource location. For example, each first resource completely overlaps with one or more second resources having a second priority. For another example, each first resource partially overlaps with one or more second resources having a second priority. In some embodiments, the number of second priorities may be 1.

In some embodiments, the fourth priority is higher than the third priority.

As shown in fig. 1B and 1C, the plurality of first resources in the time domain respectively transmit resource conflicts with the resources of the third priority and the resources of the fourth priority. In some embodiments, it is also known that resources of the third priority level also conflict with existing resources of the fourth priority level. Illustratively, SMTC in fig. 1B and 1C may be the first resource of the first priority. Legacy (legacy) MGs and MUSIM MGs are higher priority resources than SMTC. The resource locations of each SMTC in fig. 1B and 1C are preempted by high priority MGs. The preempted resources in fig. 1B and 1C are covered by an "x". In some embodiments, the measurement configured on the first resource comprises: layer L1 measurements and/or L3 measurements.

In some embodiments, herein "measurements configured on the first resource" i.e. "measurements configured on the first resource".

In some embodiments, the first resource may include, but is not limited to, at least one of:

measurement resources of the synchronization signal broadcast block SSB;

measurement resources of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS);

SSB measurement timing configures measurement resource configuration of SMTC.

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

Measurement resources for radio resource management RRM;

measurement resources of a Multi-universal subscriber identity module (Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module, MUSIM).

In some embodiments, the second resource may be a legacy (legacy) MG.

In some embodiments, the resource of the resource conflict location will normally be used as the second resource, since the second resource has a higher priority than the first resource. In this way, although measurement on the first resource cannot be performed, the terminal is configured with measurement, which may cause problems such as disturbance of measurement operation of the terminal. In view of this, if there is a resource conflict between each first resource and the second resource of the second priority, the terminal discards the measurement configured on the first resource.

In some embodiments, if there is at least one first resource that does not collide with the second resource, the terminal continues to perform the configuration on the first measurement on the first resource that does not collide with the second resource.

In some embodiments, since the terminal discards the first measurement, in case there is a reporting resource corresponding to the configuration for the discarded first measurement, the terminal may discard the measurement result in the first measurement. For example, the measurement for cell switching may be configured with corresponding reporting resources in general, so that the network device may determine a target cell for the terminal to perform cell switching.

In some embodiments, the terminal may also continue to send measurement reports on the configured reporting resources as it discards the first measurement. The measurement report may not carry the measurement results. Alternatively, the measurement report is empty. Or the measurement report may carry an anomaly value indicating an anomaly. The network device receives such a measurement report, it will know that the terminal has discarded the first measurement.

In some embodiments, in a case where the first measurement does not configure the corresponding reporting resource, a measurement result of the first measurement of the terminal does not need to be reported to the network device. For example, the measurement results for cell reselection do not need to be reported to the network device.

As shown in fig. 3B, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, which is performed by a terminal. The method may include:

s3201: the first measurement is performed on the second resource.

Alternative embodiments of this step S3201 may all be seen in the corresponding embodiment S2201 of fig. 2B.

S3202: and sending the measurement result.

In some embodiments, the measurement results of the first measurement performed on the second resource are transmitted.

Alternative embodiments of this step S3202 may all be seen in the corresponding embodiment S2202 of fig. 2B.

As shown in fig. 4A, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, where the method is performed by a network device, and the method includes:

s4101: the reception of the measurement result of the first measurement is stopped.

The network device may include, but is not limited to, an access network device.

In some embodiments, when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, the reception of the measurement result at the second measurement is stopped.

In some embodiments, the second priority is higher than the first priority.

In some embodiments, the related descriptions of the first resource, the second resource, the first priority, and the second priority may be referred to in fig. 2A and/or fig. 2B, which are not repeated herein.

In some embodiments, stopping the reception of the measurement results at the second measurement may include, but is not limited to:

and stopping receiving the measurement result of the first measurement when the measurement configured on the first resource is associated with the reporting resource.

Notably, are: alternative implementations of the first resource, the first priority of the first resource, the measurement configured on the first resource may all be seen in fig. 2A and/or in the relevant description of the corresponding embodiment of fig. 2B.

As shown in fig. 4B, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement processing method, where the method is performed by a network device, and the method includes:

s4201: a fifth resource is determined that receives the measurement.

In some embodiments, a fifth resource is determined when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority.

And when the measurement configured on the first resource is associated with the reporting resource, determining a fifth resource for receiving the measurement result.

In some embodiments, the measurement may include, but is not limited to, at least one of:

a measurement result at the first measurement;

the measurement result at the second measurement.

Illustratively, the measurement results of the first measurement herein include measurement results of the first measurement performed on the second resource.

In some embodiments, determining the fifth resource to send the measurement result according to the scaling factor may include at least one of:

according to the scaling factor, a fifth resource is determined from the first interval to transmit the measurement result.

If the fifth resource is the reporting resource of the second measurement, the first interval is determined according to the scaling factor and the third interval. The third interval may be a measurement result original transmission interval of the second measurement. For example, gap 1=gap 3×1/S. S is a scaling factor. Gap1 is the first interval and Gap3 is the third interval.

Notably, are: when the measurement configured on the first resource and/or the second resource is not configured with the reporting resource, the measurement result of the corresponding measurement does not need to be sent to the network equipment.

In some embodiments, a scaling factor is used for the terminal to determine a duration for performing the first measurement and the second measurement on the second resource in a time division multiplexed manner.

In some embodiments, the first resource has a first priority and the second resource has a second priority.

In some embodiments, the second priority is higher than the first priority.

In some embodiments, the second priority comprises: a third priority and a fourth priority; the fourth priority is higher than the third priority;

the second resource to perform the first measurement includes:

and a third resource of a third priority level that does not conflict with the fourth resource of the fourth priority level.

S4202: and receiving a measurement result.

In some embodiments, the measurement results are received on a fifth resource.

In some embodiments, the measurement results configured at the first measurement are received on a fifth resource. In some embodiments, the measurement results configured at the second measurement are received on a fifth resource.

In some embodiments, the first resource, the second resource, the measurement configured on the first resource, the measurement configured on the second resource, the scaling factor, the reporting resource, etc. may be described with reference to the corresponding embodiment of fig. 2B.

Various measurement intervals, such as legacy (legacy) measurement intervals, are introduced to facilitate measurement of various functions. The legacy measurement interval may include a Measurement Gap (MG), an activated Pre-configured measurement interval (activated Pre-MG), an NCSG, a MUSIM interval, and the like. The ideal situation is: it is desirable for NR UEs to be able to process a measurement at one time. Two solutions to resource conflicts are provided.

Mode 1:

when the measurement interval of the MUSIM collides with the measurement interval of the first Type (Type-1 MG), a measurement corresponding to a high priority is performed at the resource collision. I.e. in this case no measurement of the low priority measurement interval configuration is performed.

When the measurement interval of the MUSIM collides with (the measurement interval Type-2 MG of) the second Type, no requirement is made for the measurement configured on the measurement interval of the second Type.

When the measurement interval of the MUSIM collides with the measurement interval of the second Type (Type-2 MG), no requirement is made for the measurement interval of the second Type and the measurement configured on the measurement interval of the MUSIM.

Referring to fig. 1B, when SMTC is fully covered by other measurement intervals and the SMTC is used for the on-channel cell measurement, off-channel cell measurement, or off-channel cell measurement of L3, the terminal expects to perform on the non-lost legacy MG the on-channel cell measurement, off-channel cell measurement, or off-channel cell measurement of L1 and/or L3. I.e. the legacy MG is shared by the same frequency cell measurements, inter-frequency cell measurements or inter-system cell measurements of L1 and/or L3 with the legacy MG configured measurements.

Referring to fig. 1C, when SMTC is fully covered by other measurement intervals and the SMTC is used for the same-frequency cell measurement, the different-frequency cell measurement, or the different-system cell measurement of L1, the terminal expects to perform the same-frequency cell measurement, the different-frequency cell measurement, or the different-system cell measurement of L1 on the non-lost legacy MG. I.e. the legacy MG is shared by the same frequency cell measurements, inter-frequency cell measurements or inter-system cell measurements of L1 with the legacy MG configured measurements.

When the measurement resources for L1 measurement of SSB, CSI-RS are fully covered by other measurement resources, the terminal expects to perform L1 measurement of SSB, CSI-RS on the non-lost legacy MG. I.e. the legacy MG is shared by the SSB, the L1 measurement of CSI-RS, and the measurement of the legacy MG configuration.

When the measurement resources for the L3 measurement of SSB, CSI-RS are fully covered by other measurement resources, the terminal expects to perform the L3 measurement of SSB, CSI-RS on the non-lost legacy MG. I.e. the legacy MG is shared by the SSB, the L3 measurement of CSI-RS and the measurement of the legacy MG configuration.

When MG sharing is performed, the ratio of time durations at which different measurements occupy the same MG may be determined based on a scaling factor.

In some embodiments, the scaling factor may be a CSSF _{within_gap,i} 。

In some embodiments, the scaling factor may be a modified CSSF _{within_gap,i} 。

In some embodiments, the scaling factor may be a newly defined parameter.

Mode 2: when any one measured resource is completely covered by other measured resources, N of the measurement is calculated _available Set to 0.N (N) _available The measurement set to 0 is not constrained by the measurement configuration.

When SMTC is fully covered by other measurement resources, parameter N is set _available Set to 0. At N _available Set to 0, then the SMTC corresponding measurement is not constrained by the measurement configuration.

When the measurement resources of the SSB are completely covered by other measurement resources, the parameter N is set _available Set to 0 at N _available Set to 0, the measurement corresponding to the measurement resource of SSB is not constrained by the measurement configuration.

When the measurement resources of the CSI-RS are completely covered by other measurement resources, the parameter N is set _available Set to 0.

At N _available And if the measurement resource is set to 0, the measurement corresponding to the measurement resource of the CSI-RS is not constrained by the measurement configuration. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and alternative implementations thereof may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, and may also be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and alternative implementations thereof may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, and may also be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

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

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

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

Fig. 5A is a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, including:

a processing module 6101 configured to perform a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

It is noted that the processing module of the terminal may perform any step related to information processing in the measurement processing method performed by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal further comprises a transmitting module and/or a receiving module.

The transmission module may be used for any step related to transmission in a measurement processing method performed by the terminal.

The receiving module can be used for any step related to the receiving in the measurement processing method executed by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the second priority comprises: a third priority and a fourth priority; the fourth priority is higher than the third priority; the second resources include a third resource having a third priority and a fourth resource having a fourth priority;

and a processing module configured to perform the first measurement on a third resource that does not collide with the fourth resource.

In some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to perform the second measurement and the first measurement in a time division multiplexed manner on the second resource; the second measurement is a measurement configured on a second resource.

In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to determine a duration of performing the first measurement on one of the second resources and a duration of performing the second measurement according to the scaling factor.

In some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to perform a fifth resource that transmits the measurement result according to the scaling factor; the measurement results include at least one of:

a measurement result at the first measurement;

the measurement result at the second measurement.

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

l1 measurement;

l3 measurement.

In some embodiments, the first resource comprises at least one of:

measurement resources of the synchronization signal broadcast block SSB;

measurement resources of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS);

SSB measurement timing configures measurement resource configuration of SMTC.

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

measurement resources for radio resource management RRM;

measurement resources of the multi-universal subscriber identity module MUSIM.

In some embodiments, the priorities of the measurement resources of the MUSIMs are different from the priorities of the measurement resources for the RRMs.

Fig. 5B is a network device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The network device includes:

a receiving module 6201 configured to receive a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource having the second priority; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on a first resource.

In some embodiments, the processing module of the network device may perform any steps related to information processing in the measurement processing method performed by the network device.

In some embodiments, the network device further comprises a transmit module and a receive module.

The transmission module may be used for any step related to transmission in a measurement processing method performed by the network device.

The receiving module may be used for any step related to the receiving in the measurement processing method performed by the network device.

The second resource performing the first measurement includes: and a third resource that does not collide with the fourth resource.

In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to determine a fifth resource to receive the measurement result according to the scaling factor; the measurement results include at least one of:

a measurement result at the first measurement;

a measurement result at the second measurement; the second measurement is a measurement configured on a second resource;

and a scaling factor for the terminal to determine a duration for performing the first measurement and the second measurement on the second resource in a time division multiplexed manner.

The disclosed embodiments also provide a communication device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform a measurement processing method as may be implemented by any of the embodiments described above.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6A and/or 6B, communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8103 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of memory 8103 may be external to communication device 8100.

The communication device may be the aforementioned terminal as well as a network device. In some embodiments, the network device may be a primary node and/or a secondary node.

In some embodiments, communication device 8100 also includes one or more transceivers 8102. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8102, communication steps such as transmission and reception in the above-described method are performed by the transceivers 8102, and other steps are performed by the processor 8101.

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

Optionally, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more interface circuits 8104, where the interface circuits 8104 are coupled to the memory 8103, and where the interface circuits 8104 are operable to receive signals from the memory 8103 or other apparatus, and operable to transmit signals to the memory 8103 or other apparatus. For example, the interface circuit 8104 may read instructions stored in the memory 8103 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

The communication device 8100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by fig. 6A. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: (1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 6B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 8200 provided by an embodiment of the disclosure. For the case where the communication device 8100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 8200 shown in fig. 6B, but is not limited thereto.

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

In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202, the interface circuits 8202 being coupled to the memory 8203, the interface circuits 8202 being operable to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other devices, the interface circuits 8202 being operable to transmit signals to the memory 8203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 8202 may read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201. Alternatively, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. may be interchanged.

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

The present disclosure also provides a storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed on a communication device 8100, cause the communication device 8100 to perform any one of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. The storage medium described above is optionally a computer-readable storage medium, but may be a storage medium readable by other apparatuses. Alternatively, the storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but may also be a transitory storage medium.

The present disclosure also provides a program product which, when executed by a communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to perform any one of the above measurement processing methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product.

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

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A measurement processing method, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

performing a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource; wherein the second priority is higher than the first priority and the first measurement is a measurement configured on the first resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second priority comprises: a third priority and a fourth priority, wherein the fourth priority is higher than the third priority, and wherein the second resource comprises a third resource and a fourth resource, wherein the third resource has a third priority and the fourth resource has the fourth priority;

when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, performing a first measurement on the second resource, comprising:

the first measurement is performed on the third resource when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein performing the first measurement on the third resource when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority comprises:

When there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, the first measurement is performed on the third resource that is not in communication with a fourth resource.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further comprises: performing a second measurement and the first measurement on the second resource in a time division multiplexed manner; the second measurement is a measurement configured on the second resource.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

and determining the time length for executing the first measurement on one second resource and the time length for executing the second measurement according to a scaling factor.

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

determining a fifth resource for transmitting the measurement result according to the scaling factor; the measurement includes at least one of:

a measurement result at the first measurement;

and measuring results of the second measurement.

7. The method of any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first measurement comprises at least one of:

layer L1 measurement;

l3 measurement.

8. The method of any of claims 1-7, wherein the first resource comprises at least one of:

measurement resources of the synchronization signal broadcast block SSB;

measurement resources of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS);

SSB measurement timing configures measurement resource configuration of SMTC.

9. The method of any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the second resource comprises at least one of:

measurement resources for radio resource management RRM;

measurement resources of the multi-universal subscriber identity module MUSIM.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the priorities of the measurement resources of the MUSIMs are different from the priorities of the measurement resources for RRM.

11. A measurement processing method, wherein the method is performed by a network device, the method comprising:

receiving a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on the first resource.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second priority comprises: a third priority and a fourth priority, wherein the fourth priority is higher than the third priority, and wherein the second resource comprises a third resource and a fourth resource, wherein the third resource has a third priority and the fourth resource has the fourth priority;

The second resource performing the first measurement includes: the third resource.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein performing the second resource of the first measurement comprises:

and the third resource which does not conflict with the fourth resource.

14. The method of any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the method further comprises:

determining a fifth resource for receiving the measurement result according to the scaling factor; the measurement includes at least one of:

a measurement result at the first measurement;

a measurement result at the second measurement; the second measurement is a measurement configured on the second resource;

the scaling factor is used for determining a duration of performing the first measurement and the second measurement on the second resource in a time division multiplexing manner by the terminal.

15. A terminal, wherein the terminal comprises:

a processing module configured to perform a first measurement on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on the first resource.

16. A network device, comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a measurement result of a first measurement performed on a second resource having a second priority when there is a resource conflict between the first resource having the first priority and the second resource; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on the first resource.

17. A measurement processing method, comprising:

when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, the terminal performs a first measurement on the second resource; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on the first resource;

when there is a resource conflict between a first resource having a first priority and a second resource having a second priority, the network device stops reception of measurement results of the first measurement or the network device receives measurement results of the first measurement performed on the second resource; the second priority is higher than the first priority; the first measurement is a measurement configured on the first resource.

18. A communication system, comprising:

the terminal being configured to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 10;

the network device is configured to perform the method of any of claims 11 to 14.

19. A communication device, wherein the communication device comprises:

one or more processors;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the measurement processing method of any of claims 1 to 10 and/or claims 11 to 14.

20. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communications device, cause the communications device to perform the measurement processing method of any one of claims 1 to 10 and/or 11 to 14.