CN118055434A

CN118055434A - Energy consumption measuring method, device and storage medium

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Publication number: CN118055434A
Application number: CN202410114562.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谈杰; 高媛; 邱徵虹; 沙秀斌
Original assignee: ZTE Corp
Current assignee: ZTE Corp
Priority date: 2024-01-25
Filing date: 2024-01-25
Publication date: 2024-05-17

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an energy consumption measurement method, an energy consumption measurement device and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The energy consumption measuring method comprises the following steps: acquiring network energy consumption measurement configuration information; generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; and sending a network energy consumption measurement report.

Description

Energy consumption measuring method, device and storage medium

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular relates to an energy consumption measurement method, an energy consumption measurement device and a storage medium.

Background

At present, according to the regulations of operators, a user can acquire related information of network energy consumption from a network, so that the user can better control own network use behaviors, and energy is saved.

However, the current research direction of networks is more focused on how to meet the user experience, and at the same time, the energy efficiency of the networks is improved, and the networks are mainly focused inside, so that the users cannot directly acquire the related information of the energy consumption of the networks from the networks. In response to operator specifications, information about network energy consumption needs to be provided to the user. However, how to measure the energy consumption of the network and further obtain the relevant information of the network energy consumption before providing the relevant information of the network energy consumption to the user is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an energy consumption measurement method, an energy consumption measurement device and a storage medium, which are used for measuring energy consumption of a network.

In a first aspect, an energy consumption measurement method is provided, applied to a terminal, and includes:

acquiring network energy consumption measurement configuration information; generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; and sending a network energy consumption measurement report.

In a second aspect, another method for measuring energy consumption is provided, which is applied to a base station, and includes:

Transmitting network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a terminal; and receiving a network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal, wherein the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In a third aspect, there is provided an energy consumption measuring apparatus comprising:

and the communication module is used for acquiring the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

And the processing module is used for generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

And the communication module is also used for sending a network energy consumption measurement report.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided another energy consumption measuring apparatus comprising:

and the sending module is used for sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal.

And the receiving module is used for receiving a network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal, wherein the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a further energy consumption measuring device comprising a processor, the processor implementing the energy consumption measuring method of the first aspect described above or the energy consumption measuring method of the second aspect described above when executing a computer program.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium comprising computer instructions; wherein the computer instructions, when executed, implement the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect described above, or implement the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect described above.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to implement the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect described above, or to implement the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect described above.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal can realize the energy consumption measurement of the network based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. And according to the energy consumption measurement result, a network energy consumption measurement report is generated, so that the energy consumption of the network is conveniently monitored and managed, and the effect of saving energy is further achieved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, the drawings that need to be used in some embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only drawings of some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 3 is an interactive schematic diagram of network energy consumption measurement configuration information provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 4 is an interactive schematic diagram of a network energy consumption measurement report according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another network energy consumption measurement report provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is an interactive schematic diagram of measurement capability information provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of another method for measuring energy consumption according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is an interaction schematic diagram of a handover request message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is an interaction schematic diagram of a handover request message according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is an interactive schematic diagram of still another network energy consumption measurement configuration information provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is an interactive schematic diagram of still another network energy consumption measurement configuration information provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another network energy consumption measurement configuration information provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another network energy consumption measurement configuration information provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of an energy consumption measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a structure of another energy consumption measuring device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of another energy consumption measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this disclosure, all other embodiments that a person of ordinary skill in the art would obtain without making any inventive effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

In the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise indicated, "/" means "or" and, for example, a/B may mean a or B. "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. Furthermore, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. The terms "first," "second," and the like do not limit the number and order of execution, and the terms "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ.

It is noted that in this disclosure, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g." should not be taken as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

As described in the background, in response to the operator's specification, information about network power consumption needs to be provided to the user. However, at present, there is no related technical scheme how to measure energy consumption of a network, so as to obtain related information of network energy consumption.

Based on the configuration information, the terminal can realize the energy consumption measurement of the network based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. And according to the energy consumption measurement result, a network energy consumption measurement report is generated, so that the energy consumption of the network is conveniently monitored and managed, and the effect of saving energy is further achieved.

The energy consumption measurement method provided by the present disclosure may be applied to a communication system as shown in fig. 1, where fig. 1 shows a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the communication system includes a terminal 10 and a base station 20.

In some embodiments, the terminal 10 may be a device with wireless transceiver capabilities, which may be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, hand-held, wearable or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as ships, etc.); but may also be deployed in the air (e.g., on aircraft, balloon, satellite, etc.). The terminal 10 may be a mobile phone, a tablet (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiving capability, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal, an augmented Reality (Augmented Reality, AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in unmanned (SELF DRIVING), a wireless terminal in remote medical (remote medical), a wireless terminal in smart grid (SMART GRID), a wireless terminal in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in smart city (SMART CITY), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), etc. Embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to application scenarios. A terminal may also be referred to as a User, user Equipment (UE), access terminal, UE unit, UE station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, UE terminal, wireless communication device, UE agent, UE device, or the like, as embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited in this respect.

In some embodiments, the base station 20 may be a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), a base station or evolved base station (evolutional node B, eNB or eNodeB) in long term evolution enhancement (long term evolution advanced, LTE-a), a base station device in a 5G network, or a base station in a future communication system, etc., which may include various macro base stations, micro base stations, home base stations, wireless remotes, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (reconfigurable intelligent surface, RIS), routers, wireless fidelity (WIRELESS FIDELITY, WIFI) devices, etc., various network side devices.

It should be noted that fig. 1 is merely an exemplary frame diagram, the number of devices included in fig. 1 is not limited, and names of the respective devices are not limited, and the communication system may include other devices, such as core network devices, in addition to the devices shown in fig. 1.

The application scenario of the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited. The system architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of a new service scenario, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

Fig. 2 shows a flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method provided by the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 2, the energy consumption measurement method is applied to a base station, and includes the following steps:

S101, acquiring network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the terminal receives a first message sent by the base station.

The first message comprises network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the first message is at least one of the following: a radio resource control protocol (radio resource control, RRC) reconfiguration message, an RRC restore message. The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identification of network slice, identification of protocol data unit PDU session, quality of service QoS data flow, identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, suspension indication of energy consumption measurement, suspension transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segment transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information is a unique identification identifying the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and is composed of a plurality of identification information. The network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of: mobile country code (mobile country code, MCC), mobile network code (mobile network code, MNC), tracking area code (TRACKING AREA code, TAC), public land mobile network identifier (public land mobile network idtity, PLMN ID), identifier of base station (the next generation node b idtity, gNB ID), location area code locati on area code, LAC), identifier ID of network energy consumption measurement reference information. The identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information is used for distinguishing the network energy consumption measurement reference information from other network energy consumption measurement reference information under the same condition.

In this way, the corresponding network energy consumption measurement configuration information is identified through the network energy consumption measurement reference information, so that collision or confusion during receiving is avoided.

In some embodiments, the traffic type is used to characterize the traffic type of the network to be measured. The traffic type includes at least one of: an adaptive bitrate streaming (DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE STREAMING over http, DASH) type, a multimedia telephony service (multimedia telephony service for ims, MTSI) type, a Virtual Reality (VR) type, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) type, an extended reality (XR) type, a data traffic type, a voice traffic type, an internet of things traffic type, a real-time communication traffic type, a location services traffic type.

In this way, the service types carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information are differentiated, so that the energy consumption of the network to be measured under different service types can be measured, and the accuracy of energy consumption measurement is improved.

In some embodiments, the regional scope is used to characterize the regional scope of the network to be measured. The region range includes at least one of: cell based, cell set (TIMING ADVANCE based, TA based), tracking area identity (TRACKING AREA IDENTITY based, TAI based), public land mobile network area (public land mobile network area based, PLMN area based), user plane location area UPSA, user plane service area (user plane locationarea, UPSA), preset flag area range.

The preset marking area range can be marked by longitude and latitude coordinates, a geographic area identifier, map coordinates and the like.

The preset mark region range may be, for example, a region range of a mark of a circle, an ellipse, a polygon, or the like. The preset mark region range may be described by a shape type and a shape description. For example, the shape type may be indicated by 4 bits, and the shape type includes an ellipsoid point, an ellipsoid point of an uncertainty circle, an ellipsoid point of uncertainty, a polygon, an ellipsoid point with height, an ellipsoid point ellipsoid with height and uncertainty, an ellipsoid arc, a high precision ellipsoid point of uncertainty, a high precision ellipsoid point with height and uncertainty ellipsoid, a high precision ellipsoid point with extensible uncertainty ellipsoid, a high precision ellipsoid point with height and extensible uncertainty ellipsoid. The shape description may be described by longitude and latitude.

Therefore, the regional scope of the network to be measured is represented through the regional scope carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, so that energy consumption measurement is carried out on different regional scopes, and the accuracy of energy consumption measurement is improved.

In some embodiments, slice information in the network to be measured is identified by an identification of the network slice carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information (slice information). The identification of the network slice may be a single network slice selection assistance information (single network slice selection assistance information, S-NSSAI) parameter or a network slice assistance information group identification (network SLICE ASSI STANCE information group id, NSAG ID).

In some embodiments, the identity of the protocol data unit PDU session (PDU session ID) is a digital identifier used to identify the PDU session in the network to be measured. For example, PDU session id (integer (0..255)) characterizes that the identifier of the PDU session ranges from an integer in the range of 0 to 255.

In some embodiments, the identification of QoS data flows is used to identify QoS data flows in the network to be measured. For example, the quality of service identifier (QoS flow Identifier) ((inter (0..63)) characterizes the QoS data flow as an INTEGER in the range of 0 to 63.

In some embodiments, the identification of SNPN may be a Network Identifier (NID) for identifying SNPN in the Network to be measured. Wherein the NID is completely independent of the PL MN ID.

In some embodiments, the identifier of the public land mobile network may be a content access gateway identifier (content ACCESS GATEWAY IDENTIFIER, GAG ID) for identifying network access rights of public network users and private network users in the network to be measured. Wherein, the GAG ID is a special access identifier of a non-independent non-public network (public network integrated-non publicnetwork, PNI-NPN) device.

In some embodiments, the identification of the core network area is used to identify the core network area in the network to be measured. For example, the identification of the core network area may be a number, letter, symbol, or a specific code.

In some embodiments, the priority of the energy consumption measurements is used to characterize the priority or energy saving level of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the higher the priority of the energy consumption measurement, the higher the energy saving requirement for its network to be measured, and the higher the priority of the energy consumption measurement and the transmission priority of the subsequent network energy consumption measurement report.

In this way, the network with higher energy saving level can be preferentially measured by the priority of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the network can be timely obtained, and the energy consumption of the network can be timely configured and managed.

In some embodiments, the energy consumption threshold of the energy consumption measurement characterizes that the terminal or the base station obtains the energy consumption in a specific time period or a specific space to set an upper limit under a certain granularity. For example, the energy consumed in a unit time is in watts and the energy consumed in a specific time period or a specific space is in kilowatt-hours.

In some embodiments, the address of the higher-layer entity is used to characterize the address of the higher-layer entity that receives the network energy consumption measurement report. The address of the higher layer entity may be an internet protocol (internet protocol, IP) address of the higher layer entity.

In some embodiments, the measurement interval of the energy consumption measurement is used to characterize the measurement interval when the terminal makes energy consumption measurements on the network to be measured. For example, the measurement interval of the energy consumption measurement is 5 minutes, which means that the terminal performs energy consumption measurement on the network to be measured every 5 minutes, and generates a corresponding network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement is used to characterize the type of the current energy consumption measurement and the network energy consumption measurement report. Wherein the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement comprises at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, carbon emission type. For example, when the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement includes the energy consumption type, the terminal measures the energy consumption of the network to be measured, and generates a network energy consumption measurement report related to the energy consumption.

In some embodiments, the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report is used not only to indicate the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report, but also to indicate the measurement period of the energy consumption measurement. Wherein the network energy consumption measurement report is configured by a higher layer entity.

In this way, the energy consumption detection is carried out on the network to be measured at regular time through the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report is uploaded at regular time. The method is beneficial to realizing the periodic monitoring of the energy consumption of the network and the analysis of the long-term trend of the energy consumption.

In some embodiments, the transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to characterize a trigger event for transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report. The transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report comprises at least one of the following: an energy consumption threshold, an energy efficiency threshold, a renewable energy utilization threshold, a carbon emission threshold.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the measured value of the energy consumption reaches the energy consumption threshold in the energy consumption measurement process, a corresponding network energy consumption measurement report is uploaded.

In this way, the energy consumption condition of the network can be monitored in time through the sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. When the energy consumption condition of the network reaches a set threshold value, the transmission of a network energy consumption measurement report is triggered, so that the network with abnormal energy consumption is found in time, the monitoring timeliness is ensured, and the effect of reducing the network energy consumption is achieved.

In some embodiments, the real-time transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used for indicating the terminal to directly transmit the generated network energy consumption measurement report after completing one measurement within the measurement interval of the energy consumption measurement.

In this way, the terminal directly sends the network energy consumption measurement report after the terminal performs energy consumption measurement through the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, so as to check the energy consumption condition of the network in time and improve the real-time performance of energy consumption monitoring.

In some embodiments, the periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the terminal to transmit the network energy consumption measurement report based on the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, when the terminal is generating the network energy consumption measurement report, the network energy consumption measurement report is stored locally, and after the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report is reached, the network energy consumption measurement report stored locally is transmitted in batches.

In this way, the indication is sent through the period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and a plurality of network energy consumption measurement reports are sent in batches according to the sending period, so that the integration and analysis of data are facilitated. By integrating and analyzing the multiple network energy consumption measurement reports, the related conditions, change trends and the like of the network energy consumption can be better known. And the method can also effectively reduce the energy consumption measurement report of the transmission network and improve the stability and reliability of the transmission.

In some embodiments, a start indication of the energy consumption measurement is used to instruct the terminal to start or resume the energy consumption measurement.

In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement is used to indicate time information related to the energy consumption measurement. Wherein the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement comprises at least one of: a start time stamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop time stamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, a validity time of the energy consumption measurement.

In this way, the time range of the energy consumption measurement can be determined through the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the energy consumption conditions corresponding to different time periods of the network can be known, so that the energy consumption conditions of the network can be analyzed more accurately, and corresponding energy saving measures can be formulated.

In some embodiments, a suspension indication of the energy consumption measurement is used to instruct the terminal to stop making the energy consumption measurement or to release the corresponding network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In some embodiments, a suspension transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the terminal to stop transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the buffered number indication of network energy consumption measurement reports is used to indicate a maximum number of buffered network energy consumption measurement reports.

In this way, the buffer number indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement information is used for adjusting the number of soul villages of the network energy consumption measurement report when the terminal sends the network energy consumption measurement report, so that the flexibility of sending the network energy consumption measurement report is improved, and the transmission pressure is reduced.

In some embodiments, the segmented transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate whether the terminal supports segmented transmission of the network energy consumption measurement report.

In this way, the terminal can judge whether to support the segmented transmission of the network energy consumption measurement report or not through the segmented transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement information. And further, under the condition that the terminal supports the segmented transmission of the network energy consumption measurement report, the segmented transmission of the network energy consumption measurement report reduces the transmission burden and avoids unnecessary consumption.

In some embodiments, a buffer threshold for a network energy consumption measurement report is used to characterize storing or discarding the network energy consumption measurement report if it is greater or less than a preset threshold.

Therefore, the preset threshold can be set according to the actual situation, so that whether the network energy consumption measurement report needs to be stored or not is determined, the burden of the storage space is reduced, and the storage requirement under different situations can be well met.

In some embodiments, the buffer priority of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to characterize the priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

In this way, according to the buffer priority of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the importance of the network energy consumption measurement report can be determined, and then according to the importance of the network energy consumption measurement report, the network energy consumption measurement report is sequentially transmitted to obtain the network energy consumption measurement report with higher importance preferentially.

It should be noted that, in the case where the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is directly configured by a higher layer entity, the network energy consumption measurement report generated based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information may or may not be visible to the base station.

For the visibility of the network energy consumption measurement report described above, in some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information further includes at least one of: a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) visible period of the network energy consumption measurement report, a RAN visible buffer number of the network energy consumption measurement report, a signaling radio bearer (SIGNALLING RADIO BEARER, SRB) indication, a generation body of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

Wherein the RAN visible period of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to characterize the time interval during which the base station is able to see the network energy consumption measurement report. The RAN visible buffer count of network energy consumption measurement reports is used to characterize the number of network energy consumption measurement reports that the base station can see the terminal buffer. The SRB indication is used to indicate the type of SRB used by the base station in transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report, and may be SRB4 or SRB5, for example. The generation body of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is used to characterize the body of the configuration network energy consumption measurement configuration information, such as a mobile device (MN) or a Service Network (SN).

Therefore, the visible quantity and the visible period of the base station for the network energy consumption measurement report can be flexibly controlled through the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the management is more convenient. And the stability of the base station in transmission can be improved by SRB indication and only using a specific SRB transmission network energy consumption measurement report by the base station.

S102, generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In some embodiments, the terminal performs energy consumption measurement based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to generate a network energy consumption measurement report.

Illustratively, after receiving the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the terminal performs energy consumption measurement by an application program (application, APP) or an application server (application server, AS) of the terminal, and generates a network energy consumption measurement report according to the measurement result.

Wherein the network energy consumption measurement report comprises at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, traffic type of measured network, area range of measured network, network slice in measured network, identification of PDU session in measured network, qoS data flow in measured network, identification of SNPN network in measured network, identification of measured public land mobile network, identification of measured core network area, identification of network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification of network energy consumption measurement report, segment upload indication of network energy consumption measurement report, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

The specific description from the network energy consumption measurement reference information to the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement may refer to the related description from the network energy consumption measurement reference information to the identifier of the core network area in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, which is not described herein, and only other information of the network energy consumption measurement report is described below.

In some embodiments, the identification of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to identify the network energy consumption measurement report to distinguish between different network energy consumption measurement reports.

In some embodiments, the terminal identification of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to identify the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to or associated with itself. The terminal identification of the network energy consumption measurement report is more specific than the identification of the network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the energy consumption information is used to represent information about energy consumption in the energy consumption measurement. The energy consumption information includes at least one of: total energy consumption, electrical energy consumption, thermal energy consumption, fuel consumption, green energy consumption, carbon intensity, carbon emissions, renewable energy information, the renewable energy information being used to characterize renewable non-fossil energy.

Illustratively, the total energy consumption (total energy consumption) is typically expressed in units of measure, such as kilowatt-hours (kW/h) or joules (joules). The power consumption (ELECTRICAL ENERGY consum ption) is typically in kilowatt-hours. Thermal energy consumption (THERMAL ENERGY samples) is used to represent heat-related energy consumption, typically expressed in units of heat, such as kilocalories (kcal) or joules. Fuel consumption (fuel consumption) is used to represent the energy consumption produced using fossil fuels or other energy sources, typically expressed in units of heat, such as kilocalories or joules. Green energy consumption is used to represent the energy consumption produced using renewable energy sources (e.g., solar, wind, who energy, etc.), typically expressed in watt-hours (W/h) or kilowatt-hours. Carbon Intensity (Carbon density) is used to indicate the relationship of energy usage to Carbon dioxide, and is typically expressed using Carbon dioxide emissions produced per unit energy, such as Carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour. The method for calculating the carbon intensity comprises the steps of converting the energy consumption into standard coal, and then calculating the carbon dioxide emission of unit standard coal. The calculation formula is as follows: carbon intensity = carbon emissions/standard coal consumption 1000000. The carbon emission can be obtained by direct measurement or calculation through parameters such as energy consumption, factors and the like, and the standard coal consumption can be obtained by calculation through parameters such as energy consumption, energy conversion standard coal coefficient and the like. The carbon emission is used to represent the emission of carbon dioxide per watt-hour or kilowatt-hour, and the calculation method can be the following formula: carbon emission = emission factor the emission, the emission factor representing the emission of carbon dioxide per fuel or energy source. Renewable energy information is used to characterize renewable non-fossil energy sources, such as: wind energy, solar energy, gas-heat energy, geothermal energy, hydrothermal energy, ocean energy, hydroelectric power generation, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, biogas, etc., are typically expressed in watt-hours or kilowatt-hours.

In some embodiments, the energy efficiency information is an important indicator for evaluating energy consumption performance, representing wireless performance or throughput obtained by unit energy consumption. The energy efficiency information includes at least one of: energy consumption efficiency, energy efficiency, renewable energy efficiency.

Illustratively, energy consumption efficiency is typically expressed in units of bits per joule (bit/j) or bits per watt-hour (bit/Wh), and the like. The energy efficiency (ENERGY EFFICIENCY) is typically expressed as a percentage and is calculated as the ratio of the available energy output to the total input energy. For example, in measuring for a certain service in a terminal, the method of calculation is to take the ratio percentage of the energy consumption of the service to the energy consumption of the terminal as the energy efficiency of the service. For another example, in the case of measuring the energy consumption efficiency of one or more slices in one cell, the ratio percentage of the energy consumption of the one or more slices to the energy consumption of all the cells or the energy consumption of all the slices of the cell is taken as the energy efficiency of the one or more slices. Renewable energy efficiency is used to characterize the percentage of renewable energy consumed as a ratio of total energy consumption. For example, the ratio of renewable energy consumed by a terminal to total energy consumption is a percentage. For another example, in the case of measuring renewable energy efficiency of one or more slices of one cell, a ratio percentage of renewable energy consumed by the one or more slices to all energy consumption of the cell or all slices of the cell is taken as the renewable energy efficiency of the one or more slices.

In some embodiments, the terminal receives the second information to stop making the energy consumption measurement.

The second message is used for indicating the terminal to stop performing energy consumption measurement or indicating the terminal to release network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The second message includes at least one of: a suspension indication of energy consumption measurement, a release indication of network energy consumption measurement configuration information, an ID of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the second message is RRC release information.

In an exemplary case, when the terminal enters a non-connection state, the base station sends second information to the terminal when the terminal needs to enter to stop energy consumption measurement or release network energy consumption measurement configuration information, stops energy consumption measurement, and releases the energy consumption measurement configuration information stored in the AS.

After the terminal stops energy consumption measurement due to the non-connection state, if the terminal reenters the connection state, the terminal firstly acquires the ID of the currently connected base station and the ID of the cell. Further, whether the ID of the base station and the ID of the cell are changed or not is judged, and under the condition that the ID of the base station and the ID of the cell are not changed, the terminal actively performs energy consumption measurement. In case of a change, the terminal monitors whether the base station retransmits new network energy consumption measurement configuration information. Or if the terminal reenters the connection state, responding to the start instruction of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption configuration information sent by the base station, and restarting the energy consumption measurement by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal caches the generated network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

The terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on an energy consumption threshold of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, energy consumption measurement reports in which the total energy consumption exceeds the energy consumption threshold of the energy consumption measurement are cached.

In yet another example, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on a cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the network energy consumption measurement report buffer of the terminal with the network energy consumption measurement value greater than the buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report is discarded when the network energy consumption measurement value is less than or equal to the buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report.

In yet another example, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on a cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the terminal preferentially caches the network energy consumption measurement reports with higher caching priority.

In another example, the terminal may also buffer the network energy consumption measurement report according to the generation time of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, the terminal preferentially caches earlier generated network energy consumption measurement reports.

S103, sending a network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the base station with the terminal in a connected state, as shown in fig. 4.

In other embodiments, in the case that the terminal is in a non-connected state, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report, as shown in fig. 5, which may be specifically implemented as the following steps:

S201, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report indication message to the base station.

Illustratively, the network energy consumption measurement report indication message is used to characterize that the terminal needs to send the network energy consumption measurement report. The network energy consumption measurement report indication message comprises at least one of the following: RRC reconfiguration complete message and RRC recovery complete message.

S202, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the base station.

The network energy consumption measurement report may be carried on uplink information. The uplink information may be, for example, a signal, data, or request sent by the terminal to the base station.

It should be noted that, when the terminal is in a non-connection state, the generated network energy consumption measurement report needs to be cached, which specifically includes at least one of the following:

under the condition that the storage space of the terminal is not full, the terminal directly caches the generated network energy consumption measurement report;

In case the storage space of the terminal is full, the terminal caches the overlay network energy consumption measurement report based on the time of generating the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, the shortest network energy consumption measurement report will be generated, and the network energy consumption measurement report with the longest time is generated by the cache coverage;

and under the condition that the storage space of the terminal is full, the terminal caches and covers the network energy consumption measurement report based on the caching priority of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, the network energy consumption measurement report with higher priority is cached, and the network energy consumption measurement report with lower priority is cached and covered.

And under the condition that the storage space of the terminal is full, automatically triggering the sending instruction of the network energy consumption measurement report of the terminal, and automatically sending the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station by the terminal.

And under the condition that the storage space of the terminal is full, the terminal caches and covers the network energy consumption measurement report based on the caching threshold value of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, the network energy consumption measurement report with the occupied space being larger than the buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report is buffered and covered, and the network energy consumption measurement report with the occupied space being smaller than or equal to the buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report is directly discarded without being buffered.

In some embodiments, the terminal sends the network energy consumption measurement report, which may be specifically implemented as any one of the following:

based on the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, sending the network energy consumption measurement report;

based on the sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, sending the network energy consumption measurement report;

Based on the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, sending the network energy consumption measurement report;

and sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and the buffer priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

Illustratively, taking a network energy consumption measurement report with a transmission period of 20 minutes as an example, the terminal transmits the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station every 20 minutes.

Still further exemplary, the terminal transmits the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station in case any one of the energy consumption value/the energy efficiency threshold/the renewable energy threshold/the carbon emission threshold in the network energy consumption measurement report reaches the corresponding energy consumption threshold/the energy efficiency threshold/the renewable energy threshold/the carbon emission threshold in the transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, respectively.

In another example, in the case that the network energy consumption measurement configuration information carries a real-time transmission instruction of the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal directly transmits the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station after generating the network energy consumption measurement report.

In another example, the terminal sends an indication based on a period of the network energy consumption measurement report, caches the generated network energy consumption measurement report according to the above caching procedure of the network energy consumption measurement report, and sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station according to a preset sending period.

In this way, the terminal can realize the energy consumption measurement of the network based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. And according to the energy consumption measurement result, a network energy consumption measurement report is generated, so that the energy consumption of the network is conveniently monitored and managed, and the effect of saving energy is further achieved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, the terminal sends measurement capability information to the base station before the terminal acquires the network energy consumption measurement report (UE capability information).

The measurement capability information is used for representing the capability of the terminal for measuring energy consumption. The measurement capability information is used to indicate at least one of:

Whether energy consumption measurements are supported;

whether to support energy consumption measurement in a connected state or a disconnected state;

whether the network energy consumption measurement report is supported to be sent through SRB4 or SRB 5;

Whether energy consumption measurement of a service type is supported;

whether energy consumption measurement in a double-link scenario is supported or not;

Whether or not to support segmented transmission of network energy consumption measurement reports.

Illustratively, the measurement capability information sent by the terminal to the base station includes at least one of:

The terminal supports energy consumption measurement;

the terminal supports energy consumption measurement in a connection state or a non-connection state;

The terminal supports sending a network energy consumption measurement report through SRB4 or SRB 5;

The terminal respectively supports energy consumption measurement of a DASH type, a MTSI type, a VR type, an AR type, an XR type, a data service type, a voice service type, an Internet of things service type, a real-time communication service type and a location service type;

the terminal supports energy consumption measurement in a double-link (dual connectivity, DC) scene;

the terminal supports the segmented transport network energy consumption measurement report.

In this way, the base station can know the capability of the terminal for energy consumption measurement through the measurement capability information, so that the network energy consumption measurement configuration information can be configured better, and the energy consumption measurement efficiency can be improved.

Fig. 7 shows a flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method provided by the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 7, the energy consumption measurement method is applied to a base station, and includes the following steps:

s301, sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal.

In some embodiments, the base station transmits a first message to the terminal.

Wherein the first message includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The first message is at least one of the following: a radio resource control protocol (RRC) reconfiguration message and an RRC recovery message. The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identification of network slice, identification of protocol data unit PDU session, quality of service QoS data flow, identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, suspension indication of energy consumption measurement, suspension transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segment transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information is a unique identification identifying the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and is composed of a plurality of identification information. The network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of: mobile country code (mobile country code, MCC), mobile network code (mobile network code, MNC), tracking area code (TRACKING AREA code, TAC), public land mobile network identifier (public land mobile network idtity, PLMN ID), identifier of base station (the next generation node b idtity, gNB ID), location area code location area code, LAC), identifier ID of network energy consumption measurement reference information. The identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information is used for distinguishing the network energy consumption measurement reference information from other network energy consumption measurement reference information under the same condition.

In some embodiments, the regional scope is used to characterize the regional scope of the network to be measured. The region range includes at least one of: cell based, cell set (TIMING ADVANCE based, TA based), tracking area identity (TRACKING AREA IDENTITY based, TAI based), public land mobile network area (public land mobile network area based, PLMN area based), user plane location area UPSA, user plane service area (user plane location area, UPSA), preset flag area range.

In some embodiments, slice information in the network to be measured is identified by an identification of the network slice carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information (slice information). The identification of the network slice may be a single network slice selection assistance information (single network slice selection assistance information, S-NSSAI) parameter or a network slice assistance information group identification (network SLICE ASSISTANCE information group id, NSAG ID).

In some embodiments, the identity of the protocol data unit PDU session (PDU session ID) is a digital identifier used to identify the PDU session in the network to be measured. For example, the PDU session ID (integer (0..255)) characterizes an identifier of a PDU session in the range of an integer from 0 to 255.

In some embodiments, the identity of SNPN may be a network identifier (Network Identifier, NID) for identifying SNPN in the network to be measured. Wherein the NID is completely independent of the PLMN ID.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information further comprises at least one of: a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) visible period of the network energy consumption measurement report, a RAN visible buffer number of the network energy consumption measurement report, a signaling radio bearer (SIGNALLING RADIO BEARER, SRB) indication, a generation body of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

It should be noted that, when the terminal moves to cause the terminal to be switched from the source base station (gNB) to the target base station, and the target base station continues to instruct the terminal to perform the energy consumption measurement, the source base station needs to send the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the target base station.

Based on this, in some embodiments, in the case where the base station is the source base station of the terminal, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is sent to the target base station of the terminal.

Correspondingly, when the base station is a target base station of the terminal, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the source base station of the terminal is received.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 8, the source base station transmits a handover request message (handover request) to the target base station based on the communication interface (Xn). The handover request message is used to instruct the terminal to be handed over from the source base station to the target base station. The switching request message comprises network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

Still another example, as shown in fig. 9, when the source base station transmits a handover request message to the target base station based on a communication interface (Xn) or a connection interface (NG), the source base station may transmit the handover request message to the target base station through the AMF network element. For example, the handover request message may be a transparent container (source to TARGET TRANSPARENT container) cell or dedicated signaling. The handover request message includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

It should be noted that the terminal supports an application scenario of dual-link energy consumption measurement. The base station may determine whether the energy consumption measurement involves a single base station or a dual base station based on network energy consumption measurement configuration information configured by higher layer entities.

For example, in the case that the measurement object indicated by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is granularity of network slice, PDU session, qoS, and the like, the energy consumption measurement is the energy consumption measurement monitored by the single base station. And under the condition that the measurement object indicated by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is granularity of a terminal, a service and the like, the energy consumption measurement monitored by the two base stations is involved. Wherein two base stations to which the terminal is connected, one is called a master node (M-gNB) of the terminal and the other is called a slave node (S-gNB) of the terminal.

For energy consumption measurements involving single base station monitoring, reference may be made to the relevant description above, and this disclosure is not repeated here, and the following description refers to energy consumption measurements involving two base station monitoring.

In some embodiments, the base station is a master node of the terminal, and receives the network energy consumption measurement information sent by the higher-layer entity or the auxiliary node of the terminal before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 10, a master node of a terminal receives network energy consumption measurement configuration information transmitted by a higher layer entity.

Still another example, in the case that the higher layer entity transmits the network energy consumption measurement report to the secondary node of the terminal, as shown in fig. 11, the primary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information transmitted by the secondary node of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the base station is a secondary node of the terminal, and receives the network energy consumption measurement information sent by the higher-layer entity or the primary node of the terminal before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 12, the secondary node of the terminal receives network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher layer entity.

Still another example, in the case that the higher layer entity transmits the network energy consumption measurement report to the master node of the terminal, as shown in fig. 13, the slave node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information transmitted by the master node of the terminal.

It should be noted that, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information may be carried in dedicated signaling. The dedicated signaling may be, for example, add node signaling (S-NODE ADDITION REQUEST) or may be modification request signaling (S-NODE MODIFICATION REQUEST). Illustratively, the higher-level entity includes any one of the following: the system comprises an energy-saving entity, an energy consumption measuring entity, an operation management and maintenance (OAM) network element and an Authentication Management Function (AMF) network element.

In some embodiments, the base station receives measurement capability information sent by the terminal before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal.

Whether energy consumption measurements are supported;

Whether transmission of network energy consumption measurement reports through SRB4 or SRB5 is supported;

Whether energy consumption measurement of a service type is supported;

In some embodiments, the base station transmits a second message to the terminal.

S302, receiving a network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal.

Wherein the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identification of network slice, identification of protocol data unit PDU session, quality of service QoS data flow, identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, suspension indication of energy consumption measurement, suspension transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segment transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report to a higher layer entity.

In a single connection scenario, a node to which a terminal transmitting a network energy consumption measurement report is connected is determined according to the base station involved.

In an exemplary case that the base station involved is the master node of the terminal, the master node of the terminal directly sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the higher-layer entity when receiving the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal.

And under the double-link scene, determining the node for sending the network energy consumption measurement report according to the node for receiving the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

The main node of the terminal and the auxiliary node of the terminal respectively send the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report to the higher-layer entity, and indicate the sending main body of the network energy consumption measurement report through the indication information. Or the main node of the terminal and the auxiliary node of the terminal respectively send the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report to the higher-layer entity based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and indicate the sending main body of the network energy consumption measurement report through the indication information.

In another example, when the master node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the higher-layer entity, the slave node of the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the master node of the terminal, and indicates that the included sending main body is the slave node of the terminal through the indication information. Further, after receiving the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the auxiliary node of the terminal, the main node of the terminal integrates the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the auxiliary node of the terminal with the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the main node of the terminal and then sends the integrated network energy consumption measurement report to a high-level entity, and indicates the sending main bodies of the two network energy consumption measurement reports through indication information.

In another example, when the auxiliary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the higher-layer entity, the main node of the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the auxiliary node of the terminal, and indicates that the included sending main body is the main node of the terminal through the indication information. Further, after receiving the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the main node of the terminal, the auxiliary node of the terminal integrates the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the main node of the terminal with the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the auxiliary node of the terminal and then sends the integrated network energy consumption measurement report to a high-level entity, and indicates the sending main bodies of the two network energy consumption measurement reports through indication information.

In this way, the base station transmits the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal, so that the terminal performs energy consumption measurement based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. And generating a network energy consumption measurement report according to the measurement result, analyzing the network energy consumption condition according to the network energy consumption measurement report, further adjusting related configuration, and reducing the network energy consumption.

It will be appreciated that the energy consumption measuring device, in order to achieve the above-described functions, comprises corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules performing the respective functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the algorithm steps of the examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.

The embodiment of the disclosure may divide the functional modules of the energy consumption measurement device according to the embodiment of the method, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one functional module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or software. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the division of the modules is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual practice. The following description will take an example of dividing each function module into corresponding functions.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of an energy consumption measurement device applied to a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the energy consumption measurement device 140 may perform the energy consumption measurement method provided in the above method embodiment. As shown in fig. 14, the energy consumption measuring apparatus 140 includes a communication module 1401 and a processing module 1402.

A communication module 1401 is configured to obtain energy consumption measurement configuration information.

A processing module 1402, configured to generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

The communication module 1401 is further configured to send a network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identification of network slice, identification of protocol data unit PDU session, quality of service QoS data flow, identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of higher layer entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, suspension indication of energy consumption measurement, suspension transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segment transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of: a mobile country code MCC, a mobile network code MNC, a tracking area code TAC, a public land mobile network identifier PLMN ID, an identifier gNB ID of the base station, a location area code LAC, an identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information.

In some embodiments, the traffic type includes at least one of: the adaptive bit rate streaming technology DASH type, the multimedia telephony service MTSI type, the virtual reality VR type, the augmented reality AR type, the augmented reality XR type, the data traffic type, the voice traffic type, the internet of things traffic type, the real-time communication traffic type, and the location service traffic type.

In some embodiments, the regional scope includes at least one of: cell based, cell set TA based, tracking area identity TAI based, public land mobile network area, user plane location area UPSA, user plane service area UPSA, preset tag area range.

In some embodiments, the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, carbon emission type.

In some embodiments, the transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report comprises at least one of: an energy consumption threshold, an energy efficiency threshold, a renewable energy utilization threshold, a carbon emission threshold.

In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of: a start time stamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop time stamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, a validity time of the energy consumption measurement.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information further comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of generating a Radio Access Network (RAN) visible period of a network energy consumption measurement report, a RAN visible buffer number of the network energy consumption measurement report, a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) indication and a generation main body of network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is specifically configured to receive a first message sent by a base station, where the first message includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information. Wherein the first message is at least one of: a radio resource control protocol (RRC) reconfiguration message and an RRC recovery message.

In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is further configured to receive a second message, where the second message is used to instruct the terminal to stop making the energy consumption measurement or instruct the terminal to release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In some embodiments, the second message includes at least one of: a suspension indication of energy consumption measurement, a release indication of network energy consumption measurement configuration information, an ID of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the second message is RRC release information.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, traffic type of measured network, area range of measured network, network slice in measured network, identification of PDU session in measured network, qoS data flow in measured network, identification of SNPN in measured network, identification of measured public land mobile network, identification of measured core network area, identification of network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification of network energy consumption measurement report, segment upload indication of network energy consumption measurement report, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is specifically configured to: based on the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, sending the network energy consumption measurement report; based on the sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, sending the network energy consumption measurement report; based on the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, sending the network energy consumption measurement report; and sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and the buffer priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is further configured to send measurement capability information, which is used to characterize the capability of the terminal to make energy consumption measurements.

In some embodiments, the measurement capability information is used to indicate at least one of: whether energy consumption measurements are supported; whether to support energy consumption measurement in a connected state or a disconnected state; whether transmission of network energy consumption measurement reports through SRB4 or SRB5 is supported; whether energy consumption measurement of a service type is supported; whether energy consumption measurement under double links is supported or not; whether or not to support segmented transmission of network energy consumption measurement reports.

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of an energy consumption measurement device applied to a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the energy consumption measurement device 150 may perform the energy consumption measurement method provided in the foregoing method embodiment. As shown in fig. 15, the energy consumption measuring apparatus 150 includes a transmitting module 1501 and a receiving module 1502.

A sending module 1501 is configured to send network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a terminal.

The receiving module 1502 is configured to receive a network energy consumption measurement report sent by a terminal, where the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identification of network slice, identification of protocol data unit PDU session, quality of service QoS data flow, identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, suspension indication of energy consumption measurement, suspension transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segment transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, buffer priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

In some embodiments, the base station is a master node of the terminal, and the receiving module 1502 is specifically configured to receive network energy consumption measurement information sent by a higher layer entity or a secondary node of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the base station is a secondary node of the terminal, and the receiving module 1502 is specifically configured to receive network energy consumption measurement information sent by a higher layer entity or a primary node of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the higher-level entity comprises any one of the following: the system comprises an energy-saving entity, an energy consumption measuring entity, an operation management and maintenance (OAM) network element and an Authentication Management Function (AMF) network element.

In some embodiments, the sending module 1501 is further configured to send the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a destination base station of the terminal if the base station is a source base station of the terminal.

In the case of implementing the functions of the above-described integrated modules in the form of hardware, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide another possible structure of the energy consumption measurement device referred to in the above-described embodiments. As shown in fig. 16, the energy consumption measuring device 160 includes: processor 1602, bus 1604. Optionally, the energy consumption measurement device 160 may further include a memory 1601; optionally, the energy consumption measurement device 160 may further comprise a communication interface 1603.

The processor 1602, which may be a processor, may be a processor that implements or executes various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with embodiments of the disclosure. The processor 1602 may be a central processor, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various exemplary logic blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with embodiments of the disclosure. The processor 1602 may also be a combination that performs computing functions, such as including one or more microprocessor combinations, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like.

Communication interface 1603 for connection with other devices through a communication network. The communication network may be an ethernet, a radio access network, a wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc.

The memory 1601 may be, but is not limited to, a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-only memory, EEPROM), magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

As a possible implementation, the memory 1601 may exist separately from the processor 1602, and the memory 1601 may be coupled to the processor 1602 by a bus 1604 for storing instructions or program code. The processor 1602, when calling and executing instructions or program code stored in the memory 1601, is capable of implementing the energy consumption measurement method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In another possible implementation, the memory 1601 may also be integrated with the processor 1602.

Bus 1604, which may be an extended industry standard architecture (extended industry standard architecture, EISA) bus, or the like. The bus 1604 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 16, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer readable storage medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer readable storage medium) having stored therein computer program instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the energy consumption measurement method of any one of the embodiments described above.

By way of example, the computer-readable storage media described above can include, but are not limited to: magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard Disk, floppy Disk or tape, etc.), optical disks (e.g., compact Disk (CD), digital versatile Disk (DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK, DVD), etc.), smart cards, and flash Memory devices (e.g., erasable programmable read-Only Memory (EPROM), card, stick, or key drive, etc.). Various computer-readable storage media described in this disclosure may represent one or more devices and/or other machine-readable storage media for storing information. The term "machine-readable storage medium" can include, without being limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and/or carrying instruction(s) and/or data.

The disclosed embodiments provide a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the energy consumption measurement method according to any of the above embodiments.

The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the disclosure, but the protection scope of the disclosure is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the disclosure should be covered by the protection scope of the disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1.An energy consumption measurement method, applied to a terminal, comprising:

acquiring network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

And sending the network energy consumption measurement report.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network energy consumption measurement configuration information comprises at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identification of network slice, identification of protocol data unit PDU session, quality of service QoS data flow, identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of higher layer entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, suspension indication of energy consumption measurement report, suspension transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, buffer quantity indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, section transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report, buffer priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network energy consumption measurement reference information comprises at least one of: a mobile country code MCC, a mobile network code MNC, a tracking area code TAC, a public land mobile network identifier PLMN ID, an identifier gNB ID of a base station, a location area code LAC, an identifier ID of said network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the traffic type comprises at least one of: the adaptive bit rate streaming technology DASH type, the multimedia telephony service MTSI type, the virtual reality VR type, the augmented reality AR type, the augmented reality XR type, the data traffic type, the voice traffic type, the internet of things traffic type, the real-time communication traffic type, and the location service traffic type.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the regional scope comprises at least one of: a cell Cellbased, a set of cells TA based, a tracking area identity TAIbased, PLMN area, a user plane location area UPSA, a user plane service area UPSA, a preset mark area range.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement comprises at least one of: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, carbon emission type.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report comprises at least one of: energy consumption threshold, energy efficiency threshold, renewable energy threshold, carbon emission threshold.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement comprises at least one of: a start time stamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop time stamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, a validity time of the energy consumption measurement.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the network energy consumption measurement configuration information further comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of generating a Radio Access Network (RAN) visible period of the network energy consumption measurement report, the RAN visible buffer memory quantity of the network energy consumption measurement report, a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) indication and a main body for generating the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information comprises:

Receiving a first message sent by a base station, wherein the first message comprises the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; wherein the first message is at least one of: a radio resource control protocol (RRC) reconfiguration message and an RRC recovery message.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving a second message, wherein the second message is used for indicating the terminal to stop performing energy consumption measurement or indicating the terminal to release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second message comprises at least one of: a suspension instruction of energy consumption measurement, a release instruction of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and an ID of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, wherein the second message is RRC release information.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the network energy consumption measurement report comprises at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, traffic type of measured network, area range of measured network, network slice in measured network, identification of PDU session in measured network, qoS data flow in measured network, identification of SNPN in measured network, identification of measured public land mobile network, identification of measured core network area, identification of network energy consumption measurement report, identification of terminal identification of network energy consumption measurement report, segment upload indication of network energy consumption measurement report, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

14. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report comprises any one of:

Based on the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report;

Transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report based on a real-time transmission instruction of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

15. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to obtaining the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the method further comprises:

and sending measurement capability information, wherein the measurement capability information is used for representing the capability of the terminal for carrying out energy consumption measurement.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the measurement capability information is used to indicate at least one of:

Whether energy consumption measurements are supported;

Whether energy consumption measurement of a service type is supported;

Whether to support the segmented transmission of the network energy consumption measurement report.

17. An energy consumption measurement method, applied to a base station, the method comprising:

Transmitting network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a terminal;

And receiving a network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal, wherein the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the network energy consumption measurement configuration information comprises at least one of: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identification of network slice, identification of protocol data unit PDU session, quality of service QoS data flow, identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, suspension indication of energy consumption measurement report, suspension transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, buffer quantity indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, section transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, buffer threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report, buffer priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the base station is a master node of the terminal, and wherein prior to the sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further comprises:

And receiving network energy consumption measurement information sent by a higher entity or an auxiliary node of the terminal.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the base station is a secondary node of the terminal, and wherein prior to the sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further comprises:

and receiving network energy consumption measurement information sent by a higher-layer entity or a main node of the terminal.

21. The method according to any of claims 19 to 20, wherein the higher layer entity comprises any of the following: the system comprises an energy-saving entity, an energy consumption measuring entity, an operation management and maintenance (OAM) network element and an Authentication Management Function (AMF) network element.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

and under the condition that the base station is a source base station of the terminal, sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a destination base station of the terminal.

23. An energy consumption measuring device comprising a processor, the processor, when executing a computer program, implementing the energy consumption measuring method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 or implementing the energy consumption measuring method according to any one of claims 17 to 22.

24. A computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium comprising computer instructions; wherein the computer instructions, when executed, implement the energy consumption measurement method of any of claims 1 to 16, or the energy consumption measurement method of any of claims 17 to 22.