WO2016070578A1 - 非授权载波的测量方法、系统、相关设备及计算机存储介质 - Google Patents

非授权载波的测量方法、系统、相关设备及计算机存储介质 Download PDF

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WO2016070578A1
WO2016070578A1 PCT/CN2015/076576 CN2015076576W WO2016070578A1 WO 2016070578 A1 WO2016070578 A1 WO 2016070578A1 CN 2015076576 W CN2015076576 W CN 2015076576W WO 2016070578 A1 WO2016070578 A1 WO 2016070578A1
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  • the present invention relates to wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, system, related device, and computer storage medium for measuring an unlicensed carrier.
  • LTE/LTE-A Long Term Evolution Advanced
  • 3GPP The 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  • LTE supports multiple bandwidth allocations: 1.4MHz, 3MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 15MHz and 20MHz, etc., spectrum allocation is more flexible.
  • LTE currently works mainly on the licensed spectrum, and the frequency bands selected in different regions are also different.
  • LTE-A In order to support a wider frequency band, LTE-A introduces Carrier Aggregation (CA), and the basic idea is to form a wider spectrum by aggregating multiple consecutive or discrete carriers together. Through carrier aggregation, LTE-A can support up to 100MHz bandwidth.
  • CA Carrier Aggregation
  • TPC Transmit Power Control
  • DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection
  • LBT Listening Before Talk
  • the measured quantity of the WiFi system is mainly a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), which indicates that the receiver receives the broadband received power on the channel bandwidth.
  • RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
  • measuring and looking at the average RSSI is the most important means of judging interference. If the RSSI value is found to be significantly above a certain threshold, there must be reverse link interference, which means that the channel is currently occupied by other systems or other network nodes.
  • the measurement of the LTE system mainly includes channel state information measurement and Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement, and the channel state information measurement mainly includes common reference signal (CRS) measurement and channel state information measurement reference signal (CSI-RS) measurement.
  • the RRM measurement mainly includes: Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) measurement, RSSI and Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ).
  • RSRP is defined as the average of the linear power received on all resource elements (REs) carrying CRS within the measurement frequency bandwidth.
  • the RSSI is defined as an average of the linear total received power of the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in which the CRS antenna port 0 is located within the measurement frequency bandwidth, wherein there are N resource blocks (RBs) within the measurement frequency bandwidth.
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • the RSSI includes all sources received by the UE, including a co-channel service cell, a co-channel non-serving cell, neighbor cell interference, and thermal noise. If the higher layer configuration RSSI is measured in certain subframe sets, the RSSI should use all OFDM symbols within the set of subframes for measurement.
  • the cell On the authorized carrier, the cell transmits a PSS/SSS of 5 ms period, a CRS of 1 ms period, and a CSI-RS for cell detection and RRM measurement.
  • a PSS/SSS of 5 ms period
  • a CRS of 1 ms period
  • a CSI-RS for cell detection and RRM measurement.
  • such short-term periodic transmissions can cause interference to nearby WiFi and other LAA nodes.
  • the reference signal since the occupation of unlicensed carrier resources is uncertain, the reference signal must be discontinuous.
  • the original channel state information measurement and RRM measurement methods of the LTE system have certain problems.
  • the embodiments of the present invention mainly provide a method, a system, a related device, and a computer storage medium for measuring an unlicensed carrier.
  • An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier, including:
  • the network side device determines an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel, and instructs the user equipment (UE, User Equipment) to measure the available channel.
  • UE User Equipment
  • the indicating that the UE performs measurement on the available channel includes: sending a measurement reference signal to the UE during an occupation period of the available channel, to instruct the UE to perform measurement on the available channel according to the measurement reference signal.
  • determining, by the network side device, the available channels of the unlicensed carrier according to the available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel includes:
  • the network side device determines the available state of the target unlicensed carrier channel according to the regional control requirement, and determines the unlicensed carrier channel according to the fixed measurement bandwidth or the variable measurement bandwidth after determining that the available state of the unlicensed carrier channel is the normal use state. Make usability measurements and measure the available channels.
  • the performing the availability measurement on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the fixed measurement bandwidth or the variable measurement bandwidth includes:
  • the network side device determines the measurement bandwidth W1 according to the data transmission requirement in advance, and performs the availability measurement of the unlicensed carrier channel according to the measurement bandwidth W1; or
  • the network side device adjusts the measurement bandwidth W1 to W2, ..., Wn, and performs usability measurement on the unlicensed carrier channel according to W2, ..., Wn, respectively, where W1, W2, ..., Wn are Different values of bandwidth.
  • the performing the availability measurement includes any one of the following methods:
  • the network side device performs energy detection on one or more unlicensed carrier channels, and determines the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel according to the relationship between the detected energy and a preset threshold;
  • the network side device measures the same system interference and the different system interference of the unlicensed carrier channel, and determines the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel according to the measured interference result, wherein when the interference signal is detected as the different system signal, the non-authorization is considered
  • the carrier channel is an unavailable channel; when the interference signal is detected as the same system signal, the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an available channel; when a part of the same system signal is detected and the other part is a different system signal, according to the preset same system Threshold of the ratio of the energy of the different system, when the signal energy of the same system is greater than the threshold, it is determined to be the same system interference, and the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an available channel, otherwise it is determined to be an inter-system interference, and the unlicensed carrier channel is considered as not available.
  • Using a channel when detecting an interference signal when the system is silent, determining that the system is interfered with, and the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an unavailable channel;
  • the network side device presets the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold, and performs energy detection on one or more unlicensed carrier channels.
  • the unlicensed carrier channel is considered as Directly available channel;
  • the same system interference and the different system interference of the unlicensed carrier channel are measured, and the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel is determined according to the measured interference result;
  • the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an unavailable channel.
  • the method further includes: the network side device sends a measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling to the UE in a non-occupied period of the available channel.
  • the method further includes: when the network side device sends the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling to the UE in the non-occupied period of the available channel, the network side device implicitly notifies the available state of the available channel.
  • the UE transmits a downlink control signal in the form of short control signaling, or sends a downlink control signal to the UE through the primary cell Pcell, and explicitly notifies the UE of the short control signal. Let the form of the measurement reference signal be sent.
  • the method further includes: the network side device continues to perform the available state and availability detection of all the unlicensed carrier channels during the occupation period of the available channels of the unlicensed carrier, and maintains the available channel list, and reports the information according to the UE.
  • the measurement result determines that the channel state of the unlicensed carrier channel that is currently occupied is deteriorated, and switches to another channel through the available channel list.
  • the method further includes: for the case that the uplink transmission is supported on the unlicensed carrier, the network side device measures the uplink measurement signal that is not continuously sent by the UE.
  • the embodiment of the invention further provides a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier, including:
  • the UE measures the available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device, and the measurement result is smoothed and reported to the network side device.
  • the measuring, by the UE, the available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device includes: the UE measuring the available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the measurement reference signal sent by the network side device.
  • the smoothing of the measurement result and reporting to the network side device includes:
  • the UE performs statistics on the measurement result according to the occupied time of the available channel of the unlicensed carrier or the specified time, and the measurement result of the occupied period of the available channel uses the authorized carrier in the occupied time of the available channel. Or an unlicensed carrier is reported.
  • the UE measures the occupancy period and the non-occupied period after measuring the occupied period and the non-occupied period of the available channel.
  • the measurement results are smoothed in any of the following ways:
  • the embodiment of the invention further provides a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier, including:
  • the network side device determines the unlicensed carrier according to the available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel. Available channel and instruct the UE to measure the available channel;
  • the UE measures the available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device, and the measurement result is smoothed and reported to the network side device.
  • An embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device, including: an available channel determining module and a signal sending module;
  • An available channel determination module configured to determine an available channel of the unlicensed carrier based on an available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel
  • the signal sending module is configured to instruct the UE to perform measurement on the available channel.
  • the signal sending module is configured to send a measurement reference signal to the UE during the occupation period of the available channel, to instruct the UE to perform measurement on the available channel according to the measurement reference signal.
  • the available channel determining module is configured to perform an available state judgment on the target unlicensed carrier channel according to the regional control requirement, and after determining that the available state of the unlicensed carrier channel is in a normal use state, according to a fixed measurement bandwidth or The variable measurement bandwidth makes usability measurements on the unlicensed carrier channel and measures the available channels.
  • the available channel determining module performs the availability measurement, including any one of the following methods:
  • the unlicensed carrier channel is considered as Unavailable channel; when the interfering signal is detected as the same system signal, the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an available channel; when a part of the same system signal is detected and the other part is a different system signal, according to the preset same system/different system
  • the threshold of the proportion of energy when the signal energy of the same system is greater than the threshold, it is determined to be the same system interference, and is considered The unlicensed carrier channel is an available channel, otherwise it is determined to be an inter-system interference, and the unlicensed carrier channel is considered as an unavailable channel; when the interference signal when the system is silent is detected, it is determined to be an inter-system interference, and the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be unavailable. channel;
  • the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an unavailable channel.
  • the signal sending module is further configured to send a measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling to the UE during a non-occupied period of the available channel when the area control allows the short control signaling to be sent.
  • the signal sending module is further configured to implicitly notify the UE of the transmission of the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling by using the available state of the available channel, or send the downlink control signal to the UE through the Pcell.
  • the UE is notified of the transmission of the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling.
  • the available channel determining module is further configured to continue to perform the available state and availability detection of all unlicensed carrier channels during the occupation period of the available channels of the unlicensed carrier, and maintain the available channel list according to the UE.
  • the reported measurement result determines that the channel state of the unlicensed carrier channel that is currently occupied is deteriorated, and the other channel is switched through the available channel list.
  • the network side device further includes an uplink measurement module configured to measure the discontinuously transmitted uplink measurement signal sent by the UE for the case that the uplink transmission is supported on the unlicensed carrier.
  • An embodiment of the present invention further provides a UE, including: a measurement module and a reporting module;
  • a measuring module configured to measure an available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device
  • the reporting module is configured to smooth the measurement result and report the result to the network side device.
  • the measuring module is configured to measure an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the measurement reference signal sent by the network side device.
  • the reporting module is configured to perform measurement of the measurement result according to the occupied time of the available channel of the unlicensed carrier or the specified time, and the measurement result of the occupied period of the available channel is in the current time.
  • the authorized carrier or the unlicensed carrier is reported in the occupied time of the available channel.
  • the reporting module is configured to perform measurement on the measurement result of the occupation period and the non-occupancy period after the measurement module measures both the occupied period and the non-occupied period of the available channel.
  • the present invention provides a measurement system for an unlicensed carrier, the system includes: a network side device, a UE;
  • a network side device configured to determine an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to an available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel, and instruct the user equipment UE to measure the available channel;
  • the UE is configured to perform measurement on the available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device, and the result is smoothed and reported to the network side device.
  • the network side device is configured to send a measurement reference signal to the UE during the occupation period of the available channel, to instruct the UE to measure the available channel according to the measurement reference signal;
  • the UE is configured to be unlicensed according to the measurement reference signal sent by the network side device.
  • the available channels of the weight carrier are measured.
  • the network side device is configured to perform an available state judgment on the target unlicensed carrier channel according to the regional control requirement, and after determining that the available state of the unlicensed carrier channel is a normal use state, according to a fixed measurement bandwidth or may The varying measurement bandwidth makes usability measurements on the unlicensed carrier channel and measures the available channels.
  • the network side device performs the availability measurement, including any one of the following methods:
  • the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an unavailable channel.
  • An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium includes a set of instructions, when executed, causing at least one processor to execute the network side device A method of measuring an unlicensed carrier of a row, or a method of measuring an unlicensed carrier performed by the UE.
  • the embodiment of the invention provides a method, a system, a related device and a computer storage medium for measuring an unlicensed carrier.
  • the network side device determines an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel, and indicates the UE The available channel is used for measurement; thus, the measurement behavior for the unlicensed carrier can be adapted to the case where the reference signal is discontinuously transmitted on the unlicensed spectrum, and the available state of the unlicensed carrier can be correctly evaluated to meet the regulatory requirements of the unlicensed carrier, and Can make RRM measurement results more accurate.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier on a network side according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a channel division according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier in a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic overall flowchart of a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a measurement system for an unlicensed carrier implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the network side device determines an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel, and instructs the UE to measure the available channel, and the UE provides the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device.
  • the channel is measured, and the measurement result is reported to the network side device.
  • the network side device may be a base station, a central base station, or a network node.
  • the embodiment of the invention implements a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps:
  • Step 101 The network side device determines an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to an available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel.
  • the network side device determines the available state of the target unlicensed carrier channel according to the regional control requirement, and determines whether the available state is the disabled state or the normal use state, and on the unlicensed carrier, according to the region.
  • the control requires that when a radar signal or other forced transmission signal arrives, the unlicensed carrier channel needs to be turned off within a specified time, and any system is prohibited from occupying the unlicensed carrier channel within a specified time.
  • the available state at this time is Disabled state, available state at other times is normal use state.
  • the network side device After determining that the available state of the unlicensed carrier channel is the normal use state, the network side device performs availability measurement on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the fixed measurement bandwidth or the variable measurement bandwidth, and measures the available channel, where the available channel includes direct availability.
  • the available channels may form a list of available channels in the form of a list;
  • the performing availability measurement on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the fixed measurement bandwidth or the variable measurement bandwidth includes:
  • Manner 1 The availability measurement is performed on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the fixed measurement bandwidth.
  • the network side device may determine the measurement bandwidth W1 according to the data transmission requirement in advance. For example, W1 may select one of 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, and 20 MHz, or may be other suitable bandwidths as the measurement bandwidth. Then, the availability measurement of the unlicensed carrier channel is performed according to the measurement bandwidth. Specifically, after the measurement bandwidth W1 is determined, the unlicensed carrier can be divided into N unlicensed carrier channels according to the measurement bandwidth W1, and the network side device can directly use one channel. The measurement may also perform availability measurement on all N channels in turn, and determine the available channels through measurement to form a list of available channels, and the network side device may select the channel in the list as the actually used or competing channel according to the measurement result.
  • Manner 2 The availability measurement is performed on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the variable measurement bandwidth.
  • the network side device can adjust the measurement bandwidth W1 to W2, ..., Wn, and perform usability measurement on the unlicensed carrier channel according to W2, ..., Wn, respectively, where W1, W2, ..., Wn are Different values.
  • the available channel is not detected according to the measurement bandwidth W1 on the unlicensed carrier; or the measurement result of the available channel does not meet the requirement, for example, the energy detection result is greater than a certain threshold, or the number of available channels is less than a certain threshold, which is disadvantageous for subsequent Perform dynamic channel adjustment.
  • the network side device In order to obtain a more comprehensive list of available channels, the network side device actively performs availability measurement on the unlicensed carrier channel according to different measurement bandwidths.
  • an unlicensed carrier with a bandwidth of 100 MHz is taken as an example. If the bandwidth is 5 MHz, the unlicensed carrier can be divided into 20 channels. If the bandwidth is 10 MHz, the unlicensed carrier can be divided into 19 channels. The channel; if the bandwidth is 20 MHz, the unlicensed carrier can be divided into 17 channels.
  • a indicates the channel occupancy situation, where blank indicates that the channel is idle, and the shadow indicates that the channel is busy here.
  • channel 1 For the availability measurement of this channel, if the base station performs channel availability measurement according to the 5 MHz bandwidth, channel 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19 are available channels, idle; if channel availability measurement is performed according to 10MHz bandwidth, channels 3, 7, 11, 12, 13 are available as available channels, idle; If the channel availability measurement is performed according to the 20 MHz bandwidth, it will be concluded that only channel 11 is an available channel, idle.
  • the unlicensed carrier channel is divided according to the nominal channel bandwidth as the measurement bandwidth, including the effective channel and the guard interval, and the occupied channel bandwidth refers to the bandwidth including most of the channel energy. , usually slightly less than the nominal channel bandwidth. Partial overlap is allowed between unlicensed carrier channels. For example, for a case where the actual occupied bandwidth is 20 MHz, channel division can be performed according to a nominal bandwidth of 22 MHz as a measurement bandwidth, and the center frequencies of adjacent channels are 5 MHz apart.
  • the availability measurement includes the following methods:
  • the network side device performs energy detection on one or more unlicensed carrier channels, and determines the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel according to the relationship between the detected energy and a preset threshold, for example, the received signal can be received within time T.
  • the power is cumulatively averaged, ie the RSSI measurement.
  • the magnitude of the RSSI value reflects the overall interference level of the LTE system, and a certain threshold may be set, for example, when the RSSI value is less than the first threshold, the channel is considered to be idle, and the RSSI value is greater than the third threshold.
  • the channel state is considered to be busy and is not available.
  • the network side device can measure the same system interference and the different system interference of the unlicensed carrier channel, and determine the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel according to the measured interference result, that is:
  • One method is to perform coherent detection on an interference signal of an unlicensed carrier channel. If the interference signal is detected as a WiFi or radar signal or an unknown signal, the current state of the channel is considered to be busy, which is an unavailable channel; if the interference signal is detected as an LTE signal
  • the interference existing in the channel can be considered as the same system interference, and can be appropriately used in the case of performing interference processing.
  • the LAA receiver in the LTE system can perform the same system signal detection, and then subtract other similar system nodes from the received signal.
  • the transmitted signal is used to eliminate the interference; in another case, if only a part of the same system signal is detected and the other part is a different system signal, the threshold of the ratio of the energy of the same system/different system can be set. When the system signal energy is greater than the threshold, it is determined to be the same system interference, otherwise it is determined to be a different system interference.
  • the LTE system can be silently on a periodic basis or on demand, that is, no LTE signal is transmitted, and the interference signal measured by the network side device on the unlicensed carrier channel is completely different system interference, and the unlicensed carrier is considered as an unlicensed carrier.
  • the channel is an unavailable channel; wherein the LTE system can be silently on a periodic basis or on demand, and may include any one of the following methods:
  • the LAA nodes on a certain unlicensed carrier channel can be clustered according to the geographic location because the LAA nodes that are far apart from each other can be considered to have almost no interference, and the LAA nodes in one cluster are silenced according to the same silent pattern;
  • the silent pattern refers to a pattern that the agreed LAA node allows to send and silence, where the quiet time granularity may be consecutive frames/subframes/OFDM symbols, or may be discrete frames/subframes/OFDM symbols, where The silent pattern of the LAA node can be repeated periodically or in a one-time configuration.
  • the network side device may further distinguish the interference signals of the LAA nodes deployed by different carrier devices on the unlicensed carrier channel, that is,
  • the silent pattern can also be coordinated through an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) configuration, an air interface, or an inter-cell backhaul interface.
  • OMA Open Mobile Alliance
  • the foregoing mode 1) and mode 2) may be used in combination, and the network side device presets the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold, and performs energy detection on one or more unlicensed carrier channels, when the detected energy is less than the first
  • the threshold energy is greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold
  • the same system interference and the different system interference of the unlicensed carrier channel are measured, according to the measured interference.
  • the result determines the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel; when the detected energy is greater than the third threshold, the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an unavailable channel.
  • usability measurements can be made using RSSI thresholds and different systems/system interferences, including:
  • the channel is considered to be idle, and the unlicensed carrier channel is the directly available channel.
  • a method for coherent reception of an interference signal or a method for silently using an LTE system may be used to perform the same system/exclusive system interference measurement. If the interference is from a different system, the current state of the channel is considered to be busy, and the unlicensed carrier channel is an unavailable channel; From the same system, the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be a conditionally available channel.
  • the first threshold may be between -80 dBm and -90 dBm
  • the second threshold may be between -50 dBm and -60 dBm
  • the third threshold may be between -20 dBm and -30 dBm.
  • the available channel and the unavailable channel can be marked by different tags, for example, 0 and 1 are used to mark the available channel and the unavailable channel, and can also be directly available.
  • the channel, the conditional available channel, and the unavailable channel are all labeled with different flags, such as 0, 1, 2 to mark the directly available channel, the conditional available channel, and the unavailable channel.
  • the determination of the available channels of the unlicensed carrier in this step may be performed by a base station that needs to use the channel, or may be performed by a certain central base station or a network node, and then notify the other base stations or network nodes of the available channels.
  • Step 102 The network side device instructs the UE to perform measurement on the available channel.
  • the network side device may send a measurement reference signal to the UE during the occupation period of the available channel, to instruct the UE to measure the available channel according to the measurement reference signal;
  • the network side device obtains the right to use the determined available channel in a manner of directly obtaining or competing, and after obtaining the usage right, enters an occupation period of the available channel, and the network
  • the side device may send the downlink control signal together with the secondary cell (Scell) activation signaling, send the measurement reference signal to the UE, and schedule the UE to perform CSI measurement and RRM measurement reporting, before the UE reports the measurement result according to the measurement reference signal,
  • the network side device performs data transmission according to a conservative transmission mode and a low-level modulation and coding method, for example, a diversity transmission, a BPSK modulation method, or the like.
  • the network side device selects a corresponding transmission mode and a modulation and coding level to perform data transmission according to the measurement result of the UE.
  • the network side device determines the available channel of the unlicensed carrier, if the regional control allows the short control signaling to be sent, the network side device may be in the non-occupied period of the available channel, that is, in the Before obtaining the usage right of the available channel, the Scell sends a measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling to the UE, where the measurement reference signals in the form of short control signaling include: PSS/SSS, CRS, CSI-RS, etc.
  • the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling is called Unlicensed Carrier Discovery Signal (UCDS).
  • UCDS Unlicensed Carrier Discovery Signal
  • the UE can use the measurement reference signals in the form of these short control signaling to acquire synchronization parameters, perform CSI measurement, and perform RRM measurement (including RSRP and RSRQ measurement), so that the network side device can quickly utilize the use right of the available channel.
  • the corresponding CSI measurement performs fast and accurate data scheduling and transmission.
  • short control signaling refers not only to Short Control Signalling (SCS) in the European Telecommunications Standardization Institute (ETSI), but also refers to the non-occupied period.
  • SCS Short Control Signalling
  • ETSI European Telecommunications Standardization Institute
  • the LAA access point does not need to perform the Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) and LBT functions to transmit signals and channels within the short control signaling duration.
  • CCA Clear Channel Assessment
  • LBT Clear Channel Assessment
  • the short control signaling transmission duration needs to meet certain regulatory requirements, otherwise it violates the principle of friendly coexistence of different systems and devices in unlicensed frequency bands.
  • Some regions and countries may have additional names and definitions for short control signaling, collectively referred to herein as short control signaling. In some regions and countries, short control signaling may not be defined. For these regions and countries, short control signaling and similar rule requirements may be defined (for example, the transmission duration requirement is sent during a fixed-length observation period). The length may
  • the network side device configures the UCDS transmission of the Scell through the primary cell (Pcell), and indicates the transmission configuration of the UCDS to the UE through the Pcell.
  • the UCDS transmission configuration may include one or more of the following information: carrier center frequency, channel bandwidth, PSS/SSS sequence information, CRS sequence information, CSI-RS sequence information, CSI-RS configuration, and the like.
  • the network-side device may still be occupied by other systems in the process of transmitting the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling over the available channel, such as a radar system, thereby short control signaling.
  • the transmission of the form of the measurement reference signal has to be interrupted, and the network side device can continuously judge the available state of the available channel, and implicitly notify the UE of the short control signaling form by using the available state of the available channel.
  • the measurement of the transmission of the reference signal may also be performed by the Pcell transmitting the downlink control signal to the UE, and explicitly notifying the UE of the transmission of the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling.
  • the implicit notification method is:
  • the explicit notification method is:
  • the network side device may send a downlink control signal to the UE to notify the UE of the measurement of the reference signal in the form of short control signaling, and the manners that can be adopted include:
  • the measurement reference signal in the form of default short control signaling is allowed to be transmitted, and only when the transmission is not allowed, the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling is notified to stop, and the duration Tstop of each stop may be agreed. Or notify the exact time of the stoppage with the stop notification.
  • the method of the embodiment further includes: the UE measures the available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the measurement reference signal sent by the network side device, and smoothes the measurement result and reports the result to the network side device;
  • the statistical time measured by the UE can be counted according to the occupied time of the available channel of the unlicensed carrier or the shorter time.
  • the measurement result of the current period of the available channel may be reported by the authorized carrier or the unlicensed carrier in the time period of the available channel. For example, the period during which the UE reports the RRM measurement result is T_report, the initial reporting time. For T0, the occupancy period is T_occupy, then the UE can report M times at the following time points:
  • the UE may measure all measurement reference signals during the occupation period of the available channel, and occupy the current time. After the time is over, the measurement result is reported by the authorized carrier or other unlicensed carrier.
  • the UE may measure all the measurement reference signals remaining in the occupation period, and report the measurement result through the authorized carrier after the current occupation time ends.
  • the UE measures the available channel only during the occupation period of the available channel, only the measurement result of the occupancy period, the measurement results of these occupation periods can be smoothed.
  • the measurement result of the occupied period measurement and the non-occupied period may be smoothed in any of the following manners:
  • the measurement result of the occupancy period is separately smoothed.
  • the current statistical occupancy period measurement result is R_pre
  • the current occupancy period measurement result is R_occupy
  • the smoothing weighting factor is a
  • the measurement result of the non-occupied period is separately smoothed.
  • the current non-occupied period historical measurement result is R_pre.
  • the non-occupied period measurement result is R_non_occupy and the smoothing weighting factor is a
  • the measurement result of the occupancy period is smoothed together with the measurement result of the non-occupied period by different weighting factors. Specifically, the weighting factor of the measurement result of the occupation period and the measurement result of the non-occupied period can be increased to adjust the occupancy period measurement result. The weight of the measurement of the weight and non-occupancy period.
  • the network side device continues to perform the available state and availability detection of all unlicensed carrier channels during the occupation period of the available channels of the unlicensed carrier, and maintains a list of available channels, wherein the availability detection of all unlicensed carrier channels is performed.
  • all unlicensed carrier channels can be measured for availability based on a fixed measurement bandwidth or a variable measurement bandwidth, maintaining a list of available channels.
  • the network side device may further determine, according to the measurement result reported by the UE, that the channel state of the unlicensed carrier channel that is currently occupied is deteriorated, for example, the SINR of the current CSI measurement result is less than a certain threshold and/or the RSRQ value is less than a certain value.
  • the threshold value, or the difference from other channel RSRQ measurements, is greater than a certain threshold, and the network side device can quickly switch to other channels through the available channel list.
  • the network side device may also measure the discontinuously transmitted uplink measurement signal sent by the UE, for example, measure the sounding reference signal (SRS).
  • SRS sounding reference signal
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes the following steps:
  • Step 301 The UE measures an available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device.
  • the UE receives the measurement reference signal that is not continuously sent by the network side device, and measures the available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the measurement reference signal.
  • Step 302 The UE smoothes the measurement result and reports it to the network side device.
  • the UE performs statistics on the measurement result according to the occupied time of the available channel of the unlicensed carrier or the specified time, and the measurement result of the occupied period of the available channel is in the current time.
  • the time period of the available channel is reported by the authorized carrier or the unlicensed carrier. For example, the period during which the UE reports the RRM measurement result is T_report, the initial reporting time is T0, and the occupation period is T_occupy, then the UE can perform the following time point. M times report:
  • the UE may measure all measurement reference signals during the occupation period of the available channel, and occupy the current time. After the time is over, the measurement result is reported by the authorized carrier or other unlicensed carrier.
  • the UE may measure all the measurement reference signals remaining in the occupation period, and report the measurement result through the authorized carrier after the current occupation time ends.
  • the UE measures the available channel only during the occupation period of the available channel, only the measurement result of the occupancy period, the measurement results of these occupation periods can be smoothed.
  • the measurement result of the occupied period measurement result and the non-occupied period may be smoothed in any of the following manners:
  • the measurement result of the occupancy period is separately smoothed.
  • the current statistical occupancy period measurement result is R_pre
  • the current occupancy period measurement result is R_occupy
  • the smoothing weighting factor is a
  • the non-occupied period measurement result is separately smoothed.
  • the current non-occupied period historical measurement result is R_pre
  • the current non-occupied period measurement result is R_non_occupy
  • smoothing is added.
  • the measurement result of the occupancy period is smoothed together with the measurement result of the non-occupied period by different weighting factors. Specifically, the weighting factor of the measurement result of the occupation period and the measurement result of the non-occupied period can be increased to adjust the occupancy period measurement result. The weight of the measurement of the weight and non-occupancy period.
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for measuring an unlicensed carrier. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes the following steps:
  • Step 401 The network side device determines an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to an available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel.
  • Step 402 The network side device instructs the user equipment UE to perform measurement on the available channel.
  • Step 403 The UE measures an available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device.
  • Step 404 The UE smoothes the measurement result and reports it to the network side device.
  • the step 401 is the same as the step 101
  • the step 402 is the same as the step 102
  • the step 403 is the same as the step 301
  • the step 404 is the same as the step 302.
  • the present invention further provides a network side device, as shown in FIG. 5, the network
  • the network side device includes: an available channel determining module 51 and a signal sending module 52; wherein
  • the available channel determining module 51 can be implemented by a processor configured to determine an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to an available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel;
  • the signal sending module 52 can be implemented by a communications chip, configured to instruct the UE to perform measurement on the available channel;
  • the signal sending module 52 is configured to send a measurement reference signal to the UE during the occupation period of the available channel;
  • the available channel determining module 51 is configured to determine an available state of the target unlicensed carrier channel according to the regional control requirement, and determine the available state of the unlicensed carrier channel to be in a normal use state, according to a fixed measurement bandwidth or variable. Measurement bandwidth for availability measurement of unlicensed carrier channels, measuring available channels, the available channels including directly available channels and conditionally available channels, the available channels may form a list of available channels in the form of a list;
  • the performing availability measurement on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the fixed measurement bandwidth or the variable measurement bandwidth includes:
  • Manner 1 The availability measurement is performed on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the fixed measurement bandwidth.
  • the measurement bandwidth W1 may be determined in advance according to the data transmission requirement. For example, W1 may select one of 1.4MHz, 3MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 15MHz, and 20MHz, or may be other suitable bandwidth as the measurement bandwidth, and then perform unauthorized operation according to the measurement bandwidth. Availability measurement of the carrier channel.
  • Manner 2 The availability measurement is performed on the unlicensed carrier channel according to the variable measurement bandwidth.
  • the measurement bandwidth W1 can be adjusted to W2, ..., Wn, and the usability measurement is performed on the unlicensed carrier channel according to W2, ..., Wn, respectively, wherein W1, W2, ..., Wn are different values.
  • the availability measurement includes the following methods:
  • the pre-set threshold relationship determines the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel.
  • the received signal power can be cumulatively averaged over time T, ie, RSSI measurement.
  • the magnitude of the RSSI value reflects the overall interference level of the LTE system, and a certain threshold may be set, for example, when the RSSI value is less than the first threshold, the channel is considered to be idle, and the RSSI value is greater than the third threshold. The channel state is considered to be busy and is not available.
  • One method is to perform coherent detection on an interference signal of an unlicensed carrier channel. If the interference signal is detected as a WiFi or radar signal or an unknown signal, the current state of the channel is considered to be busy, which is an unavailable channel; if the interference signal is detected as an LTE signal
  • the interference existing in the channel can be considered as the same system interference, and can be appropriately used in the case of performing interference processing.
  • the LAA receiver in the LTE system can perform the same system signal detection, and then subtract other similar system nodes from the received signal.
  • the transmitted signal is used to eliminate the interference; there is also a case where if only part of the same system signal is detected and the other part is a different system signal, a threshold of the ratio of the energy of the same system/different system can be set. When the system signal energy is greater than the threshold, it is determined to be the same system interference, otherwise it is determined to be a different system interference.
  • the LTE system can be silently on a periodic basis or on demand, that is, no LTE signal is transmitted, and the interference signal measured on the unlicensed carrier channel is completely different system interference.
  • the foregoing mode 1) and mode 2) may be used in combination, and the network side device presets the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold, and performs energy detection on one or more unlicensed carrier channels, when the detected energy is less than the first
  • the threshold energy is greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold
  • the same system interference and the different system interference of the unlicensed carrier channel are measured, according to the measured interference.
  • the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel is determined; when the detected energy is greater than the third threshold, the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be unavailable.
  • Channels; for example, usability measurements can be made using a combination of RSSI thresholds and heterogeneous systems/system interference, including:
  • the channel is considered to be idle, and the unlicensed carrier channel is the directly available channel.
  • a method for coherent reception of an interference signal or a method for silently using an LTE system may be used to perform the same system/exclusive system interference measurement. If the interference is from a different system, the current state of the channel is considered to be busy, and the unlicensed carrier channel is an unavailable channel; From the same system, the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be a conditionally available channel.
  • the first threshold is smaller than the second threshold; the second threshold is smaller than the third threshold.
  • the available channel and the unavailable channel can be marked by different tags, for example, 0 and 1 are used to mark the available channel and the unavailable channel, and can also be directly available.
  • the channel, the conditional available channel, and the unavailable channel are all labeled with different flags, such as 0, 1, 2 to mark the directly available channel, the conditional available channel, and the unavailable channel.
  • the signal sending module 52 is configured to obtain the usage right in a manner that the obtained available channel is directly obtained or obtained by using a competition. After obtaining the usage right, the occupation period of the available channel is entered, and the signaling may be activated with the Scell. Sending a downlink control signal together or separately, carrying the measurement reference signal in the downlink control signal, and transmitting the measurement reference signal to the UE, and scheduling the UE to perform CSI measurement and RRM measurement reporting, before the UE reports the measurement result according to the measurement reference signal, according to Conservative transmission mode, low-level modulation and coding mode, data transmission, for example, After receiving the measurement result reported by the UE, the diversity transmission and the BPSK modulation method select the corresponding transmission mode and modulation coding level for data transmission according to the measurement result of the UE.
  • the signal sending module 52 is further configured to send a short control message before the non-occupied period of the available channel, that is, before the Scell obtains the used right of the available channel, when the regional control allows the short control signaling to be sent.
  • the measurement reference signal in the form of the short control signaling includes: PSS/SSS, CRS, CSI-RS, etc., and the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling is called UCDS.
  • the signal sending module 52 is further configured to configure the sending of the UCDS of the Scell through the Pcell, and indicate the sending configuration of the UCDS to the UE by using the Pcell, and the sending configuration of the UCDS may include one or more of the following information: the carrier center frequency Channel bandwidth, PSS/SSS sequence information, CRS sequence information, CSI-RS sequence information, CSI-RS configuration, etc.
  • the available channel in the form of transmitting the short reference control signal in the form of short control signaling may still be occupied by other systems, such as a radar system, thereby measuring in the form of short control signaling.
  • the transmission of the reference signal has to be interrupted, and the signal issuance module 52 is further configured to implicitly notify the UE of the transmission of the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling by the available state of the available channel, or by Pcell. Sending a downlink control signal to the UE, and explicitly notifying the UE of the transmission of the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling.
  • the implicit notification method is:
  • the explicit notification method is:
  • the network side device may send a downlink control signal to the UE to notify the UE of the measurement of the reference signal in the form of short control signaling, and the manners that can be adopted include:
  • the measurement reference signal in the form of default short control signaling is allowed to be transmitted, and only when the transmission is not allowed, the measurement reference signal in the form of short control signaling is notified to stop, and the duration Tstop of each stop may be agreed. Or notify the exact time of the stoppage with the stop notification.
  • the available channel determining module 51 is further configured to continue to perform the available state and availability detection of all unlicensed carrier channels during the occupation period of the available channels of the unlicensed carrier, maintain the available channel list, and perform measurements according to the UE. As a result, it is determined that when the channel state of the unlicensed carrier channel currently in the occupied period deteriorates, the other channel is switched through the available channel list.
  • the network side device further includes an uplink measurement module 53 configured to measure the discontinuously transmitted uplink measurement signal sent by the UE for the case where the uplink transmission is supported on the unlicensed carrier.
  • the uplink measurement module 53 can be implemented by a processor in combination with a communication chip.
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides a UE.
  • the UE includes: a measurement module 61 and a reporting module 62.
  • the measurement module 61 may be implemented by a signal detecting chip of the UE, configured to measure an available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device;
  • the reporting module 62 can be implemented by the communication chip of the UE and configured to flatten the measurement result. Sliding and reporting to the network side device;
  • the measurement module 61 is configured to measure an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the measurement reference signal sent by the network side device.
  • the reporting module 62 is configured to perform measurement of the measurement result according to the occupied time of the available channel of the unlicensed carrier or the specified time, and the measurement result of the occupied period of the available channel is available in the current time.
  • the authorized carrier or the unlicensed carrier is reported in the occupied time of the channel;
  • the reporting module 62 is further configured to notify the measurement module 61 to measure all measurement reference signals during the occupation period of the available channel during a period of occupying the available channel. After the current occupation time ends, the measurement result is reported by the authorized carrier or other unlicensed carrier;
  • the reporting module 62 is further configured to notify the measurement module 61 to measure all the measurement reference signals remaining in the occupation period for the last unfinished measurement during the occupation period, and report the measurement through the authorized carrier after the current occupation time ends. result;
  • the reporting module 62 is configured to measure the occupancy period and the non-occupied period of the available channel after the measurement module 61 measures the occupied period and the non-occupied period of the available channel. smooth:
  • the measurement result of the occupancy period is separately smoothed.
  • the current statistical occupancy period measurement result is R_pre
  • the current occupancy period measurement result is R_occupy
  • the smoothing weighting factor is a
  • the measurement result of the non-occupied period is separately smoothed, for example: the current statistical non-occupied period
  • the historical measurement result is R_pre.
  • the measurement result of the non-occupied period is R_non_occupy and the smoothing weighting factor is a
  • the measurement result of the occupancy period is smoothed together with the measurement result of the non-occupied period by different weighting factors. Specifically, the weighting factor of the measurement result of the occupation period and the measurement result of the non-occupied period can be increased to adjust the occupancy period measurement result. The weight of the measurement of the weight and non-occupancy period.
  • the present invention further provides a measurement system for an unlicensed carrier.
  • the system includes: a network side device 71, a UE 72;
  • the network side device 71 is configured to determine an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to an available state and availability of the unlicensed carrier channel, and instruct the user equipment UE 72 to measure the available channel;
  • the UE 72 is configured to perform measurement on the available channel of the unlicensed carrier indicated by the network side device 71, and smooth the measurement result and report it to the network side device 71.
  • the network side device 71 is configured to send a measurement reference signal to the UE 72 during the occupation period of the available channel, to instruct the UE 72 to measure the available channel according to the measurement reference signal;
  • the UE 72 is specifically configured to measure an available channel of the unlicensed carrier according to the measurement reference signal sent by the network side device 71.
  • the network side device 71 is specifically configured to perform an available state judgment on a target unlicensed carrier channel according to a regional control requirement, and after determining that the available state of the unlicensed carrier channel is a normal use state, according to a fixed measurement bandwidth or a variable
  • the measurement bandwidth measures the availability of the unlicensed carrier channel and measures the available channels.
  • the availability measurement by the network side device 71 includes any one of the following methods:
  • the unlicensed carrier channel is considered to be an unavailable channel.
  • the specific structure of the network side device 71 is as shown in FIG. 5, and the UE 72 has a specific structure.
  • the body structure is shown in Figure 6.
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored, where the computer program is used to perform the measurement method of the unlicensed carrier in steps 101-102;
  • Another embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium having stored therein a computer program for performing the measurement method of the unlicensed carrier of steps 301-302.

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Abstract

本发明公开了一种非授权载波的测量方法,网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示用户设备(UE)对所述可用信道进行测量,UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果上报给所述网络侧设备;本发明同时还公开了一种非授权载波的测量系统、网络侧设备、UE以及计算机存储介质。

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非授权载波的测量方法、系统、相关设备及计算机存储介质 技术领域
本发明涉及无线通信技术,尤其涉及一种非授权载波的测量方法、系统、相关设备及计算机存储介质。
背景技术
长期演进/高级长期演技(LTE/LTE-A,Long Term Evolution Advanced)系统是由3GPP(The 3rd Generation Partnership Project)组织制定的第四代移动通信标准。LTE支持多种带宽分配:1.4MHz、3MHz、5MHz、10MHz、15MHz和20MHz等,频谱分配更加灵活。LTE目前主要工作在授权频谱上,不同地区选择的频段也有所不同。北美网络计划使用700/800和1700/1900MHz;欧洲网络计划使用800、1800、2600MHz;亚洲网络计划使用1800MHz和2600MHz;澳洲网络计划使用1800MHz。
为了支持更宽的频带,LTE-A引入载波聚合(CA,Carrier Aggregation),基本思想是通过将多个连续或离散的载波聚合在一起,形成更宽的频谱。通过载波聚合,LTE-A最大可支持100MHz带宽。
随着数据业务的不断增长,授权频谱资源越来越拥挤和紧张。因此一个自然的想法就是在授权载波的辅助下,使用载波聚合等方法将LTE/LTE-A系统扩展到非授权频谱资源上使用。
在非授权频谱上,除了LTE系统,还有其他WiFi、雷达(Radar)等系统的存在,为了公平性,不同地区有不同的管制要求,包括发射功率控制(TPC,Transmit Power Control)、动态频率选择(DFS,Dynamic Frequency Selection)和先听后说(LBT,Listen Before Talk)等,各系统需要采用竞争的方式来获取资源,这就需要各系统能够侦听、测量、甚至识别其他系 统或其他网络节点是否已经占用了信道资源。
WiFi系统的测量量主要是接收信号强度指示(RSSI,Received Signal Strength Indicator),表示接收机接收到信道带宽上的宽带接收功率。在空载下,测量并看RSSI的平均值是判断干扰的最主要手段。如果发现RSSI值明显高于某一阈值,那么肯定存在反向链路干扰,也就说明信道当前被其他系统或其他网络节点占用。
LTE系统的测量主要包括信道状态信息测量和无线资源管理(RRM,Radio Resource Management)测量,信道状态信息测量主要包括公共参考信号(CRS)测量和信道状态信息测量参考信(CSI-RS)测量,而RRM测量主要包括:参考信号接收功率(RSRP,Reference Signal Receiving Power)测量、RSSI和参考信号接收质量(RSRQ,Reference Signal Receiving Quality)。RSRP定义为测量频率带宽内承载CRS的所有资源单元(RE)上接收到的线性功率的平均值。RSSI定义为测量频率带宽内CRS天线端口0所在正交频分复用(OFDM,Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)符号的线性总接收功率的平均值,其中测量频率带宽内有N个资源块(RB)。RSSI包含UE接收到的所有来源,包括共道服务小区、共道非服务小区、邻小区干扰及热噪声等。若高层配置RSSI在某些子帧集合中进行测量时,RSSI应使用这些子帧集合内的所有OFDM符号进行测量。而RSRQ定义为:RSRQ=N*RSRP/RSSI。
在授权载波上,小区发送5ms周期的PSS/SSS、1ms周期的CRS,以及CSI-RS用于小区检测和RRM测量。在LAA系统中,这种短时的周期性传输会导致对临近WiFi和其他LAA节点的干扰。并且,由于非授权载波资源的占用具有不确定性,参考信号必须采用非连续发送的方式。LTE系统原有的信道状态信息测量和RRM测量方法都会存在一定的问题。
因此,需要提供一种LTE系统测量的方法,使得LTE系统的测量行为 能够适应非授权频谱上参考信号非连续传输的情况,能够正确地评估非授权载波资源的占用情况,以及向LTE系统提供可靠的信道状态信息、以及RRM测量结果。
发明内容
为解决现有存在的技术问题,本发明实施例主要提供一种非授权载波的测量方法、系统、相关设备及计算机存储介质。
本发明实施例提供一种非授权载波的测量方法,包括:
网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示用户设备(UE,User Equipment)对所述可用信道进行测量。
上述方案中,所述指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量包括:在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号,以指示UE根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量。
上述方案中,所述网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道包括:
网络侧设备根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道。
上述方案中,所述根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量包括:
网络侧设备预先根据数据发送需求确定测量带宽W1,按照测量带宽W1进行非授权载波信道的可用性测量;或者,
网络侧设备调整测量带宽W1为W2,……,Wn,分别按照W2,……,Wn对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,其中,W1,W2,……,Wn均为 不同数值的带宽。
上述方案中,所述进行可用性测量包括以下任一种方式:
1)网络侧设备在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性;
2)网络侧设备对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,其中,在检测到干扰信号为异系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到干扰信号为同系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道;在检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号时,根据预先设定的同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道,否则判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到系统静默时的干扰信号时,判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;
3)网络侧设备预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
上述方案中,该方法还包括:网络侧设备在对所述可用信道的非占用期,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE。
上述方案中,该方法还包括:网络侧设备在对所述可用信道的非占用期,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE时,网络侧设备通过可用信道的可用状态隐式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,或者通过主小区Pcell向UE发送下行控制信号,显式地通知UE短控制信 令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况。
上述方案中,该方法还包括:网络侧设备在对非授权载波的可用信道的占用期内,仍然继续进行所有非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性检测,维护可用信道列表,在根据UE上报的测量结果确定当前处于占用期的非授权载波信道的信道状态发生恶化时,通过可用信道列表切换到其他信道。
上述方案中,该方法还包括:对于非授权载波上支持上行发送的情况,网络侧设备对UE非连续发送的上行测量信号进行测量。
本发明实施例还提供一种非授权载波的测量方法,包括:
UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
上述方案中,所述UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量包括:UE根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
上述方案中,所述将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备包括:
UE按照一次非授权载波的可用信道的占用时间或者指定的时间来进行测量结果的统计,当次对所述可用信道的占用期的测量结果在当次所述可用信道的占用时间内利用授权载波或非授权载波上报。
上述方案中,所述将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备包括:UE在对所述可用信道的占用期与非占用期都进行测量后,对于占用期测量结果与非占用期的测量结果,按如下任一方式进行平滑:
1)占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,非占用期的测量结果单独平滑;
2)通过不同的加权因子对占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果一起平滑。
本发明实施例又提供一种非授权载波的测量方法,包括:
网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波 的可用信道,并指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量;
UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
本发明实施例提供一种网络侧设备,包括:可用信道确定模块、信号下发模块;其中,
可用信道确定模块,配置为根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道;
信号下发模块,配置为指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量。
上述方案中,所述信号下发模块,配置为在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号,以指示UE根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量。
上述方案中,所述可用信道确定模块,配置为根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道。
上述方案中,所述可用信道确定模块进行可用性测量包括以下任一种方式:
1)在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性;
2)对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,其中,在检测到干扰信号为异系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到干扰信号为同系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道;在检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号时,根据预先设定的同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,认为 非授权载波信道为可用信道,否则判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到系统静默时的干扰信号时,判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;
3)预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
上述方案中,所述信号下发模块,还配置为在地区管制允许发送短控制信令时,在对所述可用信道的非占用期,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE。
上述方案中,所述信号下发模块,还配置为通过可用信道的可用状态隐式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,或者,通过Pcell向UE发送下行控制信号,显式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况。
上述方案中,所述可用信道确定模块,还配置为在对非授权载波的可用信道的占用期内,仍然继续进行所有非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性检测,维护可用信道列表,在根据UE上报的测量结果确定当前处于占用期的非授权载波信道的信道状态发生恶化时,通过可用信道列表切换到其他信道。
上述方案中,该网络侧设备还包括上行测量模块,配置为对于非授权载波上支持上行发送的情况,对UE发送的非连续发送的上行测量信号进行测量。
本发明实施例还提供一种UE,包括:测量模块、上报模块;其中,
测量模块,配置为对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量;
上报模块,配置为将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
上述方案中,所述测量模块,配置为根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
上述方案中,所述上报模块,配置为按照一次非授权载波的可用信道的占用时间或者指定的时间来进行测量结果的统计,当次对所述可用信道的占用期的测量结果在当次所述可用信道的占用时间内利用授权载波或非授权载波上报。
上述方案中,所述上报模块,配置为在测量模块对所述可用信道的占用期与非占用期都进行测量后,对于占用期测量结果与非占用期的测量结果,按如下任一方式进行平滑:
1)占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,非占用期的测量结果单独平滑;
2)通过不同的加权因子对占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果一起平滑。
本发明提供一种非授权载波的测量系统,该系统包括:网络侧设备、UE;其中,
网络侧设备,配置为根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示用户设备UE对所述可用信道进行测量;
UE,配置为对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
上述方案中,所述网络侧设备,配置为在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号,以指示UE根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量;
相应的,所述UE,配置为根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授 权载波的可用信道进行测量。
上述方案中,所述网络侧设备,配置为根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道。
上述方案中,所述网络侧设备进行可用性测量包括以下任一种方式:
1)在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性;
2)对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,其中,在检测到干扰信号为异系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到干扰信号为同系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道;在检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号时,根据预先设定的同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道,否则判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到系统静默时的干扰信号时,判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;
3)预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
本发明实施例提供一种计算机存储介质,所述计算机存储介质包括一组指令,当执行所述指令时,引起至少一个处理器执行上述网络侧设备执 行的非授权载波的测量方法,或者执行上述UE执行的非授权载波的测量方法。
本发明实施例提供了一种非授权载波的测量方法、系统、相关设备及计算机存储介质,网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量;如此,使得针对非授权载波的测量行为能够适应非授权频谱上参考信号非连续传输的情况,能够正确地评估非授权载波的可用状态,满足非授权载波的管制要求,并且,能够使RRM测量结果更加准确。
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图1为本发明实施例在网络侧实现非授权载波的测量方法的流程示意图;
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图3为本发明实施例在UE实现非授权载波的测量方法的流程示意图;
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图6为本发明实施例实现的UE的结构示意图;
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具体实施方式
本发明实施例中,网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量,UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果上报给所述网络侧设备。这里,所述网络侧设备可以是基站、中心基站或网络节点。
下面通过附图及具体实施例对本发明做进一步的详细说明。
本发明实施例实现一种非授权载波的测量方法,如图1所示,该方法包括以下几个步骤:
步骤101:网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道;
具体的,在LTE系统中,网络侧设备如基站,根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,判断可用状态为禁用状态,还是正常使用状态,在非授权载波上,根据地区管制要求,当有雷达信号或其他强制发送的信号到达时,非授权载波信道需要在规定时间内关闭,并在规定时间内,禁止任何系统占用所述非授权载波信道,这时的可用状态为禁用状态,其他时间的可用状态为正常使用状态。
网络侧设备在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道,所述可用信道包括直接可用信道和有条件可用信道,所述可用信道可以以列表的形式形成可用信道列表;
所述根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量包括:
方式一:根据固定的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量。
网络侧设备可预先根据数据发送需求确定测量带宽W1,例如W1可选择1.4MHz、3MHz、5MHz、10MHz、15MHz和20MHz中的一个带宽,也可以是其他合适带宽作为测量带宽。然后,按照测量带宽进行非授权载波信道的可用性测量,具体的,确定测量带宽W1后,非授权载波按照测量带宽W1可划分为N个非授权载波信道,网络侧设备可以直接对一个信道进行可用性测量,也可以依次对所有的N个信道进行可用性测量,经过测量确认为可用的信道,形成一个可用信道列表,网络侧设备可根据测量结果选择列表中的信道作为实际使用或竞争使用的信道。
方式二:根据可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量。
在下列情况下,网络侧设备可以调整测量带宽W1为W2,……,Wn,分别按照W2,……,Wn对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,其中,W1,W2,……,Wn均为不同数值。
1)在非授权载波上按照测量带宽W1检测不到可用信道;或者可用信道的测量结果不符合要求,例如:能量检测结果大于某一阈值、或可用信道数目少于某一阈值,不利于后续进行动态信道调整。
2)网络侧设备为了获得更为全面的可用信道列表,主动按照不同测量带宽来对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量。
如图2所示,以100MHz带宽的非授权载波为例,如果按照5MHz带宽,可将所述非授权载波划分为20个信道;如果按照10MHz带宽,可将所述非授权载波划分为19个信道;如果按照20MHz带宽,可将所述非授权载波划分为17个信道。a表示的是信道占用情况,其中空白表示此处信道空闲,阴影表示此处信道忙,针对这一信道的可用性测量,如果基站按照5MHz带宽进行信道的可用性测量,会得出信道1、3、4、7、8、11、12、13、14、19为可用信道,空闲;如果按照10MHz带宽进行信道的可用性测量,会得出信道3、7、11、12、13为可用信道,空闲;如果按照20MHz带宽进行信道的可用性测量,会得出仅信道11为可用信道,空闲。
上述实例仅为本发明的一个简单示意,实际应用中,非授权载波信道按照标称信道带宽作为测量带宽进行划分,包括有效信道和保护间隔,而占用信道带宽指包含绝大部分信道能量的带宽,通常略小于标称信道带宽。非授权载波信道之间允许部分重叠,例如对于实际占用带宽为20MHz的情况,可按照22MHz标称带宽作为测量带宽来进行信道划分,相邻信道的中心频点相距5MHz。
所述进行可用性测量包括以下几种方式:
1)网络侧设备在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性,例如:可以在时间T内对接收信号功率进行累计平均,即RSSI测量。这里,RSSI值的大小反映了LTE系统的总体干扰水平,可以设定一定门限,如:当RSSI值小于第一门限时,认为信道空闲,为可用信道;而当RSSI值大于第三门限时,认为信道状态忙,为不可用信道。
2)网络侧设备可以对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,即:
一种方法是对非授权载波信道的干扰信号进行相干检测,如果检测到干扰信号为WiFi或雷达信号或未知信号,则认为信道当前状态忙,为不可用信道;如果检测到干扰信号为LTE信号,则可认为信道存在的干扰为同系统干扰,可以在进行干扰处理的情况下,适当使用,例如LTE系统中LAA接收机可进行同系统信号检测,然后从接收信号中减去其他同系统节点发送的信号,从而将干扰进行消除;还有一种情况是,如果仅检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号,可设定一个同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,否则判定为异系统干扰。
另一种方法是:LTE系统可以按周期或按需求统一静默,即不发送任何LTE信号,这时网络侧设备对非授权载波信道测量得到的干扰信号则完全为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;其中,所述LTE系统可以按周期或按需求统一静默可以包括以下任一种方式:
A、某一非授权载波信道上的所有LAA节点按照静默图样进行静默;
B、由于相距较远的LAA节点之间可认为几乎没有干扰,可将某一非授权载波信道上的LAA节点按照地理位置进行分簇,一个簇内的LAA节点按照同一个静默图样进行静默;
所述静默图样是指约定LAA节点允许发送和静默的图样,其中静默的时间粒度可以是连续的几个帧/子帧/OFDM符号,也可以是离散的帧/子帧/OFDM符号,这里,LAA节点的静默图样可以周期性重复,也可以一次性配置使用。
所述网络侧设备在检测到非授权载波信道存在的干扰为同系统干扰后,还可以对非授权载波信道上的不同运营商设备部署的LAA节点的干扰信号进行区分,即:
A、可以检测识别接收到的同系统干扰信号,解析同系统干扰信号里携带的运营商信息、小区信息,如果识别出的运营商信息或小区信息属于其他运营商,则判断为同系统异运营商干扰,如果识别出的运营商信息或小区信息属于自身运营商,则判断为同系统同运营商干扰;
B、协调不同运营商的LAA节点采用的静默图样,例如:将运营商A和运营商B采用的静默图样中的一部分重合,用于检测异系统干扰,另一部分不重合,用于检测同系统异运营商干扰。
进一步的,若异运营商LAA节点之间不能保证同步,还可以通过开放移动联盟(OMA)配置、空口或者小区间回程线路(backhaul)接口协调静默图样。
上述方式1)和方式2)可以结合使用,网络侧设备预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。例如:可以使用RSSI门限和异系统/同系统干扰相结合的方式进行可用性测量,包括:
(1)当RSSI值小于第一门限时,即认为信道空闲,非授权载波信道为直接可用信道。
(2)当RSSI值大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道进行同系统/异系统干扰测量:
例如可采用对干扰信号相干接收的方法或LTE系统静默的方法来进行同系统/异系统干扰测量,如果干扰来自异系统,则认为信道当前状态忙,非授权载波信道为不可用信道;如果干扰来自同系统,则认为非授权载波信道为有条件可用信道。
3)当RSSI值大于第三门限时,认为信道当前状态忙,非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
例如:上述的第一门限可以为-80dBm~-90dBm之间,第二门限可以为-50dBm~-60dBm之间,第三门限可以为-20dBm~-30dBm之间。
对于上述直接可用信道和有条件可用信道可以统一为可用信道,可以将可用信道和不可用信道通过不同的标记进行标示,例如用0、1来标记可用信道和不可用信道,也可以将直接可用信道、有条件可用信道和不可用信道均通过不同的标记进行标示,例如使用0、1、2来标记直接可用信道、有条件可用信道和不可用信道。
本步骤对非授权载波的可用信道的确定可以由需要使用信道的基站进行,也可以由某一个中心基站或网络节点进行,再将可用信道通知给其他基站或网络节点。
步骤102:网络侧设备指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量;
这里,网络侧设备可以在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号,以指示UE根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量;
具体的,网络侧设备对确定的可用信道采用直接获得或竞争获得的方式获得使用权,在获得使用权之后,进入对所述可用信道的占用期,网络 侧设备可随辅小区(Scell)激活信令一起或单独发送下行控制信号,将测量参考信号发送给UE,以及调度UE进行CSI测量和RRM测量上报,在UE根据测量参考信号上报测量结果之前,网络侧设备按照保守的发送方式、低级别的调制编码方式,进行数据发送,例如采用分集发送、BPSK调制方式等。在收到UE上报的测量结果后,网络侧设备依据UE的测量结果,选择相应的发送方式、调制编码级别进行数据发送。
在步骤101与步骤102之间,网络侧设备在确定出非授权载波的可用信道后,如果地区管制允许发送短控制信令,网络侧设备可在对所述可用信道的非占用期,即在Scell获得所述可用信道的使用权之前,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE,所述短控制信令形式的测量参考信号包括:PSS/SSS、CRS、CSI-RS等,这种短控制信令形式的测量参考信号称为非授权频谱上的发现信号(UCDS,Unlicensed Carrier Discovery Signal)。UE可利用这些短控制信令形式的测量参考信号获取同步参数、进行CSI测量和RRM测量(包括RSRP和RSRQ测量),这样网络侧设备在获得所述可用信道的使用权后,可以快速地利用相应的CSI测量进行快速、准确的数据调度发送。
需要说明的是,本发明实施例中提及的短控制信令不单单指欧洲电信标准化协会(ETSI)规定中的短控制信令(SCS,Short Control Signalling),而泛指在非占用期的特殊时长内发送的短时的信号、信道。在短控制信令时长内发送信号、信道,LAA接入点不需要执行空闲信道评估(CCA)和LBT功能。短控制信令发送时长需要满足一定的管制要求,否则就违背了非授权频段不同系统和设备友好共存的原则。有些地区和国家对于短控制信令可能有另外的名称和定义,这里统称为短控制信令。还有些地区和国家可能没有定义短控制信令,针对这些地区和国家可以定义短控制信令以及类似规则要求(例如对发送时长的要求,在固定时长的观察期内发送时 长不得大于设定比例)来进行非占用期的信号发送。
网络侧设备通过主小区(Pcell)配置Scell的UCDS的发送,并通过Pcell将UCDS的发送配置指示给UE,UCDS的发送配置可以包括以下信息中的一个或多个:载波中心频率、信道带宽、PSS/SSS序列信息、CRS序列信息、CSI-RS序列信息、CSI-RS配置等。
即使地区管制允许发送短控制信令,网络侧设备通过可用信道发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的过程中所述可用信道仍然有可能被其他系统占用,例如雷达系统,从而短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送不得不被中断,网络侧设备可以不间断的对所述可用信道的可用状态进行判断,通过所述可用信道的可用状态来隐式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,也可以通过Pcell向UE发送下行控制信号,显式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况。
隐式通知方式为:
通过所述可用信道的可用状态为禁用状态,通知UE在当前时刻不发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号;通过所述可用信道的可用状态为正常使用状态,通知UE在当前时刻正常发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号。
显式通知方式为:
网络侧设备可以通过Pcell发送下行控制信号通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,可以采取的方式包括:
1)在短控制信令形式的测量参考信号发送周期的整数倍时间点,通知下一个时间段内是否发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号,例如:短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送周期为T,可以每隔N*T时间发送一个通知信号,指示下一个N*T时间段内是否发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号。
2)在短控制信令形式的测量参考信号发送周期的整数倍时间点,检查 短控制信令形式的测量参考信号在下一个时间段内的发送情况是否会发生变化,如果在下一个时间段内,发送情况发生变化,例如:从不允许发送变为允许发送,或者从允许发送变为不允许发送,则指示UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况发生变化,否则,不进行指示。
3)默认短控制信令形式的测量参考信号为允许发送,仅在不允许发送的情况下,通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号停发,可以约定每次停发的持续时间Tstop,或者随停发通知一起通知准确的停发时间。
本实施例的方法还包括:UE根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备;
由于非授权载波上,测量参考信号无法进行连续发送,甚至无法进行持续时间较长的发送,因此UE测量的统计时间可按照一次非授权载波的可用信道的占用时间或者更短的时间来进行统计,当次对所述可用信道的占用期的测量结果在当次所述可用信道的占用时间内可利用授权载波或非授权载波上报,例如:UE上报RRM测量结果的周期为T_report,初次上报时间为T0,占用期为T_occupy,则UE可在下述时间点上进行M次上报:
T0+T_report,T0+2*T_report,……,T0+M*T_report,
其中T0+M*T_report<=T_occupy<=T0+(M+1)*T_report;
如果T_occupy<T_report,那么UE在对所述可用信道的占用期内,没能进行一次成功的上报,则UE可对所述可用信道的占用期内的全部测量参考信号进行测量,在当次占用时间结束后,通过授权载波或其他非授权载波上报测量结果。
对于占用期内最后一次未完成的测量,UE可对占用期内剩余的全部测量参考信号进行测量,在当次占用时间结束后,通过授权载波上报测量结果。
如果UE只有在对所述可用信道的占用期对所述可用信道进行测量,那么只有占用期的测量结果,这些占用期的测量结果可以进行平滑操作。
如果UE在对所述可用信道的占用期与非占用期都对所述可用信道进行测量,那么对于占用期测量结果与非占用期的测量结果,可以按如下任一方式进行平滑:
1)占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,得到一个长期的占用期的测量结果;非占用期的测量结果单独平滑,得到一个长期的非占用期测量结果;
这里,所述占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,例如:当前统计的占用期历史测量结果是R_pre,当次占用期的测量结果为R_occupy,平滑加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_pre=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_occupy;
注意:对于第一个测量结果,R_pre=R_occupy;
所述非占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑例如:当前统计的非占用期历史测量结果是R_pre,当次非占用期的测量结果为R_non_occupy,平滑加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_pre=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_non_occupy。
注意对于第一个测量结果,R_pre=R_non_occupy。
2)通过不同的加权因子对占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果一起平滑,具体的,可以增加占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果的加权因子,以调节占用期测量结果所占的权重和非占用期的测量结果所占的权重。
例如:当前统计的历史测量结果是R_pre,若当次测量结果为占用期测量结果R_occupy,占用期加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_next=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_occupy;若当次测量结果为非占用期测量结果R_non_occupy,非占用期加权因子为b,则此次测量结果可按照下 式进行平滑:R_next=(1-b)*R_pre+b*R_non_occupy。
注意:对于第一个测量结果,若第一个测量结果为占用期测量结果R_occupy,则R_pre=R_occupy;若第一个测量结果为非占用期测量结果R_non_occupy,则R_pre=R_non_occupy。
此外,网络侧设备在对非授权载波的可用信道的占用期内,仍然继续进行所有非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性检测,维护可用信道列表,其中,在进行所有非授权载波信道的可用性检测时,可以根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对所有非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,维护可用信道列表。
网络侧设备还可以根据UE上报的测量结果确定当前处于占用期的非授权载波信道的信道状态发生恶化时,例如当前CSI测量结果反应的SINR小于某一门限值和/或RSRQ值小于某一门限值,或与其他信道RSRQ测量值的差值大于某一阈值,网络侧设备可通过可用信道列表快速地切换到其他信道。
对于非授权载波上支持上行发送的情况,网络侧设备也可以对UE发送的非连续发送的上行测量信号进行测量,例如:对探测参考信号(SRS)进行测量。
基于上述方法,本发明实施例还提供一种非授权载波的测量方法,如图3所示,该方法包括以下几个步骤:
步骤301:UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量;
具体的,UE接收网络侧设备不连续下发的测量参考信号,根据所述测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
步骤302:UE将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备;
具体的,UE按照一次非授权载波的可用信道的占用时间或者指定的时间来进行测量结果的统计,当次对所述可用信道的占用期的测量结果在当 次所述可用信道的占用时间内利用授权载波或非授权载波上报,例如:UE上报RRM测量结果的周期为T_report,初次上报时间为T0,占用期为T_occupy,则UE可在下述时间点上进行M次上报:
T0+T_report,T0+2*T_report,……,T0+M*T_report,
其中T0+M*T_report<=T_occupy<=T0+(M+1)*T_report;
如果T_occupy<T_report,那么UE在对所述可用信道的占用期内,没能进行一次成功的上报,则UE可对所述可用信道的占用期内的全部测量参考信号进行测量,在当次占用时间结束后,通过授权载波或其他非授权载波上报测量结果。
对于占用期内最后一次未完成的测量,UE可对占用期内剩余的全部测量参考信号进行测量,在当次占用时间结束后,通过授权载波上报测量结果。
如果UE只有在对所述可用信道的占用期对所述可用信道进行测量,那么只有占用期的测量结果,这些占用期的测量结果可以进行平滑操作。
如果UE在对所述可用信道的占用期与非占用期都进行测量,那么对于占用期测量结果与非占用期的测量结果,可以按如下任一方式进行平滑:
1)占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,得到一个长期的占用期的测量结果;非占用期的测量结果单独平滑,得到一个长期的非占用期测量结果;
这里,所述占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,例如:当前统计的占用期历史测量结果是R_pre,当次占用期的测量结果为R_occupy,平滑加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_pre=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_occupy;
注意:对于第一个测量结果,R_pre=R_occupy;
所述非占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑例如:当前统计的非占用期历史测量结果是R_pre,当次非占用期的测量结果为R_non_occupy,平滑加 权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_pre=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_non_occupy。
注意对于第一个测量结果,R_pre=R_non_occupy。
2)通过不同的加权因子对占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果一起平滑,具体的,可以增加占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果的加权因子,以调节占用期测量结果所占的权重和非占用期的测量结果所占的权重。
例如:当前统计的历史测量结果是R_pre,若当次测量结果为占用期测量结果R_occupy,占用期加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_next=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_occupy;若当次测量结果为非占用期测量结果R_non_occupy,非占用期加权因子为b,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_next=(1-b)*R_pre+b*R_non_occupy。
注意:对于第一个测量结果,若第一个测量结果为占用期测量结果R_occupy,则R_pre=R_occupy;若第一个测量结果为非占用期测量结果R_non_occupy,则R_pre=R_non_occupy。
基于上述方法,本发明实施例还提供一种非授权载波的测量方法,如图4所示,该方法包括以下几个步骤:
步骤401:网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道;
步骤402:网络侧设备指示用户设备UE对所述可用信道进行测量;
步骤403:UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量;
步骤404:UE将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备;
所述步骤401与步骤101相同,所述步骤402与步骤102相同,所述步骤403与步骤301相同,所述步骤404与步骤302相同。
为了实现上述方法本发明还提供一种网络侧设备,如图5所示,该网 络侧设备包括:可用信道确定模块51、信号下发模块52;其中,
可用信道确定模块51,可以由处理器实现,配置为根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道;
信号下发模块52,可以由通信芯片实现,配置为指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量;
所述信号下发模块52,具体配置为在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号;
所述可用信道确定模块51,具体配置为根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道,所述可用信道包括直接可用信道和有条件可用信道,所述可用信道可以以列表的形式形成可用信道列表;
所述根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量包括:
方式一:根据固定的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量。
可预先根据数据发送需求确定测量带宽W1,例如W1可选择1.4MHz、3MHz、5MHz、10MHz、15MHz和20MHz中的一个带宽,也可以是其他合适带宽作为测量带宽,然后,按照测量带宽进行非授权载波信道的可用性测量。
方式二:根据可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量。
可调整测量带宽W1为W2,……,Wn,分别按照W2,……,Wn对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,其中,W1,W2,……,Wn均为不同数值。
所述进行可用性测量包括以下几种方式:
1)在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与 预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性,例如:可以在时间T内对接收信号功率进行累计平均,即RSSI测量。这里,RSSI值的大小反映了LTE系统的总体干扰水平,可以设定一定门限,如:当RSSI值小于第一门限时,认为信道空闲,为可用信道;而当RSSI值大于第三门限时,认为信道状态忙,为不可用信道。
2)可以对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,即:
一种方法是对非授权载波信道的干扰信号进行相干检测,如果检测到干扰信号为WiFi或雷达信号或未知信号,则认为信道当前状态忙,为不可用信道;如果检测到干扰信号为LTE信号,则可认为信道存在的干扰为同系统干扰,可以在进行干扰处理的情况下,适当使用,例如LTE系统中LAA接收机可进行同系统信号检测,然后从接收信号中减去其他同系统节点发送的信号,从而将干扰进行消除;还有一种情况是,如果仅检测到部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号,可设定一个同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,否则判定为异系统干扰。
另一种方法是:LTE系统可以按周期或按需求统一静默,即不发送任何LTE信号,这时对非授权载波信道测量得到的干扰信号则完全为异系统干扰。
上述方式1)和方式2)可以结合使用,网络侧设备预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可 用信道;例如可以使用RSSI门限和异系统/同系统干扰相结合的方式进行可用性测量,包括:
(1)当RSSI值小于第一门限时,即认为信道空闲,非授权载波信道为直接可用信道。
(2)当RSSI值大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道进行同系统/异系统干扰测量:
例如可采用对干扰信号相干接收的方法或LTE系统静默的方法来进行同系统/异系统干扰测量,如果干扰来自异系统,则认为信道当前状态忙,非授权载波信道为不可用信道;如果干扰来自同系统,则认为非授权载波信道为有条件可用信道。
3)当RSSI值大于第三门限时,认为信道当前状态忙,非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
其中,所述第一门限小于所述第二门限;所述第二门限小于所述第三门限。
对于上述直接可用信道和有条件可用信道可以统一为可用信道,可以将可用信道和不可用信道通过不同的标记进行标示,例如用0、1来标记可用信道和不可用信道,也可以将直接可用信道、有条件可用信道和不可用信道均通过不同的标记进行标示,例如使用0、1、2来标记直接可用信道、有条件可用信道和不可用信道。
所述信号下发模块52,具体配置为对确定的可用信道采用直接获得或竞争获得的方式获得使用权,在获得使用权之后,进入对所述可用信道的占用期,可随Scell激活信令一起或单独发送下行控制信号,在所述下行控制信号中携带测量参考信号将测量参考信号发送给UE,以及调度UE进行CSI测量和RRM测量上报,在UE根据测量参考信号上报测量结果之前,按照保守的发送方式、低级别的调制编码方式,进行数据发送,例如采用 分集发送、BPSK调制方式等,在收到UE上报的测量结果后,依据UE的测量结果,选择相应的发送方式、调制编码级别进行数据发送。
所述信号下发模块52,还配置为在地区管制允许发送短控制信令时,在对所述可用信道的非占用期,即在Scell获得所述可用信道的使用权之前,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE,所述短控制信令形式的测量参考信号包括:PSS/SSS、CRS、CSI-RS等,这种短控制信令形式的测量参考信号称为UCDS。
所述信号下发模块52,还配置为通过Pcell配置Scell的UCDS的发送,并通过Pcell将UCDS的发送配置指示给UE,UCDS的发送配置可以包括以下信息中的一个或多个:载波中心频率、信道带宽、PSS/SSS序列信息、CRS序列信息、CSI-RS序列信息、CSI-RS配置等。
即使地区管制允许发送短控制信令,通过可用信道发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的过程中所述可用信道仍然有可能被其他系统占用,例如雷达系统,从而短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送不得不被中断,所述信号下发模块52,还配置为通过所述可用信道的可用状态隐式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,或者,通过Pcell向UE发送下行控制信号,显式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况。
隐式通知方式为:
通过所述可用信道的可用状态为禁用状态,通知UE在当前时刻不发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号;通过所述可用信道的可用状态为正常使用状态,通知UE在当前时刻正常发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号。
显式通知方式为:
网络侧设备可以通过Pcell发送下行控制信号通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,可以采取的方式包括:
1)在短控制信令形式的测量参考信号发送周期的整数倍时间点,通知下一个时间段内是否发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号,例如:短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送周期为T,可以每隔N*T时间发送一个通知信号,指示下一个N*T时间段内是否发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号。
2)在短控制信令形式的测量参考信号发送周期的整数倍时间点,检查短控制信令形式的测量参考信号在下一个时间段内的发送情况是否会发生变化,如果在下一个时间段内,发送情况发生变化,例如:从不允许发送变为允许发送,或者从允许发送变为不允许发送,则指示UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况发生变化,否则,不进行指示。
3)默认短控制信令形式的测量参考信号为允许发送,仅在不允许发送的情况下,通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号停发,可以约定每次停发的持续时间Tstop,或者随停发通知一起通知准确的停发时间。
所述可用信道确定模块51,还配置为在对非授权载波的可用信道的占用期内,仍然继续进行所有非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性检测,维护可用信道列表,在根据UE上报的测量结果确定当前处于占用期的非授权载波信道的信道状态发生恶化时,通过可用信道列表切换到其他信道。
该网络侧设备还包括上行测量模块53,配置为对于非授权载波上支持上行发送的情况,对UE发送的非连续发送的上行测量信号进行测量。
实际应用时,所述上行测量模块53可以由处理器结合通信芯片实现。
基于上述网络侧设备,本发明实施例还提供一种UE,如图6所示,该UE包括:测量模块61、上报模块62;其中,
测量模块61,可以由UE的信号检测芯片实现,配置为对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量;
上报模块62,可以由UE的通信芯片实现,配置为将测量结果进行平 滑后上报给所述网络侧设备;
所述测量模块61,具体配置为根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
所述上报模块62,具体配置为按照一次非授权载波的可用信道的占用时间或者指定的时间来进行测量结果的统计,当次对所述可用信道的占用期的测量结果在当次所述可用信道的占用时间内利用授权载波或非授权载波上报;
所述上报模块62,还配置为在对所述可用信道的占用期内,没能进行一次成功的上报,则通知测量模块61对所述可用信道的占用期内的全部测量参考信号进行测量,在当次占用时间结束后,通过授权载波或其他非授权载波上报测量结果;
所述上报模块62,还配置为对于占用期内最后一次未完成的测量,通知测量模块61对占用期内剩余的全部测量参考信号进行测量,在当次占用时间结束后,通过授权载波上报测量结果;
所述上报模块62,具体配置为在测量模块61对所述可用信道的占用期与非占用期都进行测量后,对于占用期测量结果与非占用期的测量结果,可以按如下任一方式进行平滑:
1)占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,得到一个长期的占用期的测量结果;非占用期的测量结果单独平滑,得到一个长期的非占用期测量结果;
这里,所述占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,例如:当前统计的占用期历史测量结果是R_pre,当次占用期的测量结果为R_occupy,平滑加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_pre=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_occupy;
注意:对于第一个测量结果,R_pre=R_occupy;
所述非占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑例如:当前统计的非占用期历 史测量结果是R_pre,当次非占用期的测量结果为R_non_occupy,平滑加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_pre=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_non_occupy。
注意对于第一个测量结果,R_pre=R_non_occupy。
2)通过不同的加权因子对占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果一起平滑,具体的,可以增加占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果的加权因子,以调节占用期测量结果所占的权重和非占用期的测量结果所占的权重。
例如:当前统计的历史测量结果是R_pre,若当次测量结果为占用期测量结果R_occupy,占用期加权因子为a,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_next=(1-a)*R_pre+a*R_occupy;若当次测量结果为非占用期测量结果R_non_occupy,非占用期加权因子为b,则此次测量结果可按照下式进行平滑:R_next=(1-b)*R_pre+b*R_non_occupy。
注意:对于第一个测量结果,若第一个测量结果为占用期测量结果R_occupy,则R_pre=R_occupy;若第一个测量结果为非占用期测量结果R_non_occupy,则R_pre=R_non_occupy。
基于上述网络侧设备及UE,本发明还提供一种非授权载波的测量系统,如图7所示,该系统包括:网络侧设备71、UE 72;其中,
网络侧设备71,配置为根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示用户设备UE 72对所述可用信道进行测量;
UE 72,配置为对网络侧设备71指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备71。
所述网络侧设备71,具体配置为在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE 72发送测量参考信号,以指示UE 72根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量;
相应的,所述UE 72,具体配置为根据网络侧设备71下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
所述网络侧设备71,具体配置为根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道。
所述网络侧设备71进行可用性测量包括以下任一种方式:
1)在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性;
2)对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,其中,在检测到干扰信号为异系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到干扰信号为同系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道;在检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号时,根据预先设定的同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道,否则判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到系统静默时的干扰信号时,判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;
3)预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
具体的,所述网络侧设备71的具体结构如图5所示,所述UE 72的具 体结构如图6所示。
本领域普通技术人员可以理解:实现上述方法实施例的全部或部分步骤可以通过程序指令相关的硬件来完成,前述的程序指令可以存储于计算机可读取存储介质中,该程序指令在执行时,执行包括上述方法实施例的步骤;而前述的存储介质包括:移动存储设备、ROM、磁碟或者光盘等各种可以存储程序代码的介质。
相应的,本发明实施例还提供一种计算机存储介质,其中存储有计算机程序,该计算机程序用于执行步骤101-102的非授权载波的测量方法;以及
本发明实施例提供另一种计算机存储介质,其中存储有计算机程序,该计算机程序用于执行步骤301-302的非授权载波的测量方法。
以上所述,仅为本发明的较佳实施例而已,并非用于限定本发明的保护范围,凡在本发明的精神和原则之内所作的任何修改、等同替换和改进等,均应包含在本发明的保护范围之内。

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  1. 一种非授权载波的测量方法,所述方法包括:
    网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示用户设备UE对所述可用信道进行测量。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的测量方法,其中,所述指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量包括:在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号,以指示UE根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量。
  3. 根据权利要求1或2所述的测量方法,其中,所述网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道包括:
    网络侧设备根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道。
  4. 根据权利要求3所述的测量方法,其中,所述根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量包括:
    网络侧设备预先根据数据发送需求确定测量带宽W1,按照测量带宽W1进行非授权载波信道的可用性测量;或者,
    网络侧设备调整测量带宽W1为W2,……,Wn,分别按照W2,……,Wn对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,其中,W1,W2,……,Wn均为不同数值的带宽。
  5. 根据权利要求4所述的测量方法,其中,所述进行可用性测量包括以下任一种方式:
    1)网络侧设备在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性;
    2)网络侧设备对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测 量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,其中,在检测到干扰信号为异系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到干扰信号为同系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道;在检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号时,根据预先设定的同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道,否则判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到系统静默时的干扰信号时,判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;
    3)网络侧设备预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
  6. 根据权利要求2所述的测量方法,其中,所述方法还包括:网络侧设备在对所述可用信道的非占用期,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE。
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的测量方法,其中,所述方法还包括:网络侧设备在对所述可用信道的非占用期,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE时,网络侧设备通过可用信道的可用状态隐式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,或者通过主小区Pcell向UE发送下行控制信号,显式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况。
  8. 根据权利要求2所述的测量方法,其中,所述方法还包括:网络侧设备在对非授权载波的可用信道的占用期内,仍然继续进行所有非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性检测,维护可用信道列表,在根据UE上报的测 量结果确定当前处于占用期的非授权载波信道的信道状态发生恶化时,通过可用信道列表切换到其他信道。
  9. 根据权利要求1所述的测量方法,其中,所述方法还包括:对于非授权载波上支持上行发送的情况,网络侧设备对UE非连续发送的上行测量信号进行测量。
  10. 一种非授权载波的测量方法,所述方法包括:
    UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
  11. 根据权利要求10所述的测量方法,其中,所述UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量包括:UE根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
  12. 根据权利要求10或11所述的测量方法,其中,所述将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备包括:
    UE按照一次非授权载波的可用信道的占用时间或者指定的时间来进行测量结果的统计,当次对所述可用信道的占用期的测量结果在当次所述可用信道的占用时间内利用授权载波或非授权载波上报。
  13. 根据权利要求12所述的测量方法,其中,所述将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备包括:UE在对所述可用信道的占用期与非占用期都进行测量后,对于占用期测量结果与非占用期的测量结果,按如下任一方式进行平滑:
    1)占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,非占用期的测量结果单独平滑;
    2)通过不同的加权因子对占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果一起平滑。
  14. 一种非授权载波的测量方法,所述方法包括:
    网络侧设备根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波 的可用信道,并指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量;
    UE对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
  15. 一种网络侧设备,所述网络侧设备包括:可用信道确定模块、信号下发模块;其中,
    可用信道确定模块,配置为根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道;
    信号下发模块,配置为指示UE对所述可用信道进行测量。
  16. 根据权利要求15所述的网络侧设备,其中,所述信号下发模块,配置为在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号,以指示UE根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量。
  17. 根据权利要求15或16所述的网络侧设备,其中,所述可用信道确定模块,配置为根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道。
  18. 根据权利要求17所述的网络侧设备,其中,所述可用信道确定模块进行可用性测量包括以下任一种方式:
    1)在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性;
    2)对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,其中,在检测到干扰信号为异系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到干扰信号为同系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道;在检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号时,根据预先设定的同系统/异系统能量所占比 例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道,否则判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到系统静默时的干扰信号时,判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;
    3)预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
  19. 根据权利要求16所述的网络侧设备,其中,所述信号下发模块,还配置为在地区管制允许发送短控制信令时,在对所述可用信道的非占用期,发送短控制信令形式的测量参考信号给UE。
  20. 根据权利要求16所述的网络侧设备,其中,所述信号下发模块,还配置为通过可用信道的可用状态隐式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况,或者,通过Pcell向UE发送下行控制信号,显式地通知UE短控制信令形式的测量参考信号的发送情况。
  21. 根据权利要求16所述的网络侧设备,其中,所述可用信道确定模块,还配置为在对非授权载波的可用信道的占用期内,仍然继续进行所有非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性检测,维护可用信道列表,在根据UE上报的测量结果确定当前处于占用期的非授权载波信道的信道状态发生恶化时,通过可用信道列表切换到其他信道。
  22. 根据权利要求15所述的网络侧设备,其中,该网络侧设备还包括上行测量模块,配置为对于非授权载波上支持上行发送的情况,对UE发送的非连续发送的上行测量信号进行测量。
  23. 一种UE,所述UE包括:测量模块、上报模块;其中,
    测量模块,配置为对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量;
    上报模块,配置为将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
  24. 根据权利要求23所述的UE,其中,所述测量模块,配置为根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
  25. 根据权利要求23或24所述的UE,其中,所述上报模块,配置为按照一次非授权载波的可用信道的占用时间或者指定的时间来进行测量结果的统计,当次对所述可用信道的占用期的测量结果在当次所述可用信道的占用时间内利用授权载波或非授权载波上报。
  26. 根据权利要求25所述的UE,其中,所述上报模块,配置为在测量模块对所述可用信道的占用期与非占用期都进行测量后,对于占用期测量结果与非占用期的测量结果,按如下任一方式进行平滑:
    1)占用期的测量结果单独进行平滑,非占用期的测量结果单独平滑;
    2)通过不同的加权因子对占用期的测量结果与非占用期的测量结果一起平滑。
  27. 一种非授权载波的测量系统,所述系统包括:网络侧设备、UE;其中,
    网络侧设备,配置为根据非授权载波信道的可用状态和可用性确定非授权载波的可用信道,并指示用户设备UE对所述可用信道进行测量;
    UE,配置为对网络侧设备指示的非授权载波的可用信道进行测量,将测量结果进行平滑后上报给所述网络侧设备。
  28. 根据权利要求27所述的测量系统,其中,所述网络侧设备,配置为在对所述可用信道的占用期向UE发送测量参考信号,以指示UE根据所述测量参考信号对所述可用信道进行测量;
    相应的,所述UE,配置为根据网络侧设备下发的测量参考信号对非授权载波的可用信道进行测量。
  29. 根据权利要求27所述的测量系统,其中,所述网络侧设备,配置为根据地区管制要求对目标的非授权载波信道进行可用状态判断,在确定非授权载波信道的可用状态为正常使用状态后,根据固定的测量带宽或可变的测量带宽对非授权载波信道进行可用性测量,测量出可用信道。
  30. 根据权利要求29所述的网络侧设备,其中,所述网络侧设备进行可用性测量包括以下任一种方式:
    1)在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,根据检测的能量与预先设定的门限的关系,确定非授权载波信道的可用性;
    2)对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性,其中,在检测到干扰信号为异系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到干扰信号为同系统信号时,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道;在检测到一部分同系统信号,另一部分为异系统信号时,根据预先设定的同系统/异系统能量所占比例的门限,当同系统信号能量大于所述门限时,判定为同系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为可用信道,否则判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;在检测到系统静默时的干扰信号时,判定为异系统干扰,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道;
    3)预先设置第一门限、第二门限、第三门限,在一个或多个非授权载波信道上进行能量检测,当检测到的能量小于第一门限时,认为非授权载波信道为直接可用信道;当检测到的能量大于第一门限,小于第二门限时,对非授权载波信道的同系统干扰和异系统干扰进行测量,根据测量的干扰结果确定非授权载波信道的可用性;当检测到的能量大于第三门限时,认为非授权载波信道为不可用信道。
  31. 一种计算机存储介质,所述计算机存储介质包括一组指令,当执行所述指令时,引起至少一个处理器执行如权利要求1至9任一项所述的非授权载波的测量方法,或者执行如权利要求10至13任一项所述的非授权载波的测量方法。
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