WO2020057333A1

WO2020057333A1 - Method and apparatus for sending measurement configuration information and measurement report information

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Publication number: WO2020057333A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/103004
Authority: WO
Inventors: 胡星星; 彭文杰; 王瑞; 张宏平
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2018-09-18
Filing date: 2019-08-28
Publication date: 2020-03-26
Also published as: CN110913415A; CN110913415B

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for sending measurement configuration information and measurement report information, wherein same fall within the technical field of communications. The method is applied to a main base station comprised in a multi-connection communication system, wherein the multi-connection communication system comprises a UE, one main base station, and at least one auxiliary base station. The method comprises: the main base station assigning a measurement identifier to at least one auxiliary base station from multiple measurement identifiers comprised in a first measurement identifier resource pool of the main base station; when it is necessary to send measurement configuration information to the UE, selecting a measurement identifier from among the measurement identifiers assigned to the main base station and generating the measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, wherein the generated measurement configuration information at least carries the selected measurement identifier; and sending the generated measurement configuration information to the UE. According to the present application, a main base station and an auxiliary base station negotiate to use measurement identifiers in the same measurement identifier resource pool, thereby saving on maintenance costs of base stations and the storage space of a UE.

Description

Method and device for transmitting measurement configuration information and measurement report information

This application claims priority from a Chinese patent application filed on September 18, 2018 with an application number of 201811090120.X and an invention name of "Method and Device for Sending Measurement Configuration Information and Measurement Report Information", the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference. In this application.

Technical field

The present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and a device for transmitting measurement configuration information and measurement report information.

Background technique

In a multi-connection communication system, a user equipment (UE) can communicate with multiple base stations. In this way, the multi-connection communication system can use the resources of multiple base stations to provide communication services for the UE, thereby providing the UE with High-speed transmission. The multiple base stations usually include a primary base station and at least one secondary base station. The primary base station refers to a base station that has control plane signaling interaction with the core network, and the secondary base station refers to a base station other than the primary base station among the multiple base stations. In addition, each of the multiple base stations may send measurement configuration information to the UE. The measurement configuration information is used to configure a measurement task for the UE and instruct the UE to report a measurement result. Moreover, the measurement configuration information also carries at least one measurement identifier, and each measurement identifier is associated with a measurement task in the measurement configuration information, and can be used as an index of the measurement task.

In the related art, each base station in the multiple base stations maintains a measurement identifier resource pool, and the measurement identifier resource pool of each base station has the same specifications, and can accommodate a specific number of measurement identifiers. For each of the multiple base stations, when the base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, it can select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifier resource pool at the local end, and then generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and generate the The measurement configuration information is sent to the UE. The generated measurement configuration information carries a selected measurement identifier and a measurement task associated with each selected measurement identifier. Each measurement task may be represented by a measurement object identifier and a report configuration identifier.

However, since each base station maintains a measurement identification resource pool, the maintenance cost of the base station will be wasted. Moreover, since the UE also needs to maintain a measurement configuration database for storing processing data related to the measurement configuration information, in the case that each base station maintains a measurement identification resource pool, the measurement configuration database also needs to be prepared. Reserve the storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers that each base station in the multiple base stations can allocate in order to store the processing data corresponding to each measurement identifier, but in actual applications, the base station may not need to use so many The identification is measured, which will greatly waste the storage space of the UE.

Summary of the Invention

The embodiments of the present application provide a method and a device for transmitting measurement configuration information and measurement report information, which can solve the problems of wasted base station maintenance costs and the storage space of the UE in the related art. The technical solution is as follows:

According to a first aspect, a method for sending measurement configuration information is provided, and is applied to a primary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes the primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and user equipment UE. Methods include:

And assigning, by the primary base station, a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, so as to implement negotiation and allocation of the multiple with the at least one secondary base station. Measurement ID, each measurement ID is used to associate a measurement task in the measurement configuration information;

When the primary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, the primary base station selects a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers assigned to the primary base station, generates measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and the generated measurement configuration information carries at least The selected measurement identifier;

The primary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, in a multi-connection communication system, the primary base station may allocate a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, so as to implement the connection with the at least one The secondary base station negotiates and uses the same measurement identifier resource pool. In this way, when the primary base station or the secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, it only needs to select the measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the local end, and then the measurement configuration information can be delivered. . The measurement identification is negotiated through the primary and secondary base stations. In this multi-connection communication system, only the primary identification base station needs to maintain a measurement identification resource pool, thereby avoiding the waste of base station maintenance costs caused by each base station maintaining a measurement identification resource pool. In addition, the measurement configuration database of the UE only needs to reserve storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers that a base station can allocate, thereby saving storage space of the UE.

In specific implementation, the assigning, by the primary base station to the at least one secondary base station, a measurement identifier from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station includes:

The primary base station correspondingly sends at least one second measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one secondary base station to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the corresponding secondary base station;

Each second measurement identifier resource pool corresponds to a secondary base station, and each second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and the at least one second measurement Identifies the intersection of the resource pool as an empty set.

That is, the primary base station can allocate a fixed range of measurement identifiers to the secondary base station by sending the measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station, so that the secondary base station directly selects and uses the measurement identifiers from the pre-assigned measurement identifiers when transmitting the measurement configuration information. Simple and easy to operate.

In a specific implementation, the multi-connection communication system is a dual-connection communication system, and the at least one secondary base station is a secondary base station;

The allocating, by the primary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station to the at least one secondary base station, a measurement identifier includes:

Sending, by the primary base station, a second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station, where the second measurement identifier resource pool includes the first measurement Identifies at least one measurement ID in the resource pool.

Sending, by the primary base station, the measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station to the at least one secondary base station, to instruct the at least one secondary base station not to use the measurement identifier that is allocated to the primary base station.

That is, the primary base station may notify the used measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station, so that the secondary base station selects and uses the measurement identifiers remaining in the first measurement identifier resource pool. In this way, the utilization of the measurement identification is higher.

In a specific implementation, the assigning, by the primary base station to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, a measurement identifier includes:

Receiving, by the primary base station, a measurement identification request message sent by a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, and from the first measurement identification resource pool, outside the primary base station, according to the measurement identification request message A measurement identifier is selected from among the measurement identifiers of, and the selected measurement identifier is allocated to the target secondary base station.

That is, before the secondary base station needs to use the measurement identifier, it can first send a request to the primary base station for allocation by the primary base station. In this way, the utilization of the measurement identifier is also high.

In another embodiment, when the primary base station and the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to pass the primary base station to the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station When sending to the UE, after the primary base station allocates the measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, the method further includes:

Sending, by the primary base station, indication information of a first measurement identifier set and indication information of a second measurement identifier set to the UE, where the first measurement identifier set includes a measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station, and the first The two measurement identifier sets include measurement identifiers that have been allocated to the target secondary base station.

That is, the master base station may send the measurement identifier allocation information to the UE, and the UE determines that the received measurement configuration information is the master base station according to the measurement identifier allocation information and the measurement identifier carried in the received measurement configuration information. The configuration is also configured by the secondary base station.

In another embodiment, when the primary base station and the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to pass the primary base station to the target secondary base station, When the measurement configuration information is sent to the UE, the generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier includes:

Generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and configuration instruction information, and the generated measurement configuration information carries at least the selected measurement identifier and the configuration instruction information, and the configuration instruction information is used to indicate the generated measurement configuration information Whether it is configured by the primary base station or by the target secondary base station.

That is, an indication message may be added to the measurement configuration information of the primary base station and / or the measurement configuration information of the secondary base station, so that when the corresponding measurement configuration information is indicated by the instruction information, the primary base station is configured or the target secondary base station is configured.

In another embodiment, when the primary base station and the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to pass the primary base station to the target secondary base station, When the measurement configuration information is sent to the UE, the sending, by the master base station, the generated measurement configuration information to the UE includes:

The primary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE on one of two measurement configurations, and the two measurement configurations are used to distinguish that the transmitted measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station. , Also configured by the target secondary base station.

That is, the primary base station can use two measurement configurations to indicate whether the measurement configuration information sent by the base station UE is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

In a second aspect, a method for transmitting measurement configuration information is provided, and is applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes the primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and user equipment UE, The method includes:

Acquiring, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, each measurement identifier being used to associate a measurement task in measurement configuration information;

When the secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, the secondary base station selects a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the secondary base station, generates measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and the generated measurement configuration information carries at least The selected measurement identifier;

The secondary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, in a multi-connection communication system, the secondary base station may obtain the measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station for the secondary base station from the primary base station, so that the secondary base station and the primary base station negotiate to use the same measurement identifier resource pool. When the base station or the main base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, it only needs to select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the local end, and then the measurement configuration information can be delivered. The primary and secondary base stations can negotiate the use of measurement identifiers. In this multi-connection communication system, only the primary identifier base station needs to maintain a measurement identifier resource pool, thereby avoiding the waste of base station maintenance costs caused by each base station maintaining a single measurement identifier resource pool. In addition, the measurement configuration database of the UE only needs to reserve a storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers that a base station can allocate, thereby saving the storage space of the UE.

In a specific embodiment, the acquiring, by the secondary base station, the measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool includes:

Receiving, by the secondary base station, a second measurement identifier resource pool sent by the primary base station, and determining the measurement identifier in the second measurement identifier resource pool as a measurement identifier that can be allocated by the secondary base station, and the second measurement identifier The resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool.

Receiving, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier that is allocated to the primary base station and sent by the primary base station;

Determining, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier that can be allocated by the secondary base station based on a measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool other than the measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station.

Sending, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier acquisition request to the primary base station, the measurement identifier acquisition request is used to request the primary base station to remove the measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station from the first measurement identifier resource pool Selecting a measurement identifier from the external measurement identifiers, and sending the selected measurement identifier to the secondary base station;

Receiving, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier sent by the secondary base station as a measurement identifier that can be allocated by the secondary base station.

In another embodiment, when the secondary base station and the primary base station support the same communication standard, and the secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information of the secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station Generating the measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier includes:

Generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and configuration instruction information. The generated measurement configuration information carries the selected measurement identifier and the configuration instruction information, and the configuration instruction information is used to indicate that the generated measurement configuration information is Configured by the primary base station or configured by the secondary base station.

In a specific embodiment, the sending, by the secondary base station, the generated measurement configuration information to the UE includes:

The secondary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station.

According to a third aspect, a method for sending measurement report information is provided, which is applied to a multi-connection communication system including user equipment UE. The multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and the UE. The method includes :

Receiving, by the UE, measurement configuration information sent by a first base station, where the measurement configuration information carries at least a measurement identifier, and the first base station is the primary base station or any secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, and the measurement The identifier is selected by the first base station from a measurement identifier allocated by the master base station to the first base station;

The UE sends measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information, the measurement report information carries at least the measurement identifier, and the second base station is determined according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information get.

In the embodiment of the present application, in a multi-connection communication system, the primary base station may allocate a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, so as to implement the connection with the at least one The secondary base station negotiates and uses the same measurement identifier resource pool. In this way, when the primary base station or the secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, it only needs to select the measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the local end, and then the measurement configuration information can be delivered. . The primary and secondary base stations can negotiate the use of measurement identifiers. In this multi-connection communication system, only the primary identifier base station needs to maintain a measurement identifier resource pool, thereby avoiding the waste of base station maintenance costs caused by each base station maintaining a single measurement identifier resource pool. In addition, the measurement configuration database of the UE only needs to reserve a storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers that a base station can allocate, thereby saving the storage space of the UE.

In a specific embodiment, the first base station is the primary base station, and the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard;

The sending, by the UE, measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information includes:

Determining, by the UE, that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station;

Generating, by the UE, the measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and reporting instruction information, the measurement report information carrying the measurement identifier and the reporting instruction information, the reporting instruction information used to indicate the generated measurement report Whether the information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station;

Sending, by the UE, the generated measurement report information to the second base station.

That is, the UE may add indication information to the measurement report information to indicate whether the transmitted measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station.

In another embodiment, the first base station is the primary base station, and the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard;

The UE sends the measurement report information to the second base station on one of two kinds of measurement result information, and the two types of measurement result information are used to distinguish whether the sent measurement report information is reported to the master It is also reported to the target secondary base station by the base station.

That is, by defining two different measurement results, it is convenient for the base station to send measurement report information to the base station through the two different measurement results, and to refer to the measurement report information sent to the base station through the two different measurement results. When it is reported to the primary base station, it is still reported to the target secondary base station.

In another embodiment, before the UE determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the UE, indication information of a first measurement identifier set and indication information of a second measurement identifier set sent by the primary base station, where the first measurement identifier set includes a measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station, and the first Two measurement identifier sets include measurement identifiers that have been allocated to the target secondary base station;

The UE determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station includes:

If the measurement identifier is in the first measurement identifier set, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station;

If the measurement identifier is in the second measurement identifier set, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

In a specific embodiment, the determining, by the UE, that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station includes:

The UE determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to the configuration instruction information carried in the measurement configuration information.

The UE determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to which measurement configuration of the two measurement configurations the measurement configuration information is sent on.

According to a fourth aspect, a device for transmitting measurement configuration information is provided, and the device has a function of implementing an action of the method for transmitting measurement configuration information according to the first aspect or the second aspect. The apparatus for transmitting measurement configuration information includes at least one module, and the at least one module is configured to implement the method for transmitting measurement configuration information provided by the first aspect or the second aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, a device for sending measurement report information is provided, and the device has a function of implementing an action of the method for sending measurement report information according to the first aspect or the second aspect. The apparatus for sending measurement report information includes at least one module, and the at least one module is configured to implement the method for sending measurement report information provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, there is provided a device for transmitting measurement configuration information. The device for transmitting measurement configuration information includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store the device for transmitting measurement configuration information. Or a program of a method for transmitting measurement configuration information provided by the second aspect, and storing data related to the method of transmitting measurement configuration information provided by the first or second aspect. The processor is configured to execute a program stored in the memory. The operating device of the storage device may further include a communication bus for establishing a connection between the processor and the memory.

According to a seventh aspect, a device for transmitting measurement report information is provided. The device for transmitting the measurement report information includes a processor and a memory, and the memory is configured to store the device for transmitting measurement report information, and execute the first aspect. Or a program of a method for transmitting measurement report information provided by the second aspect, and storing data related to the method of transmitting measurement report information provided by the first or second aspect described above. The processor is reported as being used to execute a program stored in the memory. The operating device of the storage device may further include a communication bus for establishing a connection between the processor and the memory.

According to an eighth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided. The computer-readable storage medium stores instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to execute the foregoing first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect. The method described.

In a ninth aspect, a computer program product containing instructions is provided, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect above.

The technical effects obtained in the fourth to eighth aspects are similar to the technical effects obtained in the corresponding technical means in the first aspect, and are not repeated here.

The beneficial effects brought by the technical solution provided by this application are:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a multi-connection communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

2 is a schematic diagram of an EN-DC communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a schematic diagram of a NN-DC communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a flowchart of a method for measuring configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

7 is a flowchart of another method for measuring configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

8 is a structural block diagram of a device for sending measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application;

9 is a structural block diagram of another apparatus for sending measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of a device for sending measurement report information according to an embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present application clearer, the embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before explaining the embodiments of the present application in detail, the implementation environment of the embodiments of the present application will be introduced first.

The method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a multi-connection communication system. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a multi-connection communication system provided in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1, the multi-connection communication system includes a master base station ( Master Node (MN) 10, at least one Secondary Node (SN) 20, and UE 30. The UE 30 can be connected to the primary base station 20 and the at least one secondary base station 20 respectively, that is, it can communicate with the primary base station 20 and the at least one secondary base station 20 respectively, so that the network side can pass the resources of the multiple base stations. The UE 30 is provided with a communication service, thereby providing the UE with a high-rate transmission.

The primary base station 10 refers to a base station in the multi-connection communication system that has control plane signaling interaction with the core network, and the secondary base station 20 refers to a base station other than the primary base station 10. In addition, each base station may send measurement configuration information to the UE 30 to configure a measurement task for the UE 30 and instruct the UE 30 to report a measurement result. The measurement configuration information may include a measurement object (Measure object, MeasObject), a report configuration (Report configuration, ReportConfig), a measurement identifier (Measure ID, MeasId), an event parameter, or a cell list.

Specifically, the base station may send the measurement configuration information to the UE 30 through a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message, that is, the measurement configuration information is carried in the RRC message to the UE. For example, the base station may notify the UE of the measurement configuration information through the measConfig element of the RRC Connection Reconfigurtion message.

In the related art, each base station in the multi-connection communication system needs to maintain a measurement identifier resource pool, and each base station can only select a measurement identifier from the local measurement identifier resource pool to generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier. And then send it to the UE, which will waste the maintenance cost of the base station and the storage space of the UE. In order to save the maintenance cost of the base station and the storage space of the UE, the embodiment of the present application provides a method in which the primary base station and the secondary base station can negotiate and use the same measurement identification resource pool. For details, see the related description of the embodiment in FIG.

In addition, for the target secondary base station 20 in the at least one secondary base station 20, the target secondary base station 20 may send its measurement configuration information to the UE 30 through the primary base station 10, that is, the target secondary base station 20 first sends the measurement configuration information generated by the target secondary base station 20 to the primary The base station 10 is forwarded by the primary base station 10 to the UE 30, or the target secondary base station 20 may directly send its measurement configuration information to the UE 30. The target secondary base station 20 may be any secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station 20. In addition, for the target secondary base station 20, an RRC message capable of directly transmitting measurement configuration information to the UE 30 is referred to as an SRB3 message.

It should be noted that in a scenario where the target secondary base station 20 and the primary base station 10 directly send the local measurement configuration information to the UE, the UE can directly determine whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20 Generated. In the scenario where the target secondary base station 20 sends its measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station 10, since the measurement configuration information of the primary base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 is issued by the primary base station 10, for the UE 30 to It also needs to solve a problem, that is, to distinguish whether the measurement configuration information received from the primary base station 10 is configured by the primary base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20 in order to accurately send the measurement result to the corresponding base station.

In addition, for the target secondary base station 20 in the at least one secondary base station 20, when the communication format of the target secondary base station 20 and the primary base station 10 is different, the primary base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 may respectively communicate with the protocols corresponding to different communication systems. The UE delivers measurement configuration information, for example, adopts RRC protocols corresponding to different communication systems to deliver measurement configuration information to the UE. When the communication system of the target secondary base station 20 and the primary base station 10 are the same, the target secondary base station 20 and the primary base station 10 may use the protocol corresponding to the same communication system to send measurement configuration information to the UE, for example, the RRC protocol corresponding to the same communication system is used. To send measurement configuration information to the UE.

It should be noted that in a scenario in which the target secondary base station 20 sends its measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station 10, and the communication systems of the target secondary base station 20 and the primary base station 10 are different, since the primary base station 10 can adopt different communication systems The corresponding protocol sends the measurement configuration information of the primary base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 to the UE 30. Therefore, for the measurement configuration information received by the UE 30 from the primary base station 10 side, the UE 30 uses the measurement configuration information received by the The protocol can accurately determine whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20.

However, in a scenario where the target secondary base station 20 sends its measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station 10, and the communication format of the target secondary base station 20 is the same as that of the primary base station 10, since the primary base station 10 uses a protocol corresponding to the same communication standard The measurement configuration information of the primary base station 10 and the target secondary base station 20 is sent to the UE 30. Therefore, for the UE 30, it cannot distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station 10 or by the target through a communication protocol. Generated by the secondary base station 20. In this scenario, the UE 30 needs to further solve the technical problem of distinguishing the source of measurement configuration information, that is, distinguishing the technical problem of whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station 10 or the target secondary base station 20.

In addition, when the multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station 10 and a secondary base station 20, the multi-connection communication system may also be referred to as a dual-connectivity (DC) communication system. In the DC communication system, the communication systems of the primary base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 may be the same or different. For example, the main base station 10 supports the dual-connected communication system of the 4G communication standard and the secondary base station 20 supports the 5G communication standard. Or, both the primary base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 support the dual-connected communication system of the 5G communication standard. Each of the base stations 20 supports a dual-connection communication system such as a 4G communication system.

For example, a dual-link communication system in which the primary base station 10 supports the 4G communication standard and the secondary base station 20 supports the 5G communication standard may be an evolved universal land-based wireless access and a new wireless dual-connection (E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity, EN-DC )Communication Systems. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an EN-DC communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2, the system includes a primary base station 10, a secondary base station 20, and a UE 30. The primary base station 10 supports long-term evolution (Long Terminal Evolution, LTE). ) Protocol, the secondary base station 20 supports the New Radio (New Radio, NR) protocol, and both base stations can generate an RRC measurement message to the UE 30. The RRC measurement message refers to an RRC message carrying measurement configuration information.

Specifically, in the EN-DC communication system, when the network side configures the RRC message corresponding to the base station for the UE 30, the RRC message format corresponding to the communication standard needs to be adopted, that is, the RRC measurement message generated by the secondary base station 20 is notified to the UE 30 through the NR RRC message format. The RRC measurement message generated by the master base station 10 is notified to the UE 30 through the LTE RRC message format. And in the EN-DC communication system, the primary base station 10 can also send the measurement configuration information generated by the secondary base station 20 to the UE 30, but the measurement configuration information still uses the NR RRC message format (that is, embedded in the RRC measurement message of LTE Set of RRC measurement messages for NR). Therefore, in the EN-DC communication system, the UE 30 can know which base station delivers the corresponding measurement configuration information according to the message format. At the same time, in the EN-DC scenario, when the UE 30 reports the measurement results, the measurement configuration information generated for the primary base station 10 and the secondary primary base station 20 is also notified to the network side using the RRC message format corresponding to the communication system. In EN-DC, when the UE 30 needs to transfer the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration generated by the NR to the secondary base station 20 through the primary base station 10, the UE 30 also adopts the corresponding measurement result in the NR RRC message format (that is, the RRC message in LTE). The RRC message carrying the NR is sent to the master base station 10. For example, the protocol uses LTE's UL Information Transfer MRDC message to carry the NR MeasurementReport message. Therefore, the master base station 10 can also know to which base station the corresponding measurement result is based on the message format.

By way of example, the dual connection communication system in which both the primary base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 support the 5G communication standard may be a new wireless dual connection (NR-NR Dual Connectivity, NN-DC) communication system. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a NN-DC communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 3, the system includes a primary base station 10, a secondary base station 20, and a UE 30. Both the primary base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 support the NR protocol. And both base stations can generate RRC measurement messages to UE30. However, in the NN-DC communication system, both the primary base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 support the NR protocol. Therefore, in a scenario where the measurement configuration information of the secondary base station 20 needs to be sent to the UE 30 through the primary base station 10, the UE 30 needs to distinguish from the primary Which base station the measurement configuration information received by the base station 10 is generated by, correspondingly, after the UE 30 sends the measurement result to the main base station 10, the main base station 10 also needs to distinguish which base station the measurement result is reported to.

In addition, it should be noted that the dual-link communication system in which both the primary base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 support the 4G communication standard may be an LTE dual connectivity (LTE-DC) communication system. In the LTE-DC communication system, the primary Both the base station 10 and the secondary base station 20 support the LTE protocol. However, in the LTE-DC communication system, only the primary base station 10 can generate and send measurement configuration information to the UE 30, and the secondary base station 20 does not need to generate and send measurement configuration information, so the UE 30 does not need to distinguish the base station with the measurement configuration information. source. Moreover, the measurement results of the UE 30 are also sent to the main base station 10, so the main base station 10 does not need to distinguish to whom the measurement results are reported.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application. The base station may be a primary base station or a secondary base station in a multi-connection communication system. Referring to FIG. 4, the base station includes a processor 401, a communication bus 402, a memory 403, and At least one communication interface 404.

The processor 401 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more of the programs used to control the execution of the program of the application scheme. integrated circuit.

The communication bus 402 may include a path for transmitting information between the aforementioned components.

The memory 403 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other type that can store information and instructions The dynamic storage device can also be Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Compact Disc (Read-Only Memory, CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (Including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be used by a computer Any other media accessed, but not limited to this. The memory 403 may exist independently, and is connected to the processor 401 through a communication bus 402. The memory 403 may also be integrated with the processor 401.

The communication interface 404 uses any device such as a transceiver to communicate with other devices or communication networks, such as Ethernet, Radio Access Network (RAN), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), and the like.

In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the base station may include multiple processors. Each of these processors may be a single-CPU processor or a multi-CPU processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and / or processing cores for processing data (such as computer program instructions).

The memory 403 is configured to store program code that executes the solution of the present application, and is controlled and executed by the processor 401. The processor 401 is configured to execute a program code stored in the memory 403. The base station may implement the method for sending measurement configuration information provided by the embodiment in FIG. 6 below through the processor 401 and the program code in the memory 403.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 5, the UE includes at least one processor 501, a communication bus 502, a memory 503, and at least one communication interface 504.

The processor 501 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more of the programs used to control the execution of the program of the solution of the present application. integrated circuit.

The communication bus 502 may include a path for transmitting information between the aforementioned components.

The memory 503 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM), or other type that can store information and instructions The dynamic storage device can also be Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Compact Disc (Read-Only Memory, CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (Including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be used by a computer Any other media accessed, but not limited to this. The memory 503 may exist independently, and is connected to the processor 501 through a communication bus 502. The memory 503 may also be integrated with the processor 501.

The communication interface 504 uses any device such as a transceiver to communicate with other devices or communication networks, such as Ethernet, Radio Access Network (RAN), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), and the like.

In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the processor 501 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU0 and CPU1 shown in FIG. 5.

In specific implementation, as an embodiment, the UE may include multiple processors, such as the processor 501 and the processor 505 shown in FIG. 5. Each of these processors may be a single-CPU processor or a multi-CPU processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and / or processing cores for processing data (such as computer program instructions).

In specific implementation, as an embodiment, the UE may further include an output device 506 and an input device 507. The output device 506 communicates with the processor 501 and can display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device 506 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display device, a cathode ray tube (CRT) display device, or a projector. Wait. The input device 507 communicates with the processor 501 and can receive user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device 507 may be a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen device, or a sensing device.

In a specific implementation, the UE may be a desktop computer, a portable computer, a network server, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wireless terminal device, a communication device, or an embedded device. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the type of the UE.

The memory 503 is configured to store program code that executes the solution of the present application, and is controlled and executed by the processor 501. The processor 501 is configured to execute program code 508 stored in the memory 503. The program code 508 may include one or more software modules. The UE may implement, by using the processor 501 and one or more software modules in the program code 508 in the memory 503, the method for sending measurement configuration information provided in the embodiment of FIG. 3 below.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for measuring configuration according to an embodiment of the present application. The method is applied to the multi-connection communication system shown in FIG. 1 described above. The multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a UE. , The UE is respectively connected to the primary base station and at least one secondary base station, and the method includes a method for transmitting measurement configuration information by the base station and a method for transmitting measurement report information by the UE. Referring to FIG. 6, the method includes:

Step 601: The primary base station allocates a measurement identifier for the at least one secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, so as to implement the negotiation and allocation of the multiple measurement identifiers with the at least one secondary base station. A measurement identifier is used to associate a measurement task in measurement configuration information.

It should be noted that the first measurement identifier resource pool is a measurement identifier resource pool maintained by the master base station, and multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool can be generated by the primary base station, and the at least one secondary base station does not need to The measurement identifier resource pool is maintained, and the measurement identifier used when delivering measurement configuration information can be obtained from the master base station.

In the embodiment of the present application, by allocating a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station, the primary base station can implement the negotiation with the at least one secondary base station to use the measurement identifier in the same measurement identifier resource pool. In this way, each base station can be prevented from maintaining a measurement. The problem of wasting base station maintenance costs caused by identifying resource pools, and the UE's measurement configuration database only needs to reserve storage space corresponding to the maximum number of measurement identifiers that a base station can allocate, thereby saving the UE's storage space.

The at least one secondary base station may be all secondary base stations in the multi-connection communication system, or may be part of the secondary base stations in the multi-connection communication system, that is, the primary base station may communicate with all of the multi-connection communication systems. The secondary base station negotiates and uses the measurement identifier, and may also negotiate with only some secondary base stations to use the measurement identifier, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The measurement configuration information is used to instruct the UE to perform a measurement task according to the measurement configuration in the measurement configuration information and report the measurement result. The measurement configuration information carries at least a measurement identifier and a measurement task associated with the measurement identifier, and the measurement task may be represented by a measurement object identifier (MeasObjectId) and a report configuration identifier (reportConfigId). For example, the measurement configuration information carries MeasureId, and MeasObjectId and reportConfigId associated with MeasureId. Moreover, each measurement configuration information may carry one or more measurement identifiers, that is, the measurement configuration information may carry at least one measurement identifier and a measurement task associated with each measurement identifier. In addition, the measurement configuration information may also carry at least one of a report configuration, an event parameter, a cell list, a measurement amount, and a measurement gap configuration.

In addition, the primary base station may also allocate a measurement identifier from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, that is, the measurement identifier used by the primary base station is also allocated from the first measurement identifier resource pool. of. The primary base station may allocate measurement identifiers from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the primary base station and the at least one secondary base station, respectively, so that the primary base station and the at least one secondary base station negotiate the same measurement identifier resource pool. distribution.

Specifically, the primary base station allocates a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, that is, the primary base station negotiates and uses the measurement with the at least one secondary base station. There are three ways to identify:

First implementation manner: The primary base station sends at least one second measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one secondary base station, so as to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the corresponding secondary base station.

Each second measurement identifier resource pool corresponds to a secondary base station, and each second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool The intersection set is empty, that is, the measurement identifiers included in the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool are different, and each measurement identifier resource pool is specifically configured with the corresponding secondary base station. And, the union of the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool is the remaining measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, that is, the measurement identifier included in the at least one second measurement identifier resource pool is the first measurement. Identifies the remaining measurement identifiers in the resource pool except those that have been allocated to the primary base station.

In another embodiment, when the multi-connection communication system is a dual-connection communication system and the at least one secondary base station is a secondary base station, that is, when the dual-connection communication system includes a primary base station, a secondary base station, and a UE, the primary The base station may send a second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station. The second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one of the first measurement identifier resource pools. Measurement identification.

That is, the primary base station notifies the secondary base station of the measurement identifier allocated to the secondary base station. Optionally, the primary base station may allocate part of the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one secondary base station, for example, assign the remaining measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool that have been allocated to the primary base station to the at least one secondary base station. At least one secondary base station.

Specifically, the second measurement identification resource pool may be sent to the corresponding secondary base station through a first notification message. The first notification message may be an S-Node Addition Request message or an S-NODE Modification Request message, etc., of course, it may also be in other message formats. . For example, the second measurement identification resource pool may be a MeasId pool, and the MeasID pool is a set of available MeasId corresponding to the secondary base station.

Further, for each secondary base station, after the secondary base station receives the second measurement identification resource pool sent by the primary base station, it may also reply a response message to the primary base station, where the response message is used to indicate that the secondary base station has received all Assigned measurement ID. Optionally, the response message may be an S-Node, addition, request, acknowlege, or s-node, modification request, acknowledge message, and the like, and of course, may also be in other message forms.

That is, in the first implementation manner, the primary base station can allocate a fixed-range measurement identifier to the secondary base station in advance, so that the secondary base station can directly select and use the measurement identifier allocated to the local end. The allocation method is simple and the operation is convenient.

A second implementation manner : The primary base station sends the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station to at least one secondary base station, so as to instruct the at least one secondary base station not to use the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station.

That is, the master base station may also allocate at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the master base station, and whenever the master base station allocates at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool to the master base station, The measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station is sent to at least one secondary base station, to indicate that at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station.

Wherein, indicating that the at least one secondary base station does not use the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station refers to instructing the at least one secondary base station not to use the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station in the first measurement identifier resource pool, so as to issue a measurement configuration. Information, select from the remaining measurement identities in the first measurement identification resource pool that are allocated to the main base station, that is, use the measurement IDs in the first measurement identification resource pool other than the measurement identifications that have been allocated to the main base station. The identifier is used as a measurement identifier allocated to at least one secondary base station.

The measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station may be sent to the corresponding secondary base station through a second notification message. The second notification message may be an S-Node Addition Request message or an S-NODE Modification Request message, etc., of course, it may also be another message. form. Further, for each secondary base station, after the secondary base station receives the third measurement identification resource pool sent by the primary base station, it may also reply a response message to the primary base station, where the response message is used to indicate that the secondary base station has received The measurement identifier sent by the master base station and assigned to the master base station. Optionally, the response message may be an S-Node addition request request acknowlege or an s-node modification request acknowledge message and the like.

That is, the primary base station may dynamically select a measurement identifier from the unused measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool for use, and then notify the used measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station, so that the secondary base station may Select from the remaining measurement IDs in the measurement ID resource pool. In this way, the utilization of the measurement identification is higher.

Further, when the at least one secondary base station is multiple secondary base stations, for each secondary base station in the multiple secondary base stations, the measurement identifier allocated to the local end may also be sent to the primary base station and / or the secondary base station to indicate The primary base station and other secondary base stations do not use the measurement identity that has been allocated to the secondary base station. For example, after each secondary base station chooses to use a measurement identifier from measurement identifiers other than the measurement identifiers that have been allocated to the primary base station, it can send the used measurement identifiers to the primary base station and / or other secondary base stations so that the primary base station and other The secondary base station deletes the received measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers available at the local end, and then selects the measurement identifier to be used again from the deleted measurement identifier.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the primary base station sends a part of the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool to at least one secondary base station to instruct the at least one secondary base station not to use the measurement identifiers. That is, the primary base station may also allocate at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool to at least one secondary base station, to instruct the at least one secondary base station to use a measurement identifier other than these measurement identifiers.

A third implementation manner: The primary base station receives a measurement identification request message sent by the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, and sends the measurement identification to the target secondary base station.

The measurement identifier sent may be selected by the master base station from measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool that have been allocated to other than the master base station according to the measurement identifier request message. That is, after receiving the measurement identification request message sent by the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, the primary base station may allocate the first measurement identification resource pool to the outside of the primary base station according to the measurement identification request message. Select a measurement ID from the measurement IDs of the BS and then assign the selected measurement ID to the target secondary base station.

The measurement identification request message is used to request available measurement identifications from the master base station. Specifically, one measurement identification may be requested at a time, all measurement identifications available at the local end may be requested at one time, or a certain number of measurement identifications may be requested at one time. This embodiment of the present application does not limit this. That is, the measurement identification request message may be only a request indication, or may be in the form of the number of measurement identifications carrying the request. Optionally, the measurement identification request message may be an S-Node Modification required message or the like.

Further, after receiving the measurement identifier request message sent by the target secondary base station, the primary base station may further send a response message to the secondary base station, where the response message is carried to the measurement identifier selected by the secondary base station. Optionally, the response message may be an S-Node Modification Confirm message, and the message carries the MeasID available to the secondary base station.

That is, in a third implementation manner, the primary base station may dynamically select a measurement identifier to use from unused measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and the secondary base station may send the measurement identifier before using the measurement identifier. Request to the master base station for allocation. In this way, the utilization of the measurement identifier is also high.

Step 602: When the primary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers assigned by the primary base station, generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and send the generated measurement configuration information to the UE. The generated measurement configuration information carries at least the selected measurement identifier.

Specifically, the master base station may select a measurement identifier that has not been used from the measurement identifiers allocated by the master base station, and may randomly select or select according to a preset rule, for example, according to the ID order of the measurement identifiers, etc. This embodiment of the present application does not limit this. In addition, the main base station may select one measurement identifier or multiple measurement identifiers at a time, and may specifically select according to the number of measurement tasks to be performed in the measurement identifiers to be generated, for example, according to the number of measurement objects to be associated. select.

Specifically, generating the measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier may further include: generating measurement configuration information based on the measurement task associated with the selected measurement identifier and the selected measurement identifier, and the generated measurement configuration information carries the selected measurement identifier and each The selected measurement identifies the associated measurement task. The measurement task may use a measurement object identifier and a report configuration identifier. For example, the measurement task associated with each selected measurement identifier includes MeasObjectId and reportConfigId.

Further, when the primary base station and the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to send the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station, the primary base station needs to further resolve How to instruct the UE to distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station.

In a possible embodiment, the primary base station may indicate to the UE whether the measurement configuration information sent by the primary base station or the target secondary base station is configured. The specific indication method may include the following three types:

First implementation manner: After the primary base station allocates a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, the primary base station combines the indication information of the first measurement identifier set with the second measurement identifier set. The instruction information is sent to the UE. The first measurement identifier set includes measurement identifiers assigned to the primary base station, and the second measurement identifier set includes measurement identifiers assigned to the target secondary base station.

The indication information of the first measurement identifier set is used to indicate the first measurement identifier set, and may specifically be the first measurement identifier set, or an index or an acquisition address of the first measurement identifier. The indication information of the second measurement identifier set is used to indicate the second measurement identifier set, and may specifically be the second measurement identifier set, or an index or an acquisition address of the second measurement identifier.

Specifically, the indication information of the first measurement identification set and the indication information of the second measurement identification set may be notified to the UE through a third notification message, and the third notification message may be measurement configuration information, that is, the first measurement identification The set of indication information and / or the indication information of the second measurement identification set are carried in the measurement configuration information and sent to the UE. Of course, the third notification message may also be other messages than the measurement configuration information, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

That is, in the first implementation manner, the master base station may send the measurement identifier allocation information to the UE, and the UE determines the location of the measurement identifier based on the measurement identifier allocation information and the measurement identifier carried in the received measurement configuration information. Whether the received measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station or generated by the secondary base station.

Second implementation manner: The master base station generates measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and configuration indication information. The generated measurement configuration information carries at least the selected measurement identifier and configuration indication information, and the configuration indication information is used to indicate the generated measurement configuration information. Whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

Specifically, the configuration instruction information may include first instruction information and second instruction information. The first instruction information is used to indicate that the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station, and the second configuration information is used to indicate the generated measurement. The configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

The configuration instruction information may be inserted in measconfig or measIdToAddModList, for example, after the associated MeasureId, MeasObjectId, and reportConfigId included in measIdToAddModList.

That is, in the second method, an indication message may be added to the measurement configuration information sent by the primary base station to indicate whether the corresponding measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station by using the instruction information.

A third implementation manner: The primary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the UE in one of two measurement configurations. These two measurement configurations are used to distinguish that the transmitted measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station. It is also configured by the target secondary base station.

The two measurement configurations may include a primary base station measurement configuration and a secondary base station measurement configuration. The primary base station measurement configuration is used to indicate that the measurement configuration information sent at the corresponding location is configured by the primary base station. The secondary base station measurement configuration is used to indicate that The measurement configuration sent at the corresponding location is configured by the secondary base station. Specifically, the measurement configuration may be measconfig. For example, the primary base station may use different measconfig to instruct the UE to distinguish whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

Among them, the measurement configuration of the primary base station and the measurement configuration of the secondary base station can be specifically distinguished in terms of message names, message formats, or newly added variables. For example, the name of the measurement configuration of the primary base station is measconfigMN, and the name of the measurement configuration of the secondary base station is measconfigSN. In addition, the measurement configuration of the primary base station may also be a measurement configuration currently used in the communication system, and the measurement configuration of the secondary base station may be a new measurement configuration newly used to distinguish the measurement configuration currently in use. For example, the existing measconfig may be used as the primary base station measurement configuration, and a new measconfigSN is newly defined as the secondary base station measurement configuration. In addition, some indication information may be added to the two measurement configurations to indicate whether the measurement configuration is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station. For example, two measconfigs are defined in the protocol, and one or two measconfigs are added with an instruction indicating whether the measconfig is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station. The indication information may be a Boolean variable (Bool) or a cell group ID (cell ID). For example, a boolean variable is true, it indicates that the measconfig is configured by the primary base station, and a boolean variable is false, it indicates that the measconfig is configured by the secondary base station. Or the boolean variable is false, indicating that the measconfig is configured by the primary base station, and the boolean variable is true, indicating that the measconfig is configured by the secondary base station.

In a third implementation manner, by defining two different measurement configurations, the master base station supports sending and receiving measurement configuration information in two different measurement configurations, so that the UE directly uses the two measurement configurations according to the received measurement configuration information. That measurement configuration is sent to distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

Further, when there are multiple target secondary base stations, multiple different measconfigSNs can be newly defined as measurement configurations corresponding to multiple target secondary base stations. For example, when there are two target secondary base stations, measconfigSN1 can be used as the measurement configuration corresponding to the first target secondary base station, and measconfigSN2 can be used as the measurement configuration corresponding to the second target secondary base station.

It should be noted that the above step 602 is an optional step. In the embodiment of the present application, step 602 is performed after step 601 as an example for description. In actual application, step 602 may not be performed.

Step 603: The target secondary base station obtains the measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the target secondary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool.

The target secondary base station may be any secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station. Specifically, according to the manner in which the primary base station allocates the measurement identifier to the secondary base station from the first measurement identifier, the target secondary base station obtains the primary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool and allocates the target secondary base station to the target secondary base station. The methods of measuring identification are also different, and can include the following three methods:

First implementation manner: Corresponding to the first allocation manner of step 601, the target secondary base station receives the second measurement identifier resource pool sent by the primary base station, and determines the measurement identifier in the second measurement identifier resource pool as the target secondary base station may Assigned measurement ID. The second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, that is, the measurement identifier included in the second measurement identifier resource pool is the first measurement identifier resource pool except that it has been allocated to the primary base station. A measurement ID other than the measurement ID of.

The second implementation manner: Corresponding to the second allocation manner of step 601, the target secondary base station receives the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station sent by the primary base station, and based on the first measurement identifier resource pool, the measurement allocated to the primary base station is divided. The measurement identifier other than the identifier determines the measurement identifier that can be allocated by the target secondary base station.

Specifically, if the secondary base station in the multi-connection communication system has only the target secondary base station, the target secondary base station may use all or part of the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool except for the measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station. To determine the measurement identifier that can be assigned to the target secondary base station. If the multi-connection communication system has other secondary base stations in addition to the target secondary base station, the target secondary base station may also receive the measurement identifier sent by the primary base station or other secondary base stations and allocated to other secondary base stations, and then based on the first measurement Identifies the measurement identifiers in the resource pool other than the measurement identifiers that have been allocated to the primary base station and other secondary base stations, and determines the measurement identifiers that can be allocated by the target secondary base station. Specifically, a measurement identifier resource pool can be allocated to the primary base station and All or part of the measurement identifiers other than the measurement identifiers of other secondary base stations are determined as the measurement identifiers that can be allocated by the target secondary base station.

Optionally, the target secondary base station receives a part of the measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool sent by the primary base station, and the target secondary base station may determine other measurement identifiers than the partial measurement identifiers in the first measurement identifier resource pool sent by the primary base station as Assignable measurement identifier of target secondary base station

Third implementation manner: Corresponding to the third allocation manner of step 601, the target secondary base station sends a measurement identifier acquisition request to the primary base station, and then receives the measurement identifier sent by the primary and secondary base stations as the measurement identifier that can be allocated by the target secondary base station. The measurement identifier acquisition request is used to request the primary base station to select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers other than the measurement identifiers already allocated to the primary base station in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and send the selected measurement identifier to the target secondary base station.

Specifically, the measurement identifier acquisition request may request one measurement identifier at a time, or all available measurement identifiers of the target secondary base station at one time, or may request a preset number of measurement identifiers at a time, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. That is, the measurement identification request message may be only a request indication, or may be in the form of requesting a preset number of measurement identifications. Optionally, the measurement identification request message may be an S-Node Modification required message.

Step 604: When the target secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the UE, select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers assigned to the base station, generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and send the generated measurement configuration information to the UE. The generated measurement configuration information carries at least the selected measurement identifier.

Specifically, the target secondary base station may select a measurement identifier that has not been used from the measurement identifiers allocated to the target secondary base station, and may randomly select or select according to a preset rule, for example, according to the ID order of the measurement identifiers. This embodiment of the present application does not limit this. In addition, the target secondary base station may select one measurement identifier or multiple measurement identifiers at a time, and may specifically select according to the number of measurement tasks to be performed in the measurement identifiers to be generated, for example, according to the number of measurement objects to be associated Make your selection.

Further, the target secondary base station may also send the generated measurement configuration information to the UE through the primary base station, that is, send the generated measurement configuration information to the primary base station, and the primary base station forwards the measurement configuration information to the UE.

Further, when the target secondary base station and the primary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to send the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station, in order to facilitate the UE to distinguish, the target secondary base station also needs to be able to The generated measurement configuration information is used to indicate to the UE who generated the measurement configuration information. Specific indication methods may include the following two types:

First implementation manner: Corresponding to the second indication method of step 602, when generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and configuration instruction information, and generate the measurement configuration. The information carries at least the selected measurement identifier and configuration instruction information, and the configuration instruction information is used to indicate whether the generated measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

The configuration instruction information may be inserted into measconfig or measIdToAddModList, for example, after the associated MeasureId, MeasObjectId, and eportConfigId included in measIdToAddModList.

That is, in the first implementation manner, an indication message may be added to the measurement configuration information sent by the target secondary base station to indicate whether the corresponding measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station.

Second implementation manner: the step corresponding to the third embodiment indicated 602, the secondary base station can be measured in both configurations on one of the generated measurement configuration information to the UE, the measurement configuration for distinguishing these two The measurement configuration information sent is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

Step 605: The UE receives measurement configuration information sent by the first base station. The measurement configuration information at least carries a measurement identifier. The first base station is a primary base station or any secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station. The measurement identifier is The primary base station selects a measurement identifier allocated by the first base station.

Step 606: The UE sends measurement report information to the second base station based on the measurement configuration information, where the measurement report information carries at least the measurement identifier, and the second base station is determined according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information.

Specifically, after receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the first base station, the UE may perform a measurement task based on the measurement configuration information, obtain a measurement result, and then generate a measurement report (Measurement Report) message based on the measurement identifier and the measurement result. The measurement report information Carry at least the measurement identifier and the measurement result (MeasResults).

The UE may perform a measurement task associated with the measurement identifier based on the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result. Specifically, the measurement configuration information may carry at least one measurement identifier, and based on the measurement configuration information, a measurement task associated with each measurement identifier in the at least one measurement identifier may be executed to obtain at least one measurement result.

Specifically, measurement report information may be generated based on the at least one measurement identifier and the at least one measurement result, and the measurement report information carries the measurement result associated with the at least one measurement identifier and each measurement identifier.

Further, when the first base station is the master base station and the target base station in the at least one secondary base station supports the same communication standard, the UE is in the process of sending measurement report information to the second base station based on the measurement configuration information. , It may first determine whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station, and then send the measurement report information to the second base station according to the determination result. Specifically, the method for determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station may include the following three methods:

First implementation manner: If it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station, the UE has received the indication information of the first measurement identifier set and the second measurement identifier set sent by the primary base station. Indication information, determining whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station may include: if the measurement identifier is in the first measurement identifier set, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station; if If the measurement identifier is in the second measurement identifier set, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

Specifically, if the measurement configuration information includes at least one measurement identifier, if the at least one measurement identifier is in the first measurement identifier set, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station; if the at least one measurement identifier is all In the second measurement identifier set, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

A second implementation manner: Determine whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to the configuration instruction information carried in the measurement configuration information.

Specifically, if the configuration instruction information carried in the measurement configuration information is the first instruction information, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station; if the configuration instruction information carried in the measurement configuration information is the second instruction information, then It is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary master base station.

A third implementation manner: According to which measurement configuration of the two measurement configurations is the measurement configuration information sent to determine whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station.

Specifically, if the measurement configuration information is sent on the measurement configuration of the primary base station on the two measurement configurations, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured on the primary base station. If the measurement configuration information is a secondary on the two measurement configurations, The measurement configuration information sent by the base station determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

Optionally, the UE may confirm whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to the indication information carried in the two measurement configurations. Specifically, if the indication information carried in a measurement configuration indicates the configuration of the primary base station, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station, and if the indication information carried in the measurement configuration information indicates that it is the secondary base station, It is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.

Further, after determining whether the measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station or the target secondary base station, in order to facilitate the primary base station to distinguish whether the received measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or reported to the target secondary base station, The method for sending measurement report information to the second base station based on the measurement configuration information may include the following three methods:

The first implementation manner: sending measurement report information to the second base station directly based on the measurement configuration information.

Because in the embodiment of the present invention, the primary base station has previously assigned measurement identifiers to the primary base station and the at least one secondary base station, that is, the primary base station knows which measurement identifiers are assigned to the primary base station and which measurement identifiers are assigned to the target secondary Therefore, after receiving the measurement report information sent by the UE, the primary base station may directly determine whether the measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to the measurement identifier carried in the measurement report information.

Specifically, if the measurement identifier carried in the measurement report information is within the range of the measurement identifier allocated to the primary base station, it is determined that the measurement report information is reported to the primary base station. If the measurement identifier carried in the measurement report information is allocated to the target secondary base station, Within the measurement identification range of the base station, it is determined that the measurement report information is reported to the target secondary base station.

A second implementation manner: generating measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and reporting instruction information, and sending the generated measurement report information to the second base station, where the measurement report information carries the measurement identifier and the reporting instruction Information, and the reporting instruction information is used to indicate whether the generated measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station.

Specifically, the report instruction information may include third instruction information and fourth instruction information. The third instruction information is used to indicate that the measurement report information is reported to the master base station, and the fourth instruction information is used to indicate that the measurement report information is reported. To the target secondary base station. That is, the reporting instruction information may be a variable, and different variable values are used to indicate whether the measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station. The third instruction information and the fourth instruction information are the values of the two variables of the reported instruction information. For example, the third instruction information is 0 and the fourth instruction information is 1.

Specifically, if it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station, measurement report information is generated based on the measurement identifier and the third indication information, so that the measurement report information carries the third indication information; if it is determined that the measurement configuration information is the target The secondary base station generates measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the fourth indication information, so that the measurement report information carries the fourth indication information.

In the second implementation manner, indication information may be added to the measurement report information to indicate to whom the measurement report information is reported. For example, a measurement result (measResults) may be added with reporting instruction information, indicating whether the corresponding measurement result is a measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration information configured by the primary base station or a measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration information configured by the target secondary base station.

Third implementation mode: The UE sends measurement report information to the second base station on one of two types of measurement result information. The two types of measurement result information are used to distinguish whether the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the main base station or not. Reported to the target secondary base station.

The two types of measurement result information may include measurement results of the primary base station and measurement results of the secondary base station. The measurement result information of the primary base station is used for corresponding measurement report information and is reported to the primary base station. The measurement result information of the secondary base station is used to indicate corresponding measurement. The report information is reported to the target secondary base station. Specifically, the measurement result information may be measResults. For example, the UE may use different measResults to instruct the base station to distinguish whether the corresponding measurement configuration information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station.

The measurement result information of the primary base station and the measurement result information of the secondary base station can be specifically distinguished in terms of message names, message formats, or newly added variables. For example, the name of the measurement result information of the primary base station is measResultsMN, and the name of the measurement result information of the secondary base station is measResultsSN. In addition, the measurement result information of the primary base station may also be measurement result information currently used in the communication system, and the measurement result information of the secondary base station may be a new measurement result newly used to distinguish the currently used measurement result information. For example, the existing measResults can be used as the measurement information of the primary base station, and a new measResultsSN can be newly defined as the measurement results of the secondary base station.

Optionally, the measurement result information of the primary base station and the measurement result information of the secondary base station may specifically be the same in the message name, but one or two of the measurement result information carries an indication information indicating that the measurement result corresponds to the measurement configuration of the primary base station. The measurement result is also the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the secondary base station. For example, one or two measResults may be distinguished by carrying a Boolean variable (Bool) or a cell group identifier. For example, a boolean variable is true, indicating that the measResults is the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the primary base station, and a boolean variable is false, indicating that the measResults is the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the secondary base station. Or the Boolean variable is false, indicating that the measResults is the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the primary base station, and the Boolean variable is true, indicating that the measResults is the measurement result corresponding to the measurement configuration of the secondary base station.

In a third implementation manner, by providing two kinds of different measurement result information, the UE supports reporting measurement report information on the two kinds of different measurement result information, so that the master base station can directly measure the measurement result information corresponding to the received measurement report information. To distinguish whether the received measurement report message is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station.

Further, when there are multiple target secondary base stations, a variety of different measResultsSNs may be newly defined as the corresponding measurement result information of multiple target secondary base stations. For example, when there are two target secondary base stations, measResultsSN1 may be used as the measurement result information corresponding to the first target secondary base station, and measResultsSN2 may be used as the measurement result information corresponding to the second target secondary base station.

Further, before sending the measurement report information to the second base station, the UE may further determine the second base station according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information, and then send the measurement report information to the determined second base station.

Specifically, the second base station may be determined according to the first base station, the measurement configuration information, and whether the network side is configured with a secondary base station reporting function for the UE. The reporting function of the secondary base station is used to instruct the UE to directly send measurement report information to the secondary base station without forwarding through the primary base station. Optionally, whether the network side has configured a secondary base station reporting function for the UE can be indicated by whether the network side is configured with SRB3 for the UE. If the network side is configured with SRB3 for the UE, it is determined that the network side is configured with a secondary base station for the UE. Reporting function. If the network side has not configured SRB3 for the UE, it is determined that the network side has not configured the secondary base station reporting function for the UE.

Specifically, if the first base station is the master base station and it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station, the second base station is directly determined as the master base station, and the measurement report information is sent to the master base station. If the first base station is the master base station and it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, it is further determined whether the network side is configured with a secondary base station reporting function for the UE. If the secondary base station reporting function is configured, the second base station is determined as the target secondary base station, so that the measurement report information is sent to the target secondary base station. If the secondary base station reporting function is not configured, the second base station is determined as the primary base station, and the measurement report information is sent to the primary base station.

Further, when the first base station is any secondary base station, it may also directly generate measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the measurement result, and send the generated measurement report information to the secondary base station. In addition, when the first base station is the master base station and the target base station in the at least one secondary base station supports different communication systems, the UE may determine the message format according to the communication format message format used by the measurement configuration information. Whether the measurement configuration information is generated by the primary base station or the target secondary base station. If it is generated by the primary base station, the measurement report information is generated according to the message format of the communication system of the primary base station, and the generated measurement report information is sent to the primary base station; if it is generated by the target secondary base station, it is determined whether the network side has configured secondary UEs for the UE. The base station reporting function. If the secondary base station reporting function is not configured for the UE, the measurement report information is generated according to the message format of the target secondary base station communication system, and the generated measurement report information is sent to the primary base station. If the secondary base station is configured for the UE The reporting function generates measurement report information according to the message format of the communication system of the target secondary base station, and sends the generated measurement report information to the target secondary base station.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another method for measuring configuration according to an embodiment of the present application. The method is applied to a multi-connection communication system including a primary base station, a secondary base station, and a UE, and the primary base station and the secondary base station. With the same communication standard, the secondary base station needs to send the measurement configuration information of the secondary base station to the UE through the primary base station. The method includes a method for transmitting measurement configuration information by the base station and a method for transmitting measurement report information by the UE. Referring to FIG. 7, the method includes:

Step 701: For the measurement configuration information configured by the primary base station, the primary base station sends the measurement configuration information to the UE on the measurement configuration of the primary base station.

Step 702: For the measurement configuration information configured by the secondary base station, the primary base station sends the measurement configuration information to the UE on the measurement configuration of the secondary base station.

The measurement configuration of the primary base station and the configuration of the secondary base station are two measurement configurations that can be supported by the primary base station, and are used to distinguish whether the measurement configuration information sent is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station. The primary base station measurement configuration is used to indicate that the measurement configuration information sent at the corresponding location is configured by the primary base station, and the secondary base station measurement configuration is used to indicate that the measurement configuration sent at the corresponding location is configured by the secondary base station.

Among them, the measurement configuration of the primary base station and the measurement configuration of the secondary base station can be specifically distinguished in terms of message names, message formats, or newly added variables. For example, the name of the measurement configuration of the primary base station is measconfigMN, and the name of the measurement configuration of the secondary base station is measconfigSN. In addition, the measurement configuration of the primary base station may also be a measurement configuration currently used in the communication system, and the measurement configuration of the secondary base station may be a new measurement configuration newly used to distinguish the measurement configuration currently in use. For example, the existing measconfig may be used as the primary base station measurement configuration, and a new measconfigSN is newly defined as the secondary base station measurement configuration.

In addition, the names of the two measurement configurations may be the same. You can add some indication information to the two measurement configurations to indicate whether the measurement configuration is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station. For example, two measconfigs are defined in the protocol, and one or two measconfigs are added with an instruction indicating whether the measconfig is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station. The indication information may be a Boolean variable (Bool) or a cell group ID (cell ID). For example, a boolean variable is true, it indicates that the measconfig is configured by the primary base station, and a boolean variable is false, it indicates that the measconfig is configured by the secondary base station. Or the boolean variable is false, indicating that the measconfig is configured by the primary base station, and the boolean variable is true, indicating that the measconfig is configured by the secondary base station.

In the embodiment of the present application, by providing two measurement configurations, the UE can easily distinguish whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the secondary base station according to which measurement configuration the received measurement configuration information is sent on. of.

In addition, the measurement configuration information sent by the primary base station or the secondary base station also carries a measurement identifier. The measurement identifier may be selected by the primary base station and the secondary base station respectively from the local measurement identifier resource pool, or may be allocated for the primary base station and the secondary base station. What is selected in the measurement identifier is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Step 703: The UE receives the measurement configuration information sent by the first base station, performs a measurement task based on the measurement configuration information, obtains a measurement result, and generates measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and the measurement result. The first base station is a primary base station or a secondary base station. .

Step 704: If the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station, the UE sends the measurement report information to the master base station on the measurement result information of the master base station.

Specifically, if the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is sent on the measurement configuration of the primary base station, it determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station; if it determines that the measurement configuration information is sent on the measurement configuration of the secondary base station, it determines The measurement configuration information is configured by the secondary base station.

Step 705: If the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the secondary base station, and if the network side is configured with a secondary base station reporting function for the UE, the UE sends the measurement report information to the secondary base station.

The secondary base station reporting function is used to instruct the UE to directly send measurement report information to the secondary base station without forwarding it through the primary base station. Optionally, whether the network side has configured a secondary base station reporting function for the UE can be indicated by whether the network side is configured with an SRB3 for the UE. If SRB3 is configured for the UE, it is determined that the UE is configured with a secondary base station reporting function. If SRB3 is not configured for the UE, it is determined that the secondary base station reporting function is not configured for the UE.

Step 706: If the UE determines that the measurement configuration information is configured by the secondary base station, and if the network side has not configured the secondary base station reporting function for the UE, the measurement report information is sent to the primary base station on the secondary base station measurement result information.

The measurement result information of the primary base station and the measurement result information of the secondary base station are two types of measurement result information provided in this application, and are used to distinguish whether the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station. The measurement result information of the primary base station is used to indicate that the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the primary base station, and the measurement result information of the secondary base station is used to indicate that the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the target secondary base station. Specifically, the measurement result information may be measResults. For example, the UE may use different measResults to instruct the primary base station to distinguish whether the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station.

The measurement result information of the primary base station and the measurement result information of the secondary base station can be specifically distinguished in terms of message names, message formats, or newly added variables. For example, the name of the measurement result information of the primary base station is measResultsMN, and the name of the measurement result information of the secondary base station is measResultsSN. In addition, the measurement result information of the primary base station may also be measurement result information currently used in the communication system, and the measurement result information of the secondary base station may be a new measurement result information newly used to distinguish the measurement result information currently in use. For example, the existing measResults can be used as the measurement information of the primary base station, and a new measResultsSN can be newly defined as the measurement results of the secondary base station.

In the embodiment of the present application, by providing two kinds of measurement result information, it is convenient for the main base station to directly distinguish the received measurement report information from the measurement result information corresponding to the received measurement report information to the main base station or to the auxiliary base station. The base station.

In the embodiment of the present application, by providing two measurement configurations, it is convenient for the UE to distinguish directly whether the received measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the secondary base station according to which measurement configuration the received measurement configuration information is sent on. In order to avoid processing errors of the UE. In addition, by providing two kinds of measurement result information, it is convenient for the primary base station to directly distinguish the measurement report information sent to the primary base station or the secondary base station according to the measurement result information corresponding to the measurement report information sent by the UE, thereby avoiding The processing error of the base station.

In another embodiment, a data radio bearer ID (DRBID) negotiation method is also provided. In this method, the DRB used by the primary base station and the secondary base station are all assigned by the primary base station. The method includes the following steps:

1) The secondary base station sends a DRB ID request message to the primary base station.

The DRB ID request message carries the number of DRB IDs requested by the secondary base station. Specifically, the DRB ID request message may be an s-node modification request message, or may be an s-node modification request acknowledgement or s-node addition request acknowledgement message, or other messages.

2) The primary base station returns a response message to the secondary base station, which carries the DRB ID assigned by the primary base station to the secondary base station.

The response message returned by the primary base station to the secondary base station carries the DRB ID assigned to the secondary base station, and the response message may carry one or more DRB IDs, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. In addition, the number of DRB IDs allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station may be different from or the same as the number of DRB IDs requested by the secondary base station, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. Specifically, the response message may be an s-node modification confirmation message, or may be another message.

In the embodiment of the present application, by carrying the requested DRB ID number in the request message sent by the secondary base station to the primary base station, it may be more convenient for the primary base station to decide how many DRB IDs to allocate to the secondary base station.

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a device for transmitting measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application. The device is applied to a primary base station included in a multi-connection communication system. The multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a UE. As shown in FIG. 8, the device includes:

An allocation module 801, configured to perform the operations performed by the master base station in the foregoing step 601;

The generating module 802 and the sending module 803 are configured to perform operations performed by the master base station in the foregoing step 602.

Optionally, the allocation module 801 includes a first allocation unit, configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 601 described above.

Optionally, the allocation module 801 includes a second allocation unit, configured to execute the second implementation manner in step 601 described above.

Optionally, the allocation module 801 includes a second allocation unit, configured to execute the third implementation manner in step 601 described above.

Optionally, the sending module 803 is further configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 602 described above.

Optionally, the generating module 802 includes a first generating unit, configured to execute the second implementation manner in step 602 described above.

Optionally, the sending module 802 is further configured to execute the third implementation manner in step 602.

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of another apparatus for sending measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus is applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, and the multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station and at least one secondary base station. The base station and the UE. The UE is respectively connected to the primary base station and at least one secondary base station. As shown in FIG. 9, the device includes:

An obtaining module 901, configured to perform the operations performed by the target secondary base station in the foregoing step 603;

The generating module 902 and the sending module 903 are configured to perform operations performed by the target secondary base station in the foregoing step 604.

Optionally, the obtaining module 901 includes a first obtaining unit, configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 603 described above.

Optionally, the obtaining module 901 includes a second obtaining unit, configured to execute the second implementation manner in step 603 described above.

Optionally, the obtaining module 901 includes a third obtaining unit, configured to execute the third implementation manner in step 603 described above.

Optionally, the generating module 902 includes a first generating unit, configured to execute the first implementation manner in step 604 described above.

Optionally, the generating module 902 includes a second generating unit, configured to execute the second implementation manner in step 604 described above.

FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of an apparatus for sending measurement report information according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus is applied to a UE in a multi-connection communication system that includes a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a UE. The UE is respectively connected to the primary base station and at least one secondary base station. As shown in FIG. 10, the device includes:

The receiving module 1001 is configured to perform an operation performed by the UE in the foregoing step 605.

The sending module 1002 is configured to perform the operation performed by the UE in step 606.

Optionally, the sending module 1002 includes a determining unit, configured to perform the foregoing step 606 to determine whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or any of the three secondary implementation manners of the target secondary base station configuration.

Optionally, the sending module 1002 includes a generating unit, configured to execute the second second implementation manner in step 606.

Optionally, the sending module 1002 includes a sending unit, configured to execute the second and third implementation manners in step 606 described above.

It should be noted that when sending the measurement configuration information and measurement report information provided by the foregoing embodiments, when sending the measurement configuration information and the measurement report information, only the above-mentioned division of functional modules is used as an example. In actual applications, Where necessary, the above-mentioned function allocation is completed by different functional modules, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules in order to complete all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the device for sending measurement configuration information and the method for sending measurement configuration information provided by the foregoing embodiments belong to the same concept, and the device for sending measurement report information provided by the foregoing embodiment and the method for sending measurement report information belong to the same concept. The detailed implementation process is described in the method embodiment, and is not repeated here.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions according to the embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be from a website site, computer, server, or data center Transmission to another website site, computer, server, or data center via wired (for example: coaxial cable, optical fiber, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (for example: infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, a data center, and the like that includes one or more available medium integration. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (for example: a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (for example, a solid state disk (Solid State Disk) )Wait.

The above-mentioned embodiments provided by this application are not intended to limit this application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of this application shall be included in the protection scope of this application. Inside.

Claims

A method for transmitting measurement configuration information is characterized in that the method is applied to a primary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, where the multi-connection communication system includes the primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a terminal. The method includes:

And assigning, by the primary base station, a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, so as to implement negotiation and allocation of the multiple with the at least one secondary base station. Measurement ID, each measurement ID is used to associate a measurement task in the measurement configuration information;

When the primary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the terminal, select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers assigned to the primary base station, and generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier. The generated measurement configuration information carries at least The selected measurement identifier;

The primary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the terminal.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the primary base station assigning a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station comprises:

The primary base station correspondingly sends at least one second measurement identifier resource pool to the at least one secondary base station to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the corresponding secondary base station;

Each second measurement identifier resource pool corresponds to a secondary base station, and each second measurement identifier resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and the at least one second measurement Identifies the intersection of the resource pool as an empty set.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the multi-connection communication system is a dual-connection communication system, and the at least one secondary base station is a secondary base station;

The allocating, by the primary base station from the multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station to the at least one secondary base station, a measurement identifier includes:

Sending, by the primary base station, a second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station to allocate the sent second measurement identifier resource pool to the secondary base station, where the second measurement identifier resource pool includes the first measurement Identifies at least one measurement ID in the resource pool.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the primary base station assigning a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station comprises:

Sending, by the primary base station, the measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station to the at least one secondary base station, to instruct the at least one secondary base station not to use the measurement identifier that is allocated to the primary base station.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the primary base station assigning a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station comprises:

Receiving, by the primary base station, a measurement identification request message sent by a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, and from the first measurement identification resource pool, outside the primary base station, according to the measurement identification request message A measurement identifier is selected from among the measurement identifiers of, and the selected measurement identifier is allocated to the target secondary base station.
The method according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to pass the primary The base station, sending the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the terminal;

After the primary base station allocates a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, the method further includes:

Sending, by the primary base station, indication information of a first measurement identifier set and indication information of a second measurement identifier set to the terminal, the first measurement identifier set includes a measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station, and the first The two measurement identifier sets include measurement identifiers that have been allocated to the target secondary base station.
The method according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to pass the primary The base station, sending the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the terminal;

The generating measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier includes:

Generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier and configuration instruction information, and the generated measurement configuration information carries at least the selected measurement identifier and the configuration instruction information, and the configuration instruction information is used to indicate the generated measurement configuration information Whether it is configured by the primary base station or by the target secondary base station.
The method according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the primary base station and a target secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard, and the target secondary base station needs to pass the primary The base station, sending the measurement configuration information of the target secondary base station to the terminal;

The sending, by the master base station, the generated measurement configuration information to the terminal includes:

The primary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the terminal in one of two measurement configurations, and the two measurement configurations are used to distinguish that the transmitted measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station. , Also configured by the target secondary base station.
A method for transmitting measurement configuration information, which is characterized in that it is applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, the multi-connection communication system includes the primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a terminal, and the method includes :

Acquiring, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, each measurement identifier being used to associate a measurement task in measurement configuration information;

When the secondary base station needs to send measurement configuration information to the terminal, the secondary base station selects a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the secondary base station, and generates measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier. The generated measurement configuration information carries at least The selected measurement identifier;

The secondary base station sends the generated measurement configuration information to the terminal.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the acquiring, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station from among multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, comprises:

Receiving, by the secondary base station, a second measurement identifier resource pool sent by the primary base station, and determining the measurement identifier in the second measurement identifier resource pool as a measurement identifier that can be allocated by the secondary base station, and the second measurement identifier The resource pool includes at least one measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the acquiring, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station from among multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, comprises:

Receiving, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier that is allocated to the primary base station and sent by the primary base station;

Determining, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier that can be allocated by the secondary base station based on a measurement identifier in the first measurement identifier resource pool other than the measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the acquiring, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station from among multiple measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, comprises:

Sending, by the secondary base station, a measurement identifier acquisition request to the primary base station, the measurement identifier acquisition request is used to request the primary base station to remove the measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station from the first measurement identifier resource pool Selecting a measurement identifier from the external measurement identifiers, and sending the selected measurement identifier to the secondary base station;

The secondary base station receives the measurement identifier sent by the primary base station as a measurement identifier that can be allocated by the secondary base station.
A method for transmitting measurement report information is characterized in that the method is applied to a multi-connection communication system including a terminal, the multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and the terminal, and the method includes:

Receiving, by the terminal, measurement configuration information sent by a first base station, where the measurement configuration information carries at least a measurement identifier, and the first base station is the primary base station or any secondary base station in the at least one secondary base station, and the measurement The identifier is selected by the first base station from a measurement identifier allocated by the master base station to the first base station;

The terminal sends measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information, the measurement report information carries at least the measurement identifier, and the second base station is determined according to the first base station and the measurement configuration information get.
The method according to claim 13, wherein the first base station is the primary base station, and the target secondary base station in the primary base station and the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard;

The sending, by the terminal, measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information includes:

Determining, by the terminal, that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station;

Generating, by the terminal, the measurement report information based on the measurement identifier and reporting instruction information, where the measurement report information carries the measurement identifier and the reporting instruction information, and the reporting instruction information is used to indicate the generated measurement report Whether the information is reported to the primary base station or to the target secondary base station;

Sending, by the terminal, the generated measurement report information to the second base station.
The method according to claim 13, wherein the first base station is the primary base station, and the target secondary base station in the primary base station and the at least one secondary base station support the same communication standard;

The sending, by the terminal, measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information includes:

Determining, by the terminal, that the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station;

The terminal sends the measurement report information to the second base station on one of two kinds of measurement result information, and the two kinds of measurement result information are used to distinguish whether the corresponding measurement report information is reported to the main base station. Is reported to the target secondary base station.
The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein before the terminal determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or configured by the target secondary base station, the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the terminal, indication information of a first measurement identifier set and indication information of a second measurement identifier set sent by the primary base station, where the first measurement identifier set includes a measurement identifier that has been allocated to the primary base station, and the first Two measurement identifier sets include measurement identifiers that have been allocated to the target secondary base station;

The determining, by the terminal, whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station includes:

If the measurement identifier is in the first measurement identifier set, determining that the measurement configuration information is configured by the master base station;

If the measurement identifier is in the second measurement identifier set, it is determined that the measurement configuration information is configured by the target secondary base station.
The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the determining, by the terminal, whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station includes:

The terminal determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to the configuration instruction information carried in the measurement configuration information.
The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the determining, by the terminal, whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station includes:

The terminal determines whether the measurement configuration information is configured by the primary base station or the target secondary base station according to which measurement configuration of the two measurement configurations the measurement configuration information is sent on.
A device for transmitting measurement configuration information is characterized in that it is applied to a main base station included in a multi-connection communication system, the multi-connection communication system includes the main base station, at least one secondary base station, and a terminal, and the device includes:

An allocation module, configured to allocate a measurement identifier to the at least one secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool of the primary base station, so as to implement the negotiation and allocation of the multiple base stations with the at least one secondary base station; Measurement IDs, each measurement ID is used to associate a measurement task in the measurement configuration information;

A generating module, configured to select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the primary base station when measurement configuration information needs to be sent to the terminal, and generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and the generated measurement configuration information is at least Carrying the selected measurement identifier;

A sending module, configured to send the generated measurement configuration information to the terminal.
A device for transmitting measurement configuration information is characterized in that it is applied to any secondary base station included in a multi-connection communication system, the multi-connection communication system includes the primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and a terminal, and the device includes :

An obtaining module, configured to obtain a measurement identifier allocated by the primary base station to the secondary base station from a plurality of measurement identifiers included in the first measurement identifier resource pool, and each measurement identifier is used to associate a measurement task in measurement configuration information; ;

A generating module, configured to select a measurement identifier from the measurement identifiers allocated to the secondary base station when measurement configuration information needs to be sent to the terminal, and generate measurement configuration information based on the selected measurement identifier, and the generated measurement configuration information is at least Carrying the selected measurement identifier;

A sending module, configured to send the generated measurement configuration information to the terminal.
A device for sending measurement report information is characterized in that it is applied to a multi-connection communication system including a terminal, the multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station, at least one secondary base station, and the terminal, and the device includes:

A receiving module, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a first base station, where the measurement configuration information carries at least a measurement identifier, and the first base station is the primary base station or any secondary base station of the at least one secondary base station; The measurement identifier is selected by the first base station from measurement identifiers allocated by the master base station to the first base station;

A sending module, configured to send measurement report information to a second base station based on the measurement configuration information, where the measurement report information carries at least the measurement identifier, and the second base station is based on the first base station and the measurement configuration The information is confirmed.
A base station, characterized in that the base station includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute claims The method according to any one of 1-8 or 9-12.
A terminal, characterized in that the terminal includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute claims The method of any of 13-18.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer-readable storage medium is run on a computer, the computer executes any one of claims 1-8 or 9-12 or 13-18 The method of one item.
A computer program product containing instructions, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 1-8 or 9-12 or 13-18.
A multi-connection communication system, characterized in that the multi-connection communication system includes a primary base station and a secondary base station, the primary base station executes the method according to any one of claims 1-8, and the secondary base station executes claim 9 -12 The method of any one of -12.