WO2022083514A1

WO2022083514A1 - Neighboring cell measurement method, and related product

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Publication number: WO2022083514A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/124107
Authority: WO
Inventors: 雷珍珠; 周化雨; 赵思聪
Original assignee: 展讯半导体(南京)有限公司
Priority date: 2020-10-20
Filing date: 2021-10-15
Publication date: 2022-04-28
Also published as: CN114390571A

Abstract

Provided are a neighboring cell measurement method, and a related product. The method is applied to a user equipment (UE). The method comprises the following steps: a UE receiving configuration information of a base station, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one threshold value; and the UE acquiring a signal quality value of a first neighboring cell according to a measurement result of neighboring cell measurement, and determining an execution policy of the neighboring cell measurement according to the relationship between the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell and the at least one threshold value. The technical solution provided in the present application has the advantages of reducing power consumption and improving the user experience.

Description

Neighborhood measurement methods and related products

This application claims the priority of an earlier application entitled "Neighborhood Measurement Method and Related Products" filed on October 20, 2020, with the application number 202011130107X, the contents of which are incorporated into this text by reference.

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of communication processing, and in particular, to a neighbor cell measurement method and related products.

Background technique

RRM (Radio resource management) measurement is a basic activity for realizing mobility management, and also an important part of UE (User Equipment, user equipment) energy consumption. Currently, in the existing NB-IOT protocol, the UE does not support RRM measurement in the connected state (RRC_CONNECTDE STATE). The current cell reselection in the connected state is a cell reselection mechanism based on radio link failure, that is, when the UE radio link fails, the UE needs to enter the idle state to perform the search process of the target cell (that is, the RRM measurement activity), and find a suitable After the target cell, the UE initiates the RRC re-establishment process again. The cell reselection mechanism based on the failure of the radio link takes a long time, which will bring serious data interruption to the UE, which seriously affects the continuity of the data and its use for experience. For example, to reduce the duration of cell reselection, the current solution is to let the UE perform some neighbor cell measurement activities before the radio link fails, that is, the UE performs some measurement activities in the connected state. Executing the neighbor cell measurement activity before the radio link fails will cause serious UE power consumption, seriously affect the standby time of the UE, and affect the user experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present application disclose a neighboring cell measurement method and related products, which can flexibly control an RRM strategy according to the signal quality of neighboring cells, thereby reducing UE energy consumption, increasing UE standby time, and improving user experience.

A first aspect provides a neighbor cell measurement method, the method is applied to a user equipment UE, and the method includes the following steps:

The UE receives configuration information of the base station, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold;

The UE obtains the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell according to the measurement result of the adjacent cell measurement, and determines the execution strategy of the adjacent cell measurement according to the relationship between the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell and at least one threshold.

A second aspect provides a neighbor cell measurement configuration method, the method is applied to a base station, and the method includes the following steps:

The base station sends configuration information to the UE, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold.

In a third aspect, a user equipment is provided, where the user equipment includes:

a communication unit, configured to receive configuration information of the base station, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold;

The processing unit is configured to obtain the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell according to the measurement result of the adjacent cell measurement, and determine the execution strategy of the adjacent cell measurement according to the relationship between the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell and at least one threshold.

In a fourth aspect, a base station is provided, the base station comprising:

A communication unit, configured to send configuration information to the UE, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided an electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and one or more programs, the one or more programs being stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor , the program includes instructions for performing the steps in the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, storing a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to perform the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a computer program product is provided, wherein the computer program product includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program is operable to cause a computer to execute the first aspect of the embodiments of the present application. or some or all of the steps described in the second aspect. The computer program product may be a software installation package.

In an eighth aspect, a chip system is provided, the chip system includes at least one processor, a memory and an interface circuit, the memory, the transceiver and the at least one processor are interconnected through a line, and the at least one memory stores There is a computer program; the computer program when executed by the processor implements the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

After receiving the configuration information issued by the base station in the technical solution provided by the present application, the UE determines the signal quality value of the first neighbor cell according to the measurement result of the neighbor cell measurement, and determines the neighbor cell according to the relationship between the quality value and the threshold value. The measurement execution strategy can reduce unnecessary neighbor cell measurements, reduce power consumption of neighbor cell measurements, improve UE standby time, and improve user experience.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings used in the embodiments of the present application will be introduced below.

1 is a system architecture diagram of an example communication system;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a neighboring cell measurement method provided by the present application;

3 is a schematic flowchart of a neighboring cell measurement method provided in Embodiment 1 of the present application;

4 is a schematic flowchart of a neighboring cell measurement method provided in Embodiment 2 of the present application;

5 is a schematic flowchart of a neighboring cell measurement method provided in Embodiment 3 of the present application;

6 is a schematic flowchart of a neighboring cell measurement method provided in Embodiment 4 of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

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

The term "and/or" in this application is only an association relationship to describe associated objects, which means that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, independently There are three cases of B. In addition, the character "/" in this text indicates that the related objects are an "or" relationship.

The "plurality" in the embodiments of the present application refers to two or more. The descriptions of the first, second, etc. appearing in the embodiments of the present application are only used for illustration and distinguishing the description objects, and have no order. any limitations of the examples. The "connection" in the embodiments of the present application refers to various connection modes such as direct connection or indirect connection, so as to realize communication between devices, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to the example communication system 100 shown in FIG.

RRM (Radio resource management) measurement is a basic activity for realizing mobility management and an important part of UE energy consumption. At present, in the existing NB-IOT protocol, the UE does not support RRM measurement in the connected state (RRC_CONNECTDE STATE), that is, when the UE radio link fails, the UE needs to enter the idle state to perform the search process of the target cell (that is, the RRM measurement activity) and measurement. After finding a suitable target cell, the UE initiates the RRC re-establishment process, as shown in the following figure. In order to reduce the delay required for the RRC re-establishment process, it is hoped that the UE can perform some RRM measurement activities before the radio link fails, that is, the neighbor cell measurement activities. In this case, the UE already knows the target before the radio link fails. cell, the UE does not need to perform the search of the target cell during the RRC re-establishment process.

The UE will determine whether to perform neighbor cell measurement according to the signal quality of the current serving cell, that is, when the signal quality of the serving cell (for example, RSRP) is lower than a certain threshold, the UE will start the neighbor cell measurement activity (that is, monitor the reference of the neighbor cell) signal to obtain the quality of service of the neighboring cells). Neighboring cell measurement includes intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement. The so-called intra-frequency measurement means that the measured adjacent cell and the current serving cell belong to the same frequency, and the inter-frequency measurement indicates that the measured adjacent cell belongs to a different frequency than the current serving cell. Frequency. The purpose of the UE to start the neighbor cell measurement is to know the target cell for reselection in advance before the link fails, that is, to find a suitable target cell in advance. Directly initiate RRC re-establishment without performing neighbor search and measurement procedures.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 provides a method for measuring a neighboring cell. The method is implemented in the communication system as shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps:

Step S200, the base station sends configuration information to the UE, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold;

Step S201, the UE receives configuration information of the base station, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold;

Step S202, the UE obtains the signal quality value of the first neighbor cell according to the measurement result of the neighbor cell measurement, and determines the execution strategy of the neighbor cell measurement according to the relationship between the signal quality value of the first neighbor cell and at least one threshold.

The above-mentioned first neighboring cell may be any one of a plurality of neighboring cells in the neighboring cell measurement, and the first here is only a number used for identification convenience, and is not a limitation on neighboring cells.

The implementation scheme of the above method on both sides of the base station and the UE, in practical application, the above step S200 may form a scheme on the network device (base station) side alone, and the above steps S201 and S202 may form a scheme on the terminal (UE) side independently.

In an optional solution, the configuration information further includes: a timer, and the at least one threshold is a first threshold; the method specifically includes:

If the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell and the first threshold meet the preset condition, the timer is started, and the neighboring cell measurement is disabled during the timer.

In an optional solution, the measurement value of the first neighboring cell and the first threshold value satisfying the preset conditions specifically include:

If the signal quality of the first neighboring cell is greater than the first threshold, it is determined that the preset condition is met; otherwise, it is determined that the preset condition is not met;

If the difference between the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell and the signal quality value of the current cell is greater than the first threshold, the preset condition is met, otherwise it is determined that the preset condition is not met.

In an optional solution, the method further includes:

If the timer times out, the UE preferentially starts the measurement of the first adjacent cell or the UE starts the measurement of the adjacent cell.

In an optional solution, the at least one threshold is: a second threshold and a third threshold;

If the signal quality of the first adjacent cell is greater than the second threshold, the UE only measures the first adjacent cell;

If the signal quality of the first adjacent cell is lower than the third threshold, the UE starts other adjacent cell measurements.

If the difference between the signal quality of the first neighboring cell and the signal quality of the current cell is greater than the second threshold, the UE only measures the first neighboring cell;

If the difference between the signal quality of the first neighbor cell and the signal quality of the current cell is smaller than the third threshold, the UE starts other neighbor cell measurements.

In an optional solution, the configuration information is: system message or radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling.

In an optional solution, the at least one threshold is: Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) threshold and/or Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ) threshold.

In an optional solution,

The configuration information further includes: a timer.

Example 1

Embodiment 1 of the present application provides a neighbor cell measurement method, which is implemented in the communication system shown in FIG. 1 , and the method, as shown in FIG. 3 , includes the following steps:

Step S300, the base station sends configuration information to the UE through a system message or RRC dedicated signaling, where the configuration information includes: a threshold 1 and a timer timer1;

The above threshold 1 may be: RSRP threshold and/or RSRQ threshold

Step S301, the UE receives the configuration information, and if the neighbor cell measurement condition is met, the UE starts the neighbor cell measurement, and according to the neighbor cell measurement result, finds a neighbor cell A whose signal quality value is greater than the threshold 1;

In an optional solution, the signal quality value may include: RSRP and/or RSRQ. If the threshold 1 includes the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, both the RSRP and RSRQ of the neighboring cell A need to be greater than the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, respectively. . If the threshold 1 includes the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP of the neighboring cell A needs to be larger than the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ needs to be larger than the RSRQ threshold.

In step S302, the UE starts timer1, stops the neighbor cell measurement within the time limit of timer1, and starts the measurement of neighbor cell A preferentially when timer1 times out.

After receiving the configuration information delivered by the base station, the UE in Embodiment 1 provided by this application determines the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell (neighboring cell A) according to the measurement result of the neighboring cell measurement. If the signal quality value is greater than the threshold 1, then Start the timer, and stop the neighbor cell measurement within the time limit of the timer, thereby reducing unnecessary neighbor cell measurement, reducing the power consumption of the neighbor cell measurement, improving the standby time of the UE, and improving the user experience.

Embodiment 2

The second embodiment of the present application provides a neighbor cell measurement method, which is implemented in the communication system shown in FIG. 1 , and the method, as shown in FIG. 4 , includes the following steps:

Step S400, the base station sends configuration information to the UE through a system message or RRC dedicated signaling, where the configuration information includes: a threshold 1 and a timer timer1;

The above threshold 1 may be: RSRP threshold and/or RSRQ threshold

Step S401, the UE receives the configuration information, and if the neighbor cell measurement conditions are met, the UE starts the neighbor cell measurement, and according to the neighbor cell measurement result, finds a signal quality difference between the signal quality value of the neighbor cell A and the serving cell that is greater than a threshold value of 1;

In an optional solution, the signal quality value may include: RSRP and/or RSRQ. If the threshold 1 includes the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, both the RSRP difference and the RSRQ difference between the neighboring cell A and the serving cell need to be are greater than the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, respectively. If the threshold 1 includes the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP difference between the neighboring cell A and the serving cell needs to be larger than the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ difference needs to be larger than the RSRQ threshold.

Step S402, the UE starts timer1, stops the measurement of the neighboring cell within the time limit of the timer1, and starts the measurement of the neighboring cell A preferentially when the timer1 times out.

After receiving the configuration information issued by the base station in the second embodiment provided by this application, the UE determines the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell (neighboring cell A) according to the measurement result of the neighboring cell measurement. If the difference between the values is greater than the threshold value of 1, the timer is started, and the neighbor cell measurement is stopped within the time limit of the timer, thereby reducing unnecessary neighbor cell measurements, reducing the power consumption of neighbor cell measurement, increasing the standby time of the UE, and improving the user experience. experience.

Embodiment 3

The third embodiment of the present application provides a neighbor cell measurement method, which is implemented in the communication system shown in FIG. 1 , and the method is shown in FIG. 5 , including the following steps:

Step S500, the base station sends configuration information to the UE through a system message or RRC dedicated signaling, where the configuration information includes: threshold 1 and threshold 2;

The above threshold 1 and threshold 2 may be: RSRP threshold and/or RSRQ threshold

Step S501, the UE receives the configuration information, if the neighbor cell measurement condition is met, the UE starts the neighbor cell measurement, and according to the neighbor cell measurement result, finds a neighbor cell A whose signal quality value is greater than the threshold 2;

In an optional solution, the signal quality value may include: RSRP and/or RSRQ. If the threshold 2 includes the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP and RSRQ of the neighboring cell A need to be greater than the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, respectively. . If the threshold 2 includes the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP of the neighboring cell A needs to be larger than the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ needs to be larger than the RSRQ threshold.

Step S502, the UE only measures the neighboring cell A, and if the quality signal value is less than the threshold 3, the UE starts the measurement of other neighboring cells.

In an optional solution, the signal quality value may include: RSRP and/or RSRQ. If the threshold 3 includes the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP and RSRQ of the neighboring cell A need to be smaller than the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, respectively. . If the threshold 3 includes the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP of the neighboring cell A needs to be smaller than the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ needs to be smaller than the RSRQ threshold. After receiving the configuration information delivered by the base station, the UE in Embodiment 3 provided by this application determines the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell (neighboring cell A) according to the measurement result of the neighboring cell measurement. If the signal quality value is greater than the threshold 2, only For the measurement of neighbor cell A, if the signal quality value is less than the threshold 3, the UE starts the measurement of other neighbor cells (neighbor cells other than neighbor cell A), thereby reducing unnecessary neighbor cell measurements, reducing the power consumption of neighbor cell measurement, and improving The standby time of the UE improves the user experience.

Embodiment 4

Embodiment 4 of the present application provides a neighbor cell measurement method, which is implemented in the communication system shown in FIG. 1 , and the method, as shown in FIG. 6 , includes the following steps:

Step S600, the base station sends configuration information to the UE through a system message or RRC dedicated signaling, where the configuration information includes: threshold 1 and threshold 2;

Step S601, the UE receives the configuration information, and if the neighbor cell measurement conditions are met, the UE starts the neighbor cell measurement, and according to the neighbor cell measurement result, finds that the difference between the signal quality value of a neighbor cell A and the signal quality value of the serving cell is greater than a threshold 2;

In an optional solution, the signal quality value may include: RSRP and/or RSRQ. If the threshold 2 includes the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, both the RSRP difference and the RSRQ difference between the neighboring cell A and the serving cell need to be are greater than the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, respectively. If the threshold 2 includes the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP difference between the neighboring cell A and the serving cell needs to be larger than the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ difference needs to be larger than the RSRQ threshold.

Step S602, the UE only measures the neighboring cell A, and if the difference is less than the threshold 3, the UE starts the measurement of other neighboring cells.

In an optional solution, the signal quality value may include: RSRP and/or RSRQ. If the threshold 3 includes the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, both the RSRP difference and the RSRQ difference between the neighboring cell A and the serving cell need to be less than the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ threshold, respectively. If the threshold 3 includes the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ threshold, the RSRP difference between the neighboring cell A and the serving cell needs to be smaller than the RSRP threshold or the RSRQ difference needs to be smaller than the RSRQ threshold.

After receiving the configuration information issued by the base station, the UE in Embodiment 4 provided by this application determines the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell (neighboring cell A) according to the measurement result of the neighboring cell measurement. If the difference in quality is greater than the threshold 2, the measurement is only performed on the neighboring cell A. If the difference is less than the threshold 3, the UE starts the measurement of other neighboring cells (neighboring cells other than neighboring cell A), thereby reducing unnecessary neighboring cell measurements and reducing The power consumption measured by the neighboring cells increases the standby time of the UE and improves the user experience.

It can be understood that, in order to implement the above-mentioned functions, the user equipment includes corresponding hardware and/or software modules for executing each function. The present application can be implemented in hardware or in the form of a combination of hardware and computer software in conjunction with the algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is performed by hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functionality for each particular application in conjunction with the embodiments, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

In this embodiment, the electronic device can be divided into functional modules according to the above method examples. For example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one processing module. The above-mentioned integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware. It should be noted that, the division of modules in this embodiment is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and there may be other division manners in actual implementation.

In the case where each functional module is divided corresponding to each function, FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a user equipment. As shown in FIG. 7 , the UE 700 may include: a communication unit 701 and a processing unit 702.

Wherein, the processing unit 702 may be used to support the user equipment to perform the above-mentioned step S202, etc., and/or be used for other processes of the technology described herein.

The communication unit 701 may be used to support the user equipment to perform the above-mentioned step S201, etc., and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.

It should be noted that, all relevant contents of the steps involved in the above method embodiments can be cited in the functional description of the corresponding functional module, which will not be repeated here.

The network device provided in this embodiment is configured to perform step S200 in the above method shown in FIG. 2 , and thus can achieve the same effect as the above implementation method.

Specifically, the network device may include: a communication unit, where the communication unit may be configured to perform step S200 and the like of the method shown in FIG. 2 , and/or be used for other processes of the technology described herein.

Where an integrated unit is employed, the user equipment may include a processing module, a storage module and a communication module. The processing module may be used to control and manage the actions of the user equipment, for example, may be used to support the electronic device to perform the steps performed by the communication unit 701 and the processing unit 702. The storage module may be used to support the electronic device to execute stored program codes and data, and the like. The communication module can be used to support the communication between the electronic device and other devices.

The processing module may be a processor or a controller. It may implement or execute the various exemplary logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with this disclosure. The processor may also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of digital signal processing (DSP) and a microprocessor, and the like. The storage module may be a memory. The communication module may specifically be a device that interacts with other electronic devices, such as a radio frequency circuit, a Bluetooth chip, and a Wi-Fi chip.

It can be understood that the interface connection relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiments of the present application is only a schematic illustration, and does not constitute a structural limitation of the user equipment. In other embodiments of the present application, the user equipment may also adopt different interface connection manners in the foregoing embodiments, or a combination of multiple interface connection manners.

Please refer to FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is an electronic device 80 provided by an embodiment of the present application. The electronic device 80 includes a processor 801, a memory 802, and a communication interface 803. The processor 801, the memory 802, and the communication interface 803 pass through a bus connected to each other.

The memory 802 includes, but is not limited to, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), or A portable read-only memory (compact disc read-only memory, CD-ROM), the memory 802 is used for related computer programs and data. The communication interface 803 is used to receive and transmit data.

The processor 801 may be one or more central processing units (central processing units, CPUs). When the processor 801 is a CPU, the CPU may be a single-core CPU or a multi-core CPU.

The processor 801 may include one or more processing units, for example, the processing unit may include an application processor (application processor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU), an image signal processor ( image signal processor, ISP), controller, video codec, digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), baseband processor, and/or neural-network processing unit (neural-network processing unit, NPU), etc. Wherein, different processing units may be independent components, or may be integrated in one or more processors. In some embodiments, the user equipment may also include one or more processing units. The controller can generate an operation control signal according to the instruction operation code and the timing signal, and complete the control of fetching and executing instructions. In some other embodiments, memory may also be provided in the processing unit for storing instructions and data. Illustratively, the memory in the processing unit may be a cache memory. This memory can hold instructions or data that have just been used or recycled by the processing unit. If the processing unit needs to use the instruction or data again, it can be called directly from the memory. In this way, repeated access is avoided, and the waiting time of the processing unit is reduced, thereby improving the efficiency of the user equipment in processing data or executing instructions.

In some embodiments, processor 801 may include one or more interfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuit sound (I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous transceiver (universal) asynchronous receiver/transmitter, UART) interface, mobile industry processor interface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, SIM card interface and/or USB interface, etc. Among them, the USB interface is an interface that conforms to the USB standard specification, and can specifically be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, and the like. The USB interface can be used to connect a charger to charge the user equipment, and can also be used to transfer data between the user equipment and peripheral devices. The USB port can also be used to connect headphones and play audio through the headphones.

If the electronic device 80 is a terminal-side device, such as user equipment, the processor 801 in the electronic device 80 is configured to read the computer program code stored in the memory 802, and perform the following operations:

receiving configuration information of the base station, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold;

The signal quality value of the first adjacent cell is obtained according to the measurement result of the adjacent cell measurement, and the execution strategy of the adjacent cell measurement is determined according to the relationship between the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell and at least one threshold.

Wherein, all the relevant contents of the scenarios involved in the above method embodiments can be cited in the functional description of the corresponding functional module, which will not be repeated here.

If the electronic device 80 is a network-side device, such as a base station, the processor 801 in the electronic device 80 is configured to read the computer program code stored in the memory 802, and perform the following operations:

Send configuration information to the UE, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip system, the chip system includes at least one processor, a memory, and an interface circuit, the memory, the transceiver, and the at least one processor are interconnected by lines, and the at least one memory A computer program is stored in the computer; when the computer program is executed by the processor, the method flow shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 6 is realized.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored in the computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is run on a network device, FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 6 The method flow shown is implemented.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, when the computer program product runs on the terminal, the method flows shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 6 are realized.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a terminal, including a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and one or more programs, where the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor , the program includes instructions for executing the steps in the methods of the embodiments shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 6 .

The foregoing mainly introduces the solutions of the embodiments of the present application from the perspective of the method-side execution process. It can be understood that, in order to realize the above-mentioned functions, the electronic device includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software templates for executing each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that the present application can be implemented in hardware or in the form of a combination of hardware and computer software, in combination with the units and algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments provided herein. Whether a function is performed by hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality using different methods for each particular application, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may be divided into functional units according to the foregoing method examples. For example, each functional unit may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing unit. The above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of software functional units. It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present application is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and other division methods may be used in actual implementation.

It should be noted that, for the sake of simple description, the foregoing method embodiments are all expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the present application is not limited by the described action sequence. Because in accordance with the present application, certain steps may be performed in other orders or concurrently. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification are all preferred embodiments, and the involved actions and templates are not necessarily required by the present application.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the above-mentioned units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated. to another system, or some features can be ignored, or not implemented. On the other hand, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical or other forms.

The above-mentioned units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of software functional units.

The above-mentioned integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, may be stored in a computer-readable memory. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution, and the computer software product is stored in a memory, Several instructions are included to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned methods in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned memory includes: U disk, read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), mobile hard disk, magnetic disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps in the various methods of the above embodiments can be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable memory, and the memory can include: a flash disk , Read-only memory (English: Read-Only Memory, referred to as: ROM), random access device (English: Random Access Memory, referred to as: RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk, etc.

Claims

A neighbor cell measurement method, characterized in that the method is applied to a user equipment UE, and the method includes the following steps:

The UE receives configuration information of the base station, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold;

The UE obtains the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell according to the measurement result of the adjacent cell measurement, and determines the execution strategy of the adjacent cell measurement according to the relationship between the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell and at least one threshold.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information further comprises: a timer, the at least one threshold is a first threshold; the method specifically comprises:

If the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell and the first threshold meet the preset condition, the timer is started, and the neighboring cell measurement is disabled during the timer.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the measurement value of the first neighboring cell and the first threshold value satisfying a preset condition specifically include:

If the signal quality of the first neighboring cell is greater than the first threshold, it is determined that the preset condition is met; otherwise, it is determined that the preset condition is not met;

If the difference between the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell and the signal quality value of the current serving cell is greater than the first threshold, it is determined that the preset condition is met, otherwise it is determined that the preset condition is not met.
The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the method further comprises:

If the timer times out, the UE preferentially starts the measurement of the first neighbor cell or the UE starts the neighbor cell measurement.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one threshold is: a second threshold and a third threshold;

If the signal quality of the first adjacent cell is greater than the second threshold, the UE only measures the first adjacent cell;

If the signal quality of the first adjacent cell is lower than the third threshold, the UE starts other adjacent cell measurements.
The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one threshold is: a second threshold and a third threshold;

If the difference between the signal quality of the first neighboring cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell is greater than the second threshold, the UE only measures the first neighboring cell;

If the difference between the signal quality of the first neighbor cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell is less than the third threshold, the UE starts other neighbor cell measurements.
The method according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein,

The configuration information is: system message or radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling.
The method according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein,

The at least one threshold is: a reference signal received power RSRP threshold and/or a reference signal received quality RSRQ threshold.
A neighbor cell measurement configuration method, characterized in that the method is applied to a base station, and the method includes the following steps:

The base station sends configuration information to the UE, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold.
The method of claim 9, wherein:

The configuration information further includes: a timer.
The method according to any one of claims 9-10, wherein,

The configuration information is: system message or radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling.
A user equipment UE, characterized in that the user equipment includes:

a communication unit, configured to receive configuration information of the base station, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold;

The processing unit is configured to obtain the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell according to the measurement result of the adjacent cell measurement, and determine the execution strategy of the adjacent cell measurement according to the relationship between the signal quality value of the first adjacent cell and at least one threshold.
The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the configuration information further comprises: a timer, and the at least one threshold is a first threshold;

The processing unit is further configured to start a timer if the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell and the first threshold meet a preset condition, and close the neighboring cell measurement during the timer period.
The user equipment according to claim 13, wherein,

The processing unit is specifically configured to determine that the preset condition is met if the signal quality of the first neighboring cell is greater than the first threshold value; otherwise, determine that the preset condition is not met; if the signal quality value of the first neighboring cell and the signal of the current serving cell If the difference between the quality values is greater than the first threshold, it is determined that the preset condition is met; otherwise, it is determined that the preset condition is not met.
The user equipment according to claim 13 or 14, wherein,

The processing unit is further configured to preferentially start the measurement of the first adjacent cell or start the measurement of the adjacent cell if the timer times out.
The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the at least one threshold is: a second threshold and a third threshold;

The processing unit is further configured to measure only the first neighboring cell if the signal quality of the first neighboring cell is greater than the second threshold; if the signal quality of the first neighboring cell is less than the third threshold, start other neighboring cells to measure .
The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the at least one threshold is: a second threshold and a third threshold;

The processing unit is further configured to measure only the first adjacent cell if the difference between the signal quality of the first adjacent cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell is greater than the second threshold; When the difference from the signal quality of the current serving cell is smaller than the third threshold, other neighbor cell measurements are started.
The user equipment according to any one of claims 12-17, wherein,

The configuration information is: system message or radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling.
The user equipment according to any one of claims 12-17, wherein,

The at least one threshold is: a reference signal received power RSRP threshold and/or a reference signal received quality RSRQ threshold.
A base station, characterized in that the base station comprises:

A communication unit, configured to send configuration information to the UE, where the configuration information includes: at least one threshold.
The base station according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information further comprises: a timer.
The base station according to claim 20, wherein,

The configuration information is: system message or radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling.
An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the programs comprising Instructions for performing steps in a method as claimed in any of claims 1-8 or in a method as claimed in any of claims 9-11.
A chip system, the chip system includes at least one processor, a memory and an interface circuit, the memory, the transceiver and the at least one processor are interconnected by lines, and a computer program is stored in the at least one memory; The computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the method according to any one of claims 1-8 or the method according to any one of claims 9-11.
A computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program in the computer-readable storage medium, when running on a user equipment, executes the method according to any one of claims 1-8 or the method according to claim 9- The method of any one of 11.
A computer program product, characterized in that the computer program product comprises a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being operable to cause a computer to execute the method described in any one of claims 1-8. The method described in any one of claims 9-11.