WO2024067795A1

WO2024067795A1 - Configuration method, terminal, network device, electronic device, and medium

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Publication number: WO2024067795A1
Application number: PCT/CN2023/122515
Authority: WO
Inventors: 唐晓璇; 刘潇蔓; 谢芳
Original assignee: 中国移动通信有限公司研究院; 中国移动通信集团有限公司
Priority date: 2022-09-28
Filing date: 2023-09-28
Publication date: 2024-04-04
Also published as: CN117793735A

Abstract

A configuration method, a terminal, a network device, an electronic device, and a medium, which relate to the technical field of communications. The configuration method comprises: receiving configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring related information of at least one candidate primary cell (PCell) and at least one candidate primary secondary cell (PSCell); and according to the configuration information, executing cell measurement to obtain a first measurement result, wherein the first measurement result is used for determining a cell handover event, and the cell handover event corresponds to at least one of cell handover, cell addition and cell change.

Description

Configuration method, terminal, network device, electronic device and medium

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202211190575.5 filed in China on September 28, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a configuration method, a terminal, a network device, an electronic device and a medium.

Background technique

Dual-Connectivity (DC) is an important existing communication technology. Through dual-connectivity technology, data transmission rate, throughput, spectrum efficiency and load balancing can be improved. In the dual-connectivity scenario, the terminal simultaneously accesses a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN). The primary cell (PCell) is the primary cell of the master cell group (MCG, a service cell group controlled by the MN), and the primary secondary cell (PSCell) is the primary cell of the secondary cell group (SCG, a service cell group controlled by the SN). PCell and PSCell both belong to service cells, and PCell and PSCell are also called special cells (SpCell).

In the related art, the reconfiguration message given by the MN in the conditional handover (CHO) carries the switching event condExecutionCond of the PCell switching given by the MN and the configuration given by the candidate MN. Similarly, in the conditional PScell Addition/Change (CPAC), there is the switching event condExecutionCondSCG of the conditional PSCell addition (CPA)/conditional PSCell change (CPC) given by the triggering node and the configuration given by the candidate SN. The source primary cell sends the user equipment (UE) to measure the switching event of each configured candidate target SpCell, and applies the conditional configuration of a target SpCell that satisfies the associated switching event. The existing mechanism can only consider one of PCell switching or PSCell addition/change when making a measurement. For UEs under the DC architecture (UEs that receive both PCell and PSCell services), when considering PCell switching, it can only guarantee that there is a switching after the switching. High-quality PCell services cannot guarantee high-quality PSCells, and new PSCells need to be measured and configured, which greatly affects the throughput. In the case of PSCell, after the candidate PSCell meets the conditions for addition/change, the signal quality of the PCell link may be very poor. The UE may not have time to complete the PCell switching and needs to directly trigger the reconstruction, causing interruption delay. In the dual-connection scenario, the existing special cell SpCell switching or adding/changing mechanism may lead to poor data transmission stability.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a configuration method, a terminal, a network device, an electronic device, and a medium to solve the problem of poor data transmission stability caused by the switching or adding/changing mechanism of SpCell in the existing dual-connection scenario.

To solve the above technical problems, the present disclosure is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a configuration method, which is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

receiving configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

Performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result;

The first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change.

Optionally, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

At least one first identifier, where the first identifier is an identifier of a candidate PCell and a PSCell, and the candidate PCell and the PSCell include a first candidate PCell and a first candidate PSCell;

At least one second identifier, where the second identifier is a conditional configuration identifier of a second candidate PCell, the conditional configuration identifier of the second candidate PCell corresponds to at least one second candidate PSCell, and is associated with a third switching event of the at least one second candidate PSCell.

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

a first switching event, wherein the first switching event includes: a switching event of the first candidate PCell corresponding to the first identifier, and a switching event of the first candidate PSCell corresponding to the first identifier;

A second switching event, where the second switching event includes a switching event of the second candidate PCell corresponding to the second identifier.

Optionally, when the configuration information includes the first switching event, after the step of performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result, the method further includes:

Determine, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first handover event meets an execution condition as a triggering cell;

Determine a target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell;

Apply the relevant configurations of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, the configuration information further includes a first preset time, and the determining, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first switching event meets the execution condition as a triggering cell includes:

Determine, within the first preset time, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first handover event meets an execution condition as a triggering cell;

The starting time of the first preset time is the time of first confirming the triggering cell.

Optionally, the determining of the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell includes at least one of the following:

Determine a target PCell and a PSCell in the triggering cell according to a service type of the terminal;

In a case where the configuration information further includes first priority information, determining a target PCell and a PSCell in the triggering cell according to the first priority information;

The first priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, the first priority information further includes at least one of the following:

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A biasing factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, after the step of determining the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell, The method further includes: reporting the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell when the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, after applying the relevant configuration steps of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell, the method also includes: reporting the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell and/or the identifier of the PSCell to the target master node T-MN corresponding to the first target PCell.

Optionally, when the configuration information includes the second switching event, after the step of performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result, the method further includes:

Determine, according to the first measurement result, at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event meets an execution condition as a triggering cell;

Determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell;

Applying relevant configuration of the second target PCell;

measuring the at least one second candidate PSCell corresponding to the second target PCell to obtain a second measurement result;

Determine, according to the second measurement result, at least one second candidate PSCell for which the third switching event meets an execution condition as a second target PSCell;

Apply the relevant configuration of the second target PSCell.

Optionally, when the configuration information further includes a second preset time, determining, according to the first measurement result, at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event meets the execution condition as a triggering cell includes:

Within the second preset time, according to the first measurement result, determining at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event meets the execution condition as a triggering cell;

The starting time of the second preset time is the time of first confirming the triggering cell.

Optionally, the determining the second target PCell in the triggering cell includes at least one of the following:

Determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell according to a service type of the terminal;

In a case where the configuration information further includes second priority information, determining a second target PCell in the triggering cell according to the second priority information;

The second priority information includes a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells.

Optionally, the second priority information further includes: a priority of at least one second candidate PCell. The bias factor of the level.

Optionally, the method further includes: when applying relevant configuration of the second target PCell, stopping measuring the measurement target configured in the source PCell; wherein the source PCell is the service PCell before switching to the second target PCell.

Optionally, after the step of determining the second target PCell in the triggering cell, the method further includes: reporting an identifier of the second target PCell when the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, after the relevant configuration of applying the second target PSCell is completed, the method further includes: reporting an identifier corresponding to the second target PSCell to a target master node T-MN corresponding to the second target PCell.

Optionally, the first switching event or the second switching event includes at least one of the following: A2, A3, A5, and B1 events.

Optionally, after the step of performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result, the method further includes:

Reporting the first measurement result to the network device;

Receive a switching instruction sent by the network device.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a configuration method, which is applied to a network device, including:

Sending configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The terminal is used to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result; the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition and change.

Optionally, the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell are determined based on at least one of the following: pair:

a historical measurement result of at least one of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

The pairing history of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell.

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

Optionally, the configuration information further includes a priority; the priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A bias factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells;

A biasing factor for a priority of at least one second candidate PCell.

Optionally, the priority is determined based on at least one of the following: frequency, load, service, slice, and QoS.

Optionally, the method further includes:

receiving the first measurement result reported by the terminal;

A switching indication is sent to the terminal.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal device, including:

A first receiving module, configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

A first measurement module, configured to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

A first determining module, configured to determine, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first handover event meets an execution condition as a triggering cell;

A second determination module is used to determine the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell;

The first application module is used to apply the relevant configurations of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, the configuration information further includes a first preset time, and the first determining module includes:

A first determination submodule is configured to determine, within the first preset time, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first handover event meets the execution condition as a triggering cell;

Optionally, the second determining module includes at least one of the following:

A second determination submodule is used to determine a target PCell and a PSCell in the triggering cell according to a service type of the terminal;

A third determination submodule, configured to determine a target PCell and a PSCell in the triggering cell according to the first priority information when the configuration information further includes the first priority information;

The first priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A biasing factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

A first reporting module, configured to report the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell after the step of determining the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell if the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, a second reporting module is used to report the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell and/or the identifier of the PSCell to the target master node T-MN corresponding to the first target PCell after the relevant configuration steps of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell are applied.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

A third determination module is used to determine, according to the first measurement result, at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event meets the execution condition as a triggering cell;

A fourth determination module, configured to determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell;

A second application module, configured to apply relevant configurations of the second target PCell;

A second measurement module, configured to measure the at least one second candidate PSCell corresponding to the second target PCell to obtain a second measurement result;

A fifth determining module is used to determine, according to the second measurement result, that the third switching event satisfies At least one second candidate PSCell of the execution condition is determined as a second target PSCell;

The third application module is used to apply the relevant configuration of the second target PSCell.

Optionally, the third determining module includes:

A fourth determination submodule is used to determine, within a second preset time, according to the first measurement result, at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event meets the execution condition as a triggering cell;

Optionally, the fourth determining module includes at least one of the following:

A fifth determination submodule, configured to determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell according to a service type of the terminal;

A sixth determination submodule, configured to determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell according to the second priority information when the configuration information further includes the second priority information;

Optionally, the second priority information also includes: a bias factor of the priority of at least one second candidate PCell.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

A stop module is used to stop measuring the measurement target configured in the source PCell when applying the relevant configuration of the second target PCell; wherein the source PCell is the service PCell before switching to the second target PCell.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

A third reporting module, configured to report the identifier of the second target PCell after the step of determining the second target PCell in the triggering cell if the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, the fourth reporting module is used to report the identifier corresponding to the second target PSCell to the target master node T-MN corresponding to the second target PCell after the relevant configuration of the application of the second target PSCell is completed.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

a fifth reporting module, configured to report the first measurement result to the network device;

The second receiving module is used to receive the switching instruction sent by the network device.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, including a transceiver and a processor.

The transceiver is used to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The processor is configured to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

Optionally, when the configuration information includes the first switching event, after the step of performing cell measurement to obtain a first measurement result according to the configuration information, the processor is further configured to:

Determine a target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell;

Optionally, the configuration information further includes a first preset time, and the at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell whose first switching event meets the execution condition is selected according to the first measurement result. Determining a triggering cell includes:

The starting time of the first preset time is the time when the triggering cell is first confirmed.

The first priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A biasing factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, after the step of determining the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell, the transceiver is further used to: report the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell when the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, after applying the relevant configuration steps of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell, the transceiver is also used to: report the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell and/or the identifier of the PSCell to the target master node T-MN corresponding to the first target PCell.

Optionally, when the configuration information includes the second switching event, after the step of performing cell measurement to obtain a first measurement result according to the configuration information, the processor is further configured to:

Determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell;

Applying relevant configuration of the second target PCell;

Apply the relevant configuration of the second target PSCell.

Optionally, the processor is further used to: stop measuring the measurement target configured for the source PCell when applying the relevant configuration of the second target PCell; wherein the source PCell is the service PCell before switching to the second target PCell.

Optionally, after the step of determining the second target PCell in the triggering cell, the transceiver is further used to: report an identifier of the second target PCell when the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, after the relevant configuration of applying the second target PSCell is completed, the transceiver is further used to: report an identifier corresponding to the second target PSCell to a target master node T-MN corresponding to the second target PCell.

Optionally, after the step of performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result, the transceiver is further used to:

Reporting the first measurement result to the network device;

Receive a switching instruction sent by the network device.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including:

A first sending module, configured to send configuration information to a terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

Optionally, the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell are paired based on at least one of the following:

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A bias factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells;

A biasing factor for a priority of at least one second candidate PCell.

Optionally, the network device further includes:

A third receiving module, configured to receive the first measurement result reported by the terminal;

The second sending module is used to send a switching instruction to the terminal.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, including a transceiver,

The transceiver is used to send configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

at least one second identifier, the second identifier being a conditional configuration identifier of a second candidate PCell, the conditional configuration identifier of the second candidate PCell corresponding to at least one second candidate PSCell, and The third switching event of at least one second candidate PSCell is associated.

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A bias factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells;

A biasing factor for a priority of at least one second candidate PCell.

Optionally, the transceiver is further used for:

receiving the first measurement result reported by the terminal;

A switching indication is sent to the terminal.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the steps of the configuration method described in the first aspect are implemented; or, when the program is executed by the processor, the steps of the configuration method described in the second aspect are implemented.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the configuration method described in the first aspect are implemented; or, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the configuration method described in the second aspect are implemented.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, configuration information sent by a network device is received, the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary and secondary cell PSCell; according to the configuration information, cell measurement is performed to obtain a first measurement result; wherein the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, by jointly configuring relevant information of PCell and PSCell, the UE can jointly measure the conditions of PCell and PSCell to perform cell configuration, thereby improving the robustness of PCell control plane communication and the service quality of PSCell, thereby improving data throughput, data transmission rate, and data transmission stability.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

FIG1 is a flow chart of a configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG2 is a flow chart of another configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3 is a flow chart of another configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of another electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a configuration method is proposed to solve the problem that the existing switching or adding/changing mechanism of special cells SpCell may cause poor data transmission stability.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is used for a terminal. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps:

Step 101: Receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell.

In the disclosed embodiment, the terminal device receives configuration information sent by the network device, and synchronously obtains relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary and secondary cell PSCell for cell measurement, that is, the network device synchronously configures PCell and PSCell related information in a joint configuration manner. Compared with the configuration method of considering one of PCell switching or PSCell addition/change in the related art, the joint configuration enables the UE to jointly measure the situation of PCell and PSCell to perform cell switching, addition and/or change, thereby improving the robustness of PCell control plane communication and improving the service quality of PSCell.

In the disclosed embodiment, the first identifier may be understood as a conditional reconfiguration ID, i.e., the ID of PCell+PSCell. For example, dual connection index (ID) 1 may correspond to PCell 1 and PSCell 3, and dual connection index 2 may correspond to PCell 2 and PSCell 3.

The above-mentioned second identifier is a conditional configuration identifier of the second candidate PCell, which may include relevant PSCell execution conditions and radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) configuration.

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

The pairing method can be determined by the network device, and the specific historical measurement results can be the historical measurement results of the current terminal executing the method, or the historical measurement results of other terminals other than the current terminal. The pairing history can be the configuration record of the historical condition configuration pair of the network itself; it can also be the PCell and PSCell selected by the current UE or other UEs after execution according to the measurement situation, that is, it can be the target PCell and PSCell selected by the terminal in history.

It can be understood that the conditional configuration identifier of the second candidate PCell corresponds to at least one second candidate PSCell, and the above correspondence can also be determined based on historical measurement results, co-site deployment, historical conditional configuration execution records, etc.

It can be understood that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the configuration information only needs to be able to synchronously configure the relevant information of the PCell and the PSCell, and is not limited to the configuration form of the first identifier or the second identifier.

Step 102: Perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result, wherein the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, cell measurement is performed according to the configuration information, which can be understood as determining which PCells and PSCells to perform cell measurement on according to the configuration information.

In the case where the configuration information includes at least one of the first identifier and the second identifier, performing cell measurement can be understood as measuring the cell corresponding to the first identifier and the second identifier, and the measurement result is used to determine whether the event associated with the first identifier and the second identifier meets the execution condition, and if all events in the configuration of the target candidate cell (pair) meet the execution condition, the target candidate cell in the configuration is the triggering cell (pair). The above judgment process can be performed by the terminal or by the network device.

Here, it should be understood that in the method of the specific embodiment of the present disclosure, the first measurement result can be It may be one or multiple cell measurement results. One measurement may refer to the measurement of one or more cells, or may refer to the measurement of one or more cell pairs. The measurement may be terminated after obtaining a triggering cell (pair) whose cell switching event meets the execution condition in one measurement result, or multiple measurements may be performed within a preset time to obtain multiple measurement results, from which all triggering cells meeting the conditions are determined (may be one/one pair, may be multiple/multiple pairs, or may not exist).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the terminal obtains the first measurement result through measurement, the terminal may determine whether to execute at least one of cell switching, adding, and changing according to a pre-configured switching event; the first measurement result may also be reported to a network device, and the network device determines whether to execute at least one of cell switching, adding, and changing. When the network determines that at least one of cell switching, adding, and changing needs to be executed, the network device sends a corresponding switching indication to the terminal, and the switching indication is used to instruct the terminal to execute at least one of cell switching, adding, and changing.

Reporting the first measurement result to the network device;

Receive a switching instruction sent by the network device.

In the disclosed embodiment, after the network device receives the measurement report from the UE, the network device (e.g., MN) decides to perform switching, and may use a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) for fast switching or RRC reconfiguration using a switching indication + an updated configuration indication switching execution, wherein the indication contains the ID of the PCell+PSCell or the ID of the primary cell, which may be a conditionally configured ID, a cell physical ID, or the like pointing to the configured ID.

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

In the disclosed embodiment, the first switching event may be understood as a switching event corresponding to the candidate PCell and PSCell, and the first switching event satisfies the execution condition, which may be understood as the PCell and PSCell within the candidate PCell and PSCell satisfying the execution condition at the same time.

The above second switching event meets the execution condition, then firstly measure whether the PCell meets the execution condition, and if the PCell meets the execution condition, then further measure whether the corresponding PSCell meets the execution condition.

FIG. 2 exemplarily illustrates the related process of configuration based on the first switching event (case 1) and the second switching event (case 2).

Optionally, the execution condition of the candidate PCell is given by a source MN (Source-MN, S-MN), and the execution condition of the candidate PSCell may be given by an S-MN or a candidate target MN (Target-MN, T-MN).

Determine a target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell;

When the measurement results of the PCell and the PSCell meet the execution condition of the first switching event, the PCell and the PSCell are determined as triggering cells.

In the case where the configuration information includes the first switching event, the switching event of the PCell in the PCell and the switching event of the PSCell need to be satisfied (triggered) at the same time to meet the execution condition. As shown in Figure 2, the configuration RRC reconfiguration (reconfiguration)*** of the target PCell and the configuration RRC reconfiguration**** of the PSCell are applied at the same time to access the PCEll and PSCell (paired).

It is understandable that, when performing measurements based on the configuration information, it may be possible to screen out eligible triggering cells, or it may not be possible to screen out eligible triggering cells. It is possible to screen out one triggering cell or multiple triggering cells. When a triggering cell is screened out, the relevant configurations of the PCell and PSCell corresponding to the triggering cell may be applied; or a timer may be started after the triggering cell is screened out for the first time, and cell measurements may be continued within a preset time in order to seek more triggering cells, thereby further screening the target PCell and PSCell from more triggering cells, and then applying the relevant configurations of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, the configuration information further includes a first preset time, the first measurement result If the first switching event satisfies the execution condition, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell is determined as a triggering cell, including:

In the disclosed embodiment, the configuration information also includes a first preset time, which can be understood as an execution condition that can configure a corresponding observation time. The above-mentioned first preset time/observation time can be configured with a specific duration based on pre-setting of demand, protocol definition, or network configuration. For example, different lengths of observation time can be configured for different services. The UE measures according to its own service characteristics. If the throughput requirement is high, it can be continuously measured for a longer period of time within the observation time. When triggering cell screening, the SN with better quality among the conditions can be selected.

The first preset time/observation time mentioned above may be a timer, an absolute time, a time length or an offset value, or a hysteresis time.

If an observation time is configured, after the execution conditions of the PCell and PSCell related events are met, other execution conditions are continued to be measured within the observation time, and the selected condition configuration is applied after the observation time. Specifically, after the PCell and PSCell meet the A2 event, the trigger observation time starts counting.

By setting the first preset time, more triggering cells are sought, thereby improving the probability of selecting the PCell and PSCell by merit.

The first priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the above priority can be the priority of a cell or the priority of a cell pair. Specifically, the priority can be a priority value or can be configured in ascending/descending order of priority. A ranked list. Priorities can be associated with different services.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, it can be understood that the execution condition is that the signal quality of the source MN is worse than a certain threshold. When accessing, the UE executes according to different priorities based on its own service type.

In the disclosed embodiment, after the triggering cell is determined within the first preset time, the triggering cell needs to be screened, and the screening process can be based on the service type of the terminal, or based on the priority of the candidate PCell and/or candidate PSCell. For example, when the UE is in a video service and the MN meets the conditions, the SN with better quality is given priority, which is suitable for UEs with high throughput requirements. For example, the first identifier ID1 corresponds to PCell 1 and PSCell 3, and the first identifier ID2 corresponds to PCell 2 and PSCell 3. When the candidate PCell and PSCell corresponding to the first identifiers ID1 and ID2 are both triggering cells, the current PCell 1 has a higher priority than PCell 2, then the candidate PCell1 and PSCell3 corresponding to ID1 are determined as the target PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, the target PCell and PSCell may also be randomly selected from the triggering cells.

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A biasing factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

In the disclosed embodiment, an additional bias factor (offset) can be configured based on the preset priorities of PCell and PSCell, and the priority configuration can be tuned. For example, if the original conditions of PCell+PSCell 1 are both a, and the original conditions of PCell+PSCell 2 are also a, and there is a bias factor b (positive number) associated with 1, then 1 is prioritized to meet the execution condition in advance.

Optionally, after the step of determining the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell, the method further includes: reporting the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell when a source secondary node (Source-SN, S-SN) is available;

It is understandable that when determining the target PCell and PSCell, the signal quality of the source Pcell link may be poor and data may not be uploaded. At this time, it is determined that the source secondary node S-SN is available to report the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell, thereby improving the effectiveness of the reporting.

In the disclosed embodiment, information synchronization between the terminal and the network is ensured through a reporting process.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the configuration information includes the first switching event, the mobility of the MR-DC is effectively guaranteed, and after the UE switches to the target cell, there is still a PSCell with good radio link quality serving it at the same time, which is suitable for UEs with higher throughput requirements.

Determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell;

Applying relevant configuration of the second target PCell;

Apply the relevant configuration of the second target PSCell.

In the disclosed embodiment, when the configuration information includes the second switching event, the second candidate PCell corresponding to the second identifier is measured to obtain a first measurement result, and the second target PCell is determined according to the first measurement result; at this time, the switching of the target PCell can be performed, for example, as shown in FIG2 , RRC reconfiguration*** is applied; while the switching is performed, the PSCell execution condition is measured, and the PSCell change or addition is performed only if the execution condition of the PSCell is met during the switching, for example, RRC reconfiguration**** is applied.

In the disclosed embodiment, the at least one second candidate PSCell for which the third switching event satisfies the execution condition may be one or more. When there are more than one second candidate PSCells for which the third switching event satisfies the execution condition, further screening may be performed to select the second target PSCell from the multiple second candidate PSCells.

It is understandable that by performing measurements based on the configuration information, it may be possible to filter out conditions that trigger It is also possible that a triggering cell that meets the conditions cannot be screened out. It is possible to screen out one triggering cell or multiple triggering cells. When a triggering cell is screened out, the PCell-related configuration of the triggering cell can be applied; or a timer can be started after the triggering cell is screened out for the first time, and the cell measurement can be continued within a preset time in order to find more triggering cells, so as to further screen the target PCell from more triggering cells, and then apply the relevant configuration of the target PCell.

In the disclosed embodiment, the configuration information also includes a second preset time, which can be understood as an execution condition that can configure a corresponding observation time. The above-mentioned second preset time/observation time can be configured with a specific duration based on pre-setting of demand, protocol definition or network configuration. For example, different lengths of observation time can be configured for different services. The UE measures according to its own service characteristics. If the throughput requirement is high, it can continue to measure for a longer period of time within the observation time and select the PCell with better quality that meets the conditions. The above-mentioned second preset time/observation time can be a timer, an absolute time, a time length or an offset value, or a hysteresis time.

If an observation time is configured, after the execution condition of the PCell or PSCell related event is met, other execution conditions are continued to be measured within the observation time, and the selected condition configuration is applied after the observation time. Specifically, after the PCell or PSCell meets the A2 event, the trigger observation time starts counting.

It can be understood that the process of screening the second target PSCell through the second measurement result can also set the observation time (third preset time).

By setting a second preset time, more triggering cells are sought, thereby increasing the probability of selecting PCell by preference; by setting a third preset time, more second candidate PSCells (which can also be understood as PSCell triggering cells) whose third switching events meet the execution conditions are sought, thereby increasing the probability of selecting the target PSCell by preference.

Specifically, the priority can be a priority value or a list arranged in ascending or descending order of priority. The priority can be associated with different services.

In the disclosed embodiment, after the triggering cell is determined within the first preset time, the triggering cell needs to be screened, and the screening process can be based on the service type of the terminal or the priority of the candidate PCell. For example, the second identifier ID1 corresponds to PCell 1, and the second identifier ID2 corresponds to PCell 2. When the candidate PCells corresponding to the second identifiers ID1 and ID2 are both triggering cells, and the current PCell 1 has a higher priority than PCell 2, the candidate PCell 1 corresponding to ID1 is determined as the target PCell.

Optionally, the target PCell may be randomly selected from the triggering cell. Similarly, the target PSCell may be selected from the second candidate PSCells that meet the execution conditions of the multiple third switching events based on the service and PSCell priority, or may be randomly selected.

In the disclosed embodiment, an additional bias factor may be configured based on the preset priority of PCell, and the priority configuration may be tuned. For example, if the original condition of PCell 1 is a, the original condition of PCell 2 is also a, and PCell 1 is associated with a bias factor b (positive number), then PCell 1 will be prioritized to meet the execution condition in advance.

Unlike the related technology, during the switching process, the measurement targets configured for the source PCell continue to be measured unless the network reconfigures/commands, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the target PCell is switched, the measurement targets configured for the source PCell are stopped, thereby reducing unnecessary measurement processes and avoiding complex negotiation processes within the measurement capabilities between nodes.

Optionally, after the step of determining the second target PCell in the triggering cell, the method The method further includes: reporting an identifier of the second target PCell when the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, after the relevant configuration of applying the second target PSCell is completed, the method further includes: reporting the identifier of the second target PSCell to a target master node T-MN corresponding to the second target PCell.

It is understandable that in the target PCell, the signal quality of the source Pcell link may be poor and data may not be uploaded. At this time, it is determined that the source secondary node S-SN is available to report the identifier of the second target PCell, thereby improving the effectiveness of the reporting.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the configuration information includes the second switching event, it is possible to prioritize the service of the primary cell, that is, the robustness of the control plane, reduce the switching interruption delay, and also reduce a large number of negotiations between network nodes caused by limitations on measurement capabilities.

Among them, A2: the serving cell is worse than a certain threshold;

A3: The neighboring cell is better than the serving cell by a certain threshold;

A5: The serving cell is lower than threshold 1 and the neighboring cell is higher than threshold 2;

B1: The cross-radio access technology (RAT) neighboring cells are better than a certain threshold;

For detailed description of the above events, please refer to the relevant explanations of the relevant technology.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

For example, the embodiment of the present disclosure may adopt the steps shown in FIG. 2 .

Case 1 includes the following steps:

1. Handover request (optional, CPAC indication);

2. SN add request, SN add request reply T-SN RRCReconfiguration****;

3. Handover request reply (T-MN RRC reconfiguration***+T-SN related execution condition condExecutionCondSCG>>T-SN RRCReconfiguration****);

4. Secondary gNodeB (SgNB) release request;

5.RRC reconfiguration message RRC reconfiguration*message(index corresponding to PCell and PSCell, configuration includes S-MN RRC reconfiguration**>>T-MN RRC reconfiguration*** and the condition is that condExecutionCond and condExecutionCondSCG both satisfy >>T-SN RRCReconfiguration****); (In the subsequent process, it is considered that each measId indicated in condExecutionCondpair is a measId in VarMeasConfig, the measurement configuration measConfig related to MCG and SCG)

6.RRC reconfiguration complete*message;

7. Measure the joint conditions of condExecutionCond and condExecutionCondSCG. If they are met, perform the switch and add PSCell.

8.RRC reconfiguration complete messageRRC reconfiguration complete**message (including the index of the selected pair);

9.SgNB release request (including target pair index).

Among them, the order of steps 8 and 9 is not certain.

Case 2 includes the following steps:

1. Handover request (optional, CPAC indication);

2. SN add request, SN add request reply T-SN RRCReconfiguration****;

4.SgNB release request;

5.RRC reconfiguration message RRC reconfiguration*message (index corresponding to PCell, configuration includes S-MN RRC reconfiguration** >> T-MN RRC reconfiguration*** and its condition condExecutionCond >> T-SN RRCReconfiguration**** and its condition condExecutionCondSCG); (In the subsequent process, each measId indicated in condExecutionCond (excluding condExecutionCondSCG for T-SN) is considered to be a measId in VarMeasConfig, the measurement configuration measConfig related to MCG);

6.RRC reconfiguration complete*message;

7. Measure the PCell related condition condExecutionCond, and perform the handover if it is satisfied; (In the subsequent process, it is considered that each measId indicated in condExecutionCondSCG is a measId of the measurement configuration measConfig related to SCG in VarMeasConfig);

8.RRC reconfiguration complete message (including the index of the selected PCell);

9. SgNB release request (including target PCell index);

10. Measure the PSCell related condition condExecutionCondSCG, and execute the switch if it is met.

Among them, the order of steps 8 and 9 is not certain.

When the switching event meets the execution condition, at least one of the following steps may be performed:

1 When the UE execution conditions are met, if the S-SN is available, the target condition configuration pair ID (identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell) or PCell ID can be reported.

Optionally, the network can perform data forwarding in advance.

2 After the execution is completed, the UE reports the ID of the target secondary node (Target-SN, T-SN) or the conditional configuration pair ID to the T-MN.

3 S-MN decides to use conditional configuration, S-MN interacts with T-MN and sends configuration to UE, specifically:

3.1 PCell and PSCell execution conditions In the configuration outer RRC reconfiguration message (RRC reconfiguration*) including the CPC configuration (i.e. a list of RRC reconfiguration**** messages), execution conditions associated with both RRC reconfiguration* and RRC reconfiguration**).

3.2 PCell execution conditions The PCell execution conditions are configured in the outer RRC reconfiguration message (RRC reconfiguration*) including the CPC configuration, (i.e. a list of RRC reconfiguration**** messages with associated execution conditions) and associated execution conditions.

3.3 Execution conditions add observation time, which can be a timer, which can be implemented by UE, defined in the standard, or configured by the network.

3.4 Measure the comprehensive situation of MN and SN within a certain period of time.

3.5 The priority of the pair/cell corresponding to the ID. The priority can be a priority parameter or a list arranged in ascending/descending order of priority. The priority can be associated with the service, slice, or QoS.

3.6 The execution conditions can be A2, A3, A5, and B1 events.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, configuration information sent by a network device is received, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell; According to the configuration information, cell measurement is performed to obtain a first measurement result; wherein the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change. In the disclosed embodiment, by jointly configuring the relevant information of the PCell and the PSCell, the UE can jointly measure the conditions of the PCell and the PSCell to perform the cell configuration, thereby improving the robustness of the PCell control plane communication and the service quality of the PSCell, thereby improving the data throughput, data transmission rate, and data transmission stability.

Referring to FIG. 3 , FIG. 3 is a flow chart of another configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is used for a network device. As shown in FIG. 3 , the method includes the following steps:

Step 301: Send configuration information to a terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

a second switching event, wherein the second switching event includes the second A switching event of a candidate PCell.

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A bias factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells;

A biasing factor for a priority of at least one second candidate PCell.

Optionally, the priority is determined based on at least one of the following: frequency, load, service, slice, and quality of service (QoS).

Optionally, the method further includes:

receiving the first measurement result reported by the terminal;

A switching indication is sent to the terminal.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

It should be noted that this embodiment is a method implementation of the network device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figures 1-2. Its specific implementation can refer to the relevant descriptions in the embodiment shown in Figures 1-2. To avoid repeated descriptions, this embodiment will not be repeated.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, configuration information is sent to a terminal, the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary and secondary cell PSCell; wherein the terminal is used to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result; the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, by jointly configuring relevant information of PCell and PSCell, the UE can jointly measure the conditions of PCell and PSCell to perform cell configuration, thereby improving the robustness of PCell control plane communication and improving the service quality of PSCell, thereby This improves data throughput, data transmission rate and data transmission stability.

Referring to FIG. 4 , FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4 , the terminal device 400 includes:

A first receiving module 401 is configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

A first measurement module 402, configured to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

Optionally, the terminal device 400 further includes:

The first priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A biasing factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

Optionally, the terminal device 400 further includes:

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

a fifth determining module, configured to determine, according to the second measurement result, at least one second candidate PSCell for which the third switching event meets an execution condition as a second target PSCell;

Optionally, the third determining module includes:

Optionally, the terminal device 400 further includes:

Optionally, the terminal device further includes:

Optionally, the terminal device 400 further includes:

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of the terminal device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figures 1-2. Its specific implementation can refer to the relevant descriptions in the embodiment shown in Figures 1-2. To avoid repeated descriptions, this embodiment will not be repeated.

The terminal device in this embodiment jointly configures the relevant information of PCell and PSCell, so that the UE can jointly measure the conditions of PCell and PSCell to execute cell configuration, thereby improving the robustness of PCell control plane communication and the service quality of PSCell, thereby improving data throughput, data transmission rate and data transmission stability.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5 , an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, including a bus 501 , a transceiver 502 , an antenna 503 , a bus interface 504 , a processor 505 and a memory 506 .

The transceiver 502 is used to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The processor 505 is configured to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result;

At least one first identifier, where the first identifier is an identifier of a candidate PCell and a candidate PSCell, and the PCell and PSCell candidates include a first candidate PCell and a first candidate PSCell;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

Determine a target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell;

The first priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

Priority of at least one PCell and PSCell candidate.

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A biasing factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.

Determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell;

Applying relevant configuration of the second target PCell;

Apply the relevant configuration of the second target PSCell.

In the case where the configuration information also includes second priority information, information, and determining a second target PCell in the triggering cell;

Reporting the first measurement result to the network device;

Receive a switching instruction sent by the network device.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In FIG. 5 , a bus architecture (represented by bus 501) is shown, and bus 501 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and bus 501 links various circuits including one or more processors represented by processor 505 and memory represented by memory 506. Bus 501 may also link various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and are therefore not further described herein. Bus interface 504 provides an interface between bus 501 and transceiver 502. Transceiver 502 may be one element or multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium. Data processed by processor 505 is transmitted on a wireless medium via antenna 503, and further, antenna 503 also receives data and transmits the data to processor 505.

The processor 505 is responsible for managing the bus 501 and general processing, and can also provide various functions, including timing, peripheral interfaces, voltage regulation, power management and other control functions. The memory 506 can be used to store data used by the processor 505 when performing operations.

Optionally, processor 505 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD).

It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of an electronic device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figures 1-2. Its specific implementation can refer to the relevant descriptions in the embodiment shown in Figures 1-2. To avoid repeated descriptions, this embodiment will not be described again.

The electronic device in this embodiment jointly configures the relevant information of PCell and PSCell, so that the UE can jointly measure the conditions of PCell and PSCell to execute cell configuration, thereby improving the robustness of PCell control plane communication and the service quality of PSCell, thereby improving data throughput, data transmission rate and data transmission stability.

Referring to FIG. 6 , FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6 , the network device 600 includes:

A first sending module 601 is used to send configuration information to a terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A bias factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells;

A biasing factor for a priority of at least one second candidate PCell.

Optionally, the network device further includes:

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of a network device corresponding to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-3 . For its specific implementation, please refer to the relevant descriptions in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-3 . To avoid repeated description, this embodiment will not be described in detail.

The network device in this embodiment jointly configures the relevant information of PCell and PSCell, so that the UE can jointly measure the conditions of PCell and PSCell to execute cell configuration, thereby improving the robustness of PCell control plane communication and the service quality of PSCell, thereby improving data throughput, data transmission rate and data transmission stability.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7 , an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, including a bus 701 , a transceiver 702 , an antenna 703 , a bus interface 704 , a processor 705 , and a memory 706 .

The transceiver 702 is used to send configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

Optionally, the configuration information also includes the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A bias factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells;

A biasing factor for a priority of at least one second candidate PCell.

Optionally, the transceiver 702 is further used for:

receiving the first measurement result reported by the terminal;

A switching indication is sent to the terminal.

Optionally, the network device is a source master node MN.

In FIG. 7 , a bus architecture (represented by bus 701) is shown, and bus 701 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and bus 701 links various circuits including one or more processors represented by processor 705 and memory represented by memory 706. Bus 701 may also link various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and are therefore not further described herein. Bus interface 704 provides an interface between bus 701 and transceiver 702. Transceiver 702 may be one element or multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium. Data processed by processor 705 is transmitted on a wireless medium via antenna 703, and further, antenna 703 also receives data and transmits the data to processor 705.

Processor 705 is responsible for managing bus 701 and general processing, and may also provide various functions, including timing, peripheral interfaces, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. Memory 706 Can be used to store data used by processor 705 when performing operations.

Optionally, the processor 705 may be a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA or a CPLD.

It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of an electronic device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figures 1-3. Its specific implementation can refer to the relevant descriptions in the embodiment shown in Figures 1-3. To avoid repeated descriptions, this embodiment will not be described again.

The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the various processes of the configuration method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are implemented, or, when the program is executed by the processor, the various processes of the configuration method embodiment shown in FIG. 3 are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

The disclosed embodiment also provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, each process of the configuration method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is implemented, or when the computer program is executed by a processor, each process of the configuration method embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "include", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element.

Through the above description of the implementation mode, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above embodiment method can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by means of Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure, or the part that contributes to the relevant technology, can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, or CD), and includes several instructions for enabling a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation modes. The above-mentioned specific implementation modes are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present disclosure, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the scope of protection of the present disclosure and the claims, all of which are within the protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

A configuration method, applied to a terminal, comprising:

receiving configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

Performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result;

The first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

At least one first identifier, where the first identifier is an identifier of a candidate PCell and a PSCell, and the candidate PCell and the PSCell include a first candidate PCell and a first candidate PSCell;

At least one second identifier, where the second identifier is a conditional configuration identifier of a second candidate PCell, the conditional configuration identifier of the second candidate PCell corresponds to at least one second candidate PSCell, and is associated with a third switching event of the at least one second candidate PSCell.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the configuration information further includes the following:

a first switching event, wherein the first switching event includes: a switching event of the first candidate PCell corresponding to the first identifier, and a switching event of the first candidate PSCell corresponding to the first identifier;

A second switching event, where the second switching event includes a switching event of the second candidate PCell corresponding to the second identifier.
The method according to claim 3, wherein, when the configuration information includes the first switching event, after the step of performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result, the method further comprises:

Determine, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first handover event meets an execution condition as a triggering cell;

Determine a target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell;

Apply the relevant configurations of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the configuration information further includes a first preset time The step of determining, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first handover event satisfies an execution condition as a triggering cell includes:

Determine, within the first preset time, according to the first measurement result, at least one first candidate PCell and PSCell for which the first handover event meets an execution condition as a triggering cell;

The starting time of the first preset time is the time of first confirming the triggering cell.
The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the determining the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell comprises at least one of the following:

Determine a target PCell and a PSCell in the triggering cell according to a service type of the terminal;

In a case where the configuration information further includes first priority information, determining a target PCell and a PSCell in the triggering cell according to the first priority information;

The first priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the first priority information further includes at least one of the following:

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A biasing factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell.
The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein after the step of determining the target PCell and PSCell in the triggering cell, the method further comprises: reporting the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell when the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, after applying the relevant configuration steps of the first target PCell and the first target PSCell corresponding to the target PCell and PSCell, the method also includes: reporting the identifiers of the target PCell and PSCell and/or the identifier of the PSCell to the target master node T-MN corresponding to the first target PCell.
The method according to claim 3, wherein, when the configuration information includes the second switching event, after the step of performing cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result, the method further comprises:

Determine, according to the first measurement result, at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event meets an execution condition as a triggering cell;

Determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell;

Applying relevant configuration of the second target PCell;

measuring the at least one second candidate PSCell corresponding to the second target PCell to obtain a second measurement result;

Determine, according to the second measurement result, at least one second candidate PSCell for which the third switching event meets an execution condition as a second target PSCell;

Apply the relevant configuration of the second target PSCell.
The method according to claim 9, wherein, when the configuration information further includes a second preset time, determining, according to the first measurement result, at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event satisfies an execution condition as a triggering cell comprises:

Within the second preset time, according to the first measurement result, determining at least one of the second candidate PCells for which the second handover event meets the execution condition as a triggering cell;

The starting time of the second preset time is the time of first confirming the triggering cell.
The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the determining the second target PCell in the triggering cell comprises at least one of the following:

Determine a second target PCell in the triggering cell according to a service type of the terminal;

In a case where the configuration information further includes second priority information, determining a second target PCell in the triggering cell according to the second priority information;

The second priority information includes a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the second priority information further includes: a bias factor of the priority of at least one second candidate PCell.
The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the method further comprises: when applying the relevant configuration of the second target PCell, stopping measuring the measurement target configured for the source PCell; wherein the source PCell is the service PCell before switching to the second target PCell.
The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein after the step of determining the second target PCell in the triggering cell, the method further comprises: reporting an identifier of the second target PCell when the source secondary node S-SN is available;

Alternatively, after the relevant configuration of applying the second target PSCell is completed, the method further includes: reporting an identifier corresponding to the second target PSCell to a target master node T-MN corresponding to the second target PCell.
The method according to any one of claims 3-5, 9-10, wherein the first switching event or the second switching event includes at least one of the following: A2, A3, A5, B1 event.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the step of performing cell measurement to obtain a first measurement result according to the configuration information, the method further comprises:

Reporting the first measurement result to the network device;

Receive a switching instruction sent by the network device.
The method according to any one of claims 1-5, 9-10, wherein the network device is a source master node MN.
A configuration method, applied to a network device, comprising:

Sending configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The terminal is used to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result; the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition and change.
The method according to claim 18, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

At least one first identifier, where the first identifier is an identifier of a candidate PCell and a PSCell, and the candidate PCell and the PSCell include a first candidate PCell and a first candidate PSCell;

At least one second identifier, where the second identifier is a conditional configuration identifier of a second candidate PCell, the conditional configuration identifier of the second candidate PCell corresponds to at least one second candidate PSCell, and is associated with a third switching event of the at least one second candidate PSCell.
The method according to claim 19, wherein the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell are paired based on at least one of the following:

a historical measurement result of at least one of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

Co-site deployment of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell;

The pairing history of the first candidate PCell and the first candidate PSCell.
The method according to claim 19, wherein the configuration information further includes the following:

a first switching event, wherein the first switching event includes: a switching event of the first candidate PCell corresponding to the first identifier, and a switching event of the first candidate PSCell corresponding to the first identifier;

A second switching event, where the second switching event includes a switching event of the second candidate PCell corresponding to the second identifier.
The method according to claim 21, wherein the first switching event or the second switching event includes at least one of the following: A2, A3, A5, and B1 events.
The method according to claim 21, wherein the configuration information further includes a priority; and the priority information includes at least one of the following:

a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

The priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a bias factor for a priority of at least one first candidate PCell;

a bias factor for the priority of at least one first candidate PSCell;

A bias factor for the priority of at least one candidate PCell and PSCell;

a priority of at least one of the second candidate PCells;

A biasing factor for a priority of at least one second candidate PCell.
The method according to claim 23, wherein the priority is determined according to at least one of the following: frequency, load, service, slice, and quality of service QoS.
The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

receiving the first measurement result reported by the terminal;

A switching indication is sent to the terminal.
The method according to any one of claims 18 to 25, wherein the network device is a source master node MN.
A terminal device, comprising:

A first receiving module, configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The first measurement module is configured to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result. fruit;

The first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change.
An electronic device comprises a transceiver and a processor, wherein:

The transceiver is used to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The processor is configured to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result;

The first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition, and change.
A network device, comprising:

A first sending module, configured to send configuration information to a terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The terminal is used to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result; the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition and change.
An electronic device comprises a transceiver,

The transceiver is used to send configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure relevant information of at least one candidate primary cell PCell and at least one candidate primary secondary cell PSCell;

The terminal is used to perform cell measurement according to the configuration information to obtain a first measurement result; the first measurement result is used to determine a cell switching event, and the cell switching event corresponds to at least one of cell switching, addition and change.
An electronic device comprises: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the configuration method as described in any one of claims 1 to 17, or the program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the configuration method as described in any one of claims 18 to 26.
A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the configuration method as described in any one of claims 1 to 17 are implemented, or when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the configuration method as described in any one of claims 18 to 26 are implemented.