WO2025035647A1 - 处理方法、通信设备及存储介质 - Google Patents
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- the present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a processing method, a communication device and a storage medium.
- Conditional Handover is a switching method in which the candidate cell is separated from the original cell and then establishes a connection with the target cell after the execution conditions are met.
- conditional switching and conditional LTM (L1/L2 Triggered Mobility) switching methods do not support random access-free, so the terminal device needs to perform random access when performing conditional switching, which may cause the service interruption time to be prolonged.
- the main purpose of the present application is to provide a processing method, a communication device and a storage medium, aiming to provide a conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching method that supports random access-free to avoid extended service interruption.
- the present application provides a processing method, which can be applied to a terminal device (such as a mobile phone), comprising the steps of:
- S2 In response to satisfying the first condition, performing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching.
- the performing of random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching includes:
- satisfying the first condition includes at least one of the following:
- the conditional handover configuration carries indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is the same as that of the serving cell;
- the conditional LTM handover configuration carries indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is the same as that of the serving cell.
- the method further comprises at least one of the following:
- the feedback information is carried in the random access response and/or the LTM switching command
- the feedback information includes a candidate cell TA value and/or a candidate LTM cell TA value
- the downlink control information includes at least one of index information, random access configuration, and reference signal configuration;
- the radio resource control reconfiguration signaling includes at least one of a serving cell TA value, a conditional switching configuration of at least one candidate cell, a conditional LTM switching configuration, a terminal equipment measured TA value identifier, and a compensation value.
- the terminal device measured TA value identifier is used to trigger the terminal device to measure and/or calculate the measured TA value of the corresponding candidate cell.
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- conditional handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional handover configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response carries at least one of a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command carries at least one of a TA value, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification of at least one candidate LTM cell.
- the index information includes a conditional switching configuration index and/or a conditional LTM switching configuration index.
- the terminal device in response to the measurement condition being met, initiates terminal device measurement of a TA value for at least one candidate cell.
- the method further comprises at least one of the following:
- the system message of the corresponding candidate cell is obtained according to the candidate cell configuration parameters and/or the candidate LTM cell configuration parameters;
- conditional LTM switching evaluation based on conditional LTM switching configuration
- the measurement condition includes a TA value identifier of a terminal device measured in at least one candidate cell configuration, and/or a TA value identifier of a terminal device measured in at least one candidate cell configuration is the same as a TA value identifier of a terminal device measured in a current serving cell configuration;
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- the present application also provides a processing method, which can be applied to a network device (such as a base station), comprising the steps of:
- S1 Send the first content so that the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the first content.
- the first content includes at least one of the following:
- the terminal device measured TA value identifier is used to trigger the terminal device to measure and/or calculate the measured TA value of the corresponding candidate cell.
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- the method further comprises at least one of the following:
- the conditional handover configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is zero;
- the conditional handover configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is the same as that of the serving cell;
- conditional LTM handover configuration includes an indication that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is zero;
- the conditional LTM handover configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is the same as that of the serving cell.
- the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the first content, including:
- the terminal device selects or determines a candidate cell that meets the second condition based on the first content
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble and/or a reference signal to a candidate cell that meets the second condition, and the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the feedback information corresponding to the random access preamble and/or reference signal provided by the serving cell; and/or the terminal device measures and/or calculates the measured TA value of the candidate cell that meets the second condition, and performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the measured TA value.
- the method further comprises at least one of the following:
- the second condition includes a conditional switch execution condition and/or a conditional LTM switch execution condition
- the feedback information is carried in the random access response and/or the LTM switching command
- the feedback information includes a candidate cell TA value and/or a candidate LTM cell TA value
- the downlink control information includes at least one of index information, random access configuration, and reference signal configuration;
- the terminal device measured TA value identifier is used to trigger the terminal device to measure and/or calculate the measured TA value of the corresponding candidate cell;
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- conditional handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional handover configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response carries at least one of a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command carries at least one of a TA value, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification of at least one candidate LTM cell.
- the index information includes a conditional switching configuration index and/or a conditional LTM switching configuration index.
- the terminal device in response to the measurement condition being met, initiates terminal device measurement of a TA value for at least one candidate cell.
- the method further comprises at least one of the following:
- the present application also provides a communication device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a processing program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processing program implements the steps of any of the processing methods described above when executed by the processor.
- the communication device in this application can be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone) or a network device (such as a base station).
- a terminal device such as a mobile phone
- a network device such as a base station
- the present application also provides a storage medium, on which a computer program is stored.
- a computer program is stored.
- the steps of any of the processing methods described above are implemented.
- the technical solution of the present application provides a method for conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching supporting random access-free by performing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching in response to satisfying the first condition, so as to avoid extended service interruption caused by random access performed by the terminal device.
- FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present application.
- FIG2 is a diagram of a communication network system architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a controller 140 provided in the present application.
- FIG4 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a network node 150 provided in the present application.
- FIG5 is a schematic flow chart of a processing method according to the first embodiment
- FIG6 is a schematic diagram of a conditional switching process in the prior art
- FIG7 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG8 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG9 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG10 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG11 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG12 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG13 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG14 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG15 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG16 is a schematic flow chart of a processing method according to a twelfth embodiment
- FIG17 is a first structural diagram of a processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG18 is a second structural schematic diagram of a processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG19 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in this article, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other.
- first information may also be referred to as the second information
- second information may also be referred to as the first information.
- word “if” as used herein can be interpreted as “at the time of” or “when” or “in response to determination”.
- singular forms “one”, “one” and “the” are intended to also include plural forms, unless there is an opposite indication in the context.
- “comprising at least one of the following: A, B, C” means “any of the following: A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; A and B and C”, and for another example, “A, B or C” or “A, B and/or C” means “any of the following: A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; A and B and C”.
- An exception to this definition will only occur when a combination of elements, functions, steps or operations are inherently mutually exclusive in some manner.
- the words “if” and “if” may be interpreted as “at the time of” or “when” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting”, depending on the context.
- the phrases “if it is determined” or “if (stated condition or event) is detected” may be interpreted as “when it is determined” or “in response to determining” or “when detecting (stated condition or event)” or “in response to detecting (stated condition or event)", depending on the context.
- step codes such as S1 and S2 are used for the purpose of expressing the corresponding content more clearly and concisely, and do not constitute a substantial limitation on the order.
- S2 first and then S1, etc., but these should all be within the scope of protection of this application.
- module means, “component” or “unit” used to represent elements are only used to facilitate the description of the present application, and have no specific meanings. Therefore, “module”, “component” or “unit” can be used in a mixed manner.
- the communication device in this application can be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone) or a network device (such as a base station).
- a terminal device such as a mobile phone
- a network device such as a base station
- the terminal device may be implemented in various forms.
- the terminal device described in this application may include intelligent terminal devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, PDAs, portable media players (PMPs), navigation devices, wearable devices, smart bracelets, pedometers, etc., as well as fixed terminal devices such as digital TVs and desktop computers.
- intelligent terminal devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, PDAs, portable media players (PMPs), navigation devices, wearable devices, smart bracelets, pedometers, etc.
- PDAs portable media players
- navigation devices wearable devices
- smart bracelets smart bracelets
- pedometers etc.
- fixed terminal devices such as digital TVs and desktop computers.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present application.
- the mobile terminal 100 may include: an RF (Radio Frequency) unit 101, a WiFi module 102, an audio output unit 103, an A/V (audio/video) input unit 104, a sensor 105, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, a processor 110, and a power supply 111.
- RF Radio Frequency
- the radio frequency unit 101 can be used to receive and send signals during information transmission or communication. Specifically, after receiving the downlink information of the base station, to the processor 110 for processing; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the base station.
- the radio frequency unit 101 includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc. And/or, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with the network and other devices through wireless communication.
- the above-mentioned wireless communication can use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to GSM (Global System of Mobile communication), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), CDMA2000 (Code Division Multiple Access 2000), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), FDD-LTE (Frequency Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution), TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution), 5G and 6G, etc.
- GSM Global System of Mobile communication
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access 2000
- WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
- TD-SCDMA Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
- FDD-LTE Frequency Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution
- TDD-LTE Time Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution
- 5G and 6G etc.
- WiFi is a short-range wireless transmission technology.
- the mobile terminal can help users send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media through the WiFi module 102, which provides users with wireless broadband Internet access.
- FIG1 shows the WiFi module 102, it is understandable that it is not a necessary component of the mobile terminal and can be omitted as needed without changing the essence of the invention.
- the audio output unit 103 can convert the audio data received by the RF unit 101 or the WiFi module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output it as sound when the mobile terminal 100 is in a call signal reception mode, a talk mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, etc. Moreover, the audio output unit 103 can also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (for example, a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 may include a speaker, a buzzer, etc.
- the A/V input unit 104 is used to receive audio or video signals.
- the A/V input unit 104 may include a graphics processor (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode.
- the processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 106.
- the image frame processed by the graphics processor 1041 can be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or sent via the radio frequency unit 101 or the WiFi module 102.
- the microphone 1042 can receive sound (audio data) via the microphone 1042 in the operation modes such as the telephone call mode, the recording mode, the voice recognition mode, etc., and can process such sound into audio data.
- the processed audio (voice) data can be converted into a format output that can be sent to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in the case of the telephone call mode.
- the microphone 1042 can implement various types of noise elimination (or suppression) algorithms to eliminate (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the process of receiving and sending audio signals.
- the mobile terminal 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors.
- the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor.
- the ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of the ambient light
- the proximity sensor can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or the backlight when the mobile terminal 100 is moved to the ear.
- the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in all directions (generally three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary.
- sensors such as fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc.
- the display unit 106 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user.
- the display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- OLED organic light-emitting diode
- the user input unit 107 can be used to receive input digital or character information, and to generate key signal input related to the user settings and function control of the mobile terminal.
- the user input unit 107 may include a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072.
- the touch panel 1071 also known as a touch screen, can collect the user's touch operation on or near it (such as the user's operation on the touch panel 1071 or near the touch panel 1071 using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger, stylus, etc.), and drive the corresponding connection device according to a pre-set program.
- the touch panel 1071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller.
- the touch detection device detects the user's touch orientation, detects the signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts it into the touch point coordinates, and then sends it to the processor 110, and can receive and execute the command sent by the processor 110.
- the touch panel 1071 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave.
- the user input unit 107 may further include other input devices 1072.
- the other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, a function key (such as a volume control key, a switch key, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, etc., which are not specifically limited here.
- a function key such as a volume control key, a switch key, etc.
- a trackball such as a mouse, a joystick, etc.
- the touch panel 1071 may cover the display panel 1061.
- the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation on or near it, it is transmitted to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event.
- the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are used as two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 can be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, which is not limited to the specifics herein.
- the interface unit 108 serves as an interface through which at least one external device can be connected to the mobile terminal 100.
- the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device with an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, a headphone port, etc.
- the interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal 100 and an external device.
- the memory 109 can be used to store software programs and various data.
- the memory 109 can mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area.
- the program storage area can store an operating system, an application required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc.
- the data storage area can store data created according to the use of the mobile phone (such as audio data, a phone book, etc.), etc.
- the memory 109 can include a high-speed random access memory, and can also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.
- the processor 110 is the control center of the mobile terminal. It uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire mobile terminal. It executes various functions of the mobile terminal and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109, and calling data stored in the memory 109, so as to monitor the mobile terminal as a whole.
- the processor 110 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor.
- the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, and application programs
- the modem processor mainly processes wireless communications. It is understandable that the above-mentioned modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 110.
- the mobile terminal 100 may also include a power supply 111 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components.
- a power supply 111 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components.
- the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 via a power management system, thereby implementing functions such as charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system.
- the mobile terminal 100 may further include a Bluetooth module, etc., which will not be described in detail herein.
- the communication network system is a NR (New Radio) system of universal mobile communication technology.
- the NR system includes UE (User Equipment) 201, E-UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) 202, EPC (Evolved Packet Core) 203 and the operator's IP service 204, which are connected in sequence.
- UE User Equipment
- E-UTRAN Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- EPC Evolved Packet Core
- UE201 may be the above-mentioned terminal device 100, which will not be described in detail here.
- E-UTRAN 202 includes eNodeB 2021 and other eNodeBs 2022 , etc.
- eNodeB 2021 may be connected to other eNodeBs 2022 via a backhaul (eg, an X2 interface), and eNodeB 2021 is connected to EPC 203 , and eNodeB 2021 may provide UE 201 with access to EPC 203 .
- a backhaul eg, an X2 interface
- EPC203 may include MME (Mobility Management Entity) 2031, HSS (Home Subscriber Server) 2032, other MMEs 2033, SGW (Serving Gate Way) 2034, PGW (PDN Gate Way) 2035 and PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) 2036.
- MME 2031 is a control node that processes signaling between UE 201 and EPC 203, providing bearer and connection management.
- HSS 2032 is used to provide some registers to manage functions such as home location register (not shown in the figure), and saves some user-specific information such as service features and data rates. All user data can be sent through SGW2034.
- PGW2035 can provide IP address allocation and other functions for UE 201.
- PCRF2036 is the policy and charging control policy decision point for service data flow and IP bearer resources. It selects and provides available policy and charging control decisions for the policy and charging execution functional unit (not shown in the figure).
- IP service 204 may include the Internet, intranet, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) or other IP services.
- IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
- Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a controller 140 provided in the present application.
- the controller 140 includes: a memory 1401 and a processor 1402, the memory 1401 is used to store program instructions, and the processor 1402 is used to call the program instructions in the memory 1401 to execute the steps performed by the controller in the first embodiment of the above method, and its implementation principle and beneficial effects are similar, which will not be repeated here.
- the controller further includes a communication interface 1403, which can be connected to the processor 1402 via a bus 1404.
- the processor 1402 can control the communication interface 1403 to implement the receiving and sending functions of the controller 140.
- Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a network node 150 provided by the present application.
- the network node 150 includes: a memory 1501 and a processor 1502, the memory 1501 is used to store program instructions, and the processor 1502 is used to call the program instructions in the memory 1501 to execute the steps performed by the first node in the first embodiment of the above method, and its implementation principle and beneficial effects are similar, which will not be repeated here.
- the controller further includes a communication interface 1503, which can be connected to the processor 1502 via a bus 1504.
- the processor 1502 can control the communication interface 1503 to implement the receiving and sending functions of the network node 150.
- the above-mentioned integrated module implemented in the form of a software function module can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
- the above-mentioned software function module is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (English: processor) to perform some steps of the methods of various embodiments of the present application.
- the computer program product includes one or more computer instructions.
- the computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device.
- the computer instructions can be stored in a storage medium, or transmitted from one storage medium to another storage medium.
- the computer instructions can be transmitted from one website site, computer, server or data center to another website site, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.).
- the storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by the computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated.
- the available medium can be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a tape), an optical medium (e.g., a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a solid state drive solid state disk, SSD), etc.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a process flow of a processing method according to a first embodiment.
- the processing method of the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a terminal device (such as a mobile phone), and includes the following steps:
- S2 In response to satisfying the first condition, performing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a conditional handover process in the prior art.
- the traditional conditional handover (CHO, Conditional HandOver) is a handover method in which the candidate cell is separated (Detach) from the original cell after the execution condition is met and then establishes a connection with the target cell, and the current conditional handover method does not support random access-free, so any failure in the handover process (for example: random access failure) will result in a service interruption delay.
- the terminal when the terminal evaluates the execution condition and at least one candidate cell meets the execution condition, the terminal obtains the candidate cell system message and confirms that the random access preamble can be sent (RO, RACH Occassion), thus resulting in a handover delay (T_IU), wherein IU refers to interruption uncertainty (Interruption Uncertainly), and/or, the time to wait for receiving the random access response after sending the random access preamble (T_RAR), and/or, the delay from the uplink scheduling obtained based on the random access response to sending the first uplink data (T_FirstData).
- T_IU handover delay
- T_RAR the time to wait for receiving the random access response after sending the random access preamble
- T_FirstData the delay from the uplink scheduling obtained based on the random access response to sending the first uplink data
- conditional layer 1/layer 2 triggered mobility LTM, L1/L2Triggered Mobility
- conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching method supporting random access-free is provided by introducing conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching to obtain the target cell TA value in advance, which can reduce the interruption delay caused by switching.
- performing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching may be:
- the random access-free conditional switching and/or the conditional LTM switching is performed.
- performing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching may be:
- satisfying the first condition includes at least one of the following:
- the conditional handover configuration carries indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is the same as that of the serving cell;
- the conditional LTM handover configuration carries indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is the same as that of the serving cell.
- the terminal device can perform a conditional switching evaluation based on the received pre-configuration information.
- a conditional switching evaluation based on the received pre-configuration information.
- a random access preamble is sent to the candidate cell, and a random access response and/or LTM command is received in the serving cell, and the target cell configuration parameters are applied and random access-free conditional switching is performed according to the target cell TA value.
- the terminal device can perform conditional LTM switching evaluation based on the received pre-configuration information.
- conditional LTM switching execution condition a random access preamble is sent to the candidate cell, and a random access response and/or LTM command is received in the serving cell, and the target cell configuration parameters are applied and random access-free conditional LTM switching is performed based on the target cell TA value.
- the terminal device can first receive the pre-configuration information, and then trigger random access through the PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel) order to obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance.
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control CHannel
- the terminal device may first obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance by triggering random access through PDCCH order, and then perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching to the target cell according to the TA value of the target cell and pre-configuration information.
- the pre-configuration information received by the terminal device may include target cell TA indication information. If the target cell TA indication information is indication information that the candidate cell TA value is zero and/or indication information that the candidate cell has the same TA value as the serving cell, the terminal device performs conditional switching evaluation based on the pre-configuration information. When at least one target cell meets the execution conditions, the target cell configuration parameters are applied and random access-free conditional switching to the target cell is performed through the target cell TA indication information.
- the terminal device performs conditional LTM switching evaluation based on pre-configuration information.
- the target cell configuration parameters are applied, and random access-free conditional LTM switching is performed to the target cell through the target cell TA indication information.
- the terminal device can perform conditional switching evaluation based on the received pre-configuration information.
- an uplink reference signal SRS, Sounding Reference Signal
- SRS Sounding Reference Signal
- a random access response and/or LTM command is received in the serving cell, and the target cell configuration parameters are applied and random access-free conditional switching is performed according to the target cell TA value.
- the terminal device can perform conditional LTM switching evaluation based on the received pre-configuration information.
- conditional LTM switching execution condition an uplink reference signal is sent to the candidate cell, and a random access response and/or LTM command is received in the serving cell, and the target cell configuration parameters are applied and random access-free conditional LTM switching is performed based on the target cell TA value.
- the terminal device receives the pre-configuration information sent by the network device and the uplink reference signal sending request triggered by the PDCCH order, then sends the SRS to the corresponding target cell, and receives the TA information fed back by the target cell in the original cell.
- the terminal device performs conditional switching evaluation based on the TA value of the target cell and the pre-configuration information. When at least one target cell meets the execution condition, the target cell configuration parameters are applied, and the random access-free conditional switching to the target cell is performed through the target cell TA value.
- the terminal device receives the pre-configuration information and the uplink reference signal sending request triggered by the PDCCH order sent by the network device, and then sends SRS to the corresponding target cell, and receives the TA information fed back by the target cell in the original cell.
- the terminal device performs conditional LTM switching evaluation based on the TA value of the target cell and the pre-configuration information. When at least one target cell meets the execution conditions, the target cell configuration parameters are applied, and the random access-free conditional LTM switching to the target cell is performed through the target cell TA value.
- the terminal device can first trigger SRS sending through PDCCH order to obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance, and then provide the target cell TA value and pre-configuration information.
- the terminal device may also obtain a target cell system message according to pre-configuration information, and send a random access preamble according to the system message carrying random access parameters to obtain the target cell TA value in advance.
- the terminal device can perform conditional switching evaluation based on the received pre-configuration information.
- the terminal device can initiate TA value measurement for the candidate cell and perform random access-free conditional switching based on the measured TA value of the target cell.
- the terminal device can perform conditional LTM switching evaluation based on the received pre-configuration information.
- the terminal device can initiate TA value measurement for the candidate cell and perform random access-free conditional LTM switching based on the measured TA value of the target cell.
- the feedback information is carried in a random access response and/or an LTM switching command.
- the feedback information includes a candidate cell TA value and/or a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the downlink control information includes at least one of index information, random access configuration and reference signal configuration.
- the radio resource control reconfiguration signaling includes at least one of a serving cell TA value, a conditional switching configuration of at least one candidate cell, a conditional LTM switching configuration, a terminal device measured TA value identifier, and a compensation value.
- the terminal device measured TA value identifier is used to trigger the terminal device to measure and/or calculate the measured TA value of the corresponding candidate cell.
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- conditional handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional handover configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response carries at least one of a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command carries at least one of a TA value, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification of at least one candidate LTM cell.
- the index information includes a conditional switching configuration index and/or a conditional LTM switching configuration index.
- the terminal device in response to the measurement condition being met, initiates terminal device measurement of a TA value for at least one candidate cell.
- the system message of the corresponding candidate cell is acquired according to the candidate cell configuration parameters and/or the candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the system message includes random access parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- This embodiment introduces a conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching method to obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance through the above solution.
- the random access-free conditional switching includes: not executing the random access process during the conditional switching process, and directly switching to the target cell after the switching condition is met, for example: the candidate cell TA value is zero or the candidate cell TA value has the same TA value as the current serving cell; and/or, before executing the conditional switching, sending a random access preamble and/or reference signal in advance, and after obtaining the candidate cell TA value in the serving cell, directly switching to the target cell according to the obtained TA value after the switching condition is met.
- the random access-free conditional LTM switching includes: not executing the random access process during the conditional LTM switching, and directly switching to the target cell after the LTM switching condition is met, for example: the candidate LTM cell TA value is zero or the candidate LTM cell TA value has the same TA value as the current serving cell; and/or, before executing the conditional LTM switching, sending a random access preamble and/or reference signal in advance, and after obtaining the candidate LTM cell TA value in the serving cell, directly switching to the target cell according to the obtained TA value after the LTM switching condition is met.
- This embodiment clarifies the execution conditions of conditional LTM switching through the above solution; and/or performs random access-free through the corresponding TA value.
- This embodiment through the above scheme, specifically performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching in response to satisfying the first condition, to provide a method for conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching that supports random access-free, so as to avoid extended service interruption of the terminal device due to random access execution; and/or, performs uplink synchronization in advance before switching, which helps to reduce switching delay.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the aforementioned embodiment.
- Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process shown in accordance with the second embodiment of the embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal device can send a random access preamble based on the received pre-configuration information to obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report (MR, Measurement Report), and optionally, the measurement report is a layer three (L3, Layer 3) measurement report.
- MR Measurement Report
- L3, Layer 3 layer three
- the source cell (including or being the first network device) obtains the candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or random access parameters.
- the candidate cell (including or being the second network device) may be a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters and/or random access parameters.
- the source cell sends a conditional handover configuration, including: a conditional handover configuration index (Conditional handover configuration index), an execution condition (Execution condition) and at least one of the candidate cell configurations.
- a conditional handover configuration index Conditional handover configuration index
- Executecution condition Execution condition
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration signaling.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: a conditional LTM switching configuration index (Conditional LTM configuration index), an LTM execution condition (LTM execution condition), and at least one of the candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- conditional LTM switching configuration index Conditional LTM configuration index
- LTM execution condition LTM execution condition
- the source cell may also send common random access parameters for subsequent conditional LTM switching.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRCReconfigurationComplete signaling.
- the terminal device evaluates candidate cells according to execution conditions, and sends a random access preamble to at least one candidate cell when the execution conditions are met.
- the terminal device may evaluate candidate cells according to LTM execution conditions, and send a random access preamble to at least one candidate LTM cell when the execution conditions are met.
- the terminal device after sending the random access preamble, the terminal device returns to the source cell to receive response information.
- satisfying the execution condition and/or the LTM execution condition includes: the signal strength satisfies a threshold value, and/or the signal strength satisfies the threshold value and is maintained for a period of time.
- the candidate cell receives the random access preamble sent by the terminal device, calculates the corresponding TA value, and sends a response message to the source cell via signaling.
- the candidate cell may also provide at least one of uplink scheduling (UL Grant), configuration scheduling (CG, Configured Grant) information and radio temporary identification (RNTI, Radio Network Temporary Identifier) to the source cell.
- UL Grant uplink scheduling
- CG configuration scheduling
- RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identifier
- the response information sent may be any interactive signaling between base stations, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell carries the candidate cell TA value and/or sends it to the terminal device through a random access response (RAR, Random Access Response).
- RAR Random Access Response
- the random access response may carry a TA value of the at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell.
- the network device sends at least one RAR to carry the TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell.
- the random access response may also carry at least one of candidate cell uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identity.
- the terminal device After receiving the TA value of the candidate cell, the terminal device starts the corresponding time advance timer (TAT, Timing Advance Timer).
- TAT time advance timer
- the source cell may also carry at least one candidate LTM cell TA value through the LTM handover command.
- the LTM switching command may also carry at least one of candidate LTM cell uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command is carried via MAC (Media Access Control) layer signaling, such as: MAC subheader and/or MAC CE (Control Element).
- MAC Media Access Control
- the terminal device initiates random access-free (RACH-Less) conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the received candidate cell TA value and/or candidate LTM cell TA value.
- RACH-Less random access-free
- the terminal device evaluates the candidate cell execution conditions and/or LTM execution conditions, and initiates random access-free conditional switching or conditional LTM switching when at least one candidate cell still meets the execution conditions or LTM execution conditions and the corresponding TAT is still running.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the terminal device sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the target cell.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation can be an automatic repeat request confirmation (ARQ ACK, Automatic Repeat request acknowledgment) and/or an automatic hybrid retransmission request confirmation (HARQ-ACK, Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment), for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, and the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- ARQ ACK Automatic Repeat request acknowledgment
- HARQ-ACK Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment
- the terminal device completes conditional switching or conditional LTM switching after receiving confirmation information of the candidate cell, and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell (Serving Cell).
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or the conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching or the conditional LTM switching.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically pre-configures random access parameters through the network device, so that the terminal device can perform uplink synchronization in advance and/or obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance, and perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminating measurement reporting and/or switching signaling, and/or performing early uplink synchronization, reducing signaling overhead and/or accelerating the switching process and/or reducing service interruption delay, and/or clarifying the uplink random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching process.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- the terminal device can first receive the pre-configuration information, and then trigger random access through the PDCCH order to obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or random access parameters.
- the candidate cell may be a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters and/or random access parameters.
- obtaining the candidate cell configuration and/or candidate LTM cell configuration can be carried through any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER, HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including: a conditional switching configuration index, an execution condition, and at least one of a candidate cell configuration.
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, and a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter.
- the source cell may also send a general random access parameter for subsequent LTM switching.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation information is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the network device sends DCI via PDCCH to request the terminal device to perform random access triggered by PDCCH-order.
- the DCI carries index information and/or random access configuration.
- the DCI carries at least one index information and/or random access configuration.
- the index information is a conditional switching configuration index and/or a conditional LTM switching configuration index.
- the terminal device determines the candidate cell and random access parameters according to the index information and the conditional switching configuration, and sends a random access preamble to the candidate cell according to the random access parameters.
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble to the candidate cell according to the random access configuration.
- the terminal device determines the candidate cell and the random access parameters according to the index information and the conditional switching configuration, and the terminal device then sends the random access preamble according to the random access parameters and the random access configuration.
- the terminal device receives response information in the source cell after sending the random access preamble.
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble to at least one candidate cell based on at least one index information and/or random access configuration.
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble to at least one candidate cell based on a PDCCH-order random access triggered by at least one DCI.
- the terminal device determines a candidate cell to send a random access preamble based on the index type carried by the DCI, for example, if the index information is a conditional switching configuration index, a random access preamble is sent to the candidate cell.
- the index information is a conditional LTM switching configuration index
- a random access preamble is sent to the candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate cell receives the random access preamble sent by the terminal device, calculates the corresponding TA value, and sends response information to the source cell through signaling.
- the candidate cell may also provide at least one of uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification to the source cell.
- the signaling used by the candidate cell to send the response information may be any interactive signaling between base stations, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell carries the candidate cell TA value via a random access response and sends it to the terminal device.
- the random access response may carry a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell.
- the network device sends at least one RAR to carry at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response may also carry at least one of uplink scheduling of the candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identity.
- the terminal device After receiving the TA value of the candidate cell and/or the candidate LTM cell, the terminal device starts a corresponding time advance timer.
- the source cell may also carry at least one candidate LTM cell TA value through the LTM handover command.
- the LTM switching command may also carry at least one of candidate LTM cell uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information and/or radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command is carried via MAC layer signaling, such as MAC subheader and/or MAC CE.
- the terminal device evaluates the candidate cell execution conditions and/or LTM execution conditions. When at least one candidate cell meets the execution conditions or LTM execution conditions and the corresponding TAT is still running, the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching based on the received candidate cell TA value, or initiates random access-free conditional LTM switching based on the candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the terminal device sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the target cell.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation may be an automatic repeat request confirmation and/or an automatic hybrid repeat request confirmation, for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- the terminal device After receiving the candidate cell confirmation information, the terminal device completes the conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell.
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or the conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching or the conditional LTM switching.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically pre-configuring random access parameters and/or sending random access requests in advance through network equipment, so that the terminal equipment can obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance, and perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminating the need for measurement reporting and/or switching signaling, flexibly indicating cells that need to be uplink synchronized in advance, reducing signaling overhead and/or accelerating the switching process and/or reducing service interruption delay, and/or clarifying the random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching process.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- FIG 9 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process shown in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- random access can be triggered by PDCCH order first, and then the target cell TA value and pre-configuration information are provided to the terminal device.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or random access parameters.
- the candidate cell may be a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters and/or random access parameters.
- the acquisition of candidate cell configuration and/or candidate LTM cell configuration may be through any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER, HANDOVER REQUEST REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the network device sends DCI via PDCCH to require the terminal device to perform random access triggered by PDCCH-order.
- the DCI carries random access configuration.
- the DCI may also carry at least one index information and/or at least one index random access configuration.
- the network device may also trigger the terminal device to send a random access preamble to at least one candidate cell by sending at least one DCI.
- the terminal device after receiving the random access control information triggered by PDCCH-odrer, the terminal device sends a random access preamble to the candidate cell according to the random access configuration.
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble to at least one candidate cell based on at least one index information and/or at least one index random access configuration.
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble to at least one candidate cell in response to at least one DCI-triggered random access transmission request.
- the candidate cell receives the random access preamble sent by the terminal, calculates a corresponding TA value, and sends response information to the source cell through signaling.
- the candidate cell may also provide at least one of uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification to the source cell.
- the signaling may be any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including at least one of a conditional switching configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value.
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the terminal device After receiving the TA value of the candidate cell and/or the candidate LTM cell, the terminal device starts the corresponding TAT.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the terminal device evaluates the candidate cell execution conditions and/or LTM execution conditions. When at least one candidate cell meets the execution conditions or LTM execution conditions and the corresponding TAT is still running, the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching or conditional LTM switching based on the received candidate cell TA value.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the terminal device sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the target cell.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation may be an automatic repeat request confirmation and/or an automatic hybrid repeat request confirmation, for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- the terminal device completes the conditional switching after receiving the candidate cell confirmation information and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell.
- the terminal device after completing the conditional handover or conditional LTM handover, the terminal device still saves the conditional handover configuration and/or the conditional LTM handover configuration, and optionally also includes the candidate cell TA value and/or the candidate LTM cell TA value.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically through the network device sending a random access request in advance, obtaining the TA value of the target cell in advance, and providing the target cell TA value and/or configuration parameters in a pre-configuration manner, so that the terminal device can perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminating the need for measurement reporting and/or switching signaling, and flexibly configuring the cell that has performed uplink synchronization in advance, reducing signaling overhead and/or accelerating the switching process and/or reducing service interruption delay, and/or clarifying the random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching process.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process shown in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal device performs conditional evaluation based on the pre-configuration information.
- the target cell configuration parameters are applied, and random access-free switching to the target cell is performed through the target cell TA indication information.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or TA information.
- the TA information includes: the candidate cell and the serving cell have the same TA value, and/or the candidate cell TA value is zero.
- the candidate cell may be a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters and/or candidate LTM cell TA information.
- the candidate LTM cell TA information includes: the candidate LTM cell has the same TA value as the serving cell, and/or the candidate LTM cell TA value is zero.
- the acquisition of candidate cell configuration and/or candidate LTM cell configuration can be carried through any interactive signaling between any base stations, including but not limited to: UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER, HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including at least one of a conditional switching configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration, and candidate cell TA information.
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration, and candidate LTM cell TA information.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the terminal device evaluates the candidate cell execution conditions and/or LTM execution conditions. When at least one candidate cell meets the execution conditions or LTM execution conditions, the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching or conditional LTM switching based on the received candidate cell TA information.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the terminal device sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the target cell.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation may be an automatic repeat request confirmation and/or an automatic hybrid repeat request confirmation, for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- the terminal device completes the conditional switching after receiving the candidate cell confirmation information and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell.
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or the conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching or the conditional LTM switching.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically, through the network device to obtain the uplink synchronization information of the switching cell in advance, and provide the uplink synchronization information of the target cell in a pre-configured manner, so that the terminal device can perform conditional switching without random access and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminating the need for measurement reporting and/or switching signaling issuance and/or executing a random access process, and flexibly configures the cells that have been obtained in advance without additional uplink synchronization execution, reduces signaling overhead and/or accelerates the switching process and/or reduces service interruption delay, and/or clearly performs conditional switching without random access and/or conditional LTM switching processes.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process shown in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal based on the received pre-configuration information to obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains the candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the candidate cell is a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including: a conditional switching configuration index, an execution condition, and at least one of a candidate cell configuration parameter.
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, and a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter.
- the source cell may also send common reference signal parameters for subsequent conditional LTM switching.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the terminal device may evaluate the candidate cells according to the execution conditions, and send an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell when the execution conditions are met.
- the terminal device may evaluate candidate cells according to LTM execution conditions, and send an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate LTM cell when the execution conditions are met.
- the terminal device receives response information in the source cell after sending the uplink reference signal.
- satisfying the execution condition and/or the LTM execution condition includes: the signal strength satisfies a threshold value, and/or the signal strength satisfies the threshold value and is maintained for a period of time.
- the candidate cell receives an uplink reference signal sent by the terminal device, calculates a corresponding TA value, and sends a response message to the source cell via signaling.
- the candidate cell may also provide an uplink transmission delay to the source cell, and the source cell calculates the TA value of the candidate cell through the transmission delay provided by the candidate cell.
- the candidate cell may also provide at least one of uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification to the source cell.
- the signaling may be any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell sends a candidate cell TA value to the terminal device via a random access response.
- the random access response may carry at least one candidate cell TA value.
- the network device sends at least one RAR to carry at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response may also carry at least one of candidate cell uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identity.
- the terminal device After receiving the TA value of the candidate cell, the terminal device starts a corresponding time advance timer.
- the source cell may also carry at least one candidate LTM cell TA value through the LTM handover command.
- the LTM switching command may also carry at least one of candidate LTM cell uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command is carried via MAC layer signaling, such as MAC subheader and/or MAC CE.
- the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching or LTM execution condition based on the received candidate cell TA value and/or candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the terminal device evaluates the candidate cell execution conditions and/or LTM execution conditions, and initiates random access-free conditional switching or LTM execution conditions when at least one candidate cell still meets the execution conditions or LTM execution conditions and the corresponding TAT is still running.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation may be an automatic repeat request confirmation and/or an automatic hybrid repeat request confirmation, for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- the terminal device completes conditional switching or conditional LTM switching after receiving confirmation information of the candidate cell, and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell (Serving Cell).
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or the conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching or the conditional LTM switching.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically pre-configures reference signal parameters through network equipment, so that the terminal equipment can perform uplink synchronization in advance and/or obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance, and perform conditional switching without random access and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminate the need for measurement reporting and/or switching signaling and perform early uplink synchronization, reduce signaling overhead and/or accelerate the switching process and/or reduce service interruption delay, and/or clarify the process of conditional switching without random access and/or conditional LTM switching.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- the terminal device first receives the pre-configuration information, and then triggers SRS sending through PDCCH order to obtain the target cell TA value in advance.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains the candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the candidate cell may be a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters and reference signal parameters.
- the acquisition of candidate cell configuration and/or candidate LTM cell configuration may be carried through any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER, HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including: a conditional switching configuration index, an execution condition, and at least one of a candidate cell configuration parameter.
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, and a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter.
- the source cell can also send common reference signal parameters (commmon reference signal parameters) for subsequent LTM switching.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the network device sends DCI via PDCCH to request the terminal device to execute uplink reference signal sending triggered by PDCCH-order.
- the DCI carries index information and/or reference signal configuration.
- the DCI carries at least one index information and/or reference signal configuration.
- the index information is a conditional switching configuration index and/or a conditional LTM switching configuration index.
- the terminal device determines the candidate cell and reference signal parameters according to the index information and the conditional switching configuration, and sends an uplink reference signal to the candidate cell according to the reference signal parameters.
- the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to the candidate cell based on the reference signal configuration.
- the terminal device determines the candidate cell and reference signal parameters based on the index information and the conditional switching configuration, and then sends an uplink reference signal based on the reference signal parameters.
- the terminal device after sending the uplink reference signal, the terminal device returns to the source cell to receive response information.
- the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell based on at least one index information and/or reference signal configuration.
- the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell based on at least one DCI-triggered PDCCH-order uplink reference signal.
- the terminal device determines a candidate cell for sending an uplink reference signal based on an index type carried by the DCI. For example, if the index information is a conditional switching configuration index, an uplink reference signal is sent to the candidate cell.
- an uplink reference signal is sent to the candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate cell receives an uplink reference signal sent by the terminal device, calculates a corresponding TA value, and sends a response message to the source cell via signaling.
- the candidate cell may also provide at least one of uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification to the source cell.
- the candidate cell may also provide an uplink transmission delay to the source cell, and the source cell calculates the TA value of the candidate cell according to the transmission delay provided by the candidate cell.
- the signaling may be any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell carries the candidate cell TA value via a random access response and sends it to the terminal device.
- the random access response may carry a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell.
- the network device sends at least one RAR to carry at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response may also carry at least one of a candidate cell, a candidate LTM cell uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identity.
- the terminal device After receiving the TA value of the candidate cell and/or the candidate LTM cell, the terminal device starts a corresponding time advance timer.
- the source cell may also carry at least one candidate LTM cell TA value through the LTM handover command.
- the LTM switching command may also carry at least one of candidate LTM cell uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command is carried via MAC layer signaling, such as MAC subheader and/or MAC CE.
- the terminal device evaluates the execution conditions of the candidate cells and/or the LTM execution conditions. When at least one candidate cell meets the execution conditions or the LTM execution conditions and the corresponding TAT is still running, the terminal device initiates a random access-free conditional switching based on the received candidate cell TA value, and/or initiates a random access-free conditional LTM switching based on the candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the terminal device sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the target cell.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation may be an automatic repeat request confirmation and/or an automatic hybrid repeat request confirmation, for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- the terminal device After receiving the candidate cell confirmation information, the terminal device completes the conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell.
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or the conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching or the conditional LTM switching.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically through the network device pre-configuring reference signal parameters and/or issuing uplink reference signal requests, so that the terminal device can obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance, and perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminating the need for measurement reporting and/or switching signaling, flexibly indicating cells that need to be uplink synchronized in advance, reducing signaling overhead and/or accelerating the switching process and/or reducing service interruption delay, and/or explicitly executing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching processes.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- FIG 13 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process shown in accordance with the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- SRS sending is first triggered by PDCCH order, and then the target cell TA value and pre-configuration information are provided to the terminal device.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains the candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the candidate cell may be a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the acquisition of the candidate cell configuration and/or the candidate LTM cell configuration may be carried by any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER, HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the network device sends DCI via PDCCH to require the terminal device to perform uplink reference signal sending triggered by PDCCH-order, and optionally, the DCI carries a reference signal configuration.
- the DCI may also carry at least one index information and/or at least one reference signal configuration.
- the network device may also trigger the terminal device to send an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell by sending at least one DCI.
- the terminal device upon receiving the uplink reference signal control information triggered by PDCCH-odrer, the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to the candidate cell according to the reference signal configuration.
- the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell based on at least one index information and/or at least one index reference signal configuration.
- the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell in response to an uplink reference signal request triggered by at least one DCI.
- the candidate cell receives an uplink reference signal sent by the terminal device, calculates a corresponding TA value, and sends a response message to the source cell via signaling.
- the candidate cell may also provide an uplink transmission delay to the source cell, and the source cell calculates the TA value of the candidate cell according to the transmission delay provided by the candidate cell.
- the candidate cell may also provide at least one of uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification to the source cell.
- the signaling may be any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including at least one of a conditional switching configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value.
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the terminal device After receiving the TA value of the candidate cell and/or the candidate LTM cell, the terminal device starts the corresponding TAT.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the terminal device evaluates the execution conditions of the candidate cells and/or the LTM execution conditions. When at least one candidate cell meets the execution conditions or the LTM execution conditions and the corresponding TAT is still running, the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the received TA value of the candidate cell.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the terminal device sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the target cell.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation may be an automatic repeat request confirmation and/or an automatic hybrid repeat request confirmation, for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- the terminal device completes the conditional switching after receiving the candidate cell confirmation information and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell.
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching.
- the conditional switching configuration includes the candidate cell TA value
- the conditional LTM switching configuration includes the candidate LTM cell TA value.
- This embodiment uses the above scheme, specifically through the network device sending an uplink reference signal sending request, obtains the target cell TA value in advance, and provides the target cell TA value and/or configuration parameters in a pre-configured manner, so that the terminal device can perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminates the need for measurement reporting and/or switching signaling, flexibly configures the cell that has performed uplink synchronization in advance, reduces signaling overhead and/or accelerates the switching process and/or reduces service interruption delay, and/or clarifies the random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching process.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- the terminal device obtains the target cell system message based on the pre-configuration information, and sends a random access preamble based on the random access parameters carried by the system message to obtain the target cell TA value in advance.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters.
- the candidate cell may be a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes: candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including: a conditional switching configuration index, an execution condition, and at least one of a candidate cell configuration parameter.
- the terminal device receives the conditional switching configuration and saves it locally.
- conditional handover configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, and a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the terminal device obtains corresponding system messages according to the candidate cell configuration and/or the candidate LTM cell configuration, where the system messages include random access parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble and/or an uplink reference signal based on the random access parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the terminal device may send a random access preamble and/or an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell.
- the terminal device can evaluate candidate cells and/or candidate LTM cells based on the execution conditions. When at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell meets the execution conditions, the system information of the corresponding cell is obtained, and the system information includes random access parameters and/or reference signal parameters. The terminal device sends a random access preamble and/or an uplink reference signal based on the random access parameters and/or reference signal parameters.
- the terminal device after sending the random access preamble and/or uplink reference signal, the terminal device returns to the source cell to receive response information.
- satisfying the execution condition and/or the LTM execution condition includes: the signal strength satisfies a threshold value, and/or the signal strength satisfies the threshold value and is maintained for a period of time.
- the candidate cell and/or the candidate LTM cell receives an uplink reference signal sent by the terminal device, calculates a corresponding TA value, and sends response information to the source cell via signaling.
- the candidate cell and/or the candidate LTM cell may also provide an uplink transmission delay to the source cell, and the source cell calculates the TA value of the candidate cell according to the transmission delay provided by the candidate cell.
- the candidate cell and/or the candidate LTM cell may also provide uplink scheduling and/or configuration scheduling information and/or radio temporary identification to the source cell.
- the signaling used may be any interactive signaling between base stations, including but not limited to: HANDOVER REQUEST, HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- the source cell carries the candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell TA value in a random access response and sends it to the terminal device.
- the random access response may carry a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell.
- the network device sends at least one RAR to carry at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response may also carry at least one of uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information and radio temporary identification of the candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell.
- the terminal device After receiving the TA value of the candidate cell, the terminal device starts a corresponding time advance timer.
- the source cell may also carry at least one candidate LTM cell TA value through the LTM handover command.
- the LTM switching command may also carry at least one of uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information and radio temporary identification of the candidate LTM cell.
- the LTM switching command is carried via MAC layer signaling, such as MAC subheader and/or MAC CE.
- the terminal device evaluates the candidate cell execution conditions and/or LTM execution conditions. When at least one candidate cell meets the execution conditions or LTM execution conditions and the corresponding TAT is still running, the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching or LTM execution conditions based on the received candidate cell TA value or candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the candidate cell if the candidate cell has met the execution conditions and/or LTM execution conditions during the process of the terminal device sending a random access preamble and/or an uplink reference signal, when the terminal device receives the candidate cell TA value or the candidate LTM cell TA value sent by the source cell, it immediately performs random access-free conditional switching or conditional LTM switching.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters.
- the terminal device sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the target cell.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device, sends confirmation information and/or RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation, and completes the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching.
- the RRC reconfiguration completion confirmation may be an automatic repeat request confirmation and/or an automatic hybrid repeat request confirmation, for example: the terminal device sends an RRC reconfiguration completion signaling, receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell, the terminal device sends the first uplink data, and receives an ARQ ACK and/or HARQ-ACK fed back by the candidate cell.
- the terminal device After receiving the candidate cell confirmation information, the terminal device completes the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching and uses the candidate cell as the serving cell.
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically pre-configuring the candidate cell information through the network device, and the terminal device can perform uplink synchronization and/or obtain the target cell TA value in advance according to the pre-configuration information, and perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminating the measurement reporting and/or switching signaling issuance and performing early uplink synchronization and/or reserved resource waste, reducing signaling overhead and/or accelerating the switching process and/or reducing service interruption delay, and/or clarifying the random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching process.
- this embodiment further discloses the processing method in the foregoing embodiments.
- the terminal device after the terminal device reports the measurement report, if it first receives the conditional switching configuration and/or conditional LTM switching configuration of at least one candidate cell sent by the source cell, it can first perform a conditional switching evaluation based on the execution conditions in the conditional switching configuration and/or the conditional LTM switching configuration, and then send a random access preamble and/or an uplink reference signal to at least one candidate cell that meets the execution conditions based on the evaluation results, and receive a response message in the source cell after sending the random access preamble and/or the uplink reference signal.
- the candidate cell receives the random access preamble and/or uplink reference signal sent by the terminal device, and sends the corresponding TA value and/or uplink transmission delay to the source cell through signaling.
- the source cell can carry the TA value of the candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell through the RAR and/or LTM switching command and send it to the terminal device, so that the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching.
- the terminal device after the terminal device reports the measurement report, if it first receives the conditional switching configuration and/or conditional LTM switching configuration of at least one candidate cell sent by the source cell, and then receives the DCI sent by the network device through the PDCCH (used to require the terminal device to perform random access and/or uplink reference signal sending triggered by PDCCH-order), then after receiving the random access control information and/or uplink reference signal sending request triggered by PDCCH-odrer, it can send a random access preamble according to the random access parameters and/or random access configuration, and/or send an uplink reference signal according to the reference signal parameters and/or random access configuration, and receive a response in the source cell after sending the random access preamble and/or uplink reference signal.
- Information After the terminal device reports the measurement report, if it first receives the conditional switching configuration and/or conditional LTM switching configuration of at least one candidate cell sent by the source cell, and then receives the DCI sent by the network device through the PDCCH (used to require the
- the candidate cell receives the random access preamble and/or uplink reference signal sent by the terminal device, and sends the corresponding TA value and/or uplink transmission delay to the source cell through signaling.
- the source cell can send the TA value of the candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell to the terminal device through the RAR and/or LTM switching command, so that the terminal device further performs conditional switching evaluation, and then initiates random access-free conditional switching for the candidate cell that meets the execution conditions according to the evaluation results, and/or initiates random access-free conditional LTM switching for the candidate LTM cell that meets the execution conditions.
- the terminal device after the terminal device reports the measurement report, if it first receives the DCI sent by the network device through the PDCCH (used to require the terminal device to perform random access and/or uplink reference signal transmission triggered by PDCCH-order), it can send a random access preamble according to the random access parameters and/or random access configuration after receiving the random access control information and/or uplink reference signal transmission request triggered by PDCCH-odrer, and/or send an uplink reference signal according to the reference signal parameters and/or random access configuration, and receive response information in the source cell after sending the random access preamble and/or uplink reference signal.
- the terminal device after the terminal device reports the measurement report, if it first receives the DCI sent by the network device through the PDCCH (used to require the terminal device to perform random access and/or uplink reference signal transmission triggered by PDCCH-order), it can send a random access preamble according to the random access parameters and/or random access configuration after receiving the random access control information and/or uplink reference signal transmission request
- the candidate cell receives the random access preamble and/or uplink reference signal sent by the terminal device, and sends the corresponding TA value and/or uplink transmission delay to the source cell through signaling.
- the source cell can send the TA value of the candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell to the terminal device via the RAR and/or LTM switching command, and send the conditional switching configuration and/or conditional LTM switching configuration of the corresponding candidate cell, so that the terminal device performs conditional switching evaluation according to the execution conditions in the conditional switching configuration and/or conditional LTM switching configuration, and then initiates random access-free conditional switching for the candidate cell that meets the execution conditions based on the evaluation results, and/or initiates random access-free conditional LTM switching for the candidate LTM cell that meets the execution conditions.
- This embodiment adopts the above scheme, specifically through the terminal device, according to the content and/or sequence of the configuration information and/or DCI sent by the network device, flexibly determines the method of obtaining the TA value of the target cell, performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminates the measurement reporting and/or switching signaling issuance and performs early uplink synchronization and/or reserves resource waste, reduces signaling overhead and/or accelerates the switching process and/or reduces service interruption delay, and/or explicitly executes the random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching process.
- FIG15 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.
- a method for obtaining a target cell TA value through autonomous measurement by a terminal device is proposed.
- the early uplink synchronization of the terminal equipment is controlled by the network equipment.
- the PDCCH order triggers the terminal equipment to send a random access preamble to the candidate cell, and obtains the TA value of the candidate cell through the serving cell, and/or activates the TCI State of the target cell through the MAC CE and performs TA value measurement under the instruction of the terminal to measure TA.
- the terminal equipment cannot determine the timing of autonomously measuring the TA value of the candidate cell
- the terminal equipment cannot determine the timing of autonomously measuring the TA value of the candidate cell.
- This embodiment introduces a method for obtaining the TA value of the target cell in advance in conditional handover and/or conditional LTM handover.
- the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching in response to satisfying the first condition.
- performing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching includes performing random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on a measured TA value.
- the terminal device reports a measurement report, and optionally, the measurement report is a layer 3 measurement report.
- the source cell obtains the candidate cell configuration, including: candidate cell configuration parameters and/or compensation values.
- the compensation value is the uplink reception time difference (UL RX timing difference) and/or the downlink transmission time difference (DL TX timing difference).
- the compensation value is used to assist the terminal device in calculating the TA value of the candidate cell.
- the time difference may be a time difference on the network device side and/or a time difference on the terminal device side, for example: a time difference for the network device to receive uplinks, a time difference for the network device to send downlinks, a time difference for the terminal device to send uplinks, and a time difference for the terminal device to receive downlinks, which is not limited in this embodiment.
- the compensation value is a compensation value of a specific candidate cell, for example, each candidate cell has its own compensation value.
- the candidate cell is a candidate LTM cell.
- the candidate LTM cell configuration includes at least one of a terminal equipment measured TA value identifier (ueMeasuredTA-ID), an advance uplink synchronization configuration, a configuration scheduling configuration, a candidate cell complete configuration indication, a new terminal radio temporary identifier, a time advance timer, a candidate cell difference configuration, and a candidate cell reference configuration.
- a terminal equipment measured TA value identifier ueMeasuredTA-ID
- the network further configures a serving cell terminal device to measure a TA value identifier
- the layer one measurement configuration includes LTM channel state information resource configuration and/or LTM channel state information report configuration.
- the scheduling configuration is also associated with beam information.
- configuring the scheduling configuration includes configuring scheduling type 1 (CG Type 1).
- the LTM candidate cell configuration is associated with a corresponding index.
- the source cell sends a conditional switching configuration, including at least one of a conditional switching configuration index, a conditional execution condition, and a candidate cell configuration.
- the terminal device stores the received conditional switching configuration locally.
- the conditional switching configuration is sent via RRC reconfiguration signaling.
- the source cell may send a conditional handover configuration of at least one candidate cell, and distinguish the candidate cells by a conditional handover configuration index.
- conditional switching may also be a conditional LTM switching.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes: a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, and at least one of a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter.
- the source cell may also send general random access parameters for subsequent conditional LTM switching.
- the terminal device sends a configuration confirmation message.
- the configuration confirmation is sent via RRC reconfiguration completion signaling.
- the terminal device determines whether the corresponding candidate cell is configured with a terminal device measurement TA value identifier. If the terminal device measurement TA value identifier is configured, the terminal device can be triggered to measure the TA value; if the terminal device measurement TA value identifier is not configured, random access condition switching is performed or the TA value acquisition method in the aforementioned embodiment is executed, which is not repeated in this embodiment.
- the measurement condition also includes at least one terminal device measurement TA value identifier configured in the candidate cell and the terminal device measurement TA value identifier configured in the current serving cell.
- the TA value measured by the equipment has the same identification.
- the terminal device determines whether the terminal device measured TA value identifier of the corresponding candidate cell configuration is the same as the terminal device measured TA value identifier configured in the current service cell. If they are the same, the terminal device can be triggered to measure the TA value; if they are not the same, random access condition switching is executed or the TA value acquisition method in the aforementioned embodiment is executed, which is not repeated in this embodiment.
- the terminal device may evaluate the candidate cells according to the LTM execution condition, and when at least one candidate cell meets the execution condition, initiate the terminal device to measure the TA value of the corresponding candidate cell.
- At least one candidate cell satisfies the execution condition, including: at least one candidate cell satisfies the conditional execution condition and/or the LTM execution condition.
- the terminal device measures the TA value by measuring and/or calculating the TA value and/or compensation value of the serving cell.
- the compensation value can be obtained through a candidate cell index.
- the serving cell TA value is carried through MAC CE.
- MAC CE For details, please refer to the existing protocol TS 38.321, which is not elaborated in this embodiment.
- satisfying the execution condition and/or the LTM execution condition includes: the signal limit satisfies a threshold value and/or the signal strength satisfies a threshold value and is maintained for a period of time.
- the terminal device initiates random access-free conditional switching or LTM conditional switching based on the measured TA value of the candidate cell and/or the TA value of the candidate LTM cell, and sends uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling to the candidate cell.
- the terminal device applies the measured TA value of the candidate cell and/or starts TAT.
- the terminal device confirms whether there is a measured TA value of the candidate cell, and if there is a measured TA value of the candidate cell, performs random access condition switching; and/or, if there is no measured TA value of the candidate cell, performs random access condition switching.
- the terminal device applies corresponding candidate cell configuration parameters or candidate LTM cell configuration parameters, and optionally, the configuration parameters are complete configurations.
- the complete configuration is formed by combining the reference configuration and/or the differential configuration.
- the target cell responds to the uplink data and/or RRC reconfiguration completion signaling sent by the terminal device and sends new downlink data scheduling and/or new uplink data scheduling.
- the terminal device After receiving the new scheduling of the candidate cell, the terminal device completes the conditional switching or conditional LTM switching and regards the candidate cell as the serving cell.
- the terminal device still saves the conditional switching configuration and/or the conditional LTM switching configuration after completing the conditional switching or the conditional LTM switching.
- the terminal equipment updates the TA value identifier measured by the terminal equipment of the serving cell, for example, the TA value identifier measured by the terminal equipment is updated to the TA value identifier measured by the terminal equipment of the candidate cell of the handover.
- the terminal device can perform uplink synchronization in advance and/or obtain the TA value of the target cell in advance, and perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching, eliminating the need for measurement reporting and/or switching signaling, performing early uplink synchronization, reducing signaling overhead, and/or accelerating the switching process, and/or reducing service interruption delay, and/or clarifying the random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching process.
- FIG. 16 is a flow chart of a processing method according to a twelfth embodiment.
- the method of the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a network device (such as a base station), and includes the steps of:
- S1 Send the first content so that the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the first content.
- the first content includes at least one of downlink control information, conditional switching configuration of the candidate cell, conditional LTM switching configuration, serving cell TA value, terminal equipment measured TA value identifier and compensation value.
- conditional switching configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is the same as that of the serving cell.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is the same as that of the serving cell.
- the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the first content, including:
- the terminal device selects or determines a candidate cell that meets the second condition based on the first content
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble and/or a reference signal to a candidate cell that meets the second condition, and the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the feedback information corresponding to the random access preamble and/or reference signal provided by the serving cell; and/or the terminal device measures and/or calculates the measured TA value of the candidate cell that meets the second condition, and performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the measured TA value.
- the second condition includes a conditional switching execution condition and/or a conditional LTM switching execution condition.
- the feedback information is carried in a random access response and/or an LTM switching command.
- the feedback information includes a candidate cell TA value and/or a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the downlink control information includes at least one of index information, random access configuration and reference signal configuration.
- the terminal device measured TA value identifier is used to trigger the terminal device to measure and/or calculate the measured TA value of the corresponding candidate cell.
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- conditional handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional handover configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value.
- conditional LTM switching configuration includes at least one of a conditional LTM switching configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value.
- the random access response carries at least one of a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification.
- the LTM switching command carries at least one of a TA value, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification of at least one candidate LTM cell.
- the index information includes a conditional switching configuration index and/or a conditional LTM switching configuration index.
- the terminal device in response to the measurement condition being met, initiates terminal device measurement of a TA value for at least one candidate cell.
- the network device may calculate the TA value of the candidate cell according to the uplink transmission delay.
- the conditional handover configuration carries indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is the same as that of the serving cell;
- the conditional LTM handover configuration carries indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is zero and/or indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is the same as that of the serving cell.
- the device further comprises at least one of the following:
- the feedback information is carried in the random access response and/or the LTM switching command
- the feedback information includes a candidate cell TA value and/or a candidate LTM cell TA value
- the downlink control information includes at least one of index information, random access configuration, and reference signal configuration;
- the radio resource control reconfiguration signaling includes at least one of a serving cell TA value, a conditional switching configuration of at least one candidate cell, a conditional LTM switching configuration, a terminal equipment measured TA value identifier, and a compensation value.
- the device further comprises at least one of the following:
- the conditional handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional handover configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value;
- the conditional LTM handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional LTM handover configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value;
- the random access response carries at least one of a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification;
- the LTM handover command carries at least one of the TA value, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification of at least one candidate LTM cell;
- the index information includes a conditional switching configuration index and/or a conditional LTM switching configuration index
- the terminal device In response to the measurement condition being met, the terminal device initiates the terminal device to measure a TA value for at least one candidate cell.
- the device further comprises at least one of the following:
- the system message of the corresponding candidate cell is obtained according to the candidate cell configuration parameters and/or the candidate LTM cell configuration parameters;
- conditional LTM switching evaluation based on conditional LTM switching configuration
- the measurement condition includes a TA value identifier of a terminal device measured in at least one candidate cell configuration, and/or a TA value identifier of a terminal device measured in at least one candidate cell configuration is the same as a TA value identifier of a terminal device measured in a current serving cell configuration;
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- the processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can execute the technical solution shown in the above method embodiment, and its implementation principle and beneficial effects are similar, which will not be repeated here.
- Figure 18 is a second structural diagram of a processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- the device can be mounted on or is the network device in the above method embodiment.
- the processing device 120 includes:
- the device further comprises at least one of the following:
- the conditional handover configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is zero;
- the conditional handover configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate cell is the same as that of the serving cell;
- conditional LTM handover configuration includes an indication that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is zero;
- the conditional LTM handover configuration includes indication information that the TA value of the candidate LTM cell is the same as that of the serving cell.
- the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the first content, including:
- the terminal device selects or determines a candidate cell that meets the second condition based on the first content
- the terminal device sends a random access preamble and/or a reference signal to a candidate cell that meets the second condition, and the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the feedback information corresponding to the random access preamble and/or reference signal provided by the serving cell; and/or the terminal device measures and/or calculates the measured TA value of the candidate cell that meets the second condition, and performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the measured TA value.
- the device further comprises at least one of the following:
- the second condition includes a conditional switch execution condition and/or a conditional LTM switch execution condition
- the feedback information is carried in the random access response and/or the LTM switching command
- the feedback information includes a candidate cell TA value and/or a candidate LTM cell TA value
- the downlink control information includes at least one of index information, random access configuration, and reference signal configuration;
- the terminal device measured TA value identifier is used to trigger the terminal device to measure and/or calculate the measured TA value of the corresponding candidate cell;
- the measured TA value is measured and/or calculated by the terminal device through the serving cell TA value and/or compensation value.
- the device further comprises at least one of the following:
- the conditional handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional handover configuration index, an execution condition, a candidate cell configuration parameter, and a candidate cell TA value;
- the conditional LTM handover configuration includes at least one of a conditional LTM handover configuration index, an LTM execution condition, a candidate LTM cell configuration parameter, and a candidate LTM cell TA value;
- the random access response carries at least one of a TA value of at least one candidate cell and/or candidate LTM cell, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and a radio temporary identification;
- the LTM handover command carries at least one of the TA value, uplink scheduling, configuration scheduling information, and radio temporary identification of at least one candidate LTM cell;
- the terminal device In response to the measurement condition being met, the terminal device initiates the terminal device to measure a TA value for at least one candidate cell.
- the device further comprises at least one of the following:
- the processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can execute the technical solution shown in the above method embodiment, and its implementation principle and beneficial effects are similar, which will not be repeated here.
- the communication device 140 described in this embodiment can be the terminal device (or a component that can be used for the terminal device) or the network device (or a component that can be used for the network device) mentioned in the above method embodiment.
- the communication device 140 can be used to implement the method corresponding to the terminal device or the network device described in the above method embodiment, and specifically refer to the description in the above method embodiment.
- the communication device 140 may include one or more processors 141, which may also be referred to as a processing unit, and may implement certain control or processing functions.
- the processor 141 may be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, etc. For example, it may be a baseband processor or a central processing unit.
- the baseband processor may be used to process the communication protocol and communication data
- the central processing unit may be used to control the communication device, execute the software program, and process the data of the software program.
- the processor 141 may also store instructions 143 or data (eg, intermediate data).
- the instructions 143 may be executed by the processor 141, so that the communication device 140 executes the method corresponding to the terminal device or network device described in the above method embodiment.
- the communication device 140 may include one or more memories 142, on which instructions 144 may be stored. The instructions may be executed on the processor 141, so that the communication device 140 executes the method described in the above method embodiment.
- data may also be stored in the memory 142.
- the processor 141 and the memory 142 may be provided separately or integrated together.
- the communication device 140 may further include a transceiver 145 and/or an antenna 146.
- the processor 141 may be referred to as a processing unit, and controls the communication device 140 (terminal device or core network device or wireless access network device).
- the transceiver 145 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, or a transceiver, etc., and is used to implement the transceiver function of the communication device 140.
- the transceiver 145 can receive the first content; and the processor 141 can perform random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the first content.
- the specific implementation process of the processor 141 and the transceiver 145 can refer to the relevant description of the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.
- the transceiver 145 can send the first content so that the terminal device performs random access-free conditional switching and/or conditional LTM switching based on the first content.
- the specific implementation process of the processor 141 and the transceiver 145 can refer to the relevant description of the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.
- the processor 141 and the transceiver 145 described in the present application can be implemented in an IC (Integrated Circuit), an analog integrated circuit, an RFIC (Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit), a mixed signal integrated circuit, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PCB (Printed Circuit Board), an electronic device, etc.
- IC Integrated Circuit
- RFIC Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- PCB Print Circuit Board
- the processor 141 and the transceiver 145 can also be manufactured using various integrated circuit process technologies, such as CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), NMOS (N Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor), PMOS (Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor), BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.
- CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- NMOS N Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
- PMOS Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- BJT Bipolar Junction Transistor
- BiCMOS bipolar CMOS
- SiGe silicon germanium
- GaAs gallium arsenide
- the communication device may be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone) or a network device (such as a base station), which needs to be determined according to the context.
- the terminal device may be implemented in various forms.
- the terminal device described in this application may include mobile terminals such as mobile phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, PDAs, portable media players (PMPs), navigation devices, wearable devices, smart bracelets, pedometers, etc., as well as fixed terminal devices such as digital TVs and desktop computers.
- the communication device is described by taking a terminal device or a network device as an example, the scope of the communication device described in the present application is not limited to the above terminal device or network device, and the structure of the communication device may not be limited by FIG. 19.
- the communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device.
- An embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system, including: a terminal device as in any of the above embodiments; and a network device as in any of the above embodiments.
- An embodiment of the present application also provides a communication device, including a memory and a processor, wherein a processing program is stored in the memory, and when the processing program is executed by the processor, the steps of the processing method in any of the above embodiments are implemented.
- the communication device in this application can be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone) or a network device (such as a base station).
- a terminal device such as a mobile phone
- a network device such as a base station
- An embodiment of the present application further provides a storage medium, on which a processing program is stored.
- the processing program is executed by a processor, the steps of the processing method in any of the above embodiments are implemented.
- the embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program code.
- a computer program product which includes a computer program code.
- the computer program code runs on a computer, the computer executes the methods in the above various possible implementation modes.
- An embodiment of the present application also provides a chip, including a memory and a processor, the memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program from the memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the methods in various possible implementation modes as described above.
- a computer program product includes one or more computer instructions.
- the computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device.
- Computer instructions can be stored in a storage medium or transmitted from one storage medium to another storage medium.
- computer instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means.
- the storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated. Available media can be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disk, storage disk, tape), optical media (e.g., DVD), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid-state storage disk Solid State Disk (SSD)), etc.
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- 一种处理方法,其中,包括步骤:S2:响应于满足第一条件,执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换。
- 如权利要求1所述的方法,其中,所述执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换,包括:基于服务小区提供的随机接入前导和/或参考信号对应的反馈信息,执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换;和/或,基于测量TA值,执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换。
- 如权利要求1所述的方法,其中,所述满足第一条件,包括以下至少一项:确定至少一候选小区满足条件切换执行条件;确定至少一候选小区满足条件LTM切换执行条件;接收到下行控制信息;接收到无线资源控制重配信令;条件切换配置携带了候选小区TA值为零的指示信息和/或候选小区与服务小区的TA值相同的指示信息;条件LTM切换配置携带了候选LTM小区TA值为零的指示信息和/或候选LTM小区与服务小区的TA值相同的指示信息。
- 如权利要求3所述的方法,其中,还包括以下至少一项:反馈信息携带于随机接入响应和/或LTM切换命令;反馈信息包括候选小区TA值和/或候选LTM小区TA值;下行控制信息包括索引信息、随机接入配置以及参考信号配置中的至少一项;无线资源控制重配信令包括服务小区TA值、至少一候选小区的条件切换配置、条件LTM切换配置、终端设备测量TA值标识以及补偿值中的至少一项。
- 如权利要求4所述的方法,其中,还包括以下至少一项:条件切换配置包括条件切换配置索引、执行条件、候选小区配置参数以及候选小区TA值中的至少一项;条件LTM切换配置包括条件LTM切换配置索引、LTM执行条件、候选LTM小区配置参数以及候选LTM小区TA值中的至少一项;随机接入响应携带至少一候选小区和/或候选LTM小区的TA值、上行调度、配置调度信息以及无线临时识别中的至少一项;LTM切换命令携带至少一候选LTM小区的TA值、上行调度、配置调度信息以及无线临时识别中的至少一项;索引信息包括条件切换配置索引和/或条件LTM切换配置索引;响应于满足测量条件,对至少一候选小区发起终端设备测量TA值。
- 如权利要求5所述的方法,其中,还包括以下至少一项:相应候选小区的系统消息根据候选小区配置参数和/或候选LTM小区配置参数获取;基于候选小区TA值和/或候选LTM小区TA值,执行免随机接入;基于条件切换配置执行条件切换评估;基于条件LTM切换配置执行条件LTM切换评估;应用候选小区配置参数和/或候选LTM小区配置参数;保存条件切换配置和/或条件LTM切换配置;测量条件包括至少一候选小区配置终端设备测量TA值标识,和/或,至少一候选小区配置的终端设备测量TA值标识与当前服务小区配置的终端设备测量TA值标识相同;测量TA值由终端设备通过服务小区TA值和/或补偿值进行测量和/或计算得到。
- 一种处理方法,其中,包括步骤:S1:发送第一内容,以使终端设备基于第一内容执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换。
- 如权利要求7所述的方法,其中,所述第一内容包括以下至少一项:下行控制信息;至少一候选小区的条件切换配置;至少一候选小区的条件LTM切换配置;服务小区TA值;终端设备测量TA值标识;补偿值。
- 如权利要求8所述的方法,其中,还包括以下至少一项:条件切换配置包括候选小区TA值为零的指示信息;条件切换配置包括候选小区与服务小区的TA值相同的指示信息;条件LTM切换配置包括候选LTM小区TA值为零的指示信息;条件LTM切换配置包括候选LTM小区与服务小区的TA值相同的指示信息。
- 如权利要求8所述的方法,其中,所述终端设备基于第一内容执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换,包括:终端设备基于第一内容选取或确定满足第二条件的候选小区;终端设备向满足第二条件的候选小区发送随机接入前导和/或参考信号,终端设备基于服务小区提供的随机接入前导和/或参考信号对应的反馈信息,执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换;和/或,终端设备测量和/或计算满足第二条件的候选小区的测量TA值,基于测量TA值,执行免随机接入条件切换和/或条件LTM切换。
- 如权利要求10所述的方法,其中,还包括以下至少一项:第二条件包括条件切换执行条件和/或条件LTM切换执行条件;反馈信息携带于随机接入响应和/或LTM切换命令;反馈信息包括候选小区TA值和/或候选LTM小区TA值;下行控制信息包括索引信息、随机接入配置以及参考信号配置中的至少一项;终端设备测量TA值标识用于触发终端设备测量和/或计算对应的候选小区的测量TA值;测量TA值由终端设备通过服务小区TA值和/或补偿值进行测量和/或计算得到。
- 如权利要求11所述的方法,其中,还包括以下至少一项:条件切换配置包括条件切换配置索引、执行条件、候选小区配置参数以及候选小区TA值中的至少一项;条件LTM切换配置包括条件LTM切换配置索引、LTM执行条件、候选LTM小区配置参数以及候选LTM小区TA值中的至少一项;随机接入响应携带至少一候选小区和/或候选LTM小区的TA值、上行调度、配置调度信息以及无线临时识别中的至少一项;LTM切换命令携带至少一候选LTM小区的TA值、上行调度、配置调度信息以及无线临时识别中的至少一项;索引信息包括条件切换配置索引和/或条件LTM切换配置索引;终端设备响应于满足测量条件,对至少一候选小区发起终端设备测量TA值。
- 如权利要求12所述的方法,其中,还包括以下至少一项:获取候选小区提供的候选小区TA值、补偿值、上行传输时延、上行调度、配置调度信息以及无线临时识别中的至少一项;根据上行传输时延计算候选小区TA值;接收候选小区发送的随机接入前导和/或参考信号对应的反馈信息;发送随机接入前导和/或参考信号对应的反馈信息至终端设备。
- 一种通信设备,其中,包括:存储器、处理器及存储在所述存储器上并可在所述处理器上运行的处理程序,所述处理程序被所述处理器执行时实现如权利要求1或7所述的处理方法的步骤。
- 一种存储介质,其中,所述存储介质上存储有计算机程序,所述计算机程序被处理器执行时实现如权利要求1或7所述的处理方法的步骤。
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