Method and device for measuring and reporting cell signal quality and controlling cell switching
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for measuring and reporting cell signal quality and controlling cell handover.
Background
Time Division long term evolution (TD-LTE) is a subsequent evolution technology of international 3G standard Time Division synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) with independent intellectual property rights in China (TD-SCDMA is hereinafter abbreviated as TD), a TD network has the advantages of high-quality coverage, sufficient station addresses, faithful user groups and the like, existing TD network equipment can coexist with the TD-LTE system for a long Time in order to protect investment, the coverage can be expanded by a common network of the TD and the TD-LTE, the load is balanced, and the investment cost is reduced.
The intersystem handover of TD and TD-LTE is an indispensable part of the mobility management of the common network. Due to the fact that the throughput and the peak rate of TD-LTE are higher than those of a TD system, better service experience can be brought to users, and the area covered by TD-LTE and TD should ensure that User Equipment (UE) is switched to TD-LTE preferentially. Meanwhile, different UEs are classified into different classes according to the needs of the operator when signing up for a network, and in principle, a high-class user should enjoy service experience brought by a high-priority network. That is, a high-ranked user should have the right to preferentially select a high-priority system at the time of handover.
However, in the current system, the same handover policy is adopted for all users, and no distinction is made for user classes, so that users of high class cannot enjoy the due service.
The coverage of the existing TD network is already complete, and the coverage of the TD-LTE network is also expanded and gradually improved. In the future, operators may operate multiple systems simultaneously for traffic sharing. In order to ensure that a user can switch between systems more quickly and better on the basis of not influencing the existing services, the TD-LTE system must be compatible with the existing TD network, i.e. seamless roaming, switching and reselection between TD and TD-LTE must be realized. The purpose of intersystem roaming, handover and reselection is to provide uninterrupted, timely and better quality of service for the user's communication between different systems.
In the current system, when the UE is in a connected state, the network implements mobility management for the UE through a handover procedure. The current switching mode consists of two parts, namely a measurement process and a switching process, wherein a terminal carries out measurement, and a network carries out switching judgment and execution. In order to make the UE auxiliary network make switching judgment, the source network configures measurement for the UE, so that the UE reports the channel quality of the serving cell and the adjacent cell before switching, and the network side judges switching according to the UE measurement result and executes the switching.
The measurement process is divided into two parts of measurement starting and measurement reporting, and the following steps are carried out:
a. starting measurement:
the network issues measurement configuration through System Information Broadcast (SIB) or Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, wherein the measurement configuration includes measurement related information such as measurement object, measurement quantity, report quantity, event trigger criteria and the like of the UE, and the UE performs measurement and reports according to the information in the measurement configuration.
b. And (3) measurement and reporting:
measurement reporting criteria of the TD system:
event triggers (last or periodic reporting) define the following events (events):
3A event: the quality of the frequency point of the currently used Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) system is less than a certain threshold and the frequency point quality of the different system cell is greater than a certain threshold.
And reporting the UE Measurement result by a Measurement Report (Measurement Report) signaling mode.
In the LTE system, the following 2 measurement reporting events (B1/B2) are defined:
event B1: the quality of the adjacent cell is higher than a certain threshold;
event B2: the serving cell quality is below an absolute threshold of 1 and the neighbor cell quality is above another absolute threshold of 2.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for measuring and reporting cell signal quality, which are used for reporting a measurement result of the cell signal quality according to the priority of UE (user equipment), so that the UE with high priority can report the measurement result preferentially, and the UE with high priority is switched to a network system with high priority preferentially.
The embodiment of the invention provides a cell switching control method and a cell switching control device, which are used for realizing cell switching control on UE according to the priority of the UE, so that the UE with high priority can be switched to a network system with high priority preferentially.
The method for measuring and reporting the cell signal quality provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
user Equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration information which is sent by a network side and used for carrying out cell switching, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a reporting condition of a measurement result;
the UE modifies the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information according to a preset modification mode corresponding to the priority of the UE to obtain the modified reporting condition;
and when the modified reporting condition is met, the UE reports a measurement result obtained by measuring the signal quality of the cell according to the measurement configuration information to the network side.
The cell switching control method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
a radio network controller RNC sends measurement configuration information for cell switching to user equipment UE;
RNC receives the measurement result reported by UE and obtains the priority of UE;
and the RNC judges the cell switching of the UE according to the measurement result reported by the UE and the priority of the UE.
The device for measuring and reporting the cell signal quality provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises:
a measurement configuration information receiving unit, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a network side and used for cell handover, where the measurement configuration information includes a reporting condition of a measurement result;
a reporting condition modifying unit, configured to modify the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information according to a preset modification manner corresponding to the priority of the UE, to obtain a modified reporting condition;
and a reporting decision unit, configured to report, to a network side, a measurement result obtained by measuring the signal quality of the cell according to the measurement configuration information when the modified reporting condition is met.
The cell switching control device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises:
a measurement configuration information sending unit, configured to send measurement configuration information for cell handover to a user equipment UE;
a measurement result and priority obtaining unit, configured to receive a measurement result reported by the UE and obtain a priority of the UE;
and the cell switching judgment unit is used for carrying out cell switching judgment on the UE according to the measurement result reported by the UE and the priority of the UE.
In the embodiment of the invention, User Equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration information which is sent by a network side and used for carrying out cell switching, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a reporting condition of a measurement result; the UE modifies the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information according to a preset modification mode corresponding to the priority of the UE to obtain the modified reporting condition; when the modified reporting condition is met, the UE reports the measurement result obtained by measuring the signal quality of the cell according to the measurement configuration information to the network side, so that the measurement result of the signal quality of the cell is reported according to the priority of the UE, the UE with high priority can report the measurement result preferentially, and the UE with high priority is switched to a network system with high priority preferentially.
In the embodiment of the invention, a Radio Network Controller (RNC) sends measurement configuration information for cell switching to User Equipment (UE); RNC receives the measurement result reported by UE and obtains the priority of UE; the RNC carries out cell switching judgment on the UE according to the measurement result reported by the UE and the priority of the UE, thereby realizing cell switching control on the UE according to the priority of the UE and leading the UE with high priority to be switched into a network system with high priority preferentially.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring and reporting cell signal quality according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a cell switching control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for measuring and reporting cell signal quality according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell switching control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for measuring and reporting cell signal quality, which are used for reporting a measurement result of the cell signal quality according to the priority of UE (user equipment), so that the UE with high priority can report the measurement result preferentially, and the UE with high priority is switched to a network system with high priority preferentially.
The embodiment of the invention provides a cell switching control method and a cell switching control device, which are used for realizing cell switching control on UE according to the priority of the UE, so that the UE with high priority can be switched to a network system with high priority preferentially.
In the embodiment of the invention, when the reporting judgment is carried out on the UE with high priority, the UE is allowed to carry out weighting or deviation on each threshold parameter, the judgment criterion is relaxed, and the trigger time of the criterion is properly reduced, so that the measurement report is easier to trigger and report, and the UE with high priority can be switched to a network with high priority, such as a TD-LTE network, more timely, quickly and preferentially.
The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention is explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, at a UE side, a method for measuring and reporting cell signal quality provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:
s101, User Equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration information which is sent by a network side and used for cell switching, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a reporting condition of a measurement result;
s102, modifying the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information by the UE according to a preset modification mode corresponding to the priority of the UE to obtain the modified reporting condition;
s103, when the modified reporting condition is met, the UE reports the measurement result obtained by measuring the signal quality of the cell according to the measurement configuration information to the network side.
Preferably, the modifying, by the UE, the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information according to a preset modifying manner corresponding to the priority of the UE, to obtain a modified reporting condition, including:
UE obtains offset;
the UE modifies parameters in reporting conditions included in the measurement configuration information by using the offset according to a preset modification mode corresponding to the priority of the UE;
and the UE generates the modified reporting condition by using the modified parameters.
Preferably, the UE obtains an offset, including:
UE acquires offset from local; or,
the UE obtains the offset from the high-layer signaling sent by the network side.
Preferably, the higher layer signaling is a system message or a measurement control message.
Preferably, the method further comprises:
and the UE sends the priority information of the UE to the network side.
Preferably, the UE sends the priority information of the UE to the network side, including:
the UE requests an RRC Connection Request message through radio resource control Connection and sends the priority information of the UE to a network side; or,
the UE completes RRC Connection Setup Complete message through radio resource control Connection, and sends the priority information of the UE to the network side; or,
and the UE sends the priority information of the UE to the network side through a Measurement Report.
Preferably, the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information includes:
the following formula one and formula two are satisfied simultaneously, and the specific time Timetotrigger lasts:
the formula I is as follows: qUsed≤TUsed-H3a/2;
The formula II is as follows: mOtherRAT+CIOOtherRAT≥TOtherRAT+H3a/2;
Wherein Q isUsedIs the cell signal quality, T, of the UTRAN systemUsedIs the absolute quality threshold, H, of the UTRAN system3aIs a hysteresis parameter, MOtherRATIs a measure of the signal quality of a system cell outside the UTRAN; CIOOtherRATIs the personality offset of the system cell outside the UTRAN; t isOtherRATIs the absolute threshold of system cells outside the UTRAN;
the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information, that is, the reporting condition configured in the measurement configuration information sent by the network side to the UE in the prior art.
The UE modifies parameters in reporting conditions included in the measurement configuration information by using the offset according to a preset modification mode corresponding to the priority of the UE, and the modification mode comprises the following steps:
the UE modifies T as followsUsed、H3a、TOtherRAT、CIOOtherRAT、MOtherRATAnd/or the Timetotrigger modifies:
TUsed=TUsed+offset;
H3a=H3a-offset;
TOtherRAT=TOtherRAT-offset;
CIOOtherRAT=CIOOtherRAT+offset;
MOtherRAT=MOtherRAT+offset;
Timetotrigger=Timetotrigger-Toffset;
wherein offset and ToffsetIs an offset.
In the embodiment of the present invention, only one or more of the parameters may be modified, and when a parameter needs to be modified, a modification method corresponding to the parameter may be adopted for modification.
In the embodiment of the present invention, different offsets may be set for different parameters, for example, TUsedAnd H3aThe corresponding offset amounts differ in value. The same offset may also be set for different parameters, e.g. TUsedAnd H3aThe corresponding offset values are the same.
In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the offset values set for UEs of different priorities are different. For example, for a high priority UE, the value of offset is greater than 0, ToffsetA value of greater than 0; for low priority (or normal) UEs, the offset has a value of 0 or less than 0, ToffsetIs 0 or less than 0.
That is to say, relative to the parameter criteria configured by the network, when the UE with high priority performs event criteria judgment, the UE is easier to trigger a 3A event, which is helpful for the network to switch the UE of this level to the LTE system cell in time. And the common UE can not perform offset according to the traditional event triggering criterion so as to ensure that the common user can also achieve seamless coverage.
After receiving the measurement report reported by the UE, the network side can make a switching decision, and if the UE is a high-priority user, the network side also makes a certain offset for the switching decision criterion so as to ensure that the UE can be switched into a high-priority network in time. In the embodiment of the invention, an identifier is set for the UE to identify whether the UE is the UE with high priority or not.
Correspondingly, on the network side, referring to fig. 2, a cell handover control method provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of:
s201, a radio network controller RNC sends measurement configuration information for cell switching to user equipment UE;
s202, the RNC receives the measurement result reported by the UE and acquires the priority of the UE;
s203, the RNC carries out cell switching judgment on the UE according to the measurement result reported by the UE and the priority of the UE.
Preferably, the acquiring, by the RNC, the priority of the UE includes:
the RNC requests RRC Connection Request information through radio resource control Connection to acquire the priority information of the UE; or,
the RNC establishes and completes RRC Connection Setup Complete message through radio resource control Connection, and acquires the priority information of the UE; or,
the RNC acquires the priority information of the UE through a Measurement Report; or,
and the RNC acquires the priority information of the UE through Iu interface information sent by a core network.
Preferably, the RNC makes a cell handover decision for the UE according to the measurement result reported by the UE and the priority of the UE, including:
the RNC judges whether the preset cell switching criterion needs to be modified or not according to the priority of the UE, if so, the preset cell switching criterion is modified by using the preset offset, and the modified cell switching criterion is used for carrying out cell switching judgment on the UE; otherwise, the cell switching judgment is carried out on the UE by utilizing the preset cell switching criterion.
For example, the following formula three and formula four are cell handover decision formulas after the RNC receives the measurement report of the UE in the prior art:
the formula III is as follows: qs<ScellTh;
The formula four is as follows: t isother>AddOtherTH;
Wherein Q issIndicating the quality of measurements of the UTRAN serving cell; ScellTh represents the UTRAN serving cell absolute pilot decision threshold; t isotherRepresents the measurement quality of a system cell other than UTRAN; AddOtherTH denotes an absolute pilot decision threshold of a system cell other than UTRAN.
In the prior art, when the formula three and the formula four are simultaneously satisfied, the RNC may perform cell handover according to the measurement report of the UE.
In the embodiment of the invention, after receiving the measurement report reported by the UE, the RNC finds that if the UE is the high-priority UE, the RNC carries out cell switching judgment on the UE according to the following formula five and formula six:
the formula five is as follows: qs<ScellTh+offset;
Formula six: t isother>AddOtherTH-offset;
Although offset also represents an offset amount, the offset amount in each formula may be a different value or the same value in different formulas, for example, the value may be 0 to 16 dB.
In this way, the handover decision criteria for the high priority UE is relaxed, so that the high priority UE is handed over to the high priority system in time.
In the embodiment of the present invention, how the UE obtains the offset values such as offset and Toffset may consider adopting two ways: one is to bind these offset information with the priority when the UE signs up for the network; for example, for a high priority UE, offset is a value greater than 0dB, and Toffset is a value greater than 0; for low-priority UE (or ordinary UE), offset is a value of 0dB or less than 0dB, and Toffset is a value of 0 or less than 0; another way is an over-high layer signaling configuration, which may be configured to the UE through system information or measurement control message. Taking the measurement control message as an example, the specific configuration may be as shown in table one below:
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The network side may specifically obtain the priority information of the UE in the following ways:
the network acquires the priority information of the UE through an RRC Connection Request message;
the RRC Connection Request message may specifically be as follows:
watch two
The UE carries the capability level to the network in the RRC Connection Setup Complete message, and the network acquires the priority information of the UE through the RRC Connection Setup Complete message;
the RRC Connection Setup Complete message may specifically be as follows:
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The UE carries the capability level to the network in a Measurement Report (Measurement Report), and the network acquires the priority information of the UE through the Measurement Report;
the Measurement Report may specifically be as follows:
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The core network can obtain the subscription information of the UE in advance so as to obtain the priority information of the UE, and when the UE applies for the service, the core network can send the priority information of the UE to the RNC through the Iu interface information.
On the UE side, referring to fig. 3, an apparatus for measuring and reporting cell signal quality provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:
a measurement configuration information receiving unit 11, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a network side and used for performing cell handover, where the measurement configuration information includes a reporting condition of a measurement result;
a reporting condition modifying unit 12, configured to modify the reporting condition included in the measurement configuration information according to a preset modifying manner corresponding to the priority of the UE, so as to obtain a modified reporting condition;
and a reporting decision unit 13, configured to report, to the network side, a measurement result obtained by measuring the signal quality of the cell according to the measurement configuration information when the modified reporting condition is met.
Preferably, the reporting condition modifying unit 12 obtains an offset; modifying parameters in reporting conditions included in the measurement configuration information by using the offset according to a preset modification mode corresponding to the priority of the UE; and generating modified reporting conditions by using the modified parameters.
Preferably, the reporting condition modifying unit 12 obtains an offset from the local; or, the offset is obtained from the higher layer signaling sent by the network side.
Preferably, the higher layer signaling is a system message or a measurement control message.
Preferably, the apparatus further comprises:
a priority reporting unit 14, configured to send the priority information of the UE to the network side.
Preferably, the priority reporting unit 14 sends the priority information of the UE to the network side through a radio resource control connection Request RRCConnection Request message; or,
the priority reporting unit 14 completes RRC ConnectionSetup Complete message through RRC connection establishment, and sends the priority information of the UE to the network side; or,
the priority reporting unit 14 sends the priority information of the UE to the network side through a Measurement Report.
On the network side, referring to fig. 4, a cell handover control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:
a measurement configuration information sending unit 21, configured to send measurement configuration information for performing cell handover to a user equipment UE;
a measurement result and priority obtaining unit 22, configured to receive a measurement result reported by the UE and obtain a priority of the UE;
and a cell switching decision unit 23, configured to perform cell switching decision on the UE according to the measurement result reported by the UE and the priority of the UE.
Preferably, the measurement result and priority obtaining unit 22 obtains the priority information of the UE through a RRC Connection Request message; or,
the measurement result and priority obtaining unit 22 completes rrcconnectionsetup Complete message through rrc connection establishment, and obtains priority information of the UE; or,
the Measurement result and priority acquisition unit 22 acquires priority information of the UE through a Measurement Report; or,
the measurement result and priority obtaining unit 22 obtains the priority information of the UE through Iu interface information sent by the core network.
Preferably, the cell switching determining unit 23 determines whether the preset cell switching criterion needs to be modified according to the priority of the UE, and if so, modifies the preset cell switching criterion by using the preset offset, and performs the cell switching determination on the UE by using the modified cell switching criterion; otherwise, the cell switching judgment is carried out on the UE by utilizing the preset cell switching criterion.
Preferably, the cell switching control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention is an RNC.
In summary, in the embodiments of the present invention, when multiple different Radio Access Technology (RAT) systems are networked, different network handover policies are executed according to the priority of the UE, so as to allow a user with a high priority to be preferentially handed over to a network with a high priority; when inter-system measurement event evaluation is carried out, allowing the high-priority UE to carry out certain offset processing aiming at an event criterion; the offset in the event criteria evaluation may be through network configuration (system message or measurement control message, etc.) or may be some value tied to the UE level. After the network receives the measurement report of the UE, the network also makes certain deviation aiming at the switching judgment criterion according to the priority indication of the UE so as to ensure that the UE can be switched into a high-priority network in time. Therefore, the switching scheme in the prior art is optimized, and the UE with high priority can be switched to the network with high priority more timely, quickly and preferentially during cell switching.
As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.