CN113038524B - Measurement relaxation and measurement configuration method, terminal and network equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement relaxation method, a measurement configuration method, a terminal and network equipment, wherein the measurement relaxation method comprises the following steps: determining a measurement relaxation factor of a first cell, the first cell being at least one of a serving cell and a neighbor cell of the terminal, the measurement relaxation factor characterizing a degree of measurement relaxation on the first cell; according to the measurement relaxation factor, the measurement of the first cell is relaxed or not relaxed. According to the embodiment of the invention, the terminal can realize the relaxation of different degrees of terminal measurement by continuously determining the measurement relaxation factors of the serving cell and/or the adjacent cell, and on the premise of ensuring the communication requirement, the time length of the measurement task can be reduced, and the purposes of prolonging the standby time and saving electricity are achieved.

Description

Measurement relaxation, measurement configuration method, terminal and network equipment

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a measurement relaxation, measurement configuration method, terminal and network equipment.

Background technique

In the existing mobile communication system, in order to save power, terminals such as Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) terminals may not perform intra-frequency or inter-frequency measurement under the condition that the S value of the serving cell meets the measurement relaxation criteria. Measurements of neighboring cells. However, due to the various mobile states of the terminal and the location of the terminal in the serving cell, the requirements for the degree of measurement relaxation may be different in different scenarios. It is impossible to relax the terminal measurement to different degrees.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement relaxation, a measurement configuration method, a terminal, and a network device, so as to solve the problem that the existing measurement relaxation method cannot achieve different degrees of relaxation of terminal measurement.

In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the present invention is achieved in that:

In the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement relaxation method applied to a terminal, including:

Determine a measurement relaxation factor of the first cell; wherein, the first cell is at least one of a serving cell and a neighboring cell of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation factor represents a measurement relaxation degree of the first cell;

The measurement of the first cell is relaxed or not relaxed according to the measurement relaxation factor.

In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement configuration method applied to a network device, including:

Send configuration information to the terminal;

Wherein, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor.

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

A determining module, configured to determine a measurement relaxation factor of a first cell; wherein the first cell is at least one of a serving cell and a neighboring cell of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation factor represents the measurement of the first cell measure relaxation;

A processing module, configured to relax or not relax the measurement of the first cell according to the measurement relaxation factor.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, including:

A sending module, configured to send configuration information to the terminal;

Wherein, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a communication device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor During execution, the steps of the above measurement relaxation method, or the steps of the above measurement configuration method can be realized. Optionally, the communication device may be a terminal or a network device.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, wherein, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the above-mentioned measurement relaxation method, or the above-mentioned measurement configuration method can be implemented. step.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may determine the measurement relaxation factor of the first cell, the first cell is the serving cell and/or the neighboring cell of the terminal, the measurement relaxation factor represents the degree of measurement relaxation for the first cell, and according to the The measurement relaxation factor may or may not relax the measurement of the first cell. Therefore, the terminal can dynamically realize different degrees of relaxation of the terminal measurement by continuously determining the measurement relaxation factors of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells, and can reduce the duration of the measurement task and extend the standby time under the premise of ensuring communication requirements duration and the purpose of power saving.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings required in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For Those of ordinary skill in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without any creative effort.

Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the measurement relaxation method of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a measurement configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a second structural schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a second schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings required in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For Those of ordinary skill in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without any creative effort.

A wireless communication system in this embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal and a network device. Wherein, the terminal may also be called a terminal device or a user equipment (User Equipment, UE), and the terminal may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), For terminal-side devices such as Mobile Internet Devices (Mobile Internet Device, MID), wearable devices (Wearable Devices), or vehicle-mounted devices, it should be noted that the specific types of terminals are not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. The network equipment may be a base station or a core network, wherein the above-mentioned base station may be a base station of 5G and later versions (for example: gNB, 5G NR NB, etc.), or a base station in other communication systems (for example: eNB, WLAN access point, or other access points, etc.), the base station may be called Node B, evolved Node B, access point, base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (Basic Service Set, BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Node B, Evolved Node B (eNB), Home Node B, Home Evolved Node B, WLAN access point, WiFi node, or some other suitable The term is not limited to specific technical terms as long as the same technical effect is achieved.

Optionally, the mobile communication access technologies applicable to the embodiments of the present invention include but are not limited to communication technologies of 3G, 4G, 5G and later versions.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a measurement relaxation method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to a terminal. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:

Step 101: Determine the measurement relaxation factor of the first cell.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned first cell may be at least one of a serving cell and a neighboring cell of the terminal. The neighboring cells may include but not limited to at least one of the following: same-frequency neighboring cells, inter-frequency neighboring cells, Inter-RAT neighboring cells, and the like. The foregoing measurement relaxation factor characterizes the degree of measurement relaxation for the first cell.

Step 102: Relax or not relax the measurement of the first cell according to the measurement relaxation factor.

Understandably, in order to flexibly control the measurement relaxation degree of the terminal, a measurement relaxation factor (Measurement Relaxation Factor, or Scaling Factor) is introduced in this embodiment. The measured relaxation factor is used to characterize the degree of measured relaxation. The measurement relaxation factor may correspond to the measurement relaxation scenario, so that the terminal may use the corresponding measurement relaxation factor according to different measurement relaxation scenarios to relax (or not relax) the measurement of the neighbor cell and/or the serving cell.

Optionally, the foregoing measurement relaxation factor may be preset by the terminal, configured by a network device, or agreed by a protocol, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In one embodiment, the value range of the above-mentioned measured relaxation factor may include but not limited to any of the following:

1) NULL, Zero, or 1: Indicates that the measurement of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells is not relaxed, including default values, situations where the network has no configured values, and the like.

2) A measurement relaxation factor greater than 1: indicates the multiple of the measurement relaxation; for example, the measurement relaxation factor is configured as 2, which means that the measurement interval is enlarged to 2 times that of the case of no relaxation.

3) Infinity: indicates that the measurement of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells is not performed; for example, when the terminal is in the center of the serving cell or in a static state, no measurement of neighboring cells is performed.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation factor in this embodiment can be any of the following:

The relaxation factor of the measurement requirement (Measurement Requirement); wherein, the measurement requirement can be understood as the measurement cycle, measurement interval, etc. configured by the network device to the terminal;

The amplification factor of the measurement cycle (measurement cycle); wherein, the measurement cycle can be understood as the measurement cycle when the measurement is not relaxed; the measurement cycle can be the actual or pre-configured measurement cycle of the terminal when the measurement is not relaxed;

The amplification factor of the measurement interval (measurement interval); wherein, the measurement interval can be understood as the measurement interval when the measurement is not relaxed; the measurement interval can be the actual or pre-configured measurement interval of the terminal when the measurement is not relaxed;

An amplification factor of a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle; wherein, the DRX cycle can be understood as a DRX cycle when measurement is not relaxed; the DRX cycle can be an actual or pre-configured DRX cycle when the measurement is not relaxed.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation factor in this embodiment may include any of the following:

measurement relaxation factor for neighboring cells;

The measurement relaxation factor for the serving cell.

Wherein, when the above-mentioned measurement relaxation factor includes the measurement relaxation factor of the neighboring cell and the measurement relaxation factor of the serving cell, the measurement relaxation factor of the neighboring cell and the measurement relaxation factor of the serving cell may be configured separately. Further, the measurement relaxation factor of the serving cell may reuse part of the measurement relaxation factors of corresponding adjacent cells.

In an implementation manner, the terminal or network device may define one or more sets of measurement relaxation factors (including a series of values corresponding to measurement relaxation scenarios) to relax neighboring cell measurement and/or serving cell measurement.

In another implementation manner, when a terminal or a network device defines a set of measurement relaxation factors, the measurement relaxation factor M of the serving cell may reuse part of the measurement relaxation factors N of neighboring cells.

In another embodiment, the terminal or the network device can separately define the measurement relaxation factor N of the neighboring cell to relax the measurement of the neighboring cell; and/or, the terminal or the network device can separately define the measurement relaxation factor M of the serving cell to relax the measurement of the serving cell .

In another implementation manner, the configuration of the measurement relaxation factor M for the serving cell is optional, and the measurement of the serving cell is not relaxed by default.

In the measurement relaxation method of the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may determine the measurement relaxation factor of the first cell, where the first cell is the serving cell and/or neighboring cell of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation factor represents the degree of measurement relaxation for the first cell, and According to the measurement relaxation factor, the measurement of the first cell may or may not be relaxed. Therefore, the terminal can dynamically realize different degrees of relaxation of the terminal measurement by continuously determining the measurement relaxation factors of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells, and can reduce the duration of the measurement task and extend the standby time under the premise of ensuring communication requirements duration and the purpose of power saving.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the foregoing measurement relaxation factor may correspond to a measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal. The terminal may identify or support multiple measurement relaxation scenarios, and each measurement relaxation scenario may correspond to a corresponding measurement relaxation degree. Optionally, the process of determining the measurement relaxation factor of the first cell in step 101 may include: determining a measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal; and determining a measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scenario. In this case, the measurement relaxation factor of the terminal may be a series of values corresponding to measurement relaxation scenarios. According to the measurement relaxation scenarios identifiable or supported by the terminal, the measurement relaxation factor may define one or more values.

In this way, the terminal can determine measurement relaxation factors in different measurement relaxation scenarios by continuously identifying measurement relaxation scenarios, so as to implement scheduling of measurement relaxation processes in different measurement relaxation scenarios and achieve different degrees of relaxation in terminal measurement.

In one embodiment, the terminal may relax or not relax the measurement of neighboring cells according to the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scenario.

In another implementation manner, the terminal may relax or not relax the measurement of the serving cell according to the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scenario.

In another embodiment, the terminal can relax the measurement of neighboring cells according to the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scenario, and not relax the measurement of the serving cell; or, the terminal can relax the measurement according to the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scenario , relax the measurement of the neighbor cell and the serving cell; or, the terminal may not relax the measurement of the neighbor cell and the serving cell according to the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scenario.

For example, the measurement relaxation factor configured by the network device according to the measurement relaxation scenario may be shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1

Measuring Relaxation Scenes Measuring relaxation factor In the center of the cell and moving at a low speed M! =0, N=infinity (infinity) slow movement M=0, N>1 in the center of the community M=0, N>1 still N=infinity (infinity)

Optionally, the measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal may be determined by factors such as the moving speed of the terminal and/or the location of the terminal in the serving cell. That is, the above process of determining the measurement relaxation scenario may include: acquiring first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: the moving speed of the terminal and the location of the terminal in the serving cell; according to the first information to determine a measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal. In this way, the process of controlling the measurement relaxation of the terminal can be easily realized by identifying the corresponding measurement relaxation scene by means of the moving speed and/or position of the terminal.

Wherein, the moving speed of the terminal may be divided into speeds of different levels such as static, low speed, and high speed. The moving speed of the terminal may be determined according to fluctuations in measurement values of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells of the terminal, or may be based on perception such as a motion sensor of the terminal. The measurement values of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells may include but not limited to at least one of the following: Reference Signal Received Power (Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (Reference Signal Received Quality, RSRQ), signal and interference Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), etc. The neighboring cells may include, but are not limited to, at least one of the following: same-frequency neighboring cells, inter-frequency neighboring cells, inter-system (Inter-RAT) neighboring cells, and the like.

The position of the terminal in the serving cell can be divided into different levels of positions such as the center of the cell and the edge of the cell. The location of the terminal in the serving cell may be determined according to the measurement values of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells of the terminal. The measurement value of the serving cell and/or the neighboring cell may include but not limited to at least one of the following: RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, CQI, and the like. The neighboring cells may include but not limited to at least one of the following: same-frequency neighboring cells, inter-frequency neighboring cells, Inter-RAT neighboring cells, and the like.

In an implementation manner, the measurement relaxation factor may gradually increase as the terminal moving speed changes from slow to fast. In another implementation manner, the measurement relaxation factor may gradually increase as the position of the terminal in the serving cell moves from the edge to the center.

In one embodiment, taking the measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal based on its moving speed and/or location in the serving cell as an example, the measurement relaxation scenario supported by the terminal may include the following content:

Measuring Relaxation Scenario 1: Stationary, Cell Center;

Measurement relaxation scenario 2: stationary, cell edge;

Measurement relaxation scenario 3: low speed, community center;

Measurement relaxation scenario 4: low speed, cell edge;

Measurement relaxation scene 5: high speed, community center;

Measurement relaxation scenario 6: high speed, cell edge;

Measuring Relaxation Scenario 7: Stillness;

Measuring relaxation scene 8: low speed;

Measuring Relaxation Scenario 9: Community Center.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to accurately identify a measurement relaxation scenario, the measurement relaxation scenario may be determined according to a measurement relaxation criterion. The measurement relaxation criterion may be preset by the terminal, or configured by the network device, or agreed upon by the protocol, which is not limited here.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation criterion may consider factors such as the moving speed of the terminal and/or the location of the terminal in the serving cell. For example, taking the moving speed of the terminal and the position of the terminal in the serving cell into consideration as an example, the measurement relaxation criteria preset by the terminal (or configured by the network device, or stipulated by the protocol) may be:

Rule 1: Stillness;

Criterion 2: low speed;

Principle 3: high speed;

Criterion 4: Cell edge;

Principle 5: Community center.

In this way, combined with the above Table 1, for the scenarios satisfying Criterion 2 and Criterion 5, it can be known that the corresponding measurement relaxation factor is M! = 0, N is infinite; for the scene satisfying criterion 2, it can be known that the corresponding measurement relaxation factor is M=0, N>1; for the scene satisfying criterion 5, it can be known that the corresponding measurement relaxation factor is M=0, N> 1; for a scenario that satisfies criterion 1, it can be known that the corresponding measurement relaxation factor is that N is infinite.

Optionally, before step 101 above, the terminal may also receive configuration information from the network device, where the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor. In addition, the configuration information may also include a correspondence between measurement relaxation factors and measurement relaxation scenarios. The measurement relaxation criterion and measurement relaxation factor may be as described above, and will not be repeated here.

The measurement relaxation process in this application will be described below in conjunction with Example 1 and Example 2.

Example 1

In this example 1, the terminal dynamically relaxes or does not relax the measurement of neighboring cells, and the corresponding process mainly includes the following steps:

S11: The terminal successfully selects a serving cell and reads system information.

Optionally, the system information broadcast by the network device may include a measurement relaxation parameter, and the measurement relaxation parameter may include a measurement relaxation criterion and/or a measurement relaxation factor, and the like. The measured relaxation factor includes a series of values corresponding to measured relaxation scenarios. At this time, the terminal may store configuration information related to measurement relaxation.

Optionally, if the system information does not include the measurement relaxation parameter configured by the network, the terminal may adopt a self-defined default measurement relaxation parameter.

S12: The terminal successfully camps on the serving cell, enters an idle state, periodically monitors paging, performs measurement on the serving cell, and evaluates a measurement relaxation criterion.

S13: The terminal identifies the measurement relaxation scenario according to the measurement relaxation criterion, and dynamically relaxes or does not relax the measurement of intra-frequency, inter-frequency and Inter-RAT neighboring cells based on the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scenario.

Method 1: In the current scenario, the measurement relaxation factor of the neighboring cell is configured as N (that is, RelaxationFactor=N).

When the terminal performs adjacent cell measurement, the measurement objects include intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and Inter-RAT adjacent cells, and the measurement interval (measurement interval) is relaxed by N times, that is:

T _{measure, NR_Inter-Relaxed} = T _{measure, NR_Inter} *N _{RelaxationFactor}

Wherein, T _{measure, NR_Inter} represents the period requirement when the terminal performs measurement, and T _{measure, NR_Inter-Relaxed} represents the measurement interval when the terminal measures the neighbor cell after relaxation.

Optionally, the terminal can relax the DRX cycle length by N times for calculation, namely:

DRX_Cycle_Length_Relaxed=DRX_Cycle_Length*N _{RelaxationFactor}

Wherein, DRX_Cycle_Length represents the cycle length of discontinuous reception when not relaxing, and DRX_Cycle_Length_Relaxed represents the length of the DRX cycle after relaxation.

Optionally, the terminal measurement requirement may limit the maximum value of the relaxed measurement interval, and may also limit the maximum values of T _{measure, NR_Inter-Relaxed} and DRX_Cycle_Length_Relaxed.

Method 2: In the current scenario, the measurement relaxation factor of the neighboring cell is configured as infinity, that is, the corresponding neighboring cell measurement is not performed.

When in the measurement relaxation scenario and the measurement relaxation factor of the neighboring cell is infinite, the terminal does not perform neighboring cell measurement, and the measurement objects include intra-frequency, inter-frequency and Inter-RAT neighboring cells.

Method 3: According to the change of the measurement relaxation scene, the terminal adopts the corresponding measurement relaxation factor.

For example, configure the measurement relaxation factor N of the neighboring cell to be infinite in the scenario of "moving at a low speed and being in the center of the cell"; while in the scenario of "moving at a low speed and not being in the center of a cell", the measurement relaxation factor N of the neighboring cell is greater than 1 value (N>1).

Method 4: The terminal uses the locally stored default measurement to relax the parameter configuration.

Optionally, the network device may send configuration information including measurement relaxation parameters. However, the terminal may use the measurement relaxation parameter sent by the network device. When no measurement relaxation parameter configuration is obtained from the network, the terminal may adopt a locally stored default measurement relaxation parameter configuration.

Example 2

In this example 2, the terminal dynamically relaxes or does not relax the measurement of the serving cell, and the corresponding process mainly includes the following steps:

S21: The terminal successfully selects a serving cell and reads system information.

Optionally, the system information broadcast by the network device may include a measurement relaxation parameter, and the measurement relaxation parameter may include a measurement relaxation criterion and/or a measurement relaxation factor, and the like. The measured relaxation factor includes a series of values corresponding to measured relaxation scenarios. At this time, the terminal may store configuration information related to measurement relaxation.

Optionally, if the system information does not include the measurement relaxation parameter configured by the network, the terminal may adopt a self-defined default measurement relaxation parameter.

S22: The terminal successfully camps on the serving cell, enters an idle state, periodically monitors paging and performs measurement on the serving cell, and evaluates a measurement relaxation criterion.

S23: The terminal satisfies the measurement relaxation criterion, and dynamically relaxes or does not relax the measurement of the serving cell.

Method 1: In the current scenario, the measurement relaxation factor of the neighboring cell is configured as M (that is, RelaxationFactor=M).

When the terminal performs serving cell measurement, the DRX cycle length can be relaxed by N times for calculation, namely:

DRX_Cycle_Length_Relaxed=DRX_Cycle_Length*M _{RelaxationFactor}

Wherein, DRX_Cycle_Length represents the cycle length of discontinuous reception when not relaxing, and DRX_Cycle_Length_Relaxed represents the length of the DRX cycle after relaxation.

Optionally, the terminal measurement requirement may limit the maximum value of DRX_Cycle_Length_Relaxed (ie, the relaxed DRX_Cycle_Length).

Please refer to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a measurement configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to a network device. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps:

Step 201: Send configuration information to the terminal.

Wherein, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation criterion is related to the moving speed of the terminal or the location of the terminal in the serving cell.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation factor is any one of the following:

A relaxation factor to measure demand;

Amplification factor of the measurement period;

Amplification factor for the measurement interval;

Amplification factor for discontinuous reception cycles.

Optionally, the measured relaxation factor includes any of the following:

measurement relaxation factor for neighboring cells;

The measurement relaxation factor for the serving cell.

It should be pointed out that the measurement relaxation criterion and measurement relaxation factor in this embodiment may refer to the above-mentioned embodiment in FIG. 1 , and will not be repeated here.

In this way, with the help of the configuration information sent by the network device, the terminal can continuously determine the measurement relaxation factors of the serving cell and/or neighboring cells, so as to dynamically realize different degrees of relaxation of the terminal measurement, and under the premise of ensuring communication requirements, you can Reduce the duration of measurement tasks to achieve the purpose of extending the standby time and saving power

Please refer to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal 30 includes:

A determination module 31, configured to determine a measurement relaxation factor of a first cell; wherein, the first cell is at least one of a serving cell and a neighboring cell of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation factor represents a measurement for the first cell measure of relaxation;

The processing module 32 is configured to relax or not relax the measurement of the first cell according to the measurement relaxation factor.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation factor is any one of the following:

A relaxation factor to measure demand;

Amplification factor of the measurement period;

Amplification factor for the measurement interval;

Amplification factor for discontinuous reception cycles.

Optionally, the measured relaxation factor includes any of the following:

measurement relaxation factor for neighboring cells;

The measurement relaxation factor for the serving cell.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation factor of the serving cell multiplexes the measurement relaxation factor of the neighbor cell.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation factor is any one of the following: preset by the terminal, configured by a network device, or agreed by a protocol.

Optionally, the determining module 31 includes:

a first determining unit, configured to determine a measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal;

The second determining unit is configured to determine the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scene.

Optionally, the first determining unit is specifically configured to: acquire first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: the moving speed of the terminal and the location of the terminal in the serving cell ; Determine the measurement relaxation scene according to the first information.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation scenario is determined according to a measurement relaxation criterion;

Wherein, the measurement relaxation criterion is any one of the following: preset by the terminal, configured by a network device, or agreed by a protocol.

Optionally, the terminal 30 also includes:

A receiving module, configured to receive configuration information from the network device;

Wherein, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor.

The terminal 30 in the embodiment of the present invention can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 above, and achieve the same beneficial effect. In order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the network device 40 includes:

A sending module 41, configured to send configuration information to the terminal;

Wherein, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation criterion is related to the moving speed of the terminal or the location of the terminal in the serving cell.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation factor is any one of the following:

A relaxation factor to measure demand;

Amplification factor of the measurement period;

Amplification factor for the measurement interval;

Amplification factor for discontinuous reception cycles.

Optionally, the measured relaxation factor includes any of the following:

measurement relaxation factor for neighboring cells;

The measurement relaxation factor for the serving cell.

The network device 40 in the embodiment of the present invention can implement the various processes implemented in the above method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and achieve the same beneficial effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a communication device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor Each process of the above-mentioned method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 can be realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The communication device may be a terminal or a network device.

Please refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention. The terminal 500 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 501, a network module 502, an audio output unit 503, an input unit 504, a sensor 505, Display unit 506, user input unit 507, interface unit 508, memory 509, processor 510, power supply 511 and other components. Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal structure shown in FIG. 5 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange different components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminals include, but are not limited to, mobile phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, palmtop computers, vehicle-mounted terminals, wearable devices, and pedometers.

Wherein, the processor 510 is configured to determine a measurement relaxation factor of a first cell; the first cell is at least one of a serving cell and a neighboring cell of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation factor represents a measurement of the first cell The measurement relaxation degree of ; according to the measurement relaxation factor, relax or not relax the measurement of the first cell.

The terminal 500 in the embodiment of the present invention can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 above, and achieve the same beneficial effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 501 can be used for receiving and sending signals during sending and receiving information or during a call. Specifically, after receiving the downlink data from the base station, the processor 510 processes it; Uplink data is sent to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 501 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 501 can also communicate with the network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides users with wireless broadband Internet access through the network module 502, such as helping users send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 503 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 501 or the network module 502 or stored in the memory 509 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 503 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 500 (for example, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 503 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver and the like.

The input unit 504 is used for receiving audio or video signals. The input unit 504 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 5041 and a microphone 5042, and the graphics processor 5041 is used for still pictures or video images obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The data is processed. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 506 . The image frames processed by the graphics processor 5041 may be stored in the memory 509 (or other storage media) or sent via the radio frequency unit 501 or the network module 502 . The microphone 5042 can receive sound, and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio data can be converted into a format that can be sent to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 501 for output in the case of a phone call mode.

The terminal 500 also includes at least one sensor 505, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, where the ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 5061 according to the brightness of the ambient light, and the proximity sensor can turn off the display panel 5061 and/or when the terminal 500 moves to the ear. or backlight. As a kind of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in various directions (generally three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when it is stationary, and can be used to identify terminal posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, Magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, knocking), etc.; sensor 505 can also include fingerprint sensor, pressure sensor, iris sensor, molecular sensor, gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, infrared ray Sensors, etc., will not be described in detail here.

The display unit 506 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 506 may include a display panel 5061, and the display panel 5061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 507 can be used to receive input numbers or character information, and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 507 includes a touch panel 5071 and other input devices 5072 . The touch panel 5071, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations of the user on or near it (for example, the user uses any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus on the touch panel 5071 or near the touch panel 5071). operate). The touch panel 5071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Among them, the touch detection device detects the user's touch orientation, and 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 contact coordinates, and sends it to the For the processor 510, receive the command sent by the processor 510 and execute it. In addition, the touch panel 5071 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 5071 , the user input unit 507 may also include other input devices 5072 . Specifically, other input devices 5072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be repeated here.

Furthermore, the touch panel 5071 can be covered on the display panel 5061, and when the touch panel 5071 detects a touch operation on or near it, it will be sent to the processor 510 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 510 can The type of event provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 5061 . Although in FIG. 5, the touch panel 5071 and the display panel 5061 are used as two independent components to realize the input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 5071 and the display panel 5061 can be integrated to Realize the input and output functions of the terminal, which is not limited here.

The interface unit 508 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 500 . For example, an external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device with an identification module, audio input/output (I/O) ports, video I/O ports, headphone ports, and more. The interface unit 508 may be used to receive input from an external device (for example, data information, power, etc.) transfer data between.

The memory 509 can be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 509 can mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area can store an operating system, at least one application program required by a function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.); Data created by the use of mobile phones (such as audio data, phonebook, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 509 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The processor 510 is the control center of the terminal. It uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire terminal. By running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 509, and calling data stored in the memory 509, execution Various functions and processing data of the terminal, so as to monitor the terminal as a whole. The processor 510 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 510 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface and application programs, etc., and the modem The processor mainly handles wireless communication. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 510 .

The terminal 500 can also include a power supply 511 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. Preferably, the power supply 511 can be logically connected to the processor 510 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Features.

In addition, the terminal 500 may also include some unshown functional modules, which will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a network device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. The network device 60 includes but is not limited to: a bus 61, a transceiver 62, an antenna 63, a bus interface 64, a processor 65 and memory 66.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network device 60 further includes: a computer program stored in the memory 66 and executable on the processor 65 . Optionally, when the computer program is executed by the processor 65, the following steps are implemented:

Sending configuration information to the terminal; wherein the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor.

The transceiver 62 is used for receiving and sending data under the control of the processor 65 .

The network device 60 in the embodiment of the present invention can implement the various processes implemented in the above method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and achieve the same beneficial effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

In FIG. 6, the bus architecture (represented by bus 61), bus 61 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, bus 61 will include one or more processors represented by processor 65 and memory represented by memory 66 The various circuits are linked together. The bus 61 may also link together various other circuits, such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and thus will not be further described herein. The bus interface 64 provides an interface between the bus 61 and the transceiver 62 . Transceiver 62 may be a single element or multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. The data processed by the processor 65 is transmitted on the wireless medium through the antenna 63 , further, the antenna 63 also receives the data and transmits the data to the processor 65 .

Processor 65 is responsible for managing bus 61 and general processing, and may also provide various functions including timing, peripheral interfacing, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. Instead, the memory 66 may be used to store data used by the processor 65 when performing operations.

Optionally, the processor 65 may be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA or CPLD.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 is implemented, and The same technical effect can be achieved, so in order to avoid repetition, details will not be repeated here. Wherein, the computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM for short), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM for short), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

It should be noted that, in this document, the term "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent in the process, method, article, or device. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of software products, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD) contains several instructions to make a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations, and the above-mentioned specific implementations are only illustrative, rather than restrictive, and those of ordinary skill in the art will Under the enlightenment of the present invention, without departing from the gist of the present invention and the protection scope of the claims, many forms can also be made, all of which belong to the protection of the present invention.

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1. A measurement relaxation method, applied to a terminal, is characterized in that, comprising: Determine a measurement relaxation factor of the first cell; wherein, the first cell is at least one of a serving cell and a neighboring cell of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation factor represents a measurement relaxation degree of the first cell; relaxing or not relaxing the measurement of the first cell according to the measurement relaxation factor; Wherein, the determining the measurement relaxation factor of the first cell includes: determining a measurement relaxation scenario for the terminal; The measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scene is determined. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measurement relaxation factor is any one of the following: A relaxation factor to measure demand; Amplification factor of the measurement period; Amplification factor for the measurement interval; Amplification factor for discontinuous reception cycles. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measured relaxation factor comprises any of the following: measurement relaxation factor for neighboring cells; The measurement relaxation factor for the serving cell. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the measurement relaxation factor of the serving cell is multiplexed with the measurement relaxation factor of the neighboring cell. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measurement relaxation factor is any one of the following: preset by the terminal, configured by a network device, or agreed by a protocol. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal comprises: Acquiring first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: the moving speed of the terminal and the location of the terminal in the serving cell; Based on the first information, the measurement relaxation scenario is determined. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measurement relaxation scenario is determined according to a measurement relaxation criterion; Wherein, the measurement relaxation criterion is any one of the following: preset by the terminal, configured by a network device, or agreed by a protocol. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein before determining the measurement relaxation factor of the first cell, the method further comprises: receiving configuration information from network devices; Wherein, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor. 9. A measurement configuration method applied to network equipment, characterized in that, comprising: Send configuration information to the terminal; Wherein, the configuration information includes a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor, or, the configuration information includes a measurement relaxation factor; the measurement relaxation factor corresponds to the measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal is based on The measurement relaxation criteria are determined. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein, The measurement relaxation criterion is related to the moving speed of the terminal or the location of the terminal in the serving cell. 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the measurement relaxation factor is any one of the following: A relaxation factor to measure demand; Amplification factor of the measurement period; Amplification factor for the measurement interval; Amplification factor for discontinuous reception cycles. 12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the measured relaxation factor comprises any of the following: measurement relaxation factor for neighboring cells; The measurement relaxation factor for the serving cell. 13. A terminal, characterized in that, comprising: A determining module, configured to determine a measurement relaxation factor of a first cell; wherein, the first cell is at least one of a serving cell and a neighboring cell of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation factor represents a measurement of the first cell measure relaxation; A processing module, configured to relax or not relax the measurement of the first cell according to the measurement relaxation factor; Wherein, the determination module includes: a first determining unit, configured to determine a measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal; The second determining unit is configured to determine the measurement relaxation factor corresponding to the measurement relaxation scene. 14. A network device, comprising: A sending module, configured to send configuration information to the terminal; Wherein, the configuration information includes a measurement relaxation criterion and a measurement relaxation factor, or, the configuration information includes a measurement relaxation factor; the measurement relaxation factor corresponds to the measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal, and the measurement relaxation scenario of the terminal is based on The measurement relaxation criteria are determined. 15. A communication device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, characterized in that, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the The steps of the measurement relaxation method described in any one of claims 1 to 8, or the steps of the measurement configuration method described in any one of claims 9 to 12. 16. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the measurement relaxation method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 are realized, Or the steps of the measurement configuration method according to any one of claims 9 to 12.

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