CN115580883A - Measurement configuration method, terminal and network side equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A measurement configuration method, a terminal and a network side device are provided, the method comprises: a terminal receives measurement configuration information of pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement sent by a network side, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises: the terminal starts the quality threshold of the service cell measured in different frequencies or measured in advance; and the terminal performs pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement according to the measurement configuration information. The measurement configuration method, the terminal and the network side device provided by the embodiment of the invention realize that the pilot frequency measurement is started or the measurement is carried out in advance when the quality of the service cell is higher than a certain threshold and/or the speed of the terminal is lower than a certain threshold.

Description

Measurement configuration method, terminal and network side equipment

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of mobile communication, in particular to a measurement configuration method, a terminal and a network side device.

Background technique

Currently, the method of configuring Carrier Aggregation (CA) or Dual Connectivity (DC) is that when the terminal (UE) is in the connected state, the base station configures the UE to perform measurements, and then performs CA or DC based on the measurement results reported by the UE. configuration. In order to speed up the configuration process of CA or DC, the method of measuring in advance is introduced.

Pre-measurement is a method of configuring the UE to perform pre-measurement in the idle state (idle) or inactive state (inactive) state, and report the measurement results to the base station after entering the connected state or in the process of changing states, helping the base station to quickly configure for the UE Mechanisms of Carrier Aggregation (CA) or Dual Connectivity (DC). The above mechanism can be specifically configured to the UE through a system message or a dedicated signaling, and the configured content includes the time length of the advance measurement (measurement duration), the frequency point, and the corresponding effective area range. Moreover, after the UE is configured with the advance measurement, the UE performs measurement on the configured frequency point within the configured effective area range and time length range.

Contents of the invention

At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement configuration method, a terminal, and a network-side device, which can save measurement power consumption of the terminal for inter-frequency measurement or early measurement, save reporting signaling overhead, and improve measurement effectiveness.

According to an aspect of the present invention, at least one embodiment provides a measurement configuration method, including:

The terminal receives the measurement configuration information of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement sent by the network side, and the measurement configuration information includes: the quality threshold of the serving cell for the terminal to enable the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement;

The terminal performs inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the terminal performs inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information, including:

When the quality threshold of the serving cell is higher than the first preset threshold, and/or its own speed is lower than the second preset threshold, the terminal performs inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the serving cell quality threshold includes at least one of the following:

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for enabling inter-frequency measurement or early measurement;

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell that enables inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement for some preset frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, each of which corresponds to a part of the frequency points, is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for the part of the frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, the plurality of threshold values divide the quality of the serving cell into a plurality of intervals, each interval corresponds to a part of frequency points, and is used to indicate that when the quality of the serving cell is in this interval, the corresponding Inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for some frequency points.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, when the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to the frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or usage priority of the frequency point .

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

measure relaxation configuration;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or the mobile speed of the terminal measured in advance;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement services;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or slices measured in advance;

Restrictions on the types of terminals for which the terminal enables inter-frequency measurement or early measurement.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following:

The measurement time interval corresponding to different frequency points;

The measurement duration corresponding to different frequency points;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different services;

The measurement duration corresponding to different services;

The measurement time interval corresponding to different slices;

The measurement duration corresponding to different slices;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal types;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal types.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it also includes:

During the process of entering the connected state or after entering the connected state, the terminal reports the measurement results of the inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the network side.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it also includes:

The terminal also sends the time difference between the measurement result and the reporting time to the network side.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the reporting the measurement results of the inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the network side includes:

When inter-frequency measurement or advanced measurement is configured on the first frequency point, and the log minimization drive test is also configured, the measurement result of the log minimization drive test on the first frequency point is reported to the network side.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it also includes:

The indication information of the measurement result is sent to the network side, where the indication information is used to indicate that the reported measurement result is the measurement result of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement, or the measurement result of the log minimization drive test.

According to another aspect of the present invention, at least one embodiment provides a measurement configuration method, including:

The network-side device sends measurement configuration information for inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the terminal, where the measurement configuration information includes: the serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement;

The network side device receives the measurement result reported by the terminal.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the measurement result is that the quality threshold of the serving cell of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold, and/or the terminal speed is lower than the second preset threshold, according to The measurement configuration information is obtained by inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the serving cell quality threshold includes at least one of the following:

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for enabling inter-frequency measurement or early measurement;

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell that enables inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement for some preset frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, each of which corresponds to a part of the frequency points, is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for the part of the frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, the plurality of threshold values divide the quality of the serving cell into a plurality of intervals, each interval corresponds to a part of frequency points, and is used to indicate that when the quality of the serving cell is in this interval, the corresponding Inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for some frequency points.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, when the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to the frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or usage priority of the frequency point .

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

measure relaxation configuration;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or the mobile speed of the terminal measured in advance;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement services;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or slices measured in advance;

Restrictions on the types of terminals for which the terminal enables inter-frequency measurement or early measurement.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following:

The measurement time interval corresponding to different frequency points;

The measurement duration corresponding to different frequency points;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different services;

The measurement duration corresponding to different services;

The measurement time interval corresponding to different slices;

The measurement duration corresponding to different slices;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal types;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal types.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it also includes:

The network side device performs carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration on the terminal according to the measurement result.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it also includes:

The network side device also receives the time difference between the measurement result sent by the terminal and the reporting time;

The network side device performs carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration on the terminal according to the measurement result, specifically including:

When the time difference is greater than a preset threshold, the network side device discards the measurement result;

When the time difference is not greater than the preset threshold, the network side device performs carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration on the terminal according to the measurement result.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, when inter-frequency measurement or advanced measurement is configured at the first frequency point, and log minimization drive test is also configured, the measurement result is that the log minimum at the first frequency point is The measurement results of the chemical drive test.

In addition, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it also includes:

The indication information of the measurement result sent by the terminal is received, where the indication information is used to indicate that the reported measurement result is the measurement result of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, or the measurement result of log minimization drive test.

According to another aspect of the present invention, at least one embodiment provides a terminal, including:

The transceiver is configured to receive measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement sent by the network side, where the measurement configuration information includes: the serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement;

A processor, configured to perform inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, at least one embodiment provides a terminal, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and operable on the processor, the program is processed by the When the device is executed, the steps of the method as described above are realized.

According to another aspect of the present invention, at least one embodiment provides a network side device, including a transceiver and a processor, wherein:

The processor is configured to send measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the terminal through the transceiver, where the measurement configuration information includes: a serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement; and, receiving The measurement result reported by the terminal during the process of entering the connected state or after entering the connected state.

According to another aspect of the present invention, at least one embodiment provides a network side device, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the program being executed by the The steps of the above-mentioned method are realized when the above-mentioned processor is executed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, at least one embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the program is executed by a processor, the above method is implemented. step.

Compared with the prior art, the measurement configuration method, terminal and network-side equipment provided by the embodiments of the present invention enable inter-frequency measurement or For the advance measurement, the embodiment of the present invention can save the power consumption of the terminal to perform the measurement in idle or inactive, save the reporting signaling overhead, and improve the effectiveness of the measurement.

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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment and are not to be considered as limiting the invention. Also throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same components. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart when the measurement configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the terminal side;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart when the measurement configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the network side device side;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is another schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is another schematic structural diagram of a network side device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present invention and to fully convey the scope of the present invention to those skilled in the art. In various embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the sequence numbers of the following processes do not mean the order of execution, and the order of execution of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic, rather than implementing the present invention. The implementation of the examples constitutes no limitation.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein, for example, can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having", as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a sequence of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to the expressly listed instead, may include other steps or elements not explicitly listed or inherent to the process, method, product or apparatus. "And/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of the connected objects.

The technology described herein is not limited to the NR system and the evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) system of the Long Time Evolution (Long Time Evolution, LTE)/LTE, and can also be used in various wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably. A CDMA system may implement radio technologies such as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), and the like. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) and other CDMA variants. A TDMA system can implement a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). The OFDMA system can realize radios such as UltraMobile Broadband (UltraMobile Broadband, UMB), Evolution-UTRA (Evolution-UTRA, E-UTRA), IEEE 802.21 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, etc. technology. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). LTE and LTE-Advanced (like LTE-A) are new UMTS releases that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project" (3GPP). CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2" (3GPP2). The techniques described herein may be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above as well as other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes NR systems for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in much of the following description, although the techniques are applicable to applications other than NR system applications as well.

The following description provides examples and does not limit the scope, applicability or configuration set forth in the claims. Changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements discussed without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Various examples may omit, substitute, or add various procedures or components as appropriate. For example, the methods described may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12 . Wherein, the terminal 11 may also be called a user terminal or user equipment (UE, UserEquipment), and the terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), wearable device (Wearable Device) or vehicle-mounted device and other terminal-side devices. It should be noted that the specific type of terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. The network side device 12 may be a base station and/or a core network element, 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 point, etc.), wherein the base station may be referred to as Node B, eNode B, access point, base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, 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 Any other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary. The specific type of the base station is not limited.

The base stations may communicate with terminals 11 under the control of a base station controller, which may be part of a core network or certain base stations in various examples. Some base stations can communicate control information or user data with the core network through the backhaul. In some examples, some of these base stations may communicate with each other directly or indirectly via a backhaul link, which may be a wired or wireless communication link. A wireless communication system may support operation on multiple carriers (waveform signals of different frequencies). A multi-carrier transmitter is capable of transmitting modulated signals on the multiple carriers simultaneously. For example, each communication link may be a multi-carrier signal modulated according to various radio technologies. Each modulated signal may be sent on a different carrier and may carry control information (eg, reference signal, control channel, etc.), overhead information, data, etc.

A base station may communicate wirelessly with terminals 11 via one or more access point antennas. Each base station may provide communication coverage for a respective respective coverage area. The coverage area of an access point may be divided into sectors that constitute only a portion of the coverage area. A wireless communication system may include different types of base stations (eg, macro base stations, micro base stations, or pico base stations). The base stations may also utilize different radio technologies, such as cellular or WLAN radio access technologies. Base stations may be associated with the same or different access networks or operator deployments. Coverage areas of different base stations (including coverage areas of base stations of the same or different types, coverage areas utilizing the same or different radio technologies, or coverage areas belonging to the same or different access networks) may overlap.

A communication link in a wireless communication system may include an uplink for carrying an uplink (Uplink, UL) transmission (for example, from a terminal 11 to a network device 12), or for carrying a downlink (Downlink, DL) transmission. Downlink of transmission (eg, from network device 12 to terminal 11). UL transmissions can also be called reverse link transmissions, and DL transmissions can also be called forward link transmissions. Downlink transmissions may be performed using licensed frequency bands, unlicensed frequency bands, or both. Similarly, uplink transmissions may be performed using licensed frequency bands, unlicensed frequency bands, or both.

As mentioned in the background technology, when the existing technology configures the terminal to perform inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, it usually measures the configured frequency points within the configured effective area range and time length range, and does not realize when the service The cell meets certain preset conditions and does not enable inter-frequency measurement.

In practical applications, inter-frequency measurement performed by an idle or inactive UE will consume UE power. In addition, the base station may not be able to configure CA or DC as expected after receiving the measurement results. For example, the quality of the cell does not meet the conditions for configuring CA or DC, which makes the effectiveness of reporting early measurement low, so it is not enabled in the current network Advance measurement function.

The inventors found that when the UE moves to the edge of the serving cell, that is, when the quality of the serving cell is not very good, even if inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is performed and reported, it is usually difficult to perform CA or DC. Therefore, if the network side can configure the UE to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement only when the quality of the serving cell is higher than a certain threshold, it can not only save the power consumption of the UE in idle or inactive inter-frequency measurement, but also improve the effectiveness of the measurement. sex.

Furthermore, in order to reduce the measurement frequency of the UE, the network side can also configure the measurement time interval, or further, the joint configuration of the time interval and the UE moving speed and/or the distance between the UE and the cell center (characterized by RSRP value). For example, the lower the UE speed, the larger the measurement time interval; the closer the UE is to the cell center, the larger the measurement time interval. In addition, in order to reduce the reporting overhead of the UE, the reporting conditions of the UE can be configured, such as reporting the measurement results only when the quality of the serving cell and the measured same-frequency or inter-frequency neighboring cells are higher than the corresponding threshold; and when the quality of the serving cell When the measurement result is lower than the corresponding threshold, the UE does not report anything, including the measurement result of the own cell.

Based on the above idea, the embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement configuration method, which configures the terminal to start or perform inter-frequency measurement in the idle or inactive state, so that the quality of the serving cell (serving cell) is higher than a certain threshold and/or the terminal speed The above measurement is only started when it is lower than a certain threshold; further, by configuring the terminal measurement interval and reporting threshold and other requirements, it can not only save the power consumption of the terminal in idle or inactive measurement, save the signaling overhead of reporting, but also improve The validity of the measurement.

Referring to Figure 2, a measurement configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention, when applied to the terminal side, includes:

Step 21, the terminal receives the measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or early measurement sent by the network side, and the measurement configuration information includes: the quality threshold of the serving cell for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement.

Here, the inter-frequency measurement is usually the measurement of frequencies other than the serving cell configured in the system message; the advance measurement is to configure the terminal to measure frequencies other than the serving cell point measurement. That is to say, both inter-frequency measurement and advance measurement usually refer to the measurement of frequency points other than the serving cell. They are usually called inter-frequency measurement in system messages, and are used to be called inter-frequency measurement in idle or inactive state. for advance measurement. In the embodiment of the present invention, the network side may send the measurement configuration information of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement in a system message.

Step 22, the terminal performs inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

Here, when the terminal is in an idle state or an inactive state, it can perform inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the quality threshold of the serving cell when the quality of the serving cell is higher than the threshold. In order to save power consumption of the terminal and reduce unnecessary measurements, the terminal may, according to the measured Configure information for inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement.

Through the above steps, the embodiment of the present invention configures the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement when the quality of the serving cell is higher than the above-mentioned quality threshold, so as to save the work of UE performing inter-frequency measurement in idle state or inactive state. consumption, but also improve the effectiveness of the measurement.

In the embodiment of the present invention, there may be one or more serving cell quality thresholds, and each threshold may correspond to a different frequency point, so as to implement different measurement methods. Specifically, the serving cell quality threshold includes one of the following conditions or a combination of several conditions:

1) A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled.

Here, the network side configures a threshold value of the quality threshold of the serving cell, and the threshold value is used to instruct the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or the quality threshold of the serving cell measured in advance. That is to say, when the quality of the serving cell is higher than the threshold value, inter-frequency measurement or early measurement will be started, for example, early measurement will be started for all frequency points other than the serving cell in the list of all frequency points, and the frequency point list It can be configured by the network side through system messages, and usually includes frequency points for intra-frequency and/or inter-frequency measurement.

2) A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for some preset frequency points.

Here, the network side configures a threshold value of the quality threshold of the serving cell, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement for a specific frequency point (there may be one or more). . That is to say, the advance measurement of the above-mentioned specific frequency points is conditional, while the advance measurement of other frequency points (high priority frequency points) is unconditional and always needs to be measured in advance; or, the threshold is not met When the threshold value is required, the advance measurement is not enabled for the above-mentioned specific frequency points, and no matter whether the threshold value is met or not, other frequency points (high-priority frequency points) need to be extracted for measurement.

3) A plurality of threshold values, each of which corresponds to a part of frequency points, and is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement is enabled for the part of frequency points.

Here, the network side configures a plurality of threshold values of the serving cell quality threshold, for example, threshold 1 and threshold 2, wherein threshold 1 corresponds to frequency F1, and threshold 2 corresponds to frequency F2 (or frequency F1 and F2), Wherein, the threshold 1 is smaller than the threshold 2. When the quality of the serving cell is greater than threshold 1 and less than threshold 2, the terminal starts early measurement at frequency F1; when the quality of the serving cell is greater than threshold 2, the terminal starts early measurement at frequency F2 (or frequency F1 and F2).

4) A plurality of threshold values, the plurality of threshold values divide the quality of the serving cell into multiple intervals, each interval corresponds to a part of the frequency points, and is used to indicate that when the quality of the serving cell is in this interval, the interval Inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for some of the corresponding frequency points.

Here, the network side configures multiple thresholds of the quality threshold of the serving cell, and these thresholds divide the quality of the serving cell into multiple intervals. When the quality of the serving cell is in a certain range, inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for the frequency point corresponding to the range. For example: configure 3 thresholds, namely Threshold 1, Threshold 2, and Threshold 3 (assuming Threshold 1<Threshold 2<Threshold 3). When the quality of the terminal's serving cell is in interval 1 (between Threshold 1 and Threshold 2), the terminal starts early measurement for the frequency points F1 and F2 corresponding to interval 1; when the quality of the terminal's serving cell is in interval 2 (between Threshold 2 to Threshold 3), the UE starts early measurement on the frequency point F3 corresponding to interval 2; when the quality of the terminal serving cell is in interval 3 (higher or not lower than Points F4, F5 and F6 enable advance measurement.

In addition, when the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to the frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or usage priority of the frequency point. That is to say, the greater the load on a frequency point, the greater the quality threshold of the serving cell corresponding to the frequency point, that is, it is possible to use this frequency point for CA or DC only when the quality of the serving cell is particularly good; otherwise , the smaller the load on the frequency point is, the smaller the quality threshold of the serving cell corresponding to the frequency point is. That is, the quality of the serving cell does not need to be particularly good to use the frequency point for CA or DC. Similarly, the higher the use priority of a certain frequency point is, the greater the quality threshold of the serving cell corresponding to the frequency point is. Conversely, the lower the use priority of the frequency point is, the lower the quality threshold of the serving cell corresponding to the frequency point is Small.

For example, the operator may configure multiple service cell quality thresholds for the terminal based on the priority policy of frequency usage or the load balancing (load balancing) requirements of different frequencies. That is, satisfying different thresholds indicates whether to enable advance measurement for different frequency points. For example: frequencies F1 and F2 have the highest usage priority or the lowest load, frequency F3 has the highest usage priority or load, and frequencies F4, F5, and F6 have the lowest usage priority or the highest load, and the network side can be configured correspondingly. Threshold 1, Threshold 2, Threshold 3 (Threshold 1<Threshold 2<Threshold 3). When the quality of the service cell of the terminal is in interval 1 (between Threshold 1 and Threshold 2), the terminal starts early measurement for the frequency points F1 and F2 corresponding to interval 1; in interval 2 (between Threshold 2 and Threshold 3 between), the UE starts the early measurement for the frequency point F3 corresponding to the interval 2 (or starts the early measurement for the frequency points F1, F2 and F3); when the quality of the terminal serving cell is in the interval 3 (higher or not lower than Threshold 3), the terminal starts the advance measurement for the frequency points F4, F5 and F6 corresponding to the section 3 (or starts the advance measurement for the frequency points F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 and F6).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network side can also configure more parameters of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement. Specifically, the measurement configuration information of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement may also include at least one of the following:

1) Measure the relaxed configuration.

Specifically, different frequency points can correspond to different measurement relaxation configurations (such as measurement time intervals). For example, the measurement time interval of the 3.5G frequency point is not relaxed (because 3.5G is a high-priority frequency point), and the measurement time interval of 4.9G Relax to N times the preset existing interval (4.9G has a lower priority), etc.

2) Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or to measure the mobile speed of the terminal in advance.

The measurement configuration information may include the speed requirements of the serving cell for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement, such as V1 km/h (or m/s), that is, when the moving speed of the terminal is lower than or not higher than V1, the terminal Only measure other frequency points or enable the function of early measurement, and do not enable the inter-frequency measurement or early measurement function for terminals higher than or not lower than V1 (the reason is that the measurement result may be invalid because terminal E moves too fast is also larger); further, for terminals whose speed is between V2 and V1, the measurement is relaxed to X1 times, and for terminals whose speed is between V3 and V2, the measurement is relaxed to X2 times, etc.; here, V3<V2< V1, X2<X1.

3) Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement services.

4) Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or slices measured in advance.

5) Restrictions on the type of terminal enabling inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement by the terminal.

Here, the measurement configuration information may include an indication of the service/slice/terminal type for the terminal to perform inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, such as ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications, URLLC) service Inter-frequency measurement or advanced measurement is only enabled for terminals of slices or slices, and inter-frequency measurement or advanced measurement is not enabled for terminals of other massive machine type communications (massive MTC) or enhanced mobile broadband (Enhanced Mobile Broadband, eMBB); further, it can be configured The measurement relaxation factor for different services or slices or terminal types, such as the terminal measurement relaxation of eMBB by Y1 times, the terminal measurement relaxation of massive MTC by Y2 times, and so on.

The measurement relaxation configuration described above may specifically include at least one of the following configurations:

1a) Measurement time intervals corresponding to different frequency points.

1b) Measurement duration corresponding to different frequency points.

1c) Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds.

1d) Measurement duration corresponding to different terminal moving speeds.

1e) Measurement time intervals corresponding to different services.

1f) Measurement duration corresponding to different services.

1g) Measurement time intervals corresponding to different slices.

1h) Measurement time corresponding to different slices.

1i) Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal types.

1j) Measurement duration corresponding to different terminal types.

For example, the terminal is configured to use corresponding measurement durations for different frequency points. The measurement duration refers to the time required to complete the measurement. Specifically, the terminal uses the first measurement duration for the measurement of the first frequency point; the terminal uses the second measurement duration for the measurement of the second frequency point, and so on.

For another example, the terminal is configured to adopt corresponding measurement durations for different moving speeds. Specifically, when the moving speed of the terminal is lower than or not higher than V1, the terminal adopts the first measurement duration; the terminal whose speed is between V2 and V1 adopts the second measurement duration; the terminal whose speed is between V3 and V2 , using the third measurement duration, and so on. Here, V3<V2<V1, X2<X1.

For another example, the terminal is configured to use different measurement durations for different services or slices or terminal types. Specifically, for the first service (such as eMBB) or the first slice or the first terminal, adopt the first measurement duration; for the second service (such as mMTC) or the second slice or the second terminal, adopt the second measurement duration; And so on.

Through the above steps, the embodiment of the present invention can implement different measurement configurations according to needs, configure the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement under suitable conditions, save the power consumption of the terminal for measurement in idle or inactive, save the signaling overhead of reporting, and can Improve the effectiveness of measurements.

After the above step 22, the terminal may also report the measurement results of the inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the network side during or after entering the connected state. In addition, the terminal may also send the time difference between the measurement result and the reporting time to the network side, where the time difference can indicate the interval between the measurement result and the reporting time, so as to help the network side judge the timeliness or availability of the measurement result. For example, according to the time difference information, the smaller the time difference, the more valuable the measurement result.

In particular, a certain frequency point may be configured with advanced measurement/inter-frequency measurement, and may also be configured with Logged Minimization of Drive Tests (logged MDT). At this time, as an implementation method, the terminal can send to the network The side reports the measurement result of the log minimization drive test of the first frequency point, that is, does not report the measurement result of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement. As another implementation, when the terminal reports the measurement results of the inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the network side, if the measurement duration of the first frequency point configured in the measurement configuration information is greater than the log minimization path If the measurement duration of the first frequency point is configured during the test, report the measurement results of the first frequency point’s inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the network side; otherwise, report the first frequency point’s log minimization drive test measurement to the network side result. Since the terminal enters the idle state or the inactive state, it will perform the advance measurement/inter-frequency measurement and the log minimization drive test, and the measurement with a longer measurement duration can more truly reflect the current actual situation of the terminal. For example, after the terminal enters the idle state, it starts the early measurement/inter-frequency measurement and the log-minimized drive test. The measurement duration of the early measurement/inter-frequency measurement is 2 minutes, and the measurement duration of the log-minimized drive test is 4 minutes. If If the terminal is in the idle state for more than 2 minutes, the measurement result of the log minimization drive test can better reflect the latest situation of the terminal.

In addition, the terminal may send indication information of the measurement result to the network side while reporting the measurement result, or after reporting the measurement result, where the indication information is used to indicate that the reported measurement result is a measurement result of inter-frequency measurement or early measurement, Or the measurement results of a log minimization drive test.

Please refer to FIG. 3, the measurement configuration method of the embodiment of the present invention, when applied to a network side device (such as a base station), includes:

Step 31 , the network side device sends measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or early measurement to the terminal, the measurement configuration information includes: the serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement.

Step 32, the network side device receives the measurement result reported by the terminal.

Here, the measurement result may be that the terminal reports to the network side during the process of entering the connected state or after entering the connected state. In addition, the measurement result may specifically be that the terminal performs different operations according to the measurement configuration information when the quality threshold of the serving cell is higher than the first preset threshold, and/or the terminal speed is lower than the second preset threshold. Obtained by frequent measurements or advance measurements.

Through the above configuration, the network side device can configure the terminal to perform early measurement/inter-frequency measurement when appropriate, so as to save the measurement power consumption of the terminal inter-frequency measurement or early measurement, save the reporting signaling overhead, and improve the effectiveness of measurement .

Similarly, in the above step 31, the configured serving cell quality threshold includes at least one of the following:

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for enabling inter-frequency measurement or early measurement;

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell that enables inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement for some preset frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, each of which corresponds to a part of the frequency points, is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for the part of the frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, the plurality of threshold values divide the quality of the serving cell into a plurality of intervals, each interval corresponds to a part of frequency points, and is used to indicate that when the quality of the serving cell is in this interval, the corresponding Inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for some frequency points.

Here, in the case that the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to the frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or usage priority of the frequency point.

Here, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

measure relaxation configuration;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or the mobile speed of the terminal measured in advance;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement services;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or slices measured in advance;

Restrictions on the types of terminals for which the terminal enables inter-frequency measurement or early measurement.

Specifically, the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following:

The measurement time interval corresponding to different frequency points;

The measurement duration corresponding to different frequency points;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different services;

The measurement duration corresponding to different services;

The measurement time interval corresponding to different slices;

The measurement duration corresponding to different slices;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal types;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal types.

After the above step 32, the network side device performs carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity configuration (DC) on the terminal according to the measurement result.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network side device also receives the time difference between the measurement result sent by the terminal and the reporting time; then, the network side device performs carrier aggregation or dual connectivity on the terminal according to the measurement result During configuration, it may specifically include: when the time difference is greater than a preset threshold, the network-side device discards the measurement result; when the time difference is not greater than the preset threshold, the network-side device The terminal performs carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration.

Optionally, when inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is configured at a certain frequency point (referred to as the first frequency point herein), and log minimization drive test is also configured, as an implementation, the measurement The result is the measurement result of the log minimization drive test of the first frequency point. As another implementation manner, the specific measurement result is determined according to the measurement duration. For example, if the measurement duration of the first frequency point configured in the measurement configuration information is greater than the first frequency point configured in the log minimization drive test The measurement duration of the point, the measurement result is the measurement result of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement of the first frequency point, otherwise, the measurement result is the measurement result of the log minimization drive test of the first frequency point.

Optionally, the network side device may also receive indication information of the measurement result sent by the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate that the reported measurement result is the measurement result of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, or that the log minimizes The measurement results of the road test.

Various methods in the embodiments of the present invention have been introduced above. A device for implementing the above method will be further provided below.

Referring to Figure 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

The transceiver 41 is configured to receive measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement sent by the network side, where the measurement configuration information includes: the serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement;

The processor 42 is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

Optionally, the processor 42 is further configured to, when the quality threshold of the serving cell is higher than the first preset threshold, and/or its own speed is lower than the second preset threshold, perform the measurement according to the measurement configuration information. Interval measurement or measurement in advance.

Optionally, the serving cell quality threshold includes at least one of the following:

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for enabling inter-frequency measurement or early measurement;

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell that enables inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement for some preset frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, each of which corresponds to a part of the frequency points, is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for the part of the frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, the plurality of threshold values divide the quality of the serving cell into a plurality of intervals, each interval corresponds to a part of frequency points, and is used to indicate that when the quality of the serving cell is in this interval, the corresponding Inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for some frequency points.

Optionally, when the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to the frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or usage priority of the frequency point.

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

measure relaxation configuration;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or the mobile speed of the terminal measured in advance;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement services;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or slices measured in advance;

Restrictions on the types of terminals for which the terminal enables inter-frequency measurement or early measurement.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following:

The measurement time interval corresponding to different frequency points;

The measurement duration corresponding to different frequency points;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different services;

The measurement duration corresponding to different services;

The measurement time interval corresponding to different slices;

The measurement duration corresponding to different slices;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal types;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal types.

Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to report the inter-frequency measurement or the measurement result of the advance measurement to the network side during or after entering the connected state.

Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to send the time difference between the measurement result and the reporting time to the network side.

Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to report to the network side that the log minimization of the first frequency point is configured with inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, and the log minimization drive test is also configured. The measurement results of the chemical drive test.

Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to send indication information of the measurement result to the network side, where the indication information is used to indicate that the reported measurement result is a measurement result of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, or a log minimization path measured measurement results.

It should be noted that the device in this embodiment corresponds to the method shown in FIG. 2 above, and the implementations in the above embodiments are all applicable to this embodiment of the device, and can also achieve the same technical effect. The above-mentioned equipment provided by the embodiment of the present invention can realize all the method steps realized by the above-mentioned method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and the same parts and beneficial effects in this embodiment as in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here. repeat.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal includes: a processor 501 , a transceiver 502 , a memory 503 , a user interface 504 and a bus interface.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal further includes: a program stored in the memory 503 and executable on the processor 501 .

When the processor 501 executes the program, the following steps are implemented:

The terminal receives the measurement configuration information of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement sent by the network side, and the measurement configuration information includes: the quality threshold of the serving cell for the terminal to enable the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement;

The terminal performs inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the computer program is executed by the processor 501, the various processes of the above-mentioned method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 can be realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, no more repeat.

In FIG. 5 , the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically one or more processors represented by processor 501 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 503 are linked together. The bus architecture can also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides the interface. Transceiver 502 may be a plurality of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other devices over transmission media. For different user devices, the user interface 504 may also be an interface capable of connecting externally and internally to required devices, and the connected devices include but are not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, and joysticks.

The processor 501 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 503 can store data used by the processor 501 when performing operations.

It should be noted that the device in this embodiment corresponds to the method shown in FIG. 2 above, and the implementations in the above embodiments are all applicable to this embodiment of the device, and can also achieve the same technical effect. In this device, the transceiver 502 and the memory 503, as well as the transceiver 502 and the processor 501 can be connected through the bus interface communication, the function of the processor 501 can also be realized by the transceiver 502, and the function of the transceiver 502 can also be implemented by the processor 501 achieved. What needs to be explained here is that the above-mentioned equipment provided by the embodiment of the present invention can realize all the method steps realized by the above-mentioned method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. The part and the beneficial effect are described in detail.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium is also provided, on which a program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, the following steps are implemented:

The terminal receives the measurement configuration information of the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement sent by the network side, and the measurement configuration information includes: the quality threshold of the serving cell for the terminal to enable the inter-frequency measurement or the advance measurement;

The terminal performs inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

When the program is executed by the processor, it can realize all the implementation methods in the above-mentioned measurement configuration method applied to the terminal side, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device shown in FIG. 6 , including: a transceiver 62 and a processor 61 . Wherein, the processor 61 is configured to send measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement to the terminal through the transceiver 62, the measurement configuration information includes: the serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement and, receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal.

Optionally, the measurement result is that when the quality threshold of the serving cell is higher than the first preset threshold, and/or the speed of the terminal is lower than the second preset threshold, the terminal performs different operations according to the measurement configuration information. Obtained by frequent measurements or advance measurements.

Optionally, the serving cell quality threshold includes at least one of the following:

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for enabling inter-frequency measurement or early measurement;

A threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell that enables inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement for some preset frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, each of which corresponds to a part of the frequency points, is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for which inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for the part of the frequency points;

A plurality of threshold values, the plurality of threshold values divide the quality of the serving cell into a plurality of intervals, each interval corresponds to a part of frequency points, and is used to indicate that when the quality of the serving cell is in this interval, the corresponding Inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement is enabled for some frequency points.

Optionally, when the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to the frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or usage priority of the frequency point.

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

measure relaxation configuration;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or the mobile speed of the terminal measured in advance;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or pre-measurement services;

Restrictions for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or slices measured in advance;

Restrictions on the types of terminals for which the terminal enables inter-frequency measurement or early measurement.

Optionally, the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following:

The measurement time interval corresponding to different frequency points;

The measurement duration corresponding to different frequency points;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different services;

The measurement duration corresponding to different services;

The measurement time interval corresponding to different slices;

The measurement duration corresponding to different slices;

Measurement time intervals corresponding to different terminal types;

The measurement duration corresponding to different terminal types.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to perform carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration on the terminal according to the measurement result.

Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to receive a time difference between the measurement result sent by the terminal and the reporting time;

The processor is further configured to, when the time difference is greater than a preset threshold, discard the measurement result by the base station; Carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration.

Optionally, when the first frequency point is configured with inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, and the log minimization drive test is also configured, the measurement result is the measurement result of the log minimization drive test of the first frequency point.

Optionally, the transceiver is also used to receive indication information of the measurement result sent by the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate that the reported measurement result is the measurement result of inter-frequency measurement or advance measurement, or that the log is minimized The measurement results of the road test.

It should be noted that the device in this embodiment is a device corresponding to the method shown in FIG. 3 above, and the implementations in the above embodiments are all applicable to this embodiment of the device, and can also achieve the same technical effect. What needs to be explained here is that the above-mentioned equipment provided by the embodiment of the present invention can realize all the method steps realized by the above-mentioned method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. The part and the beneficial effect are described in detail.

Please refer to FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present invention provides a schematic structural diagram of a network side device, including: a processor 701, a transceiver 702, a memory 703, and a bus interface, wherein:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network side device further includes: a program stored in the memory 703 and operable on the processor 701, when the program is executed by the processor 701, the following steps are implemented:

Sending measurement configuration information for inter-frequency measurement or early measurement to the terminal, where the measurement configuration information includes: the serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement;

and receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal during the process of entering the connected state or after entering the connected state.

It can be understood that in the embodiment of the present invention, when the computer program is executed by the processor 701, the various processes of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 3 above can be realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition, it is not repeated here repeat.

In FIG. 7 , the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically one or more processors represented by processor 701 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 703 are linked together. The bus architecture can also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides the interface. Transceiver 702 may be a plurality of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other devices over transmission media.

The processor 701 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 703 can store data used by the processor 701 when performing operations.

It should be noted that the terminal in this embodiment is a device corresponding to the method shown in FIG. 3 above, and the implementation methods in the above embodiments are all applicable to this terminal embodiment, and can also achieve the same technical effect. In this device, the transceiver 702 and the memory 703, as well as the transceiver 702 and the processor 701 can be communicated and connected through the bus interface, the function of the processor 701 can also be realized by the transceiver 702, and the function of the transceiver 702 can also be implemented by the processor 701 implementation. What needs to be explained here is that the above-mentioned equipment provided by the embodiment of the present invention can realize all the method steps realized by the above-mentioned method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. The part and the beneficial effect are described in detail.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium is also provided, on which a program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, the following steps are implemented:

Sending measurement configuration information for inter-frequency measurement or early measurement to the terminal, where the measurement configuration information includes: the serving cell quality threshold for the terminal to enable inter-frequency measurement or early measurement;

and receiving the measurement result reported by the terminal during the process of entering the connected state or after entering the connected state.

When the program is executed by the processor, it can realize all the implementation methods in the above-mentioned measurement configuration method applied to the network side device, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Those skilled in the art can appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the above-described system, device and unit can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

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

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

If the functions described above are realized in the form of software function units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes such as U disk, mobile hard disk, ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk.

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Anyone skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention. Should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A measurement configuration method, comprising:

a terminal receives measurement configuration information of pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement sent by a network side, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises: the terminal starts the quality threshold of the service cell measured in different frequencies or measured in advance;

and the terminal performs pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal performs inter-frequency measurement or advanced measurement according to the measurement configuration information, comprising:

and the terminal performs pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement according to the measurement configuration information under the condition that the quality threshold of the service cell is higher than a first preset threshold and/or the self speed is lower than a second preset threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the serving cell quality threshold comprises at least one of:

a threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for starting the inter-frequency measurement or the measurement in advance;

a threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the service cell for starting pilot frequency measurement or measuring in advance for the preset part of frequency points;

a plurality of threshold values, each corresponding to a part of frequency points, for indicating the quality threshold of the serving cell for starting pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement on the part of frequency points;

the system comprises a plurality of thresholds, wherein the plurality of thresholds divide the quality of a service cell into a plurality of intervals, and each interval corresponds to a part of frequency points respectively and is used for indicating that when the quality of the service cell is in the interval, the part of frequency points corresponding to the interval are started to carry out pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein when the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to a frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or the usage priority of the frequency point.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises at least one of:

measuring a relaxation configuration;

the terminal starts limiting conditions of the different frequency measurement or the terminal moving speed measured in advance;

the terminal starts the limiting condition of the pilot frequency measurement or the service measured in advance;

the terminal starts limiting conditions of different frequency measurement or slices measured in advance;

the terminal starts the limiting condition of the different frequency measurement or the terminal type measured in advance.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the measuring a relaxation configuration comprises at least one of:

measuring time intervals corresponding to different frequency points;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different frequency points;

measuring time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

measuring time intervals corresponding to different services;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different services;

measurement time intervals corresponding to different slices;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different slices;

measuring time intervals corresponding to different terminal types;

and measuring time lengths corresponding to different terminal types.

7. The method of any of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:

and the terminal reports the measurement result of the pilot frequency measurement or the advanced measurement to a network side in the process of entering the connection state or after entering the connection state.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

and the terminal also sends the time difference between the measurement result and the reporting time to the network side.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the reporting the measurement result of the inter-frequency measurement or the advanced measurement to the network side comprises:

and reporting the measurement result of the log minimization drive test of the first frequency point to a network side under the condition that the first frequency point is configured with pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement and is also configured with the log minimization drive test.

10. A measurement configuration method, comprising:

the method comprises the following steps that network side equipment sends measurement configuration information of pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement to a terminal, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises: the terminal starts the quality threshold of the service cell measured by the pilot frequency or measured in advance;

and the network side equipment receives the measurement result reported by the terminal.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal performing inter-frequency measurement or advanced measurement according to the measurement configuration information when the serving cell quality threshold is higher than a first preset threshold and/or the terminal speed is lower than a second preset threshold.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the serving cell quality threshold comprises at least one of:

a threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for starting the inter-frequency measurement or the measurement in advance;

a threshold value, which is used to indicate the quality threshold of the serving cell for starting the pilot frequency measurement or the advanced measurement on the preset partial frequency points;

a plurality of threshold values, each corresponding to a part of frequency points, for indicating the quality threshold of the serving cell for starting pilot frequency measurement or measuring in advance for the part of frequency points;

the system comprises a plurality of thresholds, wherein the plurality of thresholds divide the quality of a service cell into a plurality of intervals, and each interval corresponds to a part of frequency points respectively and is used for indicating that when the quality of the service cell is in the interval, the part of frequency points corresponding to the interval are started to carry out pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein when the serving cell quality threshold includes multiple threshold values, the threshold value corresponding to a frequency point is positively correlated with the load and/or the usage priority of the frequency point.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the measurement configuration information further comprises at least one of:

measuring a relaxed configuration;

the terminal starts the limiting condition of the pilot frequency measurement or the terminal moving speed measured in advance;

the terminal starts the limiting condition of the pilot frequency measurement or the service measured in advance;

the terminal starts limiting conditions of different frequency measurement or slices measured in advance;

and the terminal starts the limiting condition of the different frequency measurement or the terminal type measured in advance.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the measuring a relaxation configuration comprises at least one of:

measuring time intervals corresponding to different frequency points;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different frequency points;

measuring time intervals corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different terminal moving speeds;

measuring time intervals corresponding to different services;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different services;

measurement time intervals corresponding to different slices;

measuring time lengths corresponding to different slices;

measuring time intervals corresponding to different terminal types;

and measuring time lengths corresponding to different terminal types.

16. The method of any of claims 10 to 15, further comprising:

and the network side equipment carries out carrier aggregation or dual-connection configuration on the terminal according to the measurement result.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

the network side equipment also receives the time difference between the measurement result sent by the terminal and the reporting time;

the network side device performs carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration on the terminal according to the measurement result, which specifically includes:

when the time difference is larger than a preset threshold, the network side equipment discards the measurement result;

and when the time difference is not greater than a preset threshold, the network side equipment performs carrier aggregation or dual-connection configuration on the terminal according to the measurement result.

18. The method of any one of claims 10 to 15,

and under the condition that the first frequency point is configured with pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement and is also configured with log minimization drive test, the measurement result is the measurement result of the log minimization drive test of the first frequency point.

19. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to receive measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or advanced measurement sent by a network side, where the measurement configuration information includes: the terminal starts the quality threshold of the service cell measured in different frequencies or measured in advance;

and the processor is used for carrying out pilot frequency measurement or advanced measurement according to the measurement configuration information.

20. A terminal, comprising: processor, memory and program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

21. A network-side device, comprising a transceiver and a processor, wherein:

the processor is configured to send measurement configuration information of inter-frequency measurement or measurement in advance to a terminal through the transceiver, where the measurement configuration information includes: the terminal starts the quality threshold of the service cell measured in different frequencies or measured in advance; and receiving a measurement result reported by the terminal in the process of entering the connection state or after entering the connection state.

22. A network-side device, comprising: processor, memory and program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 10 to 18.

23. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

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