CN119729838A - Communication method and communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a communication method and a communication device, wherein network equipment sends first configuration information to terminal equipment, the first configuration information is used for requesting application layer measurement to first type service, wherein the first type service is multicast service or broadcast service, the first configuration information comprises a configuration range, the configuration range comprises cell information capable of carrying out application layer measurement to the first type service, then the terminal equipment judges whether a received cell of the first type service is in the configuration range or not to determine an action required to be executed by subsequent application layer measurement, and in a scene of MBS service received by the terminal equipment from a non-service cell, the QoE measurement of the service is executed more accurately by judging whether the received cell of the first type service is in the configuration range of the QoE measurement.

Description

Communication method and communication device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of communication, and more particularly relates to a communication method and a communication device.

Background

With the rapid development of wireless communication technologies, some streaming services or voice services have increasingly higher requirements for user experience, for example, these services may be streaming services (STREAMING SERVICE), multimedia telephony services (multimedia telephony service for IP multimedia subsystem, MTSI) of an internet protocol multimedia subsystem, virtual Reality (VR) services, augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) services, multicast-broadcast services (multicast-broadcast services, MBS) services, and the like. Because the simple signal quality cannot reflect the user experience of the user when using the services, when the terminal equipment initiates the data services, the network side can send the quality of experience (quality of experience, qoE) measurement configuration information (QoE measurement can also be called application layer measurement) to the terminal equipment to acquire the user experience of the terminal equipment when using the services, thereby better optimizing the network to improve the user experience.

In some scenarios, to control the range of QoE measurements, one configuration range (i.e., cell range) is configured for QoE measurements. Currently, whether the configuration range is within the range is determined according to the service cell of the terminal equipment. However, for MBS services, the terminal equipment may receive the MBS service in a non-serving cell, and it is not yet clear how to determine whether the MBS service is within the configuration range of QoE measurement in this scenario.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a communication method, which is used for determining whether the cell of the received MBS service is in the configuration range of QoE measurement or not in the scene of the MBS service received by a terminal device from a non-service cell, so as to more accurately determine how to execute QoE measurement of the service.

In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, which may be performed by a terminal device, or may also be performed by a component part (e.g. a chip or a circuit) of the terminal device, which is not limited by the present application.

The method comprises the steps of receiving first configuration information from network equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for requesting application layer measurement of a first type of service, the first type of service is multicast service or broadcast service, the first configuration information comprises a configuration range which comprises cell information capable of carrying out application layer measurement on the first type of service, receiving the first service from a first cell, the first service is the first type of service, and judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

In the above technical solution, when the terminal device receives the first service from the non-serving cell, whether the first service is in the configuration range is determined according to the cell of the first type of service received by the terminal device.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the first cell is within a configuration range, and the method further includes that the application layer measurement of the first service has not started yet, the terminal device starts the application layer measurement of the first service, or the application layer measurement of the first service has started, and the terminal device continues the application layer measurement of the first service.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the first cell is not in a configuration scope, and the method further includes that the application layer measurement of the first service is not started yet, the terminal device does not start or release the application layer measurement of the first service, or the application layer measurement of the first service has been started, and the terminal device continues or releases the application layer measurement of the first service.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the configuration range indicated cell information and the first cell information include at least one parameter of a cell identity, a public land mobile network PLMN corresponding to the cell, and a tracking area code TAC corresponding to the cell.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the cell information of the first cell further includes an identification of the first service.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first configuration information includes an identifier of at least one service, where the at least one service is a first type of service, and the identifier of the at least one service is used to indicate that application layer measurements are performed only on the at least one service, where the at least one service includes the first service.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the terminal device includes an access layer of the terminal device and an upper layer of the access layer of the terminal device, and the determining whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell includes determining whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell by the access layer of the terminal device or the upper layer of the access layer of the terminal device.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the determining, by an upper layer of an access layer of the terminal device, whether the first cell is in a configuration range according to cell information of the first cell includes sending, by the access layer of the terminal device, the cell information of the first cell to the upper layer of the access layer of the terminal device.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal device.

In a second aspect, a method of sensing is provided, which may be performed by a network device, or may also be performed by a component (e.g., a chip or circuit) of a network device, as the application is not limited in this regard.

The method comprises the steps of obtaining first information, wherein the first information comprises a configuration range, the configuration range comprises cell information capable of carrying out application layer measurement on a first type service, the first type service is multicast service or broadcast service, receiving cell information of a first cell from terminal equipment, the first cell is a cell of the first service received by the terminal equipment, the first service is the first type service, and judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range or not according to the cell information of the first cell.

It should be understood that the main difference between the second aspect and the first aspect is that the network device (or the component of the network device) determines whether the cell of the received first type of service is within the configuration range included in the first configuration information, and the beneficial effects of the second aspect are referred to in the description of the first aspect, which is not repeated herein.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, it is determined that the first cell is not within the configuration range, and the method further includes sending second information to the terminal device, where the second information indicates that the terminal device does not start or release the application layer measurement of the first service, or that the application layer measurement of the first service has started, sending third information to the terminal device, where the third information indicates that the application layer measurement of the first service is suspended or released.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the cell information of the configuration range indication and the cell information of the first cell include at least one of a cell identity, a PLMN corresponding to the cell, and a TAC corresponding to the cell.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the cell information of the first cell further includes an identification of the first service.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the first information and the cell information of the first cell further include a first identifier, where the first identifier is used to identify an application layer measurement corresponding to the configuration range.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal device.

In a third aspect, a communication method is provided, which may be performed by a terminal device, or may also be performed by a component part (e.g. a chip or a circuit) of the terminal device, which is not limited by the present application.

The method comprises the steps of receiving first configuration information from first network equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for requesting the terminal equipment to conduct application layer measurement on a first type service, the first type service is broadcast service or multicast service, receiving second configuration information from second network equipment, the second configuration information is used for requesting to conduct wireless access side measurement, the first configuration information or the second configuration information comprises first information, the first information indicates that alignment of an application layer measurement result and a wireless access side measurement result needs to be conducted, and sending second information to third network equipment, the second information comprises a first wireless access side measurement result, the first wireless access side measurement result comprises a wireless access side measurement result of at least one first type cell, and the first type cell is a cell of the first type service received by the terminal equipment.

In the above technical solution, measurement information of at least one first type cell is recorded in the radio access side measurement result, so that alignment of the application layer measurement result and the radio access side measurement result can be achieved.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the number M of first type cells corresponding to the first frequency point is less than or equal to N, the first radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of M first type cells, where the first frequency point is a frequency point measured in radio access side measurement, N is a maximum number of cells allowed to record the radio access side measurement result in the cells corresponding to the first frequency point, or the number M of first type cells corresponding to the first frequency point is greater than N, and the first radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of N cells in the M first type cells.

In the above technical solution, on the basis of not changing the recording mode of the existing radio access side measurement result, the radio signal measurement result of the first type cell is recorded separately, specifically, the terminal device records the radio signal measurement result of the neighboring cell under a plurality of frequency points based on the existing recording mode, where the plurality of frequency points are frequency points for performing radio access side measurement based on the second configuration information, and in addition, the terminal device also records the radio signal measurement result of the first type cell corresponding to the plurality of frequency points separately.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the second information further includes a second radio access side measurement result, where the first radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of all first type cells corresponding to the first frequency point, the second radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of N cells with the best signal quality corresponding to the first frequency point, and N is a maximum number of cells allowed to record the radio access side measurement results in the cells corresponding to the first frequency point.

In the above technical solution, the terminal device records the radio signal measurement results of the first type cell corresponding to the plurality of frequency points preferentially, and then records measurement information of other cells.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the radio access side measurement result of the first cell included in the at least one first type cell, where the first cell is a cell that receives the first type service, the radio access side measurement result of the first cell further includes first indication information, where the first indication information indicates that the first cell is a cell that receives the first type service by the terminal device.

In the foregoing technical solution, if the measurement results of the first type cell are also included in the measurement results of the first radio access side and the measurement results of the second radio access side described in the third aspect, the terminal device may also carry corresponding first indication information in the measurement results of the corresponding first type cell, so as to inform the network device that the cell is a cell of the first type service received by the terminal device. With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, before recording a radio access side measurement result of a first cell included in at least one first type cell, the terminal device has started application layer measurement of a first service, where the first service is a broadcast service received by the terminal device from the first cell, and the first service is a first type service.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the second configuration information includes configuration information for log Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurements, or includes configuration information for on-the-fly MDT measurements.

In a fourth aspect, a communication device is provided for performing the method provided in any of the first to third aspects above. In particular, the communication device may comprise means and/or modules for performing the method provided by the first aspect or any of the above-mentioned implementations of the first aspect, or comprise means and/or modules for performing the method provided by the second aspect or any of the above-mentioned implementations of the second aspect, or comprise means and/or modules, such as a processing unit and/or a transceiver unit, for performing the method provided by the third aspect or any of the above-mentioned implementations of the third aspect.

In one implementation, the communication device is a device (e.g., a terminal device, as well as a network device). When the communication apparatus is a device, the transceiver unit may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface, and the processing unit may be at least one processor. Alternatively, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit. Alternatively, the input/output interface may be an input/output circuit.

In another implementation, the communication apparatus is a chip, a system-on-chip, or a circuit used in a device (e.g., a terminal device, and also a network device). When the communication device is a chip, a chip system or a circuit used in the apparatus, the transceiver unit may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin or a related circuit on the chip, the chip system or the circuit, and the processing unit may be at least one processor, a processing circuit or a logic circuit.

In a fifth aspect there is provided a communications device comprising a memory for storing a program, at least one processor for executing a computer program or instructions stored by the memory to perform the method provided by any one of the implementations of the first aspect or the first aspect, or to perform the method provided by any one of the implementations of the second aspect or the second aspect, or to perform the method provided by any one of the implementations of the third aspect or the third aspect.

In one implementation, the communication device is a device (e.g., a terminal device, as well as a network device).

In another implementation, the apparatus is a chip, a system-on-chip, or a circuit for use in a device (e.g., a terminal device, and also a network device).

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a processor configured to perform the method provided in the above aspects.

The operations such as transmitting and acquiring/receiving, etc. related to the processor may be understood as operations such as outputting and receiving, inputting, etc. by the processor, and may be understood as operations such as transmitting and receiving by the radio frequency circuit and the antenna, if not specifically stated, or if not contradicted by actual function or inherent logic in the related description, which is not limited by the present application.

In a seventh aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided, the computer readable storage medium storing program code for device execution, the program code comprising instructions for performing the method provided by any one of the above-described implementations of the first aspect or the first aspect, or instructions for performing the method provided by any one of the above-described implementations of the second aspect or the second aspect, or instructions for performing the method provided by any one of the above-described implementations of the third aspect or the third aspect.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method provided by any one of the above-described implementations of the first aspect or the first aspect, or cause the computer to perform the method provided by any one of the above-described implementations of the second aspect or the second aspect, or cause the computer to perform the method provided by any one of the above-described implementations of the third aspect or the third aspect.

A ninth aspect provides a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the processor reading instructions stored on a memory via the communication interface, performing the method provided by any one of the above-mentioned implementations of the first aspect or the first aspect, or performing the method provided by any one of the above-mentioned implementations of the second aspect or the second aspect, or performing the method provided by any one of the above-mentioned implementations of the third aspect or the third aspect.

Optionally, as an implementation manner, the chip further includes a memory, where the memory stores a computer program or an instruction, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program or the instruction stored on the memory, and when the computer program or the instruction is executed, the processor is configured to execute the method provided by any one of the foregoing implementation manners of the first aspect or the first aspect, or execute the method provided by any one of the foregoing implementation manners of the second aspect or the second aspect, or execute the method provided by any one of the foregoing implementation manners of the third aspect or the third aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a communication system is provided comprising the above terminal device and network device.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of CU and DU architecture.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system 200 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of a communication method 300 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a communication method 400 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a communication method 500 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 600 provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 700 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before describing embodiments of the present application, the following description is first made.

First, in the present application, terms and/or descriptions between different embodiments have consistency and may refer to each other if not specifically stated and logically conflicting, and technical features in different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationship.

It will be appreciated that some optional features of embodiments of the application may not be dependent on or combined with other features in some circumstances and are not limiting.

It is to be understood that aspects of the embodiments of the application may be used in conjunction and that explanations or illustrations of individual terms, similar operations or steps, which appear in the embodiments may be referenced or explained in various embodiments, the application being not limited in this regard.

Second, in the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or" describes an association of associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., A and/or B, and that there may be A alone, while A and B are present, and B alone, where A, B may be singular or plural. In the text description of the present application, the character "/" generally indicates that the front-rear associated object is an or relationship. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one of a, b and c may represent a, or b, or c, or a and b, or a and c, or b and c, or a, b and c. Wherein a, b and c can be single or multiple respectively.

Third, in the present application, "first", "second" and various numerical numbers indicate distinction for convenience of description, and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. For example, distinguishing between different messages, etc. does not require a particular order or sequence of parts. It is to be understood that the objects so described may be interchanged where appropriate to enable description of aspects other than those of the embodiments of the application.

Fourth, in the present disclosure, the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Fifth, in the present application, "for indicating" may include both for direct indication and for indirect indication. When describing that certain indication information is used for indicating A, the indication information may be included to directly indicate A or indirectly indicate A, and does not represent that the indication information is necessarily carried with A.

Sixth, in the present application, "sending information to XX (device)" is understood to mean that the destination of the information is the device. May include directly or indirectly transmitting information to the device. "receiving information from XX (device), or receiving information from XX (device)" may be understood that the source of the information is the device and may include receiving information directly or indirectly from the device. The information may be subjected to necessary processing, such as format change, etc., between the source and destination of the information transmission, but the destination can understand the valid information from the source.

Seventh, arrows or blocks shown in broken lines in the schematic drawings of the present application description part represent optional steps or optional modules.

The technical scheme provided by the application can be applied to various communication systems, such as a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, an advanced long term evolution (LTE ADVANCED, LTE-A) system, an LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) system, an LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), an NR system and other fifth generation (5th Generation,5G) systems, or a future evolution communication system (such as a 6G mobile communication system). The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various scenes such as vehicle-to-everything (V2X), vehicle networking, machine communication (MACHINE TYPE communication, MTC), internet of things (Internet of things, ioT), inter-machine communication long term evolution (long term evolution-machine, LTE-M), machine-to-machine (machine to machine, M2M) and the like.

In the embodiment of the present application, a terminal device may also be referred to as a terminal, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a User Equipment (UE), a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user equipment. A terminal device is a device that includes wireless communication functionality (providing voice/data connectivity to a user). For example, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, an in-vehicle device, or the like. The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may be a cellular phone, a tablet computer, a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a train, an airplane, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control (e.g., a robot, etc.), a wireless terminal in the internet of vehicles (e.g., an in-vehicle device, an in-vehicle module, a vehicle, etc.), a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (personal DIGITAL ASSISTANT, PDA), a handheld device with a wireless communication function, a computing device, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a wearable device, etc., and furthermore, the terminal device may be applied to an unmanned, a telemedicine, a smart grid, a transportation security, a smart city, a smart home, etc. scene.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device may be any device with a wireless transceiver function for communicating with the terminal device, and the network device may also be referred to as an access network device or a wireless access network device, for example, the network device may be a base station. The network device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) node (or device) that accesses the terminal device to the wireless network. A base station may broadly cover or replace various names such as a node B (NodeB), an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), or a base station device in a future evolution communication system, which may also be a server, a wearable device, an in-vehicle device, a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a transmission point (transmission point, TP), or a transmission receiving point (transmission and reception point, TRP), or the like, or may also be one or a group (including a plurality of antenna panels) of an antenna panel of a base station, or may also be a network node constituting the base station, such as a Baseband unit (BBU), or a centralized unit (centralized unit, CU), or a Distributed Unit (DU), or the like. The base station may be a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay node, a donor node, or the like, or a combination thereof. A base station may also refer to a communication module, modem, or chip for placement within the aforementioned device or apparatus. The base station may also be a mobile switching center (mobile switching center) -to-Device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), a Device that performs a base station function in machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, a network-side Device in a 6G network, a Device that performs a base station function in a future communication system, or the like. The base stations may support networks of the same or different access technologies. The embodiment of the application does not limit the specific technology and the specific equipment form adopted by the network equipment.

The base station may be fixed or mobile. For example, a helicopter or drone may be configured to act as a mobile base station, and one or more cells may move according to the location of the mobile base station. In other examples, a helicopter or drone may be configured to function as a device to communicate with another base station.

In some deployments, the network device in embodiments of the application may refer to a CU or a DU, or the network device may include a CU and a DU. The network device may also include an active antenna unit (ACTIVE ANTENNA unit, AAU).

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of CU and DU architecture. The CU implements part of the functionality of the gNB and the DU implements part of the functionality of the gNB. For example, the CU is responsible for handling non-real time protocols and services, implementing the functions of the radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) layer, the packet data convergence layer protocol (PACKET DATA convergence protocol, PDCP) layer. The DUs are responsible for handling physical layer protocols and real-time services, implementing the functions of the radio link control (radio link control, RLC), medium access control (medium access control, MAC) and Physical (PHY) layers. The AAU realizes part of physical layer processing function, radio frequency processing and related functions of the active antenna. Since the information of the RRC layer may be eventually changed into or converted from the information of the PHY layer, under this architecture, higher layer signaling, such as RRC layer signaling, may also be considered to be transmitted by the DU or by the du+aau. It is understood that the network device may be a device comprising one or more of a CU node, a DU node, an AAU node. In addition, the CU may be divided into network devices in an access network (radio access network, RAN), or may be divided into network devices in a Core Network (CN), which the present application is not limited to.

Further, CUs can also be divided into central unit-control plane (CU-CP) of the control plane and central unit-user plane (CU-UP) of the user plane. The CU-CP and the CU-UP can be deployed on different physical devices, and the CU-CP is responsible for the control plane function and mainly comprises an RRC layer and a PDCP-C layer. The PDCP-C layer is mainly responsible for encryption and decryption of control plane data, integrity protection, data transmission and the like. The CU-UP is responsible for user plane functions, mainly including a service data adaptation protocol (SERVICE DATA adaptation protocol, SDAP) layer and a PDCP-U layer. Wherein the SDAP layer is mainly responsible for processing data of the core network and mapping flows (flows) to bearers. The PDCP-U layer is mainly responsible for at least one function of encryption and decryption of a data surface, integrity protection, header compression, sequence number maintenance, data transmission and the like. Specifically, CU-CP and CU-UP are connected through a communication interface (e.g., E1 interface). CU-CP stands for network device connected to core network device through a communication interface (e.g., ng interface), and connected to DU through a communication interface (e.g., F1-C (control plane) interface). CU-UP is connected to DU through a communication interface (e.g., F1-U (user plane) interface).

It will be appreciated that the above protocol layer partitioning for CUs and DUs, as well as CU-CP and CU-UP is exemplary only, and that other partitioning schemes are possible and are not limiting. The network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a device including a CU, or a DU, or a device including a CU and a DU, or a device including a control plane CU node (CU-CP node) and a user plane CU node (CU-UP node), and a DU node.

In different systems, a CU (including CU-CP or CU-UP), or DU may also have different names, but the meaning will be understood by those skilled in the art. For example, in an open radio access network (open radio access network, O-RAN) system, a CU may also be referred to as an O-CU (open CU), a DU may also be referred to as an O-DU, a CU-CP may also be referred to as an O-CU-CP, and a CU-UP may also be referred to as an O-CU-UP. For convenience of description, the present application is described by taking CU, CU-CP, CU-UP and DU as examples.

In an embodiment of the application, the application also relates to core network equipment. Specifically, the core network device refers to a device in a Core Network (CN) that provides service support for the terminal device. The core network device may comprise one or more core network elements. Taking a 5G core network as an example, the 5G core network includes an access and mobility management function (ACCESS AND mobility management function, AMF) network element responsible for mobility management, access management, and other services, a session management function (session management function, SMF) network element responsible for session management, a user plane function (user plane function, UPF) network element responsible for packet routing forwarding and quality of service (quality of service, qoS) control of a user plane, a policy control function (policy control function, PCF) network element, and the like. The core network elements can work independently or can be combined together to realize certain control functions, for example, AMF, SMF and PCF can be combined together to be used as a core network device.

It should be understood that the above designations are merely defined to facilitate distinguishing between different functions and should not be construed as limiting the application in any way. The application does not exclude the possibility of using other designations in 5G networks as well as in other networks in the future. For example, in a 6G network, some or all of the individual network elements may follow the terminology in 5G, possibly by other names, etc.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system 200 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the wireless communication system 200 may include at least one network device, such as the network device 210 shown in fig. 2, and the wireless communication system 200 may further include at least one terminal device, such as the terminal device 220 shown in fig. 2. The network device and the terminal device may each be configured with multiple antennas, and the network device and the terminal device may communicate using multiple antenna technology. Wherein, when the network device and the terminal device communicate, the network device can manage one or more cells, and one or more terminal devices can be arranged in one cell. The terminal device may access the network device in at least one of the one or more cells and communicate with the network device in the cell to which the terminal device is accessed. A cell is understood to be an area within the coverage of a radio signal of a network device. Alternatively, the network device 210 and the terminal device 220 constitute a single-cell communication system, and the cell is denoted as cell #1 without loss of generality. Network device 210 may be a network device in cell #1, or network device 210 may serve a terminal device (e.g., terminal device 220) in cell #1.

It should be appreciated that fig. 2 is a simplified schematic diagram that is merely illustrative for ease of understanding, and that other network devices or other terminal devices may also be included in the wireless communication system 200, which are not shown in fig. 2.

For some streaming services or voice services, such as MBS services, the mere signal quality does not reflect the user experience of the terminal device when using these services, and the operator can know how the experience of the terminal device is through measurement collection (e.g. QoE measurement collection or application layer measurement collection), so as to better optimize the network to improve the user experience. In some scenarios, to control the range of QoE measurements, a configuration range is configured for QoE measurements. Currently, whether the configuration range is within the range is determined according to the service cell of the terminal equipment. However, for MBS services, the terminal equipment may receive the MBS service in a non-serving cell, and it is not yet clear how to determine whether the MBS service is within the configuration range of QoE measurement in this scenario.

Aiming at the technical problems, the embodiment of the application provides a communication method which can effectively solve the technical problems.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method 300 provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method flow may be performed by a terminal device and a network device, or by a module and/or a device (e.g., a chip or an integrated circuit, etc.) installed in the terminal device and the network device and having corresponding functions, and the present application is not limited. The following description will be made with the terminal device and the network device as execution subjects, and the method 300 includes the following steps.

And S310, the network equipment sends first configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for requesting application layer measurement on a first type of service, the first type of service is multicast service or broadcast service, the first configuration information comprises a configuration range, and the configuration range comprises cell information capable of carrying out application layer measurement on the first type of service. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first configuration information from the network device.

The cell information in the configuration range includes at least one of a cell identification, a public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN) to which the cell corresponds, and a tracking area code (TRACKING AREA code, TAC) to which the cell corresponds, by way of example.

By way of example, the cell information in the configuration range may also include other information indicating a cell, to which the present application is not limited.

For example, the network device may transmit the first configuration information to the terminal device through a broadcast message or a dedicated RRC message.

It should be noted that, the first type of service related to the present application may be a new service parallel to a streaming service or a voice service, an AR, a VR service, for example, a streaming service, an MTSI, etc., where the new service is a multicast service or a broadcast service, or the first type of service may also be a communication type, where the communication type carries a streaming service or a voice service, etc., that is, only a multicast service or a broadcast service is used to carry the streaming service or the voice service, the AR, the VR service, etc.

In all embodiments of the application, the application layer measurements may also be referred to as QoE measurements, including signaling-based QoE measurements and management-based QoE measurements. The QoE measurement based on signaling refers to that the QoE measurement is specific to a specific terminal device, for example, the CN sends configuration information of the QoE measurement based on signaling to the network device through signaling at a terminal device level between the CN and the network device, and the network device sends the configuration information of the QoE measurement to the corresponding terminal device. For example, the network device may also decide whether to configure the application layer measurement configuration for the terminal device according to whether the terminal device supports QoE measurement. The QoE measurement based on management refers to that when the QoE measurement is not specific to a specific terminal device, for example, EM or OAM sends configuration information of the QoE measurement based on management to a network device, the terminal device performing QoE measurement is not specified, and correspondingly, the network device selects a suitable terminal device to perform QoE measurement according to whether the terminal device currently accessing the network device supports the corresponding QoE measurement, and other factors, and after the network device finishes selecting the terminal device, the configuration information of the QoE measurement is sent to the terminal device.

It will be appreciated that the first configuration information in this embodiment may be configuration information of a signaling-based QoE measurement or configuration information of a management-based QoE measurement, which the present application is not limited to.

For example, when the network device is a base station adopting a separate architecture, the module for transmitting the first configuration information to the terminal device may be located in the CU, or the CU-CP. For example, the first configuration information may be generated by the CU-CP, and the corresponding CU-CP sends the first configuration information to the terminal device.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network device may send the first configuration information to the terminal device based on the QoE measurement collection configuration information after receiving the configuration information of other network devices, such as the core network device, the operation maintenance management (operation administration AND MAINTENANCE, OAM), or the network element management (ELEMENT MANAGEMENT, EM), which is not limited in this application.

Illustratively, prior to performing step S310, the method further includes the network device receiving QoE measurement collection configuration information from the CN or the OAM or the EM, the network device transmitting first configuration information to the terminal device based on the QoE measurement collection configuration information. Wherein the QoE measurement collection configuration information includes a QoE measurement configuration, which may also be referred to as an application layer measurement configuration in the present application.

The QoE measurement collection configuration information includes an application layer measurement configuration container (container), where the container includes an application layer measurement configuration, that is, the application layer measurement configuration may be sent to the network device in a container form, where the network device may not perceive or parse the content in the container, and the container may be transmitted to the terminal device, or the network device may parse the content in the container, and send the application layer measurement configuration included in the container to the terminal device. Or the application layer measurement configuration may be sent to the network device in a non-con-tainer form, e.g. in a form perceptible to the access network device, e.g. the network device.

Illustratively, the QoE measurement collection configuration information further comprises at least one of:

(1) QoE references (QoEreference) are used to identify QoE measurements requested at the network side, or to identify QoE measurement collection tasks (which may be referred to as QoE measurement identifications) at the access network device (e.g., network device) and the measurement collection entity. QoEreference is a globally unique identity including a mobile country code (mobile country code, MCC), mobile network code (mobile network code, MNC), or an identity of QoE measurement collection. Wherein the QoE measurement collection identifier is assigned by the management system or operator, such as a 3 byte string. In general, the QoE reference is allocated by OAM or EM.

(2) The service type (SERVICE TYPE) is a service type for indicating the QoE measurement requested by the network side. E.g., streaming, MTSI, VR services, etc. It will be appreciated that in the embodiment of the present application, the service type is a broadcast service.

(3) The QoE measurement collection range (Area Scope of QMC) is used to indicate the range of the cell to which the QoE measurement requested by the network side is applicable.

(4) The IP address of the measurement collection entity (measurement collection entity, MCE) is used for the access network equipment (e.g. RAN) to send the corresponding measurement result to the MCE according to the IP address after receiving the measurement result reported by the UE.

(5) Minimization DRIVE TEST (MDT) alignment information (ALIGNMENT INFORMATION) for indicating that application layer measurements need to be aligned with MDT measurements, i.e., that an association of application layer measurements and MDT measurements needs to be obtained. Such as a trace identification (trace ID) carrying MDT measurements. MDT measurements include log type MDT (logged MDT) and instant type MDT (immediate MDT), the instant type MDT being measurements made primarily for UEs in RRC connected state, and the log type MDT being measurements made primarily for UEs in idle state or RRC inactive state. Wherein the instant MDT may be used to measure at least one of a data amount, a throughput rate, a packet transmission delay, a packet loss rate, or a processing delay of the UE, and the log-type MDT may be used to measure a strength of a received signal.

(6) And the measurement period is used for indicating the measurement period for configuring the UE to execute the application layer measurement in the application layer measurement configuration, or the measurement period corresponding to the application layer measurement by the UE. In one embodiment, the RAN may configure a suitable measurement period or reporting period for the UE based on the measurement period when configuring the RAN-visible measurement configuration for the UE.

(7) Reporting period, which is used to instruct the UE to execute the reporting period of the application layer measurement in the application layer measurement configuration. In one embodiment, the RAN may configure a suitable measurement period or reporting period for the UE based on the measurement period when configuring the RAN-visible measurement configuration for the UE.

(8) The RAN-visible application layer indicator (available RAN visible QoE metrics), which may also be referred to as a RAN-visible QoE measurement. In embodiments of the present application, "visible" may be replaced with "perceptible", "known", or "detectable", etc., with information visible to the RAN referring to information that the RAN may interpret as received. The RAN-visible application layer indicator may be an application layer indicator that the UE may obtain when performing application layer measurements according to an application layer measurement configuration, and the RAN may perceive. The RAN-visible application layer indicators include, by way of example, at least one of average throughput, initial playout delay, buffer level, playout delay, degradation duration, number of consecutive dropped packets, jitter duration, out-of-sync duration, round trip delay, average code rate, analog quality view angle switch, delay stuck condition.

It should be understood that, in the above step S310, the first configuration information (which may also be referred to as application layer measurement configuration information) sent by the network device to the terminal device may be the same as or different from the QoE measurement collection configuration information received by the network device from the CN or the OAM or the EM, for example, the first configuration information includes a part of the QoE measurement collection configuration information, for example, the first configuration information does not include the IP address of the MCE carried in the QoE measurement collection configuration information. In one possible implementation manner, the first configuration information may not carry the IP address of the MCE, but may carry the ID of the MCE, and the network side may learn the IP address of the MCE according to the MCE ID.

For example, the first configuration information may include an application layer measurement configuration and a service type in QoE measurement collection configuration information, where the service type indicates a first type of service, and the application layer measurement configuration is an application layer measurement configuration corresponding to the first type of service.

For example, the configuration scope in the first configuration information may be included in the application layer measurement configuration. For example, a location filtering (location filters) parameter is included in the application layer measurement configuration, the location filtering parameter indicating the configuration scope.

For example, the configuration range in the first configuration information is not included in the application layer measurement configuration, for example, the configuration range is indicated by the display in the first configuration information sent by the network device to the terminal device, that is, the configuration range is carried outside the application layer measurement configuration. For example, the configuration range in the first configuration information is a range of QoE measurement collection in QoE measurement collection configuration information.

The network device may also send an application layer measurement identity to the terminal device, for example. The application layer measurement identifier is generated by the network device for the terminal device, and corresponds to application layer measurement configuration information configured by the network device for the terminal device. For example, the application layer measurement identifier corresponds to QoEreference, and the network device maintains the correspondence.

The network device may also send QoEreference to the terminal device, for example.

In one embodiment, the QoE measurement collection configuration information does not specify which first type of traffic is to be subjected to application layer measurements.

In another embodiment, the QoE measurement collection configuration information may further include indication information #a indicating for which first type of traffic application layer measurements are to be made. For example, the first type of service is a broadcast service, and the indication information #a indicates that application layer measurements are performed on the broadcast service #1, the broadcast service #3, and the broadcast service # 5.

Alternatively, different broadcast services indicated by the indication information #a may correspond to different configuration ranges. For example, the configuration range corresponding to the broadcast service #1 is the range #1, and the configuration range corresponding to the broadcast service #2 is the range #2.

For example, the network device may also send at least one of the following parameters, indicating information #A, application layer indicators visible to the network device, measurement period, reporting period, etc., for a specific explanation see above.

For example, parameters such as the indication information #a, the application layer index visible to the network device, the measurement period, the reporting period, the application layer measurement identifier and the like sent by the network device to the terminal device may be carried in the first configuration information, or may not be carried in the first configuration information, which is not limited in the present application.

S320, the terminal equipment receives a first service from a first cell, wherein the first service is a first type service.

The first cell is, for example, a non-serving cell of the terminal device.

In this step, the terminal device receives the first service from the first cell in the serving cell of the terminal device.

It should be further noted that, when the network device does not specify which of the first type services is to be subjected to the application layer measurement, that is, the indication information #a is not transmitted, the terminal device performs S330 when receiving any of the first type services.

Optionally, when the network device designates which first type of service is to be subjected to the application layer measurement, i.e. the indication information #a is sent, the terminal device performs S330 when receiving the designated first type of service.

From S310 to S320, the terminal device may be in an RRC CONNECTED state (rrc_connected) or an RRC IDLE state (rrc_idle) or an RRC deactivated state (rrc_inactive) at all times, or the terminal device enters an RRC IDLE state or an RRC deactivated state from the RRC CONNECTED state.

S330, the terminal equipment judges whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

It should be understood that the terminal device determining whether the first cell is within the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell means that the terminal device determines whether the first cell is within the configuration range corresponding to the first service according to the cell information of the first cell.

The cell information of the first cell includes at least one of a cell identity, a PLMN corresponding to the cell, and a TAC corresponding to the cell, for example.

Optionally, before S330, the terminal device needs to obtain the cell information of the first cell, for example, the terminal device obtains the cell identifier of the first cell by detecting the pilot signal of the first cell, and/or obtains the PLMN corresponding to the first cell and the TAC corresponding to the first cell through the broadcast message of the first cell.

The cell information of the first cell may also include other information indicating the first cell, for example, and the application is not limited in this regard.

For example, if the configuration range includes at least one cell identifier, the terminal device determines whether the configuration range includes the cell identifier of the first cell, if so, the first cell is considered to be in the configuration range, otherwise, the first cell is not in the configuration range.

For example, if the configuration range includes at least one TAC, the terminal device determines whether the configuration range includes a TAC corresponding to the first cell, if so, the first cell is considered to be in the configuration range, otherwise, the first cell is not in the configuration range.

In one embodiment, the terminal device determines that the first cell is within the configuration range, and if the application layer measurement of the first service has not been started, the terminal device starts the application layer measurement of the first service, and if the application layer measurement of the first service has been started, the terminal device continues the application layer measurement of the first service.

In another embodiment, the terminal device determines that the first cell is not in the configuration range, does not start or release the application layer measurement of the first service if the application layer measurement of the first service has not been started, and continues or releases or suspends the application layer measurement of the first service if the application layer measurement of the first service has been started.

The cell information of the first cell also includes an identifier of the first service, where the identifier of the first service indicates which first type of service is transmitted by the first cell.

The method 300 is described below with reference to a network device AS RAN, a terminal device AS UE, and the UE including an Access Stratum (AS) layer of the UE and an upper layer of an AS layer of the UE. The upper layer of the access layer of the UE may be an application layer, or a layer configured to perform QoE measurement (or application layer measurement), and the access layer of the UE may be an RRC layer or another layer performing AS measurement (such AS PDCP layer, RLC layer, MAC layer, or PHY layer), or a layer configured to perform AS measurement.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, whether the first cell is within the configuration range may be determined by an upper layer of an AS layer of the UE, or whether the first cell is within the configuration range may be determined by the AS layer of the UE, but it should be noted that after the determination result is obtained, actually starting or releasing the application layer measurement for the first service is performed by the upper layer of the AS layer. The following describes the two implementations in detail.

In a first implementation manner, when an upper layer of an AS layer of the UE determines whether the first cell is within a configuration range included in the first configuration information, the method 300 may specifically include the following steps.

In step 1, RAN sends first configuration information to AS layer of UE, wherein the first configuration information comprises configuration range. Correspondingly, the AS layer of the UE receives first configuration information from the RAN. The description about the first configuration information is not repeated here.

The RAN may send the first configuration information to the AS layer of the UE by a broadcast message or a dedicated RRC message, for example. For example, the dedicated RRC message may be an RRC release message or an RRC reconfiguration message.

It is understood that the information that the RAN described in method 300 sends to the UE may all be considered that the RAN sends information to the AS layer of the UE.

And step 2, the AS layer of the UE sends the first configuration information to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE. Correspondingly, an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE receives first configuration information from the AS layer of the UE.

Alternatively, if the RAN transmits other information (e.g., information of an application layer measurement identity, indication information #a, etc.) than the first configuration information to the AS layer of the UE, the AS layer of the UE may transmit the information to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE.

And 3, the AS layer of the UE sends the cell information of a first cell to the upper layer of the AS layer of the UE, wherein the first cell is a cell of a first service received by the UE, and the first service is a first type service.

Optionally, when the RAN does not specify which first type service is to be subjected to application layer measurement, that is, does not send the indication information #a, the AS layer of the UE may send the cell information of the corresponding first type service to the upper layer of the AS layer of the UE after receiving any first type service.

Optionally, when the RAN designates which first type service is to be subjected to application layer measurement, i.e. sends the indication information #a, the AS layer of the UE may send the cell information of the designated first type service to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE after receiving the designated first type service or after interested in the first type service.

The cell information of the first cell also includes an identifier of the first service, where the identifier of the first service indicates which first type of service is transmitted by the first cell.

And 4, judging whether the first cell is in a configuration range included in the first configuration information according to the cell information of the first cell by an upper layer of an AS layer of the UE.

Specifically, if the configuration range includes the cell information of the first cell, the first cell is considered to be in the configuration range, otherwise, the first cell is considered to be in the configuration range.

And 5, determining whether to perform application layer measurement on the first service based on the first configuration information according to whether the first cell is in the configuration range included by the first configuration information by the upper layer of the AS layer of the UE. For step 5, see the description in S330, and will not be repeated here.

In a second implementation manner, when the AS layer of the UE determines whether the first cell is within the configuration range included in the first configuration information, the method 300 may specifically include the following steps.

Step 1 and step 2 of this implementation may be referred to the description of step 1 and step 2 in implementation one, and will not be described herein.

Optionally, in this implementation, the determination is made by the AS layer of the UE, so the AS layer of the UE may not need to send the configuration range in the first configuration information to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE.

And 3, judging whether the first cell is in a configuration range included in the first configuration information by the AS layer of the UE according to the cell information of the first cell.

It should be noted that, if the configuration range sent by the RAN to the UE in step 1 is in the application layer measurement configuration, since the AS layer of the UE does not parse the application layer measurement configuration received from other network devices (such AS CN or OAM or EM), before step 3, an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE may send the configuration range to the AS layer of the UE after parsing the application layer measurement configuration.

And 4, the AS layer of the UE sends a judging result to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE, wherein the judging result indicates whether the first cell is in a configuration range included in the first configuration information.

And 5, determining whether to perform application layer measurement on the first broadcast service based on the first configuration information according to whether the first cell is in the configuration range included by the first configuration information by the upper layer of the AS layer of the UE.

Optionally, the AS layer of the UE may instruct, based on the determination result, how the upper layer of the AS layer of the UE performs the application layer measurement on the first service, and then the above step 4 and step 5 may be replaced by the following steps:

And 4, the AS layer of the UE sends indication information #1 to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE, wherein the indication information #1 indicates whether the upper layer of the AS layer of the UE carries out application layer measurement on the first service based on the first configuration information.

For example, after step 3 and before step 4, an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE determines whether to perform an application layer measurement on the first broadcast service based on the first configuration information according to whether the first cell is within a configuration range included in the first configuration information.

In one embodiment, the AS layer of the UE determines that the first cell is within the configuration range, and if the application layer measurement of the first service has not been started, the AS layer of the UE sends an application layer measurement that can start the first service to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE, and if the application layer measurement of the first service has been started, the AS layer of the UE continues the application layer measurement of the first service without special processing (the upper layer of the AS layer of the UE also continues the application layer measurement of the first service).

In another embodiment, the AS layer of the UE determines that the first cell is not within the configuration range, and if the application layer measurement of the first service has not been started, the AS layer of the UE sends an application layer measurement that does not start or release the first service to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE, and if the application layer measurement of the first service has been started, the AS layer of the UE sends an application layer measurement that does not start or release the first service to an upper layer of the AS layer of the UE.

It can be appreciated that in the method 300, whether the first cell corresponding to the first service is within the configuration range of QoE measurement is determined to determine the subsequent application layer measurement action, which enables the terminal device to determine how to perform the application layer measurement of the first service more accurately than the current determination based on the serving cell of the terminal device.

The present application also provides another communication method, which is different from the method 300 in that the network device determines whether the cell of the received first type service is within the configuration range included in the first configuration information, and the method is described in detail below with reference to fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method 400 provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method flow may be performed by a terminal device and a network device, or performed by modules and/or devices (e.g., chips or integrated circuits, etc.) installed in the terminal device and the network device and having corresponding functions, and the present application is not limited thereto. The following description will be made with the terminal device and the network device as execution subjects, and the method 400 includes the following steps. It should be noted that, the same steps or concepts or flows in the method 400 and the method 300 may be referred to the description in the method 300, and will not be repeated herein.

The network device obtains first information, where the first information includes a configuration range, and the configuration range includes cell information capable of performing application layer measurement on a first type of service, where the first type of service is a multicast service or a broadcast service.

For the configuration range, see description in S310, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

Optionally, the method 400 further comprises S310. The network devices in S310 and method 400 (S410 to S440) may be the same network device or may be different network devices. For ease of distinction, the network device in S310 is referred to herein as network device #1, and the network device in method 400 is referred to herein as network device #2. For example, if the terminal device is in the RRC connected state all the time, the network device #1 and the network device #2 may be the same network device, or the network device #1 and the network device #2 may be different network devices due to the switching of the UE, and if the terminal device enters the RRC idle state or the RRC deactivated state from the RRC connected state, and then the terminal device enters the RRC connected state from the RRC idle state or the RRC deactivated state, the network device #1 and the network device #2 may be the same network device, or may be different network devices.

Alternatively, if the network device #1 and the network device #2 are the same network device, the first information acquired by the network device #2 may be the first QoE measurement collection configuration information received by the network device #1 from the CN or the OAM or the EM before S310, or the first information may also be determined by the network device #2 based on the first QoE measurement collection configuration information.

Alternatively, if the network device #1 and the network device #2 are different network devices, the network device #2 obtains the first information, including that the terminal device or the core network device or the network device #1 sends the first information to the network device # 2. A possible flow of the terminal device or core network device or network device #1 sending the first information to the network device #2 is briefly described below.

For example, after the terminal device receives the first configuration information from the network device #1, the service network device of the terminal device is replaced by the network device #1 to the network device #2, and the terminal device may send the first configuration information received previously to the network device #2, or the terminal device determines the first information based on the first configuration information and then sends the first information to the network device #2. The description of the first configuration information is referred to the description in fig. 3.

For example, the core network sends first QoE measurement collection configuration information to the network device #1, the network device #1 sends the first configuration information to the terminal device based on the first QoE measurement collection configuration information, and correspondingly, after the terminal device receives the first configuration information from the network device #1, the service network device of the terminal device is replaced by the network device #1 to the network device #2, and the core network device may send the first QoE measurement collection configuration information sent to the network device #1 to the network device #2, or the network device may determine the first information based on the first QoE measurement collection configuration information, and then send the first information to the network device #2.

For example, the core network sends the first QoE measurement collection configuration information to the network device #1, the network device #1 sends the first configuration information to the terminal device based on the first QoE measurement collection configuration information, and the network device #1 sends the first information to the core network device. After the terminal device accesses the network device #2, the core network device transmits the first information to the network device # 2.

Optionally, the first information further includes QoEreference or an application layer measurement identifier, which indicates that the first information is the first information corresponding to the QoEreference or the application layer measurement identifier.

Optionally, the first information further includes a service identifier, which indicates that the first information is first information corresponding to the service. For example, the service identifier indicates a broadcast service #1, and the first information is first information corresponding to the broadcast service # 1.

S420, the terminal equipment receives a first service from a first cell, wherein the first service is a first type service.

In this step, the terminal device receives the first service from the first cell in the serving cell of the terminal device.

The first cell is, for example, a non-serving cell of the terminal device.

It should be further noted that, when the network device #1 does not specify which of the first type services is to be subjected to the application layer measurement, that is, does not transmit the indication information #a, the terminal device performs S430 when receiving any of the first type services.

Alternatively, when the network device #1 designates which first type service is to be subjected to the application layer measurement, that is, the indication information #a is transmitted, the terminal device performs S430 when receiving the designated first type service.

S430, the terminal equipment sends the cell information of the first cell to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network device receives cell information from the first cell of the terminal device.

It will be appreciated that the network device #2 side may store configuration ranges corresponding to a plurality of application layer measurements, when the terminal device sends the cell information of the first cell to the network device #2, the network device #2 needs to know on which application layer measurement corresponding configuration range should be performed subsequently S440, and in one possible implementation, the first information and the cell information of the first cell may include a first identifier, where the first identifier is used to identify the application layer measurement corresponding to the configuration range in the first information. For example, the first identity may be QoEreference of the corresponding application layer measurements or an application layer measurement identity.

S440, the network device judges whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

For the description of the cell information of the first cell, see the above description, and will not be repeated here.

In one embodiment, the network device determines that the first cell is within the configuration range, and instructs the terminal device to start the application layer measurement of the first service if the application layer measurement of the first service has not yet started, and does not need to perform special processing if the application layer measurement of the first service has been started.

In another embodiment, the network device determines that the first cell is not within the configuration range, and indicates the terminal device to not start or release the application layer measurement of the first service if the application layer measurement of the first service has not been started, and indicates the terminal device to suspend or release or suspend the application layer measurement of the first service if the application layer measurement of the first service has been started.

For example, the first information and the cell information of the first cell may include a first identifier, and the network device determining whether the first cell is in a configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell refers to determining whether the first cell is in a configuration range corresponding to the first identifier.

The cell information of the first cell also includes an identifier of the first service, where the identifier of the first service indicates which first type of service is transmitted by the first cell. The network device judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell means that whether the first cell is in the configuration range corresponding to the first service is judged.

It can be understood that in the method, by judging whether the first cell corresponding to the first service is within the configuration range of QoE measurement, so as to determine the subsequent application layer measurement action.

Another technical problem and corresponding solutions addressed by the present application are described in detail below.

In one possible scenario, when the CN or OAM or EM informs the network device that it wishes to associate QoE measurements of the first type of traffic with radio side measurements (e.g., MDT measurements) of the terminal device when performing the QoE measurements, the CN or OAM sends to the network device an indication of the MDT and QoE performance association, e.g., the indication may collect MDT alignment information in the configuration information for the QoE measurements. The network device may configure MDT measurements for the terminal device (possibly before or after or at the same time as configuring application layer measurements). The following examples are illustrative. When the network device reports the application layer measurement result from the terminal device, the network device may obtain a corresponding application layer measurement configuration according to the application layer measurement identifier reported by the terminal device, and determine corresponding QoE measurement collection configuration information according to the application layer measurement configuration, thereby obtaining an IP address of the MCE corresponding to the application layer measurement result, so as to send the measurement result from the terminal device to the MCE, and when the association of the MDT and the QoE needs to be executed, the network device further sends the identifier of the MDT measurement to the MCE. When the QoE measurement collection configuration information further includes alignment information with the MDT, the terminal device may further send an MDT measurement result to the network device, where the MDT measurement result carries a cell identifier, and a radio signal measurement result of a cell corresponding to the cell identifier by the terminal device. The network device receiving the MDT measurement results sends the MDT measurement results to a collection entity of MDT measurement results, such as a trace measurement collection entity (trace collection entity, TCE). Therefore, the MCE and the TCE can obtain the association relation between the application layer measurement result and the MDT measurement result according to the cell identification and the wireless signal measurement result of the cell in the MDT measurement result in the application measurement result and the associated MDT measurement, thereby obtaining the association relation between the application layer measurement result and the wireless side measurement result.

At present, when the terminal device carries the neighbor cell measurement result in the MDT measurement result, only the radio signal measurement results of some cells with the front cell signal quality sequence are recorded, for example, the terminal device can record the radio signal measurement results of 6 neighbor cells under the service frequency point of the terminal device at most and the radio signal measurement results of 3 neighbor cells under the neighbor frequency point of the terminal device at most, and the recording mode cannot record the radio signal measurement results of the cells of the first type of service received by the terminal device, so that the association relationship between the application layer measurement result and the radio side measurement result cannot be obtained.

Aiming at the technical problems, the embodiment of the application provides a communication method which can effectively solve the technical problems.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method 500 provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method flow may be performed by a terminal device and a network device, or performed by modules and/or devices (e.g., chips or integrated circuits, etc.) installed in the terminal device and the network device and having corresponding functions, and the present application is not limited thereto. The following description will be made with the terminal device and the network device as execution subjects, and the method 500 includes the following steps.

S510, the first network device sends first configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the first configuration information is used for requesting the terminal device to perform application layer measurement on a first type of service, and the first type of service is a broadcast service or a multicast service. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first configuration information from the first network device.

The description of the first configuration information may be referred to the description in S310, and will not be repeated here.

S520, the second network device sends second configuration information to the terminal device, where the second configuration information is used to request to perform radio access side measurement. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives second configuration information from the second network device.

The first configuration information or the second configuration information includes first information, where the first information indicates that alignment of an application layer measurement result and a radio access side measurement result needs to be performed. For example, the first configuration information includes first information, where the first information may collect MDT alignment information included in the configuration information for QoE measurement corresponding to the first configuration information, or the first information indicates that a radio access side measurement result corresponding to a cell of the first service type needs to be received by the mobile terminal device when the radio access side measurement result needs to be reported.

Alternatively, the second network device and the first network device may be the same network device or different network devices. The description as to whether the first network device and the second network device are the same network device is similar to that in S410, and this will not be repeated.

The second configuration information includes configuration information for log-type MDT measurements, or configuration information for instant-type MDT measurements, for example. The difference between the two is mainly described herein, the log-type MDT mainly performs radio signal measurement for the terminal device in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state, the instant-type MDT mainly performs radio signal measurement for the terminal device in the RRC connected state, and other descriptions about the MDT refer to descriptions in parameter (5) included in the QoE measurement collection configuration information in S310, which are not repeated herein.

If the second configuration information is the configuration information for the immediate MDT measurement, the terminal device does not actually know that the configuration is the immediate MDT measurement configuration (for example, the second network device simply sends the measurement configuration to the terminal device, and the measurement configuration indicates that the terminal device performs periodic or event reporting on the target frequency point), but the network device knows the configuration information to be configured for which measurement purpose when configuring, so even if the terminal device does not know that the configuration information is the immediate MDT measurement configuration, only needs to perform measurement based on the configuration information and report the corresponding measurement result.

And S530, the terminal equipment sends second information to the third network equipment, wherein the second information comprises a first wireless access side measurement result, and the first wireless access side measurement result comprises a wireless access side measurement result of at least one first type cell, and the first type cell is a cell of a first type service received by the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the third network device receives the second information from the terminal device. The first wireless measurement side measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the terminal equipment according to the second configuration information.

Optionally, the third network device is the same or different network device as the second network device. The first network device, the second network device, and the third network device are the same network device, or any two network devices in the first network device, the second network device, and the third network device are the same network device, or the first network device, the second network device, and the third network device are different network devices.

In one possible implementation manner, on the basis of not changing the recording manner of the existing radio access side measurement result, the radio signal measurement result of the first type cell is recorded separately, specifically, the terminal device records the radio signal measurement result of the neighboring cell under a plurality of frequency points based on the existing recording manner, where the plurality of frequency points are frequency points for performing radio access side measurement based on the second configuration information, and in addition, the terminal device also records the radio signal measurement result of the first type cell corresponding to the plurality of frequency points or the radio signal measurement result of the terminal device in the first type cell (the frequency point corresponding to the first type cell may belong to a plurality of frequency points recorded in the existing recording manner or may not belong to a plurality of frequency points recorded in the existing recording manner).

For example, the plurality of frequency points may be neighboring frequency points and service frequency points of the cell reselection measurement, or the plurality of frequency points are frequency points, which are carried in the second configuration information and need to be measured at the wireless access side. The application does not limit how to determine the frequency points measured by the wireless access side. The following describes how to record the measurement result of the radio access side of the first type cell, taking the first frequency point included in the plurality of frequency points as an example.

It should be understood that, the service frequency point herein refers to a frequency point where a service cell of the terminal device (for a connected terminal device, a cell to which the terminal device is currently connected; for an idle or inactive terminal device, a cell to which the terminal device is currently resident) is located, the neighboring frequency point is another frequency point except the service frequency point, and the neighboring cell refers to another cell except the service cell of the terminal device.

In this implementation manner, the second information further includes a second radio access side measurement result, where the first radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of all the first type cells corresponding to the first frequency point (i.e., radio signal measurement results of cells that individually record the first type service), and the second radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of N cells with the best signal quality corresponding to the first frequency point (i.e., existing recording manner), where N is the maximum number of cells allowed to record the radio access side measurement results in the cells corresponding to the first frequency point, for example, if the first frequency point is a service frequency point, N is 6, and if the first frequency point is an adjacent frequency point, N is 3.

In another possible implementation manner, the terminal device preferentially records the radio signal measurement results of the first type of cell corresponding to the multiple frequency points, and then records measurement information of other cells.

For example, if the service frequency point records measurement information of 6 neighboring cells at most, if the terminal device receives a first type service in a certain neighboring cell of the frequency point and the cell is not the service cell, when the terminal device records a wireless signal measurement result of the neighboring cell corresponding to the frequency point, if 1 first type cell exists in the frequency point, the terminal device preferentially records measurement information of the first type cell in the frequency point, then records measurement information of 5 other neighboring cells at most, if 2 first type cells exist in the frequency point, then preferentially records measurement information of the first type cell in the frequency point, then records measurement information of 4 other neighboring cells at most, and if 8 first type cells exist in the frequency point, the terminal device only records measurement information of any 6 cells or 6 cells with optimal wireless signal quality in the 8 first type cells. The following describes how to record the measurement result of the radio access side of the first type cell, taking the first frequency point included in the plurality of frequency points as an example.

The number M of the first type cells corresponding to the first frequency point is smaller than or equal to N, and the first radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of M first type cells, where the first frequency point is a frequency point measured in radio access side measurement, N is a maximum number of cells allowed to record the radio access side measurement result in the cells corresponding to the first frequency point, or the number M of the first type cells corresponding to the first frequency point is greater than N, and the radio access side measurement result includes radio access side measurement results of N cells in the M first type cells.

In another possible implementation manner, the first radio access side measurement result includes that the terminal device records the radio signal measurement results of the neighboring cells under the multiple frequency points according to the recording manner of the existing radio access side measurement result, the measurement results include the measurement result of the first cell, and the first cell is a first type cell, so that the terminal device can carry first indication information in the measurement result of the first cell, and the first indication information indicates that the first cell is the first type cell, and thus, the network device knows that the first cell is the cell of the first type service received by the terminal device based on the first indication information.

Optionally, in the first implementation manner and the second implementation manner, if the measurement result of the first type cell is included in the measurement result of the first radio access side and the measurement result of the second radio access side, the terminal device may also carry corresponding first indication information in the measurement result of the corresponding first type cell, so as to inform the network device that the cell is a cell of the first type service received by the terminal device.

In the above technical solution, several specific implementation manners for reporting the radio signal measurement results of the first type cell are provided, which can avoid the situation that the measurement information of the first type cell cannot be recorded due to the existing recording mechanism, so that the alignment of the application layer measurement results and the radio access side measurement results can be better executed.

It should be understood that the sequence numbers of the above processes do not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic of the processes, and should not be construed as limiting the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

It should also be understood that in some of the above embodiments, the devices in the existing network architecture are mainly described as examples, and it should be understood that the embodiments of the present application are not limited to specific forms of the devices. For example, devices that can achieve the same functions in the future are applicable to the embodiments of the present application.

It will be appreciated that in the various method embodiments described above, the methods and operations implemented by a device (e.g., a network device, a terminal device, etc., as described above) may also be implemented by a component (e.g., a chip or circuit) of the device.

The method provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 1 to 5. The above method is mainly described in terms of interaction between the network device and the terminal device. It will be appreciated that the network device and the terminal device, in order to implement the above-mentioned functions, comprise corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions.

Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The following describes in detail the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application with reference to fig. 6 and 7. It should be understood that the descriptions of the apparatus embodiments and the descriptions of the method embodiments correspond to each other, and thus, descriptions of details not shown may be referred to the above method embodiments, and for the sake of brevity, some parts of the descriptions are omitted. The embodiment of the application can divide the functional modules of the network equipment or the terminal equipment according to the method example, for example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, and two or more functions can be integrated in one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the modules is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual implementation. The following description will take an example of dividing each functional module into corresponding functions.

The method for transmitting data provided by the application is described in detail above, and the communication device provided by the application is described below. In a possible implementation manner, the device is configured to implement steps or procedures corresponding to the terminal device in the above method embodiment. In another possible implementation manner, the apparatus is configured to implement steps or flows corresponding to the network device in the foregoing method embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 600 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the apparatus 600 may include a communication unit 610 and a processing unit 620. The communication unit 610 may communicate with the outside, and the processing unit 620 is used for data processing. The communication unit 610 may also be referred to as a communication interface or a transceiver unit.

In one possible design, the apparatus 600 may implement steps or flows performed by a network device corresponding to the above method embodiments, where the processing unit 620 is configured to perform operations related to processing by the network device in the above method embodiments, and the communication unit 610 is configured to perform operations related to sending by the network device in the above method embodiments.

In yet another possible design, the apparatus 600 may implement steps or processes performed by a terminal device corresponding to the above method embodiments, where the communication unit 610 is configured to perform operations related to the reception by the terminal device in the above method embodiments, and the processing unit 620 is configured to perform operations related to the processing by the terminal device in the above method embodiments.

It should be understood that the apparatus 600 herein is embodied in the form of functional units. The term "unit" herein may refer to an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (e.g., a shared, dedicated, or group processor, etc.) and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable components that support the described functionality. In an alternative example, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the apparatus 600 may be specifically configured to be a network device in the foregoing embodiment, and may be used to perform each flow and/or step corresponding to a network device in the foregoing method embodiment, or the apparatus 600 may be specifically configured to be a terminal device in the foregoing embodiment, and may be used to perform each flow and/or step corresponding to a terminal device in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

The apparatus 600 of each of the above aspects has a function of implementing the corresponding step performed by the network device in the above method, or the apparatus 600 of each of the above aspects has a function of implementing the corresponding step performed by the terminal device in the above method. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above, for example, the communication units may be replaced by transceivers (for example, a transmitting unit in the communication units may be replaced by a transmitter, a receiving unit in the communication units may be replaced by a receiver), and other units, such as a processing unit, may be replaced by a processor, to perform the transceiving operations and the related processing operations in the respective method embodiments, respectively.

The communication unit may be a transceiver circuit (e.g., may include a receiving circuit and a transmitting circuit), and the processing unit may be a processing circuit. In an embodiment of the present application, the apparatus in fig. 6 may be a terminal device or a network device in the foregoing embodiment, or may be a chip or a system on chip (SoC), for example. The communication unit can be an input/output circuit or a communication interface, and the processing unit is a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip. And are not limited herein.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 700 according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 700 includes a processor 710 and a transceiver 720. Wherein the processor 710 and the transceiver 720 communicate with each other through an internal connection path, the processor 710 is configured to execute instructions to control the transceiver 720 to transmit signals and/or receive signals.

Optionally, the apparatus 700 may further include a memory 730, where the memory 730 is in communication with the processor 710 and the transceiver 720 via an internal connection path. The memory 730 is used for storing instructions, and the processor 710 may execute the instructions stored in the memory 730. In a possible implementation manner, the apparatus 700 is configured to implement the respective flows and steps corresponding to the network device in the above method embodiment. In another possible implementation manner, the apparatus 700 is configured to implement each flow and step corresponding to the terminal device in the above method embodiment.

It should be understood that the apparatus 700 may be specifically a network device or a terminal device in the foregoing embodiment, and may also be a chip or a chip system. Correspondingly, the transceiver 720 may be a transceiver circuit of the chip, which is not limited herein. Specifically, the apparatus 700 may be configured to perform each step and/or flow corresponding to a network device or a terminal device in the above method embodiments. Alternatively, the memory 730 may include read-only memory and random access memory, and provide instructions and data to the processor. A portion of the memory may also include non-volatile random access memory. For example, the memory may also store information of the device type. The processor 710 may be configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, and when the processor 710 executes the instructions stored in the memory, the processor 710 is configured to perform the steps and/or processes of the method embodiments described above corresponding to the network device or the terminal device.

In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or by instructions in the form of software. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in a hardware processor for execution, or in a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor for execution. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method. To avoid repetition, a detailed description is not provided herein.

It should be noted that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capability. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in software form. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component. The processor in the embodiments of the present application may implement or execute the methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in the execution of a hardware decoding processor, or in the execution of a combination of hardware and software modules in a decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method.

It will be appreciated that the memory in embodiments of the application may be volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an erasable programmable ROM (erasable PROM), an electrically erasable programmable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (random access memory, RAM) which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (STATIC RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DYNAMIC RAM, DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (doubledata RATE SDRAM, DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ENHANCED SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SYNCHLINK DRAM, SLDRAM), and direct memory bus random access memory (direct rambus RAM, DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory

It should be noted that when the processor is a general purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, the memory (storage module) may be integrated into the processor.

Furthermore, the present application also provides a computer readable storage medium, where computer instructions are stored, when the computer instructions run on a computer, to cause operations and/or flows performed by a network device or a terminal device in the embodiments of the method of the present application to be performed.

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising computer program code or instructions which, when run on a computer, cause operations and/or flows performed by a network device or terminal device in method embodiments of the application to be performed.

In addition, the application also provides a chip, which comprises a processor. The memory for storing the computer program is provided separately from the chip and the processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory such that the operations and/or processes performed by the network device or the terminal device in any one of the method embodiments are performed.

Further, the chip may also include a communication interface. The communication interface may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, or the like. Further, the chip may further include a memory.

In addition, the application also provides a communication system which comprises the network equipment and the terminal equipment in the embodiment of the application.

It should also be noted that the memory described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application. It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein. In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form. The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. The storage medium includes various media capable of storing program codes such as a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, various embodiments are not necessarily referring to the same embodiments throughout the specification. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

It should also be understood that, in the present application, "when.+ -.)," if "and" if "all mean that the network element will make the corresponding treatment under some objective condition, and are not limited in time, nor do they require that the network element must have a judgment in its implementation act, nor are they meant to have other limitations.

It should also be understood that in embodiments of the present application, "B corresponding to A" means that B is associated with A from which B may be determined. It should also be understood that determining B from a does not mean determining B from a alone, but may also determine B from a and/or other information.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (36)

1. A communication method performed by a terminal device or a chip applied to the terminal device, comprising:

Receiving first configuration information from network equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for requesting application layer measurement on a first type of service, the first type of service is multicast service or broadcast service, the first configuration information comprises a configuration range, and the configuration range comprises cell information capable of carrying out application layer measurement on the first type of service;

receiving a first service from a first cell, wherein the first service is the first type service;

Judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first cell is determined to be within the configuration range, the method further comprising:

the application layer measurement of the first service has not yet started, the terminal device starts the application layer measurement of the first service,

Or alternatively

And the terminal equipment continues the application layer measurement of the first service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first cell is not within the configuration range, the method further comprising:

The application layer measurement of the first service has not yet started, the terminal device does not start or release the application layer measurement of the first service,

Or alternatively

And the terminal equipment continues or releases the application layer measurement of the first service.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the cell information of the configuration range indication and the cell information of the first cell comprise at least one of a cell identification, a cell corresponding public land mobile network PLMN, a cell corresponding tracking area code TAC.

5. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cell information of the first cell further comprises an identification of the first service.

6. The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first configuration information comprises an identification of at least one service, the at least one service being of the first type of service, the identification of the at least one service being indicative of application layer measurements only on the at least one service, the at least one service comprising the first service.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the terminal device comprises an access layer of the terminal device and an upper layer of the access layer of the terminal device,

The determining whether the first cell is within the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell includes:

and the access layer of the terminal equipment or the upper layer of the access layer of the terminal equipment judges whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the upper layer of the access layer of the terminal device determines whether the first cell is within the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell, including:

And the access layer of the terminal equipment sends the cell information of the first cell to the upper layer of the access layer of the terminal equipment.

9. The method according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal device.

10. A communication method performed by a network device or a chip applied to the network device, comprising:

acquiring first information, wherein the first information comprises a configuration range, the configuration range comprises cell information capable of carrying out application layer measurement on a first type service, and the first type service is multicast service or broadcast service;

receiving cell information of a first cell from terminal equipment, wherein the first cell is a cell of a first service received by the terminal equipment, and the first service is the first type service;

Judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining that the first cell is not within the configuration range, the method further comprising:

the application layer measurement of the first service has not been started, sending second information to the terminal device, the second information indicating that the terminal device releases the application layer measurement of the first service,

Or alternatively

And the application layer measurement of the first service is started, and third information is sent to the terminal equipment, wherein the third information indicates that the application layer measurement of the first service is suspended or released.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the cell information indicated by the configuration range and the cell information of the first cell comprise at least one of a cell identity, a cell corresponding public land mobile network PLMN, a cell corresponding tracking area code TAC.

13. The method according to any of claims 10 to 12, wherein the cell information of the first cell further comprises an identification of the first service.

14. The method according to any of claims 10 to 13, wherein the first information and the cell information of the first cell further comprise a first identification for identifying application layer measurements corresponding to the configuration scope.

15. The method according to any of the claims 10 to 14, characterized in that the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal device.

16. A communication device, comprising:

A communication unit, configured to receive first configuration information from a network device, where the first configuration information is used to request application layer measurement for a first type of service, where the first type of service is a multicast service or a broadcast service, and the first configuration information includes a configuration range, where the configuration range includes cell information capable of performing application layer measurement for the first type of service;

the communication unit is further configured to receive a first service from a first cell, where the first service is the first type service;

And the processing unit is used for judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

17. The communication apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processing unit determines that the first cell is within the configuration range,

The application layer measurement of the first service has not yet been started, the processing unit starts the application layer measurement of the first service,

Or alternatively

The application layer measurement of the first service has been started and the processing unit continues the application layer measurement of the first service.

18. The communication apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processing unit determines that the first cell is not within the configuration range,

The application layer measurement of the first service has not yet started, the processing unit does not start or release the application layer measurement of the first service,

Or alternatively

The application layer measurement of the first service has been started and the processing unit continues or releases the application layer measurement of the first service.

19. The communication apparatus according to any of the claims 16 to 18, characterized in that the cell information of the configuration range indication and the cell information of the first cell comprises at least one of a cell identification, a cell corresponding public land mobile network PLMN, a cell corresponding tracking area code TAC.

20. The communication apparatus according to any of claims 16 to 19, wherein the cell information of the first cell further comprises an identification of the first service.

21. The communication apparatus according to any of claims 16 to 20, wherein the first configuration information comprises an identification of at least one service, the at least one service being of the first type, the identification of the at least one service being indicative of application layer measurements only on the at least one service, the at least one service comprising the first service.

22. The communication device according to any of claims 16 to 21, wherein the processing unit comprises an access layer of the processing unit and an upper layer of the access layer of the processing unit,

The processing unit, which judges whether the first cell is within the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell, includes:

And judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell by an access layer of the processing unit or an upper layer of the access layer of the processing unit.

23. The communication apparatus according to claim 22, wherein an upper layer of an access layer of the processing unit determines whether the first cell is within the configuration range according to cell information of the first cell, comprising:

and the access layer of the processing unit sends the cell information of the first cell to the upper layer of the access layer of the processing unit.

24. The communication apparatus according to any of claims 16 to 23, wherein the first cell is a non-serving cell of a terminal device.

25. A communication device, comprising:

The communication unit is used for acquiring first information, wherein the first information comprises a configuration range, the configuration range comprises cell information capable of carrying out application layer measurement on a first type of service, and the first type of service is multicast service or broadcast service;

The communication unit is further configured to receive cell information of a first cell from a terminal device, where the first cell is a cell of a first service received by the terminal device, and the first service is the first type service;

And the processing unit is used for judging whether the first cell is in the configuration range according to the cell information of the first cell.

26. The communication apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing unit determines that the first cell is not within the configuration range,

The application layer measurement of the first service has not yet started, the communication unit is further configured to send second information to the terminal device, the second information indicating that the terminal device releases the application layer measurement of the first service,

Or alternatively

The application layer measurement of the first service has been started, and the communication unit is further configured to send third information to the terminal device, where the third information indicates to suspend or release the application layer measurement of the first service.

27. The communication apparatus according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the cell information indicated by the configuration range and the cell information of the first cell comprise at least one of a cell identity, a cell corresponding public land mobile network PLMN, a cell corresponding tracking area code TAC.

28. A communication device according to any of claims 25 to 27, wherein the cell information of the first cell further comprises an identification of the first service.

29. The communication apparatus according to any of claims 25 to 28, wherein the first information and the cell information of the first cell further comprise a first identification for identifying an application layer measurement to which the configuration range corresponds.

30. A communications apparatus according to any one of claims 25 to 29, wherein the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal device.

31. A communication device comprising means or units for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 or means or units for performing the method of any one of claims 10 to 15.

32. A communication device comprising at least one processor and a communication interface for inputting and/or outputting signals, the at least one processor being configured to execute a computer program stored in a memory, to cause the communication device to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 or to implement the method of any one of claims 10 to 15.

33. A processing device comprising a processor for executing a computer program stored in a memory, to cause the device to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 or to implement the method of any one of claims 10 to 15.

34. A processing apparatus, comprising:

A memory for storing a computer program;

A processor for invoking and running the computer program from the memory to cause the apparatus to implement the method of any of claims 1 to 9 or to implement the method of any of claims 10 to 15.

35. A computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 or to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 15.

36. A computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 or to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 15.