WO2024198991A1 - Measurement method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a measurement method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal performs first measurement, wherein the first measurement comprises at least one of the following: idle-state measurement; deactivated-state measurement; measurement in a process of connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement near connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected-state measurement; measurement using connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction as the starting point; measurement of idle-state carrier aggregation (CA) and/or dual connectivity (DC); measurement reporting of idle-state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement of fast CA and/or DC; and measurement reporting of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

Description

A measurement method, device, communication equipment and storage medium

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present disclosure is based on the Chinese patent application with application number 202310316875.1 and application date March 27, 2023, and claims the priority of the Chinese patent application. The entire content of the Chinese patent application is hereby incorporated into the present disclosure by way of introduction.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a measurement method, an apparatus, a communication device and a storage medium.

Background Art

The establishment of a secondary cell (Scell) or a secondary cell group (SCG) is performed in the connected state. In order to shorten the time for establishing an SCell or SCG, the network can instruct the terminal to measure candidate frequencies in the non-connected state and report the measurement results after entering the connected state. Currently, frequency measurements for the establishment of an SCell or SCG in the non-connected state can only be performed within a certain period of time, and the timer starts counting when the terminal enters the idle state or the deactivated state. This method has timeliness issues. For example, after the timer expires, if it takes a long time to enter the connected state, for scenarios where the channel changes quickly, the previous measurement results may have become invalid and cannot reflect the actual situation, resulting in problems with the SCell or SCG configured by the network based on the measurement results.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, an apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

The technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, which is applied to a terminal and includes:

The terminal performs a first measurement; the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement of idle state carrier aggregation (CA) and/or dual connection (DC); measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement of fast CA and/or DC; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal performs the first measurement, including at least one of the following:

Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Measurements are taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer;

The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement;

Measurements are performed after a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection is established or after RRC is reestablished.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a first message to the network, wherein the first message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L1 measurements;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for establishment of secondary cell (Scell) and/or secondary cell group (SCG); measurement for carrier aggregation (CA) and/or dual connectivity (DC); measurement for establishment of idle state CA and/or DC; measurement reporting for establishment of idle state CA and/or DC; measurement for establishment of fast CA and/or DC; measurement reporting for establishment of fast CA and/or DC; and measurement of inter-band cells.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a second message, wherein the second message includes at least one of the following information:

The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement;

The terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a third message, the third message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that performing measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment will result in message loss. No message will be lost if the connection is lost or if measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled;

Indicates whether enabling two RF links is supported or not.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal receiving a fourth message sent by the network; the fourth message includes at least one of the following information:

The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal;

The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment;

a second duration between the connection restoration request and the connection restoration;

The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a fifth message, the fifth message including at least one of the following requests:

Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

Requesting measurement to be performed within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement;

Request measurement after L1 measurement;

Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal receiving a sixth message sent by the network, the sixth message including at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement or not to perform measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement or not to perform measurement within the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a seventh message to the network, the seventh message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates whether a measurement is valid or invalid;

Indicates that the early measurement report is valid or that the early measurement report is invalid;

Valid measurement results;

Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending an eighth message to the network, wherein the eighth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state;

Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state;

Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state;

Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a ninth message to the network, wherein the ninth message includes frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a measurement method, which is applied to a network and includes:

The network receives a first message sent by the terminal, where the first message includes information for instructing the terminal to perform a first measurement; or,

The network sends a sixth message to the terminal, where the sixth message includes indication information of allowing or not allowing the terminal to perform the first measurement;

Among them, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; idle state CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; fast CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal performs the first measurement, including at least one of the following:

Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Measurements are taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer;

The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for Scell and/or SCG establishment; measurement for CA and/or DC; measurement for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement reporting for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement reporting for fast CA and/or DC establishment; and measurement of inter-band cells.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the first message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L1 measurements;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a second message sent by the terminal, where the second message includes at least one of the following information:

The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement;

The terminal supports measuring or not measuring during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment Supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a third message sent by the terminal, the third message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will result in message loss or that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will not result in message loss;

Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled;

Indicates whether enabling two RF links is supported or not.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network sending a fourth message to the terminal, the fourth message including at least one of the following information:

The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal;

The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment;

a second duration between the connection restoration request and the connection restoration;

The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, before the network sends the sixth message to the terminal, the method further includes:

The network receives a fifth message sent by the terminal, where the fifth message includes at least one of the following requests:

Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

Requesting measurement to be performed within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement;

Requests measurement after L1 measurement;

Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the sixth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement or not to perform measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement or not to perform measurement within the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a seventh message sent by the terminal, the seventh message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates whether a measurement is valid or invalid;

Indicates that the early measurement report is valid or that the early measurement report is invalid;

Valid measurement results;

Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving an eighth message sent by the terminal, the eighth message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state;

Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state;

Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state;

Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a ninth message sent by the terminal, the ninth message including frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement.

In the third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a measurement device, which is applied to a terminal, and the device includes: a first processing unit, configured to perform a first measurement; the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connection state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement of idle state CA and/or DC; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement of fast CA and/or DC; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a measuring device, the device being applied to a network, the device comprising: a second communication unit configured to receive a first message sent by a terminal, The first message includes information for instructing the terminal to perform a first measurement; or, a sixth message is sent to the terminal, and the sixth message includes indication information for allowing or not allowing the terminal to perform the first measurement; wherein the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; idle state CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; fast CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, the steps of the measurement method described in the first aspect or the second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure are implemented.

In the sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the program, the steps of the measurement method described in the first aspect or the second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure are implemented.

The measurement method, apparatus, communication equipment and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, by designing a new measurement mechanism, specifically include: the terminal performs a first measurement, the first measurement including at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement close to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connection state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; idle state CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; fast CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment. The technical solution of the embodiments of the present disclosure takes into account the timeliness of measurement and the fast establishment of Scell and/or SCG, and can effectively improve system performance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG2 is a second flow chart of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3 is a first schematic diagram of an interaction flow of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4 is a second interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG5 is a third interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG6 is a fourth interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG7 is a fifth interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG8 is a sixth interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the first structure of the measuring device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG10 is a second schematic diagram of the composition structure of the measuring device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware composition structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, Long Term Evolution (LTE) system or 5G system, etc. Optionally, the 5G system or 5G network can also be called New Radio (NR) system or NR network.

Exemplarily, the communication system applied in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include a network device and a terminal device (also referred to as a terminal, a communication terminal, etc.); the network device may be a device that communicates with the terminal device. Among them, the network device can provide communication coverage within a certain area, and can communicate with terminals located in the area. Optionally, the network device can be a base station in each communication system, such as an evolved base station (eNB, Evolutional Node B) in an LTE system, or a base station (gNB) in a 5G system or an NR system.

It should be understood that the device with communication function in the network/system in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be called a communication device. The communication device may include a network device and a terminal with communication function. The network device and the terminal device may be the specific devices described above, which will not be repeated here. The communication device may also include other devices in the communication system, such as a network controller, a mobile management entity and other network entities. This is not limited in the disclosed embodiments.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably in this article. The term "and/or" in this article is only a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and/or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

The terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present disclosure are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, for example. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, for example, a process, method, system, product, or device that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units that are clearly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products, or devices.

The present disclosure provides a measurement method. FIG1 is a flow chart of the measurement method of the present disclosure embodiment; as shown in FIG1 , the method includes:

Step 101: The terminal performs a first measurement; the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; idle state CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; fast CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

In some optional embodiments, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for Scell and/or SCG establishment; measurement for carrier aggregation (CA) and/or dual connectivity (DC); measurement for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement reporting for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment Measurement reporting; inter-band cell measurement.

In this embodiment, the first measurement includes idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction; measurement near connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction; connection state measurement; one or more of the measurements starting from connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction. For example, the first measurement includes idle state measurement and measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction. This method can be understood as the terminal multiplexing the idle state measurement, and combining the measurement performed after the connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction start, and combining the two parts of the measurement to obtain the measurement result. Similarly, when the first measurement includes the measurement of multiple processes, it can be understood that the measurement result of the terminal is obtained based on the measurement of multiple processes; the measurement result is obtained based on the measurement of multiple processes, which can be understood as the terminal sampling in multiple processes, and combining the sampling of multiple processes to obtain the reported measurement result. The gain of this combination method is that it can improve the timeliness of the measurement results and better reflect the channel conditions in real time.

The first measurement includes measurement of the serving cell, and/or includes same-frequency measurement and/or different-frequency measurement. Specifically, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: search (or described as detection); measuring the time to obtain the SSB index, etc.; the measurement can also be described as reference signal received power (RSRP, Reference Signal Receiving Power) measurement, reference signal received quality (RSRQ, Reference Signal Receiving Quality) measurement, signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR, Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) measurement, etc.

In this embodiment, the terminal performs the first measurement, which may specifically be performed according to the above-mentioned measurement content or measurement purpose, or the first measurement may also include measurement reporting, that is, measurement reporting after the measurement is performed according to the measurement content or measurement purpose.

The idle state CA and/or DC may specifically include one of the following: idle state CA, idle state DC, idle state CA and idle state DC. The fast CA and/or DC may specifically include one of the following: fast CA, fast DC, fast CA and fast DC.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal performs the first measurement, including at least one of the following:

Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Measurements are taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer;

The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection is established or after RRC re-establishment.

In the related technical solutions, the terminal does not perform measurements during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment process. In this embodiment, in order to take into account timeliness and rapid establishment of Scell and/or SCG, measurements are performed during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment process and/or before the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment, and the measurement results are used for the subsequent establishment of Scell and/or SCG.

In this embodiment, the first timer, the second timer and the third timer can be configured through the network, and the relevant information of the first timer, the second timer and the third timer configured by the network may include the duration of the timer, the starting position, etc. In addition, the first time and/or the second time can be configured through the network, and can also be obtained through protocol pre-definition. Specifically, the duration of the first time and/or the second time can be in seconds (s), milliseconds (such as X1 seconds, X2 milliseconds, etc., for example, the protocol pre-defines the duration of the first time and/or the second time to be 5s), or it can also be in symbols (such as Y symbol(s)), or in time slots (such as Z slot(s)), subframes (such as M subframe(s)). In the above embodiment, the measurement in the first time before the expiration of the first timer can also be described as: sampling in the first time before the expiration of the first timer, or it can also be described as: measurement in the first time before the expiration of the first timer. In the above embodiment, the measurement within the second time after the second timer expires can also be described as: sampling within the second time after the second timer expires, or can also be described as: the measurement (or sampling) within the second time after the second timer expires can be used for the first measurement.

In other optional embodiments, after the first timer expires, the terminal enters a connected state or reports a measurement result, that is, in this embodiment, the terminal can perform measurement (ie, first measurement) within the first time before entering a connected state or reporting a measurement result.

In other optional embodiments, after the second timer expires and the second time is reached, the terminal will enter a connected state or the terminal reports the measurement result, that is, after the second timer expires and the second time has passed, the terminal will enter a connected state or the terminal reports the measurement result, that is, in this embodiment, the terminal can perform measurement (that is, the first measurement) within the second time after the second timer expires.

In other optional embodiments, after the third timer expires, the terminal enters a connected state or the terminal reports the measurement result. That is, in this embodiment, the measurement can be performed immediately after the third timer expires, that is, during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process.

In this embodiment, L3 can also be called layer 3, which is called the network layer at the network protocol stack level; L3 distinguishes between the control plane and the user plane, and the control plane can include two parts: RRC and non-access layer (NAS, Non Access Stratum). L1 can also be called layer 1, which is called the physical layer at the network protocol stack level. L1 is responsible for channel coding, modulation and demodulation, antenna mapping, etc.

Optionally, L3 measurement is obtained by filtering L1 measurement. L1 measurement includes but is not limited to L1-RSRP, L1-SINR. L3 measurement includes but is not limited to SS-RSRP, SS-SINR, SS-RSRQ, CSI-RSRP, CSI-RSRQ, CSI-SINR. L3 measurement is usually used for cell reselection, handover, etc. L1 measurement is usually used for beam management, wireless link detection, etc.

In this embodiment, the measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement can also be described as: the measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement is reported; the measurement within the third time after the L1 measurement can also be described as: the measurement within the third time after the L1 measurement is reported. Measurement. The third time and/or the fourth time may be configured through the network, or may be obtained in a protocol predefined manner. Specifically, the duration of the third time and/or the fourth time may be in seconds or milliseconds (such as X1 seconds, X2 milliseconds, etc., for example, the protocol predefines the duration of the third time and/or the fourth time to be 5s), or may be in symbols (such as Ysymbol(s)), or may be in timeslots (such as Z slot(s)) or subframes (M subframe(s)). L1 measurement may also be referred to as physical layer measurement; L3 measurement may also be referred to as high-layer measurement.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a first message to the network, where the first message includes at least one indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In this embodiment, the network may also be referred to as a network device, a network node, etc. In some optional embodiments, the network (network device, network node) may be an access network (such as an access network device, an access network node, etc.), such as a base station. In each embodiment of the present disclosure, the network is described.

In this embodiment, the terminal sends a first message to the network, which is mainly used to inform the network and the terminal of what kind of first measurement to perform, and to assist the network in learning when the measurement result (or measurement report result) of the terminal was obtained, so as to determine the validity (or timeliness) of the measurement result. The network receives the first message from the terminal, for example, and can learn that the terminal will perform the measurement during the connection establishment, connection recovery or reconstruction process. If the measurement is insufficient, the network can choose to reply to the terminal after a relatively long time to avoid the terminal missing the message due to measurement.

In some optional embodiments, the first message can be carried by RRC reestablishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), and RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried by message 3 (MSG3) (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest (RRCResumeRequest2) can be introduced. The main reason is that the idle bits of the existing messages are limited. If the payload of the first message is high, a new message needs to be introduced.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send the first message to the network before or after performing the first measurement. The first message is sent before performing the first measurement to mainly inform the network what kind of first measurement the terminal will perform; the first message is sent after performing the first measurement to mainly inform the network what kind of first measurement the terminal has performed.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a second message, wherein the second message includes at least one of the following information:

The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement;

The terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement.

In this embodiment, the terminal may send a second message to the network, and the second message may be used to notify the network of the terminal's capability information such as whether the terminal supports or does not support the first measurement, whether the terminal supports or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reconstruction. The network may also be notified through the second message. The network terminal may provide indication information such as whether to perform measurement or not during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment, or may also notify the network terminal of the duration required for measurement through a second message; the measurement performed by the terminal here may refer to one or more of measurement for Scell and/or SCG establishment, measurement for CA and/or DC, measurement for idle state CA and/or DC establishment, measurement reporting for idle state CA and/or DC establishment, measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment, measurement reporting for fast CA and/or DC establishment, and measurement of inter-band cells.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send a second message to the network before or after performing the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal sending the second message to the network is beneficial to network scheduling, and can assist the network in deciding whether the issuance of subsequent messages needs to be delayed due to the terminal measurement. When the network receives the second message from the terminal and learns that the terminal will perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, and connection reconstruction, the network may choose to reply to the terminal after a relatively long time to avoid the terminal missing the message due to the measurement.

The second message can be carried by RRC reestablishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), and RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried by MSG3 (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest (RRCResumeRequest2) can be introduced. The main reason is that the idle bits of the existing messages are limited. If the payload of the second message is high, a new message needs to be introduced.

In this embodiment, the first time information indicates the duration required for the terminal to perform measurement, and the duration required for the terminal to perform measurement may also be described as: the time (or duration) required for the terminal to perform cell detection, or the time (or duration) for the terminal to obtain a beam index, or the time (or duration) required for the terminal to evaluate, or the cell detection duration, measurement cycle, beam index acquisition time (or duration), evaluation time (or duration) of the terminal, etc. Specifically, the first time information indicates the duration required for the terminal to perform measurement, and the duration required for the terminal to perform measurement. The time information includes a specific time length, and the first time information is, for example, in seconds or milliseconds; the first time information may also include indication information of the time group; it should be noted that if the protocol defines different (or multiple) first time information according to different terminal capabilities, the terminal only needs to report to the network one type of first time information that it satisfies.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a third message, the third message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will result in message loss or that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will not result in message loss;

Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled;

Indicates whether enabling two RF links is supported or not.

In this embodiment, the terminal may send a third message to the network, and the network may be notified through the third message whether measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reconstruction will cause message loss. The network may also be notified through the third message whether the terminal supports and/or enables two RF links.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send a third message to the network before or after performing the first measurement. In this embodiment, the third message sent by the terminal to the network is beneficial to network scheduling and can assist the network in deciding whether the issuance of subsequent messages needs to be delayed due to the terminal measurement. When the network receives the third message from the terminal and learns that the terminal will perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reconstruction, the network may choose to reply to the terminal after a relatively long time to avoid the terminal missing messages due to the measurement.

Among them, the third message can be carried by RRC reestablishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried by MSG3 (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest can be introduced. (RRCResumeRequest2), the main reason is that the free bits of the existing messages are limited. If the payload of the third message is high, a new message needs to be introduced.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned opening of two radio frequency links can also be described as opening two radio frequency links in an idle state/deactivated state. The gain of opening two radio frequency links is that: depending on the terminal architecture and implementation, if the terminal only opens one link during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process (for example, even if the terminal has multiple links, but from the perspective of reducing power consumption, the terminal is likely to open only one link during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process), then the measurement and connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction can only be performed on the same link, and tuning to other frequency points for measurement will result in the loss of downlink messages during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process; if the terminal opens at least two links during the connection process, then the measurement and connection establishment/recovery/reconstruction can be performed on different links, each independently and without affecting each other. That is, among the at least two radio frequency links, at least one radio frequency link is used for measurement, and at least one link is used for connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal receiving a fourth message sent by the network; the fourth message includes at least one of the following information:

The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal;

The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment;

a second duration between the connection restoration request and the connection restoration;

The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may receive a fourth message sent by the network before performing the first measurement. In this embodiment, through the fourth message, the terminal may learn the time when the network responds to the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal (i.e., how long does it take for the network to respond to the terminal after the terminal sends the connection establishment request, connection recovery request or connection reestablishment request), and may also learn the first duration between the connection reestablishment request (such as RRCReestablishmentRequest) and the connection reestablishment (such as RRCReestablishment), the connection recovery request (RRCResumeRequest) and the connection reestablishment (such as RRCReestablishment). Or the second duration between RRCResumeRequest1) and connection recovery (such as RRCResume), the third duration between the connection establishment request (such as RRCSetupRequest) and the connection establishment (such as RRCSetup), and so on.

In this embodiment, the purpose of the information carried by the fourth message is to provide the terminal with auxiliary information of the downlink message, so that the terminal can grasp the measurement time and tune back to the original frequency before the downlink message arrives to establish, restore or reestablish the connection, so as to avoid missing the network message.

In this embodiment, the information content carried by the fourth message can also be described as the time between the RRC Reestablishment Request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), the RRC Setup Request (RRCSetupRequest), the RRC Recovery Request (RRCResumeRequest), and the RRC Recovery Request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1) and the RRC Reestablishment (RRCReestablishment), RRC Setup (RRCSetup), and RRC Recovery (RRCResume), respectively. Exemplarily, considering the network implementation, the information carried in the fourth message can represent a minimum time, that is, the network will not reply earlier than this time. In other embodiments, the information carried in the fourth message can be understood as a time threshold, or a timer. During the time represented by the time threshold or during the operation of the timer (that is, before the timer expires), the terminal does not need to receive downlink information (or it is understood that the network will not send signaling or messages to the terminal). Among them, the fourth message can be sent by broadcast.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a fifth message, the fifth message including at least one of the following requests:

Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

Requesting measurement to be performed within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement;

Requests measurement after L1 measurement;

Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send a fifth message to the network before performing the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal may send a request to the network through the fifth message to request at least one of performing measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment; performing measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment; performing measurements within a first time before expiration of a first timer; performing measurements within a second time after expiration of a second timer; performing measurements after expiration of a third timer; performing measurements within a third time after L3 measurement; performing measurements within a fourth time after L1 measurement; performing measurements after L3 measurement; performing measurements after L1 measurement; and performing measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC reestablishment.

In the above embodiment, the first message is the terminal notifying the network of relevant measurement behavior (which can be understood as the terminal autonomously determining how to perform the measurement); and the fifth message is the terminal requesting the network, and whether the terminal can perform the first measurement requires network authorization.

Among them, the fifth message can be carried out through RRC re-establishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), and RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be described as being carried through MSG3 (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest (RRCResumeRequest2) can be introduced.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal receiving a sixth message sent by the network, the sixth message including at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement or not to perform measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement or not to perform measurement within the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may receive a sixth message sent by the network before performing the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal sends the fifth message to the network to request whether the corresponding measurement behavior can be performed, and the network sends the sixth message to the terminal to authorize whether the terminal is allowed to perform the corresponding measurement, so as to allow or authorize the terminal to perform the measurement during the connection establishment process, the connection recovery process, the connection reconstruction process, before the connection is established, before the connection is restored, before the connection is reestablished, before the first timer expires, after the second timer expires, after the third timer expires, after the L3 measurement, after the L1 measurement, etc. In other optional embodiments, the network may directly send the sixth message to the terminal. The terminal receives the sixth message to authorize whether to allow the terminal to perform the corresponding measurement, without first receiving the fifth message and then sending the sixth message to the terminal. After receiving the sixth message, the terminal can perform the first measurement.

Among them, the sixth message can be carried by RRC reconstruction (RRCReestablishment), RRC establishment (RRCSetup) or RRC recovery (RRCResume); in other embodiments, the sixth message can also be sent by broadcasting.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a seventh message to the network, the seventh message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that a measurement is valid or indicates that a measurement is invalid;

Indicates that early measurement reporting is valid or indicates that early measurement reporting is invalid;

Valid measurement results;

Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send a seventh message to the network after performing the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal may notify the network of the measurement result (such as the measurement result of the first measurement) through the seventh message, and/or notify the network of the time when the measurement result was obtained (the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before reporting); the above-mentioned measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before reporting, implicitly notifying the network of the validity of the measurement result, for example, if the fifth time is long, such as greater than a value, it means that the measurement result is reported within a long time after it is obtained, and the measurement result may be invalid; if the fifth time is short, such as less than a value, it may indicate that the measurement result is reported within a short time after it is obtained, and the measurement result is valid. In other optional embodiments, the terminal may notify the network of the measurement validity or measurement invalidity through the seventh message (measurement validity may also be equivalent to measurement validity, indicating that the measurement result of the first measurement is valid; correspondingly, measurement invalidity may also be equivalent to measurement invalidity, indicating that the measurement result of the first measurement is invalid), and/or indicate that the early measurement report is valid or the early measurement report is invalid; wherein, the early measurement report is also called Early Measurement Report, abbreviated as EMR.

The measurement result is obtained within the fifth time before reporting, which can also be described as measuring The result is obtained by measuring the fifth time before the measurement is reported.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending an eighth message to the network, wherein the eighth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state;

Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state;

Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state;

Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send an eighth message to the network before or after performing the first measurement. In this embodiment, after performing the first measurement, the terminal may send an eighth message to the network to inform the network through the eighth message what kind of measurement is performed, or the measurement includes measurements in what state; or the terminal may send an eighth message to the network before performing the first measurement to inform the network through the eighth message what kind of measurement is to be performed, or the measurement to be performed includes measurements in what state. For example, measurements performed in an idle state, or measurements performed in a deactivated state, and/or, whether measurements in a connected state are included or not, and/or, whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not.

The measurement performed in the idle state may also be described as the measurement result being obtained in the idle state. The measurement performed in the deactivated state may also be described as the measurement result being obtained in the deactivated state.

In this embodiment, the information carried in the eighth message can assist the network (implicit notification) in obtaining the validity of the measurement results. If there are only idle state measurement results and/or deactivated state measurement results, the timeliness will be relatively poor (it can be understood that the channel changes quickly and the measurement results cannot effectively reflect the channel conditions in real time). If measurements in the connected state and/or measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC reconstruction are included, the timeliness can be effectively improved (the channel conditions can be better and more real-time reflected).

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the terminal sending a ninth message to the network, wherein the ninth message includes frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send the ninth message to the network before or after performing the first measurement. The ninth message is sent before performing the first measurement, mainly to inform the network at which frequency point or points the terminal will perform the first measurement, and/or for which cells the first measurement will be performed. The ninth message is sent after performing the first measurement, mainly to inform the network at which frequency point or points the terminal has performed the first measurement, and/or for which cells the first measurement has been performed.

Based on the above embodiments, the present disclosure further provides a measurement method. FIG2 is a second flow chart of the measurement method of the present disclosure embodiment. As shown in FIG2 , the method includes:

Step 201: The network receives a first message sent by a terminal, wherein the first message includes information for instructing the terminal to perform a first measurement; or, the network sends a sixth message to the terminal, wherein the sixth message includes indication information for allowing or not allowing the terminal to perform the first measurement; wherein the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement approaching connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; idle state CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; fast CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

In this embodiment, the network may also be referred to as a network device, a network node, etc. In some optional embodiments, the network (network device, network node) may be an access network (such as an access network device, an access network node, etc.), such as a base station. In each embodiment of the present disclosure, the network is described.

In some optional embodiments, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for establishing a secondary cell Scell and/or a secondary cell group SCG; measurement for carrier aggregation CA and/or dual connectivity DC; measurement for establishing idle state CA and/or DC; measurement reporting for establishing idle state CA and/or DC; measurement for establishing fast CA and/or DC; measurement for establishing fast CA and/or DC Established measurement reporting; inter-band cell measurement.

In this embodiment, as an example, the first measurement may be a measurement close to connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction, and/or a measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction, and/or a connection state measurement, so as to ensure the timeliness of the measurement result. As another example, the first measurement may also be an idle state measurement and/or a deactivated state measurement, wherein the time point of the measurement is in an idle state or a deactivated state, but may also be close to a connection state, or close to connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction, so as to ensure the timeliness of the measurement result. The first measurement includes measurement of the serving cell, and/or includes same-frequency measurement and/or different-frequency measurement. Specifically, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: search (or described as detection); measurement of the time to obtain the SSB index, etc.; the measurement may also be described as RSRP measurement, RSRQ measurement, SINR measurement, etc.

In this embodiment, the terminal performs the first measurement, which may specifically be performed according to the above-mentioned measurement content or measurement purpose, or the first measurement may also include measurement reporting, that is, measurement reporting after the measurement is performed according to the measurement content or measurement purpose.

The idle state CA and/or DC may specifically include one of the following: idle state CA, idle state DC, idle state CA and idle state DC. The fast CA and/or DC may specifically include one of the following: fast CA, fast DC, fast CA and fast DC.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal performs the first measurement, including at least one of the following:

Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Measurements are taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer;

The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In the related technical solutions, the terminal does not perform measurements during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment process. In this embodiment, in order to take into account timeliness and rapid establishment of Scell and/or SCG, measurements are performed during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment process and/or before the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment, and the measurement results are used for the subsequent establishment of Scell and/or SCG.

In some optional embodiments, the first message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L1 measurements;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In this embodiment, the terminal sends a first message to the network, which is mainly used to notify the network and the terminal to perform a first measurement, and to assist the network in learning when the measurement result (or measurement report result) of the terminal is obtained, so as to determine the validity (or timeliness) of the measurement result. When the network receives the first message from the terminal, for example, it can be learned that the terminal will perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or reconstruction. The network can choose to reply to the terminal after a relatively long time to avoid the terminal missing the message due to the measurement.

In some optional embodiments, the first message can be carried by radio resource control (RRC, Radio Resource Control) reconstruction request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried by message 3 (MSG3) (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest (RRCResumeRequest2) can be introduced. The main reason is that the idle bits of the existing messages are limited. If the payload of the first message is high, a new message needs to be introduced.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal may send the first message to the network before or after performing the first measurement. The first message is sent before performing the first measurement to mainly inform the network what kind of first measurement the terminal will perform; the first message is sent after performing the first measurement to mainly inform the network what kind of first measurement the terminal has performed.

In some optional embodiments, the sixth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement within the third time after L3 measurement or not after L3 measurement The measurement is performed within the third time;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement or not to perform measurement within the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments, the network may send a sixth message to the terminal before the terminal performs the first measurement. In this embodiment, the network may actively instruct or authorize the terminal to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, connection reestablishment, before connection establishment, before connection recovery, before connection reestablishment, before expiration of a first timer, after expiration of a second timer, after expiration of a third timer, after L3 measurement, after L1 measurement, and the like.

Among them, the sixth message can be carried by RRC reconstruction (RRCReestablishment), RRC establishment (RRCSetup) or RRC recovery (RRCResume); in other embodiments, the sixth message can also be sent by broadcasting.

In some optional embodiments, before the network sends the sixth message to the terminal, the method further includes: the network receiving a fifth message sent by the terminal, the fifth message including at least one of the following requests:

Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

Requesting measurement to be performed within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement;

Request measurement after L1 measurement;

Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments, the network may receive a fifth message sent by the terminal before the terminal performs the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal may send a request to the network through the fifth message to request measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reconstruction; request measurement before connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reconstruction; request measurement within a first time before the expiration of a first timer; request measurement within a second time after the expiration of a second timer; request measurement after the expiration of a third timer; request measurement within a third time after L3 measurement; request measurement within a fourth time after L1 measurement; request measurement after L3 measurement; request measurement after L1 measurement; request measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC reconstruction. Then, the network sends a sixth message to indicate whether the terminal allows or does not allow the requested measurement.

Among them, the fifth message can be carried out through RRC re-establishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), and RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be described as being carried through MSG3 (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest (RRCResumeRequest2) can be introduced.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a second message sent by the terminal, where the second message includes at least one of the following information:

The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement;

The terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement.

In some optional embodiments, the network may receive a second message sent by the terminal before or after the terminal performs the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal may send a second message to the network, and the second message may notify the network of the terminal's capability information such as whether the terminal supports or does not support the first measurement, whether the terminal supports or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reconstruction, and the second message may also be used to notify the network of the terminal's indication information such as whether to perform measurement or not during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reconstruction, or the second message may be used to notify the network of the duration required for the terminal to perform measurement; the measurement performed by the terminal here may refer to one or more of the measurements used for Scell and/or SCG establishment, the measurements used for CA and/or DC, the measurements used for idle CA and/or DC establishment, the measurement reports used for idle CA and/or DC establishment, the measurements used for fast CA and/or DC establishment, the measurement reports used for fast CA and/or DC establishment, and the measurements of inter-band cells.

In this embodiment, the terminal sending the second message to the network is beneficial to network scheduling, and can assist the network in deciding whether the subsequent message needs to be delayed due to the terminal measurement. When the network receives the second message from the terminal and learns that the terminal will perform measurements during the connection establishment, connection recovery, and connection reestablishment process, the network can choose to reply to the terminal after a relatively long time to avoid the terminal missing the message due to the measurement.

The second message may be carried by an RRC reestablishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), an RRC setup request (RRCSetupRequest), an RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), or an RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message may also be carried by MSG3 (MSG3 is a message in a random access process); in other embodiments, the first message may also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest may be introduced. (RRCResumeRequest2). The main reason is that the free bits of the existing message are limited. If the payload of the second message is high, a new message needs to be introduced.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a third message sent by the terminal, the third message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will result in message loss or that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will not result in message loss;

Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled;

Indicates whether enabling two RF links is supported or not.

In some optional embodiments, the network may receive a third message sent by the terminal before or after the terminal performs the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal may send a third message to the network, and the network may be notified through the third message whether measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment may result in message loss, and the network may also be notified through the third message whether the terminal supports and/or starts two radio frequency links.

In this embodiment, the third message sent by the terminal to the network is beneficial to network scheduling and can assist the network in deciding whether the subsequent message delivery needs to be delayed due to the terminal measurement. When the network receives the third message from the terminal and learns that the terminal will perform measurements during the connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment process, the network can choose to reply to the terminal after a relatively long time to avoid the terminal missing the message due to the measurement.

Among them, the third message can be carried by RRC reconstruction request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), and RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried by MSG3 (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message, for example, a new RRCResumeRequest (RRCResumeRequest2) can be introduced. The main reason is that the idle bits of the existing messages are limited. If the first The payload of the third message is high, so a new message needs to be introduced.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned opening of two radio frequency links can also be described as opening two radio frequency links in an idle state/deactivated state. The gain of opening two radio frequency links is that: depending on the terminal architecture and implementation, if the terminal only opens one link during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process (for example, even if the terminal has multiple links, but from the perspective of reducing power consumption, the terminal is likely to open only one link during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process), then the measurement and connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction can only be performed on the same link, and tuning to other frequencies for measurement will result in the loss of downlink messages during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process; if the terminal opens at least two links during the connection process, then the measurement and connection establishment/recovery/reconstruction can be performed on different links, each independently and without affecting each other. That is, among the at least two radio frequency links, at least one radio frequency link is used for measurement, and at least one link is used for connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network sending a fourth message to the terminal, the fourth message including at least one of the following information:

The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal;

The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment;

a second duration between the connection restoration request and the connection restoration;

The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment.

In some optional embodiments, the network may send a fourth message to the terminal before the terminal performs the first measurement. In this embodiment, the network may send a fourth message to the terminal, through which the terminal may learn the time when the network responds to the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal (i.e., how long does it take for the network to respond to the terminal after the terminal sends a connection establishment request, a connection recovery request or a connection reestablishment request), and may also learn the first duration between the connection reestablishment request (such as RRCReestablishmentRequest) and the connection reestablishment (such as RRCReestablishment), the duration between the connection recovery request (RRCResumeRequest or RRCResumeRequest1) and the connection reestablishment (such as RRCReestablishment) through the fourth message. The second duration between connection recovery (such as RRCResume), the third duration between connection establishment request (such as RRCSetupRequest) and connection establishment (such as RRCSetup), and so on.

In this embodiment, the purpose of the information carried by the fourth message is to provide the terminal with auxiliary information of the downlink message, so that the terminal can grasp the measurement time and tune back to the original frequency before the downlink message arrives to establish, restore or reestablish the connection, so as to avoid missing the network message.

In this embodiment, the information content carried by the fourth message can also be described as the time between the RRC Reestablishment Request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), the RRC Setup Request (RRCSetupRequest), the RRC Recovery Request (RRCResumeRequest), and the RRC Recovery Request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1) and the RRC Reestablishment (RRCReestablishment), RRC Setup (RRCSetup), and RRC Recovery (RRCResume), respectively. Exemplarily, considering the network implementation, the information carried in the fourth message can represent a minimum time, that is, the network will not reply earlier than this time. In other embodiments, the information carried in the fourth message can be understood as a time threshold, or a timer. During the time represented by the time threshold or during the operation of the timer (that is, before the timer expires), the terminal does not need to receive downlink information (or it is understood that the network will not send signaling or messages to the terminal). Among them, the fourth message can be sent by broadcast.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a seventh message sent by the terminal, the seventh message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates whether a measurement is valid or invalid;

Indicates that the early measurement report is valid or that the early measurement report is invalid;

Valid measurement results;

Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported.

In some optional embodiments, the network may receive the seventh message sent by the terminal before the terminal performs the first measurement. In this embodiment, the terminal may notify the network of the measurement result (such as the measurement result of the first measurement) and/or notify the network of the time when the measurement result was obtained (such as the measurement result of the first measurement) through the seventh message. The measurement result is obtained within the fifth time before being reported); the measurement result is obtained within the fifth time before being reported, implicitly notifying the network of the validity of the measurement result. For example, if the fifth time is longer, such as greater than a value, it means that the measurement result is reported within a longer time after being obtained, and the measurement result may be invalid; if the fifth time is shorter, such as less than a value, it may indicate that the measurement result is reported within a shorter time after being obtained, and the measurement result is valid. In other optional embodiments, the terminal may notify the network of the valid measurement or invalid measurement through the seventh message (valid measurement may also be equivalent to valid measurement result, indicating that the measurement result of the first measurement is valid; correspondingly, invalid measurement may also be equivalent to invalid measurement result, indicating that the measurement result of the first measurement is invalid), and/or, indicating that the early measurement report is valid or the early measurement report is invalid; wherein, the early measurement report is also called Early Measurement Report, abbreviated as EMR.

The measurement result is obtained within the fifth time before the report, which can also be described as the measurement result is obtained by measurement within the fifth time before the measurement report.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving an eighth message sent by the terminal, the eighth message including at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state;

Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state;

Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state;

Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included.

In some optional embodiments, the network may receive the eighth message sent by the terminal before or after the terminal performs the first measurement. In this embodiment, after performing the first measurement, the terminal may send the eighth message to the network to inform the network through the eighth message what kind of measurement is performed, or what kind of state the measurement includes; or the terminal may send the eighth message to the network before performing the first measurement to inform the network through the eighth message what kind of measurement is to be performed, or what kind of state the measurement includes. For example, the measurement is performed in the idle state, or in the idle state. Measurements performed in the active state, and/or, whether to include or exclude measurements in the connected state, and/or, whether to include or exclude measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

The measurement performed in the idle state may also be described as the measurement result being obtained in the idle state. The measurement performed in the deactivated state may also be described as the measurement result being obtained in the deactivated state.

In this embodiment, the information carried in the eighth message can assist the network (implicit notification) in obtaining the validity of the measurement results. If there are only idle state measurement results and/or deactivated state measurement results, the timeliness will be relatively poor (it can be understood that the channel changes quickly and the measurement results cannot effectively reflect the channel conditions in real time). If measurements in the connected state and/or measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC reconstruction are included, the timeliness can be effectively improved (the channel conditions can be better and more real-time reflected).

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes: the network receiving a ninth message sent by the terminal, the ninth message including frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement.

In some optional embodiments, the network may receive the ninth message sent by the terminal before or after the terminal performs the first measurement. The network receives the ninth message before the terminal performs the first measurement, mainly used to inform the network at which frequency point or points the terminal will perform the first measurement, and/or for which cells the first measurement will be performed. The network receives the ninth message after the terminal performs the first measurement, mainly used to inform the network at which frequency point or points the terminal has performed the first measurement, and/or for which cells the first measurement has been performed.

The measurement method of the embodiment of the present disclosure is described in detail below with reference to specific examples.

Example 1

FIG3 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; as shown in FIG3 , the method includes:

Step 301: The terminal sends a first message to the network, wherein the first message includes indication information. The indication information is used to instruct the terminal to perform measurement during a connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment process.

Step 302: The terminal performs measurement during the process of connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Step 303: The network receives the first message from the terminal and learns that the terminal will perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment. The network chooses to reply to the terminal after a relatively long time to prevent the terminal from missing messages due to measurement.

Here, the network's response to the terminal is, for example, a response to a connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request, or is described as the network sending RRCReestablishment, RRCSetup, RRCResume, etc.

Optionally, before executing step 302, or during the execution of step 301, the method may further include: the terminal sends a second message to the network, the second message includes first time information, and the first time information indicates the duration required for the terminal to perform measurement.

Here, the first time information (duration required for the terminal to perform measurement) can also be described as: the time (or duration) required for the terminal to perform cell detection, measurement, beam index acquisition or evaluation. The first time information can also be described as measurement time (or duration), detection time (or duration), evaluation time (or duration), beam index acquisition time (or duration), etc. Specifically, the first time information includes a specific time length, and the first time information is, for example, in seconds or milliseconds; the first time information can also include indication information of the time group; it should be noted that if different (or multiple) first time information is defined in the protocol according to different terminal capabilities, the terminal only needs to report to the network one type of first time information that it satisfies.

Among them, the first time information can further assist the network in determining when to send a downlink message, and the downlink message is, for example: a reply to a connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request, or a description of sending RRCReestablishment, RRCSetup, RRCResume, etc. to the network, thereby avoiding missing messages due to measurements.

In some optional embodiments, before executing step 302, or during the execution of step 301, The process may also include: the terminal sends first information to the network, where the first information includes whether the terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Optionally, the first information may also be carried by a second message, that is, the terminal sends a second message to the network, and the second message includes the first information.

Optionally, the first information may also include whether measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment will result in message loss (or may also be described as whether the terminal supports opening at least two links during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment).

The above-mentioned opening of two radio frequency links can also be described as opening two radio frequency links in the idle state/deactivated state. The gain of opening two radio frequency links is: depending on the terminal architecture and implementation, if the terminal only opens one link during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process (for example, even if the terminal has multiple links, but from the perspective of reducing power consumption, the terminal is likely to open only one link during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process), then the measurement and connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction can only be performed on the same link, and tuning to other frequencies for measurement will result in the loss of downlink messages during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process; if the terminal opens at least two links during the connection process, then the measurement and connection establishment/recovery/reconstruction can be performed on different links, each independently and without affecting each other.

Here, the first information can assist the network in deciding whether the sending of subsequent messages needs to be delayed due to terminal measurement.

In this example, the indication information, the first time information and the first information (that is, the first message and the second message) can be carried by an RRC reestablishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), an RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), an RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), and an RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried by MSG3 (MSG3 is a message in the random access process); in other embodiments, the first message can also be carried in a newly introduced RRC message. The above indication information, the first time information and the first information can be carried by the same message, or by multiple identical or different messages. The same message bearer.

Example 2

FIG4 is a second interactive flow diagram of the measurement method of an embodiment of the present disclosure; as shown in FIG4 , based on Example 1, the method includes:

Step 400: The network sends second time information to the terminal, and the second time information indicates the time when the network responds to the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal, that is, it indicates how long it takes for the network to respond after the terminal sends the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request (or describes how long it takes for the terminal to receive the network's response).

Here, the second time information may be equivalent to the information carried in the fourth message in the above embodiment, specifically equivalent to the time when the network may carry in the fourth message to reply to the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal.

Step 401: The terminal sends an RRC re-establishment request, an RRC establishment request or an RRC recovery request to the network, and the message includes at least one of the following: indication information, first time information, and first information; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction; the first time information indicates the duration required for the terminal to perform measurements; the first information includes whether the terminal supports measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction, and may also include whether measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction will result in message loss, etc.

In this case, in step 402, the terminal may perform measurement according to the second time information during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment, that is, the time the terminal performs measurement is not greater than the time indicated by the second time information.

Correspondingly, in step 403, the sending time of the RRC reconstruction, RRC establishment or RRC recovery message (i.e., reply) sent by the network to the terminal is not earlier than the second time information, or it can also be described as that the time interval between the reply message of step 403 and the request message of step 401 is not greater than the time represented by the second time information.

If the message in step 401 does not contain the indication information, the sending time of the message in step 403 may not be restricted by the second time information.

In this example, the network can be assisted in knowing whether the terminal performs measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment. If the terminal performs measurements, the sending of RRCReestablishment, RRCSetup, and RRCResume needs to consider the second time information; if the terminal does not perform measurements, the sending of RRCReestablishment, RRCSetup, and RRCResume may not consider the second time information, that is, the network can send downlink messages earlier and reduce the delay in the connection establishment/recovery/reestablishment process.

The second time information may be a minimum time, i.e., the network will not reply earlier than the time. The second time information may be understood as a time threshold, or a timer, within which or during the operation of the timer (i.e., before the timer expires), the terminal does not need to receive the downlink message (or the network will not send signaling or messages to the terminal).

The purpose of introducing the second time information is to provide auxiliary information to the terminal downlink message, so that the terminal can grasp the measurement time and tune back to the original frequency point for connection establishment/recovery/reconstruction before the second time information expires, so as to avoid missing network messages.

The second time information may be carried by an RRC reestablishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), an RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), an RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), an RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1), or may be sent by broadcasting.

Example 3

FIG5 is a third interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; as shown in FIG5 , the method includes:

Step 500: The network sends second time information to the terminal, where the second time information indicates the time when the network responds to the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal, i.e., identifies the time when the terminal responds to the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal. How long does it take for the network to respond after the terminal sends a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request (or how long it takes for the terminal to receive a response from the network).

Here, the second time information may be equivalent to the information carried in the fourth message in the above embodiment, specifically equivalent to the time when the network may carry in the fourth message to reply to the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal.

Step 501: The terminal sends an RRC re-establishment request, an RRC establishment request or an RRC recovery request to the network, and the message does not include at least one of the following: indication information, first time information, and first information.

Step 502: the terminal may perform measurement according to the second time information during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment process, that is, the time the terminal performs measurement is not greater than the time indicated by the second time information.

Step 503: The network sends an RRC reconstruction, RRC establishment or RRC recovery message (i.e., a reply) to the terminal, and the sending time of the message is no earlier than the second time information, or it can also be described as that the time interval between the reply message of step 503 and the request message of step 501 is no greater than the time indicated by the second time information.

This example is similar to Example 2, except that, in this example, there is no need to send indication information and/or first time information and/or first information, that is, the message in step 501 does not include at least one of the following: indication information, first time information, first information, and the network only needs to send the second time information. The reason is that the network has already notified the terminal of the second time information, and the terminal needs to decide the measurement time by itself, even if it adjusts back to the frequency of sending connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction requests, to receive network messages.

The second time information may be a minimum time, that is, the network will not reply earlier than this time. The second time information may be understood as a time threshold, or a timer. Within the time threshold or during the operation of the timer (i.e., before the timer expires), the terminal does not need to receive the downlink message (or it may be understood that the network will not perform signaling or (e.g., sending of user messages).

The second time information may be carried by an RRC reestablishment request (RRCReestablishmentRequest), an RRC establishment request (RRCSetupRequest), an RRC recovery request (RRCResumeRequest), an RRC recovery request 1 (RRCResumeRequest1), or may also be sent by broadcasting.

Example 4

FIG6 is a fourth interactive flow diagram of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; as shown in FIG6 , the method includes:

Step 601: The terminal sends an RRC reestablishment request, an RRC establishment request or an RRC recovery request to the network, where the message includes second information, where the second information is used to request measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Here, the second information may be equivalent to the information carried in the fifth message in the above embodiment, and specifically equivalent to the request that may be carried in the fifth message to perform measurement during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment process.

Step 602: The network sends an RRC reconstruction, RRC establishment or RRC recovery message to the terminal, and the message includes third information, where the third information is used to indicate that the terminal allows measurement during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process.

Here, the third information may be equivalent to the information carried in the sixth message in the above embodiment, specifically equivalent to the indication in the sixth message that may be carried as to whether the terminal performs measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Step 603: The terminal performs measurement during the process of connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Step 604: The terminal sends an RRC re-establishment completion, RRC establishment completion or RRC recovery completion message to the network.

Example 5

Based on Example 4, FIG7 is a fifth interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; As shown in FIG. 7 , the method includes:

Step 701: The terminal sends an RRC reestablishment request, an RRC establishment request or an RRC recovery request to the network, where the message includes second information, where the second information is used to request measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Step 702: The network sends an RRC reconstruction, RRC establishment or RRC recovery message to the terminal, where the message includes third information, and the third information is used to indicate that the terminal allows measurement during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process.

Step 703: The terminal performs measurement during the process of connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Step 704: The terminal sends an RRC re-establishment completion, RRC establishment completion or RRC recovery completion message to the network.

The difference between this example and Example 4 is that in step 701 of this example, the terminal does not send the second information, and the network sends the third information to the terminal, depending on whether the network has the need to quickly establish Scell and/or SCG, thereby indicating whether the terminal starts measurement during the connection establishment/recovery/reestablishment process.

Example 6

FIG8 is a sixth interactive flow diagram of the measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; as shown in FIG8 , the method includes:

Step 801: The terminal sends an RRC reconstruction request, an RRC establishment request or an RRC recovery request to the network, and the message includes first information and/or first time information; wherein, the first information includes whether the terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction, and/or whether measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction will cause message loss; the first time information indicates the time required for the terminal to perform measurement.

Here, the first information may be equivalent to the information carried in the third message or the second message in the above embodiment, and specifically may be equivalent to whether the measurement during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process may cause message loss, and/or whether the terminal supports the measurement during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process, which may be carried in the second message. quantity.

In this example, the network may instruct a terminal with specific capabilities to start measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment based on whether there is a need to quickly establish an SCell/SCG.

Step 802: The network sends an RRC reconstruction, RRC establishment or RRC recovery message to the terminal, and the message includes third information, where the third information is used to indicate that the terminal allows measurement during the connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reconstruction process.

Step 803: The terminal performs measurement during the process of connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment.

Step 804: The terminal sends an RRC re-establishment completion, RRC establishment completion or RRC recovery completion message to the network.

Based on the above embodiments, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a measurement device, which is applied to a terminal. Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the composition structure of the measurement device of the embodiment of the present disclosure; as shown in Figure 9, the device includes: a first processing unit 11, configured to perform a first measurement; the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement close to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connection state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; idle state CA and/or DC measurement; idle state CA and/or DC established measurement report; fast CA and/or DC measurement; fast CA and/or DC established measurement report.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the first processing unit 11 is configured to perform at least one of the following:

Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Measurements are taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer;

The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12, configured to send a first message to the network, wherein the first message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for Scell and/or SCG establishment; measurement for CA and/or DC; measurement for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement reporting for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement reporting for fast CA and/or DC establishment; and measurement of inter-band cells.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12 configured to send a second message, wherein the second message includes at least one of the following information:

The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement;

The terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12, configured to send a third message, wherein the third message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will result in message loss or that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will not result in message loss;

Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled;

Indicates whether enabling two RF links is supported or not.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the device further includes a first communication unit 12, configured to receive a fourth message sent by the network; the fourth message includes at least one of the following information:

The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal;

The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment;

a second duration between the connection restoration request and the connection restoration;

The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12 configured to send a fifth message, wherein the fifth message includes at least one of the following requests:

Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

Requesting measurement to be performed within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement;

Requests measurement after L1 measurement;

Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12, configured to receive a sixth message sent by the network, wherein the sixth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement or not to perform measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement or not to perform measurement within the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12, configured to send a seventh message to the network, wherein the seventh message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates whether a measurement is valid or invalid;

Indicates that the early measurement report is valid or that the early measurement report is invalid;

Valid measurement results;

Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12, configured to send an eighth message to the network, wherein the eighth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state;

Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state;

Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state;

Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first communication unit 12 configured to send a ninth message to the network, wherein the ninth message includes frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement.

In the disclosed embodiments, the first processing unit 11 in the device can be implemented by a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), a microcontroller unit (MCU) or a programmable gate array (FPGA) in actual applications; the first communication unit 12 in the device can be implemented by a communication module (including: basic communication kit, operating system, communication module, standardized interface and protocol, etc.) and a transceiver antenna in actual applications.

The present disclosure also provides a measuring device, which is applied to a network. FIG10 is a second schematic diagram of the composition structure of the measuring device of the present disclosure embodiment; as shown in FIG10 , the device comprises: a second communication unit 21, configured to receive a first message sent by a terminal, wherein the first message Including information for instructing the terminal to perform a first measurement; or, sending a sixth message to the terminal, the sixth message including indication information for allowing or not allowing the terminal to perform the first measurement; wherein the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; idle state CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; fast CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal performs the first measurement, including at least one of the following:

Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Measurements are made before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer;

The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement;

The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for Scell and/or SCG establishment; measurement for CA and/or DC; measurement for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement reporting for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement reporting for fast CA and/or DC establishment; and measurement of inter-band cells.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the first message includes at least one of the following instructions: Display information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement;

instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 is further configured to receive a second message sent by the terminal, where the second message includes at least one of the following information:

The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement;

The terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 is further configured to receive a third message sent by the terminal, where the third message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will result in message loss or that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will not result in message loss;

Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled;

Indicates whether enabling two RF links is supported or not.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 is further configured to send a fourth message to the terminal, where the fourth message includes at least one of the following information:

The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal;

The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment;

a second duration between the connection restoration request and the connection restoration;

The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 is further configured to receive a fifth message sent by the terminal before sending the sixth message to the terminal, wherein the fifth message includes at least one of the following requests:

Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment;

Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer;

requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer;

requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer;

requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement;

Requesting measurement to be performed within a fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement;

Requests measurement after L1 measurement;

Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the sixth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement or not to perform measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement or not to perform measurement within the fourth time after the L1 measurement;

Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement;

Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 is further configured to receive a seventh message sent by the terminal, where the seventh message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates whether a measurement is valid or invalid;

Indicates that the early measurement report is valid or that the early measurement report is invalid;

Valid measurement results;

Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 is further configured to receive an eighth message sent by the terminal, wherein the eighth message includes at least one of the following indication information:

Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state;

Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state;

Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state;

Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 is further configured to receive a ninth message sent by the terminal, wherein the ninth message includes frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second communication unit 21 in the device can be implemented through a communication module (including: basic communication kit, operating system, communication module, standardized interface and protocol, etc.) and a transceiver antenna in actual application.

It should be noted that: when the measurement device provided in the above embodiment is measuring, only the division of the above program modules is used as an example. In practical applications, the above processing can be assigned to different program modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different program modules to complete all or part of the above-described processing. In addition, the measurement device provided in the above embodiment and the measurement method embodiment belong to the same concept, and the specific implementation process is detailed in the method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

Based on the above embodiments, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication device, which is a terminal or a network in the above embodiments. FIG11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware composition structure of the communication device in the embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG11, the communication device includes a memory 32, a processor 31, and a computer program stored in the memory 32 and executable on the processor 31. When the processor 31 executes the program, the steps of the measurement method applied to the terminal or the network are implemented.

Optionally, the communication device further includes at least one network interface 33. The various components in the communication device are coupled together via a bus system 34. It is understood that the bus system 34 is used to achieve connection and communication between these components. In addition to the data bus, the bus system 34 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for the sake of clarity, various buses are labeled as bus systems 34 in FIG. 11.

It is understood that the memory 32 may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, and may also include The non-volatile memory includes both volatile and non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a magnetic random access memory (FRAM), a flash memory, a magnetic surface memory, an optical disk, or a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM); the magnetic surface memory can be a disk memory or a tape memory. The volatile memory can be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of example but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (SRAM), synchronous static random access memory (SSRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 32 described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The method disclosed in the above embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to the processor 31, or implemented by the processor 31. The processor 31 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 31 or an instruction in the form of software. The above processor 31 may be a general-purpose processor, a DSP, or Or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The processor 31 can implement or execute the methods, steps and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The general processor can be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be directly embodied as being executed by a hardware decoding processor, or can be executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in a storage medium, which is located in the memory 32. The processor 31 reads the information in the memory 32 and completes the steps of the aforementioned method in combination with its hardware.

In an exemplary embodiment, the communication device can be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), DSP, programmable logic device (PLD), complex programmable logic device (CPLD), FPGA, general processor, controller, MCU, microprocessor, or other electronic components to execute the aforementioned method.

In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosed embodiment further provides a computer-readable storage medium, such as a memory 32 including a computer program, which can be executed by a processor 31 of a communication device to complete the steps of the aforementioned method. The computer-readable storage medium can be a memory such as FRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, magnetic surface memory, optical disk, or CD-ROM; or it can be various devices including one or any combination of the above memories.

The computer-readable storage medium provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure stores a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the measurement method applied to a terminal or a network.

The methods disclosed in several method embodiments provided in the present disclosure can be arbitrarily combined without conflict to obtain new method embodiments.

The features disclosed in several product embodiments provided in the present disclosure can be arbitrarily combined without conflict to obtain new product embodiments.

The features disclosed in several method or device embodiments provided in this disclosure are not in conflict with The embodiments can be combined arbitrarily to obtain new method embodiments or device embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in the present disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. The device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as: multiple units or components can be combined, or can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not executed. In addition, the coupling, direct coupling, or communication connection between the components shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of the devices or units can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units; some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the present embodiment.

In addition, all functional units in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be separately configured as a unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand that: all or part of the steps of implementing the above-mentioned method embodiment can be completed by hardware related to program instructions, and the aforementioned program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, which, when executed, executes the steps of the above-mentioned method embodiment; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as mobile storage devices, ROM, RAM, magnetic disks or optical disks.

Alternatively, if the above-mentioned integrated unit of the present disclosure is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as an independent product, it can also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a A storage medium includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the methods described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a mobile storage device, ROM, RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, etc., various media that can store program codes.

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art who is familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure, which should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

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A measurement method, applied to a terminal, comprising: The terminal performs a first measurement; the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement of idle state carrier aggregation CA and/or dual connection DC; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement of fast CA and/or DC; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal performs the first measurement, comprising at least one of the following: Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment; Measurements are taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished; Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer; taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer; taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer; The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement; The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement; The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement; The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement; The measurement is performed after a radio resource control (RRC) connection is established or after an RRC re-establishment. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal sends a first message to the network, where the first message includes at least one of the following indication information: Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires; instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires; instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement; instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement; Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements; Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement; The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment. According to the method according to claim 1, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for establishment of secondary cell Scell and/or secondary cell group SCG; measurement for carrier aggregation CA and/or dual connection DC; measurement for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement report for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement report for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement of inter-band cells. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal sends a second message, where the second message includes at least one of the following information: The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement; The terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment; The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal sends a third message, where the third message includes at least one of the following indication information: Indicates that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will result in message loss or that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will not result in message loss; Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled; Indicates whether enabling two RF links is supported or not. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal receives a fourth message sent by the network; the fourth message includes at least one of the following information: The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal; The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment; a second duration between the connection restoration request and the connection restoration; The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal sends a fifth message, where the fifth message includes at least one of the following requests: Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment; Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished; requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer; requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer; requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer; requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement; Requesting measurement to be performed within a fourth time after the L1 measurement; Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement; Requests measurement after L1 measurement; Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 8, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal receives a sixth message sent by the network, where the sixth message includes at least one of the following indication information: Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement or not to perform measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement or not to perform measurement within the fourth time after the L1 measurement; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement; Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement; Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal sends a seventh message to the network, where the seventh message includes at least one of the following indication information: Indicates whether a measurement is valid or invalid; Indicates that the early measurement report is valid or that the early measurement report is invalid; Valid measurement results; Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal sends an eighth message to the network, wherein the eighth message includes at least one of the following instructions Display information: Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state; Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state; Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state; Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The terminal sends a ninth message to the network, where the ninth message includes frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement. A measurement method, applied to a network, comprising: The network receives a first message sent by the terminal, where the first message includes information for instructing the terminal to perform a first measurement; or, The network sends a sixth message to the terminal, where the sixth message includes indication information of allowing or not allowing the terminal to perform the first measurement; Among them, the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery or reconstruction; measurement of idle state carrier aggregation CA and/or dual connection DC; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement of fast CA and/or DC; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment. The method according to claim 13, wherein the terminal performs the first measurement, comprising at least one of the following: Measurements are taken during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment; Measurements are taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished; Taking a measurement within a first time before expiration of a first timer; taking measurements within a second time after expiration of the second timer; taking a measurement after expiration of a third timer; The measurement is performed within a third time after the L3 measurement; The measurement is performed at the fourth time after the L1 measurement; The measurement is performed after the L3 measurement; The measurement is performed after the L1 measurement; The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first measurement includes at least one of the following: measurement for establishment of secondary cell Scell and/or secondary cell group SCG; measurement for carrier aggregation CA and/or dual connection DC; measurement for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement report for idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurement for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement report for fast CA and/or DC establishment; measurement of inter-band cells. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first message includes at least one of the following indication information: Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before expiration of the first timer; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires; instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires; instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement; instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a fourth time after the L1 measurement; Instruct the terminal to perform measurements after L3 measurements; Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement; The measurements are performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: The network receives a second message sent by the terminal, wherein the second message includes at least one of the following: Item information: The terminal supports the first measurement or does not support the first measurement; The terminal supports measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or does not support measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; first indication information, where the first indication information is used to notify whether to perform measurement or not to perform measurement during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment; The first time information indicates the time length required for the terminal to perform measurement. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: The network receives a third message sent by the terminal, where the third message includes at least one of the following indication information: Indicates that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will result in message loss or that taking measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection re-establishment will not result in message loss; Indicating that at least two radio frequency links are enabled or at least two radio frequency links are not enabled; Indicates whether enabling two radio frequency links is supported or not. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: The network sends a fourth message to the terminal, where the fourth message includes at least one of the following information: The time it takes for the network to respond to a connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment request sent by the terminal; The first duration between the connection reestablishment request and the connection reestablishment; a second duration between a connection restoration request and connection restoration; The third duration between the connection establishment request and the connection establishment. The method according to claim 13, wherein before the network sends the sixth message to the terminal, the method further comprises: The network receives a fifth message sent by the terminal, where the fifth message includes at least one of the following requests: Requesting measurements to be taken during connection establishment, connection recovery, or connection reestablishment; Requesting measurements to be taken before a connection is established, restored, or reestablished; requesting a measurement to be performed within a first time before expiration of a first timer; requesting measurement to be performed within a second time after expiration of the second timer; requesting measurement to be performed after expiration of a third timer; requesting a measurement to be performed within a third time after the L3 measurement; Requesting measurement to be performed within the fourth time after the L1 measurement; Requests measurement to be performed after L3 measurement; Requests measurement after L1 measurement; Requests measurements to be performed after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment. The method according to claim 13, wherein the sixth message includes at least one of the following indication information: Instructing the terminal to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment or not to perform measurements during connection establishment, connection recovery or connection reestablishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment or not to perform measurements before connection establishment, connection recovery or connection re-establishment; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a first time before the first timer expires or not to perform measurement within the first time before the first timer expires; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a second time after the second timer expires or not to perform measurement within the second time after the second timer expires; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after a third timer expires or not to perform measurement after the third timer expires; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement within a third time after the L3 measurement or not to perform measurement within the third time after the L3 measurement; Instruct the terminal to perform measurement within the fourth time after L1 measurement or not after L1 measurement The measurement is performed within the fourth time; Instructing the terminal to perform measurement after L3 measurement or not to perform measurement after L3 measurement; Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after L1 measurement or not to perform measurement after L1 measurement; Instruct the terminal to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment or not to perform measurement after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: The network receives a seventh message sent by the terminal, where the seventh message includes at least one of the following indication information: Indicates whether a measurement is valid or invalid; Indicates that the early measurement report is valid or that the early measurement report is invalid; Valid measurement results; Indicates that the measurement result was obtained within the fifth time before it was reported. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: The network receives an eighth message sent by the terminal, where the eighth message includes at least one of the following indication information: Indicates that the measurement is performed in the idle state; Indicates that the measurement was performed in the deactivated state; Indicating measurements including a connected state or measurements excluding a connected state; Indicates whether measurements after RRC connection establishment or RRC re-establishment are included or not included. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: The network receives a ninth message sent by the terminal, where the ninth message includes frequency point information and/or cell information for performing the first measurement. A measuring device, the device is applied to a terminal, the device comprises: a first processing unit, configured to perform a first measurement; the first measurement comprises at least one of the following: an idle state measurement Measurements; deactivated state measurements; measurements during connection establishment, recovery and re-establishment; measurements adjacent to connection establishment, recovery and re-establishment; connection state measurements; measurements starting from connection establishment, recovery and re-establishment; measurements of idle state carrier aggregation CA and/or dual connection DC; measurement reports of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; measurements of fast CA and/or DC; measurement reports of fast CA and/or DC establishment. A measurement device, which is applied to a network, and includes: a second communication unit, configured to receive a first message sent by a terminal, the first message including information for instructing the terminal to perform a first measurement; or, to send a sixth message to the terminal, the sixth message including indication information for allowing or not allowing the terminal to perform the first measurement; wherein the first measurement includes at least one of the following: idle state measurement; deactivated state measurement; measurement during connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction; measurement adjacent to connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction; connected state measurement; measurement starting from connection establishment, recovery, and reconstruction; measurement of idle state carrier aggregation CA and/or dual connection DC; measurement report of idle state CA and/or DC establishment; fast CA and/or DC measurement; measurement report of fast CA and/or DC establishment. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12; or When the program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 13 to 24 are implemented. A communication device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 when executing the program; or When the processor executes the program, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 13 to 24 are implemented.