WO2025000565A1 - Report request method, communication device, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and specifically relates to a report request method, a communication device, and a storage medium. The report request method comprises: sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send, to a first node, report information related to a second node. By means of the present disclosure, the first node can send the first information to the terminal, and according to the first information, the terminal can send to the first node the report information related to the second node. Due to the fact that a report sent by a terminal to a first node according to first information is not a report related to any node, but is a report related to a specific second node, it is beneficial to ensure that an acquired report meets forwarding requirements, such that the first node can forward the report to the second node, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the incapability of forwarding the report.

Description

Report request method, communication device and storage medium Technical Field

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

Background Art

The terminal can send a report to the network device, such as a Random Access (RA) report. In some scenarios, the network device that receives the report can perform some operations on the report, but there are some problems when performing certain operations.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present disclosure propose a report request method, a communication device, and a storage medium to solve the technical problems existing in the related art in the operation of reports by network devices.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a report request method is proposed, which is executed by a first node. The method includes: sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a report request method is proposed, which is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: receiving first information sent by a first node, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

According to the third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a report request method is proposed, comprising: a first node sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node; and the report information related to the second node is sent to the first node.

According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the first aspect above.

According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the second aspect above.

According to the sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the report request method described in any one of the above-mentioned first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

According to the seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, comprising a first node and a terminal, wherein the first node is configured to implement the report request method described in the first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect, and the terminal is configured to implement the report request method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the report request method as described in the first aspect and the second aspect, and the optional embodiments of the first aspect and the second aspect.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first node can send the first information to the terminal, and the terminal can send the report information related to the second node to the first node according to the first information. Since the report sent by the terminal to the first node according to the first information is not a report related to any node, but a report related to a specific second node, it is helpful to ensure that the acquired report meets the forwarding requirements, so that the first node can forward the report to the second node, thereby Avoid the waste of resources caused by failure to forward reports.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram showing a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG3 is a schematic flowchart of a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG4 is a schematic flow chart of a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a report request method, a communication device, and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a report request method, which is executed by a first node, and the method includes: sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

In the above embodiment,

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second node includes at least one of the following: a node having a network interface with the first node; or a node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the network interface with the first node includes: a node connected to the first node through a first number of jumps.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first number is configured by the network device or agreed upon by a protocol.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving identification information of the second node from the second node.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identification of the second node; and path information of the second node.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the identifier of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identifier of a primary node; an identifier of a secondary node; an identifier of a primary cell; an identifier of a primary and secondary cell; an identifier of a secondary cell; or an identifier of a tracking collection entity.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of the following: absolute time information; a tracking reference; and a tracking record session reference.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; and sending the report information related to the second node to the second node.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a report request method, which is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: receiving first information sent by a first node, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second node includes at least one of the following: a node having a network interface with the first node; and a node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the network interface existing with the first node comprises: a node connected with the first node through a first number of jumps.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first number is configured by the network device or agreed upon by a protocol.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identification of the second node; and path information of the second node.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the identifier of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identifier of a primary node; an identifier of a secondary node; an identifier of a primary cell; an identifier of a primary and secondary cell; an identifier of a secondary cell; or an identifier of a tracking collection entity.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of the following: absolute time information; a tracking reference; and a tracking record session reference.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a report request method, comprising: a first node sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node; and sending the report information related to the second node to the first node.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, such as a first node, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the first aspect above.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, such as a terminal, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the second aspect above.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories for storing instructions; wherein the processor is used to call the instructions so that the communication device executes the first aspect and the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the first aspect and the second aspect. xx method.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes: a first node and a terminal; wherein the first node is configured to execute the method described in the first aspect and the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the first aspect and the second aspect, and the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the first aspect and the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the first aspect and the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect and the second aspect, and the optional implementation methods of the first aspect and the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first and second aspects, and the optional implementation methods of the first and second aspects.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the first and second aspects, and the optional implementations of the first and second aspects.

It is understandable that the above communication devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, and computer programs are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding methods, which will not be repeated here.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a report request method, a communication device, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the report request method, information processing method, communication method, and other terms can be replaced with each other, the communication device, information processing device, communication device, and other terms can be replaced with each other, and the information processing system, communication system, and other terms can be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but are only illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all of the steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or there is a logical conflict, the terms and/or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced to each other, and the technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their internal logical relationships.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular form, such as "one", "an", "the", "above", "said", "foregoing", "this", etc., may mean "one and only one", or may mean "one or more", "at least one", etc.

For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article can be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, the terms “at least one,” “one or more,” “a plurality of,” “multiple,” etc. may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, "at least one of A and B", "A and/or B", "A in one case, B in another case", "in response to one case A, in response to another case B", etc., may include the following technical solutions according to the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). When there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc., the above is also similar.

In some embodiments, the recording method of "A or B" may include the following technical solutions according to the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). When there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc., the above is also similar.

The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects and do not constitute any restrictions on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description objects, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restrictions should be constituted due to the use of prefixes.

For example, if the description object is "field", the ordinal number before "field" in "first field" and "second field" does not limit the position or order between "fields", "first" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of "first field" and "second field". For another example, if the description object is "level", the ordinal number before "level" in "first level" and "second level" does not limit the priority between "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by ordinal numbers and can be one or more. For example, "first device" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", "first device" and "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different. For another example, if the description object is "information", "first information" and "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

In some embodiments, “including A”, “comprising A”, “used to indicate A”, and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to ...", "in response to determining ...", "in the case of ...", "at the time of ...", "when ...", "if ...", "if ...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not lower than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "no more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, devices and the like can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to those in the embodiments.

The recorded names, terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, "network" may be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

In some embodiments, “access network device (AN device)”, “radio access network device (RAN device)”, “base station (BS)”, “radio base station (radio base station)”, “fixed station (fixed station)”, “node (node)”, “access point (access point)”, “transmission point (TP)”, “reception point (reception point, RP)”, “transmission/reception point (transmission/reception point, TRP)”, “panel (panel)”, The terms "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", and "bandwidth part (BWP)" are used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client and the like can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the communication between the terminals is replaced by the communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it can also be set as a structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may also be configured to have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

In some embodiments, acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns may also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a communication system 100 includes a first node 101 and a terminal 102 .

In some embodiments, the first node includes at least one of the following: a network device, wherein the network device includes at least one of the following: an access network device, a core network device (core network device).

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited to these.

In some embodiments, the access network device 102 is, for example, a node or device that connects a terminal to a wireless network. The access network equipment may include at least one of the evolved NodeB (eNB), next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), next generation NodeB (gNB), node B (NB), home node B (HNB), home evolved nodeB (HeNB), wireless backhaul equipment, radio network controller (RNC), base station controller (BSC), base transceiver station (BTS), base band unit (BBU), mobile switching center, base station in 6G communication system, open base station (Open RAN), cloud base station (Cloud RAN), base station in other communication systems, and access node in Wi-Fi system, but is not limited to these.

In some embodiments, the core network device 103 may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a group of devices, each including all or part of the one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure may be applicable to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between access network devices or within access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may become internal interfaces of Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces may be implemented through software or programs.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a centralized unit (central unit, CU) and a distributed unit (distributed unit, DU), wherein the CU may also be called a control unit (control unit). The CU-DU structure may be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with some functions of the protocol layer being centrally controlled by the CU, and the remaining part or all of the functions of the protocol layer being distributed in the DU, and the DU being centrally controlled by the CU, but not limited to this.

It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. A person of ordinary skill in the art can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or part of the subject, but are not limited thereto. The subjects shown in FIG1 are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the subjects in FIG1 , or may include other subjects other than FIG1 , and the number and form of the subjects are arbitrary, and the subjects may be physical or virtual, and the connection relationship between the subjects is an example, and the subjects may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, and may be a direct connection or an indirect connection, and may be a wired connection or a wireless connection.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, Device-to-Device (D2D) system, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) system, Internet of Things (IoT) system, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems using other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on them. In addition, multiple systems can also be combined (for example, LTE or LTE-A with 5G) combination, etc.) applications.

FIG. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram showing a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG2 , the resource determination method includes:

Step S201: Send first information to a terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal receives first information.

In some embodiments, the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to the second node to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node includes at least one of the following: a node having a network interface with the first node; a node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node.

In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: a node connected to the first node through a first number of hops.

In some embodiments, the first number is configured by a network device or agreed upon by a protocol.

In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

The identification information of the second node is received from the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following:

an identifier of the second node;

The path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identifier of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identifier of a primary node; an identifier of a secondary node; an identifier of a primary cell; an identifier of a primary and secondary cell; an identifier of a secondary cell; an identifier of a tracking collection entity.

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of: absolute time information; a tracking reference; a tracking recording session reference.

In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; and sending the report information related to the second node to the second node.

Step S202: The terminal sends a report to the first node.

In some embodiments, the first node receives the report.

In some embodiments, the report may be report information related to the second node.

The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S201 to S202x. For example, step S201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 1+3 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S201+S202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S201 and S202 may be performed in an interchangeable order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations recorded before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

In some embodiments, the terminal may send a report, such as a random access report (RA report), to the network device.

In a harmonious embodiment, a network device (eg, referred to as a first network device) that receives a report may forward the report to other network devices (eg, a second network device).

For example, the first network device and the second network device are both access network devices. When forwarding reports on the NG interface and the S1 interface are not considered, if there is no interface between the first network device and the second network device, such as the X2 interface, the Xn interface, etc., then the first network device cannot forward the report to the second network device, which will lead to resource waste due to report loss.

For example, in a single connection scenario, the first network device is an LTE base station, and the second network device is an NR base station. The first report in the terminal may be the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the NR base station. After the terminal accesses the LTE base station, LTE sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the LTE base station. Since the first report is the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the NR base station, the LTE base station cannot decode the first report. In some embodiments, the LTE base station may forward the first report to the NR base station. However, when there is no network interface between the LTE base station and the NR base station, the LTE base station cannot forward the first report to the NR base station, which will result in a waste of resources caused by the loss of the first report.

For example, in a dual-connection scenario, the first network device is a master node (MN), including an eNB, and the second network device is a secondary node (SN), including an en-gNB. The first report in the terminal may be the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB. After the terminal accesses the eNB, the eNB sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the eNB. Since the first report is the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB, the eNB cannot decode the first report. In some embodiments, the eNB may forward the first report to the en-gNB. However, when there is no network interface between the eNB and the en-gNB, the eNB cannot forward the first report to the en-gNB, which may result in a waste of resources due to the loss of the first report.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a report request method. Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The report request method shown in this embodiment may be executed by a first node.

As shown in FIG3 , the report request method may include the following steps:

In step S301, first information is sent to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 may be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the present disclosure. The specific implementation may be selected as needed and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the first node may send the first information to the terminal, and the terminal may send the report information related to the second node to the first node according to the first information. Since the report sent by the terminal to the first node according to the first information is not a report related to any node, but a report related to a specific second node, it is helpful to ensure that the acquired report meets the forwarding requirements, so that the first node can forward the report to the second node, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by failure to forward the report.

In some embodiments, when the terminal has report information related to the second node, the terminal may send the report information related to the second node to the first node. When the terminal does not have report information related to the second node, the terminal may send an empty report (ie, the report is empty) to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node includes at least one of the following:

A node having a network interface with the first node;

A node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node may be a node having a network interface with the first node. The terminal can determine the second node based on the first information. Then, based on the first information, the terminal can send the report information related to the second node to the first node in a targeted manner, and for other nodes, such as nodes that have no network interface with the first node, the terminal does not send the report information related to other nodes to the first node. Accordingly, it is helpful to ensure that after the first node receives the report sent by the terminal, if the report needs to be forwarded to the second node, it can smoothly send the report to the second network node through the network interface between the second node, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the inability to forward the report.

In some embodiments, the second node may be a node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node. When the first node receives the availability indication of the report information sent by the second node, it can determine that there is a network interface between the second node and the first node, and can also determine whether the report information related to the second node is available based on the availability indication. Accordingly, by sending the first information to the terminal, the first node can enable the terminal to send the report information related to the second node that has a network interface with the first node to the first node, and facilitate ensuring that the report information sent to the first node is available.

In some embodiments, there is a network interface between the second node and the first node, which may be a direct interface or an indirect interface. In some embodiments, the type of the network interface includes at least one of the following: an Xn interface and an X2 interface.

In some embodiments, the report request method further includes: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; and sending the report information related to the second node to the second node.

In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In some embodiments, the single connection includes at least one of the following: LTE single connection (LTE standalone), NR single connection (NR standalone).

For example, in a single connection scenario, the first node is an LTE base station and the second node is an NR base station. The first report in the terminal can be the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the NR base station. After the terminal accesses the LTE base station, LTE sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the LTE base station. Since the first report is the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the NR base station, the LTE base station cannot decode the first report.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, since the first report sent by the terminal to the LTE base station is the first report of the NR base station that has a network interface with the LTE base station, the LTE base station can smoothly forward the first report to the NR base station, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

In some embodiments, the dual connectivity may include Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC).

For example, in a dual-connection scenario, the first node is a master node (MN), including an eNB, and the second node is a secondary node (SN), including an en-gNB. The first report in the terminal may be the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB. After the terminal accesses the eNB, the eNB sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the eNB. Since the first report is the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB, the eNB cannot decode the first report.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, since the first report sent by the terminal to the eNB is the first report of the en-gNB having a network interface with the eNB, the eNB can smoothly forward the first report to the en-gNB, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: a node connected to the first node through a first number of hops.

For example, a direct interface exists between the first node and the second node, which may mean that there is no A jump is required to connect through the network interface. For example, an indirect interface exists between the first node and the second node, which may mean that the first node and the second node need to be connected through a jump.

For example, the second node in this embodiment may include a node connected to the first node through the first number of jumps.

For example, there is no direct interface between the first node and the second node, but the i-th node has direct interfaces with both the first node and the second node, then the first node can communicate with the second node through the i-th node, and the number of jumps is 1.

For example, there is no direct interface between the first node and the second node, but there is a direct interface between the first node and the i-th node, and there are direct interfaces between the i+1-th node, the i-th node and the second node, then the first node can communicate with the second node through the i-th node and the i+1-th node, and the number of jumps is 2.

By analogy, the first node can communicate with the second node through the i-th node, the i+1-th node, ..., the i+n-1-th node, and the number of jumps is n times.

In some embodiments, the first number is configured by the network device or agreed upon by a protocol.

In some embodiments, before sending the first information, the first node may first determine the second node, for example, it may be determined according to the neighbor information when establishing the Xn interface, or configured by the operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) device. The neighbor information includes at least one of the following: Neighbour Information E-UTRA, Neighbour Information NR. E-UTRA refers to Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network, and UMTS refers to Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node. The terminal may determine the second node according to the identification information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the method also includes: receiving identification information of the second node from the second node; the first node determines the identification information of the second node by receiving report-related information sent by the second node, for example, the report-related information includes but is not limited to an availability indication of the report, an availability indication of a configuration corresponding to the report (for example, the terminal can perform measurements based on the configuration to obtain a report), and a configuration corresponding to the report.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following:

an identifier of the second node;

The path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification of the second node includes at least one of the following:

The identity of the master node;

The identifier of the secondary node;

The identifier of the primary cell (PCell);

The identification of the primary and secondary cells (PSCell);

The identifier of the secondary cell (SpCell);

The identifier of the trace collection entity (TCE), where TCE stands for Trace Collection Entity.

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of the following:

Absolute time information absoluteTimeInfo;

TraceReference;

The trace recording session reference traceRecordingSessionRef.

For example, the identification information of the second node includes the identification information of the second node. The first node may carry the identification information of the second node in the first information and send it to the terminal. The terminal may directly determine the second node according to the identification of the second node.

For example, the identification information of the second node includes the path information of the second node, such as at least one of the above-mentioned absoluteTimeInfo, traceReference, traceRecordingSessionRef, and tce ID. The first node can carry the path information of the second node in the first information and send it to the terminal, and the terminal can also determine the second node based on the path information.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report availability indication information of the second node, when the first node determines that there is a network interface between the second node and the second node, it can carry the identification information of the second node in the first information and send it to the terminal to request the terminal to send the report information related to the second node to the first node.

For example, the first node is the main node MN, the second node is the auxiliary node SN#1, and MN receives the report availability indication of SN#1. When it is determined that there is a network interface connection with the SN#1 (for example, when the neighboring nodes of the terminal's current MN include SN#1, and/or the neighboring nodes of the terminal's current auxiliary node SN#2 include SN#1), the identification information of SN#1 (for example, PScell ID) can be sent to the terminal, requesting the terminal to report the report information related to SN#1.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report availability indication information of the second node, the first node may carry the identification information of the second node in the first information and send it to the terminal, and may also send a list of node identifications with network interfaces to the terminal (which may be sent to the terminal together with the identification information of the second node, or sent to the terminal separately). The terminal may determine that there is report information of the second node, and determine that there is an interface between the second node and the first node based on the node identification list, and then may send the report information related to the second node to the first node.

For example, the first node is the main node MN, and the first node is the secondary node SN#1. When MN receives the report availability indication of SN#1, it can send the identification information of SN#1 (such as PScell ID) to the terminal, and can also send a list of node identifications with network interfaces to the terminal (for example, the neighbor node list of the terminal's current MN and/or the neighbor node list of the terminal's current secondary node SN#2). The terminal determines that there is report information related to SN#1, and MN has a network interface with SN#1, and the terminal sends the report information related to SN#1 to MN.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a report request method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The report request method shown in this embodiment may be executed by a terminal.

As shown in FIG4 , the report request method may include the following steps:

In step S401, first information sent by a first node is received, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 can be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the present disclosure. The specific selection can be made as needed, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the terminal may receive the first information from the first node, and the terminal may send the report information related to the second node to the first node according to the first information. The report sent by the terminal to the first node according to the first information is not a report related to any node, but a report related to a specific second node, thereby facilitating ensuring that the acquired report meets the forwarding requirements, so that the first node can forward the report to the second node, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by failure to forward the report.

In some embodiments, the method further includes: sending report information related to the second node to the first node.

When the terminal has the report information related to the second node, the terminal may send the report information related to the second node to the first node. When the terminal does not have the report information related to the second node, the terminal may send the report information related to the second node to the first node. Send empty report (that is, the report is empty).

In some embodiments, the second node includes at least one of the following:

A node having a network interface with the first node;

A node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node may be a node that has a network interface with the first node. For example, the terminal may determine the second node based on the first information. Then, based on the first information, the terminal may send the report information related to the second node to the first node in a targeted manner, while for other nodes, such as nodes that have no network interface with the first node, the terminal does not send the report information related to the other nodes to the first node. Accordingly, it is helpful to ensure that after the first node receives the report sent by the terminal, if the report needs to be forwarded to the second node, the report can be smoothly sent to the second network node through the network interface between the second node, thereby avoiding the problem of waste of resources caused by the inability to forward the report.

In some embodiments, the second node may be a node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node. When the first node receives the availability indication of the report information sent by the second node, it can determine that there is a network interface between the second node and the first node, and can also determine whether the report information related to the second node is available based on the availability indication. Accordingly, by sending the first information to the terminal, the first node can enable the terminal to send the report information related to the second node that has a network interface with the first node to the first node, and facilitate ensuring that the report information sent to the first node is available.

In some embodiments, there is a network interface between the second node and the first node, which may be a direct interface or an indirect interface. In some embodiments, the type of the network interface includes at least one of the following: an Xn interface and an X2 interface.

In some embodiments, the report request method further includes: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; and sending the report information related to the second node to the second node.

In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In some embodiments, the single connection includes at least one of the following: LTE single connection (LTE standalone), NR single connection (NR standalone).

For example, in a single connection scenario, the first node is an LTE base station and the second node is an NR base station. The first report in the terminal can be the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the NR base station. After the terminal accesses the LTE base station, LTE sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the LTE base station. Since the first report is the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the NR base station, the LTE base station cannot decode the first report.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, since the first report sent by the terminal to the LTE base station is the first report of the NR base station that has a network interface with the LTE base station, the LTE base station can smoothly forward the first report to the NR base station, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

In some embodiments, the dual connectivity may include Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC).

For example, in a dual-connection scenario, the first node is a master node (MN), including an eNB, and the second node is a secondary node (SN), including an en-gNB. The first report in the terminal may be a first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB. After the terminal accesses the eNB, the eNB sends a first report request to the terminal, and the terminal sends the first report to the eNB. Since the first report is the first report obtained by the terminal when accessing the en-gNB, the eNB cannot decode the first report.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, since the first report sent by the terminal to the eNB is the first report of the en-gNB having a network interface with the eNB, the eNB can smoothly forward the first report to the en-gNB, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by the loss of the first report.

In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: a node connected to the first node through a first number of hops.

For example, a direct interface between the first node and the second node may mean that the first node and the second node can be connected via a network interface without a jump. For example, an indirect interface between the first node and the second node may mean that the first node and the second node need to be connected via a jump.

For example, the second node in this embodiment may include a node connected to the first node through the first number of jumps.

For example, there is no direct interface between the first node and the second node, but the i-th node has direct interfaces with both the first node and the second node, then the first node can communicate with the second node through the i-th node, and the number of jumps is 1.

For example, there is no direct interface between the first node and the second node, but there is a direct interface between the first node and the i-th node, and there are direct interfaces between the i+1-th node, the i-th node and the second node, then the first node can communicate with the second node through the i-th node and the i+1-th node, and the number of jumps is 2.

By analogy, the first node can communicate with the second node through the i-th node, the i+1-th node, ..., the i+n-1-th node, and the number of jumps is n times.

In some embodiments, the first number is configured by the network device or agreed upon by a protocol.

In some embodiments, before sending the first information, the first node may first determine the second node, for example, according to neighbor information when establishing the Xn interface, or configured by an operation maintenance management (OAM) device. The neighbor information includes at least one of the following: Neighbour Information E-UTRA, Neighbour Information NR.

In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node. The terminal may determine the second node according to the identification information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following:

an identifier of the second node;

The path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification of the second node includes at least one of the following:

The identity of the master node;

The identifier of the secondary node;

The identifier of the primary cell (PCell);

The identification of the primary and secondary cells (PSCell);

The identifier of the secondary cell (SpCell);

The identifier of the trace collection entity (TCE), where TCE stands for Trace Collection Entity.

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of the following:

Absolute time information absoluteTimeInfo;

TraceReference;

The trace recording session reference traceRecordingSessionRef.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report availability indication information of the second node, when the first node determines that there is a network interface between the second node and the second node, it can carry the identification information of the second node in the first information and send it to the terminal to request the terminal to send the report information related to the second node to the first node.

For example, the first node is the main node MN, the second node is the auxiliary node SN#1, and MN receives the report availability indication of SN#1. When it is determined that there is a network interface connection with the SN#1 (for example, when the neighboring nodes of the terminal's current MN include SN#1, and/or the neighboring nodes of the terminal's current auxiliary node SN#2 include SN#1), the identification information of SN#1 (for example, PScell ID) can be sent to the terminal, requesting the terminal to report the report information related to SN#1.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report availability indication information of the second node, the first node may carry the identification information of the second node in the first information and send it to the terminal, and may also send a list of node identifications with network interfaces to the terminal (which may be sent to the terminal together with the identification information of the second node, or sent to the terminal separately). The terminal may determine that there is report information of the second node, and determine that there is an interface between the second node and the first node based on the node identification list, and then may send the report information related to the second node to the first node.

For example, the first node is the main node MN, and the first node is the secondary node SN#1. When MN receives the report availability indication of SN#1, it can send the identification information of SN#1 (such as PScell ID) to the terminal, and can also send a list of node identifications with network interfaces to the terminal (for example, the neighbor node list of the terminal's current MN and/or the neighbor node list of the terminal's current secondary node SN#2). The terminal determines that there is report information related to SN#1, and MN has a network interface with SN#1, and the terminal sends the report information related to SN#1 to MN.

In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "code element", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, the terms "radio", "wireless", "radio access network (RAN)", "access network (AN)", "RAN-based" and the like may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, "obtain", "obtain", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and/or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from high levels, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "send", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and/or receive" can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, the terms “certain”, “preset”, “preset”, “set”, “indicated”, “a”, “arbitrary”, “first”, etc. can be used interchangeably, and the terms “certain A”, “preset A”, “set A”, “indicated A”, etc. can be used interchangeably.

Corresponding to the aforementioned embodiment of the report request method, the present disclosure also provides an embodiment of a communication device.

The present disclosure further proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect. For example, the communication device may be a first node.

FIG5 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device includes: a sending module 501.

In some embodiments, the sending module is used to send first information to the terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to the second node to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node includes at least one of the following: a node having a network interface with the first node; a node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node.

In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: a node connected to the first node through a first number of hops.

In some embodiments, the first number is configured by a network device or agreed upon by a protocol.

In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the communication device further includes: a receiving module, configured to receive identification information of the second node from the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identification of the second node; and path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identifier of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identifier of a primary node; an identifier of a secondary node; an identifier of a primary cell; an identifier of a primary and secondary cell; an identifier of a secondary cell; an identifier of a tracking collection entity.

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of: absolute time information; a tracking reference; a tracking recording session reference.

In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In some embodiments, the communication device further includes: a receiving module, configured to receive report information related to the second node from the terminal; and the sending module is further configured to send the report information related to the second node to the second node.

The present disclosure further proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect. For example, the communication device may be a terminal.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 6 , the communication device includes: a receiving module 601 .

In some embodiments, the receiving module is used to receive first information sent by a first node, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node.

In some embodiments, the second node includes at least one of the following:

A node having a network interface with the first node;

A node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node.

In some embodiments, the presence of a network interface with the first node includes: a node connected to the first node through a first number of hops.

In some embodiments, the first number is configured by a network device or agreed upon by a protocol.

In some embodiments, the first information includes identification information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following: identification; path information of the second node.

In some embodiments, the identifier of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identifier of a primary node; an identifier of a secondary node; an identifier of a primary cell; an identifier of a primary and secondary cell; an identifier of a secondary cell; an identifier of a tracking collection entity.

In some embodiments, the path information includes at least one of: absolute time information; a tracking reference; a tracking recording session reference.

In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection.

In some embodiments, the communication device further includes: a sending module, configured to send report information related to the second node to the first node.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned communication device is not limited to including the modules in the corresponding embodiments, and may also include other modules, but this is not shown in the present disclosure, and the present disclosure does not limit this.

For the device embodiment, since it basically corresponds to the method embodiment, the relevant parts refer to the partial description of the method embodiment. The device embodiment described above is only schematic, wherein the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this embodiment. Ordinary technicians in this field can understand and implement it without paying creative work.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a report request method, including: a first node sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node; and the report information related to the second node is sent to the first node.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the first aspect above.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is used to execute the report request method described in the second aspect above.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the report request method described in any one of the above-mentioned first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a communication system, including a first node and a terminal, wherein the first node is configured to implement the report request method described in the above-mentioned first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect, and the terminal is configured to implement the report request method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further proposes a storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, enables the communication device to execute the report request method as described in the first aspect and the second aspect, and in the optional embodiments of the first aspect and the second aspect.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also propose a device for implementing any of the above methods, for example, a device is proposed, the above device includes a unit or module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is also proposed, including a unit or module for implementing each step performed by a network device (such as an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of the units or modules in the above device is only a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity, or they can be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory Instructions are stored in the memory, and the processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of each unit or module of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory in the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the unit or module in the device can be implemented in the form of a hardware circuit, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be implemented by designing the hardware circuit. The above hardware circuit can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the above units or modules are implemented by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit can be implemented by a programmable logic device (PLD), taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, which can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices may be implemented entirely in the form of a processor calling software, or entirely in the form of a hardware circuit, or partially in the form of a processor calling software and the rest in the form of a hardware circuit.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability. In one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capability, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP); in another implementation, the processor may implement certain functions through the logical relationship of a hardware circuit, and the logical relationship of the above hardware circuit may be fixed or reconfigurable, such as a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document to implement the hardware circuit configuration may be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as ASIC, such as Neural Network Processing Unit (NPU), Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Deep Learning Processing Unit (DPU), etc.

FIG7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 7100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), or a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 7100 may be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment, and the details may refer to the description in the above method embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 may be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process the communication protocol and the communication data, and the central processing unit may be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute a program, and process the data of the program. The processor 7101 is used to call instructions so that the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memory 7102 may also be outside the communication device 7100.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are executed by the transceiver 7103, and the other steps are executed by the processor 7101.

In some embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, and the receiver and the transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, etc. may be interchangeable, and the terms transmitter, transmission unit, transmitter, transmission circuit, etc. may be interchangeable. The receiver, receiving unit, transmitter, etc. may be interchangeable. The terms element, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. are used interchangeably.

Optionally, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more interface circuits 7104, which are connected to the memory 7102. The interface circuit 7104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 7104 can read instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send the instructions to the processor 7101.

The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data and programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 8200 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the case where the communication device 7100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in Fig. 8, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201, and the processor 8201 is used to call instructions so that the chip 8200 executes any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202, the interface circuits 8202 are connected to the memory 8203, the interface circuits 8202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other devices, and the interface circuits 8202 can be used to send signals to the memory.

8203 or other devices to send signals. For example, the interface circuit 8202 can read the instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201. Optionally, the terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. can be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memory 8203 may be outside the chip 8200.

The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium, on which instructions are stored, and when the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium can be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a temporary storage medium.

The present disclosure also proposes a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute any one of the above methods.

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A report request method, characterized in that it is executed by a first node, and the method comprises: Sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second node comprises at least one of the following: A node having a network interface with the first node; A node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node. The method according to claim 2, wherein the existence of a network interface with the first node comprises: A node connected to the first node via a first number of jumps. The method according to claim 3 is characterized in that the first number is configured by the network device or agreed upon by a protocol. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is characterized in that the first information includes identification information of the second node. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that the method further comprises: The identification information of the second node is received from the second node. The method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the second node; The path information of the second node. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the identifier of the second node includes at least one of the following : The identity of the master node; The identifier of the secondary node; The identifier of the primary cell; Identification of the primary and secondary cells; The identifier of the secondary cell; The identity of the trace collection entity. The method according to claim 7, wherein the path information includes at least one of the following: Absolute time information; Tracking references; Trace logging session reference. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 is characterized in that the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the method further comprises: receiving report information related to the second node from the terminal; Sending report information related to the second node to the second node. A report request method, characterized in that it is executed by a terminal, and the method comprises: First information sent by a first node is received, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send report information related to a second node to the first node. The method according to claim 12, wherein the second node comprises at least one of the following: A node having a network interface with the first node; A node that sends an availability indication of the report information to the first node. The method according to claim 13, wherein the existence of a network interface with the first node comprises: A node connected to the first node via a first number of jumps. The method according to claim 14 is characterized in that the first number is configured by the network device or agreed upon by a protocol. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 15 is characterized in that the first information includes identification information of the second node. The method according to claim 16, wherein the identification information of the second node includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the second node; The path information of the second node. The method according to claim 17, wherein the identifier of the second node comprises at least one of the following: The identity of the master node; The identifier of the secondary node; The identifier of the primary cell; Identification of the primary and secondary cells; The identifier of the secondary cell; The identity of the trace collection entity. The method according to claim 17, wherein the path information includes at least one of the following: Absolute time information; Tracking references; Trace logging session reference. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 19 is characterized in that the first node and the second node are nodes in a single connection, or the first node and the second node are nodes in a dual connection. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 20, characterized in that the method further comprises: Sending report information related to the second node to the first node. A communication device, comprising: one or more processors; The communication device is used to execute the report request method according to any one of claims 1-11. A communication device, comprising: one or more processors; The communication device is used to execute the report request method described in any one of claims 12-21. A communication device, comprising: one or more processors; The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the report request method described in any one of claims 1-11 and 12-21. A communication system, characterized in that it includes a first node and a terminal, wherein the first node is configured to implement the report request method described in any one of claims 1-11, and the terminal is configured to implement the report request method described in any one of claims 12-21. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes a report request method as described in any one of claims 1-11 and 12-21.