QoE (Quality of Experience) measurement and configuration methods and devices, terminal and network equipment

Abstract

The invention provides QoE measurement and configuration methods and devices, a terminal and network equipment, and the method comprises the steps: receiving QoE measurement configuration information sent by the network equipment, and the QoE measurement configuration information comprises non-terrestrial access network NTN related information; and performing QoE measurement for the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information. According to the method, QoE measurement configuration information including related information of a non-terrestrial access network (NTN) is configured through a network, a terminal receives the QoE measurement configuration information, and QoE measurement for an NTN cell can be executed, so that a QoE measurement report for the NTN cell is obtained and reported, and QoE measurement and reporting of the terminal under the condition of NTN access are realized.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a QoE measurement and configuration method, device, terminal and network equipment. Background Art

[0002] The communication network involves the characteristics of non-terrestrial access network (NTN). In some scenarios (for example, when the terrestrial network coverage is poor), the terminal (or user equipment, User Equipment, UE) can access the 3GPP network via satellite in the NTN cell.

[0003] Currently, Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement only supports measurement and reporting of user experience quality for services passing through terrestrial networks. When a UE accesses the network through an NTN, it is also necessary to measure and report the UE's experience quality. However, there is currently no method for performing QoE measurement for UE accessing through an NTN. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present application provides a QoE measurement and configuration method, apparatus, terminal and network equipment to implement QoE measurement and reporting of UE in an NTN network.

[0005] In a first aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement method, which is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

[0006] Receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information;

[0007] Perform QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

[0008] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0009] NTN service type;

[0010] NTN communication type;

[0011] NTN network logo.

[0012] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0013] When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

[0014] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0015] Obtain a QoE measurement report for the NTN cell and send the QoE measurement report to the network device.

[0016] In some embodiments, receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information includes:

[0017] The access layer of the terminal receives the QoE measurement configuration information and sends the QoE measurement configuration information to the application layer of the terminal.

[0018] In some embodiments, when the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement, including:

[0019] When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the application layer of the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the received QoE measurement configuration information.

[0020] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0021] Obtaining a QoE measurement report, the application layer of the terminal sends the QoE measurement report to the access layer of the terminal;

[0022] The access layer of the terminal receives the QoE measurement report sent by the application layer of the terminal, and sends the QoE measurement report to the network device.

[0023] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information further includes:

[0024] NTN network type.

[0025] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0026] In a case where the terminal is in the NTN cell and the network type of the NTN cell belongs to the NTN network type configured in the NTN related information, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

[0027] In a second aspect, the present application also provides a QoE measurement configuration method, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes:

[0028] Receiving QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information;

[0029] The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell.

[0030] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0031] NTN service type;

[0032] NTN communication type;

[0033] NTN network logo.

[0034] In some embodiments, the NTN related information further includes: NTN network type.

[0035] In some embodiments, sending QoE measurement configuration information to a terminal includes:

[0036] According to the NTN network type, determining at least one target terminal belonging to the NTN network type;

[0037] Sending QoE measurement configuration information to at least one target terminal.

[0038] In a third aspect, the present application also provides a QoE measurement configuration method, which is applied to a core network element, and the method includes:

[0039] The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the network device, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

[0040] In some embodiments, the method comprises:

[0041] A QoE measurement report is obtained, wherein the QoE measurement report is obtained by measuring a non-terrestrial access network NTN.

[0042] In a fourth aspect, the present application further provides a terminal, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;

[0043] A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of a processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0044] Receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information;

[0045] Perform QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

[0046] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0047] NTN service type;

[0048] NTN communication type;

[0049] NTN network logo.

[0050] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0051] When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

[0052] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0053] Obtain a QoE measurement report for the NTN cell and send the QoE measurement report to the network device.

[0054] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information further includes:

[0055] NTN network type.

[0056] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0057] In a case where the terminal is in the NTN cell and the network type of the NTN cell belongs to the NTN network type configured in the NTN related information, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

[0058] In a fifth aspect, the present application also provides a network device, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;

[0059] A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of a processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0060] Receiving QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information;

[0061] The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell.

[0062] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0063] NTN service type;

[0064] NTN communication type;

[0065] NTN network logo.

[0066] In some embodiments, the NTN related information further includes: NTN network type.

[0067] In a sixth aspect, the present application further provides a core network element, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;

[0068] A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of a processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0069] The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the network device, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

[0070] In a seventh aspect, the present application also provides a QoE measurement device, including:

[0071] A first receiving unit is configured to receive quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes information related to a non-terrestrial access network (NTN);

[0072] The measurement unit is used to perform QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

[0073] In an eighth aspect, the present application also provides a QoE measurement configuration device, including:

[0074] A second receiving unit is configured to receive QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes information related to a non-terrestrial access network NTN;

[0075] The first sending unit is configured to send QoE measurement configuration information to a terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on an NTN cell.

[0076] In a ninth aspect, the present application also provides a QoE measurement configuration device, including:

[0077] The second sending unit is configured to send QoE measurement configuration information to the network device, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

[0078] In a tenth aspect, the present application further provides a non-transitory readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and the computer program is used to enable a processor to execute the method of the first aspect as described above.

[0079] In the eleventh aspect, the present application also provides a non-transitory readable storage medium, characterized in that the non-transitory readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is used to enable a processor to execute the method as described in the second aspect above.

[0080] In a twelfth aspect, the present application provides a non-transitory readable storage medium, characterized in that the non-transitory readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is used to enable a processor to execute the method as described in the third aspect above.

[0081] The present application provides a QoE measurement and configuration method, apparatus, terminal and network equipment. The method configures QoE measurement configuration information including non-terrestrial access network NTN related information through the network. The terminal receives the QoE measurement configuration information and can perform QoE measurement for the NTN cell, thereby obtaining a QoE measurement report for the NTN cell and reporting the QoE measurement report, thereby realizing QoE measurement and reporting of the terminal when accessing the NTN. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0082] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the related technologies, the following is a brief introduction to the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the related technical descriptions. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

[0083] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a QoE measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0084] Figure 2 One of the flow charts of the QoE measurement configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0085] Figure 3 The second flowchart of the QoE measurement configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0086] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0087] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0088] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of a core network element provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0089] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the structure of a QoE measurement device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0090] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of the structure of a QoE measurement configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0091] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of the structure of a QoE measurement configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0092] In the embodiments of the present application, the term "and / or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B may represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0093] In the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0094] In the embodiments of the present application, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way can be interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object can be one or more.

[0095] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0096] In order to facilitate a clearer understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, some technical contents related to the embodiments of the present application are first introduced.

[0097] 1. Related technologies for QoE measurement.

[0098] Two types of QoE measurements are defined in the related art.

[0099] One is signaling based, in which OAM sends QoE configuration to the core network (CN), the core network sends QoE configuration to the RAN side, and the RAN side forwards the QoE configuration to the UE. In this case, the configuration is for a specific UE;

[0100] The other is management based, in which the operation administration and maintenance (OAM) directly sends the QoE configuration to the RAN side, and the RAN side then forwards the QoE configuration to the UE. In this case, configuration is currently performed for multiple UEs.

[0101] In the system framework of these two measurement configurations based on signaling and management, the process of QoE configuration sent by the RAN to the UE is the same, and the configuration parameters are also the same, and are sent to the UE through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. Signaling-based measurements are generally used to collect measurements of designated users, and management-based measurements are generally used to collect measurements of designated areas.

[0102] In the related art, QoE measurement management parameters are defined, which may include, for example, the following parameters (the following are exemplary and not all are listed):

[0103] a)QoE collection entity address

[0104] This parameter is used to define the Internet Protocol (IP) address to which the QoE Measurement Collection (QMC) records will be transmitted. Either Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) or Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses can be used.

[0105] b)QoEreference

[0106] This parameter defines the identifier of the network requesting QoE measurement. QoEreference should be globally unique, so it consists of the following: Mobile Country Code (MCC) + Mobile Network Code (MNC) + QMC Identifier (ID), where MCC and MNC come from the management system together with the trace activation request and are used to define a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) included in the management system. QMCID is a 3-byte string.

[0107] c)QMC configuration file

[0108] This parameter defines the QoE profile defined by the application layer service.

[0109] d)Service Type

[0110] This parameter defines the service type for which QoE measurement is to be performed, including streaming media, Multimedia Telephony Service for IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), MTSI, VR, etc.

[0111] e) Area scope:

[0112] This parameter defines the scope of collecting QoE measurements in management-based QoE measurements.

[0113] 2. Execution of the QoE measurement process.

[0114] After the UE's access stratum (AS) receives the QoE configuration through the RRC message, the AS layer will send the QoE configuration to the application layer through the directory defined by ATcommand, including parameters such as service Type, QoEReference and QMC configuration file. When the service of the service type corresponding to the configuration begins to occur, the application layer begins to measure according to the configuration file and generates a measurement QoE report according to the configuration conditions. Once the QoE measurement report is generated, the UE's application layer sends the QoE report to the UE's AS layer through the AT command, and the UE AS sends it to the RAN through an RRC message. The RAN sends the report to the corresponding server corresponding to the IP address defined in the configuration file. This completes the QoE configuration and measurement report collection process.

[0115] The base station can also configure the base station visible QoE, that is, RVQoE (RANvisiable QoE), based on the QoE configured by the above OAM. Because ordinary QoE reports are mainly used by OAM and are encoded in the format defined by OAM, the base station does not decode the QoE report in principle; if the base station also intends to improve and guarantee QoE, it can configure the UE to report RVQoE, so that the base station can directly receive and use RVQoE.

[0116] 3. Introduction to NTN Network

[0117] The related technology introduces the Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN). UE supporting the NTN network can be connected to the NR network system through the NTN payload and NTN Gateway.

[0118] The main application scenario is that UE can connect to the NR network via satellite in locations where NR network coverage is not good to obtain network services, or broadcast services over a large area through the NTN network.

[0119] In the NTN system, two entities, NTN payload and NTN Gateway, are mainly introduced. The link between UE and NTN payload is called service link, and the link between NTN payload and NTN Gateway is called feeder link. NTN payload is generally deployed on satellites or high-altitude aircraft to provide connection between service link and feeder link. NTN Gateway is generally deployed on the surface of the earth to provide feeder link connection with NTN payload. In the NTN system, due to the different operation conditions of satellites at different altitudes, service links are generally divided into three types according to whether the NTN cell is fixed:

[0120] 1) Earth-fixed: provided by a beam that always continuously covers the same geographical area (such as a geosynchronous satellite GSO).

[0121] 2) Quasi-Earth-fixed: The beam covers one geographic area for a limited time and another geographic area for another time (such as the case where non-geosynchronous satellites can produce steering beams).

[0122] 3) Earth-moving: provided by a beam whose coverage slides over the surface of the Earth (as in the case of non-geosynchronous satellites producing fixed or non-steerable beams).

[0123] In NTN, the main discussed scenarios are Quasi-Earth-fixed and Earth-moving, which correspond to the above scenarios (2) and (3) respectively. At present, the work on UE mobility in IDLE state and connected state has been mainly completed. In IDLE state, UE can perform cell reselection based on time; in connected state, UE can perform conditional switching based on time and location.

[0124] Different from the terrestrial network (TN), in the NTN network, the UE needs to connect to the NR network via satellite, and the NTN payload transmits the signaling and data from the UE to the NTN Gateway through the service link, and vice versa. Therefore, this will introduce a relatively large delay compared to the TN network.

[0125] In addition, in the NTN network, the coverage area of ​​the NTN cell is very large, and a large number of UEs may be included in one NTN cell. Different network types are also defined under the NTN network, such as NR Low Earth Orbit (LEO), NR Middle Earth Orbit (MEO), NR (GEO) and NR (OTHERSAT).

[0126] In the related art, when the UE accesses the NTN network, the transmission delay increases significantly, and the UE's experience quality is significantly different from that of the TN network; however, in the current QoE measurement work, it is not yet supported for the UE to access the NTN network and implement the UE to perform QoE measurement under the NTN network. The embodiments of the present application solve this problem by having the UE perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell under the NTN network.

[0127] The following is an introduction to the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The QoE measurement and configuration method, device, terminal and network equipment provided in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system can be a system using the fifth generation (5th Generation, 5G) mobile communication technology (hereinafter referred to as a 5G system). Those skilled in the art can understand that the 5GNR system is only an example and is not a limitation, and can also be applied to other existing or future compatible communication systems.

[0128] The embodiments of the present application provide a QoE measurement and configuration method, apparatus, terminal and network equipment to implement QoE measurement and reporting of UE in an NTN network.

[0129] Among them, the method and the device are based on the same application concept. Since the method and the device solve the problem in a similar principle, the implementation of the device and the method can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be repeated.

[0130] Figure 1 The flowchart of the QoE measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. 1 , which can be applied to a terminal (eg, a smart phone, a terminal device, etc.). Figure 1 As shown, the method comprises the following steps:

[0131] Step S101: receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information;

[0132] Step S102: Perform QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

[0133] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0134] NTN service type;

[0135] NTN communication type;

[0136] NTN network logo.

[0137] It should be noted that whether a cell is an NTN cell is mainly determined based on the special field settings in the broadcast message (such as cellBarred is set to NTN) and SIB19 is scheduled in SIB1.

[0138] Regarding the NTN service type, the service transmitted through the NTN can be regarded as a service type, such as the service types supported in the QoE measurement configuration in the related art: MTSI, streaming, etc., so a new service type can be introduced for the NTN.

[0139] Regarding NTN communication type: Due to the MTSI in the related technology, Streaming services can be transmitted through NTN, and NTN can be regarded as a communication type different from the existing TN network. By introducing the NTN communication type in the QoE measurement configuration and QoE measurement report, it is possible to implement QoE measurement and reporting of MTSI services or Streaming services under the NTN network.

[0140] For the NTN network identification, this identification information can be introduced in the QoE measurement configuration and QoE measurement report to indicate that this is the QoE measurement for the NTN network.

[0141] These three types of NTN-related information are in parallel, and one or more of these three items can be selected to identify the QoE measurement configuration and / or QoE measurement report. That is to say, the three types of NTN-related information are used to identify that the QoE measurement configuration and QoE measurement report are for the NTN network.

[0142] Exemplarily, the NTN network identifier can be represented by an existing field or IE, or a new indicator bit can be introduced to indicate the NTN network identifier. This is for example only. If a new indicator bit is used for representation, methods for determining a new indicator bit known to those skilled in the art can be applied here, without limitation.

[0143] In some embodiments, the NTN service type indicates a network type (Service type); the NTN communication type indicates a communication type (Communication type); and the NTN network identifier is used to identify a network.

[0144] Specifically, the above QoE measurement configuration information may include one or more of the following information in addition to the NTN related information:

[0145] QoE measurement identifier, such as measConfigAppLayerId;

[0146] QoE container;

[0147] Measurement range (Area scope);

[0148] Other configuration information, such as RAN visible QoE (RVQoE) configuration, etc.

[0149] Those skilled in the art may determine the content and parameters of the QoE measurement configuration information according to actual situations and needs, so as to achieve the actual measurement purpose.

[0150] After receiving the QoE measurement configuration information including the NTN related information, the terminal may perform QoE measurement for the NTN cell based on the QoE measurement configuration information.

[0151] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0152] When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement; illustratively, the UE performs QoE measurement in the NTN network according to any one or a combination of NTN service type, NTN communication type, and NTN network identifier included in the NTN related information.

[0153] Specifically, after receiving the QoE measurement configuration information including the NTN related information, when the terminal is in the NTN cell, if the corresponding service is started, the terminal starts and performs the QoE measurement.

[0154] In some embodiments, in addition to satisfying the two conditions that the terminal is in the NTN cell and the corresponding service is started, the terminal starts and performs QoE measurement, and also needs to satisfy the condition that the terminal is within the range indicated by the measurement range (Area scope). If the terminal is within the range indicated by the measurement range (Area scope), the terminal performs QoE measurement for the NTN cell. When the UE is in a connected state and moves out of the range indicated by the measurement range (Area scope), the UE can continue to perform QoE measurement, and the network side decides whether to release the QoE measurement configuration; when the UE is in a non-connected state, the UE can decide whether to release the QoE measurement configuration.

[0155] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0156] Obtain a QoE measurement report for the NTN cell and send the QoE measurement report to the network device.

[0157] Specifically, the UE sends the QoE measurement report to the network device (e.g., base station) through the MeasurementReportAppLayer message. The QoE measurement report is for the NTN cell and may also be referred to as the NTN QoE report or the NTN QoE measurement report. The network device sends the NTN QoE report to the Measurement Collection Entity (MCE).

[0158] In some embodiments, receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information includes:

[0159] The access layer (AS layer) of the terminal receives the QoE measurement configuration information and sends the QoE measurement configuration information to the application layer (APP layer) of the terminal. The application layer of the terminal performs QoE measurement in the NTN network based on any one or a combination of the NTN service type, NTN communication type, and NTN network identifier included in the received QoE measurement configuration information.

[0160] In some embodiments, when the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement, including:

[0161] When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the application layer of the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the received QoE measurement configuration information;

[0162] The QoE measurement report is obtained, and the application layer of the terminal sends the QoE measurement report to the access layer of the terminal.

[0163] Exemplarily, when the UE enters or moves out of the NTN cell, the AS layer of the UE sends an indication message to the APP layer. Only when the UE is in the NTN cell and the service is started, the APP layer of the UE starts the NTN QoE measurement;

[0164] Exemplarily, the APP layer of the UE starts NTN QoE measurement only when the UE is in the NTN cell, the service is started, and the UE is within the range represented by the measurement range.

[0165] Exemplarily, after performing NTN QoE measurement, the APP layer of the UE obtains a corresponding NTN QoE report, and sends the NTN QoE report to the AS layer of the UE.

[0166] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0167] The access layer of the terminal receives the QoE measurement report sent by the application layer of the terminal, and sends the QoE measurement report to the network device.

[0168] Specifically, the AS layer sends the QoE measurement report to the network device (eg, base station) through the MeasurementReportAppLayer message. The QoE measurement report is for the NTN cell and may also be referred to as the NTN QoE report. The network device sends the NTNQoE report to the Measurement Collection Entity (MCE).

[0169] The QoE measurement method in this embodiment configures the QoE measurement configuration information including the non-terrestrial access network NTN related information through the network. The terminal receives the QoE measurement configuration information and can perform QoE measurement for the NTN cell, thereby obtaining a QoE measurement report for the NTN cell and reporting the QoE measurement report, thereby realizing QoE measurement and reporting of the terminal when accessing the NTN.

[0170] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information further includes:

[0171] NTN network type.

[0172] Exemplarily, the NTN network type may also be referred to as a radio access technology type (Radio Access Technology Type, RAT type), which includes NR low earth orbit (LEO, Low Earth Orbit), NR medium earth orbit (MEO, Middle Earth Orbit), NR (GEO) and NR OTHERSAT (other types of satellites), etc.

[0173] In some embodiments, the NTN network type is listed in parallel with the above-mentioned NTN service type, NTN communication type, and NTN network identifier, and the NTN related information includes any one of these four items or a combination thereof.

[0174] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0175] In a case where the terminal is in the NTN cell and the network type of the NTN cell belongs to the NTN network type configured in the NTN related information, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

[0176] Specifically, according to the QoE measurement configuration information, when the UE enters the NTN cell of the corresponding RAT type and the corresponding service is started, the UE performs the QoE measurement in the NTN network of the RAT type.

[0177] In some embodiments, when the UE enters or moves out of the NTN cell of the RAT type, the AS layer of the UE sends NTN network indication information to the APP layer to indicate the location status of the UE. Only when the UE is in the NTN cell of the RAT type and the service is started, the APP layer of the UE starts the NTN QoE measurement;

[0178] In some embodiments, when the UE is within the configured Area scope, the APP layer of the UE performs NTN QoE measurement. When the UE is in a connected state and moves out of the Area scope, the UE can continue to perform NTN QoE measurement, and the network side decides whether to release the NTN QoE configuration; when the UE is in a non-connected state, the UE can decide whether to release the QoE configuration. The APP layer of the UE sends the NTN QoE measurement report to the AS layer of the UE;

[0179] In some embodiments, the AS layer of the UE sends the NTN QoE measurement report to the base station through a MeasurementReportAppLayer message, and the base station sends the NTN QoE measurement report to the MCE.

[0180] The QoE measurement method of the present application is described below through another embodiment of the present application.

[0181] This embodiment provides a QoE measurement and reporting method for UE in an NTN network, including: after OAM triggers the QoE measurement of the UE in the NTN network, OAM sends the QoE measurement configuration for NTN to the gNB, and the gNB sends the QoE configuration to the UE through an air interface message. When certain conditions are met, the UE starts to perform the QoE measurement in the NTN network and reports the QoE measurement result to the MCE.

[0182] QoE Measurement in NTN Networks

[0183] In order to collect the QoE measurement results of UE in the NTN network, OAM sends the QoE configuration information related to NTN to the base station, and the base station sends the NTN QoE configuration information to the UE. The UE starts QoE measurement under certain conditions and reports the QoE report to the network, where the QoE configuration information includes configuration information of NTN related information, and the QoE configuration information can be called NTN QoE configuration information.

[0184] Specifically, the NTN related information includes one or more of an NTN service type, an NTN communication type, and an NTN network identifier.

[0185] Step 1: After receiving the NTN QoE configuration information, the base station selects a UE in the NTN that meets the conditions (which can be called NTN UE, indicating a UE capable of accessing the NTN network), and sends the NTN QoE configuration information to the NTN UE through an RRCReconfiguration message or an RRCResume message when the NTN UE is in a connected state. The NTN QoE configuration information includes one or more of the following information:

[0186] QoE measurement identifier, such as measConfigAppLayerId;

[0187] Service type, such as NTN service type;

[0188] Communication type, such as NTN communication type;

[0189] NTN network logo;

[0190] QoE container;

[0191] Measurement range (Area scope);

[0192] Other configuration information, such as RVQoE configuration.

[0193] Step 2: After receiving the NTN QoE configuration information, the AS layer of the UE sends the NTN QoE configuration information to the APP layer of the UE. The APP layer of the UE performs QoE measurement of the UE in the NTN network according to the service type, Communication type or NTN identifier in the NTN QoE configuration information. When the UE enters or moves out of the NTN cell, the AS layer of the UE sends an indication message to the APP layer to inform the APP layer of the location status of the UE. Only when the UE is in the NTN cell and the service is started, the UEAPP layer starts the NTN QoE measurement;

[0194] Step 3: When the UE is within the configured Area scope, the UE's APP layer performs QoE measurement. When the UE moves out of the Area scope in a connected state, the UE can continue to perform QoE measurement. For example, the network can decide whether to release the NTN QoE configuration; when the UE is in a non-connected state, the UE can decide whether to release the NTN QoE configuration. The UE's APP layer obtains the NTN QoE measurement report and sends the NTN QoE measurement report to the UE's AS layer;

[0195] Step 4: The AS layer of the UE sends the NTN QoE measurement report to the base station through the MeasurementReportAppLayer message, and the base station sends the NTN QoE measurement report to the MCE.

[0196] The following describes the QoE measurement method for different NTN network types of the present application through another embodiment of the present application.

[0197] QoE measurement of NTN networks with different RAT types

[0198] Since NTN networks can be divided into different Radio Access Technology Types (RAT types), OAM may need to collect the QoE measurement results of NTN UEs in NTN networks with different RAT types. OAM sends the NTN QoE configuration information with the RAT type to the base station, and the base station sends the NTN QoE configuration information to the UE. The UE starts QoE measurement under certain conditions and reports the QoE report to the network.

[0199] Step 1: After receiving the NTN QoE measurement configuration (indicating the QoE measurement configuration containing NTN related information), the base station selects a qualified NTN UE (indicating the UE accessed through the NTN) and sends the NTN QoE configuration information to the UE through an RRCReconfiguration message or an RRCResume message when the NTN UE is in a connected state. The NTN QoE configuration includes one or more of the following information:

[0200] QoE measurement identifier, such as measConfigAppLayerId;

[0201] Service type, such as NTN service type;

[0202] NTN network type (RAT type), such as NR LEO, NR MEO, NR HEO, NR OTHERSAT;

[0203] QoE container;

[0204] Measurement range (Area scope);

[0205] Other configuration information, such as RVQoE configuration.

[0206] Step 2: After receiving the NTN QoE configuration information, the AS layer of the UE sends the NTN QoE configuration information to the APP layer of the UE. According to the NTN QoE configuration information, when the UE enters the NTN cell of the corresponding RAT type and the service is started, the UE performs QoE measurement in the NTN network of the RAT type. When the UE enters or moves out of the NTN cell of the RAT type, the UE AS layer sends NTN network indication information to the APP layer. Only when the UE is in the NTN cell of the RAT type and the service is started, the APP layer of the UE starts the NTN QoE measurement;

[0207] Step 3: When the UE is within the configured Area scope, the UE's APP layer performs QoE measurement. When the UE is in a connected state and moves out of the Area scope, the UE can continue to perform QoE measurement, and the network side decides whether to release the NTN QoE configuration; when the UE is in a non-connected state, the UE can decide whether to release the NTNQoE configuration. The UE's APP layer sends the NTN QoE measurement results to the UE AS layer;

[0208] Step 4: The AS layer of the UE sends the NTN QoE measurement report (indicating the QoE measurement report obtained for the NTN cell) to the base station through the MeasurementReportAppLayer message, and the base station sends the NTN QoE measurement report to the MCE.

[0209] Figure 2 One of the flow diagrams of the QoE measurement configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the QoE measurement configuration method is applied to a network device (such as a base station, etc.), such as Figure 2 As shown, the method comprises the following steps:

[0210] Step S201: receiving QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information;

[0211] Step S202: Sending QoE measurement configuration information to the terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell.

[0212] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0213] NTN service type;

[0214] NTN communication type;

[0215] NTN network logo.

[0216] In some embodiments, the NTN related information further includes: NTN network type.

[0217] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned NTN related information may include any one or more of NTN service type, NTN communication type, NTN network identifier and NTN network type; and, in addition to including NTN related information, the QoE measurement configuration information also includes one or more of the following information:

[0218] QoE measurement identifier, such as measConfigAppLayerId;

[0219] QoE container;

[0220] Measurement range (Area scope);

[0221] Other configuration information, such as RAN visible QoE (RVQoE) configuration, etc.

[0222] Those skilled in the art may determine the content and parameters of the QoE measurement configuration information according to actual situations and needs, so as to achieve the actual measurement purpose.

[0223] In some embodiments, sending QoE measurement configuration information to a terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement for an NTN cell, includes:

[0224] According to the NTN network type, determining at least one target terminal belonging to the NTN network type;

[0225] Sending QoE measurement configuration information to at least one target terminal.

[0226] Figure 3 The second flow chart of the QoE measurement configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the QoE measurement configuration method can be applied to a core network element (such as OAM, which is exemplary here, and other network elements that can implement this function can also be applied here, without limitation), the method comprising:

[0227] Step S301: Sending QoE measurement configuration information to a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information is used by a terminal to perform QoE measurement on an NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

[0228] In some embodiments, the method comprises:

[0229] A QoE measurement report is obtained, wherein the QoE measurement report is obtained by measuring a non-terrestrial access network NTN.

[0230] Specifically, the QoE measurement report is obtained by the UE performing QoE measurement on the NTN cell in the NTN network, and obtaining the QoE measurement report includes the UE generating the QoE measurement report or the UE application layer generating the UE.

[0231] In some embodiments, the QoE measurement report is sent by the base station to a core network element.

[0232] It should be noted that all implementation methods in the above embodiments can achieve the technical effects achieved by the QoE measurement method and QoE measurement configuration method of the present application, and will not be described in detail here.

[0233] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 4 As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, which includes: a memory 400, a transceiver 410, and a processor 420;

[0234] The memory 400 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 410 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 420; the processor 420 is used to read the computer program in the memory 400 and perform the following operations:

[0235] Receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information;

[0236] Perform QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

[0237] The transceiver 410 is used to receive and send data under the control of the processor 420 .

[0238] The user interface 430 may be an interface that can be connected to required devices externally or internally, and the connected devices include but are not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, etc.

[0239] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0240] NTN service type;

[0241] NTN communication type;

[0242] NTN network logo.

[0243] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0244] When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

[0245] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0246] Obtain a QoE measurement report for the NTN cell and send the QoE measurement report to the network device.

[0247] In some embodiments, receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information includes:

[0248] The access layer of the terminal receives the QoE measurement configuration information and sends the QoE measurement configuration information to the application layer of the terminal.

[0249] In some embodiments, when the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement, including:

[0250] When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the application layer of the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the received QoE measurement configuration information;

[0251] The QoE measurement report is obtained, and the application layer of the terminal sends the QoE measurement report to the access layer of the terminal.

[0252] In some embodiments, it also includes:

[0253] The access layer of the terminal receives the QoE measurement report sent by the application layer of the terminal, and sends the QoE measurement report to the network device.

[0254] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information further includes:

[0255] NTN network type.

[0256] In some embodiments, performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes:

[0257] In a case where the terminal is in the NTN cell and the network type of the NTN cell belongs to the NTN network type configured in the NTN related information, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

[0258] It should be noted here that the above-mentioned terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented by the above-mentioned method embodiment applied to the terminal, and can achieve the same technical effect. The parts and beneficial effects that are the same as the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0259] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the measurement method applied to the terminal are implemented.

[0260] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 5 As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, which includes a memory 500, a transceiver 510, and a processor 520;

[0261] The memory 500 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 510 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 520; the processor 520 is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0262] Receiving QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information;

[0263] The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell.

[0264] The transceiver 510 is used to receive and send data under the control of the processor 520 .

[0265] The user interface 530 may be an interface that can be connected to required devices externally or internally, and the connected devices include but are not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, etc.

[0266] In some embodiments, the NTN-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0267] NTN service type;

[0268] NTN communication type;

[0269] NTN network logo.

[0270] In some embodiments, the NTN related information further includes: NTN network type.

[0271] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of a measurement configuration method applied to a network device are implemented.

[0272] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of the core network element provided in the embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 6 As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides a core network element, which includes a memory 600, a transceiver 610, and a processor 620;

[0273] The memory 600 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 610 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 620; the processor 620 is used to read the computer program in the memory 600 and perform the following operations:

[0274] The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the network device, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

[0275] The transceiver 610 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 520 .

[0276] The user interface 630 may be an interface that can be connected to required devices externally or internally, and the connected devices include but are not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, etc.

[0277] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the measurement configuration method applied to a core network element are implemented.

[0278] Among them, in the above Figure 4-Figure 6 In the embodiments of the physical product, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically various circuits of one or more processors represented by a processor and a memory represented by a memory linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and are therefore not further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver may be a plurality of components, namely, a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium, including transmission media such as wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and the like. For different user devices, the user interface may also be an interface capable of externally and internally connecting required devices, and the connected devices include but are not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, and the like.

[0279] The processor is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory can store data used by the processor when performing operations.

[0280] Optionally, the processor may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0281] The processor calls the computer program stored in the memory to execute any method provided in the embodiments of the present application according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and the memory can also be arranged physically separately.

[0282] In the embodiments of computer-readable storage media corresponding to the above-mentioned various physical product embodiments, the computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (such as floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO), etc.), optical storage (such as CD, DVD, BD, HVD, etc.), and semiconductor storage (such as ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drive (SSD)), etc.

[0283] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the structure of the QoE measurement device provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. Figure 7 As shown, this embodiment provides a QoE measurement device 700, which includes:

[0284] The first receiving unit 701 is configured to receive quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information;

[0285] The measuring unit 702 is configured to perform QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

[0286] It should be noted that the device embodiment is a device that corresponds one-to-one to the above-mentioned method embodiment. All implementation methods in the above-mentioned method embodiment are applicable to the device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0287] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of the structure of a QoE measurement configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 8 As shown, this embodiment provides a QoE measurement configuration device 800, and the QoE measurement device includes:

[0288] The second receiving unit 801 is configured to receive QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information;

[0289] The first sending unit 802 is configured to send QoE measurement configuration information to a terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on an NTN cell.

[0290] It should be noted that the device embodiment is a device that corresponds one-to-one to the above-mentioned method embodiment. All implementation methods in the above-mentioned method embodiment are applicable to the device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0291] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of the structure of a QoE measurement configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Fig. 9 As shown, this embodiment provides a QoE measurement device 900, which includes:

[0292] The second sending unit 901 is configured to send QoE measurement configuration information to a network device, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by a terminal to perform QoE measurement on an NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

[0293] It should be noted that the device embodiment is a device that corresponds one-to-one to the above-mentioned method embodiment. All implementation methods in the above-mentioned method embodiment are applicable to the device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0294] It should be noted that the division of units in the above-mentioned virtual product embodiments of the present application is schematic and is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into a processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, 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 software functional units.

[0295] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions to enable a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes.

[0296] The technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application can be applicable to a variety of systems, especially 5G systems. For example, the applicable system can be a global system of mobile communication (GSM) system, a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) general packet radio service (GPRS) system, a long term evolution (LTE) system, a LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, a LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, an advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system, a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), a world-wide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) system, a 5G new air interface (NR) system, etc. These various systems include terminal equipment and network equipment. The system may also include a core network part, such as an evolved packet system (EPS), a 5G system (5GS), etc.

[0297] The terminal involved in the embodiment of the present application may be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with a wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. In different systems, the name of the terminal may also be different. For example, in a 5G system, the terminal may be called a user equipment (UE). A wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CN) via a radio access network (RAN). The wireless terminal device may be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device. For example, it may be a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device that exchanges language and / or data with a wireless access network. For example, personal communication service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other devices. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal device, an access terminal device, a user terminal device, a user agent, and a user device, but is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0298] The access network element involved in the embodiments of the present application may be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services for the terminal. Depending on the specific application scenario, the base station may also be called an access point, or may be a device in the access network that communicates with the wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The access network element may be used to interchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, and serve as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, wherein the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The access network element may also coordinate the attribute management of the air interface. For example, the access network element involved in the embodiments of the present application may be a network device (Base TransceiverStation, BTS) in the Global System for Mobile communications (Global System for Mobile communications, GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), or a network device (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), or an evolutionary network device (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in the long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in the 5G network architecture (next generation system), or a home evolved Node B (Home evolved Node B, HeNB), a relay node, a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), etc., which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In some network structures, the access network element may include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the centralized unit and the distributed unit may also be arranged geographically separately.

[0299] The access network element and the terminal can each use one or more antennas for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission can be single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) or multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the form and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO or massive-MIMO, or it can be diversity transmission, precoded transmission or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0300] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present application may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present application may adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment in combination with software and hardware. Moreover, the present application may adopt the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage and optical storage, etc.) that contain computer-usable program code.

[0301] The present application is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer executable instructions. These computer executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device generate instructions for implementing the processes in the flowchart and / or block diagram. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.

[0302] These processor executable instructions may also be stored in a processor readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the processor readable memory produce an article of manufacture including an instruction device, which implements the process Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A function specified in one or more boxes.

[0303] These processor-executable instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operational steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions for executing on the computer or other programmable device to implement the process. Figure 1A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The steps for the functions specified in one or more boxes.

[0304] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is also intended to include these modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A QoE measurement method, characterized in that: Applied to a terminal, the method comprises: Receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information; The QoE measurement for the NTN network is performed according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

2. The QoE measurement method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The NTN related information includes at least one of the following: NTN service type; NTN communication type; NTN network logo.

3. The QoE measurement method according to claim 1 or 2, performing QoE measurement for the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information, comprising: In case the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

4. The QoE measurement method according to claim 3, characterized in that: The method further comprises: A QoE measurement report for the NTN cell is obtained, and the QoE measurement report is sent to a network device.

5. The QoE measurement method according to claim 1 or 4, characterized in that: The receiving experience quality QoE measurement configuration information includes: The access layer of the terminal receives the QoE measurement configuration information, and sends the QoE measurement configuration information to the application layer of the terminal.

6. The QoE measurement method according to claim 3, characterized in that: When the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement, including: In a case where the terminal is in the NTN cell, the application layer of the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the received QoE measurement configuration information.

7. The QoE measurement method according to claim 6, characterized in that: The method further comprises: The application layer of the terminal obtains the QoE measurement report, and sends the QoE measurement report to the access layer of the terminal; The access layer of the terminal receives the QoE measurement report sent by the application layer of the terminal, and sends the QoE measurement report to a network device.

8. The QoE measurement method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The NTN related information also includes: NTN network type.

9. The QoE measurement method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes: In a case where the terminal is in an NTN cell and the network type of the NTN cell belongs to the NTN network type configured in the NTN related information, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

10. A QoE measurement configuration method, applied to a network device, characterized in that: The method comprises: Receiving QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information; The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell.

11. The QoE measurement configuration method according to claim 10, characterized in that: The NTN related information includes at least one of the following: NTN service type; NTN communication type; NTN network logo.

12. The QoE measurement configuration method according to claim 11, characterized in that: The NTN related information also includes: NTN network type.

13. The QoE measurement configuration method according to claim 12, characterized in that: The sending the QoE measurement configuration information to the terminal includes: According to the NTN network type, determining at least one target terminal belonging to the NTN network type; Sending the QoE measurement configuration information to at least one of the target terminals.

14. A QoE measurement configuration method, applied to a core network element, characterized in that: The method comprises: Sending QoE measurement configuration information to a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information is used by a terminal to perform QoE measurement on an NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

15. The QoE measurement configuration method according to claim 14, characterized in that: The method comprises: A QoE measurement report is obtained, wherein the QoE measurement report is obtained by measuring a non-terrestrial access network NTN.

16. A terminal, characterized in that: Including memory, transceiver, processor; A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations: Receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information; The QoE measurement for the NTN network is performed according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

17. The terminal according to claim 16, characterized in that: The NTN related information includes at least one of the following: NTN service type; NTN communication type; NTN network logo.

18. The terminal according to claim 16 or 17, performing QoE measurement for the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information, comprising: In case the terminal is in the NTN cell, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

19. The terminal according to claim 18, characterized in that: The processor also performs the following operations: A QoE measurement report for the NTN cell is obtained, and the QoE measurement report is sent to a network device.

20. The terminal according to claim 17, characterized in that: The NTN related information also includes: NTN network type.

21. The terminal according to claim 20, characterized in that: The performing QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information includes: In a case where the terminal is in an NTN cell and the network type of the NTN cell belongs to the NTN network type configured in the NTN related information, the terminal performs QoE measurement.

22. A network device, characterized in that: Including memory, transceiver, processor; A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations: Receiving QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information; The QoE measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell.

23. The network device according to claim 22, characterized in that: The NTN related information includes at least one of the following: NTN service type; NTN communication type; NTN network logo.

24. The network device according to claim 23, characterized in that: The NTN related information also includes: NTN network type.

25. A core network element, characterized in that: Including memory, transceiver, processor; A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations: Sending QoE measurement configuration information to a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information is used by a terminal to perform QoE measurement on an NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

26. A QoE measurement device, characterized in that: include: A first receiving unit is configured to receive quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network (NTN) related information; The measuring unit is used to perform QoE measurement on the NTN network according to the QoE measurement configuration information.

27. A QoE measurement configuration device, characterized in that: include: A second receiving unit is configured to receive QoE measurement configuration information sent by a core network device, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information; The first sending unit is configured to send the QoE measurement configuration information to the terminal, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell.

28. A QoE measurement configuration device, characterized in that: include: The second sending unit is used to send QoE measurement configuration information to the network device, where the QoE measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to perform QoE measurement on the NTN cell, wherein the QoE measurement configuration information includes non-terrestrial access network NTN related information.

29. A non-transitory readable storage medium, characterized in that: The non-transitory readable storage medium stores a computer program, which is used to cause a processor to execute the method described in any one of claims 1 to 9, or the computer program is used to cause a processor to execute the method described in any one of claims 10 to 13, or the computer program is used to cause a processor to execute the method described in claim 14 or 15.

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