Method, network device and terminal device for measuring

Abstract

A method for measurement, a network device, and a terminal device are provided. The method is applied to a 5G communication system, and the method comprises: the network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, and the measurement configuration information comprises configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of a first reference signal in an unlicensed frequency band; the network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device in the multiple transmission opportunities. A method for measurement is provided in an embodiment of the present invention, and the network device configures the measurement configuration information for the terminal device, so that the 5G terminal device in the unlicensed frequency band can measure the received reference signal.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications, and more specifically, to a method for measuring, a network device, and a terminal device. Background Art

[0002] The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) introduced the Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) technology. For example, based on the framework of Carrier Aggregation (CA), the 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) will also make full use of unlicensed frequency bands to provide higher rates.

[0003] In the prior art, the primary cell (PCell) in LTE works in the licensed frequency band and the secondary cell (SCell) works in the unlicensed frequency band, that is, only the SCell can work in the unlicensed frequency band, and the PCell cannot work in the unlicensed frequency band. In 5GNR, both the PCell and the SCell can work in the unlicensed frequency band.

[0004] However, when the base station sends reference signals (such as SSB and CSI-RS) on an unlicensed frequency band, it may encounter LBT failure and be unable to send the reference signal. In this case, how the UE measures these reference signals and how to report them to the base station are urgent issues to be resolved. Summary of the invention

[0005] Provided are a method for measurement, a network device, and a terminal device, which enable a 5G terminal device on an unlicensed frequency band to measure a received reference signal.

[0006] In a first aspect, a method for measurement is provided, which is applied to a 5G communication system, and the method includes:

[0007] The network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band;

[0008] The network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0009] A method for measurement is provided in an embodiment of the present invention, which configures measurement configuration information for a terminal device through a network device, so that a 5G terminal device on an unlicensed frequency band can measure a received reference signal.

[0010] In some possible implementations, the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window; wherein, the network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities, including:

[0011] The network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device in the multiple transmission opportunities within the same time window by listening before talking.

[0012] In some possible implementations, before the network device sends the measurement configuration information to the terminal device, the method further includes:

[0013] The network device sends mapping relationship information to the terminal device, where the mapping relationship information includes information of at least one reference signal type and a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, and the at least one reference signal type includes the type of the first reference signal.

[0014] In some possible implementations, the information of the time window includes a start position of the time window and / or an end position of the time window.

[0015] In some possible implementations, the measurement configuration information includes multiple offset values ​​at fixed time positions; wherein the network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities, including:

[0016] The network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values.

[0017] In some possible implementations, the network device sending measurement configuration information to the terminal device includes:

[0018] The network device sends system information to the terminal device, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

[0019] In some possible implementations, the network device sending measurement configuration information to the terminal device includes:

[0020] The network device sends a radio resource control RRC signaling to the terminal device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

[0021] In some possible implementations, the first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

[0022] In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

[0023] The network device receives reporting information sent by the terminal device, the reporting information including indication information and cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, the indication information being used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers missing sampling values.

[0024] In a second aspect, a method for measurement is provided, which is applied to a 5G communication system, and the method includes:

[0025] The terminal device receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band;

[0026] The terminal device receives the first reference signal and performs measurement on the multiple transmission opportunities according to the configuration information;

[0027] The terminal device determines the cell quality based on the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0028] In some possible implementations, the terminal device determines the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities, including:

[0029] When the terminal device fails to receive the first reference signal on a first transmission opportunity among the multiple transmission opportunities, it determines a measurement value of the first reference signal received on a second transmission opportunity as a measurement value of the first reference signal on the first transmission opportunity, and the second transmission opportunity is prior to the first transmission opportunity.

[0030] In some possible implementations, the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window.

[0031] In some possible implementations, before the terminal device receives the measurement configuration information sent by the network device, the method further includes:

[0032] The terminal device receives mapping relationship information sent by the network device, the mapping relationship information includes information of at least one reference signal type and a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, and the at least one reference signal type includes a type of the first reference signal; the terminal device determines the time window corresponding to the first reference signal according to the mapping relationship information and the type of the first reference signal; wherein the terminal device receives the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities and performs measurement according to the configuration information, including:

[0033] The terminal device receives and measures the first reference signal at the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window corresponding to the first reference signal according to the configuration information.

[0034] In some possible implementations, the information of the time window includes a start position of the time window and / or an end position of the time window.

[0035] In some possible implementations, the measurement configuration information includes multiple offset values ​​at fixed time positions; wherein, the terminal device receives the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities and performs measurement according to the configuration information, including:

[0036] The terminal device receives the first reference signal sent by the network device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values.

[0037] In some possible implementations, the terminal device receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device, including:

[0038] The terminal device receives system information sent by the network device, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

[0039] In some possible implementations, the terminal device receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device, including:

[0040] The terminal device receives radio resource control RRC signaling sent by the network device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

[0041] In some possible implementations, the first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

[0042] In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

[0043] The terminal device sends reporting information to the network device, the reporting information including indication information and cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, the indication information being used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers missing sampling values.

[0044] In some possible implementations, the terminal device determines the cell quality according to the measurement values ​​of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities, including:

[0045] The terminal device determines the cell quality according to the following formula:

[0046] Fn =(1-a)*F n-1 +aM n

[0047] Wherein, n represents the number of sampling times, and F n Indicates the cell quality, the M n represents the measured value, and a represents the weighting coefficient.

[0048] In a third aspect, a network device is provided, which is applied to a 5G communication system, and the network device includes: a sending unit, and the sending unit is used to:

[0049] Sending measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band;

[0050] The first reference signal is sent to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0051] In a fourth aspect, a terminal device is provided, which is applied to a 5G communication system, and the terminal device includes:

[0052] A transceiver unit, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of a first reference signal in an unlicensed frequency band;

[0053] A processing unit is used to control the transceiver unit to receive and measure the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities according to the configuration information, and is also used to determine the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0054] In a fifth aspect, a network device is provided, which is applied to a 5G communication system, and the network device includes: a transceiver, and the transceiver is used to:

[0055] Sending measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band;

[0056] The first reference signal is sent to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0057] In a sixth aspect, a terminal device is provided, which is applied to a 5G communication system, and the terminal device includes:

[0058] A transceiver, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of a first reference signal in an unlicensed frequency band;

[0059] The processor is used to control the transceiver to receive and measure the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities according to the configuration information, and is also used to determine the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0060] In a seventh aspect, a computer-readable medium is provided for storing a computer program, wherein the computer program includes instructions for executing the method embodiment of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0061] In an eighth aspect, a computer chip is provided, comprising: an input interface, an output interface, at least one processor, and a memory, wherein the processor is used to execute the code in the memory, and when the code is executed, the processor can implement each process performed by the network device in the method for measurement in the first aspect or the second aspect above.

[0062] In the ninth aspect, a computer chip is provided, comprising: an input interface, an output interface, at least one processor, and a memory, wherein the processor is used to execute the code in the memory, and when the code is executed, the processor can implement the various processes performed by the terminal device in the method for measurement in the first aspect or the second aspect mentioned above.

[0063] In the tenth aspect, a communication system is provided, comprising the network device and terminal device as described above. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0064] Figure 1 This is an example of an application scenario of the present invention.

[0065] Figure 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method for measuring according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0066] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of multiple transmission opportunities according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0067] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of a time window according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0068] Figure 5 It is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0069] Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0070] Figure 7 It is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0071] Figure 8 is a schematic block diagram of another terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0072] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of a 5G application scenario of an embodiment of the present invention.

[0073] like Figure 1 As shown, the communication system 100 may include a terminal device 110 and a network device 120. The network device 120 may communicate with the terminal device 110 via an air interface. The terminal device 110 and the network device 120 support multi-service transmission.

[0074] It should be understood that the embodiment of the present invention is only exemplified by the 5G communication system 100, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto. That is to say, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to various scenarios including 5G communication systems. For example, a hybrid deployment scenario consisting of a 5G communication system and a first communication system, and the like. Among them, the first communication system can be any communication system. For example: Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), etc.

[0075] Furthermore, the present invention describes various embodiments in conjunction with network devices and terminal devices.

[0076] The network device 120 may refer to any entity on the network side that is used to send or receive signals, for example, a base station device in a 5G network.

[0077] The terminal device 110 may be any terminal device. Specifically, the terminal device 110 may communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN), and may also be referred to as an access terminal, user equipment (UE), user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user device. For example, it may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, etc.

[0078] However, for the above scenario, the primary cell (PCell) under the first communication system cannot operate in an unlicensed frequency band (e.g., LTE). In 5G NR, both the PCell and the secondary cell (SCell) can operate in an unlicensed frequency band. When the base station sends a reference signal (e.g., SSB and CSI-RS) on an unlicensed frequency band, it may encounter a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure and fail to send the reference signal. In this case, how the UE measures these reference signals and how to report them to the base station needs to be solved.

[0079] In order to solve the above technical problems, a method for measurement is provided in an embodiment of the present invention, which configures measurement configuration information for a terminal device through a network device, so that a 5G terminal device on an unlicensed frequency band can measure the received reference signal.

[0080] Figure 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method for measuring according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0081] Specifically, if Figure 2 As shown, the method includes:

[0082] 210. The network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band.

[0083] 220. The network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0084] 230. The terminal device determines the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0085] In short, the network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, and sends the first reference signal to the terminal device according to the measurement configuration information.

[0086] It should be understood that the multiple transmission opportunities in the embodiment of the present invention are possible transmission opportunities for sending the first reference signal configured by the network device for the terminal device, and the implementation of the present invention does not specifically limit whether the network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities. In other words, the network device may send the first reference signal to the terminal device on each of the multiple transmission opportunities, or may send the first reference signal to the terminal device on some of the multiple transmission opportunities, or may not send the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities. Specifically, whether to send the first reference signal can be determined based on the transmission method of the first reference signal, or it can be determined based on the idleness of the channel, and the embodiment of the present invention does not make specific limitations.

[0087] In other words, the terminal device receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device; the terminal device receives the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities and performs measurement based on the configuration information; the terminal device determines the cell quality based on the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0088] More specifically, the terminal device may determine the cell quality according to the following formula:

[0089] F n =(1-a)*F n-1 +aM n

[0090] Among them, n represents the number of sampling times, and F n Indicates the cell quality. n represents the measured value, and a represents the weighting coefficient.

[0091] Since the network device may not send the first reference signal to the terminal device on some or all of the multiple transmission opportunities, it is very likely that the terminal device will not be able to measure a certain reference signal. Therefore, the calculation of cell quality also needs to take into account the lack of certain sampling values ​​due to the lack of reference signals.

[0092] In the embodiment of the present invention, when the adopted value is missing, when the above formula is used to calculate the cell quality, the number of sampling times is not increased by 1, that is, the missing sampling value is skipped. For example, when the terminal device does not receive the first reference signal on the first transmission opportunity among the multiple transmission opportunities, the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the second transmission opportunity can be determined as the measurement value of the first reference signal on the first transmission opportunity, and the second transmission opportunity is before the first transmission opportunity.

[0093] That is, in the embodiment of the present invention, when determining the cell quality, the terminal device can effectively improve the accuracy of the cell quality by taking into account the situation where the sampling values ​​are missing.

[0094] It should be understood that the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific embodiment of the measurement configuration information, and an exemplary description is given below.

[0095] In one embodiment, Figure 3 As shown, the measurement configuration information can directly configure multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal for the terminal device, that is, the terminal device can wait to receive the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0096] For example, the measurement configuration information may include multiple offset values ​​at fixed time positions. That is, the network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values. Correspondingly, the terminal device only needs to receive the first reference signal sent by the network device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values.

[0097] In another embodiment, Figure 4 As shown, the multiple transmission opportunities may belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes the configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities in the time window. That is to say, the network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device in the multiple transmission opportunities in the same time window by listening before speaking. Accordingly, the terminal device needs to receive the first reference signal that may be sent by the network device in this time window.

[0098] In the embodiment of the present invention, Listen Before Talk (LBT) can be understood as: the station to transmit data first monitors whether there is a carrier on the medium to determine whether there is another station transmitting data. If the medium is idle, the station can transmit data; otherwise, the station will avoid it for a period of time before trying again.

[0099] Optionally, before the network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, the network device may send mapping relationship information to the terminal device, the mapping relationship information including at least one reference signal type and information about a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, the at least one reference signal type including the type of the first reference signal. In other words, the terminal device may receive the mapping relationship information sent by the network device before receiving the measurement configuration information, the terminal device determines the time window corresponding to the first reference signal based on the mapping relationship information and the type of the first reference signal; the terminal device receives the first reference signal and performs measurements on the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window corresponding to the first reference signal based on the configuration information.

[0100] Furthermore, the information of the time window includes a start position of the time window and / or an end position of the time window.

[0101] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present invention, there is no specific limitation on the manner in which the network device sends the measurement configuration information to the terminal device.

[0102] For example, the network device may send system information to the terminal device, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

[0103] For another example, the network device may send a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) signaling to the terminal device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

[0104] It should also be understood that the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit the type of the first reference signal. For example, the first reference signal is a synchronization information block (Synchronization Signal Block, SSB) or a channel state information measurement reference signal (Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS).

[0105] Furthermore, in an embodiment of the present invention, a method for a terminal device to report cell quality is also provided. Specifically, the terminal device sends reporting information to the network device, the reporting information includes indication information and the cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, and the indication information is used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers the missing sampling value. For the network device, the network device receives the reporting information sent by the terminal device, and determines based on the reporting information that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers the missing sampling value.

[0106] Figure 5 It is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It should be understood that the network device according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a 5G communication system, that is, a 5G network device or a 5G network element.

[0107] Specifically, if Figure 5 As shown, the network device 500 includes:

[0108] The sending unit 510 is configured to:

[0109] Measurement configuration information is sent to a terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of a first reference signal in an unlicensed frequency band; and the first reference signal is sent to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0110] Optionally, the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities in the time window; wherein the sending unit 510 is specifically used to:

[0111] The first reference signal is sent to the terminal device in the multiple transmission opportunities within the same time window by listening before talking.

[0112] Optionally, the sending unit 510 is further configured to:

[0113] Before sending measurement configuration information to the terminal device, mapping relationship information is sent to the terminal device, the mapping relationship information including at least one reference signal type and information of a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, the at least one reference signal type including the type of the first reference signal.

[0114] Optionally, the information of the time window includes a start position of the time window and / or an end position of the time window.

[0115] Optionally, the measurement configuration information includes multiple offset values ​​at fixed time positions; wherein the sending unit 510 is specifically configured to:

[0116] The first reference signal is sent to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values.

[0117] Optionally, the sending unit 510 is specifically configured to:

[0118] Sending system information to the terminal device, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

[0119] Optionally, the sending unit 510 is specifically configured to:

[0120] A radio resource control RRC signaling is sent to the terminal device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

[0121] Optionally, the first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

[0122] Optionally, the network device further includes:

[0123] The receiving unit 520 is used to receive the reporting information sent by the terminal device, the reporting information including indication information and the cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, the indication information is used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers the missing sampling value.

[0124] It should be noted that both the sending unit 510 and the receiving unit 520 may be implemented by a transceiver.

[0125] like Figure 6 As shown, the network device 600 may include a processor 610, a transceiver 620, and a memory 630. The memory 630 may be used to store indication information, and may also be used to store codes and instructions executed by the processor 610. The various components in the network device 600 are connected via a bus system, wherein the bus system includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus.

[0126] Figure 6The network device 600 shown can implement the aforementioned Figure 2 To avoid repetition, each process implemented by the network device in the method embodiment will not be described here.

[0127] Figure 7 It is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It should be understood that the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a 5G communication system, that is, a 5G terminal.

[0128] Specifically, if Figure 5 As shown, the terminal device 700 includes:

[0129] The transceiver unit 710 is configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a network device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of a first reference signal in an unlicensed frequency band;

[0130] The processing unit 720 is used to control the transceiver unit 710 to receive and measure the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities according to the configuration information, and is also used to determine the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities.

[0131] Optionally, the processing unit 720 is specifically configured to:

[0132] When the first reference signal is not received on a first transmission opportunity among the multiple transmission opportunities, a measurement value of the first reference signal received on a second transmission opportunity that precedes the first transmission opportunity is determined as the measurement value of the first reference signal on the first transmission opportunity.

[0133] Optionally, the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window.

[0134] Optionally, the transceiver unit 710 is further configured to:

[0135] Before receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the network device, receiving mapping relationship information sent by the network device, the mapping relationship information including at least one reference signal type and information of a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, the at least one reference signal type including the type of the first reference signal; the processing unit 720 is specifically configured to:

[0136] According to the mapping relationship information and the type of the first reference signal, determine the time window corresponding to the first reference signal; according to the configuration information, control the transceiver unit 710 to receive the first reference signal and perform measurement on the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window corresponding to the first reference signal.

[0137] Optionally, the information of the time window includes a start position of the time window and / or an end position of the time window.

[0138] Optionally, the measurement configuration information includes multiple offset values ​​of fixed time positions; wherein the processing unit 720 is specifically configured to:

[0139] On the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values, the transceiver unit 710 is controlled to receive the first reference signal sent by the network device.

[0140] Optionally, the transceiver unit 710 is specifically configured to:

[0141] System information sent by the network device is received, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

[0142] Optionally, the transceiver unit 710 is specifically configured to:

[0143] A radio resource control RRC signaling sent by the network device is received, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

[0144] Optionally, the first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

[0145] Optionally, the transceiver unit 710 is further configured to:

[0146] Reporting information is sent to the network device, where the reporting information includes indication information and a cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, where the indication information is used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers missing sampling values.

[0147] Optionally, the processing unit 720 is more specifically configured to:

[0148] The cell quality is determined according to the following formula:

[0149] F n =(1-a)*F n-1 +aM n

[0150] Among them, n represents the number of sampling times, and F n Indicates the cell quality. n represents the measured value, and a represents the weighting coefficient.

[0151] It should be noted that the transceiver unit 710 may be implemented by a transceiver, and the processing unit 720 may be implemented by a processor. Figure 8As shown, the terminal device 800 may include a processor 810, a transceiver 820 and a memory 830. The memory 830 may be used to store indication information, and may also be used to store codes and instructions executed by the processor 810. The various components in the terminal device 800 are connected via a bus system, wherein the bus system includes a power bus, a control bus and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus.

[0152] Figure 8 The terminal device 800 shown can implement the aforementioned Figure 2 To avoid repetition, each process implemented by the terminal device in the method embodiment will not be described here.

[0153] It should also be understood that the method embodiments in the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to a processor or implemented by a processor. Specifically, it can be understood that, during the implementation process, each step of the method embodiment in the embodiment of the present invention can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor or an instruction in the form of software. More specifically, the steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention can be directly embodied as being executed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in a decoding processor. The software module can be located in a mature storage medium in the art such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, or an electrically erasable programmable memory, a register, etc. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps of the above method in conjunction with its hardware.

[0154] The processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capability, and may implement or execute the methods, steps and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. For example, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. In addition, the general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor, etc.

[0155] In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the memory may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. It should be understood that the above-mentioned memory is exemplary but not restrictive. For example, the memory in the embodiment of the present invention may also be static random access memory (static RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (double data rate SDRAM, DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (synch link DRAM, SLDRAM) and direct memory bus random access memory (Direct Rambus RAM, DR RAM), etc. That is, the memory of the system and method described herein is intended to include but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0156] Finally, it should be noted that the terms used in the embodiments of the present invention and the appended claims are for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and are not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0157] For example, as used in the embodiments of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

[0158] As another example, the phrase "when..." as used herein may be interpreted as "if" or "if" or "when..." or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting," depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase "if it is determined" or "if (stated condition or event) is detected" may be interpreted as "when it is determined" or "in response to determining" or "when detecting (stated condition or event)" or "in response to detecting (stated condition or event)," depending on the context.

[0159] Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0160] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0161] In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0162] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0163] In addition, each functional unit in the embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0164] If implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in the embodiment of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0165] The above contents are only specific implementations of the embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, which should be included in the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention shall be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for measuring, characterized in that Applied to a 5G communication system, the method comprises: The network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band; The network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities; wherein the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities in the time window; The network device sending the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities includes: The network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device in a listen-before-speak manner on the multiple transmission opportunities within the same time window, wherein before the network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, the method further includes: The network device sends mapping relationship information to the terminal device, the mapping relationship information including at least one reference signal type and information of a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, the at least one reference signal type including the type of the first reference signal; wherein the time window information includes a starting position of the time window and / or an ending position of the time window.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The measurement configuration information includes a plurality of offset values ​​at fixed time positions; The network device sending the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities includes: The network device sends the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, including: The network device sends system information to the terminal device, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device, including: The network device sends a radio resource control RRC signaling to the terminal device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The method further comprises: The network device receives reporting information sent by the terminal device, the reporting information including indication information and cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, the indication information being used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers missing sampling values.

7. A method for measuring, characterized in that Applied to a 5G communication system, the method comprises: The terminal device receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band; The terminal device receives the first reference signal and performs measurement on the multiple transmission opportunities according to the configuration information; The terminal device determines the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities; wherein the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window; wherein before the terminal device receives the measurement configuration information sent by the network device, the method further includes: The terminal device receives mapping relationship information sent by the network device, where the mapping relationship information includes information of at least one reference signal type and a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, and the at least one reference signal type includes a type of the first reference signal; The terminal device determines, according to the mapping relationship information and the type of the first reference signal, a time window corresponding to the first reference signal; The terminal device receives the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities and performs measurement according to the configuration information, including: The terminal device receives and measures the first reference signal at the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window corresponding to the first reference signal according to the configuration information, wherein the information of the time window includes the starting position of the time window and / or the ending position of the time window.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The terminal device determines the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities, including: When the terminal device fails to receive the first reference signal on a first transmission opportunity among the multiple transmission opportunities, it determines a measurement value of the first reference signal received on a second transmission opportunity as a measurement value of the first reference signal on the first transmission opportunity, and the second transmission opportunity is prior to the first transmission opportunity.

9. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that: The measurement configuration information includes a plurality of offset values ​​at fixed time positions; The terminal device receives the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities and performs measurement according to the configuration information, including: The terminal device receives the first reference signal sent by the network device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values.

10. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The terminal device receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device, including: The terminal device receives system information sent by the network device, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

11. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The terminal device receives measurement configuration information sent by the network device, including: The terminal device receives radio resource control RRC signaling sent by the network device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

12. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that The first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

13. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that The method further comprises: The terminal device sends reporting information to the network device, the reporting information including indication information and cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, the indication information being used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers missing sampling values.

14. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that The terminal device determines the cell quality according to the measurement value of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities, including: The terminal device determines the cell quality according to the following formula: F n =(1-a)*F n-1 +aM n Wherein, n represents the number of sampling times, and F n Indicates the cell quality, the M n represents the measured value, and a represents the weighting coefficient.

15. A network device, characterized in that: Applied to a 5G communication system, the network device comprises: a sending unit, the sending unit being used to: Sending measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of the first reference signal in the unlicensed frequency band; Sending the first reference signal to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities; wherein the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities in the time window; Wherein, the sending unit is specifically used for: On the multiple transmission opportunities within the same time window, the first reference signal is sent to the terminal device in a listen-before-speak manner; wherein the sending unit is further used to: Before sending measurement configuration information to a terminal device, mapping relationship information is sent to the terminal device, the mapping relationship information including information of at least one reference signal type and a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, the at least one reference signal type including the type of the first reference signal; wherein the time window information includes a starting position of the time window and / or an ending position of the time window.

16. The network device according to claim 15, characterized in that: The measurement configuration information includes a plurality of offset values ​​at fixed time positions; Wherein, the sending unit is specifically used for: The first reference signal is sent to the terminal device on the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values.

17. The network device according to claim 15, characterized in that: The sending unit is specifically used for: Sending system information to the terminal device, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

18. The network device according to claim 15, characterized in that: The sending unit is specifically used for: Sending radio resource control RRC signaling to the terminal device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

19. The network device according to any one of claims 15 to 18, characterized in that: The first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

20. The network device according to any one of claims 15 to 18, characterized in that: The network device also includes: A receiving unit is used to receive reporting information sent by the terminal device, the reporting information includes indication information and cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, and the indication information is used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers the missing sampling value.

21. A terminal device, characterized in that: Applied to a 5G communication system, the terminal device comprises: A transceiver unit, configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes configuration information of multiple transmission opportunities of a first reference signal in an unlicensed frequency band; a processing unit, configured to control the transceiver unit to receive and measure the first reference signal on the multiple transmission opportunities according to the configuration information, and further configured to determine the cell quality according to the measurement values ​​of the first reference signal received on the multiple transmission opportunities; wherein the multiple transmission opportunities belong to the same time window, and the configuration information includes configuration information of the multiple transmission opportunities in the time window; wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to: Before receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the network device, receiving mapping relationship information sent by the network device, the mapping relationship information including at least one reference signal type and information of a time window corresponding to the at least one reference signal type, the at least one reference signal type including a type of the first reference signal; The processing unit is specifically used for: Determining a time window corresponding to the first reference signal according to the mapping relationship information and the type of the first reference signal; According to the configuration information, the transceiver unit is controlled to receive the first reference signal and perform measurement at the multiple transmission opportunities within the time window corresponding to the first reference signal; wherein the information of the time window includes the starting position of the time window and / or the ending position of the time window.

22. The terminal device according to claim 21, characterized in that: The processing unit is specifically used for: When the first reference signal is not received on a first transmission opportunity among the multiple transmission opportunities, a measurement value of the first reference signal received on a second transmission opportunity is determined as the measurement value of the first reference signal on the first transmission opportunity, and the second transmission opportunity is prior to the first transmission opportunity.

23. The terminal device according to claim 21, characterized in that: The measurement configuration information includes a plurality of offset values ​​at fixed time positions; Wherein, the processing unit is specifically used for: On the multiple transmission opportunities determined according to the multiple offset values, control the transceiver unit to receive the first reference signal sent by the network device.

24. The terminal device according to claim 21, characterized in that: The transceiver unit is specifically used for: System information sent by the network device is received, where the system information includes the measurement configuration information.

25. The terminal device according to claim 21, characterized in that: The transceiver unit is specifically used for: A radio resource control RRC signaling is received from the network device, where the RRC signaling includes the measurement configuration information.

26. The terminal device according to any one of claims 21 to 25, characterized in that: The first reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information measurement reference signal CSI-RS.

27. The terminal device according to any one of claims 21 to 25, characterized in that: The transceiver unit is also used for: Send reporting information to the network device, the reporting information including indication information and cell quality obtained by the terminal device based on the first reference signal, the indication information being used to indicate that the cell quality reported by the terminal device is the cell quality after the terminal device considers the missing sampling value.

28. The terminal device according to any one of claims 21 to 25, characterized in that: The processing unit is more specifically configured to: The cell quality is determined according to the following formula: F n =(1-a)*F n-1 +aM n Wherein, n represents the number of sampling times, and F n Indicates the cell quality, the M n represents the measured value, and a represents the weighting coefficient.

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