Measurement Scheduling Method, Device, User Equipment and Storage Medium

Abstract

The present application discloses a measurement scheduling method, apparatus, user equipment, and storage medium. The measurement scheduling method includes: determining scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window within a first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in a first state, where the first state indicates that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state; and performing radio resource management (RRM) measurements based on the determined scheduling parameters in the scheduling window.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a measurement scheduling method, apparatus, user equipment, and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] To implement the mobility management of a user equipment (UE) in the radio resource control (RRC) connected state, the UE performs intra-frequency measurement or inter-frequency measurement based on the radio resource management (RRM) measurement configuration sent by the network side, and reports the measurement results to the network side.

[0003] In the related art, in the new radio (NR) RRC connected state, the UE determines whether to schedule the RRM measurement task according to the DRX state (including the active state and the inactive state) based on whether there is a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration. However, the flexibility and scalability of this scheduling method are poor, which affects the mobility performance of the UE. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In view of this, embodiments of this application provide a measurement scheduling method, apparatus, user equipment, and storage medium to solve the technical problem that the flexibility and scalability of the scheduling method in the related art are poor, which affects the mobility performance of the UE.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the technical solution of this application is implemented as follows:

[0006] Embodiments of this application provide a measurement scheduling method, including:

[0007] Determine scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window within a first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in a first state; wherein the first state indicates that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state;

[0008] Perform RRM measurement in the scheduling window based on the determined scheduling parameters.

[0009] In the above solution, the determining the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window includes:

[0010] Determine a reception time window of each frequency point in at least one frequency point in the scheduling window;

[0011] Among the at least one frequency point, determine a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window; wherein, the first number is less than or equal to the maximum number of frequency points that can be measured in parallel.

[0012] Determine the reception configuration parameters of each measurement frequency point in the first state.

[0013] In the above solution, when the first state is characterized as not using DRX, the scheduling window is the first scheduling window; wherein, the first scheduling window represents a time period divided at a set interval on the absolute time axis.

[0014] When the first state is characterized as using DRX, the scheduling window is the second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window represents the time period between the first moment and the second moment; the first moment represents the start moment of using DRX, or represents the start moment of the DRX sleep period in which the start moment of using DRX is located; the second moment represents the end moment of the first first scheduling window corresponding to the first DRX activation period after the first moment.

[0015] In the above solution, the determination of the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window includes one of the following:

[0016] When the total number of the at least one frequency point is less than or equal to the first number, determine the at least one frequency point as the measurement frequency point corresponding to the scheduling window.

[0017] When the total number of the at least one frequency point is greater than the first number, determine a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first parameter and the corresponding first interval time of each frequency point; wherein,

[0018] The first interval time represents the interval time between the third moment and the fourth moment; the third moment represents the moment when the user equipment last completed RRM measurement; the fourth moment represents the start moment of the reception time window of the frequency point in the corresponding scheduling window.

[0019] In the above solution, the determination of the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window includes:

[0020] When the first state is characterized as not using DRX, determine a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first value corresponding to each frequency point; the first value is determined based on the first parameter and the corresponding first interval time of the frequency point.

[0021] When the first state is characterized as using DRX, determine a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the DRX period, the first parameter and the corresponding first interval time of each frequency point.

[0022] In the above solution, the first parameter includes one of the following:

[0023] Synchronization Signal Block Measurement Time Configuration (SMTC) period;

[0024] Measurement interval;

[0025] Carrier Specific Scaling Factor (CSSF).

[0026] In the above solution, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the DRX cycle, the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point, and the corresponding first interval time includes:

[0027] When the DRX cycle is less than the first set threshold, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first interval time corresponding to each first frequency point, and / or based on the second value corresponding to each second frequency point;

[0028] When the DRX cycle is greater than or equal to the first set threshold, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Primary Cell (PCell) and the first frequency point corresponding to the Secondary Cell (SCell), and / or based on the second value corresponding to each second frequency point;

[0029] Wherein, the first frequency point represents a frequency point that does not require a measurement interval; the second frequency point represents a frequency point that requires a measurement interval; the second value is determined based on the CSSF corresponding to the frequency point and the corresponding first interval time.

[0030] In the above solution, the method further includes one of the following:

[0031] When the first state indicates that DRX is not used, determining the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window as the first M milliseconds before the start time of the first scheduling window; M > 0;

[0032] When the first state indicates that DRX is used, determining the time period between the start time of using DRX and the start time of the corresponding DRX sleep period as the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window.

[0033] In the above solution, the method further includes:

[0034] When the first state is characterized as not using DRX and the start time of using DRX is detected within the first scheduling window, determine whether to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window based on the second interval time and / or the SMTC period of the frequency point to be measured; wherein, the second interval time represents the minimum interval time between the start time of the reception time window of the frequency point to be measured in the first scheduling window and the current time.

[0035] In the above solution, the method further includes:

[0036] When deprecating the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window, determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window partially overlaps with the first scheduling window.

[0037] In the above solution, determining whether to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window includes one of the following:

[0038] When the SMTC period of all frequency points to be measured is greater than or equal to the second set threshold, or the second time interval is less than the third set threshold, determine to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for RRM measurement;

[0039] When the SMTC period of any frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold, or the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, determine to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window;

[0040] When the SMTC period of all frequency points to be measured is less than the second set threshold and the second time interval is less than the third set threshold, determine to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for RRM measurement;

[0041] When the SMTC period of any frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold and the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, determine to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window.

[0042] In the above solution, the method further includes:

[0043] When the user equipment wakes up from the sleep state, perform RRM measurement based on the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window, and determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window; wherein, the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window overlaps with the second scheduling window.

[0044] In the above solution, determining the reception time window of each frequency point in at least one frequency point in the scheduling window includes:

[0045] When the first state is characterized by using DRX, during a second time period between the start time of the DRX activation period corresponding to the second scheduling window and the end time of the second scheduling window, find the SMTC position of each frequency point;

[0046] When the SMTC position of any frequency point is not found during the second time period, during a third time period in the second scheduling window other than the second time period, find the SMTC position of the any frequency point; For the frequency points whose SMTC positions are located in the third time period, no measurement gap is required;

[0047] Determine the reception time window of the corresponding frequency point based on the found SMTC position.

[0048] This application also provides a measurement scheduling device, including:

[0049] A determination unit, configured to determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window during a first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in the first state; wherein, the first state is characterized in that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state;

[0050] A scheduling unit, configured to perform RRM measurement in the scheduling window based on the determined scheduling parameters.

[0051] This application also provides a user equipment, including: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, wherein, when the processor is used to run the computer program, execute the steps of the above measurement scheduling method.

[0052] This application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the above measurement scheduling method are implemented.

[0053] In the embodiments of this application, during a first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in the first state, determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window; wherein, the first state is characterized in that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state; perform RRM measurement in the scheduling window based on the determined scheduling parameters. Thus, in the RRC connected state, for the cases of using DRX and not using DRX, different scheduling strategies are adopted to dynamically determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window, and the determined scheduling parameters are used to schedule the RRM measurement task, improving the flexibility of measurement scheduling and the mobility performance of the UE. Since this solution can be applied to 4G-5G dual connection (EN-DC, EUTRA-NR Dual Connection) in non-standalone networking (NSA, Non-Standalone) mode or other dual connection scenarios, the scalability is relatively strong. Description of the Drawings

[0054] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the SSB provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0055] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the implementation process of the measurement scheduling method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0056] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the DRX sleep period and the DRX active period provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0057] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the scheduling window provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0058] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the implementation process of determining scheduling parameters provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0059] Figure 6 Schematic diagram of the structure of the measurement scheduling device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0060] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the hardware composition structure of the user equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0061] In order to implement the mobility management of the UE in the RRC connected state, the network side configures the UE to perform co-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-mode measurements in a specific time window, so as to report the measurement results of measurement quantities such as reference signal receiving power (RSRP), reference signal receiving quality (RSRQ), and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), so that the network side can perform mobility management according to the measurement results reported by the UE, for example, cell selection, cell reselection, or cell handover.

[0062] Among them, the specific time window refers to the measurement gap (Gap). The configuration parameters of the measurement gap generally include:

[0063] Measurement gap length (MGL), value range {1.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 6} milliseconds (ms);

[0064] Measurement gap repetition period (MGRP), value range {20, 40, 80, 160} ms;

[0065] Measure the interval timing advance (MGTA); the value range is {0, 0.25, 0.5} ms; MGTA is used to indicate that the UE stops any radio frequency (RF) transceiver operations of services MGTA before the subframe of the measurement interval.

[0066] The time domain offset (Gap Offset) of the measurement interval, the value range is 0 to MGRP - 1, and the unit is ms.

[0067] MGL, MGRP, and Gap Offset are used for the UE to determine the system frame number (SFN) and subframe number of the first subframe of each measurement interval. Among them, SFN mod T = FLOOR(Gap Offset / 10); T = MGRP / 10; subframe number = Gap Offset mod 10.

[0068] Among them, the network side configures the SSB measurement time configuration (SMTC) for each frequency point for RRM measurement based on the synchronization signal block (SSB). SMTC appears at a certain interval in the time domain and is a measurement window with a fixed duration. The range of the interval time (or period) is {5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160} ms, the range of the window length is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} ms, and the range of the time domain offset (Offset) is 0 to (interval time - 1), and the unit is ms. The time parameters of SMTC are configured based on the time axis scale of the PCell. That is, the start position and end position of SMTC on each frequency point are aligned with the subframe boundary of the primary serving cell. From the measurement perspective, the UE believes that there is no SSB outside SMTC. For the frequency points that need to be measured within the measurement interval, within the length of the measurement interval, starting from the start time and end time of the measurement interval respectively, subtract the time length required for RF switching to obtain the remaining time length of the measurement interval; the overlapping part of the remaining time length of the measurement interval and SMTC is used as the time length for measurement.

[0069] There are two types of reference signals for RRM measurement in NR: Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS). The definitions of serving cell co-frequency cell measurement and inter-frequency cell measurement are as follows:

[0070]

[0071] According to whether the SSB is in the Down Link (DL) Bandwidth Part (BWP), the SSB co-frequency measurement in the RRC connected state can be divided into co-frequency measurement that requires the use of a measurement gap and co-frequency measurement that does not require the use of a measurement gap. The CSI co-frequency measurement must be in the DL BWP and does not require the use of a measurement gap; both co-frequency / inter-frequency measurements in NR may require the use of a measurement gap. Among them, as Figure 1 shown, the SSB occupies a total of 4 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the time domain and 20 Resource Blocks (RBs) in the frequency domain, that is, 240 subcarriers, numbered from 0 to 239. In a half-frame (5 ms) carrying the SSB, there are at most L candidate times to place the SSB, and the index of the first symbol of these candidate times is determined by the subcarrier spacing. For specific details, please refer to Section 4.1 of the relevant specification TS38.213 of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0072] In the related art, in the NR RRC connected state, the UE determines whether to schedule the measurement task according to the DRX state based on the existence of the DRX configuration. However, in the relevant specification TS 38.133 3.6.1 of 3GPP, it is defined that in the RRC state, when Condition 1 or Condition 2 is satisfied, the UE considers that the current state is no DRX is used; when neither Condition 1 nor Condition 2 is satisfied, the UE considers that the current state is DRX is used:

[0073] Condition 1: DRX parameters are not configured

[0074] Condition 2: DRX parameters are configured and one of the following is satisfied:

[0075] The DRX inactivity timer is running

[0076] The DRX downlink retransmission timer is running

[0077] The DRX uplink retransmission timer is running

[0078] The random access contention resolution timer is running

[0079] A scheduling request sent on the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) is pending

[0080] After successfully receiving a random access response for a preamble not selected by the Medium Access Control (MAC) entity, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) indicating a new transmission addressed to the Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) of the MAC entity has not been received

[0081] That is, in the RRC connected state, even if there is a DRX configuration, it is possible that the UE does not use DRX. In the scheduling method in the related art, the scheduling is not flexible enough and has poor scalability. In particular, it does not distinguish between the two states of not using DRX and using DRX as required by the protocol. There may be a scenario where the measurement scheduling that should be performed according to the RRC connected state is performed according to the DRX state, affecting the mobility performance of the UE

[0082] Based on this, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement scheduling method, which includes determining scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window within a first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in a first state, where the first state is characterized in that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state; and performing RRM measurements in the scheduling window based on the determined scheduling parameters. Thus, in the RRC connected state, for the cases of using DRX and not using DRX, the UE dynamically determines the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window by adopting different scheduling strategies, and schedules the RRM measurement tasks with the determined scheduling parameters, improving the flexibility of measurement scheduling and the mobility performance of the UE. Since this solution can be applied to EN-DC in the NSA mode or other dual-connection scenarios, the scalability is relatively strong.

[0083] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and are not used to limit the present application.

[0084] Figure 2 It is a schematic flowchart of the implementation of the measurement scheduling method provided by the embodiment of the present application, where the execution subject of the process is a user equipment such as a mobile phone or a tablet. As Figure 2 shown, the measurement scheduling method includes:

[0085] Step 201: Determine scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window within a first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in a first state, where the first state is characterized in that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state.

[0086] Here, in the RRC connected state, the user equipment determines the first state it is in and determines the scheduling window in the first state. Among them, the first state indicates that the user equipment uses DRX or uses DRX.

[0087] When the user equipment determines the scheduling window in the first state, within a first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in the first state, it determines the scheduling parameters corresponding to this scheduling window.

[0088] The scheduling parameters are used to schedule the RRM measurement tasks. The scheduling parameters include the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window, the reception time window of each measurement frequency point in the scheduling window, and the reception configuration parameters of the measurement frequency points in the first state. The reception configuration parameters are used for the user equipment to receive data. The reception configuration parameters include the center frequency, bandwidth, sampling rate, etc.

[0089] It should be noted that the user equipment can use a timer to detect whether the current time is within the first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in the first state, so as to decide whether to start the process of determining the scheduling parameters.

[0090] As Figure 3 shown, considering that when the user equipment uses DRX, the user equipment sleeps and wakes up periodically according to DRX. Therefore, in order to improve the measurement scheduling accuracy, in some embodiments,

[0091] When the first state is characterized as not using DRX, the scheduling window is the first scheduling window; wherein, the first scheduling window represents a time period divided at a set interval on the absolute time axis;

[0092] When the first state is characterized as using DRX, the scheduling window is the second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window represents the time period between the first moment and the second moment; the first moment represents the start time of using DRX, or represents the start time of the DRX sleep period where the start time of using DRX is located; the second moment represents the end time of the first first scheduling window corresponding to the first DRX activation period after the first moment.

[0093] Here, the user equipment divides the absolute time axis into multiple first scheduling windows at a set interval. The first scheduling windows are connected one after another, and the end time of the previous first scheduling window is the start time of the next first scheduling window. For example, on the absolute time axis, every N milliseconds (ms) is determined as a first scheduling window. At this time, the set interval is N milliseconds.

[0094] When the first state is characterized as the user equipment using DRX, the scheduling window in the first state is the first scheduling window. When the first state is characterized as the user equipment not using DRX, the scheduling window in the first state is the second scheduling window. As Figure 4 shown, the second scheduling window is as Figure 4 the slanted shaded block in, or the second scheduling window is the time period corresponding to Yi or Yi + 1.

[0095] In order to be able to schedule the RRM measurement task in the scheduling window in a timely manner, it is necessary to determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window in advance. In some embodiments, the method further includes one of the following:

[0096] When the first state is characterized as not using DRX, the first M milliseconds before the start time of the first scheduling window is determined as the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window; the M is greater than zero;

[0097] When the first state is characterized by using DRX, the time period between the start time of using DRX and the start time of the corresponding DRX sleep period is determined as the first time period corresponding to the corresponding second scheduling window.

[0098] Here, when the user equipment does not use DRX, the user equipment determines the first M milliseconds before the start time of the first scheduling window as the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window, so as to determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window within this first time period. For example, the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window is the time period corresponding to a marked in Figure 4 as shown.

[0099] Considering that the second scheduling window is related to the start time of using DRX, when the user equipment uses DRX, the user equipment determines the DRX sleep period in which the second scheduling window is located, and determines the time period between the start time of using DRX corresponding to the second scheduling window and the start time of this DRX sleep period as the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window, so as to determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window within this first time period. For example, the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window is the time period corresponding to b marked in Figure 4 as shown.

[0100] To more accurately determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the user equipment when using DRX or not using DRX, and further improve the mobility performance of the user equipment, as Figure 5 shown, in some embodiments, determining the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window includes steps 501 to 503:

[0101] Step 501: Determine the reception time window of each frequency point in at least one frequency point within the scheduling window.

[0102] Here, the user equipment determines at least one SMTC position of the corresponding frequency point in the corresponding scheduling window based on the SMTC configured by the network side for each frequency point; based on the determined SMTC position, determines the reception time window of the corresponding frequency point in the corresponding scheduling window. Among them, at least one frequency point is the frequency point for RRM measurement based on SSB. The SMTC position represents the position where the SMTC is located. The reception time window can be described by a starting point and a window length. Each frequency point corresponds to at most one reception time window in a scheduling window; the reception time windows corresponding to different frequency points in the same scheduling window can partially overlap or completely non-overlap. The reception time window can coincide with the SMTC or be located within the SMTC.

[0103] It should be noted that when the user equipment does not use DRX, the user equipment determines the reception time window of each frequency point in the first scheduling window; when the user equipment uses DRX, the user equipment determines the reception time window of each frequency point in the second scheduling window.

[0104] In order to accurately determine the reception time window of each frequency point in the scheduling window when the user equipment uses DRX and further improve the mobility performance of the user equipment, in some embodiments, determining the reception time window of each frequency point in at least one frequency point in the scheduling window includes:

[0105] When the first state is characterized as using DRX, in a second time period between the start time of the DRX activation period corresponding to the second scheduling window and the end time of the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of each frequency point;

[0106] If the SMTC position of any frequency point is not found within the second time period, in a third time period other than the second time period in the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of the any frequency point; For a frequency point whose SMTC position is located in the third time period, there is no need to use a measurement interval;

[0107] Determine the reception time window of the corresponding frequency point based on the found SMTC position.

[0108] Here, when the user equipment uses DRX, the user equipment determines the DRX activation period corresponding to the second scheduling window. Based on the SMTC configured for each frequency point by the network side, in a second time period between the start time of the DRX activation period corresponding to the second scheduling window and the end time of the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of each frequency point. That is, the user equipment preferentially searches for the SMTC position of the frequency point from the second time period.

[0109] If the SMTC position of any frequency point is not found within the second time period, in a third time period other than the second time period in the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of the frequency point; Based on the SMTC position of the frequency point found in the third time period, determine the reception time window of the corresponding frequency point in the scheduling window.

[0110] If the SMTC position of a frequency point is found within the second time period, determine the reception time window of the frequency point based on the SMTC position of the frequency point. For a frequency point whose SMTC position is located in the second time period, when performing RRM measurement, a measurement interval may or may not be used, which is specifically determined based on the measurement configuration of the frequency point.

[0111] Step 502: Among the at least one frequency point, determine a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window; where the first number is less than or equal to the maximum number of frequency points that can be measured in parallel.

[0112] Here, considering that the maximum number of frequency points that can be measured in parallel is fixed, the user equipment determines, in at least one frequency point, the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to each scheduling window, and obtains the frequency points for finally performing RRM measurement in the corresponding scheduling window. Among them, in the case where the user equipment does not use DRX, the user equipment determines the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the first scheduling window. In the case where the user equipment uses DRX, the user equipment determines the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the second scheduling window.

[0113] This solution satisfies the constraint of the maximum number of frequency points that can be measured in parallel, which needs to be jointly observed under the integrated development of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and New Radio (NR). This solution can be applied to the Standalone (SA) mode under LTE, and can also be extended to EN-DC in the NSA mode, improving the scalability of the solution.

[0114] In order to accurately determine the measurement frequency points corresponding to each scheduling window, in some embodiments, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window includes one of the following:

[0115] In the case where the total number of the at least one frequency point is less than or equal to the first number, determining the at least one frequency point as the measurement frequency point corresponding to the scheduling window;

[0116] In the case where the total number of the at least one frequency point is greater than the first number, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first parameter and the corresponding first interval time corresponding to each frequency point; where

[0117] The first interval time represents the interval time between the third moment and the fourth moment; the third moment represents the moment when the user equipment last completed RRM measurement; the fourth moment represents the start moment of the reception time window of the frequency point in the corresponding scheduling window.

[0118] Here, the user equipment determines the total number of at least one frequency point, and judges whether the total number is greater than the first number corresponding to the scheduling window, and obtains a judgment result. In the case where the judgment result indicates that the total number is less than or equal to the first number corresponding to the scheduling window, all frequency points are determined as the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window.

[0119] When the judgment result indicates that the total number is greater than the first number corresponding to the scheduling window, determine the third moment and the fourth moment corresponding to each frequency point. Based on the third moment and the fourth moment corresponding to each frequency point, determine the first interval time corresponding to each frequency point; based on the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and the corresponding first interval time, determine the value corresponding to each frequency point in the scheduling window, and determine the first number of measurement frequency points according to the order from large to small of the values, so as to obtain the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window.

[0120] It should be noted that for the frequency points that need to use the measurement interval and the frequency points that do not need the measurement interval, the types of the corresponding first parameters may be different. Therefore, when the types of the first parameters corresponding to different frequency points are different, the value corresponding to each frequency point in the scheduling window is a normalized value. In this way, even if the first parameters corresponding to different frequency points are different, the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window can be selected according to the order from large to small of the normalized values. When the types of the first parameters corresponding to all frequency points are the same, it is not necessary to normalize the value corresponding to each frequency point in the scheduling window.

[0121] In order to more accurately determine the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window and further improve the mobility performance of the user equipment, in some embodiments, the first parameter includes one of the following:

[0122] SMTC period;

[0123] Measurement interval;

[0124] Carrier-specific Scaling Factor (CSSF).

[0125] Here, for the frequency points that need to use the measurement interval, the first parameter corresponding to the frequency point can be the SMTC period, the measurement interval or the CSSF; for the frequency points that do not need the measurement interval, the first parameter corresponding to the frequency point is the SMTC period or the CSSF.

[0126] It should be noted that according to whether the measurement frequency point uses the measurement interval, the CSSF is divided into CSSF outside_gap,i and CSSF within_gap,i , and the calculation methods of CSSF outside_gap,i and CSSF within_gap,i are different. For the specific calculation method, please refer to the relevant description in 3GPP related specification TS 38.133 9.1.5, which will not be elaborated here.

[0127] In order to more accurately determine the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window when the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX and further improve the mobility performance of the user equipment, in some embodiments, the determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window includes:

[0128] When the first state is characterized as not using DRX, based on the first value corresponding to each frequency point, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window; the first value is determined based on the first parameter corresponding to the frequency point and the corresponding first interval time;

[0129] When the first state is characterized as using DRX, based on the DRX cycle, the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point, and the corresponding first interval time, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window.

[0130] Here, when the total number of at least one frequency point is greater than the first number and the user does not use DRX, the user equipment calculates the product of the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and the corresponding first interval time based on the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and the first interval time, and obtains the first value corresponding to each frequency point in the first scheduling window; based on the first value corresponding to each frequency point in the first scheduling window, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the first scheduling window. Among them, when the types of the first parameters corresponding to all frequency points are the same, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the first scheduling window in descending order of the first value. When the types of the first parameters corresponding to at least two frequency points are different, perform normalization processing on the first value corresponding to each frequency point in the first scheduling window to obtain the normalized value corresponding to each frequency point in the first scheduling window; determine the first number of measurement frequency points of the first scheduling window in descending order of the normalized value.

[0131] When the total number of at least one frequency point is greater than the first number and the user uses DRX, the user equipment determines the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the second scheduling window based on the DRX cycle, and based on the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and the corresponding first interval time. For example, the user equipment determines the first strategy for determining the measurement frequency point based on the DRX cycle; adopt the first strategy, and based on the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and the corresponding first interval time, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the second scheduling window; among them, the first strategy is related to the first parameter and / or the first interval time of the frequency point.

[0132] Considering that when determining the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window in actual applications, factors such as the DRX cycle and whether the frequency point needs to use a measurement interval need to be comprehensively considered. In order to more accurately determine the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window when the user equipment uses DRX and further improve the mobility performance of the user equipment, in some embodiments, the determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the DRX cycle, the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point, and the corresponding first interval time includes:

[0133] When the DRX cycle is less than the first set threshold, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first interval time corresponding to each first frequency point, and / or based on the second value corresponding to each second frequency point;

[0134] When the DRX cycle is greater than or equal to the first set threshold, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the PCell and the first frequency point corresponding to the SCell, and / or based on the second value corresponding to each second frequency point;

[0135] Wherein, the first frequency point represents a frequency point that does not require a measurement interval; the second frequency point represents a frequency point that requires a measurement interval; the second value is determined based on the CSSF corresponding to the frequency point and the corresponding first interval time.

[0136] Here, when the total number of at least one frequency point is greater than the first number and the user uses DRX, the user equipment determines the first frequency point that does not require a measurement interval and the second frequency point that requires a measurement interval among the at least one frequency point based on the measurement configuration of each frequency point; determine whether the DRX cycle is greater than or equal to the first set threshold to obtain a judgment result. It should be noted that the first set threshold can be set according to the actual situation, for example, 160 ms.

[0137] When the judgment result indicates that the DRX cycle is less than the first set threshold, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the second scheduling window in the following manner:

[0138] When all of the at least one frequency point are first frequency points, the user equipment determines the first interval time corresponding to each first frequency point; based on the first interval time corresponding to each first frequency point, determine the first number of measurement frequency points in descending order of the interval time. Alternatively, the user equipment determines the first frequency points whose first interval time is greater than or equal to the DRX cycle based on the first interval time corresponding to each first frequency point; in descending order of the interval time, select the first number of measurement frequency points from the first frequency points whose first interval time is greater than or equal to the DRX cycle.

[0139] When all of the at least one frequency point are second frequency points, determine the second value corresponding to the second frequency point based on the CSSF corresponding to the second frequency point and the corresponding first interval time, for example, multiply the CSSF corresponding to the second frequency point by the corresponding first interval time to determine the second value corresponding to the second frequency point; based on the second value corresponding to the second frequency point, determine the first number of measurement frequency points in descending order of the second value.

[0140] When at least one frequency point includes a first frequency point and a second frequency point, perform normalization processing on the first interval time corresponding to the first frequency point to obtain a normalized value corresponding to the first frequency point; perform normalization processing on the second value corresponding to the second frequency point to obtain a normalized value corresponding to the second frequency point; based on the normalized value of the first frequency point and the normalized value of the second frequency point, determine the first number of measurement frequency points in descending order of the normalized value. Alternatively, the user equipment determines the first frequency point whose first interval time is greater than or equal to the DRX cycle, performs normalization processing on the first interval time corresponding to the determined first frequency point to obtain a normalized value corresponding to the first frequency point, and thus determines the first number of measurement frequency points based on the normalized value of the first frequency point and the normalized value of the second frequency point.

[0141] In the case where the judgment result indicates that the DRX cycle is greater than or equal to the first set threshold, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the second scheduling window in the following manner:

[0142] When all at least one frequency points are the first frequency points, the user equipment determines the first frequency point corresponding to the PCell and the first frequency point corresponding to the SCell; determines the first frequency point corresponding to the Pcell as the measurement frequency point corresponding to the second scheduling window; based on the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Scell, determines the second number of measurement frequency points from the first frequency points corresponding to the Scell, and the second number is equal to the difference between the total number of the first frequency points corresponding to the first number and the Pcell. That is to say, the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Pcell is the highest, and the priorities of all the first frequency points corresponding to the Pcell are the same.

[0143] Among them, the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Scell changes dynamically, and the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Scell can be updated based on the second number of the first frequency points in each DRX cycle. For example, when any first frequency point corresponding to the Scell is not selected as a measurement frequency point in the first DRX cycle, the priority of this first frequency point in the second DRX cycle is higher than the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Scell that has been selected as a measurement frequency point in the first DRX cycle in the second DRX cycle, and the first DRX cycle and the second DRX cycle are adjacent. That is to say, when some first frequency points corresponding to the Scell are not selected as measurement frequency points in the current DRX cycle, they are preferentially selected in the next DRX cycle.

[0144] When all at least one frequency points are the second frequency points, determine the second value corresponding to the second frequency point based on the CSSF corresponding to each second frequency point and the corresponding first interval time; determine the first number of measurement frequency points in descending order of the second value corresponding to the second frequency point.

[0145] When at least one frequency point includes a first frequency point and a second frequency point, the user equipment determines the first frequency point corresponding to the Pcell as the measurement frequency point corresponding to the second scheduling window; and determines the second number of measurement frequency points based on the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Scell and the second value corresponding to each second frequency point. Wherein, the user equipment may determine the third number of measurement frequency points based on the second value corresponding to each second frequency point; and determine the fourth number of measurement frequency points based on the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Scell. The sum of the third number and the fourth number is equal to the second number.

[0146] Step 503: Determine the reception configuration parameters of each measurement frequency point in the first state.

[0147] Here, the user equipment determines the reception configuration parameters corresponding to each measurement frequency point when DRX is not used or DRX is used. For example, the user equipment determines the center frequency, bandwidth, and sampling rate corresponding to when the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX, and determines the reception configuration parameters of hardware such as radio frequency, automatic gain control (AGC), and decision feedback equalizer (DFE).

[0148] Step 202: Perform RRM measurements based on the determined scheduling parameters in the scheduling window.

[0149] Here, when the user equipment determines the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window in the first state, it performs RRM measurements based on the corresponding scheduling parameters in the scheduling window in the first state.

[0150] Wherein, when the first state is characterized as the user equipment not using DRX, the user equipment performs RRM measurements in the first scheduling window based on the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window.

[0151] When the second state is characterized as the user equipment using DRX, the user equipment performs RRM measurements in the second scheduling window based on the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window.

[0152] Considering that when the user equipment switches between using DRX and not using DRX, some of the first scheduling windows and the second scheduling windows in the same DRX cycle may partially overlap. To enable smooth switching between using DRX and not using DRX, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0153] When the first state is characterized as not using DRX and the start time of using DRX is detected within the first scheduling window, determine whether to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window based on the second interval time and / or the SMTC period of the frequency point to be measured; wherein, the second interval time represents the minimum interval time between the start time of the reception time window of the frequency point to be measured corresponding to the first scheduling window and the current time.

[0154] Here, when the first state is characterized as the user equipment not using DRX and the start time of using DRX is detected within the first scheduling window, the user equipment switches from not using DRX to using DRX. The first scheduling window partially overlaps with the second scheduling window, as Figure 4 shown by the first scheduling window marked as 3 and the second scheduling window marked as 4 in. At this time, the user equipment needs to determine whether to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window from the perspective of power consumption. The method for determining whether to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window is as follows:

[0155] Method 1: The user equipment determines whether the SMTC period of the frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold based on the SMTC period of each frequency point to be measured and the third set threshold. When the SMTC period of at least one frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold, it indicates that re-determining the scheduling parameters is more beneficial to reducing power consumption. At this time, deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window. When the SMTC periods of all frequency points to be measured are greater than or equal to the second set threshold, it indicates that continuing to use the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window is more beneficial to reducing power consumption. At this time, continue to use the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for measurement scheduling in the first scheduling window.

[0156] Method 2: The user equipment determines the second interval time based on the interval time between the start time of the reception time window of each frequency point to be measured in the first scheduling window and the current time, and determines the minimum interval time from the determined interval times. When the second interval time is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, it indicates that re-determining the scheduling parameters is more beneficial to reducing power consumption. At this time, deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window. When the second interval time is less than the third set threshold, it indicates that continuing to use the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window is more beneficial to reducing power consumption. At this time, continue to use the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for measurement scheduling in the first scheduling window. Wherein, the frequency point to be measured represents the frequency point among the measurement frequency points that has not undergone RRM measurement, and the current time refers to the time when the start time of using DRX arrives.

[0157] Method 3: When the SMTC period of at least one frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold and the second interval time is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window are deprecated. When the SMTC periods of all frequency points to be measured are greater than or equal to the second set threshold, or the second interval time is less than the third set threshold, the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window are continued to be used for measurement scheduling in the first scheduling window.

[0158] To reduce the power consumption of the user equipment, in some embodiments, determining whether to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window includes one of the following:

[0159] When the SMTC periods of all frequency points to be measured are greater than or equal to the second set threshold, or the second time interval is less than the third set threshold, it is determined to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for RRM measurement;

[0160] When the SMTC period of any frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold, or the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, it is determined to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window;

[0161] When the SMTC periods of all frequency points to be measured are less than the second set threshold and the second time interval is less than the third set threshold, it is determined to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for RRM measurement;

[0162] When the SMTC period of any frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold and the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, it is determined to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window.

[0163] To be able to smoothly switch between using DRX and not using DRX, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0164] When deprecating the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window, within the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window, determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window partially overlaps with the first scheduling window.

[0165] Here, when the user equipment deprecates the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window, determine the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window, and within the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window, determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window. Among them, for the method of determining the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window, please refer to the relevant description above.

[0166] To be able to smoothly switch between using DRX and not using DRX, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0167] When the user equipment wakes up from the sleep state, perform RRM measurement based on the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window, and determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window; wherein, the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window overlaps with the second scheduling window.

[0168] Here, the first state is characterized in that the user equipment uses DRX, and when the user equipment wakes up from the sleep state, the user equipment enters the active period of the DRX cycle and performs RRM measurement based on the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window; since the end time of the second scheduling window is the start time of the first scheduling window, and the user equipment stops using DRX at the end time of the second scheduling window, the user equipment switches from using DRX to not using DRX. Therefore, the user equipment determines the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window in the second scheduling window, and determines the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window.

[0169] For example, the first state is characterized in that the user equipment uses DRX, and when the user equipment wakes up from the sleep state, the user equipment is based on Figure 4 the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window marked as 4 in

[0170] To implement the measurement scheduling method of the embodiments of the present application, the embodiments of the present application also provide a measurement scheduling device, as Figure 6 shown, the measurement scheduling device includes:

[0171] A determination unit 61, configured to determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window within the first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in the first state; wherein, the first state is characterized in that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state;

[0172] A scheduling unit 62, configured to perform RRM measurement based on the determined scheduling parameters in the scheduling window.

[0173] In some embodiments, the determination unit 61 is specifically configured to:

[0174] Determine the reception time window of each frequency point in at least one frequency point in the scheduling window;

[0175] Among the at least one frequency point, determine the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window; wherein, the first number is less than or equal to the maximum number of frequency points that can be measured in parallel;

[0176] Determine the reception configuration parameters of each measurement frequency point in the first state.

[0177] In some embodiments, when the first state is characterized as not using DRX, the scheduling window is a first scheduling window; wherein, the first scheduling window represents a time period divided at set intervals on the absolute time axis;

[0178] When the first state is characterized as using DRX, the scheduling window is a second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window represents a time period between a first moment and a second moment; the first moment represents the start moment of using DRX, or represents the start moment of the DRX sleep period in which the start moment of using DRX is located; the second moment represents the end moment of the first first scheduling window corresponding to the first DRX activation period after the first moment.

[0179] In some embodiments, the determining unit 61 is specifically configured to perform one of the following:

[0180] When the total number of the at least one frequency point is less than or equal to the first number, determining the at least one frequency point as the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window;

[0181] When the total number of the at least one frequency point is greater than the first number, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first parameter and the corresponding first interval time corresponding to each frequency point; wherein,

[0182] The first interval time represents the interval time between a third moment and a fourth moment; the third moment represents the moment when the user equipment last completed RRM measurement; the fourth moment represents the start moment of the reception time window of the frequency point in the corresponding scheduling window.

[0183] In some embodiments, the determining unit 61 is specifically configured to:

[0184] When the first state is characterized as not using DRX, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first value corresponding to each frequency point; the first value is determined based on the first parameter and the corresponding first interval time corresponding to the frequency point;

[0185] When the first state is characterized as using DRX, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the DRX period, the first parameter and the corresponding first interval time corresponding to each frequency point.

[0186] In some embodiments, the first parameter includes one of the following:

[0187] SMTC period;

[0188] Measurement interval;

[0189] CSSF.

[0190] In some embodiments, the determining unit 61 is specifically configured to:

[0191] When the DRX cycle is less than a first set threshold, determine a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on a first interval time corresponding to each first frequency point, and / or based on a second value corresponding to each second frequency point;

[0192] When the DRX cycle is greater than or equal to the first set threshold, determine a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the priorities of the first frequency point corresponding to the PCell and the first frequency point corresponding to the SCell, and / or based on a second value corresponding to each second frequency point;

[0193] Wherein, the first frequency point represents a frequency point that does not require a measurement interval; the second frequency point represents a frequency point that requires a measurement interval; the second value is determined based on the CSSF corresponding to the frequency point and the corresponding first interval time.

[0194] In some embodiments, the determining unit 61 is further configured to perform one of the following:

[0195] When the first state indicates that DRX is not used, determine the first M milliseconds before the start time of the first scheduling window as the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window; where M is greater than zero;

[0196] When the first state indicates that DRX is used, determine the time period between the start time of using DRX and the start time of the corresponding DRX sleep period as the first time period corresponding to the corresponding second scheduling window.

[0197] In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 62 is further configured to: when the first state indicates that DRX is not used and the start time of using DRX is detected to arrive within the first scheduling window, determine whether to discard the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window based on a second interval time and / or the SMTC period of the frequency point to be measured; wherein, the second interval time represents the minimum interval time between the start time of the reception time window of the frequency point to be measured in the first scheduling window and the current time.

[0198] In some embodiments, the determining unit 61 is further configured to:

[0199] When discarding the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window, determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window partially overlaps with the first scheduling window.

[0200] In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 62 is specifically configured to perform one of the following:

[0201] When the SMTC period of all the frequency points to be measured is greater than or equal to the second set threshold, or the second time interval is less than the third set threshold, it is determined to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for RRM measurement;

[0202] When the SMTC period of any one of the frequency points to be measured is less than the second set threshold, or the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, it is determined to discard the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window;

[0203] When the SMTC periods of all the frequency points to be measured are less than the second set threshold and the second time interval is less than the third set threshold, it is determined to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for RRM measurement;

[0204] When the SMTC period of any one of the frequency points to be measured is less than the second set threshold and the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, it is determined to discard the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window.

[0205] In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 62 is further configured to:

[0206] When the user equipment wakes up from the sleep state, perform RRM measurement based on the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window, and determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window; wherein, the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window overlaps with the second scheduling window.

[0207] In some embodiments, the determining unit 61 is specifically configured to:

[0208] When the first state is characterized by using DRX, within the second time period between the start moment of the DRX active period corresponding to the second scheduling window and the end moment of the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of each frequency point;

[0209] When the SMTC position of any frequency point is not found within the second time period, within the third time period other than the second time period in the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of the any frequency point; the frequency points whose SMTC positions are located in the third time period do not require measurement intervals;

[0210] Determine the reception time window of the corresponding frequency point based on the found SMTC position.

[0211] In practical applications, the determination unit 61 and the scheduling unit 62 can be implemented by a processor in the measurement scheduling device, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), a microcontroller unit (MCU), or a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), etc. Of course, the processor needs to run the programs stored in the memory to implement the functions of the above-mentioned program modules.

[0212] It should be noted that when the measurement scheduling device provided in the above embodiment performs measurement scheduling, only the division of the above program modules is used as an example for illustration. In practical applications, the above processing can be allocated to different program modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different program modules to complete all or part of the above-described processing. In addition, the measurement scheduling device provided in the above embodiment and the embodiment of the measurement scheduling method belong to the same concept. For the specific implementation process, please refer to the method embodiment, which will not be elaborated here.

[0213] Based on the hardware implementation of the above program modules, and in order to implement the scheduling measurement method of the embodiments of the present application, the embodiments of the present application also provide an electronic device. Figure 7 The schematic diagram of the hardware composition structure of the user equipment provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in Figure 7 As shown, the user equipment 7 includes:

[0214] A communication interface 71 capable of interacting with other devices such as network devices;

[0215] A processor 72, connected to the communication interface 71 to implement information interaction with other devices, and when running a computer program, executes the model training method provided by one or more of the above technical solutions, or executes the measurement scheduling method provided by one or more of the above technical solutions. And the computer program is stored on the memory 73.

[0216] Of course, in practical applications, the various components in the user equipment 7 are coupled together through a bus system 74. It can be understood that the bus system 74 is used to realize the connection and communication between these components. In addition to the data bus, the bus system 74 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for the sake of clarity, in Figure 7 all kinds of buses are labeled as the bus system 74.

[0217] The memory 73 in the embodiments of the present application is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the user equipment 7. Examples of such data include: any computer program for operating on the user equipment 7.

[0218] It can be understood that the memory 73 can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or can include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM, Read Only Memory), a programmable read-only memory (PROM, Programmable Read-Only Memory), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM, Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), a ferromagnetic random access memory (FRAM, ferromagnetic random access memory), a flash memory (Flash Memory), a magnetic surface memory, an optical disc, or a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM, Compact Disc Read-Only Memory); the magnetic surface memory can be a disk memory or a tape memory. The volatile memory can be a random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), which is used as an external cache. By way of example but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as a static random access memory (SRAM, Static Random Access Memory), a synchronous static random access memory (SSRAM, Synchronous Static Random Access Memory), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM, Dynamic Random Access Memory), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM, Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM, Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), a sync link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM, SyncLink Dynamic Random Access Memory), a direct rambus random access memory (DRRAM, Direct Rambus Random Access Memory).The memory 73 described in the embodiments of the present application is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memories.

[0219] The method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application above can be applied to or implemented by the processor 72. The processor 72 may be an integrated circuit chip with the ability to process signals. In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by the integrated logic circuit in the hardware of the processor 72 or by instructions in the form of software. The above-mentioned processor 72 may be a general-purpose processor, a DSP, or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The processor 72 can implement or execute the various methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. Combining the steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, it can be directly embodied as being executed and completed by the hardware decoding processor, or by a combination of the hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in a storage medium, and this storage medium is located in the memory 73. The processor 72 reads the program in the memory 73 and combines its hardware to complete the steps of the foregoing method.

[0220] Optionally, when the processor 72 executes the program, it implements the corresponding processes in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, it will not be elaborated here.

[0221] In an exemplary embodiment, the embodiments of the present application also provide a storage medium, that is, a computer storage medium, specifically a computer-readable storage medium. For example, it includes a first memory 73 storing a computer program. The above computer program can be executed by the processor 72 of the terminal to complete the steps of the foregoing method. The computer-readable storage medium may be a FRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, magnetic surface memory, optical disc, or CD-ROM, etc.

[0222] In several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. The device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined, or can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not executed. In addition, the coupling, direct coupling, or communication connection between the various components shown or discussed with each other may be through some interfaces. The indirect coupling or communication connection of the devices or units may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

[0223] The units described above 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 across multiple network units; some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0224] In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may all be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may be separately used as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware, or in the form of a combination of hardware and software functional units.

[0225] Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps for implementing the above method embodiments can be completed by hardware related to program instructions. The foregoing program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed, it performs the steps including the above method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes such as removable storage devices, read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), magnetic disks, or optical discs.

[0226] It should be noted that, without conflict, the technical solutions described in the embodiments of the present application can be combined arbitrarily.

[0227] It should be noted that the term "and / or" in the embodiments of the present application is only a description of the association relationship between associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B may represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the term "at least one" herein means any one of a plurality or any combination of at least two of a plurality. For example, including at least one of A, B, and C may represent including any one or more elements selected from the set composed of A, B, and C.

[0228] As described above, the above are only specific implementation manners of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, and all should be covered by the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A measurement scheduling method, characterized in that, Including: In a first time period before a start time of a scheduling window in a first state, determining scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window; wherein, the first state is characterized in that a user equipment does not use discontinuous reception (DRX) or uses DRX in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state; When the first state is characterized by not using DRX, the scheduling window is a first scheduling window; determining, as a first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window, M milliseconds before a start time of the first scheduling window; wherein, the first scheduling window represents a time period divided at a set interval on an absolute time axis, and M is greater than zero; When the first state is characterized by using DRX, the scheduling window is a second scheduling window; determining, as a first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window, a time period between a start time of using DRX and a start time of a corresponding DRX sleep period; wherein, the second scheduling window represents a time period between a first time and a second time; the first time represents a start time of using DRX, or represents a start time of a DRX sleep period in which the start time of using DRX is located; the second time represents an end time of a first first scheduling window corresponding to a first DRX active period after the first time; performing radio resource management (RRM) measurement based on the determined scheduling parameters in the scheduling window.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The determining the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window includes: Determining a reception time window of each frequency point in at least one frequency point in the scheduling window; Among the at least one frequency point, determining a first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window; wherein, the first number is less than or equal to a maximum number of frequency points that can be measured in parallel; Determining reception configuration parameters of each measurement frequency point in the first state.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window includes one of the following: When a total number of the at least one frequency point is less than or equal to the first number, determining the at least one frequency point as the measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window; When the total number of the at least one frequency point is greater than the first number, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on a first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and a corresponding first interval time; wherein, The first interval time represents an interval time between a third time and a fourth time; The third time represents a time when the user equipment last completed RRM measurement; the fourth time represents a start time of a reception time window of the frequency point in a corresponding scheduling window.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein The determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window includes: When the first state is characterized by not using DRX, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on a first value corresponding to each frequency point and a type of the first parameter; the first value represents a product of the first parameter corresponding to the frequency point and the corresponding first interval time; When the first state is characterized by using DRX, a first strategy for determining measurement frequency points is determined based on the DRX cycle; adopting the first strategy, based on the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and the corresponding first interval time, the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window is determined; the first strategy is related to the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and / or the corresponding first interval time.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The first parameter includes one of the following: Synchronization Signal Block Measurement Time Configuration (SMTC) cycle; Measurement interval; Carrier Specific Scaling Factor (CSSF).

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The step of adopting the first strategy and determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first parameter corresponding to each frequency point and the corresponding first interval time includes: When the DRX cycle is less than a first set threshold, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the first interval time corresponding to each first frequency point, and / or based on the second value corresponding to each second frequency point; When the DRX cycle is greater than or equal to the first set threshold, determining the first number of measurement frequency points corresponding to the scheduling window based on the priority of the first frequency point corresponding to the Primary Cell (PCell) and the first frequency point corresponding to the Secondary Cell (SCell), and / or based on the second value corresponding to each second frequency point; Wherein, the first frequency point represents a frequency point that does not require a measurement interval; the second frequency point represents a frequency point that requires a measurement interval; the second value is determined based on the CSSF corresponding to the frequency point and the corresponding first interval time.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: When the first state is characterized by not using DRX and the start time of using DRX is detected within the first scheduling window, determining whether to discard the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window based on the second interval time and / or the SMTC cycle of the frequency point to be measured; wherein, the second interval time represents the minimum interval time between the start time of the reception time window of the frequency point to be measured in the first scheduling window and the current time.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein The method further includes: When discarding the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window, determining the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window within the first time period corresponding to the second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window partially overlaps with the first scheduling window.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein The step of determining whether to discard the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window includes one of the following: When the SMTC cycle of all frequency points to be measured is greater than or equal to a second set threshold, or the second time interval is less than a third set threshold, determining to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement; When the SMTC cycle of any frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold, or the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, determining to discard the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window; When the SMTC cycle of all frequency points to be measured is less than the second set threshold, and the second time interval is less than the third set threshold, determining to continue using the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window for RRM measurement; When the SMTC period of any frequency point to be measured is less than the second set threshold and the second time interval is greater than or equal to the third set threshold, determine to deprecate the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window.

10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: When the user equipment wakes up from the sleep state, perform RRM measurement based on the scheduling parameters corresponding to the second scheduling window, and within the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window, determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the first scheduling window; wherein, the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window overlaps with the second scheduling window.

11. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The determining the reception time window of each frequency point in at least one frequency point in the scheduling window includes: When the first state is characterized by using DRX, in the second time period between the start time of the DRX active period corresponding to the second scheduling window and the end time of the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of each frequency point; When the SMTC position of any frequency point is not found in the second time period, in the third time period other than the second time period in the second scheduling window, search for the SMTC position of the any frequency point; the frequency point whose SMTC position is located in the third time period does not require a measurement interval; Determine the reception time window of the corresponding frequency point based on the found SMTC position.

12. A measurement scheduling device, characterized in that, It includes: A determining unit, configured to determine the scheduling parameters corresponding to the scheduling window within the first time period before the start time of the scheduling window in the first state; wherein, the first state is characterized by that the user equipment does not use DRX or uses DRX in the RRC connected state; when the first state is characterized by not using DRX, the scheduling window is the first scheduling window; determine the first M milliseconds before the start time of the first scheduling window as the first time period corresponding to the first scheduling window; wherein, the first scheduling window represents a time period divided at a set interval on the absolute time axis, and the M is greater than zero; When the first state is characterized by using DRX, the scheduling window is the second scheduling window; determine the time period between the start time of using DRX and the start time of the corresponding DRX sleep period as the first time period corresponding to the corresponding second scheduling window; wherein, the second scheduling window represents the time period between the first moment and the second moment; the first moment represents the start time of using DRX, or represents the start time of the DRX sleep period where the start time of using DRX is located; the second moment represents the end time of the first first scheduling window corresponding to the first DRX active period after the first moment; A scheduling unit, configured to perform RRM measurement based on the determined scheduling parameters in the scheduling window.

13. A user equipment, characterized in that, It includes: A processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, wherein, when the processor is used to run the computer program, execute the steps of the measurement scheduling method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

14. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that, When the computer program is executed by the processor, implement the steps of the measurement scheduling method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

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