Measurement relaxation configuration processing method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement relaxation configuration processing method, a communication device and a storage medium. The measurement relaxation configuration processing method executed by a base station provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can comprise: configuring a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of user equipment (UE).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and more particularly, to a measurement relaxation configuration processing method and device, a communication device, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] For a wireless communication system, various reference signal measurements are needed to maintain high-quality communication between terminals and base stations. For example, a cell issues a reference signal, a terminal measures the reference signal, and the terminal reports the measurement results to the base station for Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement or terminal mobility management.

[0003] With the development of terminal technology, various types of terminals (i.e., User Equipment (UE)) have emerged, and the same measurement configuration may not be suitable for a certain type of UE. SUMMARY

[0004] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement relaxation configuration processing method and device, a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0005] In a first aspect, a measurement relaxation configuration processing method is provided, which is performed by a base station, and includes:

[0006] configuring a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of User Equipment (UE).

[0007] In a second aspect, a measurement relaxation configuration processing method is provided, which is performed by a UE, and includes: obtaining a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of UE.

[0008] In a third aspect, a measurement relaxation configuration processing device is provided, which is applied to a base station, and includes:

[0009] a configuration module configured to configure a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of UE.

[0010] In a fourth aspect, a measurement relaxation configuration processing device is provided, which is applied to a UE, and includes:

[0011] an obtaining module configured to obtain a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of UE.

[0012] The fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a communication device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being executed by the processor, wherein the processor executes the executable program to perform the measurement relaxation configuration processing method provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0013] The sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium, which stores an executable program; the executable program is executed by a processor to implement the measurement relaxation configuration processing method provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0014] The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can determine the measurement relaxation configuration for specific types of UEs in a targeted manner. The measurement relaxation configuration determined in this way is adapted to the characteristics of specific types of UEs, so that the measurement configuration of specific types of UEs can balance the measurement requirements and energy saving requirements of specific types of UEs, and at the same time meet the measurement requirements, while saving the power consumption of specific types of UEs as much as possible.

[0015] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are only exemplary and explanatory, and cannot limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into the specification and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate the embodiments consistent with the present disclosure, and together with the specification, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0017] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0018] Figure 2 is a flowchart of a measurement relaxation configuration processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0019] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of cell division according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0020] Figure 4 is a flowchart of a measurement relaxation configuration processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0021] Figure 5 is a flowchart of a measurement relaxation configuration processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0022] Figure 6 is a structural schematic diagram of a measurement relaxation configuration processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0023] Figure 7 is a structural schematic diagram of a measurement relaxation configuration processing device according to an example embodiment;

[0024] Figure 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a UE according to an example embodiment;

[0025] Figure 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device according to an example embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The example embodiments will be described in detail herein with reference to the attached drawings. In the following description, unless otherwise indicated, like numbers in the attached drawings refer to the same or similar elements. The following description of example embodiments is not representative of all possible embodiments consistent with the example embodiments. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of the example embodiments as detailed in the appended claims.

[0027] The terminology used in the disclosure embodiments is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure embodiments. As used in the specification and in the claims, the singular forms "a," "an" and "the" are intended to include both singular and plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and / or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

[0028] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. can be used herein to describe various information, these terms are not intended to denote a particular order or hierarchy. These terms are used only to distinguish one from another. For example, a first information can be termed a second information, and similarly, a second information can be termed a first information, without departing from the scope of the disclosure embodiments. As used herein, the term "if' can be interpreted to mean "when" or "responsive to the determination" or "in response to the determination" or "upon the determination" or "in response to the establishment," depending on the context.

[0029] Reference is made to Figure 1 which shows a structural schematic diagram of a wireless communication system provided by the disclosure embodiments. As shown in Figure 1 , the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system can include a plurality of UEs 11 and a plurality of access devices 12.

[0030] The UE 11 can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. The UE 11 can be a machine-to-machine UE, such as a sensor device, a mobile telephone (also known as a "cellular" telephone), and a computer with a machine-to-machine UE, e.g., a fixed, portable, pocket, handheld, computer-embedded, or car-mounted device. For example, the UE 11 can be a Station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote UE, an access UE, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment (UE). Alternatively, the UE 11 can be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the UE 11 can be a vehicle-mounted device, e.g., a car-mounted device with wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device externally connected to a car-mounted device. Alternatively, the UE 11 can be a roadside device, e.g., a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside device with wireless communication function.

[0031] The access device 12 can be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system can be a 4th generation mobile communication (4G) system, also known as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system can be a 5G system, also known as a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system can be a further next generation system of the 5G system. In the 5G system, the access network can be referred to as a New Generation-Radio Access Network (NG-RAN). Alternatively, the wireless communication system can be an MTC system.

[0032] The access device 12 can be an evolved access device (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the access device 12 can also be an access device (gNB) using a centralized and distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access device 12 uses a centralized and distributed architecture, it usually includes a central unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DUs). The central unit is provided with a protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a media access control (MAC) layer; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (PHY) layer protocol stack, and the specific implementation of the access device 12 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0033] The access device 12 and the UE 11 can establish a wireless connection through a wireless air interface. In different embodiments, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, such as a new air interface; or the wireless air interface can also be a wireless air interface based on a more next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0034] In some embodiments, the UEs 11 can also establish an E2E (End to End) connection. For example, V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to infrastructure) communication, and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian) communication in vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, and the like.

[0035] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system can also include a network management device 13.

[0036] A plurality of access devices 12 are connected to a network management device 13 respectively. The network management device 13 can be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network management device 13 can be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Or, the network management device can also be other core network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), or a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), etc. The implementation form of the network management device 13 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 1, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement relaxation configuration processing method, wherein the method is performed by a base station and includes the following steps. Figure 2

[0038] S110: configuring a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of user equipment (UE).

[0039] The measurement relaxation configuration processing method can reduce the measurement of various signals sent by the UE, for example, prolonging the measurement period, reducing the number of sampling points in each measurement process, or not measuring part of the reference signals.

[0040] In summary, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the measurement relaxation corresponds to reducing the measurement frequency or reducing the number of measurement points of the reference signal in a single measurement process, and the effect achieved is to reduce the power consumption required for measurement and other purposes.

[0041] The measurement involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure at least includes Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement and UE mobility management measurement. In the measurement, at least Synchronization Signal physical broadcast channel Block (SSB) and / or Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) are involved.

[0042] The RRM measurement and / or mobility measurement can be used for the base station to determine the quality of the cell, determine the quality of the beam, and further used for cell selection and / or cell reselection of the UE. ​

[0043] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the relaxed measurement configuration is configured for the specific type of UE to measure the neighbor cell.

[0044] In some other embodiments of the present disclosure, the measurement manner configuration can also be configured for the specific type of UE to measure the serving cell.

[0045] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the relaxed measurement configuration is configured for the specific type of UE, and the specific type of UE can reduce the measurement of various reference signals transmitted by the cell according to the relaxed measurement configuration, thereby saving power consumption. The various reference signals transmitted by the cell include but are not limited to the cell-level reference signal, the UE group reference signal, and the reference signal for a single UE.

[0046] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the specific type of UE at least includes the reduced capability RedCap UE according to the classification of the capability of the UE. The RedCap UE has weaker capability in signal transceiving and signal processing than the UE supporting the enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB). For example, the maximum bandwidth supported by the RedCap UE is less than the maximum bandwidth supported by the eMBB UE. According to the classification of the mobility of the UE, the specific type of UE can be a UE with relatively low mobility. The UE with relatively low mobility can include various industrial sensors, fixed monitoring devices on both sides of the road, smart home devices that do not move frequently or move only within the home.

[0047] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some UEs can be classified as the specific type of UE according to the mobility statistics of the UE or the function performed by the UE.

[0048] Since the UE with weak capability or the UE with low mobility has a greatly reduced probability of accessing the inter-frequency cell or the inter-system cell, if the specific type of UE continues to measure the reference signal of the inter-frequency cell or the inter-system cell or frequently measures the inter-frequency cell or the inter-system cell when performing the reference signal measurement, the power consumption of the specific type of UE can be large, and the standby time of the specific type of UE can be short. In summary, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the relaxed measurement configuration suitable for the specific type of UE is configured according to the characteristics of the specific type of UE, thereby reducing the power consumption of the UE due to the measurement.

[0049] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement configuration for the specific type of UE includes at least one of the following:

[0050] The relaxed measurement manner configuration;

[0051] The relaxed measurement condition configuration;

[0052] The pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation method configuration.

[0053] The relaxation measurement method configuration indicates the relaxation measurement method; it is worth noting that: completely stopping the measurement is also considered a relaxation measurement method.

[0054] The measurement relaxation condition configuration specifies the conditions under which measurements can be relaxed. In some cases, measurements can be relaxed under any circumstances for a specific type of UE. In other cases, considering that a specific type of UE may still have some mobility needs or that the uncertainty of the current cell may lead to access to other cells or other systems, the conditions for relaxing measurements are limited. Only after the conditions for relaxing measurements are met will other configurations such as the measurement relaxation method in this measurement relaxation configuration take effect.

[0055] Different relaxation measurement methods may have different relaxation effects or degrees, and the corresponding effective conditions (i.e., relaxation measurement conditions) will also be different.

[0056] In this embodiment of the disclosure, a correspondence between relaxation condition configuration and measurement relaxation method configuration can be established in advance by agreement. This correspondence can be indicated by the aforementioned pairing configuration. Thus, after receiving the pairing configuration, the UE will, according to the pairing configuration, perform measurement relaxation using the measurement relaxation method that satisfies the corresponding measurement relaxation condition, provided that the corresponding measurement relaxation condition is met.

[0057] A pairing configuration is a configuration that indicates the correspondence between measurement relaxation conditions and measurement relaxation methods. For example, if a correspondence is established between measurement relaxation condition A and measurement relaxation method 1, and a correspondence is established between measurement relaxation condition B and measurement relaxation method 2, then this pairing configuration indicates this correspondence. Thus, after receiving this pairing configuration, a specific type of UE will use measurement relaxation method 1 to perform measurement relaxation for co-frequency cells and / or inter-frequency cells when measurement relaxation condition A is met; and will use measurement relaxation method 2 to perform measurement relaxation for co-frequency cells and / or inter-frequency cells when measurement relaxation condition B is met.

[0058] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the measurement relaxation configuration limits the measurement of inter-frequency cells by the specific type of UE to not using a frequency priority-based measurement relaxation configuration.

[0059] The absence of a frequency-priority-based measurement relaxation configuration here includes at least one of the following:

[0060] When the signal quality of the serving cell does not reach the quality threshold, reduce the measurement cycle for inter-frequency cells;

[0061] When the signal quality of the serving cell reaches the quality threshold, the inter-frequency cell is not measured, even if the target measurement frequency priority is higher than the serving cell.

[0062] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration of the inter-frequency cell and / or inter-system for the specific type of UE can be reused for the measurement relaxation configuration of the intra-frequency cell. The measurement relaxation configuration of the intra-frequency cell is determined according to the intra-frequency cell.

[0063] Exemplarily, the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE can be configured by using the measurement relaxation based on the decision threshold.

[0064] Exemplarily, when the reference signal value of the current serving cell and / or the inter-frequency neighbor cell measured by the specific type of UE reaches the decision threshold, it is determined to relax the measurement, and the specific relaxation method can be determined according to the corresponding measurement relaxation configuration.

[0065] As for the measurement of the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE, the measurement relaxation configuration based on the frequency priority can be determined based on the negotiation between the base station and the UE, can be predetermined by the communication protocol, or can be determined by the network side device alone. The network side includes but is not limited to the core network device and / or the access network device. The typical access network device at least includes the base station.

[0066] Therefore, in some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration limits that the measurement of the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on the frequency priority, which is determined based on the protocol or network notification.

[0067] If the measurement of the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on the frequency priority, which is determined based on the protocol, the base station does not need to specially notify the specific type of UE. If it is notified by the network side, the network side needs to explicitly or implicitly notify the UE through the communication signaling, at least explicitly or implicitly notify the specific type of UE.

[0068] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration of the inter-frequency cell does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on the frequency priority, which can be in the entire process of the inter-frequency cell and / or inter-system for the specific type of UE.

[0069] In other embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration limits that the measurement of the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on the frequency priority, which is applied to the measurement process of cell selection or cell reselection. The following is exemplified by cell reselection.

[0070] If the relaxed measurement configuration of inter-frequency cells is based on frequency priority, when cell reselection is performed, the UE first selects a frequency according to the priority, and then performs signal measurement on the detected cells in the frequency, and selects the best cell for reselection.

[0071] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, if the relaxed measurement configuration of the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency priority, the UE does not use the frequency priority to select a frequency during cell reselection. If the cell reselection is not based on the frequency priority, the UE does not use the frequency priority to select the best cell for reselection according to the signal quality.

[0072] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement configuration of the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency priority, and uses the measurement configuration based on the signal measurement value during cell reselection.

[0073] In one embodiment, the relaxed measurement configuration of the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on the frequency priority for inter-frequency cells, and the measurement of the specific type of UE during cell selection and / or cell reselection does not use the frequency priority for sorting to select the cell for UE camping.

[0074] The sorting rule of the signal measurement value can be to compare the signal quality of the reference signal of the currently measured serving cell and / or inter-frequency cell with a quality threshold, and then determine whether to relax the measurement of the inter-frequency cell according to the comparison result.

[0075] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the signal measurement value can be the reference signal received power (RSRP) and / or the reference signal received quality (RSRQ). In some other embodiments, the signal measurement value can also include the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and is not limited to the RSPR and / or RSPQ.

[0076] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the relaxed measurement configuration of the specific type of UE can be divided into the relaxed measurement configuration for intra-frequency cells and / or the relaxed measurement configuration for inter-frequency cells.

[0077] In some embodiments, the decision threshold used in the relaxed measurement configuration of the specific type of UE includes at least one of the following:

[0078] a first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on inter-frequency cells;

[0079] a first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on inter-frequency cells;

[0080] a second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on intra-frequency cells;

[0081] a second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on intra-frequency cells.

[0082] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first power threshold, the first quality threshold, the second power threshold and the second quality threshold can all be components of the aforementioned relaxation measurement condition configuration.

[0083] Exemplarily, taking the first power threshold as an example, if the reference signal received power of the serving cell measured reaches the first power threshold, the measurement of the specific type of UE on inter-frequency cells is relaxed, i.e., other relaxation configurations except the relaxation condition configuration for the specific type of UE take effect. The measurement relaxation configuration except the measurement relaxation condition configuration can at least include a measurement relaxation mode configuration. Exemplarily, after the specific type of UE measures the reference signal of the serving cell, the reference signal received power reaches the first power threshold, and at least the measurement relaxation mode configuration of the specific type of UE on inter-frequency cells takes effect.

[0084] Exemplarily, taking the first quality threshold as an example, if the reference signal received quality of the serving cell measured reaches the first quality threshold, the measurement of the specific type of UE on inter-frequency cells is relaxed, i.e., other relaxation configurations except the relaxation condition for the specific type of UE take effect. Exemplarily, after the specific type of UE measures the reference signal of the serving cell, the reference signal received quality reaches the first quality threshold, and at least the measurement relaxation mode configuration of the specific type of UE on inter-frequency cells takes effect.

[0085] For example, if the reference signal received power of the serving cell is measured to reach the second power threshold, the measurement of the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE is relaxed, i.e. other relaxed configurations than the relaxed condition for the specific type of UE are effective. For example, if the reference signal measurement of the serving cell by the specific type of UE results in the reference signal received power reaching the second power threshold, at least the relaxed measurement configuration for the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE is effective.

[0086] For example, if the reference signal received quality of the serving cell is measured to reach the second quality threshold, the measurement of the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE is relaxed, i.e. other relaxed configurations than the relaxed condition for the specific type of UE are effective. For example, if the reference signal measurement of the serving cell by the specific type of UE results in the reference signal received quality reaching the second quality threshold, at least the relaxed measurement configuration for the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE is effective.

[0087] Herein, "reach" includes: equal to or higher than (i.e. greater than).

[0088] Herein, the first power threshold, the first quality threshold, the second power threshold and / or the second quality threshold can be included in the aforementioned measurement relaxation configuration based on the ranking rule of the signal measurement value, for defining the measurement relaxation condition.

[0089] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration comprises:

[0090] The measurement of the inter-frequency cell and the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE adopts the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration;

[0091] Alternatively,

[0092] The measurement of the inter-frequency cell and the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE adopts different alternative measurement relaxation configurations.

[0093] In some cases, the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration is adopted for the relaxed measurement of the inter-frequency cell and the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE, i.e. the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration is defined in the measurement relaxation configuration for the inter-frequency cell and / or the inter-frequency cell by the specific type of UE.

[0094] The alternative measurement relaxation configuration indicates the alternative measurement relaxation configuration for the measurement relaxation moment.

[0095] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE is configured with different alternative measurement relaxation manners for inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells, i.e., the specific type of UE is configured with different alternative measurement relaxation manners for inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells.

[0096] If the specific type of UE is configured with the same alternative measurement relaxation manner for inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells, the signaling consumption for measurement relaxation configuration delivery is saved.

[0097] Whether the specific type of UE is configured with the same alternative measurement relaxation manner for inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells can be selected according to the current network demand and the specific communication characteristics of the specific type of UE.

[0098] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the target relaxation manner configuration selected by the specific type of UE from the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration corresponding to the inter-frequency cells and the intra-frequency cells is the same.

[0099] Alternatively,

[0100] The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the target relaxation manner configuration selected by the specific type of UE from the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration corresponding to the inter-frequency cells and the intra-frequency cells is different.

[0101] If the specific type of UE is configured with the same alternative relaxation manner for inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells, the specific type of UE can receive a set of alternative relaxation manner configurations for both the inter-frequency cells and the intra-frequency cells. When performing relaxation measurement, the specific UE can select the same or different target relaxation manner configuration for the inter-frequency cells and the intra-frequency cells according to the current needs. If the selected target relaxation manner configurations are different, the relaxation manners used in the specific relaxation measurement are different.

[0102] Several alternative relaxation manners are provided below:

[0103] Amplifying the scaling factor of the determination measurement interval;

[0104] Stopping measurement for 1 hour;

[0105] Stopping measurement for X hours, wherein the X is a positive integer greater than 1;

[0106] Stopping measurement.

[0107] In some embodiments, by amplifying the scaling factor of the determination measurement interval, the measurement interval can be increased, which is equivalent to reducing the measurement frequency, and is a kind of measurement relaxation manner.

[0108] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the measurement interval can include two types, the first type of measurement interval corresponds to the first type of scaling factor, and the second type of measurement interval corresponds to the second type of scaling factor, where the scaling factor defined in the measurement relaxation configuration is amplified, and the specific amplified scaling factor can be used for the sampling interval of the measurement. The difference between the first type of measurement interval and the second type of measurement interval lies in the measurement relaxation degree, and the larger the measurement interval means the more relaxed the measurement.

[0109] In summary, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the measurement relaxation mode configuration indicates that the measurement interval is increased by increasing the scaling factor, which is the scaling factor of the current measurement interval configured for the specific type of UE.

[0110] Stopping the measurement for 1 hour can be directly stopping the measurement of the intra-frequency cell and / or the inter-frequency cell for 1 hour, and during the 1 hour, the specific type of UE reduces the power consumption due to the stopping of the measurement because there is no measurement of the intra-frequency cell and / or the inter-frequency cell.

[0111] In some embodiments, the measurement can be stopped for more than 1 hour, and generally X is a positive integer greater than 1, and exemplarily, X can be 24 hours, 12 hours, or 48 hours, etc. Stopping the measurement for X hours can obviously save the power consumption of the UE due to the stopping of the measurement for X hours.

[0112] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation mode configuration can also include directly stopping the measurement, so that the specific type of UE directly stops the measurement, thereby reducing the power consumption saved by the UE due to the direct stopping of the measurement.

[0113] If the scaling factor of the amplified measurement interval is set as mode one, the measurement is stopped for 1 hour as mode two, the measurement is stopped for X hours as mode three, and the measurement is stopped as mode four.

[0114] At least from mode two to mode four, the relaxation degree is sequentially increased.

[0115] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation mode configuration of mode one to mode four is included in the alternative measurement configuration in the specific type of UE, and then the following candidate relaxation sequence can be used when selecting the measurement relaxation mode:

[0116] The mode one can be relaxed to the mode two, and the mode two can be relaxed to the mode three;

[0117] And / or,

[0118] The mode one can be relaxed to the mode two, and the mode two can be relaxed to the mode four.

[0119] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the measurement relaxation manner is switched during the measurement relaxation. For example, when a certain measurement relaxation manner is selected for measurement relaxation, and it is determined that there is a need or a possibility for further measurement relaxation, the measurement relaxation manner is switched from a measurement manner with a lower relaxation degree to a measurement manner with a higher relaxation degree. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the switching of the measurement relaxation manner can be performed by using the candidate relaxation sequence.

[0120] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE uses the same measurement relaxation condition configuration for the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell.

[0121] Alternatively,

[0122] The specific type of UE uses different measurement relaxation condition configurations for the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell.

[0123] If the measurement relaxation condition configurations of the specific type of UE are the same, only one set of measurement relaxation condition configuration that is valid for both the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell needs to be carried in the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, which can simplify the configuration and reduce the signaling overhead.

[0124] In some specific cases, the measurement manner condition configurations for the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell can also be different.

[0125] For example, the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0126] The mobility of the specific type of UE meets a mobility condition.

[0127] And / or,

[0128] The specific type of UE is not located in an edge area of the serving cell.

[0129] The mobility meeting the mobility condition can include at least one of the following:

[0130] Determining the moving distance of the specific type of UE within a preset time length, and determining that the mobility condition is met if the moving distance is less than a preset distance.

[0131] Determining the average moving speed of the specific type of UE within a preset time length, and determining that the mobility condition is met if the average moving speed is less than a preset speed.

[0132] Determining whether the specific type of UE moves out of a preset range within a preset time length, and determining that the mobility condition is met if the specific type of UE does not move out of the preset range.

[0133] In some embodiments, since the power at which the base station transmits the reference signal usually varies little, the specific type of UE can determine whether it satisfies the mobility condition according to the measured value of the reference signal when judging whether it satisfies the mobility condition.

[0134] Exemplarily, within a certain time (T SearchDeltaP ), if the difference between the received power of the reference signal and the RSRP currently measured by the UE is less than a certain preset threshold value (S SearchDeltaP ), that is, the signal change amplitude is not large, it can be considered that the current UE is in a stationary or low mobility state, that is, it is considered to satisfy the mobility condition (or referred to as the low mobility condition). It is worth noting that this decision only needs to be considered when the signal decreases, and the specific decision condition is as follows:

[0135] (SrxlevRef-Srxlev)<SSearchDeltaP

[0136] Wherein:

[0137] Srxlev is the Srxlev of the current serving cell, in units of dB;

[0138] SrxlevRef is the Srxlev reference value of the current serving cell, in units of dB. It is set according to the following manner:

[0139] The UE selects or reselects a new cell;

[0140] (Srxlev-SrxlevRef>0);

[0141] No decision condition is met within TSearchDeltaP;

[0142] When any of the above conditions are met, the UE sets SrxlevRef as the Srxlev of the current serving cell.

[0143] In some embodiments, the certain time length can be the aforementioned set time length, and the value can be 5 minutes or 10 minutes or any other time length.

[0144] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the mobility condition can be a mobility condition indicating that the mobility of the specific type of UE is very low. Of course, the above is only an example of the mobility condition (or referred to as the low mobility condition), and the specific implementation is not limited to these examples.

[0145] A cell can be divided into a central area and an edge area, and the distance between the central area and the base station is less than the distance between the edge area and the base station. Usually, the central area is located inside the edge area; and the edge area is located outside the central area.

[0146] Determining whether a UE is in the central or peripheral area of ​​the serving cell can also be based on measurements of the received signal from the cell. If the UE's current Srxlev is greater than the threshold SsearchThresholdP and Squal is greater than the threshold SsearchThresholdQ (if configured), then the UE is considered not to be at the cell edge (i.e., the UE is in the central area of ​​the serving cell). The specific decision conditions are as follows:

[0147] Srxlev>SsearchThresholdP and Squal>SsearchThresholdQ; where:

[0148] Srxlev = Srxlev of the current serving cell, in dB;

[0149] Squal = Squal of the current serving cell, in dB.

[0150] If the UE is located in the central area of ​​the serving cell, the signal transmission path between the UE and the base station is short. Generally, the signal quality or receiving power of the serving cell is relatively high. As a result, the probability of the UE switching to other cells is low. Therefore, regardless of whether the neighboring cells are on the same frequency or different frequencies, the probability of the UE switching to a neighboring cell is relatively low.

[0151] like Figure 3 As shown, the service cell area can be divided into the central area, intermediate area and edge area of ​​the service cell according to the distance between it and the base station. The distance between the central area and the base station is closer than that between the intermediate area and the base station. The distance between the intermediate area and the base station is closer than that between the intermediate area and the base station.

[0152] If the UE meets the low mobility condition restriction and / or is not in the edge area of ​​the serving cell, the probability of the UE switching to a co-frequency neighboring cell or a different frequency neighboring cell is relatively low. Therefore, it can be considered that the measurement relaxation condition is met. Measurement can be relaxed according to other configurations besides the measurement method condition configuration in the measurement relaxation configuration. For example, the measurement configuration for co-frequency cells and / or different frequency cells can be relaxed according to the measurement relaxation method configuration.

[0153] In some embodiments, the pairing configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0154] The measurement relaxation conditions configured include mobility conditions and location conditions, and in response to the specific type of UE simultaneously satisfying the mobility conditions and the location conditions, the measurement relaxation method configured to stop measurement takes effect.

[0155] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to determine a scaling factor of a measurement interval;

[0156] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to determine a scaling factor of a measurement interval;

[0157] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a mobility condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to determine a scaling factor of a measurement interval;

[0158] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to determine a scaling factor of a measurement interval;

[0159] The mobility condition includes:

[0160] The mobility of the specific type of UE is lower than a mobility threshold value;

[0161] The location condition includes:

[0162] The specific type of UE is not located in an edge area of the serving cell.

[0163] The mobility threshold value can include a speed threshold value and / or a distance threshold value, etc.

[0164] If the specific type of UE is located in the edge area of the serving cell, it can be considered that the location condition is not satisfied.

[0165] The relaxation conditions defined in the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE can be one or more. If the measurement relaxation configuration in the pairing configuration takes effect, it needs to be determined according to which relaxation condition is currently satisfied and / or the number.

[0166] According to the pairing configuration, the specific type of UE can select the corresponding measurement relaxation manner to perform the measurement of the intra-frequency cell and / or the inter-frequency cell according to the currently satisfied measurement relaxation condition.

[0167] As Figure 4As shown in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the method can further include: issuing a measurement relaxation configuration of a specific type of UE. After the base station completes the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, the base station sends the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE to the UE through downlink signaling, for example, through physical layer signaling and / or high layer signaling. The high layer signaling herein includes but is not limited to: MAC CE and / or RRC signaling.

[0168] As shown in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the method can further include: issuing a measurement relaxation configuration of a specific type of UE. After the base station completes the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, the base station sends the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE to the UE through downlink signaling, for example, through physical layer signaling and / or high layer signaling. The high layer signaling herein includes but is not limited to: MAC CE and / or RRC signaling. Figure 5 As shown in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the method can further include: issuing a measurement relaxation configuration of a specific type of UE. After the base station completes the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, the base station sends the measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE to the UE through downlink signaling, for example, through physical layer signaling and / or high layer signaling. The high layer signaling herein includes but is not limited to: MAC CE and / or RRC signaling.

[0169] S210: Obtain a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of UE.

[0170] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the measurement method configuration of the specific type of UE can be issued by the base station or pre-written in the communication protocol specification, so there are various ways to obtain the measurement method configuration of the specific type of UE, which are not limited to any of the above.

[0171] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE includes at least: RedCap UE.

[0172] The specific type of UE herein includes but is not limited to RedCap UE.

[0173] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE includes but is not limited to: industrial sensors, smart home and / or smart office devices with small mobility, etc.

[0174] Exemplarily, the specific type of UE can be: industrial sensors, smart home and / or smart office devices with small mobility in RedCap UE, but not all RedCap UE.

[0175] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE includes at least one of:

[0176] measurement relaxation method configuration;

[0177] measurement relaxation condition configuration;

[0178] pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation method configuration.

[0179] The measurement relaxation method configuration, the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the pairing configuration herein can be referred to the embodiments, which are not exemplified here.

[0180] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation method configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement.

[0181] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is determined according to a protocol or a network notification.

[0182] Before receiving the measurement relaxation configuration or not receiving the measurement relaxation configuration, the specific type of UE can determine according to the protocol that the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement.

[0183] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is determined according to a network notification. The notification can be issued by a base station of an access network or determined by a core network device of a core network.

[0184] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is applied to measurement in cell selection and / or cell reselection.

[0185] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is applied to measurement in cell selection and / or cell reselection and measurement configuration using a ranking rule based on signal measurement value.

[0186] In some embodiments, the decision threshold used in the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE includes at least one of the following:

[0187] A first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, used for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an inter-frequency cell;

[0188] A first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, used for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an inter-frequency cell;

[0189] A second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, used for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an intra-frequency cell;

[0190] A second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, used for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an intra-frequency cell.

[0191] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation mode configuration comprises:

[0192] The specific type of UE uses the same alternative measurement relaxation mode configuration for inter-frequency cell and intra-frequency cell measurement;

[0193] Or,

[0194] The specific type of UE uses different alternative measurement relaxation mode configurations for inter-frequency cell and intra-frequency cell measurement.

[0195] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation mode configuration defines that the specific type of UE uses the same target relaxation mode configuration selected from the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration for intra-frequency cell and inter-frequency cell measurement;

[0196] Or,

[0197] The measurement relaxation mode configuration defines that the specific type of UE uses different target relaxation mode configurations selected from the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration for intra-frequency cell and inter-frequency cell measurement.

[0198] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation mode configuration defined relaxation mode comprises at least one of:

[0199] Scaling factor for determining measurement interval is enlarged;

[0200] Stopping measurement for 1 hour;

[0201] Stopping measurement for X hours, wherein the X is a positive integer of 1;

[0202] Stopping measurement.

[0203] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE uses the same measurement relaxation condition configuration for inter-frequency cell and intra-frequency cell measurement;

[0204] Or,

[0205] The specific type of UE uses different measurement relaxation condition configurations for inter-frequency cell and intra-frequency cell measurement.

[0206] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of:

[0207] The specific type of UE's mobility satisfies a mobility condition;

[0208] And / or,

[0209] The specific type of UE is not in an edge area of the serving cell.

[0210] In some embodiments, the pairing configuration comprises at least one of:

[0211] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE simultaneously satisfying the mobility condition and the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to stop measurement;

[0212] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to scale the scaling factor of the measurement interval;

[0213] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the location condition and not satisfying the mobility condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to scale the scaling factor of the measurement interval;

[0214] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a mobility condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to scale the scaling factor of the measurement interval;

[0215] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect to scale the scaling factor of the measurement interval;

[0216] The mobility condition includes:

[0217] The mobility of the specific type of UE is lower than a mobility threshold;

[0218] The location condition includes:

[0219] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement relaxation configuration processing method taking Redcap UE as an example of a specific type of UE. Reduced capability UE or simply referred to as NR-lite or Redcap terminal. This type of device is similar to the Internet of Things device in LTE, and based on 5G NR-lite, it is usually required to meet the following requirements: low cost, low complexity, certain degree of coverage enhancement, and power saving.

[0220] After the introduction of Redcap UE, unlike the usual eMBB UE, the Redcap UE does not require a large amount of data in some scenarios, such as industrial sensor scenarios, and high-frequency point level load balancing does not work well at this time. Moreover, if the original high-frequency point priority level neighbor measurement scheme is used, the terminal needs to measure the high-frequency point priority level at least once every 60s, even if the terminal is in the cell center. At this time, it will bring additional power consumption.

[0221] However, in fact, for such terminals that do not require a large amount of data, it is completely acceptable not to measure the high-frequency point priority level every 60s. Based on this idea, the existing measurement relaxation rule can be optimized. In view of this, a specific measurement relaxation method is introduced for specific types of UEs.

[0222] The specific type of UE is a Redcap terminal;

[0223] The specific type of UE is a certain type of terminal in the Redcap terminal, such as an industrial sensor;

[0224] The specific type of UE is a certain type of terminal in the Redcap terminal, such as a stationary terminal.

[0225] In one embodiment, the measurement relaxation method for specific types of UEs can not use the measurement relaxation method of the frequency point priority level for inter-frequency

[0226] In one embodiment, the measurement relaxation method for specific types of UEs can not use the measurement relaxation method of the frequency point priority level for inter-frequency can reuse the measurement relaxation method for intra-frequency:

[0227] As an embodiment:

[0228] The same measurement relaxation sequence set can be used for inter-frequency / intra-frequency, but the measurement relaxation method for inter-frequency / intra-frequency can be the same or different, such as selecting method A and method B respectively or selecting method A;

[0229] Method 1: Increase the measurement interval, i.e. relax the measurement period to a wider measurement interval; for example, set the measurement interval to ms level. In the case of a larger measurement interval, the number of measurements within one measurement interval remains unchanged, which is equivalent to relaxing the measurement. The increase in the measurement interval can be determined by increasing the scaling factor of the measurement interval. The measurement interval can be the measurement interval defined in the standard TS38.133;

[0230] Method 2: Increase the measurement interval by adjusting the scaling factor; the measurement interval can be the measurement interval defined in the standard (R16). Method 3: Stop measuring for 1 hour;

[0231] Way 4: stop measurement for x hours; (X >= 1) One special case of X is 24 hours;

[0232] Way 5: stop measurement.

[0233] When selecting a specific measurement relaxation method, it can be selected based on the following candidate relaxation sequence, or it can be randomly selected; or it can be determined according to the correspondence between the current satisfied measurement method condition.

[0234] For example, way 1 can be relaxed to way 2; and way 2 can be relaxed to way 4.

[0235] Or,

[0236] Way 1 can be relaxed to way 2; and way 2 can be relaxed to way 5.

[0237] Same measurement relaxation trigger conditions that can be used by inter-frequency / intra-frequency:

[0238] The following is an example of selecting the same measurement relaxation trigger condition and relaxation method for simplicity:

[0239] Case 1: When the network is configured with low mobility and not at the cell edge, and the terminal meets both conditions: Inter-frequency / intra-frequency can use the same measurement relaxation method, such as selecting stop measurement from the measurement relaxation sequence set:

[0240] Case 2: When the network is configured with low mobility and not at the cell edge, and the terminal only meets one condition: Inter-frequency / intra-frequency can use the same measurement relaxation method, such as selecting an increased scaling factor for measurement interval from the measurement relaxation sequence set.

[0241] Case 3: When the network is configured with one condition of low mobility or not at the cell edge, and the terminal meets the condition: Inter-frequency / intra-frequency can use the same measurement relaxation method, such as selecting an increased scaling factor for measurement interval from the measurement relaxation sequence set.

[0242] In some embodiments, whether the measurement relaxation method availability does not use the frequency point priority level for inter-frequency or inter-frequency uses the frequency point priority level can be based on protocol agreement or network notification;

[0243] In some embodiments, the measurement of a specific type of UE during cell selection or cell reselection will not use the frequency point priority level for inter-frequency, i.e., only according to signal quality for sorting.

[0244] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation method for a specific type of UE can not use the measurement relaxation method of the frequency point priority level as a precondition for the measurement of the specific type of UE when selecting or cell reselecting, and will not use the frequency point priority level for inter-frequency, i.e., only according to the signal measurement value for sorting.

[0245] In some embodiments, different decision thresholds can be used for specific types of UEs:

[0246] SnonIntraSearchP or SnonIntraSearchQ,

[0247] and / or,

[0248] SIntraSearchP or SIntraSearchQ, etc.

[0249] As an embodiment, different decision thresholds can be configured for specific types of UEs, for example, Redcap UEs with 1 receive antenna (RX) are configured with different decision thresholds than 2RX Redcap UEs;

[0250] As an embodiment, different decision thresholds can be configured for specific types of UEs, for example, Redcap UEs with 1 RX are configured with different decision thresholds than Embb UEs.

[0251] As shown in Figure 6 The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement relaxation configuration processing apparatus, which is applied to a base station, and the apparatus comprises:

[0252] The configuration module 610 is configured to configure the measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of user equipment (UE).

[0253] In some embodiments, the configuration module 610 can be a program module; after the program module is executed by the processor, the determination of the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE can be realized.

[0254] In other embodiments, the configuration module 610 can be a soft and hard combination module; the soft and hard combination module includes but is not limited to various programmable arrays; the programmable array includes but is not limited to a field programmable array or a complex programmable array.

[0255] In still other embodiments, the configuration module 610 can include a pure hardware module; the pure hardware module includes but is not limited to an application specific integrated circuit.

[0256] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE at least includes a reduced capability RedCap UE.

[0257] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises at least one of:

[0258] a measurement relaxation manner configuration;

[0259] a measurement relaxation condition configuration;

[0260] a pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation manner configuration.

[0261] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not employ a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement.

[0262] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not employ a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is determined according to a protocol or network notification.

[0263] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not employ a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is applied in measurement procedure of cell selection and / or cell reselection.

[0264] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not employ a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is applied in measurement procedure of cell selection and / or cell reselection and employs a signal measurement value based ranking rule measurement relaxation measurement configuration.

[0265] In some embodiments, the decision threshold used by the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises at least one of:

[0266] a first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on inter-frequency cell;

[0267] a first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on inter-frequency cell;

[0268] a second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on intra-frequency cell;

[0269] a second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on intra-frequency cells.

[0270] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE is configured with the same alternative measurement relaxation manner for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells;

[0271] Alternatively,

[0272] the specific type of UE is configured with different alternative measurement relaxation manners for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells.

[0273] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE selects the same target relaxation manner configuration for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells from the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration;

[0274] Alternatively,

[0275] the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE selects different target relaxation manner configuration for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells from the same alternative measurement relaxation configuration.

[0276] In some embodiments, the relaxation manner defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration comprises at least one of:

[0277] scaling factor for enlarging the measurement interval;

[0278] stopping measurement for 1 hour;

[0279] stopping measurement for X hours, wherein the X is a positive integer greater than 1;

[0280] stopping measurement.

[0281] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE is configured with the same measurement relaxation condition for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells;

[0282] Alternatively,

[0283] the specific type of UE is configured with different measurement relaxation conditions for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells.

[0284] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of:

[0285] mobility of the specific type of UE satisfies a mobility condition;

[0286] and / or,

[0287] The specific type of UE is not located at an edge area of the serving cell.

[0288] In some embodiments, the pairing configuration comprises at least one of:

[0289] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE simultaneously satisfying the mobility condition and the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect;

[0290] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect;

[0291] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the location condition and not satisfying the mobility condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect;

[0292] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect;

[0293] The measurement relaxation condition configured by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the location condition, the measurement relaxation manner configured by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect;

[0294] The mobility condition comprises:

[0295] The mobility of the specific type of UE is lower than a mobility threshold.

[0296] The location condition comprises:

[0297] The specific type of UE is not located at an edge area of the serving cell.

[0298] As shown in Figure 7 The present embodiment provides a measurement relaxation configuration processing apparatus, which is applied to a user equipment (UE), and comprises:

[0299] The obtaining module 710 is configured to obtain a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of UE.

[0300] In some embodiments, the obtaining module 710 can be a program module; after being executed by a processor, the program module can implement obtaining of the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE.

[0301] In some embodiments, the obtaining module 710 can be a hardware and software combined module; the hardware and software combined module includes but is not limited to various programmable arrays; the programmable array includes but is not limited to a field programmable array or a complex programmable array.

[0302] In some embodiments, the obtaining module 710 can include a pure hardware module; the pure hardware module includes but is not limited to an application specific integrated circuit.

[0303] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE at least includes a reduced capability RedCap UE.

[0304] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE includes at least one of the following:

[0305] a measurement relaxation manner configuration;

[0306] a measurement relaxation condition configuration;

[0307] a pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation manner configuration.

[0308] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for measurement of inter-frequency cells.

[0309] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for measurement of inter-frequency cells, which is determined according to a protocol or network notification.

[0310] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for measurement of inter-frequency cells, which is applied to measurement in cell selection and / or cell reselection.

[0311] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use a frequency point priority based measurement relaxation configuration for measurement of inter-frequency cells, which is applied to measurement in cell selection and / or cell reselection and a measurement configuration using a signal measurement value based ranking rule.

[0312] In some embodiments, the decision threshold used by the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE includes at least one of the following:

[0313] a first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on inter-frequency cells;

[0314] a first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on inter-frequency cells;

[0315] a second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on intra-frequency cells;

[0316] a second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on intra-frequency cells.

[0317] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration includes:

[0318] the specific type of UE uses the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells;

[0319] or,

[0320] the specific type of UE uses different alternative measurement relaxation manner configurations for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells.

[0321] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE selects the same target relaxation manner configuration from the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells;

[0322] or,

[0323] the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE selects different target relaxation manner configurations from the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for measurement on inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells.

[0324] In some embodiments, the relaxation manner defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration includes at least one of:

[0325] scaling a scaling factor of a measurement interval;

[0326] stopping measurement for 1 hour;

[0327] stopping measurement for X hours, where the X is a positive integer of 1;

[0328] stopping measurement.

[0329] In some embodiments, the specific type of UE applies the same measurement relaxation condition configuration for inter-frequency cell and intra-frequency cell measurement;

[0330] Alternatively,

[0331] The specific type of UE applies different measurement relaxation condition configurations for inter-frequency cell and intra-frequency cell measurement.

[0332] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of:

[0333] The mobility of the specific type of UE satisfies a mobility condition;

[0334] And / or,

[0335] The specific type of UE is not located at an edge area of the serving cell.

[0336] In some embodiments, the pairing configuration comprises at least one of:

[0337] The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE simultaneously satisfying the mobility condition and the location condition, the stop measurement defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect;

[0338] The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the relaxation manner defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration that scales the scaling factor of the measurement interval takes effect;

[0339] The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the location condition and not satisfying the mobility condition, the relaxation manner defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration that scales the scaling factor of the measurement interval takes effect;

[0340] The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the mobility condition, the relaxation manner defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration that scales the scaling factor of the measurement interval takes effect;

[0341] The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a location condition, and in response to the specific type of UE satisfying the location condition, the relaxation manner defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration that scales the scaling factor of the measurement interval takes effect;

[0342] The mobility condition comprises:

[0343] the mobility of the specific type of UE is lower than a mobility threshold;

[0344] the location condition comprises:

[0345] the specific type of UE is not at an edge area of the serving cell.

[0346] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, comprising:

[0347] a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0348] a processor connected with the memory respectively;

[0349] The processor is configured to perform the measurement relaxation configuration processing method provided in any of the preceding technical solutions.

[0350] The processor can include various types of storage media, which is non-transitory computer storage media, and can continue to store information on it after the communication device is powered off.

[0351] Here, the communication device includes: a base station and / or a specific type of UE.

[0352] The processor can be connected with the memory through a bus or the like, for reading the executable program stored on the memory, for example, at least one of the methods shown in Figure 2 、 Figure 4 to Figure 5 .

[0353] Figure 8 is a block diagram of a UE 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the UE 800 can be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user device, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, or the like.

[0354] Referring to Figure 8 , the UE 800 can include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory component 804, a power supply component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input / output (I / O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

[0355] The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operations of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, telephony, data communication, camera, and recording operations. The processing component 802 can include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to complete the steps of the methods described above. In addition, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0356] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations of the UE 800. Examples of these data include instructions for any applications or methods operating on the UE 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so on. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage devices or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0357] The power component 806 supplies electrical power for the various components of the UE 800. The power component 806 can include a power supply management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing electrical power for the UE 800.

[0358] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen providing an output interface between the UE 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen can include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen can be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense a touch, a slide, and a gesture on the touch panel. The touch sensors can not only sense a boundary of a touching or sliding action, but also detect duration and pressure related to the touching or sliding action. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front-facing camera and / or a rear-facing camera. The front-facing camera and / or the rear-facing camera can receive external multimedia data when the UE 800 is in an operation mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each of the front-facing camera and the rear-facing camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0359] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive an external audio signal when the UE 800 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting an audio signal.

[0360] The I / O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which can be a keypad, a click wheel, buttons, and so on. The buttons can include, but are not limited to, a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

[0361] The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessments of various aspects of the UE 800. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect an open / closed position of the UE 800, relative positioning of components, such as a display and a keypad of the UE 800, a change of position of the UE 800 or a component of the UE 800, presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, orientation or acceleration / deceleration / g-force and temperature of the UE 800. The sensor component 814 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect presence of an object in a proximity without any physical touch. The sensor component 814 can also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 can also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0362] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the UE 800 and another device. The UE 800 can access a wireless network that is based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an example embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an example embodiment, the communication component 816 can further include a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) techniques, infrared data association (IrDA) techniques, ultra-wideband (UWB) techniques, Bluetooth (BT) techniques, and other techniques.

[0363] In exemplary embodiments, the UE 800 can be implemented with one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for performing the above methods.

[0364] In exemplary embodiments, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions, such as the memory 804 including instructions, is also provided, which can be executed by the processor 820 of the UE 800 to complete the above methods. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disc, and an optical data storage device, etc.

[0365] As shown in Figure 9 , an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of an access device. For example, the base station 900 can be provided as a network side device. The communication device can be the aforementioned access device and / or core network device.

[0366] Referring to Figure 9 , the base station 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and memory resources represented by the memory 932, for storing instructions executable by the processing component 922, such as application programs. The application programs stored in the memory 932 can include one or more modules each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 922 is configured to execute the instructions to perform any of the above methods of the aforementioned application in the access device, such as the measurement relaxation configuration processing method as shown in Figure 2 、 Figure 4 to Figure 5 .

[0367] The base station 900 can also include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. The base station 900 can operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server TM, Mac OS X TM, Unix TM, Linux TM, FreeBSD TM, or the like.

[0368] Other embodiments of the application will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the application disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the application being indicated by the following claims.

[0369] It is to be understood that the application is not limited to the precise construction herein described and as shown in the attached drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the application. The scope of the application is limited only by the claims that follow.

Claims

1. A method of measuring a relaxation configuration process, wherein, The method is performed by a base station, and the method comprises: configuring a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of user equipment (UE); wherein the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises: a measurement relaxation manner configuration; the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use a frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement; a precondition for the specific type of UE not using the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement is that, when performing measurement in cell selection and / or cell reselection, the specific type of UE uses channel measurement value-based sorting to select a UE camped cell, instead of using frequency point priority-based sorting to select a UE camped cell; the specific type of UE not using the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement comprises: in a case where a signal quality of a serving cell is less than a quality threshold, reducing a measurement period for an inter-frequency cell; in a case where the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the quality threshold, stopping measurement on all inter-frequency cells.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The specific type of UE at least comprises a reduced capability (RedCap) UE.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein, The measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE further comprises at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation condition configuration; a pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation manner configuration.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defining that the specific type of UE does not use the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement is determined according to a protocol or network notification.

5. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein, The decision threshold used by the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises at least one of the following: a first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an inter-frequency cell; a first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an inter-frequency cell; a second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an intra-frequency cell; a second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an intra-frequency cell.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, The specific type of UE uses the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement; or The specific type of UE uses different alternative measurement relaxation manner configurations for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE selects a same target relaxation manner configuration from the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement; or The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines a target relaxation manner configuration for the specific type UE to measure inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells, which is selected from the same candidate measurement relaxation configuration.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of: scaling a measurement interval; stopping measurement for 1 hour; stopping measurement for X hours, wherein the X is a positive integer greater than 1; stopping measurement.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein, the specific type UE measures inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells with the same measurement relaxation condition configuration; or, the specific type UE measures inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells with different measurement relaxation condition configurations.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein, The measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of: the mobility of the specific type UE satisfies a mobility condition; and / or, the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein, The pairing configuration comprises at least one of: the measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and the stopping measurement defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect in response to the specific type UE satisfying both the mobility condition and the location condition; the measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition; the measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition and not satisfying the mobility condition; the measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition, and the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition; the measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a location condition, and the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition; wherein the mobility condition comprises: the mobility of the specific type UE is lower than a mobility threshold; the location condition comprises: the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

12. A method of measuring a relaxation configuration process, wherein, The method is performed by a user equipment (UE), and the method comprises: obtaining a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of UE; wherein the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises: a measurement relaxation manner configuration; the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not employ a measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement; a precondition that the specific type of UE does not employ the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement is that the measurement of the specific type of UE in cell selection and / or cell reselection is not sorted using frequency point priority for UE camped cell selection, but is sorted using a channel measurement value; the specific type of UE does not employ the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement, comprising: in the case that the signal quality of the serving cell is less than a quality threshold, reducing the measurement period of the inter-frequency cell; in the case that the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the quality threshold, the specific type of UE stops measuring all inter-frequency cells.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, The specific type of UE at least comprises: a reduced capability RedCap UE.

14. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein, The measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE further comprises at least one of: a measurement relaxation condition configuration; a pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation manner configuration.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not employ the measurement relaxation configuration based on frequency point priority for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is determined according to a protocol or network notification.

16. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein, The decision threshold used by the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises at least one of: a first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of the inter-frequency cell; a first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of the inter-frequency cell; a second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of the intra-frequency cell; a second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of the intra-frequency cell.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration comprises: the specific type of UE employs the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement; or, the specific type of UE employs different alternative measurement relaxation manner configurations for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE selects the same target relaxation manner configuration from the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement; or, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines a target relaxation manner configuration for the specific type UE to measure inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells, which is selected from the same candidate measurement relaxation configurations.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of: scaling a measurement interval; stopping measurement for 1 hour; stopping measurement for X hours, wherein the X is a positive integer greater than 1; stopping measurement.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein, The specific type UE measures inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells using the same measurement relaxation condition configuration; Or, The specific type UE measures inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells using different measurement relaxation condition configurations.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein, The measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of: mobility of the specific type UE satisfies a mobility condition; and / or, the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein, The pairing configuration comprises at least one of: The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE simultaneously satisfying the mobility condition and the location condition, the stopping measurement defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition and not satisfying the mobility condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The mobility condition comprises: mobility of the specific type UE is lower than a mobility threshold; The location condition comprises: the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

23. A measurement relaxation configuration processing device, wherein, The apparatus is applied in a base station, and the apparatus comprises: The configuration module is configured to configure a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of user equipment (UE); wherein the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises: a measurement relaxation manner configuration; the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use a frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement; a precondition for the specific type of UE not using the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement is that, when performing measurement in cell selection and / or cell reselection, the specific type of UE uses channel measurement value-based sorting to select a UE camped cell, instead of using frequency point priority-based sorting to select a UE camped cell; the specific type of UE not using the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement comprises: in a case where a signal quality of a serving cell is less than a quality threshold, reducing a measurement period for an inter-frequency cell; in a case where the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the quality threshold, stopping measurement on all inter-frequency cells.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein, The specific type of UE at least comprises a reduced capability (RedCap) UE.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 or 24, wherein, The measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE further comprises at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation condition configuration; a pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation manner configuration.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defining that the specific type of UE does not use the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement is determined according to a protocol or network notification.

27. The apparatus of claim 23 or 24, wherein, The decision threshold used by the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises at least one of the following: a first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an inter-frequency cell; a first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an inter-frequency cell; a second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an intra-frequency cell; a second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax measurement on an intra-frequency cell.

28. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein, The specific type of UE uses the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for measurement on an inter-frequency cell and an intra-frequency cell; or The specific type of UE uses different alternative measurement relaxation manner configurations for measurement on an inter-frequency cell and an intra-frequency cell.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE selects a same target relaxation manner configuration from the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for measurement on an inter-frequency cell and an intra-frequency cell; or The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines a target relaxation manner configuration for the specific type UE to measure inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells, which is selected from the same candidate measurement relaxation configurations.

30. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of: scaling a measurement interval; stopping measurement for 1 hour; stopping measurement for X hours, wherein the X is a positive integer greater than 1; stopping measurement.

31. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, The specific type UE measures inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells using the same measurement relaxation condition configuration; or, The specific type UE measures inter-frequency cells and intra-frequency cells using different measurement relaxation condition configurations.

32. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, The measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of: mobility of the specific type UE satisfies a mobility condition; and / or, the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

33. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, The pairing configuration comprises at least one of: The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE simultaneously satisfying the mobility condition and the location condition, the stopping measurement defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition and not satisfying the mobility condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition, the scaling a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The mobility condition comprises: mobility of the specific type UE is lower than a mobility threshold; The location condition comprises: the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

34. A measurement relaxation configuration processing device, wherein, The apparatus is applied to a user equipment (UE), and the apparatus comprises: The obtaining module is configured to obtain a measurement relaxation configuration for a specific type of UE; wherein the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises at least one of: a measurement relaxation manner configuration; the measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use a frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement; a precondition for the specific type of UE not using the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement is that the measurement of the specific type of UE in cell selection and / or cell reselection is selected by the UE to camp on a cell using channel measurement value-based ordering without using frequency point priority-based ordering; the specific type of UE not using the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement comprises: in a case where the signal quality of a serving cell is less than a quality threshold, reducing the measurement period for inter-frequency cells; in a case where the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the quality threshold, the specific type of UE stops measuring all inter-frequency cells.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein, The specific type of UE at least comprises a reduced capability RedCap UE.

36. The apparatus of claim 34 or 35, wherein, The measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE further comprises at least one of: a measurement relaxation condition configuration; a pairing configuration between the measurement relaxation condition configuration and the measurement relaxation manner configuration.

37. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the specific type of UE does not use the frequency point priority-based measurement relaxation configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement, which is determined according to a protocol or network notification.

38. The apparatus of claim 34 or 35, wherein, The decision threshold used by the measurement relaxation configuration for the specific type of UE comprises at least one of: a first power threshold SnonIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of inter-frequency cells; a first quality threshold SnonIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of inter-frequency cells; a second power threshold SIntraSearchP included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of intra-frequency cells; a second quality threshold SIntraSearchQ included in the inter-frequency measurement relaxation configuration of the specific type of UE, for the specific type of UE to determine whether to relax the measurement of intra-frequency cells.

39. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration comprises: the specific type of UE uses the same alternative measurement relaxation manner configuration for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement; or, the specific type of UE uses different alternative measurement relaxation manner configurations for inter-frequency cell measurement and intra-frequency cell measurement.

40. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the target relaxation manner configuration for the specific type UE to measure the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell is selected from the same candidate measurement relaxation configuration; Or, The measurement relaxation manner configuration defines that the target relaxation manner configuration for the specific type UE to measure the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell is selected from the same candidate measurement relaxation configuration.

41. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein, The relaxation manner defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration comprises at least one of: scaling a scaling factor of a measurement interval; stopping measurement for 1 hour; stopping measurement for X hours, wherein the X is a positive integer greater than 1; stopping measurement.

42. The device of claim 36, wherein, The measurement relaxation condition configuration for the specific type UE to measure the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell is the same; Or, The measurement relaxation condition configuration for the specific type UE to measure the inter-frequency cell and the intra-frequency cell is different.

43. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein, The measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises at least one of: mobility of the specific type UE satisfies a mobility condition; And / or, the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

44. The device of claim 36, wherein, The pairing configuration comprises at least one of: The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE simultaneously satisfying the mobility condition and the location condition, the stopping measurement defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition and not satisfying the location condition, the scaling a scaling factor of a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition and a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition and not satisfying the mobility condition, the scaling a scaling factor of a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a mobility condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the mobility condition, the scaling a scaling factor of a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The measurement relaxation condition defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration comprises a location condition, and in response to the specific type UE satisfying the location condition, the scaling a scaling factor of a measurement interval defined by the measurement relaxation manner configuration takes effect; The mobility condition comprises: mobility of the specific type UE is lower than a mobility threshold; The location condition comprises: the specific type UE is not located in an edge area of a serving cell.

45. A communication device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored on the memory and executable by the processor, wherein, The processor executes the executable program to perform the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 11 or claims 12 to 22.

46. A computer storage medium, the computer storage medium storing an executable program; the executable program, when executed by a processor, can implement the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 11 or claims 12 to 22.

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