Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. The information processing method executed by a UE may include: obtaining a measurement relaxation parameter; the measurement relaxation parameter is used for the UE to relax the measurement of a wireless signal transmitted by a network node; the network node includes: a primary network MN node and / or a secondary network SN node; the measurement relaxation parameter includes: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition; in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met and the SN node is configured with SRB3, sending measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the SN node via the SRB3 of the SN node; in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met and the SN node is not configured with SRB3, sending measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the MN node via the SRB of the MN node, so that the MN node forwards it to the SN node.

Description

[0001] The present disclosure is a divisional application of the Chinese application with the application date of January 10, 2022, the application number 202280000151.X and the invention name “Information Processing Method and Device, Communication Equipment and Storage Medium”. Technical Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technologies but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular to an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0003] A connected user equipment (UE) measures the downlink radio signal of the serving cell, which may include a Radio Link Management (RLM)-Reference Signal (RS) to detect the quality of the radio link and determine whether the UE is out of sync or in sync with the serving cell.

[0004] Beam Failure Detection (BFD) can be used by connected UEs to detect the quality of the serving beam. If the quality of the serving beam is poor, beam failure detection will be triggered to implement the beam or find a new serving beam.

[0005] Radio Resource Management (RRM) can be used by connected UEs to measure the radio signal quality of the serving cell and neighboring cells, so that the UE can be handed over or camped on a cell with better signal quality. Summary of the Invention

[0006] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0007] A first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a user equipment (UE). The method includes:

[0008] Acquire a measurement relaxation parameter; the measurement relaxation parameter is used for the UE to relax measurement of a wireless signal transmitted by a network node;

[0009] Wherein, the network nodes include:

[0010] Master Network (MN) node;

[0011] and / or

[0012] Secondary network (SN) node.

[0013] A second aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a network node, the network node including: a MN node or a SN node of a dual-connected UE; the method includes:

[0014] Sending measurement relaxation related information to the UE;

[0015] The relevant information includes at least one of the following:

[0016] a measurement relaxation parameter, used for measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0017] The measurement relaxation indication is used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE.

[0018] A third aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is performed by an SN node. The method includes:

[0019] Transmitting information associated with UE measurement relaxation between the MN node and the MN node;

[0020] The associated information includes at least one of the following:

[0021] Capability information, used to determine measurement relaxation parameters of the UE;

[0022] A measurement relaxation indication, used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0023] Measured relaxation parameters for SCG;

[0024] The auxiliary information is used by the MN node to determine the measurement relaxation parameter of the UE for the SCG.

[0025] A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device comprising:

[0026] An acquisition module is configured to acquire a measurement relaxation parameter; the measurement relaxation parameter is used for the UE to relax the measurement of the wireless signal transmitted by the network node;

[0027] Wherein, the network nodes include:

[0028] Main network MN node;

[0029] and / or

[0030] Auxiliary network SN node.

[0031] A fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the device includes:

[0032] A third sending module is configured to send relevant information of measurement relaxation to the UE;

[0033] The relevant information includes at least one of the following:

[0034] a measurement relaxation parameter, used for measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0035] The measurement relaxation indication is used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE.

[0036] A sixth aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the method is performed by an SN node and includes:

[0037] a transmission module configured to transmit, to the MN node, information associated with UE measurement relaxation;

[0038] The associated information includes at least one of the following:

[0039] Capability information, used to determine measurement relaxation parameters of the UE;

[0040] A measurement relaxation indication, used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0041] Measured relaxation parameters for SCG;

[0042] The auxiliary information is used by the MN node to determine the measurement relaxation parameter of the UE for the SCG.

[0043] A seventh aspect of an embodiment 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 run by the processor, wherein when the processor runs the executable program, it executes the information processing method provided in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect.

[0044] An eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium storing an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the information processing method provided in the first, second or third aspect mentioned above.

[0045] The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can obtain measurement relaxation parameters for dual-connection UE, thereby relaxing the wireless signal measurement of the MN node and / or SN node, thereby reducing the power consumption of the dual-connection UE.

[0046] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0047] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0048] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0049] Figure 2 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0050] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0051] Figure 4 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0052] Figure 5A is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0053] Figure 5B is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0054] Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0055] Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0056] Figure 8 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0057] Figure 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0058] Figure 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0059] Figure 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0060] Figure 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0061] Figure 13 The diagram is a schematic structural diagram of a network node according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0062] Exemplary embodiments are described in detail herein, with examples illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, when referring to the drawings, identical numerals in different figures represent identical or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments are not intended to represent all possible implementations consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present invention.

[0063] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "the," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0064] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0065] Please refer to Figure 1 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 1 As shown, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: several UEs 11 and several access devices 12 .

[0066] Among them, UE11 can refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. UE11 can communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). UE11 can be an IoT UE, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone), and a computer with an IoT UE. For example, it can be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote UE (remote terminal), an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user UE (user equipment, UE). Alternatively, UE11 can also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, UE11 can also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, it can be a driving computer with wireless communication capabilities, or a wireless communication device external to the driving computer. Alternatively, UE11 may also be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a traffic light, or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

[0067] The access device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network). Alternatively, an MTC system.

[0068] Among them, the access device 12 can be an evolved access device (eNB) adopted in a 4G system. Alternatively, the access device 12 can also be an access device (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access device 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually includes a centralized unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DU). The centralized unit is provided with a protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (RLC) layer, and a media access control (MAC) layer; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (PHY) layer protocol stack. The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation method of the access device 12.

[0069] A wireless connection can be established between the access device 12 and the UE 11 via a wireless air interface. In different implementations, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface can also be a wireless air interface based on the next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0070] In some embodiments, UEs 11 may also establish E2E (End-to-End) connections, such as in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication scenarios such as V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle), V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure), and V2P (vehicle-to-pedestrian).

[0071] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13 .

[0072] Several access devices 12 are respectively connected to a network management device 13. The network management device 13 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system. For example, the network management device 13 may be a mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet core (EPC). Alternatively, the network management device may 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). The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the implementation form of the network management device 13.

[0073] like Figure 2 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a UE, and the method includes:

[0074] S210: Acquire a measurement relaxation parameter; the measurement relaxation parameter is used by the UE to relax measurement of a wireless signal transmitted by a network node;

[0075] Wherein, the network nodes include:

[0076] MN node;

[0077] and / or

[0078] SN node.

[0079] The UE described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a UE supporting dual connectivity. The dual connectivity supported by the UE may include: Multi Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC), Evolution Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio (E-UTRAN-NR) E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, Next Generation Radio Access Network-Universal mobiletelecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access-New Rdio (NG-RAN-UTRA-NR) dual connectivity, or New Radio-New Radio (NR-NR) dual connectivity.

[0080] The dual-connectivity UE may be in a connected state or a non-connected state, wherein the non-connected state includes but is not limited to an inactive state and / or an idle state.

[0081] The measurement relaxation parameter may be used for relaxing the measurement of radio signals sent by one or more network nodes to which the UE is connected.

[0082] Exemplarily, the measuring relaxation parameter may include:

[0083] a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition for performing measurement relaxation;

[0084] and / or,

[0085] The measurement relaxation configuration is used to relax the UE's radio signal measurement.

[0086] The measurement frequency of the wireless signal measurement performed according to the measurement relaxation configuration is lower than the measurement frequency of the wireless signal measurement performed without the measurement relaxation configuration.

[0087] The measurement relaxation configuration may include at least one of the following:

[0088] a stop measurement parameter, used to instruct the UE to determine to stop radio signal measurement. Exemplarily, the stop measurement parameter may be used at least for the UE to determine a start and end time for stopping radio signal measurement;

[0089] A measurement period determination parameter, used to determine the measurement period after the wireless signal measurement frequency is reduced;

[0090] An evaluation period determination parameter for determining an evaluation period after evaluation is reduced after measurement relaxation;

[0091] The detection period determination parameter is used to determine the detection period after the detection period is reduced after the measurement is relaxed.

[0092] The network nodes here may all be base stations. The base stations may be eNBs and / or gNBs.

[0093] Since the UE supports dual connectivity, the network nodes to which the UE is connected can be divided into: a primary MN node of a primary serving cell and a SN node of a secondary serving cell.

[0094] In some embodiments, the dual-connectivity UE performs wireless signal measurement according to the measurement relaxation parameter, which may include: relaxing wireless signal measurement on the MN node and / or relaxing wireless signal measurement on the SN node.

[0095] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the dual-connection UE will relax its own measurements by obtaining measurement relaxation parameters, thereby reducing unnecessary measurements when only lower-frequency measurements or unnecessary measurements are required, and reducing the power consumption of the dual-connection UE caused by measurements.

[0096] In some embodiments, the S210 includes:

[0097] receiving the measurement relaxation parameter sent by the network node;

[0098] or,

[0099] The measurement relaxation parameters are determined according to protocol agreement.

[0100] The measurement relaxation parameter may be sent to the UE by a network node, for example, the MN node and / or the SN node of the UE sends the measurement relaxation parameter to the UE.

[0101] If the measurement relaxation parameter is sent to the UE by the network node, the UE can receive the measurement relaxation parameter in advance, and when measurement relaxation needs to be performed, it can receive the effectiveness indication sent by the network device, and perform relaxation of the wireless signal measurement according to the effectiveness indication and the pre-received measurement relaxation parameter.

[0102] Exemplarily, the UE may receive RRC signaling or MAC CE carrying the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0103] The UE may also determine the measurement relaxation parameter according to the protocol agreement. For example, if the protocol stipulates multiple sets of alternative measurement relaxation parameters, the UE may select one of the alternative measurement relaxation parameters as the target measurement relaxation parameter based on its current remaining power and / or its mobility. After selecting the target measurement relaxation parameter, the UE may report the information of the target measurement relaxation parameter to the network node to facilitate the network node to know the current wireless signal measurement status of the dual-connected UE. Of course, the UE may not report the information of the target measurement relaxation parameter.

[0104] In summary, there are many ways for the UE to obtain the measurement relaxation parameter, and the specific implementation is not limited to any of the above.

[0105] The UE adopts Evolution Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio (E-UTRAN-NR) E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node of the E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity;

[0106] or,

[0107] The UE adopts Next Generation Radio Access Network-Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access-New Radio (NG-RAN-UTRA-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node of NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity; or

[0108] The UE adopts New Radio-Evolution Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access Network (NR-E-UTRA) dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an NR-E-UTRA dual-connected MN node;

[0109] or,

[0110] The UE adopts New Radio-New Radio (NR-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an MN node for NR-NR dual connectivity and / or an SN node for NR-NR dual connectivity.

[0111] If the UE supports dual connectivity, the dual-connected UE in the connected state will have an RRC connection with both the MN node and the SN node. At this time, one of the MN node and the SN node performs signaling and / or data communications with the UE more frequently. At this time, the UE can interact with the network node with any information related to relaxation measurement, such as relaxation measurement parameters, capability information indicating the UE's measurement relaxation capability, relaxation measurement request information and / or relaxation measurement indication, etc.

[0112] In some embodiments, measuring the relaxation parameter comprises at least one of the following:

[0113] RLM measures relaxation parameters;

[0114] BFD measures relaxation parameters;

[0115] RRM measures relaxation parameters.

[0116] After acquiring the RLM measurement relaxation parameter, the UE may stop RLM measurement for a period of time or reduce the RLM measurement frequency according to the RLM measurement relaxation parameter.

[0117] RLM measurements can be made as follows:

[0118] The process in which a UE in a connected (RRC_CONNECTED) state monitors the downlink radio link quality by measuring the downlink RLM-RS (SSB-RS and / or CSI-RS) of the serving cell (SpCell, inside activeBWP) and determines whether the UE is in downlink synchronization (IS) or out-of-sync (OOS) with the serving cell.

[0119] Specifically, the UE periodically measures each RLM-RS and compares the obtained measurement value with the synchronization threshold (Q in ) and the out-of-step threshold (Q out ) to compare and determine the IS / OOS status of the UE. The physical layer reports the determined IS / OOS status to the upper layer. The upper layer here includes but is not limited to the RRC layer, which can be any layer above the physical layer.

[0120] Evaluate whether it is lower than the threshold Q within the out-of-sync evaluation period (TEvaluate_out) out If all the measurement results are lower than Q out, then layer 1 (L1) reports an out-of-sync (OOS) indication to higher layers.

[0121] Evaluate whether it is better than the threshold Q in the synchronous (in-sync) evaluation cycle (TEvaluate_in) in , if any measurement result is better than Q in , then L1 reports the IS instruction to the upper layer.

[0122] The upper layer decides the next action based on the reported information. That is, when the OOS counter records N310 consecutive OOS indications, the UE starts the RLF timer T310 configured by the network;

[0123] If the IS counter records N311 consecutive IS indications reported by the physical layer, T310 timing is stopped; if T310 expires, the UE reports RLF.

[0124] After acquiring the BFD measurement relaxation parameter, the UE may stop BFD measurement for a period of time or reduce the BFD measurement frequency according to the BFD measurement relaxation parameter.

[0125] Beam-level communication links are easily blocked, resulting in poor communication quality or even communication failure. When a downlink beam fails, if the UE has a new candidate beam to replace the current failed beam, it is possible to reduce the RLF beam failure recovery process caused by the beam failure:

[0126] 1) Beam Failure Detection (BFD): The detection object is the UE's current serving beam (SpCell and SCell), and the measurement content is the SSB-RS / CSI-RS (up to 2) of the corresponding serving beam. The measurement results within the evaluation period (TEvaluate_BFD) are compared with the Qout_LR (BLER = 10%) threshold. If all measurement results are below the threshold, a Beam Failure Instance Indication (BFD) is triggered.

[0127] 2) Before the configured beam event detection timer (beamFailureDetectionTimer) times out, if the number of L1 beam failure indications reaches the configured threshold (beamFailureInstanceMaxCount), the UE declares beam failure and starts candidate beam detection (CBD).

[0128] 3) Candidate Beam Detection: The detection object is the candidate beam set configured by the network for the UE. The measurement content is the SSB-RS and / or CSI-RS of the corresponding candidate beam. The detection basis is to compare the measurement results within the evaluation period (TEvaluate_CBD() with the configured threshold Qin_LR(L1-RSRP). The candidate beam with the measurement result higher than the threshold is selected as the new available beam.

[0129] The UE notifies the network of the new available beam found so that the network knows that it can use the new beam for downlink transmission.

[0130] After acquiring the RRM measurement relaxation parameter, the UE may stop the RRM measurement for a period of time or reduce the RRM measurement frequency according to the RRM measurement relaxation parameter.

[0131] RRM measurement includes measuring the SSB of the serving cell and / or the SSB of the neighboring cells, and performing cell handover and / or cell reselection based on the SSB measurement results. Neighboring cells can include: same-frequency neighboring cells, different-frequency neighboring cells, and / or different-system neighboring cells.

[0132] like Figure 3 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a UE, and the method includes:

[0133] S310: Send the capability information of the UE to a network node.

[0134] The UE may be a UE supporting dual connectivity and / or a UE having dual connectivity.

[0135] In some cases, the capability information is used by the network node to determine a measurement relaxation parameter and / or is used by the network node to determine whether to instruct the UE to relax measurement of wireless signals.

[0136] The measurement relaxation parameter here may be the measurement relaxation parameter provided in any of the aforementioned embodiments.

[0137] Exemplarily, the capability information indicates the relaxed measurements supported by the UE and / or indicates the degree of relaxation of wireless signal measurements supported by the UE, so that the network node can determine whether the UE supports relaxation of wireless signal measurements and / or the degree of relaxation when the UE supports relaxation of wireless signal measurements based on the capability information.

[0138] In some embodiments, the UE capability information reporting can be the same as the aforementioned Figure 2 The methods shown can be used in combination or individually. Figure 3As shown, after the UE reports the capability information, the network node determines the measurement relaxation parameters of the UE for measurement relaxation of the MCG and / or SCG according to the capability information of the UE, and sends the determined measurement relaxation parameters to the UE in S320.

[0139] Exemplarily, the capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0140] A first capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation;

[0141] A second capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation;

[0142] The third capability indicator indicates whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation.

[0143] The first capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RLM measurement relaxation.

[0144] The second capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation and the UE does not support BFD measurement relaxation.

[0145] The third capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RRM measurement relaxation.

[0146] In some embodiments, the capability information may include a field, and different bits of the field may correspond to one or more of the first capability indicator, the second capability indicator, and the third capability indicator, respectively.

[0147] In some embodiments, if the measurement relaxation capabilities supported by the UE are associated with each other, then the UE's support for two or three of the RLM, BFD, and RRM measurement relaxations may be uniformly indicated. For example, assuming that the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation, it means that the UE also synchronously supports RLM measurement relaxation. In this case, a single indicator may be used to synchronously indicate whether the UE supports the relaxation of these two measurements, thereby reducing bit overhead.

[0148] In some embodiments, the capability information includes:

[0149] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the UE's measurement relaxation capability for all cell groups (Cell Group, CG);

[0150] The second type of capability information separately indicates the UE's ability to relax measurement for a Master Cell Group (MCG) and / or the UE's ability to relax measurement for a Secondary Cell Group (SCG);

[0151] The third type of capability information indicates the association between the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and the UE's measurement relaxation capability for SCG.

[0152] For a dual-connected UE, the wireless measurement performed by the UE may include: measurement of a primary cell and measurement of a secondary cell.

[0153] One of the cell groups may include at least one cell.

[0154] The first type of capability information will uniformly indicate the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and SCG. At this time, if the first type of capability information indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation, it means that the UE supports measurement relaxation on both MCG and SCG. If the first type of capability information indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation, it means that the UE does not support measurement relaxation on both MCG and SCG.

[0155] The first type of capability information can be indicated by one bit, and has the characteristic of low bit overhead.

[0156] The second type of capability information is a separate indication of whether the UE supports relaxation to distinguish CGs. For example, the second type of capability information includes: an indicator indicating whether the UE supports MCG measurement relaxation and / or an indicator indicating whether the UE supports SCG measurement relaxation. For example, the second type of capability indication information can be set with two bits for each measurement, one bit for indicating whether the UE supports relaxation in MCG measurements, and the other bit for indicating whether the UE supports relaxation in SCG measurements.

[0157] The third type of capability information is an associated indication. For example, if the UE indicates that RLM measurement relaxation on the MCG is supported, then it must support RLM measurement relaxation on the SCG, which can be indicated by the third type of capability information. For another example, if the UE supports BDF measurement relaxation on the SCG, it can be considered that it must support BDF measurement relaxation on the MCG.

[0158] Exemplarily, the S310 may include at least one of the following:

[0159] The UE adopts EN-DC dual connectivity and sends the first type capability information of the UE to the SN node or the MN node of the EN-DC dual connectivity;

[0160] The UE adopts NE-DC dual connectivity and sends the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NE-DC dual connectivity;

[0161] The UE adopts NR-DC dual connection and sends the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NR-DC dual connection.

[0162] The first type of capability information is sent to the MN node or the SN node according to the dual connectivity type of the UE. If the network node configures the measurement relaxation parameter, the network node receiving the capability information can configure it and send it to the UE, thereby reducing the information exchange between the MN node and the SN node connected to the UE.

[0163] In some embodiments, the sending the capability information of the UE to the network node includes at least one of the following:

[0164] Sending the second type of capability information, which separately indicates the UE's capability to relax MCG measurement, to the MN node;

[0165] The second type of capability information, which solely indicates the UE's SCG measurement relaxation capability, is sent to the SN node.

[0166] If the UE reports the second type of capability information, the second type of capability information for MCG measurement relaxation capability will be reported to the MN node, and the second type of capability information for SCG measurement relaxation capability of the UE will be sent to the SN node.

[0167] In some embodiments, the sending the capability information of the UE to the network node includes at least one of the following:

[0168] Sending the capability information to the MN node via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the MN node;

[0169] In response to the SN node being configured with an SRB, sending the capability information to the SN node via the SRB of the SN node;

[0170] In response to the SN node not being configured with an SRB, the capability information is sent to the MN node via the SRB of the MN node, wherein the capability information is forwarded or transparently transmitted by the MN node to the SN node.

[0171] Typically, the UE's MN node is configured with an SRB for signaling with the UE, while the SN node may not be configured with an SRB for signaling with the UE. In this case, the UE's second-category capability information for both MCG and SCG measurement relaxation can be sent to the MN node via the SRB configured by the MN node. If the UE sends the second-category capability information for SCG measurement relaxation, the MN node will forward or transparently transmit it to the SN node after receiving it.

[0172] If the SN node itself is configured with an SRB, the UE may choose to send the second type of capability information to the SN node through the SRB configured by the SN node.

[0173] Of course, in some cases, even if the SN node is configured with SRB, considering that the MN node may know the UE's ability to relax SCG measurements, the UE can still choose to send the second type of capability information for SCG measurement relaxation capability to the MN node through the SRB configured by the MN node.

[0174] For example, the MN node may configure SRB1 and / or SRB2 for the UE. If the SN node is configured with SRBs for communicating with the UE, it may be configured with at least SRB3.

[0175] If the UE sends capability information to the MN node, the UE may send the capability information to the MN node via SRB1. Similarly, if the UE sends capability information to the SN node, the capability information may be sent to the SN node via SRB3.

[0176] like Figure 4 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a UE, and the method includes:

[0177] S410: In response to detecting that a measurement relaxation condition is met, sending measurement relaxation request information to a network node; wherein the measurement relaxation request information is used to trigger the network node to determine whether to allow the UE to relax measurement.

[0178] The information processing method may be executed independently or in combination with the aforementioned embodiments.

[0179] For example, the measurement relaxation condition may be indicated by the measurement relaxation criterion in the aforementioned measurement relaxation parameter.

[0180] The network node here may be any one of the aforementioned MN nodes and / or SN nodes corresponding to the dual connectivity.

[0181] Exemplarily, after receiving a measurement relaxation parameter from a network node or determining the measurement relaxation parameter to be used according to a protocol agreement, the UE determines whether the current situation meets the relaxation condition based on the measurement relaxation criteria in the measurement relaxation parameter. If the relaxation condition is met, the UE sends a measurement relaxation request message to the network node. If the network node allows the UE to relax the measurement, the UE will receive a confirmation indication. If the network node does not allow the UE to relax the measurement, the UE may receive a negative indication or no response. If the UE receives the confirmation indication, it performs at least one measurement relaxation of RLM measurement, RRM measurement, and / or BFD measurement according to the relaxation configuration in the measurement relaxation parameter. Otherwise, the UE does not relax the measurement.

[0182] In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is performed by a UE. The method includes:

[0183] In response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied, a notification is sent to the network node, the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied.

[0184] The information processing method may be executed independently or in combination with the aforementioned embodiments.

[0185] For example, the measurement relaxation condition may be indicated by the measurement relaxation criterion in the aforementioned measurement relaxation parameter.

[0186] The network node here may be any one of the aforementioned MN nodes and / or SN nodes corresponding to the dual connectivity.

[0187] Exemplarily, after receiving a measurement relaxation parameter from a network node or determining the measurement relaxation parameter to be used according to a protocol agreement, the UE determines whether the current situation meets the relaxation condition based on the measurement relaxation criteria in the measurement relaxation parameter. If the relaxation condition is met, the UE sends a measurement notification to the network node. If the network node allows the UE to relax the measurement, the UE will receive an acknowledgment. If the network node does not allow the UE to relax the measurement, the UE may receive a denial or no response. After receiving the acknowledgment, the UE performs at least one of RLM measurement, RRM measurement, and / or BFD measurement relaxation according to the relaxation configuration in the measurement relaxation parameter. Otherwise, the UE does not relax the measurement.

[0188] like Figure 5A As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a UE, and the method includes:

[0189] S510A: In response to detecting that a measurement relaxation condition is met, sending measurement relaxation request information to a network node; wherein the measurement relaxation request information is used to trigger the network node to determine whether to allow the UE to relax measurement;

[0190] S520A: Receive a measurement relaxation indication returned based on the measurement relaxation request information;

[0191] S530A: In response to the measurement relaxation indication allowing the UE to relax measurement, measure wireless signals according to the relaxation configuration of the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0192] After the dual-connected UE detects that the measurement relaxation conditions are met, it sends a measurement relaxation request message to the network node. After the MN node and / or SN node of the dual-connected UE receives the measurement sending request message, if the MN node and / or SN node allows the UE to relax the measurement, the UE may receive an enable indication in the measurement relaxation indication. If the MN node and / or SN node does not allow the UE to relax the measurement, the UE may not receive the enable indication in the measurement relaxation indication or may receive a disable indication.

[0193] like Figure 5B As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a UE, and the method includes:

[0194] S510B: In response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied, sending a notification to the network node indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied;

[0195] S520B: Receive a measurement relaxation instruction returned based on the notification;

[0196] S530B: In response to the measurement relaxation indication allowing the UE to relax measurement, measure wireless signals according to the relaxation configuration of the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0197] After the dual-connected UE detects that the measurement relaxation conditions are met, it sends a notification to the network node. After the MN node and / or SN node of the dual-connected UE receives the notification, if the MN node and / or SN node allows the UE to relax the measurement, the UE may receive an enable indication in the measurement relaxation indication; if the MN node and / or SN node does not allow the UE to relax the measurement, the UE may not receive the enable indication in the measurement relaxation indication or may receive a disable indication.

[0198] When the network node indicates that the UE is allowed to send measurements, the UE may measure radio signals according to the relaxation configuration in the measurement release parameter. The relaxation configuration may include: a stop measurement configuration and / or a reduce measurement frequency configuration. If the stop measurement configuration is used, the UE will stop measuring radio signals for a period of time. If the reduce measurement frequency configuration is used, the UE will reduce the measurement frequency of the radio signals.

[0199] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation indication includes one of the following:

[0200] An enabling indication, enabling the UE measurement relaxation;

[0201] A disabling indication is used to disable the UE measurement relaxation.

[0202] The enabling indication may trigger the UE to start measurement relaxation; the disabling indication may instruct the UE to stop measurement transmission and / or not start measurement transmission.

[0203] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation indication may be included in a measurement relaxation parameter and sent to the UE. If included in the measurement relaxation parameter and sent to the UE, the measurement relaxation indication may be explicitly indicated by the network device, or implicitly indicated by whether other content in the measurement relaxation parameter is sent. The other content herein includes, but is not limited to, measurement relaxation criteria and / or measurement relaxation configuration.

[0204] In the aforementioned embodiment, satisfying the measurement relaxation condition may include:

[0205] The first condition is satisfied when: the displacement of the UE within a preset time period is less than a first threshold, and / or the fluctuation value of the wireless signal quality measured by the UE is less than a third threshold;

[0206] or,

[0207] The second condition is met if: the wireless signal quality measured by the UE is greater than a second threshold.

[0208] If the displacement of the UE within a preset time period is less than the first threshold and / or the change in the wireless signal quality is less than the third threshold, it can be considered that the UE's mobility state meets the stationary condition and / or quasi-stationary or low mobility state. At this time, it means that the probability of the UE performing cell switching and / or beam switching based on the measurement results of various wireless signal measurements is relatively small, and the UE's measurement of wireless signals can be appropriately reduced, thereby reducing the power consumed by the UE measurement and extending the standby time.

[0209] The preset duration may be any duration value defined by the relaxation condition. For example, the duration value may be 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 1 minute, or 30 seconds.

[0210] If the UE moves very little, assuming that the transmission power of the wireless signal of the MCG and / or SCG remains stable, under the same wireless environment, the wireless signal quality measured by the UE will also remain relatively stable.

[0211] For example, the wireless signal quality may be a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) or a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) obtained by the UE measuring the synchronization signal block and / or the channel state information reference signal.

[0212] If the wireless signal quality measured by the UE is higher than the corresponding wireless signal quality threshold, it also indicates that the UE has moved very little or is in the center of the cell. In this case, the wireless signal measurement can be appropriately stopped and / or the measurement frequency can be reduced to reduce the UE's power consumption and extend the UE's standby time.

[0213] In some embodiments, if the wireless signal quality measured by the UE is always good, the UE can continue to reside in the current serving cell even if there are certain fluctuations. Therefore, whether the measurement relaxation condition is met can be determined solely based on whether the wireless signal quality value measured by the UE is greater than the second threshold.

[0214] The fluctuation value may be the variance or standard deviation of the wireless signal quality measured by the UE over a period of time, or the difference between the maximum and minimum values ​​of the wireless signal quality measured by the UE over a period of time. The fluctuation value more intuitively reflects the fluctuation of the wireless signal quality measured by the UE. Thus, in some embodiments, whether the current situation meets the measurement relaxation condition can be determined solely based on the fluctuation value of the wireless signal quality.

[0215] In order to accurately control whether the UE performs measurement relaxation, when determining whether the measurement relaxation condition is met based on the wireless signal quality, it is also possible to determine whether the current situation meets the measurement relaxation condition based on whether the wireless signal quality is higher than a second threshold and the fluctuation value of the wireless signal quality.

[0216] Exemplarily, satisfying the second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0217] The wireless signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE is greater than the MCG signal quality threshold, and / or the wireless signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE is greater than the MCG fluctuation threshold;

[0218] The radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE is greater than an SCG signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE is greater than an SCG fluctuation threshold;

[0219] The wireless signal quality of the MCG and / or the SCG measured by the UE is greater than a common signal quality threshold, and / or the wireless signal quality of the MCG and / or the SCG measured by the UE is greater than a common fluctuation threshold.

[0220] Measuring the radio signal quality of the MCG is to measure the radio signal quality of the cell of the MCG, for example, the radio signal quality of the primary cell (Pcell) of the MCG; or the radio signal quality of all MCG cells;

[0221] Measuring the radio signal quality of the SCG means measuring the radio signal quality of the cells of the SCG, such as the radio signal quality of the primary cell (Pscell) of the SCG; or the radio signal quality of all SCG cells;

[0222] Considering the location of the UE, the MCG and SCG can be configured with the same threshold or different thresholds.

[0223] When the thresholds for MCG and SCG are configured independently, the MCG signal quality threshold may be equal to or not equal to the SCG signal quality threshold; the SCG fluctuation quality threshold may be equal to or not equal to the MCG signal quality threshold.

[0224] If a common signal threshold and a common fluctuation threshold are used, the UE will only receive one signal quality threshold and / or one fluctuation threshold. The UE uses this signal quality threshold and / or this fluctuation threshold for both SCG and MCG measurements to determine whether the measurement relaxation conditions are met.

[0225] Exemplarily, in some embodiments, the detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied and sending measurement relaxation request information to the network node may specifically include at least one of the following.

[0226] If the UE measures the radio signal quality of the MCG to meet the measurement relaxation condition, the UE may send a notification to the network node that the radio signal quality of the MCG meets the measurement relaxation condition or report measurement relaxation request information requesting to relax the MCG measurement;

[0227] If the UE measures the radio signal quality of the SCG to meet the measurement relaxation condition, the UE may send a notification to the network node that the radio signal quality of the SCG meets the measurement relaxation condition or report measurement relaxation request information requesting to relax the SCG measurement;

[0228] If the UE measures the radio signal quality of the MCG to meet the measurement relaxation condition, the UE may send a notification to the network node that the radio signal quality of the MCG meets the measurement relaxation condition or report a request to relax the MCG measurement and the SCG measurement relaxation request information;

[0229] If the UE measures the radio signal quality of the SCG and meets the measurement relaxation condition, the UE may send a notification to the network node that the radio signal quality of the SCG meets the measurement relaxation condition or report a request to relax the SCG measurement and the MCG measurement relaxation request information;

[0230] If the UE measures that the wireless signal quality of MCG meets the measurement relaxation conditions and the wireless signal quality of SCG meets the measurement relaxation conditions, the UE can notify the network that the wireless signal quality of MCG and SCG meets the measurement relaxation conditions or report measurement relaxation request information, which can request to relax MCG measurement and / or SCG measurement.

[0231] If the measured wireless signal quality of a CG group meets the measurement relaxation conditions, a request is made to relax the wireless signal measurement of the corresponding CG, which can minimize the UE's wireless measurement while ensuring stable communication quality for both connections of the UE.

[0232] If the wireless signal quality of one of the CG groups is measured to meet the measurement relaxation conditions, a request is made to relax the wireless measurements of MCG and SCG at the same time, so as to reduce the wireless measurements of the UE as much as possible, thereby minimizing the power consumption of the UE caused by wireless measurements.

[0233] If it is detected that the wireless signal quality of both MCG and SCG meets the measurement relaxation conditions, a request is made to relax the measurement, which can ensure the communication quality of the UE's dual connection as much as possible while appropriately reducing the power consumption of the UE caused by the measurement.

[0234] In one embodiment, in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met, sending measurement relaxation request information to the network node or sending a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node includes:

[0235] In response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met, the measurement relaxation request information is sent to the network node through the SRB of the network node, or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met is sent to the network node.

[0236] The UE reports the measurement relaxation request information or notification to the corresponding network node through the SRB coordinated by the MN node and / or the SN node.

[0237] Exemplarily, the measuring relaxation parameters includes:

[0238] The first type of relaxation configuration is a unified measurement relaxation configuration for all cell groups. In some embodiments, the first type of relaxation configuration may be a relaxation configuration for the entire UE and may be considered as a UE-level configuration.

[0239] The second type of relaxation configuration is a measurement relaxation configuration specifically for the MCG and / or a measurement relaxation configuration specifically for the SCG. In some embodiments, the second type of relaxation configuration may be a configuration specifically for the CG, that is, a configuration of CG granularity.

[0240] The first type of relaxation configuration is the measurement relaxation configuration for both MCG and SCG. The UE will relax the wireless measurement of MCG and SCG according to the same measurement relaxation configuration, or only measure MCG. For example, in the low mobility measurement configuration, the terminal only measures the Pcell of MCG.

[0241] The second type of relaxation configuration is a measurement relaxation configuration that distinguishes CGs. For example, if the measurement relaxation configuration included in the measurement relaxation parameter is a second type of relaxation configuration, it may include: measurement relaxation configuration of MCG and / or measurement relaxation configuration of SCG. When the UE performs measurement relaxation, it will relax the wireless measurement of the MCG according to the measurement relaxation configuration of the MCG; and / or, according to the measurement relaxation configuration of the SCG, relax the wireless measurement of the SCG. The measurement can be a measurement decision for each cell under a certain CG or a combined decision for all cells (Cell).

[0242] If the relaxation measurement parameters adopt the second type of relaxation measurement configuration, they can be flexibly configured according to the conditions of MCG and SCG.

[0243] In some embodiments, the receiving the measurement relaxation parameter sent by the network node includes:

[0244] receiving the first type of relaxation configuration sent by the MN node;

[0245] or,

[0246] receiving the second type of relaxed configuration sent by the MN node specifically for the MCG, and / or receiving the second type of relaxed configuration sent by the SN node specifically for the SCG;

[0247] or,

[0248] Receive the second type of relaxed measurement configuration sent by the MN node specifically for the MCG, and / or receive the second type of relaxed configuration sent by the MN node specifically for the SCG.

[0249] If the measurement relaxation parameter includes the first type of relaxation configuration, and the UE receives the measurement relaxation configuration from the network node, then the UE receives the measurement relaxation parameter from the MN node, or at least receives the first type of relaxation configuration from the MN node.

[0250] If the measurement relaxation parameters include the second type of relaxation configuration, the UE may receive the second type of relaxation configuration for MCG from the MN node alone, and the second type of relaxation configuration for SCG from the SN node may also be sent uniformly by the MN node to the UE.

[0251] In some embodiments, if the relaxation configuration is received from the MN node, all measurement relaxation parameters can be received uniformly from the MN node; if the relaxation configuration is received from the SN node, all post-measurement relaxation parameters can be received uniformly from the SN node, thereby reducing the number of interactions between the UE and the MN node and reducing power consumption caused by excessive interactions, such as in EN-DC scenarios.

[0252] If the measurement relaxation parameter is sent by the MN node, the UE may receive the measurement relaxation parameter on an SRB configured by the MN node (e.g., SRB1). If the measurement relaxation parameter is sent by the SN node, the UE may receive the measurement relaxation parameter on an SRB configured by the SN node (e.g., SRB3).

[0253] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation configuration can be divided into multiple parameter sets, and the above different delivery methods can be combined. For example, the first type of relaxation configuration parameters are uniformly delivered to the UE via the MN node, while the second type of relaxation configuration parameters can be delivered to the UE separately from the MN node and the SN node.

[0254] like Figure 6 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is performed by a network node, the network node including: an MN node or an SN node of a dual-connected UE; the method includes:

[0255] S610: Sending measurement relaxation related information to the UE;

[0256] The relevant information includes at least one of the following:

[0257] a measurement relaxation parameter, used for measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0258] The measurement relaxation indication is used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE.

[0259] The network node may exchange measurement relaxation parameters associated with the measurement relaxation with the dual-connection UE.

[0260] The measurement relaxation parameter may be used for relaxing the measurement of radio signals sent by one or more network nodes to which the UE is connected.

[0261] Exemplarily, the measuring relaxation parameter may include:

[0262] a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition for performing measurement relaxation;

[0263] and / or,

[0264] The measurement relaxation configuration is used to relax the UE's radio signal measurement.

[0265] The measurement frequency of wireless signal measurements performed according to the measurement relaxation configuration is lower than the measurement frequency performed not according to the measurement relaxation configuration.

[0266] The measurement relaxation configuration may include at least one of the following:

[0267] a stop measurement parameter, used to instruct the UE to determine to stop radio signal measurement. Exemplarily, the stop measurement parameter may be used at least for the UE to determine a start and end time for stopping radio signal measurement;

[0268] A measurement period determination parameter, used to determine the measurement period after the wireless signal measurement frequency is reduced;

[0269] An evaluation period determination parameter for determining an evaluation period after evaluation is reduced after measurement relaxation;

[0270] The detection period determination parameter is used to determine the detection period after the detection period is reduced after the measurement is relaxed.

[0271] The network nodes here may all be base stations. The base stations may be eNBs and / or gNBs.

[0272] The network node executing the information processing method may be an MN node or SN node of a dual-connected UE. Exemplarily, the UE adopts Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio (E-UTRAN-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node executing the information processing method includes: an SN node of the E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity;

[0273] or,

[0274] The UE adopts the next generation radio access Universal Terrestrial Radio Access - New Radio NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, and the network node executing the information processing method includes: an SN node of NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity;

[0275] or,

[0276] The UE adopts the New Radio-Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity, and the network node executing the information processing method includes: an MN node of the NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity;

[0277] or,

[0278] The UE adopts new radio-new radio NR-NR dual connection, and the network node executing the information processing method includes: an MN node of NR-NR dual connection and / or an SN node of NR-NR dual connection.

[0279] Through the interaction of the relevant information, the dual-connection UE can relax the radio signal measurement, thereby reducing the power consumption caused by the measurement and extending the standby time of the UE.

[0280] like Figure 7 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is performed by a network node, the network node including: an MN node or an SN node of a dual-connected UE; the method includes:

[0281] S710: Receive capability information of the UE, where the capability information indicates the measurement relaxation capability of the UE.

[0282] The information processing method may be implemented in combination with the information processing method executed by the aforementioned network node, or may be implemented independently of the information processing method executed by the aforementioned network node.

[0283] Exemplarily, the capability information is used to determine the measurement relaxation parameter. The measurement relaxation parameter determined by the network node may be released to the UE so that the UE can perform measurement relaxation. Exemplarily, the capability information may also be used by the network node to determine the measurement relaxation parameter selected by the UE. In this way, the UE can determine the measurement relaxation parameter used in the measurement relaxation entered by the UE without reporting the measurement relaxation parameter selected by the UE according to the protocol.

[0284] In some embodiments, the capability information includes:

[0285] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the UE's measurement relaxation capability for all CGs;

[0286] The second type of capability information separately indicates the UE's ability to relax measurement for the primary MCG and / or the UE's ability to relax measurement for the SCG;

[0287] The third type of capability information indicates the association between the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and the UE's measurement relaxation capability for SCG.

[0288] One of the cell groups may include at least one cell.

[0289] The first type of capability information will uniformly indicate the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and SCG. At this time, if the first type of capability information indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation, it means that the UE supports measurement relaxation on both MCG and SCG. If the first type of capability information indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation, it means that the UE does not support measurement relaxation on both MCG and SCG.

[0290] The first type of capability information can be indicated by one bit, and has the characteristic of low bit overhead.

[0291] The second type of capability information is a separate indication of whether the UE supports relaxation to distinguish CGs. For example, the second type of capability information includes: an indicator indicating whether the UE supports MCG measurement relaxation and / or an indicator indicating whether the UE supports SCG measurement relaxation. For example, the second type of capability indication information can be set with two bits for each measurement, one bit for indicating whether the UE supports relaxation in MCG measurements, and the other bit for indicating whether the UE supports relaxation in SCG measurements.

[0292] The third type of capability information is an associated indication. For example, if the UE indicates that RLM measurement relaxation on the MCG is supported, then it must support RLM measurement relaxation on the SCG, which can be indicated by the third type of capability information. For another example, if the UE supports BDF measurement relaxation on the SCG, it can be considered that it must support BDF measurement relaxation on the MCG.

[0293] In some embodiments, the capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0294] A first capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation;

[0295] A second capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation;

[0296] The third capability indicator indicates whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation.

[0297] The first capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RLM measurement relaxation.

[0298] The second capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation and the UE does not support BFD measurement relaxation.

[0299] The third capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RRM measurement relaxation.

[0300] In some embodiments, the capability information may include a field, and different bits of the field may correspond to one or more of the first capability indicator, the second capability indicator, and the third capability indicator, respectively.

[0301] In some embodiments, if the measurement relaxation capabilities supported by the UE are associated with each other, then the UE's support for two or three of RLM, BFD, and RRM measurement relaxations may be uniformly indicated. For example, assuming that the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation, this indicates that the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation. In this case, a single indicator may be used to simultaneously indicate whether the UE supports both measurement relaxations, thereby reducing bit overhead.

[0302] In some embodiments, the S710 may include:

[0303] In response to the network node being the MN node, the MN node receives the capability information of the UE in an SRB configured by the MN node;

[0304] or,

[0305] In response to the network node being the SN node and the SN node being configured with an SRB, the SN node receiving the capability information of the UE on the SRB configured by the SN node;

[0306] or,

[0307] In response to the network node being the MN node and the SN node not being configured with an SRB, the MN node receives an SRB containing the capability information from the UE on the SRB configured by the SN node, wherein at least part of the capability information indicating the UE's measurement relaxation capability for the SCG is sent by the MN node to the SN node.

[0308] Typically, the UE's MN node is configured with an SRB for signaling with the UE, while the SN node may not be configured with an SRB for signaling with the UE. In this case, the UE's capability information for both MCG and SCG measurement relaxation can be sent to the MN node via the SRB configured by the MN node. If the UE sends capability information for SCG measurement relaxation, the MN node will forward it to the SN node after receiving it.

[0309] In some embodiments, the sending of information related to measurement relaxation to the UE includes at least one of the following:

[0310] In response to the network node being the MN node, sending measurement relaxation parameters for all CGs to the UE;

[0311] In response to the network node being the MN node, sending a measurement relaxation parameter for the MCG to the UE;

[0312] In response to the network node being the SN node and the SN node being configured with an SRB, sending a measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG to the UE;

[0313] In response to the network node being the MN node and the SN node not being configured with an SRB, a measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG is sent to the UE.

[0314] Here, the measurement relaxation parameters for all SGs are the measurement relaxation parameters for both MCG and SCG.

[0315] Typically, the MN node of a UE is configured with an SRB for signaling with the UE, while the SN node may not be configured with an SRB for signaling with the UE. Therefore, in some embodiments, whether the measurement relaxation parameters are for all CGs or for individual MCGs or SCGs, the MN node can send them to the UE via its own configured SRB. If the SN node is also configured with an SRB, the SN node can also send them to the UE via its own configured SRB.

[0316] In summary, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the aforementioned related information and capability information may be transmitted via an RRC message corresponding to the SRB or user assistance information (UAI).

[0317] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0318] Before the MN node sends the measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG to the UE, the MN node receives auxiliary information for sending the measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG from the SN node.

[0319] The auxiliary information may be used for the MN node's measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG and / or the timing for sending the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG.

[0320] For example, the auxiliary information can be directly the measurement relaxation parameters for SCG provided by the SN node, and the MN node can send the measurement relaxation parameters for SCG received from the SN node to the UE; it can also be the measurement relaxation parameters for SCG appropriately adjusted in combination with its own configured measurement relaxation parameters for MCG before sending them down to the UE.

[0321] For another example, the auxiliary information may be: the SN node selects one or more sets of measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG, for the MN node to select and send to the UE the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG.

[0322] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0323] Receiving measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that a measurement relaxation condition is satisfied; wherein the measurement relaxation request information is reported by the UE when detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied;

[0324] The sending the relevant information of measurement relaxation to the UE includes:

[0325] sending the measurement relaxation indication to the UE according to the measurement relaxation request information or the notification.

[0326] The network node may also receive measurement relaxation request information sent by the UE when it detects that the current situation meets the measurement relaxation conditions. At this time, the network node may determine whether to allow the UE to relax measurement based on the communication requirements between the network side and the UE and / or the network environment, etc. If the network node allows the UE to relax measurement, it sends an indication to the UE indicating that the UE is allowed to relax measurement or that the UE is enabled to relax measurement; otherwise, it sends an indication to prohibit the UE or disable the UE from relaxing measurement.

[0327] Exemplarily, the measurement relaxation indication includes one of the following:

[0328] An enabling indication, enabling the UE measurement relaxation;

[0329] A disabling indication is used to disable the UE measurement relaxation.

[0330] The measurement relaxation indication may include one bit, and two bit values ​​of the bit may correspond to an enable indication or a disable indication, respectively.

[0331] In other embodiments, the measurement relaxation indication may only include an enable indication. If the network node prohibits or disables the UE's measurement relaxation, the network node may not return the enable indication to the UE. In this way, if the UE does not receive the enable indication after the preset time length of sending the measurement relaxation request information, it is assumed that the network node does not agree to the UE's measurement relaxation.

[0332] In some other embodiments, the measurement relaxation indication may only include a disabling indication. If the network node allows the UE to relax its measurements, the network node does not send the disabling indication to the UE within a preset duration after receiving the measurement relaxation request information. Otherwise, the network node may send the disabling indication within the preset duration. In this way, if the UE receives the disabling indication within the preset duration, it knows that the network node does not agree to its measurement relaxation. If the UE does not receive the disabling indication within the preset duration, the UE may assume that the network node agrees to its measurement relaxation and relax the measurement of the wireless signal after the preset duration expires or when it detects that the measurement relaxation conditions are met again.

[0333] In some embodiments, measuring the relaxation parameter comprises at least one of the following:

[0334] RLM measures relaxation parameters;

[0335] BFD measures relaxation parameters;

[0336] RRM measures relaxation parameters.

[0337] The details of the RLM measurement relaxation parameter, the BFD measurement relaxation parameter, and the RRM measurement relaxation parameter can be found in any of the aforementioned embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0338] In some embodiments, measuring a relaxation parameter comprises:

[0339] a measurement relaxation criterion, indicating a measurement relaxation condition for the UE;

[0340] The relaxation configuration is used for measurement relaxation of the UE.

[0341] If the measurement relaxation parameter is an RLM measurement relaxation parameter, the RLM measurement relaxation parameter may include:

[0342] RLM measurement relaxation criteria, indicating that the UE relaxes the measurement relaxation conditions of the RLM measurement;

[0343] RLM relaxation configuration is used by UE to relax RLM measurements.

[0344] If the measurement relaxation parameter is an RRM measurement relaxation parameter, the RRM measurement relaxation parameter may include:

[0345] RRM measurement relaxation criteria, instructing the UE to relax the measurement relaxation conditions of RRM measurements;

[0346] RRM relaxation configuration is used by the UE to relax RRM measurements.

[0347] If the measurement relaxation parameter is a BFD measurement relaxation parameter, the BFD measurement relaxation parameter may include:

[0348] BFD measurement relaxation criteria, instructing the UE to relax the measurement relaxation conditions of BFD measurement;

[0349] BFD relaxation configuration is used by the UE to relax BFD measurements.

[0350] In some embodiments, measuring the relaxation condition comprises:

[0351] First condition: the displacement of the UE within a preset time period is less than a first threshold, and / or the fluctuation value of the wireless signal quality measured by the UE within a second time period is less than a third threshold;

[0352] or,

[0353] Second condition: the wireless signal quality measured by the UE within the second time period is greater than a second threshold.

[0354] The first to third thresholds used in the first and second conditions may be the same or different for different measurements. For example, the thresholds used in the first and / or second conditions for RRM measurements may be different from the thresholds used in the first and / or second conditions for RLM measurements.

[0355] It is worth noting that in some cases, the configuration related to the measurement relaxation condition may be included in the measurement relaxation parameter, while in other cases, the configuration related to the measurement relaxation condition may not be included in the measurement relaxation parameter. For example, the measurement relaxation condition may be agreed upon by a protocol, and the measurement relaxation configuration may be dynamically sent to the UE by the network node. In this way, the network node can provide a measurement relaxation configuration suitable for the UE's current location based on the UE's subscription data, the current wireless environment, and / or base station configuration.

[0356] Exemplarily, satisfying the second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0357] The radio signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE within the second time period is greater than the MCG signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE within the second time period is greater than the MCG fluctuation threshold;

[0358] The radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE within the second time period is greater than the SCG signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE within the second time period is greater than the SCG fluctuation threshold;

[0359] The wireless signal quality of the MCG and / or the SCG measured by the UE during the second time period is greater than a common signal quality threshold, and / or the wireless signal quality of the MCG and / or the SCG measured by the UE during the second time period is greater than a common fluctuation threshold.

[0360] like Figure 8 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by an SN node, and the method includes:

[0361] S810: Transmitting information associated with UE measurement relaxation to the MN node;

[0362] The associated information includes at least one of the following:

[0363] Capability information, used to determine measurement relaxation parameters of the UE;

[0364] A measurement relaxation indication, used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0365] Measured relaxation parameters for SCG;

[0366] The auxiliary information is used by the MN node to determine the measurement relaxation parameter of the UE for the SCG.

[0367] The information processing method is applied to the SN node of the dual-connection UE.

[0368] The SN node may be: various types of dual-connected SN nodes, for example, an SN node of MR-DC, an SN node of EN-DC, a dual-connected NGEN-DC, an SN node of NE-DC, or an SN node of NR-DC.

[0369] The SN node is configured with SRB for the dual-connected UE, or is not configured with SRB. If the SN node is not configured with SRB for the dual-connected UE, the capability information, measurement relaxation parameters for SCG and / or measurement relaxation indication exchanged between the SN node and the UE are forwarded or transparently transmitted by the MN node.

[0370] If the SN node is configured with an SRB for a dual-connected UE, the SN node may exchange all or part of the capability information, the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG, and / or the measurement relaxation indication with the UE. However, the SN node may still forward or transparently transmit part or all of the capability information, the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG, and / or the measurement relaxation indication on the SN node's behalf.

[0371] The MN node and the SN node to which the dual-connected UE is connected will carry one or more information related to UE measurement relaxation, which may be referred to as associated information.

[0372] The capability information may be information reported by the UE to the MN node and sent by the MN node to the SN node, indicating whether the UE supports measurement relaxation.

[0373] The capability information received by the SN node may be at least the UE's measurement relaxation capability for the SCG.

[0374] Exemplarily, the capability information indicates the relaxed measurements supported by the UE and / or indicates the degree of relaxation of wireless signal measurements supported by the UE, so that the network node can determine whether the UE supports relaxation of wireless signal measurements and / or the degree of relaxation when the UE supports relaxation of wireless signal measurements based on the capability information.

[0375] In some embodiments, the UE capability information reporting can be the same as the aforementioned Figure 2 The methods shown can be used in combination or individually. Exemplarily, the capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0376] A first capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation;

[0377] A second capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation;

[0378] The third capability indicator indicates whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation.

[0379] The first capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RLM measurement relaxation.

[0380] The second capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation and the UE does not support BFD measurement relaxation.

[0381] The third capability indicator may consist of one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RRM measurement relaxation.

[0382] In some embodiments, the capability information may include a field, and different bits of the field may correspond to one or more of the first capability indicator, the second capability indicator, and the third capability indicator, respectively.

[0383] In some embodiments, if the measurement relaxation capabilities supported by the UE are associated with each other, then the UE's support for two or three of RLM, BFD, and RRM measurement relaxations may be uniformly indicated. For example, assuming that the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation, this indicates that the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation. In this case, a single indicator may be used to simultaneously indicate whether the UE supports both measurement relaxations, thereby reducing bit overhead.

[0384] In some embodiments, the capability information includes:

[0385] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the UE's measurement relaxation capability for all cell groups (Cell Group, CG);

[0386] The second type of capability information separately indicates the UE's ability to relax measurement for a Master Cell Group (MCG) and / or the UE's ability to relax measurement for a Secondary Cell Group (SCG);

[0387] The third type of capability information indicates the association between the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and the UE's measurement relaxation capability for SCG.

[0388] For a dual-connected UE, the wireless measurement performed by the UE may include: measurement of a primary cell and measurement of a secondary cell.

[0389] One of the cell groups may include at least one cell.

[0390] The first type of capability information will uniformly indicate the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and SCG. At this time, if the first type of capability information indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation, it means that the UE supports measurement relaxation on both MCG and SCG. If the first type of capability information indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation, it means that the UE does not support measurement relaxation on both MCG and SCG.

[0391] The first type of capability information can be indicated by one bit, and has the characteristic of low bit overhead.

[0392] The second type of capability information is a separate indication of whether the UE supports relaxation to distinguish CGs. For example, the second type of capability information includes: an indicator indicating whether the UE supports MCG measurement relaxation and / or an indicator indicating whether the UE supports SCG measurement relaxation. For example, the second type of capability indication information can be set with two bits for each measurement, one bit for indicating whether the UE supports relaxation in MCG measurements, and the other bit for indicating whether the UE supports relaxation in SCG measurements.

[0393] The third type of capability information is an associated indication. For example, if the UE indicates that RLM measurement relaxation on the MCG is supported, then it must support RLM measurement relaxation on the SCG, which can be indicated by the third type of capability information. For another example, if the UE supports BDF measurement relaxation on the SCG, it can be considered that it must support BDF measurement relaxation on the MCG.

[0394] The measurement relaxation indication sent by the SN node may include at least: a measurement relaxation indication of the UE for the SCG. The measurement relaxation indication may include: an enable indication for enabling the UE to relax the measurement for the SCG; and / or a disable indication for disabling the UE to relax the measurement for the SCG.

[0395] Measured relaxation parameters for SCG may include:

[0396] A measurement relaxation criterion for the SCG, indicating a measurement relaxation condition for performing measurement relaxation;

[0397] and / or,

[0398] The measurement relaxation configuration for the SCG is used to relax the UE's radio signal measurement.

[0399] The measurement frequency of SCG wireless signal measurements performed according to the measurement relaxation configuration for the SCG is lower than the measurement frequency performed without following the measurement relaxation configuration.

[0400] The measurement relaxation configuration for the SCG may include at least one of the following:

[0401] A stop measurement parameter, used to instruct the UE to determine to stop the radio signal measurement of the SCG. Exemplarily, the stop measurement parameter may be used at least for the UE to determine the start and end time of stopping the radio signal measurement;

[0402] A measurement period determination parameter, used to determine the measurement period after the SCG wireless signal measurement frequency is reduced;

[0403] An evaluation period determination parameter for determining an evaluation period after the evaluation is lowered after the SCG measurement is relaxed;

[0404] The detection period determination parameter is used to determine the detection period after the detection period is reduced after the SCG measurement is relaxed.

[0405] The measured relaxation parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0406] RLM measures relaxation parameters;

[0407] BFD measures relaxation parameters;

[0408] RRM measures relaxation parameters.

[0409] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation parameters of the SCG cannot be determined by the SN node alone, and may need to be negotiated by the SN node and the MN node. At this time, the SN node can send auxiliary information to the MN node, and the auxiliary information may include: one or more sets of recommended configurations of measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG provided by the SN node. After receiving the information, the MN node can finally determine the UE's measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG based on the auxiliary information provided by the SN node.

[0410] In some other embodiments, the auxiliary information may also include: requirement information provided by the SN node for the UE to relax the wireless signal measurement of the SCG. After receiving the requirement information, the MN node specifies the measurement relaxation parameters of the SCG that comply with the requirement information.

[0411] Of course, the above is only an example of auxiliary information, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above example.

[0412] In some embodiments, the transmitting of information associated with UE measurement relaxation between the MN node and the MN node includes:

[0413] In response to the SN node not being configured with the SRB, information associated with the UE measurement relaxation is transmitted between the SN node and the MN node.

[0414] If the SN node is configured with SRB for the dual-connected UE, the SN node can directly transmit the required information to the UE, thereby reducing the transmission load of the MN node. If the SN node is not configured with SRB for the dual-connected UE, the MN node can forward and / or transparently transmit the information.

[0415] The present disclosure provides a negotiation mechanism for measurement relaxation in a dual connectivity scenario, which may specifically include:

[0416] A method for providing interactive information between a network node and a UE, the network node being a MN node and / or a SN node;

[0417] If the UE is a 5G terminal, the network node is a gNB. For example, for an EN-DC UE, the network node may be an SN node.

[0418] For NE-DC UEs, the network node may be a MN node;

[0419] For NR-DC UE, the network node can be a MN node and / or a SN node.

[0420] The information exchanged between the dual-connectivity UE and the network node may be used for RLM measurement relaxation, BFD measurement relaxation, and / or RRM measurement relaxation.

[0421] The UE reports its capability information to the MN node and / or the SN node. The capability information may at least indicate whether the UE supports measurement relaxation.

[0422] For example, for RLM measurement relaxation, the capability information reported by the UE may be as follows:

[0423] In one case, without distinguishing CGs, the UE reports an indication of whether it supports RLM measurement relaxation. In this case, it is equivalent to the UE supporting RLM measurement relaxation of both MCG and SCG, or not supporting RLM measurement relaxation of both MCG and SCG. In another case, the CGs are distinguished, and the UE reports two independent indications of supporting RLM measurement relaxation of MCG and / or RLM measurement relaxation of SCG.

[0424] In another case, the UE reports an associated indication of supporting RLM measurement relaxation of MCG and / or RLM measurement relaxation of SCG, and the associated indication informs the network node of the UE's capability for RLM measurement relaxation of MCG and capability for SCG measurement relaxation at one time. For example, the UE indicates through the associated indication that it supports RLM measurement relaxation of SCG but does not support RLM measurement relaxation of MCG, indicates that it supports RLM measurement relaxation of MCG but does not support RLM measurement relaxation of SCG, indicates that it supports RLM measurement relaxation of SCG and supports RLM measurement relaxation of MCG, or it does not support RLM measurement relaxation of SCG and does not support RLM measurement relaxation of MCG.

[0425] For example, for BFD measurement relaxation, the capability information reported by the UE may be as follows:

[0426] In one case, the UE does not distinguish between CGs, and the UE reports an associated indication of supporting BFD measurement relaxation on the MCG and BFD measurement relaxation on the SCG. In this case, the UE will support BFD measurement relaxation for both the MCG and SCG, or will not support BFD measurement relaxation for both the MCG and SCG. In another case, CGs are distinguished: the UE reports supporting BFD measurement relaxation on the MCG and / or BFD measurement relaxation on the SCG. At this time, the network node may also receive an indication from the UE whether it supports BFD measurement relaxation for the MCG and SCG respectively.

[0427] In another case, the UE reports an associated indication of supporting BFD measurement relaxation of MCG and / or BFD measurement relaxation of SCG. For example, the UE indicates, through the associated indication, that it supports BFD measurement relaxation of SCG but does not support BFD measurement relaxation of MCG, indicates that it supports BFD measurement relaxation of MCG but does not support BFD measurement relaxation of SCG, indicates that it supports BFD measurement relaxation of SCG and supports BFD measurement relaxation of MCG, or does not support BFD measurement relaxation of SCG and does not support BFD measurement relaxation of MCG.

[0428] For example, for RRM measurement relaxation, the capability information reported by the UE may be as follows:

[0429] In one case, a unified indication of whether CG is distinguished and UE capability reports support RRM measurement relaxation is provided. In this case, the UE will support RRM measurement relaxation of both MCG and SCG, or will not support RRM measurement relaxation of both MCG and SCG.

[0430] In another case, differentiating CGs: the UE reports two independent indications of whether it supports RRM measurement relaxation on the MCG and / or RRM measurement relaxation on the SCG, i.e., whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation on the MCG and SCG is reported separately.

[0431] In some cases, the UE reports an associated indication of supporting RRM measurement relaxation of MCG and / or RRM measurement relaxation of SCG. Through the associated indication, the UE indicates that it supports RRM measurement relaxation of SCG but does not support RRM measurement relaxation of MCG, indicates that it supports RRM measurement relaxation of MCG but does not support RRM measurement relaxation of SCG, indicates that it supports RRM measurement relaxation of SCG and supports RRM measurement relaxation of MCG, or does not support RRM measurement relaxation of SCG and does not support RRM measurement relaxation of MCG.

[0432] Specifically, the above UE reporting capability information may be as follows:

[0433] For UE capabilities that do not distinguish between CGs, they are reported to the MN node or SN node respectively.

[0434] For EN-DC UE, the UE reports capability information to the SN node or the MN node.

[0435] For NE-DC UE, the UE reports capability information to the MN node.

[0436] For NR-DC UEs, the UE reports capability information to the MN node.

[0437] For the UE capability of distinguishing CG and the measurement relaxation capability of MCG, the UE will send the capability information for MCG to be reported to the MN node.

[0438] For the measurement relaxation capability of SCG, UE sends the capability information of SCG to the enabling MN node or SN node. If the capability information of SCG is sent to MN node, MN node will forward or transparently transmit it to SN node.

[0439] For example, for EN-DC UE, the measurement relaxation capability information of the SCG is reported to the SN node. For NE-DC UE, the measurement relaxation capability information of the MCG is reported to the MN node.

[0440] For NR-DC UEs, the measurement relaxation capability of the MCG is reported to the MN node and / or the measurement relaxation capability information of the SCG is reported to the SN node.

[0441] Transmit capability information to the MN node: SRB1 can be used to report.

[0442] If the capability information is reported to the SN node and the SN node is configured with SRB3, SRB3 reporting can be used. If the SN node is not configured with SRB3, it is sent to the MN node via SRB1 and then passed to the SN node by the MN node.

[0443] The MN node and / or the SN node may deliver measurement relaxation parameters of RLM measurement relaxation, BFD measurement relaxation and / or RRM measurement to the UE;

[0444] The RLM measurement of relaxation parameters may include at least one of the following:

[0445] RLM measurement relaxation criterion configuration;

[0446] RLM measurement relaxation enable / disable indication.

[0447] In some embodiments, the RLM measurement relaxation enabling / disabling indication may be implicitly indicated by whether the network node sends other contents of the RLM measurement relaxation parameter. For example, if the network node sends other contents of the RLM measurement relaxation parameter (which may include RLM measurement relaxation criteria and / or RLM measurement relaxation configuration) indicating that the network node allows the UE to relax RLM measurements, otherwise it may be considered that the network node does not allow the UE to relax RLM measurements.

[0448] The BFD measurement relaxation parameters may include at least one of the following:

[0449] BFD measurement relaxation criteria;

[0450] BFD measurement relaxation enable / disable indication. In some embodiments, the BFD measurement relaxation enable / disable indication may be implicitly indicated by whether the network node sends other content of the BFD measurement relaxation parameter. For example, if the network node sends other content of the BFD measurement relaxation parameter (which other content may include BFD measurement relaxation criteria and / or BFD measurement relaxation configuration) indicating that the network node allows the UE to relax BFD measurements, otherwise it may be considered that the network node does not allow the UE to relax BFD measurements.

[0451] The RRM measurement relaxation parameter may include at least one of the following:

[0452] RRM measurement relaxation criteria;

[0453] Indication of enabling / disabling RRM measurement relaxation. In some embodiments, the indication of enabling / disabling RRM measurement relaxation may be implicitly indicated by whether the network node sends other contents of the RRM measurement relaxation parameter. For example, if the network node sends other contents of the RRM measurement relaxation parameter (which may include RRM measurement relaxation criteria and / or RRM measurement relaxation configuration) indicating that the network node allows the UE to relax RRM measurements, otherwise it may be considered that the network node does not allow the UE to relax RRM measurements.

[0454] In one embodiment, measuring relaxation parameters can be divided into:

[0455] MCG and SCG share parameters, i.e., they do not distinguish between CGs, i.e., UE-level configuration. One embodiment is: mobility decision criteria in RLM measurement relaxation / BFD measurement relaxation / RRM measurement relaxation parameters. The mobility decision criteria may be: at least the measurement relaxation condition of the first condition mentioned above.

[0456] MCG measurement relaxation parameters: For NE-DC scenarios, only MCG measurement relaxation parameters can be configured. In one embodiment, the signal quality criterion in the RLM measurement relaxation / BFD measurement relaxation / RRM measurement relaxation parameters can be all or part of the measurement relaxation condition indicating the aforementioned second condition.

[0457] SCG measurement relaxation parameters: For EN-DC scenarios, only SCG measurement relaxation parameters can be configured. In one embodiment, the mobility decision criteria in RLM measurement relaxation, BFD measurement relaxation, and RRM measurement relaxation parameters.

[0458] The measurement relaxation parameters can be sent as follows:

[0459] The shared measurement relaxation parameters for the MCG and SCG are sent to the UE via the mobile node. For example, the shared measurement relaxation parameters are sent to the UE via SRB1 configured by the mobile node. The shared measurement relaxation parameters herein may be measurement relaxation parameters for both the MCG and the SCG. The shared measurement relaxation parameters may also be sent to the UE via the network interface node (SN). For example, the shared measurement relaxation parameters are sent to the UE via SRB3 configured by the SN node.

[0460] MCG measurement relaxation parameters and / or SCG measurement relaxation are issued in the following ways:

[0461] Method 1: The MN node and the SN node are responsible for the MCG measurement relaxation parameters and / or SCG measurement relaxation of their respective nodes.

[0462] The MCG measurement relaxation parameter is sent to the UE via the MN node. For example, the MN node sends the MCG measurement relaxation parameter for MCG measurement relaxation to the UE via SRB1.

[0463] The SCG measurement relaxation parameters are sent to the UE via the SN node. For example, the SN node sends the SCG measurement relaxation parameters to the UE via SRB3. This is when the SN node is configured with SRB3. If the SN node is not configured with SRB3, the SN node may first pass the SCG measurement relaxation parameters to the MN node, which then sends them to the UE via SRB1.

[0464] After the MN node obtains the SCG measurement relaxation parameter, it can transparently transmit it to the UE, or it can parse and modify its SCG measurement relaxation parameter itself before sending it to the UE.

[0465] The MN node notifies the SN node of the auxiliary information, which is used by the SN node to send the SCG measurement relaxation parameters.

[0466] Method 2: The MN node is responsible for sending the measurement relaxation parameters of the MN node and / or SN node.

[0467] The MCG measurement relaxation parameter is sent to the UE through the MN node. For example, the MN node may use SRB1 to send the MCG measurement relaxation parameter to the UE.

[0468] The MN node can obtain auxiliary information provided by the SN node. The SN node provides auxiliary information to the MN node. After the MN obtains the auxiliary information from the SN node and makes a decision, it can transparently transmit the SCG measurement relaxation parameters to the UE, or it can modify the SN node's measurement relaxation parameters and send them to the UE. The MCG measurement relaxation parameters are also included in the notification to the UE.

[0469] The measurement relaxation parameters are delivered in the following ways:

[0470] For EN-DC UE, the SN node or MN node sends down the measurement relaxation parameters.

[0471] For NE-DC UEs, the MN node sends measurement relaxation parameters.

[0472] For NR-DC UEs, the MN node sends measurement relaxation parameters.

[0473] The measurement relaxation parameter is sent to the UE via the MN node. The MN node may use SRB1 to send the measurement relaxation parameter to the UE.

[0474] If the SN node is configured with SRB3, the measurement relaxation parameter is sent to the UE via the SN node, and the SN node may use SRB3 to send the measurement relaxation parameter to the UE.

[0475] If the SN node is not configured with SRB3, the measurement relaxation parameters are first transmitted to the MN node, and then sent by the MN to the UE via SRB1.

[0476] If the UE meets the relaxation conditions or leaves the relaxation conditions, it will report to the MN node and / or SN node:

[0477] For EN-DC UE, the UE reports measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the SN node or the MN node. The measurement relaxation request information may be reported when the UE detects that the measurement relaxation condition is met.

[0478] For a NE-DC UE, the UE reports measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that a measurement relaxation condition is met to the MN node.

[0479] For NR-DC UEs, the UE reports the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the corresponding network element (i.e., network node) according to the MCG or SCG relaxation criteria.

[0480] Regarding reporting the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the MN node, the UE may use SRB1 to send the measurement relaxation request information to the MN node.

[0481] If the SN node is configured with SRB3, for reporting the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the SN node, the UE may use SRB3 to send the measurement relaxation request information to the SN node.

[0482] If the SN node is not configured with SRB3, for reporting the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the MN node, the UE can use SRB1 to send the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the MN node, and then the MN node forwards it to the SN node.

[0483] When the UE meets the relaxation condition or leaves the relaxation condition, it may report the measurement relaxation request information by means of measurement report or UAI signaling.

[0484] For RRM measurement, the relaxation condition is satisfied, that is, the UE satisfies the stationary condition, and the relaxation condition is left, that is, the stationary condition of the UE no longer satisfies the measurement relaxation condition.

[0485] For RLM / BFD measurement, the relaxation condition is satisfied, that is, the UE meets the stationary and / or sufficiently good signal quality conditions, and leaves the relaxation condition, that is, the stationary and / or sufficiently good signal quality no longer meets the measurement relaxation condition.

[0486] like Figure 9 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device comprising:

[0487] The acquisition module 910 is configured to acquire a measurement relaxation parameter; the measurement relaxation parameter is used for the UE to relax the measurement of the wireless signal transmitted by the network node;

[0488] Wherein, the network nodes include:

[0489] MN node;

[0490] and / or

[0491] SN node.

[0492] The information processing device may be included in a UE. The UE may be any UE supporting dual connectivity.

[0493] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910 may be a program module. After being executed by a processor, the program module can achieve the acquisition of the above-mentioned measured relaxation parameters.

[0494] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910 may be a soft-hard combination module, which may include various programmable arrays; the programmable arrays include but are not limited to: field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0495] In some other embodiments, the acquisition module 910 may be a pure hardware module, and the pure hardware module may include various application-specific integrated circuits.

[0496] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910 is configured to receive the measurement relaxation parameter sent by the network node; or determine the measurement relaxation parameter according to a protocol agreement.

[0497] In some embodiments, the UE adopts E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node for E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity;

[0498] or,

[0499] The UE adopts NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node of NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity;

[0500] or,

[0501] The UE adopts NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an MN node with NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity;

[0502] or,

[0503] The UE adopts NR-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an MN node of NR-NR dual connectivity and / or an SN node of NR-NR dual connectivity.

[0504] In some embodiments, measuring the relaxation parameter comprises at least one of the following:

[0505] RLM measures relaxation parameters;

[0506] BFD measures relaxation parameters;

[0507] RRM measures relaxation parameters.

[0508] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

[0509] The first sending module is configured to send the capability information of the UE to the network node, wherein the capability information is used by the network node to determine the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0510] In some embodiments, the capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0511] A first capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation;

[0512] A second capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation;

[0513] The third capability indicator indicates whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation.

[0514] In some embodiments, the capability information includes:

[0515] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the UE's measurement relaxation capability for all cell groups CG;

[0516] The second type of capability information separately indicates the UE's ability to relax measurement for the primary cell group MCG and / or the UE's ability to relax measurement for the secondary cell group SCG;

[0517] The third type of capability information indicates the association between the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and the UE's measurement relaxation capability for SCG.

[0518] In some embodiments, the first sending module is configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0519] The UE adopts EN-DC dual connectivity and sends the first type capability information of the UE to the SN node or the MN node of the EN-DC dual connectivity;

[0520] The UE adopts NE-DC dual connectivity and sends the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NE-DC dual connectivity;

[0521] The UE adopts NR-DC dual connection and sends the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NR-DC dual connection.

[0522] In some embodiments, the first sending module is configured to perform one of the following:

[0523] Sending the second type of capability information, which separately indicates the UE's capability to relax MCG measurement, to the MN node;

[0524] The second type of capability information, which solely indicates the UE's SCG measurement relaxation capability, is sent to the SN node.

[0525] In some embodiments, the first sending module is configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0526] Sending the capability information to the MN node via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the MN node;

[0527] In response to the SN node being configured with an SRB, sending the capability information to the SN node via a signaling radio bearer SRB of the SN node;

[0528] In response to the SN node not being configured with an SRB, the capability information is sent to the MN node via the signaling radio bearer SRB of the MN, wherein the capability information is forwarded by the MN node to the SN node.

[0529] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation parameter includes: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition; the apparatus includes:

[0530] The second sending module is configured to send measurement relaxation request information to the network node or send a notification to the network node indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met; wherein the measurement relaxation request information is used to trigger the network node to determine whether to allow the UE to relax measurement.

[0531] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

[0532] A first receiving module is configured to receive a measurement relaxation indication returned based on the measurement relaxation request information or the notification;

[0533] The measurement module is configured to, in response to the measurement relaxation indication allowing the UE to relax measurement, measure wireless signals according to the relaxation configuration of the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0534] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation indication includes one of the following:

[0535] An enabling indication, enabling the UE measurement relaxation;

[0536] A disabling indication is used to disable the UE measurement relaxation.

[0537] In some embodiments, satisfying the measurement relaxation condition includes:

[0538] The first condition is satisfied when: the displacement of the UE within a preset time period is less than a first threshold, and / or the fluctuation value of the wireless signal quality measured by the UE is less than a third threshold;

[0539] or,

[0540] The second condition is met if: the wireless signal quality measured by the UE is greater than a second threshold.

[0541] In some embodiments, the second sending module is configured to send the measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node through the SRB of the network node in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met.

[0542] In some embodiments, measuring a relaxation parameter comprises:

[0543] The first type of relaxation configuration is a unified measurement relaxation configuration for all cell groups;

[0544] The second type of relaxation configuration is a measurement relaxation configuration solely for the MCG and / or a measurement relaxation configuration solely for the SCG.

[0545] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910 is configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0546] receiving the first type of relaxation configuration sent by the MN node;

[0547] or,

[0548] receiving the second type of relaxed configuration sent by the MN node specifically for the MCG, and / or receiving the second type of relaxed configuration sent by the SN node specifically for the SCG;

[0549] or,

[0550] Receive the second type of relaxed measurement configuration sent by the MN node specifically for the MCG, and / or receive the second type of relaxed configuration sent by the MN node specifically for the SCG.

[0551] like Figure 10 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the device includes:

[0552] A third sending module 1010 is configured to send measurement relaxation related information to the UE;

[0553] The relevant information includes at least one of the following:

[0554] a measurement relaxation parameter, used for measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0555] The measurement relaxation indication is used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE.

[0556] In some embodiments, the third sending module 1010 may be a program module, which can realize the sending of relevant information after being executed by the processor.

[0557] In some embodiments, the third sending module 1010 may be a soft-hard combination module, which may include various programmable arrays; the programmable arrays include but are not limited to: field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0558] In some other embodiments, the third sending module 1010 may be a pure hardware module, and the pure hardware module may include various application-specific integrated circuits.

[0559] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

[0560] The second receiving module is configured to receive capability information of the UE; wherein the capability information is used to determine the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0561] In some embodiments, the capability information includes:

[0562] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the UE's measurement relaxation capability for all cell groups CG;

[0563] The second type of capability information separately indicates the UE's ability to relax measurement for the primary cell group MCG and / or the UE's ability to relax measurement for the secondary cell group SCG;

[0564] The third type of capability information indicates the association between the UE's measurement relaxation capability for MCG and the UE's measurement relaxation capability for SCG.

[0565] In some embodiments, the capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0566] A first capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation;

[0567] A second capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation;

[0568] The third capability indicator indicates whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation.

[0569] In some embodiments, the second receiving module is configured to perform one of the following:

[0570] In response to the network node being the MN node, the MN node receives the capability information of the UE in an SRB configured by the MN node;

[0571] or,

[0572] In response to the network node being the SN node and the SN node being configured with an SRB, the SN node receiving the capability information of the UE on the SRB configured by the SN node;

[0573] or,

[0574] In response to the network node being the MN node and the SN node not being configured with an SRB, the MN node receives an SRB containing the capability information from the UE on the SRB configured by the SN node, wherein at least part of the capability information indicating the UE's measurement relaxation capability for the SCG is sent by the MN node to the SN node.

[0575] In some embodiments, the third sending module 1010 is configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0576] In response to the network node being the MN node, sending measurement relaxation parameters for all CGs to the UE;

[0577] In response to the network node being the MN node, sending a measurement relaxation parameter for the MCG to the UE;

[0578] In response to the network node being the SN node and the SN node being configured with an SRB, sending a measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG to the UE;

[0579] In response to the network node being the MN node and the SN node not being configured with an SRB, a measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG is sent to the UE.

[0580] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

[0581] The third receiving module is configured to receive auxiliary information for sending the measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG from the SN node before the MN node sends the measurement relaxation parameter for the SCG to the UE.

[0582] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

[0583] Receiving measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that a measurement relaxation condition is satisfied; wherein the measurement relaxation request information is reported by the UE when detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied;

[0584] The sending the relevant information of measurement relaxation to the UE includes:

[0585] sending the measurement relaxation indication to the UE according to the measurement relaxation request information or the notification.

[0586] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation indication includes one of the following:

[0587] An enabling indication, enabling the UE measurement relaxation;

[0588] A disabling indication is used to disable the UE measurement relaxation.

[0589] In some embodiments, measuring the relaxation parameter comprises at least one of the following:

[0590] RLM measures relaxation parameters;

[0591] BFD measures relaxation parameters;

[0592] RRM measures relaxation parameters.

[0593] In some embodiments, measuring a relaxation parameter comprises:

[0594] a measurement relaxation criterion, indicating a measurement relaxation condition for the UE;

[0595] The relaxation configuration is used for measurement relaxation of the UE.

[0596] In some embodiments, measuring the relaxation condition comprises:

[0597] First condition: the displacement of the UE within a preset time period is less than a first threshold, and / or the fluctuation value of the wireless signal quality measured by the UE within a second time period is less than a third threshold;

[0598] or,

[0599] Second condition: the wireless signal quality measured by the UE within the second time period is greater than a second threshold.

[0600] like Figure 11 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the method includes:

[0601] The transmission module 1110 is configured to transmit, to the MN node, information associated with the UE measurement relaxation;

[0602] The associated information includes at least one of the following:

[0603] Capability information, used to determine measurement relaxation parameters of the UE;

[0604] A measurement relaxation indication, used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE;

[0605] Measured relaxation parameters for SCG;

[0606] The auxiliary information is used by the MN node to determine the measurement relaxation parameter of the UE for the SCG.

[0607] In some embodiments, the transmission module 1110 may be a program module, which can be used to transmit associated information after being executed by a processor.

[0608] In some embodiments, the transmission module 1110 may be a soft-hard combination module, which may include various programmable arrays; the programmable arrays include but are not limited to: field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0609] In some other embodiments, the transmission module 1110 may be a pure hardware module, and the pure hardware module may include various application-specific integrated circuits.

[0610] In some embodiments, the transmission module 1110 is configured to transmit, to the MN node, information associated with UE measurement relaxation in response to the SN node not being configured with an SRB.

[0611] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

[0612] a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0613] Processor, respectively memory connected;

[0614] The processor is configured to execute the information processing method provided by any of the aforementioned technical solutions.

[0615] The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media that can continue to store information after the communication device loses power.

[0616] Here, the communication device includes: access device or UE or core network device.

[0617] The processor can be connected to the memory via a bus or the like, and is used to read the executable program stored in the memory, for example, Figures 2 to 8 At least one of the information processing methods shown.

[0618] Figure 12 8 is a block diagram of a UE 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0619] Reference Figure 12 UE 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802 , a memory 804 , a power 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 .

[0620] The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operation, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the above-described method. In addition, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0621] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the UE 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, 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 disk, or optical disk.

[0622] The power component 806 provides power to various components of the UE 800. The power component 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to the UE 800.

[0623] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, slides, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the UE 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0624] 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 external audio signals when the UE 800 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0625] I / O interface 812 provides an interface between processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, such as a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: a home button, volume buttons, a start button, and a lock button.

[0626] The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of the status assessment of the UE 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 can detect the open / closed state of the UE 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 can also detect changes in the position of the UE 800 or a component of the UE 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the UE 800, and changes in the temperature of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0627] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the UE 800 and other devices. The UE 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 also includes 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) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

[0628] In an exemplary embodiment, UE800 may be implemented by 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, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the above methods.

[0629] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is further provided, such as a memory 804 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by the processor 820 of the UE 800 to perform the above method. 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 disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

[0630] like Figure 13 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of an access device. For example, the network node 900 can be provided as a network-side device. The communication device can be the aforementioned access device and / or core network device.

[0631] Reference Figure 13 The network node 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and a memory resource represented by a memory 932 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 922, such as an application. The application stored in the memory 932 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform the information processing method performed by the network node, such as Figures 2 to 8 At least one of the information processing methods shown.

[0632] The network node 900 may also include a power supply component 1926 configured to perform power management for the network node 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the network node 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. The network node 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

[0633] Other embodiments of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention that follow from the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The description and examples are to be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0634] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method, performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: Obtaining measurement relaxation parameters; The measurement relaxation parameter is used for the UE to relax the measurement of the wireless signal transmitted by the network node; The network nodes include: a primary network MN node and / or a secondary network SN node; the measurement relaxation parameters include: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition; In response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met, sending measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node through a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the network node; The method further comprises: In response to the SN node configuring SRB3, sending the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the SN node through the SRB3 of the SN node; In response to the SN node not being configured with SRB3, the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met is sent to the MN node through the SRB of the MN node, so that the MN node forwards it to the SN node.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The obtaining and measuring relaxation parameters includes: receiving the measurement relaxation parameter sent by the network node; or, The measurement relaxation parameters are determined according to protocol agreement.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The receiving the measurement relaxation parameter sent by the network node includes: In response to the network node being the MN node, receiving the measurement relaxation parameter through the SRB of the MN node; In response to the network node being the SN node and the SN node being configured with SRB3, the measurement relaxation parameter is received through the SRB3 of the SN node.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The UE adopts Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node of E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity; or, The UE adopts the next generation radio access Universal Terrestrial Radio Access-New Radio NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node of the NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity; or, The UE adopts the New Radio-Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an MN node of the NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity; or, The UE adopts new radio-new radio NR-NR dual connection, and the network node includes: an MN node of NR-NR dual connection and / or an SN node of NR-NR dual connection.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The measured relaxation parameter includes at least one of the following: Radio Link Monitoring RLM measures relaxation parameters; Beam Failure Detection (BFD) measurement relaxation parameters; Radio Resource Management RRM measurement relaxation parameters.

6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The method further comprises: The capability information of the UE is sent to the network node, wherein the capability information is used by the network node to determine the measurement relaxation parameter.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: The capability information includes at least one of the following: A first capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation; A second capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation; The third capability indicator indicates whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The measured relaxation parameters include: The first type of relaxation configuration is a unified measurement relaxation configuration for all cell groups; The second type of relaxation configuration is a measurement relaxation configuration specifically for MCG and / or a measurement relaxation configuration specifically for SCG.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The measurement relaxation parameter is sent by the network node, and the measurement relaxation parameter includes: receiving the first type of relaxation configuration sent by the MN node; or, Receive the second type of relaxation configuration sent by the MN node specifically for the MCG, and / or receive the second type of relaxation configuration sent by the SN node specifically for the SCG.

10. An information processing method, wherein: The method is performed by a network node, the network node including: a primary network MN node or a secondary network SN node of a dual-connection user equipment UE; the method includes: Sending measurement relaxation related information to the UE; the related information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation parameter used for measurement relaxation of the UE; the measurement relaxation parameter includes: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition; The method further comprises: Receiving, through a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the network node, measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied; wherein the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied is reported by the UE when detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied; The method further comprises: In response to the SN node being configured with SRB3, receiving, through the SRB3 of the SN node, the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied; In response to the SN node not being configured with SRB3, the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met is received through the SRB of the MN node, and forwarded to the SN node.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein: The sending the measurement relaxation related information to the UE includes at least one of the following: In response to the network node being the MN node, sending the measurement relaxation parameter to the UE through the SRB of the MN node; In response to the network node being the SN node and the SN node being configured with SRB3, the measurement relaxation parameter is sent to the UE through the SRB3 of the SN node.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein: The UE adopts Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node of E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity; or, The UE adopts the next generation radio access Universal Terrestrial Radio Access-New Radio NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an SN node of the NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity; or, The UE adopts the New Radio-Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity, and the network node includes: an MN node of the NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity; or, The UE adopts new radio-new radio NR-NR dual connection, and the network node includes: an MN node of NR-NR dual connection and / or an SN node of NR-NR dual connection.

13. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein: The measured relaxation parameter includes at least one of the following: Radio Link Monitoring RLM measures relaxation parameters; Beam Failure Detection (BFD) measurement relaxation parameters; Radio Resource Management RRM measurement relaxation parameters.

14. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein: The method further comprises: Receive capability information of the UE; wherein the capability information is used to determine the measurement relaxation parameter.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein The capability information includes at least one of the following: A first capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation; A second capability indicator, indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation; The third capability indicator indicates whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation.

16. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein: The measured relaxation parameters include: The first type of relaxation configuration is a unified measurement relaxation configuration for all cell groups; The second type of relaxation configuration is a measurement relaxation configuration specifically for MCG and / or a measurement relaxation configuration specifically for SCG.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein The measurement relaxation parameter is sent by the network node, and the measurement relaxation parameter includes: The first type of relaxation configuration sent by the MN node; or, The second type of relaxation configuration sent by the MN node is solely for the MCG, and / or the second type of relaxation configuration sent by the SN node is solely for the SCG.

18. An information processing method, wherein: Executed by a secondary network SN node, the method includes: Transmitting information associated with user equipment UE measurement relaxation between the primary network MN node; The associated information includes at least one of the following: capability information, used to determine a measurement relaxation parameter of the UE; A measurement relaxation indication, used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE; Measurement relaxation parameters for the secondary cell group (SCG); Auxiliary information, used by the MN node to determine a measurement relaxation parameter of the UE for the SCG; Wherein, the measurement relaxation parameters include: measurement relaxation criteria, indicating measurement relaxation conditions; The method further comprises: In response to the SN node configuring a signaling radio bearer SRB3, receiving, through the SRB3 of the SN node, measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied; the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied is reported by the UE when detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied; In response to the SN node not being configured with SRB3, the measurement relaxation request information forwarded by the MN node or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied is received, and the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied is sent by the UE to the MN node through the SRB of the MN node.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein The information associated with the UE measurement relaxation transmitted between the MN node includes: In response to the SN node not being configured with SRB3, information associated with UE measurement relaxation is transmitted between the SN node and the MN node.

20. An information processing device, comprising: an acquisition module configured to acquire a measurement relaxation parameter; The measurement relaxation parameter is used for relaxing the measurement of the wireless signal transmitted by the network node by the user equipment UE; The network nodes include: a primary network MN node and / or a secondary network SN node; the measurement relaxation parameters include: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition; a second sending module, configured to, in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met, send measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node through a signaling radio bearer SRB of the network node; The second sending module is further configured to: in response to the SN node being configured with SRB3, send the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied to the SN node through the SRB3 of the SN node; in response to the SN node not being configured with SRB3, send the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied to the MN node through the SRB of the MN node, so that the MN node forwards it to the SN node.

21. An information processing device, deployed on a network node, the network node comprising: A primary network MN node or a secondary network SN node of a dual-connection user equipment UE; wherein the device includes: A third sending module is configured to send relevant information of measurement relaxation to the UE; the relevant information includes at least one of the following: a measurement relaxation parameter used for measurement relaxation of the UE; the measurement relaxation parameter includes: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition; a measurement relaxation indication used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE; The third sending module is further configured to receive measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met through a signaling radio bearer SRB of the network node; The third sending module is configured to: in response to the SN node being configured with SRB3, receive the measurement relaxation request information or the notification that the indication satisfies the measurement relaxation condition through the SRB3 of the SN node; in response to the SN node not being configured with SRB3, receive the measurement relaxation request information or the notification that the indication satisfies the measurement relaxation condition through the SRB of the MN node, and forward it to the SN node.

22. An information processing device deployed in a secondary network SN node, wherein: The device comprises: a transmission module configured to transmit, to the primary network MN node, information associated with the user equipment UE measurement relaxation; The associated information includes at least one of the following: capability information, used to determine a measurement relaxation parameter of the UE; A measurement relaxation indication, used to enable or disable measurement relaxation of the UE; Measurement relaxation parameters for the secondary cell group (SCG); Auxiliary information, used by the MN node to determine a measurement relaxation parameter of the UE for the SCG; Wherein, the measurement relaxation parameters include: measurement relaxation criteria, indicating measurement relaxation conditions; The transmission module is further configured to: in response to the SN node being configured with signaling radio bearer SRB3, receive measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met through the SRB3 of the SN node; in response to the SN node not being configured with SRB3, receive the measurement relaxation request information forwarded by the MN node or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met, the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met is sent by the UE to the MN node through the SRB of the MN node, and the measurement relaxation request information or the notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met is reported by the UE when it detects that the measurement relaxation condition is met.

23. A communication device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein: When the processor runs the executable program, the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 9, 10 to 17, or 18 to 19 is performed.

24. A computer storage medium storing an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 9, 10 to 17, or 18 to 19.

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