Measurement reporting method and device, equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure proposes a measurement reporting method, apparatus and device, and a storage medium, the method comprising: when a terminal is switched from a first radio access type RAT to a second RAT, executing a first measurement and / or executing reporting of the first measurement based on a first configuration; the first RAT is different from the second RAT, the first measurement is measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used for configuring a measurement mode and / or a reporting mode of the first measurement after the terminal is connected to the second RAT. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs is realized, and the stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs is ensured.

Description

Measurement reporting method, device, equipment and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a measurement reporting method, apparatus, device, and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In communication systems, terminals typically switch between different Radio Access Types (RATs), and the measurement and reporting configurations supported by different RATs may vary. When a terminal switches between RATs, if measurements are configured in the RAT to which the terminal was connected before the handoff and the measurements have not yet been completed, how to continuously perform and report these measurements in the RAT after the handoff is a technical problem that needs to be solved.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The present disclosure provides a measurement reporting method, apparatus, device, and storage medium.

[0005] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement reporting method, including:

[0006] The terminal switches from a first radio access type RAT to a second RAT, where the first RAT is different from the second RAT;

[0007] Perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on a first configuration; the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement by the terminal after connecting to the second RAT.

[0008] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement reporting method, including:

[0009] A first configuration is sent, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for a first measurement performed by the terminal after the terminal is connected to the second RAT, wherein the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

[0010] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement reporting method, including:

[0011] A first configuration is sent to the terminal, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for a first measurement performed by the terminal after the terminal is connected to the second RAT, where the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

[0012] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

[0013] A processing module, configured to switch a terminal from a first RAT to a second RAT, where the first RAT is different from the second RAT;

[0014] The processing module is further used to perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on a first configuration; the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement by the terminal after connecting to the second RAT.

[0015] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

[0016] The transceiver module is used to send a first configuration, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or reporting method for a first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, wherein the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

[0017] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

[0018] The transceiver module is used to send a first configuration to the terminal, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or reporting method for a first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, where the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

[0019] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which includes a processor. When the processor calls a computer program in a memory, the method described in any one of the first to third aspects above is executed.

[0020] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which includes a processor and a memory, in which a computer program is stored; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the communication device executes the method described in any one of the first to third aspects above.

[0021] In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which includes a processor and an interface circuit, wherein the interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor, and the processor is used to run the code instructions to enable the device to execute the method described in any one of the first to third aspects above.

[0022] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, which includes the communication device described in aspects 4 to 6, or the system includes the communication device described in aspect 7, or the system includes the communication device described in aspect 8, or the system includes the communication device described in aspect 9.

[0023] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions used for the above-mentioned network device, and when the instructions are executed, the terminal executes the method described in any one of the above-mentioned first to third aspects.

[0024] In a twelfth aspect, the present disclosure further provides a computer program product comprising a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in any one of the first to third aspects above.

[0025] In a thirteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface for supporting a network device in implementing the functions described in any one of aspects one to three, such as determining or processing at least one of the data and information involved in the method. In one possible design, the chip system further comprises a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the source slave node. The chip system may be composed of a chip or may include a chip and other discrete components.

[0026] In a fourteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in any one of the first to third aspects above. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily understood from the following description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0028] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of some communication systems provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG2 is a schematic flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG3 is a schematic flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG4 is a schematic flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG5 is a schematic flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] FIG6 is a schematic flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] FIG7 is a schematic flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0035] 8a-8n are flowcharts of a measurement reporting method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] FIG9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] FIG10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] FIG11 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] FIG12 is a block diagram of a communication device provided by one embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] FIG13 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] Exemplary embodiments will be 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 disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

[0042] 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," "an," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0043] 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 words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0044] The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present disclosure, and should not be understood as limiting the present disclosure.

[0045] To facilitate understanding, the terms involved in this application are first introduced.

[0046] 1. Long Term Evolution (LTE)

[0047] LTE is the long-term evolution of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technical standard developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The LTE system introduces key technologies such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO), significantly increasing spectrum efficiency and data transmission rates (with 20M bandwidth, 2X2 MIMO, and 64QAM, the theoretical maximum downlink transmission rate is 201Mbps, which is approximately 150Mbps after excluding signaling overhead. However, based on actual networking and terminal capability limitations, the peak downlink rate is generally considered to be 100Mbps and the uplink rate is 50Mbps). It also supports multiple bandwidth allocations: 1.4MHz, 3MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 15MHz, and 20MHz.

[0048] 2. New Radio (NR)

[0049] NR is a new standard for data communication between terminals and base stations. Communication between terminals and base stations is wireless, using radio waves transmitted through the air. New Radio (NR) is a "new interface for wireless data transmission over the air." The overall design of the NR air interface protocol layer is based on LTE, with enhancements and optimizations. On the user plane, a service data application protocol layer is added to the packet data convergence protocol layer. Furthermore, the packet data convergence protocol layer and the radio link control sublayer have been optimized to reduce latency and enhance reliability.

[0050] The main enhancements of NR compared to LTE are as follows: NR supports a higher spectrum range (supports a wider millimeter wave spectrum), NR supports a more flexible frame structure, NR supports a flexible parameter set, and NR enhances air interface low latency.

[0051] In order to better understand a measurement reporting method disclosed in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system to which the embodiment of the present disclosure is applicable is first described below.

[0052] Please refer to Figure 1, which is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, at least one terminal, at least one first network device, and at least one second network device. The first network device may be a source network device to which the terminal is connected before completing a handover between different RATs, and the second network device may be a target network device to which the terminal is connected after completing a handover between different RATs. For example, the first network device may be a source network device to which the terminal is connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second network device may be a target network device to which the terminal is connected in the second RAT after switching from the first RAT to the second RAT. In addition, the number and form of devices shown in Figure 1 are for example only and do not constitute a limitation of the embodiments of the present disclosure. An application may include one or more terminals, or one or more first network devices, or one or more second network devices. The communication system shown in Figure 1 takes one terminal, one first network device, and one second network device as an example.

[0053] It should be noted that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various communication systems, such as long-term evolution (LTE) systems, fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication systems, 5G new radio (NR) systems, or other future new mobile communication systems.

[0054] The terminal in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals, such as a mobile phone. The terminal can also be called a terminal device (terminal), user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), etc. The terminal can be a car with communication function, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal device.

[0055] The network device in the embodiment of the present disclosure (such as the first network device or the second network device mentioned above) is an entity on the network side for transmitting or receiving signals. For example, the network device can be an evolved NodeB (eNB), a transmission reception point (TRP), a radio remote head (RRH), a next generation NodeB (gNB) in an NR system, a base station in other future mobile communication systems, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system. The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the base station. The base station provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), wherein the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the base station, such as the protocol layer of the base station, and the functions of some protocol layers are placed in the CU for centralized control, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU.

[0056] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0057] In addition, in order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following points are explained.

[0058] First, in the present disclosure, unless there is any contradiction, each step in any embodiment or example can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment or example can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment or example can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional methods or optional examples in a certain embodiment or example can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the various embodiments or examples can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments or examples can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment or example can be arbitrarily combined with the optional methods or optional examples of other embodiments or examples.

[0059] Second, regarding the description methods of the present disclosure such as "A or B", "A and / or B", "at least one of A and B", "A in one case, B in another case", "in response to one case A, in response to another case B", etc., at least one of the following schemes may be included according to the situation: executing A independently of B, that is, A in some embodiments; executing B independently of A, that is, B in some embodiments; selectively executing A and B, that is, selecting to execute from A and B in some embodiments; executing both A and B, that is, A and B in some embodiments.

[0060] Third, each element, each row, or each column in the table involved in the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0061] Fourth, in some implementation modes or examples, “including A”, “comprising A”, “used to indicate A” and “carrying A” in this disclosure can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0062] Fifth, in some implementation modes or examples, "in response to...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. in the present disclosure can be replaced with each other.

[0063] FIG2 is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a terminal. As shown in FIG2 , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0064] Step 201: A terminal switches from a first RAT to a second RAT.

[0065] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first RAT may include at least one of NR and LTE, and the second RAT may include at least one of NR and LTE. Optionally, the first RAT is different from the second RAT. Optionally, the switching from the first RAT to the second RAT may include: switching from NR to LTE, or switching from LTE to NR. Optionally, in some embodiments, the first RAT and the second RAT may include multiple nodes respectively, such as: the NR system may include multiple NR cells and multiple NR network devices (such as base stations), and the LTE system may include multiple LTE cells and multiple LTE network devices. And, the switching from the first RAT to the second RAT may be understood as: switching from the first RAT node to the second RAT node, such as switching from an NR cell to an LTE cell, or switching from an LTE cell to an NR cell; or switching from an NR network device to an LTE network device, or switching from an LTE network device to an NR network device.

[0066] Step 202: Perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on the first configuration.

[0067] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned first measurement may be: a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT. Optionally, the first measurement may be an application layer-related measurement. For example, the first measurement may be a Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement. Optionally, in some embodiments, the first measurement may be configured to the terminal by any network device in the first RAT. Optionally, when the terminal is connected to the first RAT, any network device in the first RAT may send a first measurement configuration to the terminal, and the first measurement configuration may configure the first measurement for the terminal. Optionally, the first measurement configuration may be configured with at least one of the following: measurement content when the terminal performs the first measurement in the first RAT, and a reporting method when reporting the first measurement in the first RAT. Optionally, after receiving the first measurement configuration, the terminal may perform the first measurement and / or report the first measurement in the first RAT based on the first measurement configuration.

[0068] Optionally, in some embodiments, when a terminal switches from a first RAT to a second RAT, if the terminal has not yet completed performing the first measurement or has not yet completed reporting the first measurement, then, to ensure measurement continuity, the terminal must continue performing the first measurement and / or reporting the first measurement in the second RAT. Optionally, the aforementioned first configuration may be used to configure a measurement method and / or reporting method for the first measurement after the terminal is connected to the second RAT. Optionally, the first configuration may be determined by a second network device, which may be a target network device to which the terminal is connected in the second RAT after switching from the first RAT to the second RAT. Optionally, the second network device may also be referred to as a second node. The specific method for determining the first configuration by the second network device will be described later. Furthermore, optionally, after determining the first configuration, the second network device may send the first configuration to the first network device, where the first network device may be a source network device to which the terminal was connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT. Optionally, the first network device may also be referred to as a first node. Furthermore, the first configuration at the terminal may be sent to the terminal by a first network device, or may be sent to the terminal by a second network device. Optionally, if the first configuration is sent to the terminal by the first network device, the first network device may send the first configuration to the terminal before the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, or during the process of the terminal switching from the first RAT to the second RAT; if the first configuration is sent to the terminal by the second network device, the second network device may send the first configuration to the terminal during the process of the terminal switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, or after the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT.

[0069] The reason for sending the first configuration to the terminal is introduced below.

[0070] Optionally, in some embodiments, the measurement configurations and reporting configurations supported under different RATs may be different. Specifically, when the first measurement is a QoE measurement, the LTE system supports QoE measurements of two service types, and the LTE base station can configure one QoE measurement configuration for the terminal. The NR system supports QoE measurements of multiple service types, and the NR base station can configure multiple QoE measurement configurations for the terminal. The above-mentioned different service types may include, for example, video services, voice services, audio services, etc. Among them, for the NR system, since the NR base station can configure multiple QoE measurement configurations for the terminal under the NR system, it is necessary to associate different measurement identifiers (IDs) with different QoE measurement configurations, so as to use different measurement IDs to distinguish different QoE measurement configurations. At the same time, after the terminal obtains the QoE measurement result based on the QoE measurement configuration, when reporting the QoE measurement result to the NR base station, it should also report the measurement ID corresponding to the QoE measurement configuration that obtained the QoE measurement result, so that the NR base station knows which QoE measurement result it configures. However, for the LTE system, since in the LTE system, the LTE base station configures one QoE measurement configuration to the terminal instead of multiple QoE measurement configurations, there is no need to distinguish the QoE measurement configuration, and there is no need to configure an associated measurement ID for the QoE measurement. In addition, the terminal does not need to report the measurement ID when reporting the QoE measurement results to the LTE base station. As a result, the measurement configuration and reporting configuration under the NR system and the LTE system are different, that is, the measurement configuration and reporting configuration supported under different RATs are different.

[0071] Optionally, since the measurement configurations and reporting configurations supported in different RATs are different, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, since the above-mentioned first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, the terminal only knows how to perform the first measurement in the first RAT and how to perform the reporting of the first measurement, but cannot know how to perform the first measurement and how to perform the reporting of the first measurement in the second RAT. At this time, if the first measurement has not been completed, or the first measurement has been completed but has not been reported, the terminal will be unable to continue to perform in the second RAT. The measurement and / or reporting corresponding to the first measurement, therefore, the network device (such as the aforementioned first network device and / or second network device) needs to send the first configuration to the terminal to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, so that when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reporting on the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0072] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may include at least one of the following:

[0073] a first measurement ID, which can be used to identify the first measurement in the second RAT; a second measurement configuration, which can be used to configure measurement content and / or reporting method corresponding to the first measurement in the second RAT; and first indication information, which can be used to indicate the measurement content and / or reporting method corresponding to the first measurement in the second RAT.

[0074] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first measurement ID in the above-mentioned first configuration may be for the scenario of "the terminal switching from LTE to NR". As can be seen from the foregoing, in the NR system, different measurement IDs need to be associated with measurement configurations for distinction, while in the LTE system, no measurement ID is required. Therefore, when the terminal switches from LTE to NR, the first configuration may include the first measurement ID. The first measurement ID may be understood as the measurement ID associated with the first measurement, used to identify the first measurement in the second RAT (i.e., the NR system), so as to implement measurement reporting and measurement control of the first measurement in the second RAT based on the first measurement ID, or so that the second network device can activate or deactivate the first measurement based on the first measurement ID. Optionally, the first measurement ID may be allocated by the second network device. Optionally, the first measurement ID may be different from other measurement IDs allocated in the NR system, thereby distinguishing the first measurement from other measurements configured in the NR system. Optionally, the first measurement ID is a measurement configuration application layer ID. Optionally, the first measurement ID is used to identify application layer measurements.

[0075] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second measurement configuration in the aforementioned first configuration may be determined by the second network device. Optionally, in some embodiments, the method for the second network device to determine the second measurement configuration may include: the second network device may receive second indication information sent by the first network device, where the second indication information may be used to indicate the measurement configuration of the terminal in the first RAT; optionally, the second indication information may include at least one of the first indication and the second indication. Optionally, the first indication may be used to indicate one or more "measurements that can be configured for the terminal," and the second indication may be used to indicate one or more "measurements that have been configured for the terminal." After receiving the second indication information, the second network device may determine the specific measurement of the first measurement configured by the network device in the first RAT for the terminal based on the second indication in the second indication information. Thereafter, the second network device may determine the specific measurement content and / or reporting method for the first measurement according to the measurement configuration and / or reporting configuration supported by the second RAT to form the aforementioned second measurement configuration. Optionally, in some embodiments, the second measurement configuration determined by the second network device should be able to implement the measurement corresponding to the first measurement. Optionally, in some embodiments, when the second RAT is NR, the second measurement configuration determined by the second network device may be any one of multiple measurement configurations configured in the NR system, or may be a measurement configuration determined by the second network device that is different from the multiple measurement configurations configured in the NR system. Alternatively, in other embodiments, when the second RAT is NR, a coverage indication may be set in some or all of the multiple measurement configurations configured in the NR system, and the coverage indication may be used to indicate that the corresponding measurement configuration can be used for the first RAT. In this case, the second measurement configuration determined by the second network device may be any one of the multiple measurement configurations configured in the NR system for which a coverage indication is set.

[0076] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second indication included in the above-mentioned second indication information may be carried in a HandoverPreparationInformation-NB (handover preparation information-NB) or HandoverPreparationInformation (handover preparation information) message.

[0077] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first indication included in the above-mentioned second indication information may be carried in QoE measurement collection (QoE Measurement Collection, QMC) configuration information (Configuration Information).

[0078] In addition, it should be noted that the “measurements configurable to the terminal” indicated by the first indication included in the above-mentioned second indication information can be understood as, for example, measurements that can be configured to the terminal but have not yet been configured to the terminal. Optionally, the first network device sends the first indication to the second network device so that the second network device is aware of the “measurements configurable to the terminal”, so that the second network device can subsequently configure the “measurements configurable to the terminal” to the terminal at an appropriate time. Optionally, the first indication can also be used to indicate the RAT type corresponding to the measurements configurable to the terminal. Optionally, in some embodiments, the RAT type corresponding to the “measurements configurable to the terminal” can be implicitly indicated. For example, an information element (IE) corresponding to NR can be used to carry the “measurements configurable to the terminal” whose corresponding RAT type is NR, and an IE corresponding to LTE can be used to carry the “measurements configurable to the terminal” whose corresponding RAT type is LTE. Optionally, in some other embodiments, the RAT type corresponding to the "measurement that can be configured to the terminal" can be explicitly indicated. For example, the RAT type corresponding to each "measurement that can be configured to the terminal" can be directly indicated as LTE or NR.

[0079] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned first indication may indicate "measurement configurable to the terminal" to the second network device by including a measurement configuration for configuring "measurement configurable to the terminal". Optionally, the above-mentioned measurement configuration for configuring "measurement configurable to the terminal" may be UE Application Layer Measurement Configuration Information (application layer measurement configuration information). Optionally, in some embodiments, the method of displaying the RAT type corresponding to the indication "measurement configurable to the terminal" may be: including an IE corresponding to the RAT type in the measurement configuration for configuring "measurement configurable to the terminal". Optionally, the IE may be an enumeration type, for example, the value of the IE may be NR, LTE, NR and LTE, etc. For example, if the RAT type of "measurement #1 configurable to the terminal" is NR, then the RAT type included in the measurement configuration for configuring the "measurement configurable to the terminal" may be NR.

[0080] Optionally, in some embodiments, when the above-mentioned "measurements configurable to the terminal" corresponds to a certain RAT type, it can be understood as: "the measurement can be used in the corresponding RAT type (such as the measurement configuration corresponding to the measurement can be used in the corresponding RAT type)", or "the measurement can be configured in the corresponding RAT type (such as the measurement configuration corresponding to the measurement can be configured in the corresponding RAT type)".

[0081] For example, assuming that the RAT type corresponding to "Measurement configurable to the terminal: Measurement #1" is NR, it means that measurement #1 can be used in the NR system (such as the measurement configuration corresponding to measurement #1 can be used in the NR system); or, it means that measurement #1 can be configured in the NR system (such as the measurement configuration corresponding to measurement #1 can be configured in the NR system).

[0082] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first indication information in the first configuration may be used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0083] performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration;

[0084] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to a first reporting format, where the first reporting format is: a reporting format used by the terminal when reporting the first measurement in the first RAT, and a specific format of the first reporting format is previously known to the terminal;

[0085] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to a second reporting format, where the second reporting format is: a reporting format used by the terminal when reporting the first measurement in the second RAT, and a specific format of the second reporting format is previously known to the terminal;

[0086] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and further reporting the first measurement ID when performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0087] Performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration (this may be understood as: in the second RAT, the second measurement configuration replaces or covers the first measurement configuration);

[0088] The first measurement is reported based on the second measurement configuration. Optionally, the reporting mode configured by the second measurement configuration may be: reporting the first measurement according to the first reporting format, or reporting the first measurement according to the second reporting format.

[0089] Optionally, in some embodiments, the aforementioned “the terminal performs the first measurement based on the first configuration and / or performs reporting of the first measurement” may include at least one of the following:

[0090] Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and reporting the first measurement according to a first reporting format;

[0091] Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and reporting the first measurement according to the second reporting format;

[0092] Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, reporting the first measurement according to a first reporting format, and further reporting a first measurement ID when reporting the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0093] performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration and performing reporting of the first measurement;

[0094] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0095] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the second reporting format;

[0096] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and further reporting the first measurement ID when performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0097] The first measurement is reported according to the second measurement configuration.

[0098] In some embodiments, before the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal has completed the first measurement in the first RAT but has not completed the reporting of the first measurement, then the first indication information in the above-mentioned first configuration can be used to indicate at least one of the following: performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the second reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration; and the above-mentioned "the terminal performs the first measurement and / or performs the reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration" may include at least one of the following: performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the second reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration.

[0099] In some other embodiments, before the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal has not completed the first measurement in the first RAT and has not completed the reporting of the first measurement, then the first indication information in the above-mentioned first configuration may be used to indicate at least one of the following: performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the second reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the reporting of the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration; performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration; performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration; performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration. Configuration to perform the first measurement; and the above-mentioned "the terminal performs the first measurement and / or performs the reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration" may include at least one of the following: performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the second reporting format; performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when performing the reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration and performing the reporting of the first measurement.

[0100] Optionally, in some embodiments, the implementation process of "performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration" may include: after the access stratum (AS) of the terminal receives the first configuration, the AS determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement is to be performed based on the first measurement configuration, and the AS may send the first measurement configuration to the application layer of the terminal, so that the application layer performs the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration and obtains the measurement result. Optionally, in other embodiments, the implementation process of "performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, the AS may directly send the first configuration to the application layer, the application layer determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement is to be performed based on the first measurement configuration, and the application layer performs the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration and obtains the measurement result. Optionally, in some embodiments, after obtaining the measurement result, the application layer may generate a reporting report based on the measurement result, and send the reporting report to the AS, so that the AS performs reporting of the first measurement based on the reporting report.

[0101] Optionally, in some embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, the AS determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement is to be performed based on the second measurement configuration, then the AS may send the second measurement configuration to the application layer of the terminal, so that the application layer performs the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration and obtains the measurement result. Optionally, in other embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, the first configuration may be directly sent to the application layer, the application layer determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement is to be performed based on the second measurement configuration, then the application layer performs the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration and obtains the measurement result.

[0102] It should be noted that in some embodiments, when the terminal performs the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration, the terminal may also synchronously perform the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, wherein the reporting report reported by the terminal should be the reporting report obtained when the terminal performs the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration, and the reporting report obtained when the terminal performs the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration can be retained or discarded by the terminal.

[0103] Optionally, in some embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "reporting of the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, the AS determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement is currently to be reported in accordance with the first reporting format, and then the AS reports the first measurement to the second network device based on the reporting report in the first reporting format obtained from the application layer. Optionally, in other embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "reporting of the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, the first configuration may be directly sent to the application layer, and the application layer determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement is currently to be reported in accordance with the first reporting format, and then the application layer generates a reporting report in the first reporting format based on its measurement result of the first measurement and sends it to the AS, so that the AS reports the first measurement to the second network device in accordance with the first reporting format.

[0104] Optionally, the aforementioned “reporting the first measurement according to the second reporting format” may include the following two situations:

[0105] The first scenario: When the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal has not yet generated a reporting report (such as the terminal has not completed the first measurement). At this time, the terminal can continue to perform the first measurement and obtain the measurement result. After obtaining the measurement result, the terminal can directly generate a reporting report in the second reporting format based on the measurement result and then perform the first measurement reporting to the second network device, or it can generate a reporting report in the first reporting format based on the measurement result, and then perform format conversion on the reporting report in the first reporting format to convert it into a reporting report in the second reporting format, and then perform the first measurement reporting to the second network device.

[0106] The second scenario: before switching to the second RAT, the terminal has performed the first measurement and obtained the measurement result, and has generated a reporting report in the first reporting format but has not yet reported the reporting report. At this time, if the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can ignore the reporting report in the first reporting format, and directly generate a reporting report in the second reporting format based on the obtained measurement result, and then perform the first measurement reporting to the second network device. Alternatively, the terminal can perform format conversion on the reporting report in the first reporting format to convert it into a reporting report in the second reporting format, and then perform the first measurement reporting to the second network device.

[0107] Optionally, in some embodiments, the conversion from the first reporting format to the second reporting format may be performed by an AS of the terminal or by an application layer of the terminal.

[0108] Optionally, the terminal's AS performs the "conversion from the first reporting format to the second reporting format" process as follows: when the terminal's AS receives the first configuration and determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement report is to be performed in the second reporting format, the terminal's AS can convert the reporting report in the first reporting format obtained from the application layer into the second reporting format and then perform the first measurement report to the second network device.

[0109] Optionally, the application layer of the terminal performs the "conversion from the first reporting format to the second reporting format" process as follows: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, it can send the first configuration to the application layer of the terminal. The application layer of the terminal determines based on the first configuration that the first measurement report should be performed in accordance with the second reporting format. The application layer of the terminal can convert the reporting report in the first reporting format into the second reporting format and then send it to the AS, so that the AS performs the first measurement report to the second network device.

[0110] Optionally, the above-mentioned conversion of the reporting report in the first reporting format to the second reporting format may include: retaining the original measurement content in the reporting report, and adding or deleting additional information to the reporting report in the first reporting format according to the second reporting format. For example, when the first RAT is LTE and the second RAT is NR, the first measurement ID can be added to the reporting report in the first reporting format. When the first RAT is NR and the second RAT is LTE, the measurement ID can be deleted from the reporting report in the first reporting format.

[0111] Optionally, in some embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "reporting the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when reporting the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, the AS determines based on the first configuration that it is currently to report the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format, and also to report the first measurement ID, then the AS performs the reporting of the first measurement to the second network device based on the reporting report in the first reporting format and the first measurement ID obtained from the application layer. Optionally, in some other embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "reporting the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when reporting the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, it can directly send the first configuration to the application layer. The application layer determines based on the first configuration that it is currently to report the first measurement in accordance with the first reporting format, and also to report the first measurement ID. The application layer generates a reporting report in the first reporting format based on its measurement result of the first measurement, and sends the reporting report in the first reporting format and the first measurement ID to the AS together, so that the AS performs the first measurement reporting to the second network device based on the first reporting format and the first measurement ID.

[0112] Optionally, in some embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "reporting of performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, the AS determines based on the first configuration that the reporting of the first measurement is currently to be performed based on the second measurement configuration, and then the AS performs the reporting of the first measurement to the second network device based on the second measurement configuration and the reporting report obtained from the application layer. Optionally, in other embodiments, the implementation process of the above-mentioned "reporting of performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration" may include: after the AS of the terminal receives the first configuration, it may directly send the first configuration to the application layer, and the application layer determines based on the first configuration that the reporting of the first measurement is currently to be performed based on the second measurement configuration, and then the application layer generates a reporting report corresponding to the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration, and sends the reporting report to the AS, so that the AS performs the reporting of the first measurement to the second network device.

[0113] In summary, in the measurement reporting method of the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal will perform the first measurement and / or perform the reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration; wherein, the first RAT is different from the second RAT, the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT. Therefore, it can be seen that the measurement reporting method provided by the present disclosure can be used when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, so that the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports on the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving the continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring the stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0114] FIG3 is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a terminal. As shown in FIG3 , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0115] Step 301: Receive a first configuration.

[0116] Optionally, the first configuration may be sent to the terminal by the first network device, or the first configuration may be sent to the terminal by the second network device.

[0117] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned “receiving the first configuration” may include the following steps:

[0118] Step 1: Report the terminal capabilities of the terminal.

[0119] Optionally, in some embodiments, the terminal capability may indicate that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting.

[0120] Optionally, in some embodiments, the terminal may report the terminal capability to the first network device, or the terminal may report the terminal capability to the second network device.

[0121] Step 2: Receive the first configuration.

[0122] Optionally, in some embodiments, when the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting, it means that after switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, it can report the reporting report obtained by the measurement in the first RAT to the network device in the second RAT. At this time, the first network device and / or the second network device can send a first configuration to the terminal to configure the terminal with a measurement method and / or reporting method for the first measurement configured in the first RAT after connecting to the second RAT. The terminal can thus achieve continuity measurement and reporting across RATs based on the first configuration.

[0123] For a detailed description of step 301 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0124] It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the first configuration may also be predefined by the protocol.

[0125] In summary, in the measurement reporting method of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal may receive a first configuration, which is used to configure a measurement method and / or reporting method for a first measurement after the terminal is connected to a second RAT. Therefore, when the terminal switches from a first RAT to a second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports in the second RAT for the first measurement configured in the first RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity in measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0126] FIG4 is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a terminal. As shown in FIG4 , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0127] Step 401: Receive a first measurement configuration.

[0128] Optionally, the first measurement configuration may be sent by any network device in the first RAT, and the first measurement configuration may be used to configure the first measurement for the terminal.

[0129] For a detailed description of step 401 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0130] In summary, in the measurement reporting method of the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal will perform the first measurement and / or perform the reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration; wherein, the first RAT is different from the second RAT, the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT. Therefore, it can be seen that the measurement reporting method provided by the present disclosure can be used when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, so that the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports on the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving the continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring the stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0131] FIG5 is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a second network device. As shown in FIG5 , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0132] Step 501: Send a first configuration.

[0133] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second network device may send the first configuration to the terminal; or, the second network device may send the first configuration to the first network device, so that the first network device sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0134] Optionally, the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for a first measurement of the terminal after the terminal is connected to the second RAT, wherein the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

[0135] Optionally, in some embodiments, sending the first configuration may include:

[0136] receiving terminal capabilities of the terminal, where the terminal capabilities indicate whether the terminal supports inter-RAT reporting;

[0137] In response to the terminal supporting cross-RAT reporting, the first configuration is sent.

[0138] For a detailed description of step 501 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0139] In summary, in the measurement reporting method of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second network device can send a first configuration, such as: the second network device can send the first configuration to the terminal; or, the second network device can send the first configuration to the first network device, so that the first network device sends the first configuration to the terminal. The first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT. Thus, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports on the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration it received, thereby achieving the continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring the stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0140] FIG6 is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a second network device. As shown in FIG6 , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0141] Step 601: Receive second indication information sent by a first network device.

[0142] Optionally, the first network device is a source network device to which the terminal is connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second indication information is used to indicate a measurement configuration status of the terminal in the first RAT;

[0143] Step 602: Determine a first configuration based on the second indication information.

[0144] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second indication information may be used to determine a second measurement configuration in the first configuration.

[0145] For a detailed description of steps 601 - 602 , please refer to the above embodiment.

[0146] In summary, in the measurement reporting method of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second network device can determine a first configuration so that the second network device can send the first configuration to the terminal. The first configuration is used to configure the terminal's measurement method and / or reporting method for the first measurement after connecting to the second RAT. Thus, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or report the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity in measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement across different RATs.

[0147] FIG7 is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a first network device. As shown in FIG7 , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0148] Step 701: Send a first configuration to a terminal.

[0149] Optionally, the first network device is a source network device to which the terminal is connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second indication information is used to indicate a measurement configuration status of the terminal in the first RAT;

[0150] Optionally, in some embodiments, sending the first configuration to the terminal may include:

[0151] receiving terminal capabilities of the terminal, where the terminal capabilities indicate whether the terminal supports inter-RAT reporting;

[0152] In response to the terminal supporting cross-RAT reporting, the first configuration is sent to the terminal.

[0153] For a detailed description of step 701 , please refer to the above embodiment.

[0154] In summary, in the measurement reporting method of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first network device may send the first configuration to the terminal. The first configuration is used to configure the terminal's measurement method and / or reporting method for the first measurement after connecting to the second RAT. Thus, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or report the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity in measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement across different RATs.

[0155] FIG8a is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a first network device. As shown in FIG8 , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0156] Step 801a: Send second indication information to the second network device.

[0157] Step 802a: Receive a first configuration sent by a second network device.

[0158] For a detailed description of steps 801a-802a, please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0159] It should be noted that the above-mentioned step 801a may be an optional step. For example, in some embodiments, step 801a and step 802a may be performed. For example, when the first configuration carries the second measurement configuration, step 801a and step 802a need to be performed simultaneously, wherein the first network device executes step 801a to send the second indication information to the second network device, so that the second network device can determine the second measurement configuration based on the second indication information (for a detailed introduction of the second network device determining the second measurement configuration based on the second indication information, please refer to the aforementioned embodiment), and include the second measurement configuration in the first configuration and send it to the first network device. In other embodiments, only step 802 may be performed. For example, when the first configuration does not carry the second measurement configuration, the second network device can directly determine the first configuration and send it to the first network device. In this case, the first network device may only execute step 802a.

[0160] In summary, in the measurement reporting method of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a first network device can receive a first configuration sent by a second network device, so that the first network device can send the first configuration to a terminal. The first configuration is used to configure the terminal's measurement method and / or reporting method for the first measurement after connecting to the second RAT. Thus, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports in the second RAT for the first measurement configured in the first RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0161] FIG8b is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8b , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0162] Step 801b: The terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, where the first RAT is different from the second RAT.

[0163] Step 802b: The terminal receives a first configuration sent by the first network device and / or the second network device;

[0164] Optionally, the first network device is a source network device to which the terminal is connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second network device is a target network device to which the terminal is connected in the second RAT after switching from the first RAT to the second RAT; the first configuration is used to configure a measurement mode and / or reporting mode for the first measurement by the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, and the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT;

[0165] Step 803b: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first configuration and / or reports the first measurement to the second network device.

[0166] For a detailed description of steps 801b-803b, please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0167] In summary, in the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal will perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on a first configuration; wherein the first RAT is different from the second RAT, the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement after the terminal is connected to the second RAT. Therefore, it can be seen that the measurement reporting method provided by the present disclosure can be used when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, so that the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports on the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0168] FIG8c is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8c , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0169] Step 801c: The LTE node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0170] Optionally, in some embodiments, a "node" may be understood as a network device or a cell. For example, an LTE node may be an LTE network device or an LTE cell.

[0171] Step 802c: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0172] Step 803c: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the LTE node.

[0173] Step 804c: The LTE node sends a first configuration to the terminal.

[0174] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration can be used to configure the terminal's measurement method and / or reporting method for the first measurement in the NR system.

[0175] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may be determined by an NR node. After the NR node determines the first configuration, the NR node may send the first configuration to the LTE node. Optionally, in some embodiments, the method for the NR node to determine the first configuration may include: the NR node receiving second indication information sent by the LTE node, and determining the first configuration based on the second indication information. For a detailed introduction to how the NR node determines the first configuration based on the second indication information, reference may be made to the aforementioned embodiment.

[0176] Step 805c: The terminal switches from the LTE node to the NR node.

[0177] Step 806c: The terminal determines, based on the first configuration, to continue performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0178] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 806c may be an optional step. For example, if the terminal has completed the first measurement in step 802c, step 806c may not be performed. If the terminal has not completed the first measurement in step 802c, step 806c needs to be performed.

[0179] Step 807c: The terminal performs a first measurement report based on the first configuration.

[0180] Optionally, the above steps 801c to 804c may be optional steps.

[0181] For detailed description of steps 801c to 807c, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0182] FIG8 d is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8 d , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0183] Step 801d: The LTE node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0184] Step 802d: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0185] Step 803d: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the LTE node.

[0186] Step 804d: The LTE node sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0187] Step 805d: The terminal switches from the LTE node to the NR node.

[0188] Step 806d: The terminal determines to perform the first measurement using the second measurement configuration based on the first configuration.

[0189] Step 807d: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0190] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 807d may be an optional step, for example, step 807d may not be performed, or step 807d may be performed.

[0191] Step 808d: The terminal performs reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration.

[0192] Optionally, the above steps 801d to 804d may be optional steps.

[0193] For detailed description of steps 801d to 808d, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0194] FIG8e is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8e , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0195] Step 801e: The LTE node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0196] Step 802e: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0197] Step 803e: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the LTE node.

[0198] Step 804e: The terminal switches from the LTE node to the NR node and receives the first configuration.

[0199] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may be received by the terminal from an LTE node or an NR node during the process of the terminal switching from an LTE node to a NR node.

[0200] Optionally, during the process of the terminal switching from the LTE node to the NR node, the method for the terminal to receive the first configuration from the LTE node may include: since the terminal has reported the terminal capabilities to the LTE node in the aforementioned step 803e, the LTE node can directly send the first configuration to the terminal during the process of the terminal switching from the LTE node to the NR node based on the terminal capabilities. The method for how the LTE node obtains the first configuration can refer to the introduction of the method for the first network device to obtain the first configuration, and this disclosure will not repeat it here.

[0201] Optionally, during the process of the terminal switching from the LTE node to the NR node, the method for the terminal to receive the first configuration from the NR node may include: if the NR node obtains the terminal capability, then during the process of the terminal switching from the LTE node to the NR node, the NR node sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0202] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method for the NR node to obtain the terminal capability may include at least one of the following:

[0203] The NR node obtains the terminal capabilities from the LTE node;

[0204] The NR node obtains the terminal capabilities from the core network. Optionally, the terminal capabilities at the core network may be reported by the terminal, or may be sent to the core network by the LTE node;

[0205] The NR node receives the terminal capabilities reported by the terminal, which may be reported to the NR node by the terminal during the process of switching from the LTE node to the NR node.

[0206] Step 805e: The terminal determines, based on the first configuration, to continue performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0207] Step 806e: The terminal performs a first measurement report based on the first configuration.

[0208] Optionally, the above steps 801e to 803e may be optional steps.

[0209] For a detailed description of steps 801e to 806e, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0210] FIG8f is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8f , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0211] Step 801f: The LTE node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0212] Step 802f: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0213] Step 803f: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the LTE node.

[0214] Step 804f: The terminal switches from the LTE node to the NR node and receives the first configuration.

[0215] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may be received from the first network device or the second network device during the process of the terminal switching from the LTE node to the NR node.

[0216] Step 805f: The terminal determines to perform the first measurement using the second measurement configuration based on the first configuration.

[0217] Step 806f: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0218] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 806f may be an optional step, for example, step 806f may not be performed, or step 806f may be performed.

[0219] Step 807f: The terminal performs a first measurement report based on the first configuration.

[0220] Optionally, the above steps 801f to 803f may be optional steps.

[0221] For a detailed description of steps 801f to 807f, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0222] FIG8g is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8g , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0223] Step 801g: The LTE node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0224] Step 802g: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0225] Step 803g: The terminal switches from the LTE node to the NR node.

[0226] Step 804g: The NR node obtains the terminal capabilities.

[0227] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method for the NR node to obtain the terminal capability may include at least one of the following:

[0228] The NR node obtains the terminal capabilities from the LTE node. The terminal capabilities at the LTE node can be reported by the terminal when accessing the LTE node;

[0229] The NR node obtains the terminal capabilities from the core network. Optionally, the terminal capabilities at the core network may be reported by the terminal, or may be sent to the core network by the LTE node;

[0230] The NR node receives the terminal capabilities reported by the terminal, which may be reported to the NR node by the terminal during the process of switching from the LTE node to the NR node.

[0231] Step 805g: The NR node sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0232] Step 806g: The terminal determines, based on the first configuration, to continue performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0233] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 806g may be an optional step. For example, if the terminal has completed the first measurement in step 802g, step 806g may not be executed. If the terminal has not completed the first measurement in step 802g, step 806g needs to be executed.

[0234] Step 807g: The terminal performs reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration.

[0235] Optionally, the above steps 801g, 802g, 804g, and 805g may be optional steps.

[0236] For a detailed description of steps 801g to 807g, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0237] FIG8h is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8h , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0238] Step 801h: The LTE node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0239] Step 802h: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0240] Step 803h: The terminal switches from the LTE node to the NR node.

[0241] Step 804h: The NR node obtains the terminal capabilities.

[0242] Step 805h: The NR node sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0243] Step 806h: The terminal determines to perform the first measurement using the second measurement configuration based on the first configuration.

[0244] Step 807h: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0245] Step 808h: The terminal performs a first measurement report based on the first configuration.

[0246] Optionally, the above steps 801h, 802h, 804h, and 805h may be optional steps.

[0247] For detailed description of steps 801h to 807h, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0248] FIG8i is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8i , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0249] Step 801i: The NR node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0250] Step 802i: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0251] Step 803i: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the NR node.

[0252] Step 804i: The NR node sends a first configuration to the terminal.

[0253] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may be used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method of the terminal for the first measurement in an LTE system.

[0254] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may be determined by an LTE node. After determining the first configuration, the LTE node may send the first configuration to the NR node. Optionally, in some embodiments, the method for the LTE node to determine the first configuration may include: the LTE node receiving second indication information sent by the NR node, and determining the first configuration based on the second indication information. For a detailed description of how the LTE node determines the first configuration based on the second indication information, reference may be made to the aforementioned embodiments.

[0255] Step 805i: The terminal switches from the NR node to the LTE node.

[0256] Step 806i: The terminal determines, based on the first configuration, to continue performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0257] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 806i may be an optional step. For example, if the terminal has completed the first measurement in step 802i, step 806i may not be executed. If the terminal has not completed the first measurement in step 802i, step 806i needs to be executed.

[0258] Step 807i: The terminal performs a first measurement report based on the first configuration.

[0259] Optionally, the above steps 801i to 804i may be optional steps.

[0260] For detailed description of steps 801i to 807i, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0261] FIG8j is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8j , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0262] Step 801j: The NR node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0263] Step 802j: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0264] Step 803j: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the NR node.

[0265] Step 804j: The NR node sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0266] Step 805j: The terminal switches from the NR node to the LTE node.

[0267] Step 806j: The terminal determines to perform the first measurement using the second measurement configuration based on the first configuration.

[0268] Step 807j: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0269] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 807j may be an optional step, for example, step 807j may not be performed, or step 807j may be performed.

[0270] Step 808j: The terminal performs reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration.

[0271] Optionally, the above steps 801j to 804j may be optional steps.

[0272] For a detailed description of steps 801j to 807j, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0273] FIG8k is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8k , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0274] Step 801k: The NR node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0275] Step 802k: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0276] Step 803k: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the NR node.

[0277] Step 804k: The terminal switches from the NR node to the LTE node and receives the first configuration.

[0278] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may be received from the NR node or the LTE node during a handover from the NR node to the LTE node by the terminal. For a detailed description of this part, please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0279] Step 805k: The terminal determines, based on the first configuration, to continue performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0280] Step 806k: The terminal performs reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration.

[0281] Optionally, the above steps 801k to 803k may be optional steps.

[0282] For a detailed introduction to steps 801k to 806k, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0283] FIG8L is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8L , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0284] Step 801L: The NR node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0285] Step 802L: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0286] Step 803L: The terminal reports terminal capabilities to the NR node.

[0287] Step 804L: The terminal switches from the NR node to the LTE node and receives the first configuration.

[0288] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first configuration may be received from the first network device or the second network device during the process of the terminal switching from the NR node to the LTE node.

[0289] Step 805L: The terminal determines to perform the first measurement using the second measurement configuration based on the first configuration.

[0290] Step 806L: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0291] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 806L may be an optional step, for example, step 806L may not be performed, or step 806L may be performed.

[0292] Step 807L: The terminal performs a first measurement report based on the first configuration.

[0293] Optionally, the above steps 801L to 803L may be optional steps.

[0294] For a detailed description of steps 801L to 807L, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0295] FIG8m is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8m , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0296] Step 801m: The NR node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0297] Step 802m: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0298] Step 803m: The terminal switches from the NR node to the LTE node.

[0299] Step 804m: The LTE node obtains the terminal capability.

[0300] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method for the LTE node to obtain terminal capabilities may include at least one of the following:

[0301] The LTE node obtains the terminal capabilities from the NR node. The terminal capabilities at the NR node may be those reported by the terminal when accessing the NR node;

[0302] The LTE node obtains the terminal capabilities from the core network. Optionally, the terminal capabilities at the core network may be reported by the terminal, or may be sent to the core network by the NR node;

[0303] The LTE node receives the terminal capabilities reported by the terminal, and the terminal capabilities may be reported to the LTE node by the terminal during the process of switching from the NR node to the LTE node.

[0304] Step 805m: The LTE node sends a first configuration to the terminal.

[0305] Step 806m: The terminal determines, based on the first configuration, to continue performing the first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0306] Optionally, in some embodiments, step 806m may be an optional step. For example, if the terminal has completed the first measurement in step 802m, step 806m may not be executed. If the terminal has not completed the first measurement in step 802m, step 806m needs to be executed.

[0307] Step 807m: The terminal performs a first measurement report based on the first configuration.

[0308] Optionally, the above steps 801m, 802m, 804m, and 805m may be optional steps.

[0309] For detailed description of steps 801m to 807m, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0310] FIG8n is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8n , the measurement reporting method may include the following steps:

[0311] Step 801n: The NR node sends a first measurement configuration to the terminal.

[0312] Step 802n: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0313] Step 803n: The terminal switches from the NR node to the LTE node.

[0314] Step 804n: The LTE node obtains the terminal capability.

[0315] Step 805n: The LTE node sends a first configuration to the terminal.

[0316] Step 806n: The terminal determines to perform the first measurement using the second measurement configuration based on the first configuration.

[0317] Step 807n: The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration.

[0318] Step 808n: The terminal performs reporting of the first measurement based on the first configuration.

[0319] Optionally, the above steps 801n, 802n, 804n, and 805n may be optional steps.

[0320] For detailed description of steps 801n to 807n, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.

[0321] Optionally, the following describes in detail how the terminal obtains the first configuration, wherein the first configuration is determined and generated by the second network device, and the method for how the second network device generates the first configuration can refer to the above embodiment.

[0322] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second network device may generate the first configuration before the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT. After generating the first configuration, the second network device may send the first configuration to the first network device. Furthermore, the terminal may report terminal capabilities to the first network device before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT to indicate that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting. After receiving the terminal capabilities, the first network device may send the first configuration to the terminal before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT.

[0323] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second network device may generate the first configuration before or during the terminal's handover from the first RAT to the second RAT. After the second network device generates the first configuration, if the second network device receives the terminal capabilities, the second network device may send the first configuration to the terminal during the terminal's handover from the first RAT to the second RAT. Optionally, the terminal capabilities received by the second network device may be directly reported to the second network device by the terminal during the handover from the first RAT to the second RAT, or the terminal may first report the terminal capabilities to the first network device before or during the handover from the first RAT to the second RAT, and then the first network device may send the terminal capabilities to the second network device during the terminal's handover from the first RAT to the second RAT.

[0324] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second network device may generate the first configuration before or during the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT. After the second network device generates the first configuration, it may send the first configuration to the first network device before or during the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT. Moreover, the first network device and / or the second network device may send the first configuration to the terminal during the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT.

[0325] Optionally, the specific scenario of “the first network device and / or the second network device sending the first configuration to the terminal during the process of the terminal switching from the first RAT to the second RAT” may include at least one of the following:

[0326] Scenario 1: If both the first network device and the second network device receive terminal capabilities, during the terminal's handover from the first RAT to the second RAT, both the first network device and the second network device send the first configuration to the terminal. Optionally, the terminal capabilities received by the first network device may be directly reported to the first network device by the terminal before or during the handover from the first RAT to the second RAT, or the terminal may first report the terminal capabilities to the second network device during the handover from the first RAT to the second RAT, and then the second network device sends the terminal capabilities to the first network device during the handover from the first RAT to the second RAT. For a detailed description of how the second network device receives the terminal capabilities, please refer to the description of the above embodiment.

[0327] Scenario 2: If the first network device receives the terminal capabilities, and the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the first network device sends the first configuration to the terminal. Furthermore, the first network device notifies the second network device that it has sent the first configuration to the terminal. At this point, the second network device no longer sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0328] Scenario 3: If the second network device receives the terminal capabilities, during the process of the terminal switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, the second network device sends the first configuration to the terminal, and the second network device notifies the first network device that it has sent the first configuration to the terminal. At this time, the first network device no longer sends the first configuration to the terminal.

[0329] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second network device may generate the first configuration before, during, or after the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT. After the second network device generates the first configuration, if the second network device receives the terminal capabilities, the second network device may send the first configuration to the terminal after the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT. Optionally, the terminal capabilities received by the second network device may be directly reported to the second network device by the terminal during or after the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, or the terminal may first report the terminal capabilities to the first network device before or during the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, and then the first network device sends the terminal capabilities to the second network device during the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT.

[0330] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG9 , the device may include:

[0331] A processing module is used to perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on a first configuration when the terminal switches from a first RAT to a second RAT; the first RAT is different from the second RAT, the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for the first measurement by the terminal after connecting to the second RAT.

[0332] In summary, in the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal will perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on a first configuration; wherein the first RAT is different from the second RAT, the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement after the terminal is connected to the second RAT. Therefore, it can be seen that the measurement reporting method provided by the present disclosure can be used when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, so that the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports on the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0333] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first RAT includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR); Long Term Evolution (LTE);

[0334] The second RAT includes at least one of the following: NR; LTE.

[0335] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus is further configured to:

[0336] A first measurement configuration is received, where the first measurement configuration is sent by any network device in the first RAT, and the first measurement configuration is used to configure the first measurement for the terminal.

[0337] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0338] a first measurement identifier ID, where the first measurement ID is used to identify the first measurement in a second RAT;

[0339] a second measurement configuration, where the second measurement configuration is used to configure measurement content and / or reporting method corresponding to the first measurement in a second RAT;

[0340] First indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate measurement content and / or reporting method corresponding to the first measurement in the second RAT.

[0341] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0342] performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration;

[0343] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to a first reporting format, where the first reporting format is: a reporting format adopted by the terminal when reporting the first measurement in the first RAT;

[0344] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to a second reporting format, where the second reporting format is: a reporting format used by the terminal when reporting the first measurement in the second RAT;

[0345] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and further reporting the first measurement ID when performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0346] performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration;

[0347] Reporting of the first measurement is performed based on the second measurement configuration.

[0348] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, performing the first measurement based on the first configuration and / or performing reporting of the first measurement includes:

[0349] Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and reporting the first measurement according to a first reporting format;

[0350] Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and reporting the first measurement according to the second reporting format;

[0351] Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, reporting the first measurement according to a first reporting format, and further reporting a first measurement ID when reporting the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0352] performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration and performing reporting of the first measurement;

[0353] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0354] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the second reporting format;

[0355] Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and further reporting the first measurement ID when performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format;

[0356] Reporting of the first measurement is performed based on the second measurement configuration.

[0357] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus is further configured to:

[0358] Reporting terminal capabilities of the terminal, where the terminal capabilities indicate that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting;

[0359] The first configuration is received.

[0360] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first measurement is an application layer-related measurement.

[0361] FIG10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG10 , the device may include:

[0362] The transceiver module is used to send a first configuration, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or reporting method for a first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, wherein the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

[0363] In summary, in the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second network device can send a first configuration, such as: the second network device can send the first configuration to the terminal; or, the second network device can send the first configuration to the first network device, so that the first network device sends the first configuration to the terminal. The first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT. Thus, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or reports on the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity of measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement between different RATs.

[0364] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the transceiver module is further configured to:

[0365] receiving terminal capabilities of the terminal, where the terminal capabilities indicate that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting;

[0366] The first configuration is sent.

[0367] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus is further configured to:

[0368] receiving second indication information sent by a first network device, where the first network device is a source network device to which the terminal is connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, the second indication information being used to indicate a measurement configuration status of the terminal in the first RAT;

[0369] The first configuration is determined based on the second indication information.

[0370] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0371] a first indication, where the first indication is used to indicate a measurement that can be configured for the terminal;

[0372] A second indication is used to indicate the measurement configured for the terminal.

[0373] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first indication is further used to indicate a RAT type corresponding to the measurement that can be configured for the terminal.

[0374] FIG11 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG10 , the device may include:

[0375] The transceiver module is used to send a first configuration to the terminal, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or reporting method for a first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, where the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

[0376] In summary, in the communication apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first network device can send the first configuration to the terminal, where the first configuration is used to configure the terminal's measurement method and / or reporting method for the first measurement after connecting to the second RAT. Thus, when the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the terminal can continuously perform corresponding measurements and / or report the first measurement configured in the first RAT in the second RAT based on the first configuration, thereby achieving continuity in measurement reporting between different RATs and ensuring stable execution of the first measurement across different RATs.

[0377] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the transceiver module is further configured to:

[0378] receiving terminal capabilities of the terminal, where the terminal capabilities indicate that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting;

[0379] Sending the first configuration to the terminal.

[0380] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus is further configured to:

[0381] Sending second indication information to a second network device, where the second network device is a target network device to which the terminal is connected after switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second indication information is used to indicate a measurement configuration of the terminal in the first RAT;

[0382] Receive the first configuration sent by the second network device.

[0383] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0384] a first indication, where the first indication is used to indicate a measurement that can be configured for the terminal;

[0385] A second indication is used to indicate the measurement configured for the terminal.

[0386] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first indication is further used to indicate a RAT type corresponding to the measurement that can be configured for the terminal.

[0387] Please refer to Figure 12, which is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 1200 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 1200 can be a base station or a terminal, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports a base station in implementing the above-mentioned method. It can also be a chip, chip system, or processor that supports a terminal in implementing the above-mentioned method. This device can be used to implement the method described in the above-mentioned method embodiment. For details, please refer to the description of the above-mentioned method embodiment.

[0388] The communication device 1200 may include one or more processors 1201. The processor 1201 may be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor. For example, it may be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit may be used to control the communication device (e.g., a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal, a terminal chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute computer programs, and process computer program data.

[0389] Optionally, the communication device 1200 may further include one or more memories 1202, on which a computer program 1204 may be stored. The processor 1201 executes the computer program 1204 to cause the communication device 1200 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. Optionally, the memory 1202 may also store data. The communication device 1200 and the memory 1202 may be provided separately or integrated together.

[0390] Optionally, the communication device 1200 may further include a transceiver 1205 and an antenna 1206. The transceiver 1205 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit, and is configured to implement transceiver functions. The transceiver 1205 may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, and is configured to implement a receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmitting circuit, and is configured to implement a transmitting function.

[0391] Optionally, the communication device 1200 may further include one or more interface circuits 1207. The interface circuit 1207 is configured to receive code instructions and transmit the code instructions to the processor 1201. The processor 1201 executes the code instructions to enable the communication device 1200 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment.

[0392] In one implementation, processor 1201 may include a transceiver for implementing receiving and transmitting functions. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, an interface, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit for implementing the receiving and transmitting functions may be separate or integrated. The transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code / data, or may be used for transmitting or delivering signals.

[0393] In one implementation, processor 1201 may store a computer program 1203. Computer program 1203, when executed on processor 1201, enables communication device 1200 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. Computer program 1203 may be embedded in processor 1201, in which case processor 1201 may be implemented by hardware.

[0394] In one implementation, the communication device 1200 may include a circuit that can implement the functions of sending, receiving, or communicating in the aforementioned method embodiments. The processor and transceiver described in the present disclosure can be implemented on an integrated circuit (IC), an analog IC, a radio frequency integrated circuit RFIC, a mixed signal IC, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic device, etc. The processor and transceiver can also be manufactured using various IC process technologies, such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (nMetal-oxide-semiconductor, NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (positive channel metal oxide semiconductor, PMOS), bipolar junction transistor (bipolar junction transistor, BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

[0395] The communication device described in the above embodiments may be a base station or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device described in this disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device may not be limited to FIG12. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

[0396] (1) Independent integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem; (2) A collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or computer programs; (3) ASIC, such as a modem; (4) Modules that can be embedded in other devices; (5) Receivers, terminals, smart terminals, cellular phones, wireless devices, handheld devices, mobile units, vehicle-mounted devices, base stations, cloud devices, artificial intelligence devices, etc.; (6) Others, etc.

[0397] If the communication device can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the chip structure shown in Figure 13. The chip shown in Figure 13 includes a processor 1301 and an interface 1302. The number of processors 1301 can be one or more, and the number of interfaces 1302 can be multiple.

[0398] Optionally, the chip further includes a memory 1303 , which is used to store necessary computer programs and data.

[0399] Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both. Whether such functionality is implemented by hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design requirements of the entire system. Those skilled in the art may use various methods to implement the described functionality for each specific application, but such implementation should not be construed as exceeding the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0400] The present disclosure also provides a readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which implement the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0401] The present disclosure also provides a computer program product, which implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0402] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0403] Those skilled in the art will understand that the various numerical numbers such as first and second involved in the present disclosure are only used for the convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0404] The at least one in the present disclosure can also be described as one or more, and the multiple can be two, three, four or more, which is not limited in the present disclosure. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D", and there is no order of precedence or size between the technical features described by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D".

[0405] The correspondences shown in the tables of the present disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values ​​of the information in each table are merely examples and can be configured to other values, which are not limited by the present disclosure. When configuring the correspondences between information and parameters, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, in the tables of the present disclosure, the correspondences shown in certain rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate deformation adjustments can be made based on the above tables, such as splitting, merging, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables may also adopt other names that can be understood by the communication device, and the values ​​or representations of the parameters may also adopt other values ​​or representations that can be understood by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures may also be used, such as arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear lists, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables or hash tables, etc.

[0406] The predefined in the present disclosure may be understood as defined, predefined, stored, pre-stored, pre-negotiated, pre-configured, solidified, or pre-burned.

[0407] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0408] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0409] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A measurement reporting method, characterized in that: The method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: The terminal switches from a first radio access type RAT to a second RAT, where the first RAT is different from the second RAT; Perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on a first configuration; the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement by the terminal after connecting to the second RAT.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first RAT includes at least one of the following: New Radio NR; Long Term Evolution LTE; The second RAT includes at least one of the following: NR; LTE.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that Before the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, the method further includes: A first measurement configuration is received, where the first measurement configuration is sent by any network device in the first RAT, and the first measurement configuration is used to configure the first measurement.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first configuration includes at least one of the following: a first measurement identifier ID, where the first measurement ID is used to identify the first measurement in a second RAT; a second measurement configuration, where the second measurement configuration is used to configure a measurement content and / or a reporting method corresponding to the first measurement in a second RAT; First indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate measurement content and / or reporting method corresponding to the first measurement in the second RAT.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The first indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following: performing a first measurement based on a first measurement configuration; Performing reporting of the first measurement according to a first reporting format, where the first reporting format is: a reporting format adopted by the terminal when performing reporting of the first measurement in the first RAT; Perform reporting of the first measurement according to a second reporting format, where the second reporting format is: a reporting format adopted by the terminal when reporting the first measurement in the second RAT; Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration; Reporting of the first measurement is performed based on the second measurement configuration.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The performing the first measurement based on the first configuration and / or performing reporting of the first measurement includes: Perform a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and report the first measurement according to a first reporting format; Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, and reporting the first measurement according to a second reporting format; Performing a first measurement based on the first measurement configuration, reporting the first measurement according to a first reporting format, and further reporting a first measurement ID when reporting the first measurement according to the first reporting format; Performing the first measurement based on the second measurement configuration and reporting the first measurement; Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; Perform reporting of the first measurement according to the second reporting format; Performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format, and also reporting the first measurement ID when performing reporting of the first measurement according to the first reporting format; Reporting of the first measurement is performed based on the second measurement configuration.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: Reporting a terminal capability of the terminal, where the terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting; The first configuration is received.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first measurement is an application layer related measurement.

9. A measurement reporting method, characterized in that: The method is performed by a second network device, where the second network device is a target network device to which the terminal is connected in the second RAT after switching from the first RAT to the second RAT. The method includes: A first configuration is sent, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for a first measurement performed by the terminal after the terminal is connected to the second RAT, wherein the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The sending of the first configuration includes: receiving a terminal capability of the terminal, wherein the terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting; The first configuration is sent.

11. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The method further comprises: receiving second indication information sent by a first network device, where the first network device is a source network device to which the terminal is connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second indication information is used to indicate a measurement configuration of the terminal in the first RAT; The first configuration is determined based on the second indication information.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The second indication information includes at least one of the following: a first indication, where the first indication is used to indicate a measurement that can be configured to the terminal; A second indication, where the second indication is used to indicate the measurement configured for the terminal.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The first indication is further used to indicate a RAT type corresponding to the measurement that can be configured for the terminal.

14. A measurement reporting method, characterized in that: The method is performed by a first network device, where the first network device is a source network device to which the terminal is connected in the first RAT before switching from the first RAT to the second RAT. The method includes: A first configuration is sent to the terminal, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for a first measurement performed by the terminal after the terminal is connected to the second RAT, where the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The sending a first configuration to the terminal includes: receiving a terminal capability of the terminal, wherein the terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports cross-RAT reporting; Sending the first configuration to the terminal.

16. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that Before sending the first configuration to the terminal, the method further includes at least one of the following: Sending second indication information to a second network device, wherein the second network device is a target network device to which the terminal is connected after switching from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second indication information is used to indicate a measurement configuration of the terminal in the first RAT; Receive the first configuration sent by the second network device.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The second indication information includes at least one of the following: a first indication, where the first indication is used to indicate a measurement that can be configured to the terminal; A second indication, where the second indication is used to indicate the measurement configured for the terminal.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The first indication is further used to indicate a RAT type corresponding to the measurement that can be configured for the terminal.

19. A measurement reporting method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT; The terminal receives a first configuration sent by the first network device and / or the second network device; the first network device is a source network device connected to the terminal in the first RAT before the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT, and the second network device is a target network device connected to the terminal in the second RAT after the terminal switches from the first RAT to the second RAT; the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for the first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, and the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT; The terminal performs a first measurement based on the first configuration and / or reports the first measurement to the second network device.

20. A communication device, comprising: A processing module, wherein the terminal switches from a first RAT to a second RAT, and the first RAT is different from the second RAT; The processing module is also used to perform a first measurement and / or report the first measurement based on a first configuration; the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT, and the first configuration is used to configure the measurement method and / or reporting method of the first measurement by the terminal after connecting to the second RAT.

21. A communication device, comprising: The transceiver module is used to send a first configuration, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for a first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, wherein the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

22. A communication device, comprising: The transceiver module is used to send a first configuration to the terminal, where the first configuration is used to configure a measurement method and / or a reporting method for a first measurement of the terminal after connecting to the second RAT, where the first measurement is a measurement configured to the terminal in the first RAT.

23. A communication device, characterized in that: The device includes a processor and a memory, wherein a computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the device performs the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, or the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the device performs the method as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 13, or the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the device performs the method as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 18.

24. A communication device, characterized in that: include: processor and interface circuitry, wherein The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor; The processor is configured to execute the code instructions to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, or to execute the code instructions to execute the method according to any one of claims 9 to 13, or to execute the code instructions to execute the method according to any one of claims 14 to 18.

25. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed, implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, or implement the method according to any one of claims 9 to 13, or implement the method according to any one of claims 14 to 18.

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