Measurement method and device

Abstract

Provided are a measurement method and device, relating to the technical field of communications, the method comprising: when a terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, if a first condition and a second condition are satisfied, the terminal does not execute pilot frequency neighbor cell measurement; wherein the first condition comprises that the terminal is configured with different frequency points; the second condition comprises that the signal quality of the serving cell of the terminal is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value configured for the terminal, or the terminal is not configured with the first threshold value, or the first threshold value configured for the terminal is zero, and the first threshold value is used for indicating whether the terminal starts neighbor cell measurement, so that the power consumption of the terminal is saved, and the effect of saving power of the terminal is achieved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communication technology, and in particular, to a measurement method and device. Background Art

[0002] In a mobile communication system, a terminal can determine whether it needs to measure the signal quality of a neighboring cell based on the measurement configuration information sent by a network device. In some cases, a network device can send a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message to the terminal, which can be used to instruct the terminal to delete the inter-frequency point, so that the terminal does not need to measure the inter-frequency neighboring cell (the neighboring cell corresponding to the inter-frequency point) to achieve the effect of saving power consumption.

[0003] However, when the network configuration is abnormal, the network device may not send an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, or the RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device to the terminal may not include information instructing the terminal to delete the inter-frequency point. At this time, the terminal not only needs to measure the signal quality of the serving cell and the signal quality of the same-frequency neighboring cell, but also the signal quality of the inter-frequency neighboring cell, which will increase the power consumption of the terminal. Summary of the invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a measurement method and device, which can reduce the power consumption of a terminal.

[0005] In a first aspect, a measurement method is provided, the method comprising: when a terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, if a first condition and a second condition are met, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement; wherein the first condition comprises: the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency frequency point; the second condition comprises: the signal quality of the service cell of the terminal is less than or equal to a first threshold value configured for the terminal, or the terminal is not configured with the first threshold value, or the first threshold value configured for the terminal is zero, and the first threshold value is used to indicate whether the terminal turns on neighboring area measurement.

[0006] Based on the method provided in the present application, when the terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency frequency point and the terminal is not configured with a first threshold value, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. When the terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency frequency point and the first threshold value is zero, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. When the terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency frequency point and the signal quality of the service cell of the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold value, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. Thereby saving the power consumption of the terminal and achieving the effect of power saving of the terminal.

[0007] In a possible implementation of the first aspect, the second condition also includes: when the terminal is configured with a first threshold value, the signal quality of the service cell of the terminal is greater than a second threshold value; wherein the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value and is greater than or equal to a third threshold value, and the third threshold value is less than the first threshold value.

[0008] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the second threshold is a minimum value between the first threshold and the third threshold.

[0009] In a possible implementation of the first aspect, before the terminal reports the A1 event to the network device, the method also includes: the terminal receives a first radio resource control RRC reconfiguration message from the network device, and the first RRC reconfiguration message is used to configure the A2 event to the terminal; the terminal reports the A2 event to the network device; the terminal receives a second RRC reconfiguration message from the network device, and the second RRC reconfiguration message is used to configure the heterofrequency point and the A1 event to the terminal.

[0010] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the terminal reports the A1 event to the network device, the terminal does not receive a third RRC reconfiguration message from the network device, where the third RRC reconfiguration message is used to instruct the terminal to delete an inter-frequency point.

[0011] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the terminal includes a physical layer and an RRC layer, and the terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, including: the physical layer measures a signal quality of a serving cell; the physical layer sends a signal quality measurement result of the serving cell to the RRC layer; when the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than a third threshold value, the RRC layer reports the A1 event to the network device.

[0012] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the terminal includes a physical layer and an RRC layer, and the terminal reports an A2 event to a network device, including: the physical layer measures the signal quality of a serving cell; the physical layer sends the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell to the RRC layer; when the signal quality of the serving cell is less than a fourth threshold value, the RRC layer reports the A2 event to the network device, and the fourth threshold value is less than or equal to the third threshold value.

[0013] In a second aspect, a device is provided, which includes one or more processors; the one or more processors are used to run computer programs or instructions, and when the one or more processors execute the computer programs or instructions, the method of the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof is executed.

[0014] In a possible implementation of the second aspect, the device further includes one or more memories, the one or more memories are coupled to one or more processors, and the one or more memories are used to store the above-mentioned computer programs or instructions. In a possible implementation, the memory is located outside the device. In another possible implementation, the memory is located inside the device. In the present application, the processor and the memory can also be integrated into one device, that is, the processor and the memory can also be integrated together. In a possible implementation, the device also includes a transceiver, which is used to receive information and / or send information.

[0015] In one possible design, the device also includes one or more communication interfaces, the one or more communication interfaces are coupled to the one or more processors, and the one or more communication interfaces are used to communicate with other modules outside the device.

[0016] In a third aspect, the present application provides a device comprising an interface circuit and a logic circuit; the interface circuit is used to input and / or output information; the logic circuit is used to execute the method of the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof, and process and / or generate information based on the information.

[0017] In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions or programs, which, when the computer instructions or programs are run on a computer, enable the method of the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof to be executed.

[0018] In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a chip, comprising: a processor, the processor is coupled to a memory, the memory is used to store programs or instructions, when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the method as in the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof is executed.

[0019] In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising computer instructions, which, when executed on a computer, enables the method of the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof to be executed.

[0020] In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a communication system, comprising an apparatus for implementing the method in the first aspect.

[0021] Among them, the technical effects brought about by any design method in the second to seventh aspects can refer to the technical effects brought about by any possible implementation method in the first aspect mentioned above, and will not be repeated here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a network architecture provided for an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2An interactive flow chart of a measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3 A flowchart of a specific example of a measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a serving cell signal quality change provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 5 Another schematic diagram of service cell signal quality change provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of a device provided in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the structure of another device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all of the embodiments. The following terms "first", "second", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes, and the features of "first", "second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present embodiment, unless otherwise stated, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more.

[0024] In the present application, the terms "comprises", "comprising" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element.

[0025] In the embodiments of the present application, "at least one (item)" refers to one or more. "Multiple" refers to two or more. "At least two (items)" refers to two or three and more than three. "And / or" is only a description of the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. In addition, the character " / " in this article generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship. "At least one of the following items" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single items or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b or c can represent: a, b, c, "a and b", "a and c", "b and c", or "a and b and c", where a, b, c can be single or multiple. “When” and “if” both mean that corresponding measures will be taken under certain objective circumstances. It does not limit the time, nor does it require any judgment when it is implemented, nor does it mean that there are other limitations.

[0026] In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present application should not be interpreted as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete way for easy understanding.

[0027] In this application, "sending information to ... (terminal)" can be understood as the destination of the information being the terminal. It can include sending information to the terminal directly or indirectly. "Receiving information from ... (terminal)" can be understood as the source of the information being the terminal, which can include receiving information from the terminal directly or indirectly. The information may be processed as necessary between the source and destination of the information, such as format changes, but the destination can understand the valid information from the source.

[0028] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "setting" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0029] First, some terms in this application are explained below to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.

[0030] 1. Same-frequency neighboring cells and different-frequency neighboring cells Neighbor cells refer to other cells adjacent to the serving cell, which are used to support the handover and reselection operations of the terminal. These neighbor cells can be intra-frequency neighbor cells, inter-frequency neighbor cells, etc. Intra-frequency neighbor cells refer to neighbor cells that use the same frequency band as the serving cell. Inter-frequency neighbor cells refer to neighbor cells that use different frequency bands than the serving cell.

[0031] 2. A1 incident A1 event indicates that the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than a certain threshold (second threshold value). After the network device configures the A1 event for the terminal, when the signal quality of the serving cell meets the condition of exceeding the threshold, the terminal can report the A1 event to the network device. If the condition is not met, it cannot be reported. The threshold can be flexibly set according to different scenarios.

[0032] 3. A2 incident A2 event means that the signal quality of the serving cell is less than a certain threshold (the fourth threshold value). After the network device configures the A2 event for the terminal, when the signal quality of the serving cell meets the condition of the threshold, the terminal can report the A2 event to the network device. If it does not meet the condition, it cannot be reported. The threshold can be flexibly set according to different scenarios.

[0033] 4. Signal measurement threshold (s-measure) s-measure is a threshold configured by the network (the first threshold value). When the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than s-measure, it indicates that the serving cell signal is good enough. At this time, the terminal can continue to perform the measurement of the serving cell, but stop the measurement of the neighboring cells of the same frequency and different frequencies to achieve the effect of terminal power saving. When the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to s-measure, it indicates that the serving cell signal is not good enough. At this time, in addition to continuing to perform the measurement of the serving cell, the terminal also needs to perform the measurement of the neighboring cells of the same frequency and different frequencies.

[0034] 5. Measurement Gap (GAP) The measurement configuration information may also include measurement gaps, which refer to the time intervals during which the terminal temporarily interrupts communication with the serving cell (sending and receiving data) in order to measure the signal quality of cells in other frequency bands (different frequencies) or wireless access technologies (different systems). Since the terminal usually has only one RF receiver and can only measure one frequency band at the same time, it is impossible to receive signals from the serving cell and neighboring cells at the same time, so it is necessary to suspend communication with the serving cell during the GAP period. The measurement gap allows the terminal to suspend communication with the serving cell for a specific period of time and switch to the target frequency band to measure the cell signal quality.

[0035] The present application provides a measurement method. The measurement method of the present application can be applied to a communication system, which may include but is not limited to: a wireless communication system, for example, a narrow band-Internet of things system (NB-IoT), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), an enhanced data rate for GSM evolution system (EDGE), a wide band code division multiple access system (WCDMA), a code division multiple access 2000 system (CDMA2000), a time division-synchronization code division multiple access system (TD-SCDMA), an LTE system, a fifth generation (5G) system, a sixth generation (6G) system, and future systems, etc.

[0036] The applicable scenarios of the communication system may include but are not limited to: ground cellular communication, non-terrestrial network (NTN), satellite communication, high altitude platform station (HAPS) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) communication, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) communication and other scenarios.

[0037] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a network architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 As shown, the network architecture of the present application may include: a terminal 101, a first network device 102, and a second network device 103. The first network device 102 may be a network device corresponding to a serving cell, and the second network device 103 may be a network device corresponding to a neighboring cell.

[0038] Among them, the terminal 101 is used for not performing inter-frequency neighboring area measurement when the first condition and the second condition are met when the terminal reports the A1 event to the network device. The first network device 102 is used for the terminal 101 to perform the measurement of the serving cell. The second network device 103 is used for the terminal 101 to perform neighboring area measurement, including the same-frequency neighboring area measurement and the inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. The specific implementation and technical effects of this solution will be described in detail in the subsequent method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0039] Optionally, the first network device 102 or the second network device 103 in the embodiment of the present application is a device that connects the terminal 101 to the wireless network. The network device may be a base station, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), a transmission reception point (TRP), a next generation NodeB (gNB) in a 5G mobile communication system, a base station in a future mobile communication system, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) system, etc., or a module or unit that completes part of the functions of a base station. In a network structure, the network device may include a centralized unit (CU) node, a distributed unit (DU) node, or a radio access network (RAN) device including a CU node and a DU node, or a control plane CU node (CU-CP node) and a user plane CU node (CU-UP node) and a RAN device of a DU node. CU and DU can be understood as a division of RAN nodes from a logical function perspective. The CU and DU are connected via the F1 interface; the CU may represent the gNB and be connected to the core network via the next generation interface (NG) interface. Among them, the CU and DU may be physically separated or deployed together, and this application does not make specific restrictions on this. A CU may be connected to a DU, or multiple DUs may share a CU, which can save costs and facilitate network expansion. The CU and DU may be divided according to the protocol stack. One possible way is to deploy the RRC, service data adaptation protocol stack (SDAP) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layers in the CU, and the remaining radio link control (RLC) layers, media access control (MAC) layers and physical layers in the DU. This application does not fully limit the above-mentioned protocol stack division method, and there may be other division methods. The embodiments of this application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the network device. In this application, unless otherwise specified, network devices refer to wireless access network devices.

[0040] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal 101 is a device with wireless transceiver function. The terminal 101 can be a wireless terminal or a wired terminal. The wireless terminal can be a device that provides voice and / or other business data connectivity to the user, a handheld device with wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The wireless terminal can communicate with one or more core networks via the RAN. The wireless terminal can be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal, for example, a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device, which exchanges language and / or data with the wireless access network. This is not limited here.

[0041] The terminal 101 includes a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on the hardware layer, and an application layer running on the operating system layer. The hardware layer includes hardware such as a central processing unit (CPU), a memory management unit (MMU), and a memory (also called main memory). The operating system can be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through a process. The application layer includes applications such as a browser, an address book, a word processing software, and an instant messaging software. In addition, the embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the specific structure of the execution subject of the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, as long as it can communicate according to the method provided in the embodiment of the present application by running a program that records the code of the method provided in the embodiment of the present application. For example, the execution subject of the method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be the terminal 101, or a functional module in the terminal 101 that can call and execute a program; or, the execution subject of the method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be the first network device 102 or the second network device 103, or a functional module in the first network device 102 or the second network device 103 that can call and execute a program.

[0042] The relevant functions of the terminal 101, the first network device 102 or the second network device 103 in the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by one device, or by multiple devices together, or by one or more functional modules in one device, and the embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit this. It can be understood that the above functions can be network elements in hardware devices, or software functions running on dedicated hardware, or a combination of hardware and software, or virtualization functions instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform).

[0043] In the related art, when the terminal reports the A1 event and the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency point, the network device obtains the signal quality of the current service cell through the measurement report to ensure normal communication needs, and there is no need to enable inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. At this time, the network device can send an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, which can be used to instruct the terminal to delete the inter-frequency point configuration information and GAP. After receiving the RRC reconfiguration message, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement to achieve the effect of saving power consumption.

[0044] However, when the network configuration is abnormal, the network device may not send an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, or the RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device to the terminal may not include information instructing the terminal to delete the inter-frequency point. In these two cases, after the terminal reports the A1 event, the inter-frequency point configuration information and GAP cannot be deleted, that is, the terminal is still configured with the inter-frequency point configuration information and GAP.

[0045] Three scenarios are possible: Scenario 1: When the network device is not configured with the first threshold value, or the first threshold value configured by the network device is 0, the terminal can measure the signal quality of the serving cell, the same-frequency neighboring cell, and the different-frequency neighboring cell.

[0046] Scenario 2: When the network device is configured with a first threshold value and the signal quality of the service cell measured by the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold value, the terminal can measure the signal quality of the service cell, the same-frequency neighboring cell, and the different-frequency neighboring cell.

[0047] Scenario three: When the network device is configured with the first threshold value and the signal quality of the service cell measured by the terminal is greater than the first threshold value, the terminal can measure the signal quality of the service cell and does not measure the signal quality of the neighboring cells, including the signal quality of the same-frequency neighboring cells and the signal quality of the different-frequency neighboring cells.

[0048] In scenarios 1 and 2, the terminal has reported the A1 event to the network device. The current serving cell signal is sufficient to provide stable communication, but the terminal can still perform inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement. Inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement needs to be performed through GAP. As long as GAP is used to measure inter-frequency neighbor cells, the interaction between the terminal and the network device can be increased, thereby increasing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0049] In view of the above problems, the present application provides a measurement method, in the case where the terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency frequency point and the terminal is not configured with a first threshold value, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. Alternatively, in the case where the terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency frequency point and the first threshold value is zero, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. Alternatively, in the case where the terminal reports an A1 event to a network device, the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency frequency point and the signal quality of the service cell of the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold value, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. Thereby, the power consumption of the terminal is saved, and the power saving effect of the terminal is achieved.

[0050] Below, the following embodiments of the present application will be based on Figure 1 Taking the terminal 101, the first network device 102 and the second network device 103 of the shown structure as an example, the measurement method provided in the present application is described in detail in combination with the accompanying drawings and application scenarios.

[0051] See also Figure 2 , Figure 2 The interactive flow chart of the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application. The method is applied to a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal can be Figure 1 A terminal or a device in a terminal, a network device may be Figure 1 A network device in a network device or a device in a network device.

[0052] like Figure 2 As shown, the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include: S201. The terminal sends a measurement report to a network device to instruct reporting of an A1 event.

[0053] When the terminal measures that the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than a certain threshold, that is, the condition of event A1 is met, the terminal sends a measurement report to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device receives the measurement report. The threshold is pre-configured by the network device.

[0054] After step S201, optionally, step S202 may also be performed.

[0055] S202. The network device sends an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, to instruct the terminal to configure an inter-frequency point.

[0056] During the communication between the terminal and the network, the network device may optionally send an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal to instruct the terminal to configure an inter-frequency point to measure the signal quality of an inter-frequency neighboring cell. Accordingly, the terminal receives the RRC reconfiguration message.

[0057] S203: The terminal determines whether the first condition is met.

[0058] The first condition includes that the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency point. If the terminal meets the first condition (for example, the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency point), step S205 may be performed. If the terminal does not meet the first condition (for example, the terminal is not configured with an inter-frequency point), step S206 may be performed.

[0059] After step S203, optionally, step S204 may also be performed.

[0060] S204: The network device sends an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, to instruct the terminal to configure a first threshold value.

[0061] During the communication between the terminal and the network, optionally, the network device may send an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal to instruct the terminal to configure a first threshold value, where the first threshold value is used to indicate whether the terminal turns on neighboring cell measurement. Accordingly, the terminal receives the RRC reconfiguration message.

[0062] S205: The terminal determines whether the second condition is met.

[0063] The second condition includes at least one of the following: the signal quality of the serving cell of the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold value, or the terminal is not configured with the first threshold value, or the first threshold value configured for the terminal is 0.

[0064] Optionally, the second condition further includes: when the terminal is configured with the first threshold value, the signal quality of the serving cell of the terminal is greater than the second threshold value; wherein the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value and is greater than or equal to the third threshold value, the third threshold value is less than the first threshold value, and the third threshold value may be the A1 event threshold value. The second threshold value may be the minimum value of the first threshold value and the third threshold value.

[0065] If the terminal meets the second condition, step S206 may be executed. If the terminal does not meet the second condition, step S207 may be executed.

[0066] S206. The terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring cell measurement.

[0067] S207: The terminal does not perform neighboring cell measurement.

[0068] The terminal does not perform neighboring cell measurement, including the terminal does not perform same-frequency neighboring cell measurement and inter-frequency neighboring cell measurement. The terminal only measures the signal quality of the serving cell.

[0069] For ease of understanding, the following Figure 3 The embodiments of the present application are described in detail. Figure 3 As shown, the terminal may include an RRC layer and a physical (PHY) layer. An embodiment of the present application provides a measurement method, including: S301. A network device sends a first radio link control (RRC) reconfiguration message to a terminal, so as to configure an A2 event for the terminal.

[0070] The first radio link control RRC reconfiguration message is used to send measurement configuration information to the terminal. The measurement configuration information may be configuration information related to the A2 event. The measurement configuration information may include: measurement object configuration (measObjectConfig), report configuration (reportConfig), and measurement identification (identification, ID) configuration (measIDConfig). Among them, the measurement object configuration mainly includes the measurement object, the measurement object mainly includes the frequency of the cell to be measured, the configuration related to generating the cell measurement value, etc. The report configuration mainly includes the measurement event, the configuration related to the measurement report trigger, etc. The report configuration includes the reporting evaluation criteria of the measurement report, such as whether the measurement report is triggered by the measurement event or periodically reported. Exemplarily, the measurement event may be: at least one of event A1, event A2, event A3, event A4, event A5, event A6, event B1, or event B2. The threshold corresponding to the measurement event is a reference value for judging the entry event or the exit event, and the specific value of the threshold is usually configured by the network device. The measurement identifier is used to associate the measurement object with the measurement report. By configuring multiple measurement identifiers, multiple measurement objects can be associated with the same measurement report, and multiple measurement reports can also be associated with the same measurement object.

[0071] For example, configuring measurement event A2 indicates that the service quality of the serving cell is less than the fourth threshold value. The measurement ID configuration corresponds to a measurement object and a report configuration, that is, the measurement object and the report configuration are combined to generate a measurement task. Configuring measurement event A3 indicates that the service quality of the neighboring cell is one offset value higher than that of the serving cell. The measurement ID configuration corresponds to a measurement object and a report configuration, that is, the measurement object and the report configuration are combined to generate a measurement task. It can also be understood that one measurement ID corresponds to one measurement task.

[0072] Exemplarily, two same-frequency point A1 events and one same-frequency point A3 event are configured, and the measurement configuration sent by the network device to the terminal is: { Measurement ID configuration 1 {MeasID 1 (reportConfig ID 1, objectID1)} Measurement ID configuration 2 {MeasID 2 (reportConfig ID 2, objectID1)} Measurement ID configuration 3 {MeasID 3 (reportConfig ID 3, objectID1)} Measurement object configuration 1 {objectID1 (f1)} Report Configuration 1 {reportConfig ID 1 (A2)} Report configuration 2 {reportConfig ID 2 (A3)} Report configuration 3 {reportConfig ID 3 (A2)} } The above measurement configuration includes one measurement object configuration, represented by objectID1, and corresponds to the measured frequency f1, that is, the frequency of the serving cell (same frequency). The measurement configuration also includes three report configurations, represented by reportConfigID1~reportConfig ID3, and correspond to measurement events A2, A3, and A2 respectively. The measurement configuration also includes three measurement ID configurations, represented by MeasID1~MeasID3, and correspond to three measurement tasks respectively. Each measurement task corresponds to a measurement object and a measurement event, as described above.

[0073] S302. The terminal sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0074] After receiving the first radio link control RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device, the terminal sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0075] S303: The PHY layer performs signal quality measurement of the serving cell.

[0076] PHY continuously measures the signal quality of the serving cell. After the terminal in the idle state initiates a stay request to the serving cell, the RRC layer sends a message to the PHY layer requesting to measure the serving cell. Correspondingly, the PHY layer receives the serving cell measurement request message from the RRC layer and starts measuring the signal quality of the serving cell. The PHY layer can perform multiple measurements in each cycle, for example, twice, and then the PHY layer can filter the multiple measurement results obtained and use the filtering results as the measurement results of the serving cell.

[0077] The process of the PHY layer performing the measurement of the serving cell involves the interaction between the PHY layer and the network device corresponding to the serving cell. The specific process can be referred to in the prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0078] S304. The PHY layer sends the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell to the RRC layer.

[0079] The PHY layer may send the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell to the RRC layer. Correspondingly, the RRC layer may receive the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell from the PHY layer.

[0080] S305. The terminal sends a first measurement report to the network device, which is used to indicate that the signal quality of the serving cell is less than a fourth threshold.

[0081] The first measurement report may include an A2 event measurement report. The fourth threshold value may be an A2 event threshold value. The RRC layer receives a signal quality measurement result of a serving cell from the PHY layer, and when it is determined that the signal quality of the serving cell is less than the fourth threshold value (A2 event threshold value), the terminal may report an A2 event to the network device.

[0082] S306. The network device sends a second RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, which is used to configure the inter-frequency point and A1 event for the terminal.

[0083] After the network device receives the first measurement report sent by the terminal, it can send a second RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, and the second RRC reconfiguration message is used to send measurement configuration information to the terminal. The measurement configuration information can be hetero-frequency point configuration information, A1 event configuration information and GAP. The GAP includes the length of the measurement gap, the repetition period, the offset, etc. The GAP is used to instruct the terminal to suspend communication with the serving cell within a specific time and switch to the hetero-frequency point to measure the communication quality of the neighboring area. The relevant description of measObjectConfig, reportConfig, and ID measIDConfig included in the measurement configuration information can be referred to step S301, which is not repeated here.

[0084] Exemplarily, the inter-frequency point A3 event and the same-frequency point A1 event are configured, and the measurement configuration sent by the network device to the terminal is: { Measurement ID configuration 4 {MeasID 4 (reportConfig ID 4, objectID1)} Measurement ID configuration 5 {MeasID 5 (reportConfig ID 5, objectID2)} Measurement object configuration 1 {objectID1 (f1)} Measurement object configuration 2 {objectID2 (f2)} Report Configuration 4 {reportConfig ID 4 (A1)} Report Configuration 5 {reportConfig ID 5 (A3)} s-measure } The above measurement configuration includes two measurement object configurations, represented by objectID1 and objectID2, and correspond to the measured frequency points f1 and f2 respectively, that is, f1 is the same frequency point, and f2 is the different frequency point. The measurement configuration also includes two report configurations, represented by reportConfig ID4~reportConfig ID5, and correspond to measurement events A1 and A3 respectively. The measurement configuration also includes two measurement ID configurations, represented by MeasID4~MeasID5, and correspond to two measurement tasks respectively. Each measurement task corresponds to a measurement object and a measurement event, as described above.

[0085] Optionally, the measurement configuration also includes a configured quality threshold s-measure, where s-measure is mainly introduced for terminal power saving. S-measure is a network-configured threshold, and s-measure is used for the terminal not to perform neighboring cell measurement when the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than s-measure.

[0086] S307. The terminal sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0087] After receiving the second RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device, the terminal obtains information such as the inter-frequency point, GAP, etc. and sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0088] S308. The RRC layer sends an inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement request message to the PHY layer.

[0089] The RRC layer may send an inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement request message to the PHY layer. Correspondingly, the PHY layer may receive an inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement request message from the RRC layer.

[0090] S309: The PHY layer performs signal quality measurement of an inter-frequency neighboring cell.

[0091] After receiving the inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement request message from the RRC layer, the PHY layer suspends communication with the serving cell for a specific period of time and switches to the inter-frequency point to measure the signal quality of the neighbor cell.

[0092] The process of performing neighbor cell measurement at the PHY layer involves interaction between the PHY layer and the network device corresponding to the neighbor cell. The specific process can be found in the prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0093] S310. The PHY layer sends a signal quality measurement result of a serving cell and a signal quality measurement result of an inter-frequency point to the RRC layer.

[0094] The PHY layer may send the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell and the signal quality measurement result of the inter-frequency point to the RRC layer. Correspondingly, the RRC layer may receive the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell and the signal quality measurement result of the inter-frequency point from the PHY layer.

[0095] S311. The terminal sends a second measurement report to the network device, which is used to indicate that the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than a third threshold.

[0096] The second measurement report may include an A1 event measurement report. The third threshold value may be an A1 event threshold value. The RRC layer makes a judgment based on the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell and the signal quality measurement result of the inter-frequency point of the PHY layer. When the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than the third threshold value (A1 event threshold value), the terminal may report the A1 event to the network device.

[0097] S312: The network device determines whether to send a third RRC reconfiguration message.

[0098] After the terminal reports the A1 event, if the network device sends a third RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, step S313 may be performed. If the network device does not send the third RRC reconfiguration message, step S318 may be performed.

[0099] S313. The network device determines whether the third RRC reconfiguration message carries configuration information for deleting the inter-frequency point.

[0100] If the third RRC reconfiguration message does not carry configuration information for deleting inter-frequency points, steps S314-S315 may be performed, and then step S318 may be performed. If the third RRC reconfiguration message carries configuration information for deleting inter-frequency points, steps S316-S317 may be performed, and then step S318 may be performed.

[0101] S314: The network device sends a third RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, which is used to instruct the configuration information of the A1 event to be deleted.

[0102] The network device sends a third RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, which is used to instruct to delete the configuration information of the A1 event. At this time, the terminal still has the configuration information of the inter-frequency point and the GAP.

[0103] S315. The terminal sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0104] After receiving the third RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device, the terminal sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0105] S316. The network device sends a third RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, which is used to instruct the terminal to delete the configuration information of the inter-frequency point.

[0106] The network device sends a third RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, which is used to instruct the terminal to delete the configuration information of the inter-frequency point. At this time, the terminal does not have the configuration information of the inter-frequency point and the GAP.

[0107] Exemplarily, after the terminal reports the A1 event, if the network device sends a third RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, and the third RRC reconfiguration message carries the configuration information for deleting the inter-frequency point and the configuration information for deleting the A1 event. The terminal can delete the configuration information of the GAP and inter-frequency point A3 event, for example, delete the following measurement configuration: { Measurement ID configuration 5 {MeasID 5 (reportConfig ID 5, objectID2)} Measurement object configuration 2 {objectID2 (f2)} Report Configuration 5 {reportConfig ID 5 (A3)} } The terminal can delete the configuration information of the A1 event at the same frequency point, for example, delete the following measurement configuration: { Measurement ID configuration 4 {MeasID 4 (reportConfig ID 4, objectID1)} Report Configuration 4 {reportConfig ID 4 (A1)} } The terminal retains the same-frequency frequency point A2 event and the same-frequency frequency point A3 event, and the terminal's measurement configuration information becomes: { Measurement ID configuration 1 {MeasID 1 (reportConfig ID 1, objectID1)} Measurement ID configuration 2 {MeasID 2 (reportConfig ID 2, objectID1)} Measurement ID configuration 3 {MeasID 3 (reportConfig ID 3, objectID1)} Measurement object configuration 1 {objectID1 (f1)} Report Configuration 1 {reportConfig ID 1 (A2)} Report configuration 2 {reportConfig ID 2 (A3)} Report configuration 3 {reportConfig ID 3 (A2)} } S317. The terminal sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0108] After receiving the third RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device, the terminal sends an RRC configuration completion message to the network device.

[0109] S318: The network device determines whether to configure the first threshold.

[0110] The first threshold value may be s-measure. S-measure is a threshold configured by the network, and s-measure is used to indicate that when the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than s-measure, the terminal does not perform neighboring cell measurement.

[0111] If the network device is configured with the first threshold value, execute step S319. If the network device is not configured with the first threshold value, execute step S323.

[0112] S319: The network device determines whether the configured first threshold value is 0.

[0113] If the first threshold value is 0, execute step S323. If the first threshold value is not 0, execute step S320.

[0114] S320. The terminal determines whether the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a first threshold.

[0115] If the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than the first threshold, execute step S321. If the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the first threshold, and the third RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device to the terminal in step S313 does not carry the configuration information for deleting the inter-frequency point, step S322 can be executed. If the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the first threshold, and the third RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device to the terminal in step S313 carries the configuration information for deleting the inter-frequency point, execute step S323.

[0116] S321. The terminal does not perform neighboring cell measurement.

[0117] When the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than the first threshold value, the normal communication requirements between the terminal and the network device can be met. The terminal does not need to perform neighboring cell measurement, including the terminal does not perform co-frequency neighboring cell measurement and inter-frequency neighboring cell measurement. The terminal only measures the signal quality of the serving cell.

[0118] S322: The terminal determines whether the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than a second threshold.

[0119] The second threshold value is smaller than the first threshold value (s-measure) and is greater than or equal to the third threshold value (A1 event threshold value), and the third threshold value is smaller than the first threshold value.

[0120] Further, the second threshold value may be the minimum value between the first threshold value and the third threshold value, that is, the second threshold value is equal to the third threshold value.

[0121] Exemplarily, the second threshold value may be s-measureX, s-measureX is greater than or equal to the A1 event threshold value and less than s-measure. In the best case, s-measureX is equal to the A1 event threshold value.

[0122] It can be understood that when the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the first threshold value (s-measure) and the third RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device to the terminal in step S313 does not carry the configuration information for deleting the inter-frequency frequency point, the terminal needs to perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. In the above case, the embodiment of the present application adds a judgment condition of the second threshold value. If the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than the second threshold value, step S323 can be executed. If the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the second threshold value, step S324 can be executed.

[0123] S323: The terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring cell measurement.

[0124] If the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the first threshold value, greater than the second threshold value, and the third RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device to the terminal in step S313 does not carry the configuration information for deleting the inter-frequency frequency point, the terminal has reported the A1 event to the network device, indicating that the signal of the serving cell can guarantee normal communication needs. At this time, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring cell measurement, but can perform signal quality measurement of the serving cell and signal quality measurement of the same-frequency neighboring cell to reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0125] Alternatively, if the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the first threshold value, and in step S313 the network device sends a third RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal that carries the configuration information for deleting the inter-frequency frequency point, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement, and may perform signal quality measurement of the serving cell and signal quality measurement of the same-frequency neighboring area.

[0126] S324. The terminal performs signal quality measurement of the serving cell, the same-frequency neighboring cell, and the different-frequency neighboring cell.

[0127] When the signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the second threshold value and greater than the third threshold value, since the terminal has not deleted the information of the inter-frequency points, in addition to measuring the signal quality of the serving cell and the same-frequency neighboring cell, the signal quality of the inter-frequency neighboring cell can also be measured.

[0128] In order to more clearly indicate whether the neighboring area should be measured under different conditions, the following Figure 4 and Figure 5 The implementation effects of the above embodiments are described.

[0129] When the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value and greater than the third threshold value, Figure 4 The figure shows a service cell signal quality change diagram. When the time period is T1-T2 and T5-T6, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement (that is, the original time period is T1-T2 and T5-T6, and the inter-frequency neighboring area measurement needs to be performed. The method of the embodiment of the present application can be used without performing inter-frequency neighboring area measurement, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal). In the time period of T2-T3 and T4-T5, the terminal can measure the signal quality of the service cell, the same-frequency neighboring area and the inter-frequency neighboring area. When the time period is greater than T6 and the time period is less than T1, the terminal does not perform neighboring area measurement, including the same-frequency neighboring area measurement and the inter-frequency neighboring area measurement.

[0130] When the second threshold value is equal to the third threshold value, Figure 5 Another serving cell signal quality change diagram is shown. Using the method of the embodiment of the present application, when the time period is T1-T3 and T4-T6, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement (that is, the original time period is T1-T3 and T4-T6 and needs to perform inter-frequency neighboring area measurement. Using the method of the embodiment of the present application, inter-frequency neighboring area measurement can be omitted, thereby reducing terminal power consumption). When the time period is greater than T6 and the time period is less than T1, the terminal does not perform neighboring area measurement, including same-frequency neighboring area measurement and inter-frequency neighboring area measurement.

[0131] It should be noted that the various embodiments of the present application can be implemented independently or in combination without limitation. If there is no special explanation or logical conflict, the terms and / or descriptions of the different embodiments provided in the present application are consistent and can be referenced to each other, and the technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationships.

[0132] It is to be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject may execute some or all of the steps in the embodiments of the present application, and these steps or operations are only examples, and the embodiments of the present application may also execute other operations or variations of various operations. In addition, the various steps may be executed in different orders presented in the embodiments of the present application, and it is possible that not all operations in the embodiments of the present application need to be executed.

[0133] The above mainly introduces the solution provided by the embodiment of the present application from the perspective of interaction between devices. It is understandable that, in order to realize the above functions, each device includes a hardware structure and / or software module corresponding to each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that, in combination with the algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present application.

[0134] The embodiment of the present application can divide the functional modules of each device according to the above method example. For example, each functional module can be divided according to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one processing module. The above integrated module can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic and is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation.

[0135] In the case of dividing each functional module into corresponding functional modules, Figure 6 A device 1600 is shown, which can perform the above Figures 2 to 3 The actions performed by the terminal and network equipment in the method shown, and all relevant contents of the steps involved in the above method embodiment can be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional modules, and the technical effects that can be obtained can be referred to the above method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0136] The device 1600 may include a transceiver module 1601 and a processing module 1602. Exemplarily, the device 1600 may be a communication device, or a chip used in a communication device, or other combined devices, components, etc. having the above-mentioned device functions. When the device 1600 is a communication device, the transceiver module 1601 may be a transceiver, which may include an antenna and a radio frequency circuit, etc.; the processing module 1602 may be a processor (or a processing circuit), such as a baseband processor, which may include one or more central processing units (CPUs). When the device 1600 is a component having the above-mentioned device functions, the transceiver module 1601 may be a radio frequency unit; the processing module 1602 may be a processor (or a processing circuit), such as a baseband processor. When the device 1600 is a chip system, the transceiver module 1601 may be an input and output interface of a chip (such as a baseband chip); the processing module 1602 may be a processor (or a processing circuit) of the chip system, which may include one or more central processing units. It should be understood that the transceiver module 1601 in the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by a transceiver or a transceiver-related circuit component; the processing module 1602 can be implemented by a processor or a processor-related circuit component (or, referred to as a processing circuit).

[0137] For example, the transceiver module 1601 can be used to perform Figures 2 to 3 All transceiver operations performed by the device in the embodiment shown, and / or other processes used to support the technology described herein; the processing module 1602 can be used to perform Figures 2 to 3 All operations except the transceiver operations performed by the apparatus in the illustrated embodiment, and / or other processes for supporting the technology described herein.

[0138] As another possible way to achieve this, Figure 6 The transceiver module 1601 in the embodiment may be replaced by a transceiver, and the transceiver may integrate the functions of the transceiver module 1601; the processing module 1602 may be replaced by a processor, and the processor may integrate the functions of the processing module 1602. Further, Figure 6 The illustrated apparatus 1600 may also include a memory.

[0139] The present application also provides a method Figure 7 The device 1700 shown in the figure may be a terminal or a chip or a system on chip in the terminal; or a network device or a chip or a system on chip in the network device. Figure 7 As shown, the device 1700 includes a processor 1701 , a transceiver 1702 , and a communication line 1703 .

[0140] Furthermore, the device 1700 may also include a memory 1704 . The processor 1701 , the memory 1704 and the transceiver 1702 may be connected via a communication line 1703 .

[0141] The processor 1701 is a central processing unit (CPU), a general-purpose processor, a network processor (NP), a digital signal processor (DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a programmable logic device (PLD), or any combination thereof. The processor 1701 may also be other devices with processing functions, such as circuits, devices, or software modules, without limitation.

[0142] The transceiver 1702 is used to communicate with other devices or other communication networks. Other communication networks may be Ethernet, RAN, wireless local area networks (WLAN), etc. The transceiver 1702 may be a module, a circuit, a transceiver, or any device capable of achieving communication.

[0143] The communication line 1703 is used to transmit information between the components included in the device 1700.

[0144] The memory 1704 is used to store instructions, where the instructions may be computer programs.

[0145] The memory 1704 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and / or instructions, or a random access memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and / or instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compressed optical disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, Blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, etc., without limitation.

[0146] It should be noted that the memory 1704 can exist independently of the processor 1701, or can be integrated with the processor 1701. The memory 1704 can be used to store instructions or program codes or some data, etc. The memory 1704 can be located in the device 1700 or outside the device 1700, without limitation. The processor 1701 is used to execute the instructions stored in the memory 1704 to implement the communication method provided in the following embodiments of the present application.

[0147] In one example, the processor 1701 may include one or more CPUs, such as Figure 7 CPU0 and CPU1 in.

[0148] As an optional implementation, the device 1700 includes multiple processors, for example, Figure 7 In addition to the processor 1701, a processor 1707 may also be included.

[0149] As an optional implementation, the apparatus 1700 further includes an output device 1705 and an input device 1706. For example, the input device 1706 is a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a joystick, and the like, and the output device 1705 is a display screen, a speaker, and the like.

[0150] It should be noted that the device 1700 may be a desktop computer, a portable computer, a network server, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wireless terminal, an embedded device, a chip system, or a Figure 7 In addition, Figure 7 The components shown in the figure do not constitute a limitation on the device, except Figure 7 In addition to the components shown, the device may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently.

[0151] In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0152] In addition, the actions, terms, etc. involved in the various embodiments of the present application can refer to each other without limitation. The message name or parameter name in the message exchanged between the various devices in the embodiments of the present application is only an example, and other names can also be used in the specific implementation without limitation.

[0153] The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product, which can implement the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0154] The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program, which can implement the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0155] The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium. All or part of the processes in the above method embodiments can be completed by a computer program to instruct the relevant hardware, and the program can be stored in the above computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed, it can include the processes of the above method embodiments. The computer-readable storage medium can be an internal storage unit of a terminal (including a data sending end and / or a data receiving end) in any of the above embodiments, such as a hard disk or memory of the terminal. The above computer-readable storage medium can also be an external storage device of the above terminal, such as a plug-in hard disk, a smart memory card (smart media card, SMC), a secure digital (secure digital, SD) card, a flash card (flash card), etc. equipped on the above terminal. Further, the above computer-readable storage medium can also include both an internal storage unit of the above terminal and an external storage device. The above computer-readable storage medium is used to store the above computer program and other programs and data required by the above terminal. The above computer-readable storage medium can also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.

[0156] In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the modules or units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another device, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0157] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may be one physical unit or multiple physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed in multiple different places. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the present embodiment.

[0158] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional units.

[0159] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application can essentially or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for a device (which can be a single-chip microcomputer, chip, etc.) or a processor to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as USB flash drives, mobile hard drives, ROM, RAM, magnetic disks or optical disks.

[0160] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, rather than to limit it. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, a person skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments may still be modified, or some of the technical features may be replaced by equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A measurement method, characterized in that: include: In the case where the terminal reports the A1 event to the network device, if the first condition and the second condition are met, the terminal does not perform inter-frequency neighboring cell measurement; Among them, the first condition includes: the terminal is configured with an inter-frequency point; the second condition includes: the signal quality of the service cell of the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold value configured for the terminal, or the terminal is not configured with the first threshold value, or the first threshold value configured for the terminal is zero, and the first threshold value is used to indicate whether the terminal turns on neighboring area measurement.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The second condition also includes: when the terminal is configured with the first threshold value, the signal quality of the service cell of the terminal is greater than a second threshold value; wherein the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value and is greater than or equal to a third threshold value, and the third threshold value is less than the first threshold value.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The second threshold value is a minimum value between the first threshold value and the third threshold value.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that Before the terminal reports the A1 event to the network device, the method further includes: The terminal receives a first radio resource control RRC reconfiguration message from the network device, where the first RRC reconfiguration message is used to configure an A2 event for the terminal; The terminal reports the A2 event to the network device; The terminal receives a second RRC reconfiguration message from the network device, where the second RRC reconfiguration message is used to configure the inter-frequency point and the A1 event for the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that After the terminal reports the A1 event to the network device, the terminal does not receive a third RRC reconfiguration message from the network device, where the third RRC reconfiguration message is used to instruct the terminal to delete the inter-frequency point.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The terminal includes a physical layer and an RRC layer, and the terminal reporting the A1 event to the network device includes: The physical layer measures the signal quality of the serving cell; The physical layer sends the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell to the RRC layer; When the signal quality of the serving cell is greater than the third threshold value, the RRC layer reports the A1 event to the network device.

7. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The terminal includes a physical layer and an RRC layer, and the terminal reporting the A2 event to the network device includes: The physical layer measures the signal quality of the serving cell; The physical layer sends the signal quality measurement result of the serving cell to the RRC layer; In a case where the signal quality of the serving cell is less than a fourth threshold value, the RRC layer reports the A2 event to the network device, and the fourth threshold value is less than or equal to the third threshold value.

8. A device, characterized in that: The device comprises a processor; the processor is configured to run a computer program or an instruction so that the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is executed.

9. A device, characterized in that: The device comprises an interface circuit and a logic circuit; the interface circuit is used to input and / or output information; and the logic circuit is used to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions or programs, and when the computer instructions or programs are run on a computer, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is executed.

11. A computer program product, characterized in that The computer program product includes a computer program or computer instructions; when part or all of the computer program or computer instructions are run on a computer, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is executed.

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