Measurement method and device and storage medium

Abstract

The invention relates to a measurement method, equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps that the terminal sends a first signal; the first signal is used for a first network device of a candidate cell of the terminal to measure an uplink beam of the terminal to obtain a first measurement result, and the first measurement result is sent to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal. Thus, after the terminal sends the first signal, the plurality of candidate cells can measure the uplink beam of the terminal in parallel, the time overhead of beam measurement is reduced, and the efficiency of cell switching is improved.

Description

Measurement methods, equipment and storage media Technical Field

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

[0002] In dynamic inter-cell mobility management (L1 / L2 based inter-cell mobility), the terminal needs to perform downlink beam measurement on each candidate cell and report the measurement results to the serving cell. The serving cell can determine whether to perform cell switching based on the terminal's downlink beam measurement results for each candidate cell.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, a device, and a storage medium.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a measurement method is proposed, the method comprising:

[0006] The terminal sends a first signal; the first signal is used by a first network device of a candidate cell of the terminal to measure an uplink beam of the terminal, obtain a first measurement result, and send the first measurement result to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

[0007] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a measurement method is proposed, the method comprising:

[0008] A first network device receives a first signal sent by a terminal, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal;

[0009] Measuring an uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result;

[0010] The first measurement result is sent to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

[0011] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a measurement method is proposed, the method comprising:

[0012] The second network device receives the first measurement result sent by the first network device, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal, and the second network device is a network device of a service cell of the terminal. The first measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink beam of the terminal based on the first signal sent by the terminal.

[0013] According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a measurement method is proposed, the method comprising:

[0014] The terminal sends a first signal;

[0015] The first network device measures the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result;

[0016] The first network device sends the first measurement result to the second network device.

[0017] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including:

[0018] The transceiver module is configured to send a first signal; the first signal is used by the first network device of the candidate cell of the terminal to measure the uplink beam of the terminal, obtain a first measurement result, and send the first measurement result to the second network device of the service cell of the terminal.

[0019] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first network device is provided, including:

[0020] a transceiver module configured to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal;

[0021] a processing module, configured to measure an uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result;

[0022] The transceiver module is further configured to send the first measurement result to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

[0023] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second network device is provided, including:

[0024] The transceiver module is configured to receive a first measurement result sent by a first network device, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal, and the second network device is a network device of a service cell of the terminal. The first measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal sent by the terminal.

[0025] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal can be used to execute an optional implementation of the first aspect.

[0026] According to a ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first network device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the first network device can be used to execute an optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0027] According to a tenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second network device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the first network device can be used to execute an optional implementation of the third aspect.

[0028] According to the eleventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, which may include: a terminal, a first network device, and a second network device; wherein, the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect, the first network device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the second aspect, and the second network device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the third aspect.

[0029] According to the twelfth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect.

[0030] The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may have the following beneficial effects: a terminal transmits a first signal; the first signal is used by a first network device in a candidate cell of the terminal to measure the terminal's uplink beam, obtain a first measurement result, and transmit the first measurement result to a second network device in the terminal's serving cell. Thus, after the terminal transmits the first signal, multiple candidate cells can concurrently measure the terminal's uplink beams, reducing the time overhead of beam measurement and thereby improving cell handover efficiency.

[0031] It is to be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0033] FIG1A is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0034] FIG1B is a schematic diagram illustrating a dynamic cell mobility management process according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0035] FIG2A is a schematic flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0036] FIG2B is a schematic diagram showing a signal transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0037] FIG2C is a schematic diagram showing second configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0038] FIG2D is a schematic diagram showing a second protection time according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0039] FIG2E is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0040] FIG3A is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0041] FIG3B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0042] FIG3C is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0043] FIG3D is a schematic flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0044] FIG4A is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0045] FIG4B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0046] FIG4C is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0047] FIG4D is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0048] FIG4E is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0049] FIG4F is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0050] FIG5A is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0051] FIG5B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0052] FIG5C is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0053] FIG5D is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0054] FIG5E is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0055] FIG5F is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0056] FIG6 is a flow chart showing a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0057] FIG7 is a flow chart showing a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0058] FIG8 is a flow chart showing a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0059] FIG9 is a flow chart showing a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0060] FIG10A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0061] FIG10B is a schematic structural diagram of a first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0062] FIG10C is a schematic structural diagram of a second network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0063] FIG11A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0064] FIG11B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0065] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, a device, and a storage medium.

[0066] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, the method comprising:

[0067] The terminal sends a first signal; the first signal is used by a first network device of a candidate cell of the terminal to measure an uplink beam of the terminal, obtain a first measurement result, and send the first measurement result to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

[0068] In the above embodiment, after the terminal sends the first signal, multiple candidate cells can measure the uplink beam of the terminal in parallel, which reduces the time overhead of beam measurement and thus improves the efficiency of cell switching.

[0069] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0070] Send a second signal; the second signal is used by the first network device to perform uplink interference measurement on the terminal, obtain a second measurement result, determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result, and send the third measurement result to the second network device.

[0071] In the above embodiment, after the terminal sends the first signal and the second signal, multiple candidate cells can measure the uplink beam of the terminal in parallel, reducing the time overhead of beam measurement, thereby improving the efficiency of cell switching. In addition, while measuring the uplink beam, the influence of uplink interference is also taken into account, so that the accuracy of the determined third measurement result is higher, thereby improving the accuracy of cell switching.

[0072] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the third measurement result is a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0073] In the above embodiment, whether the terminal can perform cell switching is judged by SINR, which further improves the accuracy of cell switching.

[0074] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, sending the first signal includes:

[0075] The first signal is sent to a first type of candidate cells and a network device of the serving cell according to the first configuration information, where the first type of candidate cells includes candidate cells having the same frequency as the serving cell.

[0076] In the above embodiment, sending the first signal according to the first configuration information can improve the flexibility of sending the first signal.

[0077] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0078] First time-frequency resources;

[0079] Port configuration;

[0080] The first timing advance is TA.

[0081] In the above embodiment, the sending of the first signal is controlled according to the first time-frequency resource, the port configuration and the first TA, thereby improving the reliability of the sending of the first signal.

[0082] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first TA is determined by:

[0083] determining an average TA of the first-category candidate cells according to the TA of each first-category candidate cell, and using the average TA as the first TA; or

[0084] The TA of the serving cell is used as the first TA.

[0085] In the above embodiment, the first signal is sent according to the average TA value of the first type of candidate cells, which can avoid an excessively long interruption time caused by the protection time of a certain candidate cell and improve the efficiency of sending the first signal.

[0086] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, sending the first signal to the network device of the first type of candidate cell and the serving cell according to the first configuration information includes:

[0087] The first signal is sent to the network equipment of the first type of candidate cell and the serving cell according to the first configuration information and the first protection time.

[0088] In the above embodiment, sending the first signal according to the first configuration information and the first protection time can avoid affecting other transmissions of the serving cell.

[0089] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, sending the first signal includes:

[0090] The first signal is sent to a network device of a second type of candidate cells according to the second configuration information, where the second type of candidate cells includes candidate cells with different frequencies from the serving cell.

[0091] In the above embodiment, for the second type of candidate cells that have different frequencies from the serving cell, the first signal can be sent according to the second configuration information to ensure the reliability of the first signal transmission.

[0092] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second configuration information includes:

[0093] Measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0094] In the above embodiment, sending the first signal to the second-category candidate cell within the time specified by the measurement window / interval configuration information will not affect the communication between the terminal and the serving cell.

[0095] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0096] receiving first information sent by the second network device;

[0097] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0098] the first configuration information;

[0099] The second configuration information.

[0100] In the above embodiment, the second network device can instruct the terminal to send the first signal through the first information, thereby improving the flexibility of sending the first signal.

[0101] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, the method comprising:

[0102] A first network device receives a first signal sent by a terminal, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal;

[0103] Measuring an uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result;

[0104] The first measurement result is sent to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

[0105] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0106] receiving a second signal sent by the terminal;

[0107] measuring the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result;

[0108] determining a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result;

[0109] Send the third measurement result to the second network device.

[0110] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the third measurement result is a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0111] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, measuring the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal includes:

[0112] Based on the third configuration information, the uplink beam of the terminal is measured according to the first signal.

[0113] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the third configuration information includes at least one of the following: a first time-frequency resource, and a first timing advance TA.

[0114] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, measuring the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal includes:

[0115] Based on the fourth configuration information, uplink interference of the terminal is measured according to the second signal.

[0116] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the fourth configuration information includes at least one of the following: a second time-frequency resource, a second TA.

[0117] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0118] receiving second information sent by the second network device;

[0119] The second information includes at least one of the following: the third configuration information and the fourth configuration information.

[0120] With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first signal sent by the receiving terminal includes:

[0121] Receive the first signal sent by the terminal according to the first configuration information or the second configuration information.

[0122] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0123] First time-frequency resources;

[0124] Port configuration;

[0125] The first timing advance is TA.

[0126] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second configuration information includes: measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0127] With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first signal sent by the receiving terminal includes:

[0128] The first signal sent by the terminal is received according to the second protection time.

[0129] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, the method comprising:

[0130] The second network device receives the first measurement result sent by the first network device, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal, and the second network device is a network device of a service cell of the terminal. The first measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink beam of the terminal based on the first signal sent by the terminal.

[0131] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0132] Determine whether the terminal can perform cell switching according to the first measurement result.

[0133] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0134] Receive a third measurement result sent by the first network device, where the third measurement result is a measurement result determined by the first network device based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result, and the second measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink interference of the terminal based on the second signal sent by the terminal.

[0135] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0136] It is determined whether the terminal can perform cell handover according to the third measurement result.

[0137] With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the third measurement result is a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0138] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0139] Sending first information to the terminal;

[0140] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0141] first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used by the terminal to send the first signal to a first-category candidate cell and a network device of the serving cell, where the first-category candidate cell includes a candidate cell with the same frequency as the serving cell;

[0142] Second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used by the terminal to send the first signal to a network device of a second type of candidate cell, where the second type of candidate cell includes a candidate cell with a different frequency from the serving cell.

[0143] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0144] Sending second information to the first network device;

[0145] The second information includes at least one of the following:

[0146] third configuration information, where the third configuration information is used by the first network device to measure the uplink beam of the terminal;

[0147] Fourth configuration information, where the fourth configuration information is used by the first network device to measure uplink interference of the terminal.

[0148] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, the method comprising:

[0149] The terminal sends a first signal;

[0150] The first network device measures the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result;

[0151] The first network device sends the first measurement result to the second network device.

[0152] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, which may include at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the terminal can be used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0153] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first network device, which may include at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the network device may be used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0154] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a second network device, which may include at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the second network device can be used to execute the optional implementation method of the third aspect.

[0155] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, which may include: one or more processors; wherein the terminal can be used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0156] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first network device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein, the first network device can be used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0157] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a second network device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein, the second network device can be used to execute an optional implementation method of the third aspect.

[0158] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which may include: a terminal, a first network device, and a second network device; wherein, the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect, the first network device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the second aspect, and the second network device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the third aspect.

[0159] In the twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, enables the communication device to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect.

[0160] In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product, which, when executed by a communication device, enables the communication device to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect.

[0161] In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect.

[0162] In a fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect.

[0163] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminal, first network device, second network device, communication device, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip or chip system can be used to perform the method proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding method and will not be repeated here.

[0164] The present disclosure provides a measurement method, device, and storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms "measurement method" and "information processing method" and "communication method" are interchangeable; "measuring device" and "information processing device" and "communication device" are interchangeable; and "information processing system" and "communication system" are interchangeable.

[0165] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment 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 can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0166] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0167] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0168] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0169] In some embodiments, "plurality" may refer to two or more.

[0170] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0171] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The same applies when there are more branches, such as A, B, and C.

[0172] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0173] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0174] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0175] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0176] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0177] In some embodiments, devices and the like can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to those described in the embodiments. Terms such as "device," "equipment," "device," "circuit," "network element," "node," "function," "unit," "section," "system," "network," "chip," "chip system," "entity," and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0178] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0179] In some embodiments, the terms "Access Network Device (AN Device)", "Radio Access Network Device (RAN Device)", "Base Station (BS)", "Radio Base Station (Radio Base Station)", "Fixed Station (Fixed Station)", "Node (Node)", "Access Point (Access Point)", "Transmission Point (TP)", "Reception Point (RP)", "Transmission and / or Reception Point (TRP))", "Panel (Panel)", "Antenna Panel (Antenna Panel)", "Antenna Array (Antenna Array)" "Cell (Cell)", "Macro Cell (Macro Cell)", "Small Cell (Small Cell)", "Femto Cell (Femto Cell)", "Pico Cell (Pico Cell)" "Sector (Sector)", "Cell Group (Cell Group)", "Serving Cell", "Carrier (Carrier)", "Component Carrier (Component Carrier)", "Bandwidth Part (BWP)" and the like can be used interchangeably.

[0180] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station (Subscriber Station), mobile unit (Mobile Unit), subscriber unit (Subscriber Unit), wireless unit (Wireless Unit), remote unit (Remote Unit), mobile device (Mobile Device), wireless device (Wireless Device), wireless communication device (Wireless Communication Device), remote device (Remote Device), mobile subscriber station (Mobile Subscriber Station), access terminal (Access Terminal), mobile terminal (Mobile Terminal), wireless terminal (Wireless Terminal), remote terminal (Remote Terminal), handset (Handset), user agent (User Agent), mobile client (Mobile Client), client (Client) and the like can be used interchangeably.

[0181] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it is also possible to set the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels or direct channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links or direct links.

[0182] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0183] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0184] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0185] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of 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.

[0186] FIG1A is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG1A , the communication system 100 may include a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0187] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may include at least one of a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in smart city, and a wireless terminal device in smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0188] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0189] In some embodiments, the access network device may be a node or device that accesses the terminal to the wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0190] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0191] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit (Control Unit). The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0192] In some embodiments, the core network device may be a single device, or may be multiple devices or a group of devices. The core network may include at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0193] 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 proposed in 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 proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0194] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1A , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1A are examples. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1A , or may include other entities outside of FIG1A . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary. The entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationship between the entities is an example. The entities may be connected or disconnected. The connection may be in any manner, whether direct or indirect, and may be wired or wireless.

[0195] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G New Radio (NR), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New Radio Access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0196] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG1A , the network device 102 may include a first network device 103 of a candidate cell and a second network device 104 of a serving cell.

[0197] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, cell switching is implemented through L1 / L2-based inter-cell mobility management (also known as dynamic cell mobility management). In the dynamic cell mobility management process, the serving cell can determine whether to perform cell switching based on the terminal's measurement results of the downlink beams of each candidate cell.

[0198] Figure 1B is a schematic diagram of a dynamic cell mobility management process according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1B, the terminal can perform L1 measurement, i.e., beam measurement (not shown in Figure 1B), on the candidate cell and send the L1 measurement report to the source cell (serving cell). The source cell can determine whether to perform a cell handover based on the L1 measurement report. If the source cell determines to perform a cell handover, it can send cell handover signaling to the terminal, and the terminal can access the target cell based on the cell handover signaling.

[0199] In some embodiments, during the dynamic cell mobility management process, the terminal needs to perform downlink beam measurements on each candidate cell and report the measurement results to the source cell (the current serving cell). This results in a relatively large time overhead for beam measurements. Therefore, reducing the time overhead of beam measurements has become an urgent issue.

[0200] FIG2A is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method may be performed by the above-mentioned communication system. As shown in FIG2A , the method may include:

[0201] Step S2101: The second network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0202] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive the first information. For example, the terminal may receive the first information sent by the second network device. For another example, the terminal may receive the first information sent by another entity.

[0203] In some embodiments, the name of the first information is not limited, and may be, for example, "measurement information", "measurement indication information", "measurement configuration information", etc.

[0204] In some embodiments, terms such as “indicate,” “set,” “configure,” and “characterize” may be used interchangeably.

[0205] In some embodiments, the first information may include at least one of the following:

[0206] The first configuration information is used by the terminal to send a first signal to a network device of a first type of candidate cell and a serving cell, where the first type of candidate cell includes a candidate cell with the same frequency as the serving cell.

[0207] The second configuration information is used by the terminal to send a first signal to a network device of a second type of candidate cell, where the second type of candidate cell includes a candidate cell with a different frequency from the serving cell.

[0208] The first type of candidate cells may include candidate cells with the same frequency as the serving cell.

[0209] In some embodiments, the candidate cell may include multiple cells.

[0210] In some embodiments, the first configuration information may include at least one of the following: a first time-frequency resource, a port configuration, and a first TA.

[0211] In some embodiments, the terminal may determine an average TA of the first-category candidate cells according to the TA of each first-category candidate cell, and use the average TA as the first TA.

[0212] In other embodiments, the TA of the serving cell may be used as the first TA.

[0213] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first TA may also be determined by the terminal.

[0214] In some embodiments, the first configuration information may include a first protection time.

[0215] In some embodiments, the first protection time may be predefined by a protocol, or the first protection time may be configured by the second network device.

[0216] In some embodiments, the second configuration information may include measurement window / gap configuration information.

[0217] In some embodiments, the measurement window / gap configuration information may be specified by a protocol, or the measurement window / gap configuration information may be configured by the second network device.

[0218] In some embodiments, the second network device may send a first message, which may include the first information. For example, the second network device may send the first message to the terminal. Optionally, the terminal may receive the first message.

[0219] In one implementation, the terminal may receive the first information sent by the second network device.

[0220] For example, the terminal can receive first information sent by the second network device (such as a base station), and the first information can be used to configure the terminal to send a first signal to the first network device so that the first network device performs uplink beam measurement based on the first signal.

[0221] For example, after obtaining the first information, the terminal may send a first signal to the first network device according to the first information, so that the first network device performs uplink beam measurement according to the first signal.

[0222] Step S2102: The second network device sends second information to the first network device.

[0223] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second information. For example, the first network device may receive the second information sent by the second network device. For another example, the first network device may receive the second information sent by another entity.

[0224] In some embodiments, the second information may be used to instruct the first network device to perform uplink beam measurement.

[0225] In some embodiments, the second information may be used to instruct the first network device to perform measurement.

[0226] In some embodiments, the name of the second information is not limited, and may be, for example, "measurement information", "measurement indication information", "measurement configuration information", "measurement resource configuration information", etc.

[0227] In some embodiments, the second information may be configuration information of the second network device.

[0228] In some embodiments, terms such as "indicate," "set," "configure," and "characterize" may be used interchangeably.

[0229] In some embodiments, the second information may include at least one of the following:

[0230] The third configuration information is used by the first network device to measure the uplink beam of the terminal.

[0231] The fourth configuration information is used by the first network device to measure uplink interference of the terminal.

[0232] In some embodiments, the third configuration information includes at least one of the following: a first time-frequency resource, a first TA.

[0233] In some embodiments, the fourth configuration information includes at least one of the following: a second time-frequency resource, a second TA.

[0234] In some embodiments, the second TA may be the same as the first TA.

[0235] In some embodiments, the second TA may be different from the first TA. For example, the second TA may be preset through a protocol.

[0236] In some embodiments, the second information may be configuration information of the second network device.

[0237] In some embodiments, the second network device may send a second message, and the second message may include the second information. For example, the second network device may send the second message to the first network device.

[0238] Optionally, the first network device may receive the second message.

[0239] In one implementation, the first network device may receive the second information sent by the second network device.

[0240] For example, the first network device may receive second information sent by the second network device, where the second information may be used to configure measurement resources for performing uplink beam measurement for the first network device.

[0241] For example, after the first network device obtains the second information, it can perform uplink beam measurement based on the second information.

[0242] In some embodiments, the second signal may be associated with the first signal in the second information.

[0243] In one implementation, the configuration information of the first signal includes a signal identifier of the second signal.

[0244] In another implementation, the signal identifier of the first signal may be the same as the signal identifier of the second signal.

[0245] Step S2103: The terminal sends a first signal.

[0246] In some embodiments, the terminal sends a first signal to a network device of a first-category candidate cell and a serving cell according to the first configuration information.

[0247] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the first signal. For example, the first network device may receive the first signal sent by the terminal. For another example, the first network device may also receive the first signal sent by another entity.

[0248] In some embodiments, the second network device may receive the first signal. For example, the second network device may receive the first signal sent by the terminal. For another example, the second network device may also receive the first signal sent by another entity.

[0249] In some embodiments, the first signal can be used to instruct the first network device to measure the uplink beam of the terminal.

[0250] In some embodiments, the first signal may be used to instruct the first network device to perform a measurement.

[0251] In some embodiments, the name of the first signal is not limited, and may be, for example, "measurement signal", "measurement indication signal", "measurement indication signaling", "measurement trigger signal", "measurement indication information", etc.

[0252] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a first indication message, which may include the first signal. For example, the terminal may send the first indication message to a first network device. Alternatively, the first network device may receive the first indication message. For another example, the terminal may send the first indication message to a second network device. Alternatively, the second network device may receive the first indication message.

[0253] In some embodiments, the first signal may be a sounding reference signal (SRS) used for beam measurement.

[0254] In some embodiments, the terminal may send the first signal to the network equipment of the first-category candidate cell and the serving cell.

[0255] In other embodiments, after receiving the first information sent by the second network device, the terminal may send the first signal to the network devices of the first type of candidate cells and the serving cell according to the first configuration information in the first information.

[0256] In some embodiments, the terminal may send the first signal to a network device of the first category candidate cell.

[0257] In some embodiments, the terminal may send the first signal to a network device of a serving cell (the second network device described in the embodiment of the present disclosure).

[0258] In some embodiments, the first configuration information may include at least one of the following: a first time-frequency resource, and a port configuration.

[0259] In some embodiments, the terminal can determine the TA average value of the first category candidate cells based on the TA of each first category candidate cell, use the TA average value as the first TA, and send a first signal to the network equipment of the first category candidate cells and the serving cell based on the first time-frequency resources, the port configuration and the first TA.

[0260] In some embodiments, the first TA may be the TA of the serving cell.

[0261] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive the TA of the serving cell sent by the second network device.

[0262] For example, the terminal may send a first signal to the network device of the first type of candidate cell and the serving cell according to the first time-frequency resource, the port configuration, and the TA of the serving cell.

[0263] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a first signal to a network device of a first-category candidate cell and a serving cell according to the first configuration information and the first protection time.

[0264] In some embodiments, the first protection time may be specified by a protocol or configured by the second network device.

[0265] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive a first protection time configured by the second network device.

[0266] In some embodiments, the first information may include a first protection time.

[0267] FIG2B is a schematic diagram of a signal transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2B , TA first For the first TA, TA service The TA of the serving cell is used, and the time period between time slot n and time slot n+1 is used as the first protection time. The first protection time is greater than the difference between the first TA and the TA of the serving cell. In this way, when the terminal sends the first signal, it can avoid affecting other upload transmissions of the serving cell.

[0268] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a first signal to a network device of the second type of candidate cell according to the second configuration information.

[0269] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the received first information sent by the second network device includes second configuration information, and sends the first signal to the network device of the second type of candidate cell according to the second configuration information.

[0270] The second type of candidate cells may include candidate cells with different frequencies from the serving cell.

[0271] In some embodiments, the second category candidate cells may include at least one second subcategory candidate cell, and each second subcategory candidate cell includes candidate cells with the same frequency.

[0272] In some embodiments, the second configuration information may include measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0273] In some embodiments, different second subcategory candidate cells may correspond to different second configuration information.

[0274] In some embodiments, different second subcategory candidate cells may correspond to different measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0275] In some embodiments, for each second subcategory candidate cell, the terminal may send the first signal to the network device of the second subcategory candidate cell according to the second configuration information corresponding to the second subcategory candidate cell.

[0276] In some embodiments, if the terminal sends the first signal to the network device of the second type candidate cell according to the measurement window / interval configuration information, the terminal does not need to communicate with the serving cell during the time period corresponding to the measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0277] Figure 2C is a schematic diagram of a second configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2C, the first signal is sent during the time period corresponding to the measurement window / interval, and no information may be sent to the serving cell during this time period, and no information sent by the serving cell may be received.

[0278] Step S2104: The terminal sends a second signal.

[0279] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second signal. For example, the first network device may receive the second signal sent by the terminal. For another example, the first network device may also receive the second signal sent by another entity.

[0280] In some embodiments, the second network device may receive the second signal. For example, the second network device may receive the second signal sent by the terminal. For another example, the second network device may also receive the second signal sent by another entity.

[0281] In some embodiments, the second signal may be used by the first network device to measure uplink interference of the terminal.

[0282] In some embodiments, the second signal may be used by the first network device to perform measurements.

[0283] In some embodiments, the name of the second signal is not limited, for example, it can be "interference measurement signal", "interference measurement indication signal", "interference measurement indication signaling", "interference measurement trigger signal", "interference measurement indication information", etc.

[0284] In some embodiments, the second signal may be an SRS used for interference measurement.

[0285] In some embodiments, the terminal may send the second signal to the network device of the first-category candidate cell.

[0286] In some embodiments, the terminal may send the second signal to the network device of the serving cell (the second network device described in the embodiment of the present disclosure).

[0287] In some embodiments, the first information may include fifth configuration information.

[0288] In some embodiments, the terminal may send the second signal to the network equipment of the first-category candidate cell and the serving cell according to the fifth configuration information.

[0289] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a second signal to the network equipment of the first type candidate cell and the serving cell according to the fifth configuration information and the third protection time.

[0290] In some embodiments, the third protection time may be specified by a protocol or configured by the second network device.

[0291] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive three protection times configured by the second network device.

[0292] In some embodiments, the first information may include a third guard time.

[0293] In some embodiments, the first information may include sixth configuration information.

[0294] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a second signal to the network device of the second type of candidate cell according to the sixth configuration information.

[0295] In some embodiments, the sixth configuration information may include measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0296] In some embodiments, the measurement window / interval configuration information of the sixth configuration information may be the same as the measurement window / interval configuration information of the second configuration information, or may be different from the measurement window / interval configuration information of the second configuration information.

[0297] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the first information includes fifth configuration information, and sends a second signal to the network equipment of the first type candidate cell and the serving cell according to the fifth configuration information.

[0298] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the first information includes sixth configuration information, and sends a second signal to the network device of the second type of candidate cell according to the sixth configuration information.

[0299] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the first information includes fifth configuration information and sixth configuration information, sends a second signal to the network equipment of the first type of candidate cell and the serving cell according to the fifth configuration information, and sends a second signal to the network equipment of the second type of candidate cell according to the sixth configuration information.

[0300] In some embodiments, no uplink data is sent in the time-frequency resources for sending the second signal.

[0301] In some embodiments, the terminal may send the first signal and the second signal, or the terminal may send only the first signal.

[0302] Step S2105: The first network device measures the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal based on the third configuration information to obtain a first measurement result.

[0303] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive a first signal sent by the terminal.

[0304] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the first signal sent by the terminal according to the second protection time.

[0305] In some embodiments, the first network device does not have other uplink transmissions within the second protection time.

[0306] In some embodiments, the second protection time may be determined by the first network device.

[0307] For example, the second protection time may be determined according to a timing at which the first signal reaches the first network device and a timing of the first network device.

[0308] In some embodiments, if it is determined that the timing difference between the timing at which the first signal arrives at the first network device and the timing at which the first network device arrives is greater than or equal to the length of a cyclic prefix (CP), a second guard time is set.

[0309] In some embodiments, if it is determined that the timing difference between the timing at which the first signal arrives at the first network device and the timing at which the first network device arrives is less than the length of the CP, the second protection time may not be set.

[0310] In some embodiments, if it is determined that the timing difference between the timing at which the first signal arrives at the first network device and the timing at which the first network device arrives is less than the length of the CP, the second protection time may be set to 0.

[0311] In some embodiments, if the second protection time is set, the first network device may determine the second protection time according to the TA of the first network device and the TA at which the terminal sends the first signal.

[0312] In some embodiments, the first network device may determine the second protection time according to a TA difference between a TA of the first network device and a TA at which the terminal sends the first signal.

[0313] In some embodiments, the second protection time may be greater than the TA difference.

[0314] FIG2D is a schematic diagram of a second protection time according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2D , TA dThe TA difference between the TA of the first network device and the TA of the terminal sending the first signal, the time period between time slot n and time slot n+1 is the second protection time, and the second protection time is greater than the TA difference. In this way, during the process of the first network device receiving the first signal sent by the terminal, there will be no uplink transmission of the candidate cell corresponding to other terminals and the first network device, which can avoid interference with other upload transmissions of the candidate cell.

[0315] In some embodiments, the first measurement result may be Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP).

[0316] In some embodiments, if the first signal is an SRS used for beam measurement, the first measurement result may be SRS-RSRP.

[0317] In some embodiments, the first network device may measure the uplink beam of the terminal based on the first signal.

[0318] In some embodiments, the first network device receives a first signal sent by the terminal and measures an uplink beam of the terminal based on the third configuration information.

[0319] In one implementation, the first network device receives an SRS for beam measurement sent by the terminal, and measures the SRS-RSRP of the terminal based on the third configuration information.

[0320] In some embodiments, the first network device receives third configuration information sent by the second network device, and based on the third configuration information, measures the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal.

[0321] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second information, determine that the second information includes third configuration information, and measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal based on the third configuration information.

[0322] It should be noted that the specific method of uplink beam measurement in step S2105 can refer to the provisions of the existing protocol and will not be repeated here.

[0323] Step S2106: The first network device measures the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal based on the fourth configuration information to obtain a second measurement result.

[0324] In some embodiments, the second measurement result may be interference power.

[0325] In some embodiments, the first network device may measure uplink interference of the terminal based on the second signal.

[0326] In some embodiments, the first network device receives the second signal sent by the terminal, and measures uplink interference of the terminal based on the fourth configuration information.

[0327] In one implementation, the first network device receives an SRS for interference measurement sent by the terminal, and measures uplink interference power of the terminal based on the fourth configuration information.

[0328] In some embodiments, the first network device receives fourth configuration information sent by the second network device, and based on the fourth configuration information, measures uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal.

[0329] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second information, determine that the second information includes fourth configuration information, and measure uplink interference of the terminal according to the first signal based on the fourth configuration information.

[0330] In some other embodiments, the first network device may receive the second information, determine that the second information does not include the fourth configuration information, and not measure the uplink interference of the terminal.

[0331] In some embodiments, the first network device determines that the third configuration information in the second information is associated with the fourth configuration information, and based on the fourth configuration information, measures the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal.

[0332] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive an interference measurement indication sent by the second network device.

[0333] In one implementation, the first network device receives the interference measurement instruction sent by the second network device, and measures the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal based on the fourth configuration information.

[0334] In some embodiments, step S2106 is an optional step. The first network device determines that the second information does not include the fourth configuration information, or the first network device does not receive the second signal, and does not measure the uplink interference of the terminal.

[0335] It should be noted that the specific method for the first network device to receive the second signal may refer to the method for receiving the first signal in the above step S2105, which will not be repeated here.

[0336] Step S2107: The first network device determines a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0337] In some embodiments, the third measurement result may be a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0338] In some embodiments, if the second signal is an SRS used for interference measurement, the second measurement result may be an SRS-SINR.

[0339] In some embodiments, the first network device obtains a first measurement result and a second measurement result, and determines a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0340] It should be noted that the specific method for determining the third measurement result can refer to the existing protocol and will not be repeated here.

[0341] In some embodiments, the third measurement result is a beam measurement result.

[0342] Step S2108: The first network device sends the third measurement result to the second network device of the serving cell of the terminal.

[0343] In some embodiments, the second network device may receive the third measurement result. For example, the second network device may receive the third measurement result sent by the first network device. For another example, the second network device may receive the third measurement result sent by another entity.

[0344] In some embodiments, the third measurement result may be used by the second network device to determine whether the terminal can perform cell handover.

[0345] In some embodiments, the name of the third measurement result may not be limited, and may be, for example, "cell handover indication", "cell handover signaling", "cell handover indication information", etc.

[0346] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a third indication message, which may include the third measurement result. For example, the terminal may send the third indication message to the first network device. Optionally, the first network device may receive the third indication message.

[0347] Step S2109: The second network device determines whether the terminal can perform cell handover based on the third measurement result.

[0348] In some embodiments, the second network device determines, based on the third measurement result, whether the candidate cell corresponding to the first network device satisfies a preset first cell switching condition.

[0349] In some embodiments, the second network device determines that the candidate cell meets the first cell switching condition and initiates a cell switching operation.

[0350] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S2101 to S2109. For example, step S2101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S2103 + S2105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S2101 + S2103 + S2105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S2103 + S2104 + S2105 can be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0351] In some embodiments, the above steps S2101 to S2104 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously. For example, steps S2101 and S2102 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously, and steps S2103 and S2104 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously.

[0352] In some embodiments, the above steps S2105 and S2106 can be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0353] In some embodiments, steps S2101 to S2109 are all optional. For example, steps S2101, S2102, S2104, and S2106 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S2109 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0354] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2A .

[0355] Using the above method, the terminal sends a first signal and a second signal, and the first network device of the terminal's candidate cell receives the first and second signals sent by the terminal, measures the terminal's uplink beam based on the first and second signals, obtains a third measurement result, and sends the third measurement result to the second network device of the terminal's serving cell. In this way, after the terminal sends the first and second signals, multiple candidate cells can measure the terminal's uplink beam in parallel, reducing the time overhead of beam measurement, thereby improving the efficiency of cell switching and reducing the implementation complexity of beam measurement on the terminal side. In addition, while measuring the uplink beam, the impact of uplink interference is also taken into account, thereby making the accuracy of the determined third measurement result higher and improving the accuracy of cell switching.

[0356] FIG2E is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method may be performed by the above-mentioned communication system. As shown in FIG2E , the method may include:

[0357] Step S2501: The second network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0358] The optional implementation of step S2501 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0359] Step S2502: The second network device sends second information to the first network device.

[0360] The optional implementation of step S2502 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0361] Step S2503: The terminal sends a first signal.

[0362] The optional implementation of step S2503 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0363] Step S2504: The first network device measures the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal based on the third configuration information to obtain a first measurement result.

[0364] The optional implementation of step S2504 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0365] Step S2505: The first network device sends a first measurement result to a second network device in the serving cell of the terminal.

[0366] In some embodiments, the second network device may receive the first measurement result. For example, the second network device may receive the first measurement result sent by the first network device. For another example, the second network device may receive the first measurement result sent by another entity.

[0367] In some embodiments, the first measurement result may be used by the second network device to determine whether the terminal can perform cell handover.

[0368] In some embodiments, the name of the first measurement result may not be limited, and may be, for example, "cell handover indication", "cell handover signaling", "cell handover indication information", etc.

[0369] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a fourth indication message, which may include the first measurement result. For example, the terminal may send the fourth indication message to the first network device. Optionally, the first network device may receive the fourth indication message.

[0370] In some embodiments, the first measurement result is a beam measurement result.

[0371] Step S2506: The second network device determines whether the terminal can perform cell handover based on the first measurement result.

[0372] In some embodiments, the second network device determines, based on the first measurement result, whether the candidate cell corresponding to the first network device satisfies a preset second cell switching condition.

[0373] In some embodiments, the second network device determines that the candidate cell meets the second cell switching condition and initiates a cell switching operation.

[0374] In this way, after the terminal sends the first signal, multiple candidate cells can measure the uplink beam of the terminal in parallel, reducing the time overhead of beam measurement and thus improving the efficiency of cell switching.

[0375] The method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2501 to S2506. For example, step S2503 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2504 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S2501+S2503 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S2503+S2504 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S2503+S2504+S2505+S2506 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0376] In some embodiments, the above steps S2501 to S2503 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously. For example, steps S2501 and S2502 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously, and steps S2502 and S2503 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously.

[0377] In some embodiments, steps S2501 to S2506 are all optional. For example, steps S2501, S2502, and S2505 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S2506 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0378] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0379] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0380] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0381] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "a certain", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "a certain A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0382] FIG3A is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0383] Step S3101: Obtain first information.

[0384] The optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0385] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive the first information sent by the second network device, but is not limited thereto and may also receive the first information sent by other entities.

[0386] In some embodiments, the terminal may autonomously obtain the first information specified by the protocol.

[0387] In some embodiments, the first information may include first configuration information.

[0388] In some embodiments, the first information may include second configuration information.

[0389] In some embodiments, the first information may include first configuration information and second configuration information.

[0390] In some embodiments, the first information may include first configuration information and fifth configuration information.

[0391] In some embodiments, the first information may include second configuration information and sixth configuration information.

[0392] In some embodiments, the first information may include second configuration information, second configuration information, fifth configuration information, and sixth configuration information.

[0393] Step S3102: Send a first signal.

[0394] The optional implementation of step S3102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0395] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a first signal to a network device of a first-category candidate cell and a serving cell according to the first configuration information.

[0396] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a first signal to a network device of the second type of candidate cell according to the second configuration information.

[0397] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive first information sent by the second network device.

[0398] In some embodiments, the first information may include first configuration information and second configuration information.

[0399] Step S3103: Send a second signal.

[0400] The optional implementation of step S3103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0401] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a second signal to the network equipment of the first-category candidate cell and the serving cell according to the fifth configuration information.

[0402] In some embodiments, the terminal may send a second signal to the network device of the second type of candidate cell according to the sixth configuration information.

[0403] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive first information sent by the second network device.

[0404] In some embodiments, the first information may include fifth configuration information and sixth configuration information.

[0405] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the first information includes fifth configuration information, and sends a second signal to the network equipment of the first type candidate cell and the serving cell according to the fifth configuration information.

[0406] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the first information includes sixth configuration information, and sends a second signal to the network device of the second type candidate cell according to the sixth configuration information.

[0407] The method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3103. For example, step S3101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S3101+S3102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S3102+S3103 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0408] In some embodiments, the above steps S3102 and S3103 can be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0409] In some embodiments, the above steps S3101 to S3103 are all optional steps. For example, steps S3101 and S3103 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0410] FIG3B is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0411] Step S3201: Obtain first information.

[0412] The optional implementation of step S3201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S3101 in Figure 3A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 3A, which will not be repeated here.

[0413] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive the first information sent by the second network device, but is not limited thereto and may also receive the first information sent by other entities.

[0414] Step S3202: Send a first signal.

[0415] The optional implementation of step S3202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S3102 in Figure 3A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 3A, which will not be repeated here.

[0416] In some embodiments, the above steps are all optional steps.

[0417] FIG3C is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0418] Step S3301: Send a first signal.

[0419] The optional implementation of step S3301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0420] Step S3302: Send a second signal.

[0421] The optional implementation of step S3302 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0422] In some embodiments, the above steps are all optional steps.

[0423] FIG3D is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3D , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0424] Step S3401: Send a first signal.

[0425] The optional implementation of step S3401 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S3102 in Figure 3A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 3A, which will not be repeated here.

[0426] In some embodiments, the first signal is used by a first network device of a candidate cell of the terminal to measure an uplink beam of the terminal, obtain a first measurement result, and send the first measurement result to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

[0427] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0428] Send a second signal; the second signal is used by the first network device to perform uplink interference measurement on the terminal, obtain a second measurement result, determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result, and send the third measurement result to the second network device.

[0429] In some embodiments, the third measurement result is SINR.

[0430] In some embodiments, sending the first signal includes:

[0431] The first signal is sent to a first type of candidate cells and a network device of the serving cell according to the first configuration information, where the first type of candidate cells includes candidate cells having the same frequency as the serving cell.

[0432] In some embodiments, the first configuration information includes at least one of the following: a first time-frequency resource, and a port configuration.

[0433] In some embodiments, the first TA is determined by:

[0434] determining an average TA of the first-category candidate cells according to the TA of each first-category candidate cell, and using the average TA as the first TA; or

[0435] The TA of the serving cell is used as the first TA.

[0436] In some embodiments, sending the first signal to the network equipment of the first type of candidate cell and the serving cell according to the first configuration information includes:

[0437] The first signal is sent to the network equipment of the first type of candidate cell and the serving cell according to the first configuration information and the first protection time.

[0438] In some embodiments, sending the first signal includes:

[0439] The first signal is sent to a network device of a second type of candidate cells according to the second configuration information, where the second type of candidate cells includes candidate cells with different frequencies from the serving cell.

[0440] In some embodiments, the second configuration information includes:

[0441] Measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0442] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0443] receiving first information sent by the second network device;

[0444] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0445] the first configuration information;

[0446] The second configuration information.

[0447] FIG4A is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4A , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a first network device. The method may include:

[0448] Step S4101: Obtain second information.

[0449] The optional implementation of step S4101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0450] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second information sent by the second network device, but is not limited thereto and may also receive the second information sent by other entities.

[0451] In some embodiments, the second information may include third configuration information.

[0452] In some embodiments, the second information may include third configuration information and fourth configuration information.

[0453] Step S4102: Acquire a first signal.

[0454] The optional implementation of step S4102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0455] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive a first signal sent by a terminal, but is not limited thereto and may also receive a first signal sent by other entities.

[0456] Step S4103: Acquire a second signal.

[0457] The optional implementation of step S4103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0458] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second signal sent by the terminal, but is not limited thereto and may also receive the second signal sent by other entities.

[0459] Step S4104: Based on the third configuration information, measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result.

[0460] The optional implementation of step S4104 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0461] Step S4105: Based on the fourth configuration information, measure the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result.

[0462] The optional implementation of step S4105 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2106 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0463] Step S4106: Determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0464] The optional implementation of step S4106 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2107 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0465] Step S4107: Send the third measurement result to the second network device of the serving cell of the terminal.

[0466] The optional implementation of step S4107 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0467] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S4101 to S4107. For example, step S4101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4107 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4101+S4102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4102+S4103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4102+S4103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4101+S4102+S4104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4102+S4103+S4104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S4102+S4103+S4104+S4105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0468] In some embodiments, the above steps S4101 to S4103 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously, and the above steps S4105 and S4105 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously. For example, steps S4102 and S4103 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously.

[0469] In some embodiments, steps S4101 to S4107 are all optional. For example, steps S4101, S4103, and S4105 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S4107 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0470] FIG4B is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a first network device. The method may include:

[0471] Step S4201: Obtain second information.

[0472] The optional implementation of step S4201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4101 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0473] Step S4202: Acquire a first signal.

[0474] The optional implementation of step S4202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4102 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0475] Step S4203: Based on the third configuration information, measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result.

[0476] The optional implementation of step S4203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4104 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0477] Step S4204: Send the first measurement result to the second network device of the serving cell of the terminal.

[0478] The optional implementation of step S4204 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4107 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0479] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S4201 to S4204. For example, step S4201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4201+S4202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4202+S4203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4201+S4203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4201+S4202+S4203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S4202+S4203+S4204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0480] In some embodiments, the above steps S4201 and S4203 can be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0481] In some embodiments, steps S4201 to S4204 are all optional. For example, step S4201 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S4204 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0482] FIG4C is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a first network device. The method may include:

[0483] Step S4301: Acquire a first signal.

[0484] The optional implementation of step S4301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4102 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0485] Step S4302: Acquire a second signal.

[0486] The optional implementation of step S4302 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4103 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0487] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second signal sent by the terminal, but is not limited thereto and may also receive the second signal sent by other entities.

[0488] Step S4303: Based on the third configuration information, measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result.

[0489] The optional implementation of step S4303 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4104 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0490] Step S4304: Based on the fourth configuration information, measure the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result.

[0491] The optional implementation of step S4304 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2106 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4105 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0492] Step S4305: Determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0493] The optional implementation of step S4305 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2107 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4106 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0494] Step S4306: Send the third measurement result to the second network device of the serving cell of the terminal.

[0495] The optional implementation of step S4306 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4107 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0496] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S4301 to S4306. For example, step S4301 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4306 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4301+S4302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4301+S4303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4303+S4304 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4303+S4304+S4305 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S4301+S4302+S4303+S4305 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0497] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned step S4301 and step S4302 can be exchanged in order or executed simultaneously, and the above-mentioned step S4303 and step S4304 can be exchanged in order or executed simultaneously.

[0498] In some embodiments, steps S4301 to S4306 are all optional. For example, steps S4302 and S4304 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S4306 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0499] FIG4D is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4D , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a first network device. The method may include:

[0500] Step S4401: Obtain second information.

[0501] The optional implementation of step S4401 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4101 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0502] Step S4402: Acquire a first signal.

[0503] The optional implementation of step S4402 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4102 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0504] Step S4403: Acquire a second signal.

[0505] The optional implementation of step S4403 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4103 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0506] Step S4404: Based on the third configuration information, measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result.

[0507] The optional implementation of step S4404 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4104 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0508] Step S4405: Based on the fourth configuration information, measure the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result.

[0509] The optional implementation of step S4405 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2106 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4105 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0510] Step S4406: Determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0511] The optional implementation of step S4406 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2107 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4106 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0512] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S4401 to S4406. For example, step S4401 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4402 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4407 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4401+S4402 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4402+S4404 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4403+S4404 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4401+S4402+S4404 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S4402+S4403+S4404+S4405 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0513] In some embodiments, the above steps S4401 to S4403 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously, and the above steps S4405 and S4405 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously. For example, steps S4402 and S4403 can be executed in a swapped order or simultaneously.

[0514] In some embodiments, steps S4401 to S4406 are all optional. For example, steps S4403 and S4405 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S4401 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0515] FIG4E is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4E , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a first network device. The method may include:

[0516] Step S4501: Acquire a first signal.

[0517] The optional implementation of step S4501 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4102 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0518] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive a first signal sent by a terminal, but is not limited thereto and may also receive a first signal sent by other entities.

[0519] Step S4502: Acquire a second signal.

[0520] The optional implementation of step S4502 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4103 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0521] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive the second signal sent by the terminal, but is not limited thereto and may also receive the second signal sent by other entities.

[0522] Step S4503: Based on the third configuration information, measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result.

[0523] The optional implementation of step S4503 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4104 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0524] Step S4504: Based on the fourth configuration information, measure the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result.

[0525] The optional implementation of step S4504 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2106 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4105 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0526] Step S4505: Determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0527] The optional implementation of step S4505 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2107 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4106 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0528] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S4501 to S4505. For example, step S4501 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4503 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4501+S4503 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4502+S4504 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4502+S4503 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4501+S4502+S4504 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S4503+S450+S4505 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0529] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned step S4501 and step S4502 can be exchanged in order or executed simultaneously, and the above-mentioned step S4503 and step S4504 can be exchanged in order or executed simultaneously.

[0530] In some embodiments, steps S4501 to S4505 are all optional. For example, step S4502 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S4504 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0531] FIG4F is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4F , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a first network device. The method may include:

[0532] Step S4601: Acquire a first signal.

[0533] The optional implementation of step S4601 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4102 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0534] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive a first signal sent by a terminal, but is not limited thereto and may also receive a first signal sent by other entities.

[0535] Step S4602: Based on the third configuration information, measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result.

[0536] The optional implementation of step S4602 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4104 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0537] Step S4603: Send the first measurement result to the second network device of the serving cell of the terminal.

[0538] The optional implementation of step S4603 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S4107 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0539] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S4601 to S4603. For example, step S4601 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4602 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4603 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S4601+S4602 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S4602+S4603 can be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0540] In some embodiments, steps S4601 to S4603 are all optional. For example, step S4601 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S4603 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0541] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0542] receiving a second signal sent by the terminal;

[0543] measuring the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result;

[0544] determining a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result;

[0545] Send the third measurement result to the second network device.

[0546] In some embodiments, the third measurement result is SINR.

[0547] In some embodiments, the measuring the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal includes:

[0548] Based on the third configuration information, the uplink beam of the terminal is measured according to the first signal.

[0549] In some embodiments, the third configuration information includes at least one of the following: a first time-frequency resource, and a first timing advance TA.

[0550] In some embodiments, measuring the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal includes:

[0551] Based on the fourth configuration information, uplink interference of the terminal is measured according to the second signal.

[0552] In some embodiments, the fourth configuration information includes at least one of the following: a second time-frequency resource, a second TA.

[0553] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0554] receiving second information sent by the second network device;

[0555] The second information includes at least one of the following: the third configuration information and the fourth configuration information.

[0556] In some embodiments, the first signal sent by the receiving terminal includes:

[0557] Receive the first signal sent by the terminal according to the first configuration information or the second configuration information.

[0558] In some embodiments, the first configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0559] First time-frequency resources;

[0560] Port configuration;

[0561] The first timing advance is TA.

[0562] In some embodiments, the second configuration information includes:

[0563] Measurement window / interval configuration information.

[0564] In some embodiments, the first signal sent by the receiving terminal includes:

[0565] The first signal sent by the terminal is received according to the second protection time.

[0566] FIG5A is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a second network device. The method may include:

[0567] Step S5101: Send the first information.

[0568] The optional implementation of step S5101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0569] In some embodiments, the second network device sends the first information to the terminal, but is not limited thereto, and may also send the first information to other entities.

[0570] In some embodiments, the first information may be used by the terminal to send the first signal and the second signal to the first network device.

[0571] Step S5102: Send the second information.

[0572] The optional implementation of step S5102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0573] In some embodiments, the second network device sends the second information to the first network device, but is not limited thereto, and the second information may also be sent to other entities.

[0574] In some embodiments, the second information can be used by the first network device to measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result, measure the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result, and determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0575] Step S5103: Obtain a third measurement result.

[0576] The optional implementation of step S5103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in FIG2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0577] In some embodiments, the second network device may receive the third measurement result sent by the first network device.

[0578] Step S5104: Determine whether the terminal can perform cell handover based on the third measurement result.

[0579] The optional implementation of step S5104 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2109 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0580] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S5101 to S5104. For example, step S5101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5101+S5102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5101+S5103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5102+S5103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5103+S5104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5101+S5102+S5103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S5102+S5103+S5104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0581] In some embodiments, the above steps S5101 to S5104 can be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously, and the above steps S5101 and S5102 can be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously.

[0582] In some embodiments, steps S5101 to S5104 are all optional. For example, steps S5101 and S5102 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S5104 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0583] FIG5B is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a second network device. The method may include:

[0584] Step S5201: Send the first information.

[0585] The optional implementation of step S5201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5101 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0586] Step S5202: Obtain a third measurement result.

[0587] The optional implementation of step S5202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5103 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0588] Step S5203: Determine whether the terminal can perform cell handover based on the third measurement result.

[0589] The optional implementation of step S5203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2109 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5104 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0590] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S5201 to S5203. For example, step S5201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5201+S5202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S5202+S5203 can be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0591] In some embodiments, steps S5201 to S5203 are all optional. For example, step S5201 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. For another example, step S5203 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0592] FIG5C is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5C , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a second network device. The method may include:

[0593] Step S5301: Send the second information.

[0594] The optional implementation of step S5301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5102 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0595] Step S5302: Obtain a third measurement result.

[0596] The optional implementation of step S5302 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5103 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0597] Step S5303: Determine whether the terminal can perform cell handover based on the third measurement result.

[0598] The optional implementation of step S5303 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2109 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5104 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0599] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S5301 to S5303. For example, step S5301 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5301+S5302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5301+S5303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S5302+S5303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0600] FIG5D is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5D , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a second network device. The method may include:

[0601] Step S5401: Obtain a third measurement result.

[0602] The optional implementation of step S5401 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5103 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0603] Step S5402: Determine whether the terminal can perform cell handover based on the third measurement result.

[0604] The optional implementation of step S5402 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2109 in Figure 2A, the optional implementation of step S5104 in Figure 5A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 5A, which will not be repeated here.

[0605] In some embodiments, the above steps S5401 and S5402 are optional steps.

[0606] FIG5E is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5E , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a second network device. The method may include:

[0607] Step S5501: Obtain a first measurement result.

[0608] The optional implementation of step S5501 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0609] Step S5502: Determine whether the terminal can perform cell handover based on the first measurement result.

[0610] The optional implementation of step S5502 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2109 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0611] In some embodiments, the above steps S5501 and S5502 are optional steps.

[0612] FIG5F is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5F, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a second network device. The method may include:

[0613] Step S5601: Obtain a first measurement result.

[0614] The optional implementation of step S5601 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0615] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0616] Determine whether the terminal can perform cell switching according to the first measurement result.

[0617] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0618] Receive a third measurement result sent by the first network device, where the third measurement result is a measurement result determined by the first network device based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result, and the second measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink interference of the terminal based on the second signal sent by the terminal.

[0619] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0620] It is determined whether the terminal can perform cell handover according to the third measurement result.

[0621] In some embodiments, the third measurement result is SINR.

[0622] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0623] Sending first information to the terminal;

[0624] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0625] first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used by the terminal to send the first signal to a first-category candidate cell and a network device of the serving cell, where the first-category candidate cell includes a candidate cell with the same frequency as the serving cell;

[0626] Second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used by the terminal to send the first signal to a network device of a second type of candidate cell, where the second type of candidate cell includes a candidate cell with a different frequency from the serving cell.

[0627] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0628] Sending second information to the first network device;

[0629] The second information includes at least one of the following:

[0630] third configuration information, where the third configuration information is used by the first network device to measure the uplink beam of the terminal;

[0631] Fourth configuration information, where the fourth configuration information is used by the first network device to measure uplink interference of the terminal.

[0632] FIG6 is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which may include:

[0633] Step S6101: The terminal sends a first signal.

[0634] The optional implementation of step S6101 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A, step S3102 in Figure 3A, step S4102 in Figure 4A, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figure 2A, Figure 3A or Figure 4A, which will not be repeated here.

[0635] Step S6102: The first network device measures the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result.

[0636] The optional implementation of step S6102 can be found in step S2105 of FIG. 2A , the optional implementation of step S4104 of FIG. 4A , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2A or FIG. 4A , which will not be repeated here.

[0637] Step S6103: The first network device sends a first measurement result to a second network device in the serving cell of the terminal.

[0638] Optional implementations of step S6103 may be found in step S2108 of FIG. 2A , optional implementations of step S4107 of FIG. 4A , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2A or FIG. 4A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0639] In some embodiments, the above method may include the methods of the embodiments of the above communication system, terminal, first network device, second network device, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0640] FIG7 is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be executed by a terminal and may include:

[0641] Step S7101: Send an SRS for uplink beam measurement.

[0642] In some embodiments, the TA value sent by the SRS adopts the TA of the serving cell.

[0643] In other embodiments, in order to prevent a certain candidate cell from having a too long protection time and a too long transmission interruption time, the average of the TAs of the candidate cells with the same frequency may be used to transmit the SRS.

[0644] In one implementation, the TA value of each candidate cell may be indicated to the terminal, and the TA of each candidate cell may be maintained in advance; or the TA value for transmitting the SRS may be indicated to the terminal.

[0645] In some embodiments, in order to avoid affecting other transmissions in the serving cell, an additional guard time is required before transmitting the SRS. The guard time may be specified by a protocol or configured by the network.

[0646] In some embodiments, for candidate cells with different frequencies than the serving cell, SRSs for uplink beam measurement can be sent separately for these candidate cells. Because a terminal may not be able to transmit SRSs on other frequency bands while maintaining communication with the serving cell, a transmission window / gap configuration for SRSs on other frequency bands is being considered. The window / gap can be configured by the network or specified by the protocol. During the window / gap, the terminal does not need to communicate with the serving cell.

[0647] In some embodiments, the terminal may transmit an SRS for interference measurement.

[0648] In a possible implementation, no uplink data is sent in the time-frequency resources corresponding to the SRS used for interference measurement, so that the candidate cell measures interference at the corresponding time-frequency position.

[0649] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive configuration information sent by a serving cell, where the configuration information may be configuring SRS resources for the terminal.

[0650] In some embodiments, the SRS resources configured for the terminal for uplink beam measurement include at least one of the following: time-frequency resources, port configuration, frequency position, and TA.

[0651] In some embodiments, the serving cell may configure SRS resources for uplink beam measurement for the terminal, including: time-frequency resources, port configuration, and frequency position.

[0652] In some embodiments, the serving cell may inform the candidate cells that need to perform uplink beam measurement based on the SRS resources configured for uplink beam measurement.

[0653] In some embodiments, the serving cell may configure SRS resources (interference measurement, SRS-IM) for the terminal for uplink interference measurement.

[0654] In some embodiments, the SRS resources used for uplink interference measurement may include: period and offset, symbol position, frequency band, and carrier position.

[0655] FIG8 is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a first network device and can include:

[0656] Step S8101: Perform beam measurement according to configuration information.

[0657] In some embodiments, the first network device may measure SRS-RSRP or SRS-SINR.

[0658] In one implementation, if the SRS resource is associated with an SRS-IM configuration for interference measurement, the SRS-SINR is measured.

[0659] In some embodiments, when measuring SINR, uplink interference is measured according to SRS-IM.

[0660] In another implementation, if the SRS resource is not associated with an SRS-IM configuration for interference measurement, SRS-RSRP is measured.

[0661] In some embodiments, since the terminal does not send the SRS completely according to the TA value of the candidate cell, the sent SRS cannot be aligned with the timing of other uplink transmissions of the candidate cell. In order to prevent interference with other uplink transmissions of the candidate cell, the candidate cell needs to determine a guard time, during which there will be no uplink transmissions from other users and the candidate cell.

[0662] In some embodiments, the specific length of the guard time is determined by the candidate cell. If the difference between the arrival timing and the timing of the candidate cell is less than the CP length, the guard time may not be introduced.

[0663] In some embodiments, the first network device may receive configuration information sent by the serving cell, ie, SRS resources.

[0664] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least the time-frequency resources of the SRS and the TA value used when the SRS is sent.

[0665] In some embodiments, the SRS used for uplink interference measurement and the SRS used for uplink beam measurement may be correlated.

[0666] In some embodiments, after completing the uplink beam measurement, the candidate cell may feed back the measurement result to the serving cell.

[0667] FIG9 is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG9 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, which can be performed by a second network device. The method may include:

[0668] Step S9101: Send configuration information to the terminal.

[0669] In some embodiments, the configuration information may be SRS resources configured for the terminal.

[0670] In some embodiments, the SRS resources configured for the terminal for uplink beam measurement include at least one of the following: time-frequency resources, port configuration, frequency position, and TA.

[0671] In some embodiments, the second network device may send SRS resources for uplink beam measurement to the candidate cell.

[0672] In some embodiments, the second network device may send SRS resources for uplink interference measurement to the terminal and the candidate cell.

[0673] In some embodiments, the SRS resources used for uplink interference measurement may include: period and offset, symbol position, frequency band, and carrier position.

[0674] In some embodiments, the second network device may receive the beam measurement result sent by the candidate cell.

[0675] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, which may include a terminal, a first network device, and a second network device, wherein the terminal can execute the measurement method performed by the terminal in the aforementioned embodiment of the present disclosure; the first network device can execute the measurement method performed by the first network device in the aforementioned embodiment of the present disclosure; and the second network device can execute the measurement method performed by the second network device in the aforementioned embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0676] The embodiments of the present disclosure also propose an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, a device is proposed, wherein the device includes a unit or module for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is proposed, wherein the device includes a unit or module for implementing each step performed by a first network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is proposed, wherein the device includes a unit or module for implementing each step performed by a second network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0677] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the above units or modules are realized by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0678] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of a hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document to implement the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0679] Figure 10A is a structural diagram of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 10A, the terminal 101 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 10101, a processing module 10102, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 10101 is configured to send a first signal; the first signal is used for the first network device of the candidate cell of the terminal to measure the uplink beam of the terminal, obtain a first measurement result, and send the first measurement result to the second network device of the service cell of the terminal. Optionally, the transceiver module 10101 can be used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving (for example, step S2101, step S2103, step S2104, but not limited to this) performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0680] Figure 10B is a schematic structural diagram of a first network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 10B, the first network device 103 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 10201, a processing module 10202, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 10201 is configured to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, and the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal; the processing module 10202 is configured to measure the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result; the transceiver module 10201 is also configured to send the first measurement result to a second network device of the serving cell of the terminal. Optionally, the transceiver module 10201 can be used to perform at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the first network device 103 in any of the above methods (for example, step S2102, step S2103, step S2104, step S2108, but not limited thereto), which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the processing module 10202 can be used to execute at least one of the other steps (such as step S2105, step S2106, step S2107, but not limited thereto) performed by the first network device 103 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0681] Figure 10C is a structural diagram of a second network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 10C, the second network device 104 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 10301, a processing module 10302, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 10301 is configured to receive a first measurement result sent by a first network device, wherein the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of a terminal, and the second network device is a network device of a serving cell of the terminal. The first measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal sent by the terminal. Optionally, the transceiver module 10301 can be used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving (for example, step S2101, step S2102, step S2103, step S2104, step S2108, but not limited thereto) performed by the first network device 104 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the processing module 10302 may be configured to execute at least one of the other steps (such as step S2109 , but not limited thereto) executed by the second network device 104 in any of the above methods, which will not be described in detail here.

[0682] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, and the transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0683] In some embodiments, the processing module can be a single module or can include multiple submodules. Optionally, the multiple submodules respectively execute all or part of the steps required to be executed by the processing module. Optionally, the processing module can be interchangeable with the processor.

[0684] Figure 11A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 8100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 8100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a first device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 8100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0685] As shown in Figure 11A, the communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, baseband chip, IoT device, IoT device chip, DU or CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The communication device 8100 is used to perform any of the above methods.

[0686] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 8102 may be located outside the communication device 8100.

[0687] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the transceiver 8103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2101, step S2103, step S2104, step S2105, step S2201, step S2203, but not limited thereto), and the processor 8101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2102, step S2202, but not limited thereto).

[0688] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter. The receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0689] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 may include one or more interface circuits. Optionally, the interface circuits are connected to the memory 8102 and may be used to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, or to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits may read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0690] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiments may be a first device or an IoT device, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG. 11A . The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, an IoT device, an intelligent IoT device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a first device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0691] FIG11B is a schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in FIG11B, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0692] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201 , and the chip 8200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0693] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8203. Optionally, the interface circuit 8203 is connected to the memory 8202. The interface circuit 8203 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8202 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8202 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 8203 can read instructions stored in the memory 8202 and send the instructions to the processor 8201.

[0694] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 8203 executes at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2101, step S2103, step S2104, step S2105, step S2201, step S2203, but not limited to these), and the processor 8201 executes at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2102, step S2202, but not limited to these).

[0695] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0696] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8202 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 8202 may be located outside the chip 8200.

[0697] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 8100, the communication device 8100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0698] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product may be a computer program product.

[0699] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute any one of the above methods.

Claims

1. A measurement method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The terminal sends a first signal; the first signal is used by a first network device of a candidate cell of the terminal to measure an uplink beam of the terminal, obtain a first measurement result, and send the first measurement result to a second network device of a service cell of the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: Send a second signal; the second signal is used by the first network device to perform uplink interference measurement on the terminal to obtain a second measurement result, determine a third measurement result based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result, and send the third measurement result to the second network device.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The third measurement result is a signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The sending of the first signal comprises: The first signal is sent to a network device of a first type of candidate cells and the serving cell according to the first configuration information, wherein the first type of candidate cells includes candidate cells having the same frequency as the serving cell.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The first configuration information includes at least one of the following: First time-frequency resources; Port configuration; The first timing is advanced by TA.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The first TA is determined by: Determine, according to the TA of each first-category candidate cell, an average TA value of the first-category candidate cells, and use the average TA value as the first TA; or, The TA of the serving cell is used as the first TA.

7. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that: The sending the first signal to the network equipment of the first type of candidate cells and the serving cell according to the first configuration information includes: The first signal is sent to network equipment of the first type of candidate cells and the serving cell according to the first configuration information and the first protection time.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The sending of the first signal comprises: The first signal is sent to a network device of a second type of candidate cells according to the second configuration information, where the second type of candidate cells includes candidate cells with different frequencies from the serving cell.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that The second configuration information includes: measurement window / interval configuration information.

10. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 9, characterized in that: The method further comprises: receiving first information sent by the second network device; The first information includes at least one of the following: the first configuration information; The second configuration information.

11. A measurement method, characterized in that: The method comprises: A first network device receives a first signal sent by a terminal, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal; Measuring an uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result; The first measurement result is sent to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The method further comprises: receiving a second signal sent by the terminal; Measuring the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal to obtain a second measurement result; Determine a third measurement result according to the first measurement result and the second measurement result; Send the third measurement result to the second network device.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The third measurement result is a signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

14. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that: The measuring the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal includes: Based on the third configuration information, the uplink beam of the terminal is measured according to the first signal.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The third configuration information includes at least one of the following: a first time-frequency resource and a first timing advance TA.

16. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 15, characterized in that: The measuring the uplink interference of the terminal according to the second signal includes: Based on the fourth configuration information, uplink interference of the terminal is measured according to the second signal.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The fourth configuration information includes at least one of the following: a second time-frequency resource and a second TA.

18. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that: The method further comprises: receiving second information sent by the second network device; The second information includes at least one of the following: the third configuration information and the fourth configuration information.

19. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 18, characterized in that: The first signal sent by the receiving terminal includes: Receive the first signal sent by the terminal according to the first configuration information or the second configuration information.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that The first configuration information includes at least one of the following: First time-frequency resources; Port configuration; The first timing is advanced by TA.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that The second configuration information includes: measurement window / interval configuration information.

22. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 21, characterized in that: The first signal sent by the receiving terminal includes: The first signal sent by the terminal is received according to the second protection time.

23. A measurement method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The second network device receives a first measurement result sent by the first network device, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal, and the second network device is a network device of a service cell of the terminal. The first measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink beam of the terminal according to a first signal sent by the terminal.

24. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that The method further comprises: Determine whether the terminal can perform cell switching according to the first measurement result.

25. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that The method further comprises: Receive a third measurement result sent by the first network device, where the third measurement result is a measurement result determined by the first network device based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result, and the second measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink interference of the terminal according to a second signal sent by the terminal.

26. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that The method further comprises: It is determined whether the terminal can perform cell switching according to the third measurement result.

27. The method according to claim 25 or 26, characterized in that The third measurement result is a signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

28. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 27, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Sending first information to the terminal; The first information includes at least one of the following: first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used by the terminal to send the first signal to a first type of candidate cell and a network device of the serving cell, where the first type of candidate cell includes a candidate cell with the same frequency as the serving cell; The second configuration information is used by the terminal to send the first signal to a network device of a second type of candidate cell, where the second type of candidate cell includes a candidate cell with a different frequency from the serving cell.

29. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 28, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Sending second information to the first network device; The second information includes at least one of the following: third configuration information, where the third configuration information is used by the first network device to measure an uplink beam of the terminal; Fourth configuration information, where the fourth configuration information is used by the first network device to measure uplink interference of the terminal.

30. A measurement method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The terminal sends a first signal; The first network device measures the uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result; The first network device sends the first measurement result to the second network device.

31. A terminal, characterized in that: include: A transceiver module, configured to send a first signal; The first signal is used by a first network device of a candidate cell of the terminal to measure an uplink beam of the terminal to obtain a first measurement result, and send the first measurement result to a second network device of a service cell of the terminal.

32. A first network device, characterized in that: include: a transceiver module, configured to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, wherein the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal; a processing module, configured to measure an uplink beam of the terminal according to the first signal to obtain a first measurement result; The transceiver module is further configured to send the first measurement result to a second network device of a serving cell of the terminal.

33. A second network device, characterized in that: include: The transceiver module is configured to receive a first measurement result sent by a first network device, where the first network device is a network device of a candidate cell of the terminal, and the second network device is a network device of a service cell of the terminal. The first measurement result is a measurement result obtained by the first network device measuring the uplink beam of the terminal according to a first signal sent by the terminal.

34. A terminal, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The terminal is used to execute the measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

35. A first network device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The first network device is used to execute the measurement method according to any one of claims 11 to 22.

36. A second network device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The second network device is used to execute the measurement method described in any one of claims 23 to 29.

37. A communication system, characterized in that: The communication system includes a terminal, a first network device, and a second network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the measurement method described in any one of claims 1 to 10, the first network device is configured to implement the measurement method described in any one of claims 11 to 22, and the second network device is configured to implement the measurement method described in any one of claims 23 to 29.

38. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to perform the measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, claims 11 to 22, or claims 23 to 29.

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