Measurement enhancement configuration method and system

Abstract

The invention discloses a measurement enhancement configuration method and system. The method comprises the following steps: a first base station concentration entity sends a first request message to a first base station separation entity, and the first request message comprises at least one of measurement gap demand information, measurement interruption demand information and measurement configuration; wherein the measurement interruption demand information is used for indicating whether interruption is needed when the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination is measured under the condition of no measurement gap; the first base station concentration entity receives a first response message returned by the first base station separation entity, and the first response message comprises at least one of measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration and measurement gap-free inter-frequency measurement configuration. According to the invention, the technical problems that the current standard cannot well support the measurement without the measurement gap, and the related interruption condition is not considered are solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a measurement enhancement configuration method and system. Background Art

[0002] In a wireless communication network, a terminal device generally uses a single radio frequency module for data transmission, reception, and signal measurement. Therefore, when the terminal device performs inter-frequency or inter-system measurement, it needs to suspend data transmission and reception with the serving cell to measure the signal strength of the adjacent frequency or other adjacent RAT (Radio Access Technology) cells, and the measurement duration is called a measurement gap (MeasurementGap, Meas Gap).

[0003] In order to improve system throughput and / or mobility performance, gapless measurement needs to be supported. However, the existing standard RRM (Radio Resource Management) requirements only support intra-frequency measurement without a measurement gap based on SSB (Synchronization Signal Block), and do not support inter-frequency measurement without a measurement gap. Moreover, the intra-frequency measurement without a measurement gap does not consider possible related interruption situations.

[0004] In view of the above problems, no effective solution has been proposed yet. Summary of the Invention

[0005] Embodiments of this application provide a measurement enhancement configuration method and system to at least solve the technical problem that the current standard cannot well support gapless measurement and does not consider related interruption situations.

[0006] According to one aspect of the embodiments of this application, a measurement enhancement configuration method is provided, including: a first base station centralized entity sends a first request message to a first base station separated entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration; where the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring a first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap; the first base station centralized entity receives a first response message returned by the first base station separated entity, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap; where the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release an effective measurement window configuration for inter-RAT (Radio Access Technology) measurement.

[0007] Optionally, the measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the requirement information of the terminal device for the measurement gap of the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement configuration executed by the terminal device, including the configuration of intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and radio access technology (RAT) inter-frequency mobility and measurement gaps.

[0008] Optionally, the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: a new radio (NR) frequency band or the corresponding NR frequency band combination, an evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) frequency band or the corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0009] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0010] Optionally, the intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) without a measurement gap.

[0011] Optionally, the inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on an SSB without a measurement gap.

[0012] Optionally, the interruption indication is an enumeration type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption, and an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating the absence of the need for measurement interruption.

[0013] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information further includes: an RAT inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0014] Optionally, the RAT inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate whether the terminal needs to interrupt when performing RAT inter-frequency measurement based on an SSB.

[0015] Optionally, the RAT inter-frequency interruption requirement indication is an enumeration type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption but not the need for a measurement gap, and an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating neither the need for a measurement gap nor the need for measurement interruption.

[0016] Optionally, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, a valid measurement window configuration, and an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

[0017] Optionally, a measurement target addition / modification list is used to add and / or modify a measurement target list; a measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release measurement gaps; an active measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release an active measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurements.

[0018] Optionally, the active measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release an active measurement window for E-UTRA measurements in NR, or to set and / or release an active measurement window for NR measurements in an E-UTRAN.

[0019] Optionally, an inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is used to indicate a configuration in which the terminal device is configured to perform SSB-based inter-frequency measurements without measurement gaps when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device.

[0020] Optionally, the method further includes: a first base station centralized entity receiving a first response message, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: a measurement gap configuration, an active measurement window configuration, an inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps.

[0021] Optionally, the first response message further includes: a measurement interruption configuration, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether an SSB-based measurement without measurement gaps needs to be interrupted.

[0022] Optionally, the method further includes: configuring an active measurement window for the terminal device when the active measurement window configuration is included in the first response message and the first base station centralized entity supports the active measurement window configuration function.

[0023] Optionally, the method further includes: configuring an inter-frequency measurement without measurement gaps for the terminal device when the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is included in the first response message and the first base station centralized entity supports the function of the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps.

[0024] According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present application, another method for measuring enhancement configuration is further provided, including: a first base station separation entity receives a first request message sent by a first base station concentration entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration; where the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring a first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap; the first base station separation entity sends a first response message to the first base station concentration entity, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap; where the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release an effective measurement window configuration for inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurement.

[0025] Optionally, the measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement of the terminal device for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement configuration executed by the terminal device, including intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-RAT mobility and measurement gap configurations.

[0026] Optionally, the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: a new radio (NR) frequency band or a corresponding NR frequency band combination, an evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) frequency band or a corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0027] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0028] Optionally, the intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list includes at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry includes an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether interruption is required when the terminal device performs measurement based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) without a measurement gap.

[0029] Optionally, the inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted includes at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry includes an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether interruption is required when the terminal device performs measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap.

[0030] Optionally, the interruption indication is an enumeration type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is required, an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating that no measurement interruption is required.

[0031] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information further includes: an inter-RAT interruption requirement.

[0032] Optionally, the inter-RAT interruption requirement is used to indicate whether the terminal needs to be interrupted when performing SSB-based inter-RAT measurements.

[0033] Optionally, the inter-RAT interruption requirement is an enumerated type, including: an indication of interruption without gap, which is used to indicate that measurement interruption is required but measurement gaps are not required; and an indication of no interruption and no gap, which is used to indicate that neither measurement gaps nor measurement interruption are required.

[0034] Optionally, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, an active measurement window configuration, and an inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps.

[0035] Optionally, the measurement target addition / modification list is used to add and / or modify the measurement target list; the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release measurement gaps; and the active measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the active measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurements of radio access technology (RAT).

[0036] Optionally, the active measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the active measurement window for E-UTRA measurements in NR, or to set and / or release the active measurement window for NR measurements in evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN).

[0037] Optionally, the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is used to indicate that the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurements based on SSB without measurement gaps when the inter-frequency SSB is fully included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device.

[0038] Optionally, the method further includes: a first base station separation entity receiving a first request message, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, and measurement configuration.

[0039] Optionally, the method further includes: when the measurement interruption requirement information is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity obtains an interruption requirement indication for measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without measurement gaps according to the measurement interruption requirement information.

[0040] Optionally, the method further includes: when the measurement gap requirement information is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity obtains a measurement gap requirement indication for the terminal device to perform measurements on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination according to the measurement gap requirement information.

[0041] Optionally, the method further includes: when a measurement configuration is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity determines a measurement configuration change that needs to be applied according to the measurement configuration, where the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, an active measurement window configuration, and an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

[0042] Optionally, the method further includes: when a measurement target addition / modification list is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity activates the frequency band added in the measurement target addition / modification list and determines whether a measurement gap is required; when it is determined that a measurement gap is required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement gap-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement gap configuration of the first response message.

[0043] Optionally, the method further includes: the first base station separation entity determines whether a measurement interruption is required; when it is determined that a measurement interruption is required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement interruption-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement interruption configuration of the first response message, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether a measurement based on SSB needs to be interrupted in the case of no measurement gap.

[0044] Optionally, the method further includes: when an active measurement window configuration is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity determines to set and / or release an active measurement window for E-UTRA measurement and sends the active measurement window configuration to the first base station central entity through the first response message.

[0045] According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present application, another measurement enhancement configuration method is further provided, including: a terminal device receives a measurement-related configuration sent by a first base station through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement gap requirement configuration, a measurement interruption requirement configuration, and a measurement configuration; the terminal device sends a first RRC response message to the first base station, where the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information; where the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether a measurement needs to be interrupted when measuring a first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination in the case of no measurement gap.

[0046] Optionally, the measurement gap requirement configuration includes a configuration related to measurement gap requirement information; the measurement interruption requirement configuration is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report measurement interruption requirement information for a first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination in the first RRC response message; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement-related configuration that the terminal device will execute, including configurations for intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and radio access technology (RAT) mobility and measurement gaps.

[0047] Optionally, the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR) frequency band or the corresponding NR frequency band combination, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency band or the corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0048] Optionally, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps, measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration.

[0049] Optionally, the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency synchronization signal block (SSB) is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurements based on SSB without measurement gaps.

[0050] Optionally, the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release measurement gaps; the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window for radio access technology (RAT) inter-measurements.

[0051] Optionally, the effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the effective measurement window for E-UTRA measurements in NR, or to set and / or release the effective measurement window for NR measurements in the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN).

[0052] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is of an enumerated type. When the measurement gap requirement configuration is configured, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to enabled or started, and when the measurement gap requirement configuration is released, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to disabled or not started.

[0053] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0054] Optionally, the intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurements, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, which is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurements based on the synchronization signal block (SSB) without measurement gaps.

[0055] Optionally, the inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurements, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, which is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurements based on the SSB without measurement gaps.

[0056] Optionally, the interruption indication is of an enumerated type, including: an interrupted indication with no gap for indicating that an interruption needs to be measured, and an uninterrupted indication with no gap for indicating that no interruption needs to be measured.

[0057] Optionally, the measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirements of the terminal device when measuring on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, including at least one of the following: in-band gap requirement, inter-band gap requirement.

[0058] Optionally, the in-band gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for in-band measurement, including: an in-band gap indication, where the in-band gap indication is of an enumerated type, including: two options: with gap and without gap.

[0059] Optionally, the inter-band gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-band measurement, including: an inter-band gap indication, where the inter-band gap indication is of an enumerated type, including: two options: with gap and without gap.

[0060] Optionally, in the case where the terminal device is configured to need to provide measurement gap requirement information for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, the method further includes: including a measurement gap requirement configuration in the first RRC request message, or including a measurement interruption requirement configuration in the first RRC request message and the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to enabled or started, or in the case where the measurement interruption requirement configuration has been started and the measurement interruption requirement information has changed compared to the measurement interruption requirement configuration in the previously received first RRC request message, the terminal device adds measurement interruption requirement information in the first RRC response message.

[0061] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes an in-band interruption requirement, where the number of entries included in the in-band interruption requirement is the same as the number of entries included in the in-band gap requirement, and the order is the same.

[0062] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes an in-band interruption requirement, and in the case where the in-band gap requirement is set to without gap, each entry of the in-band interruption requirement includes an interruption indication.

[0063] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes an inter-band interruption requirement, where the number of entries included in the inter-band interruption requirement is the same as the number of entries included in the inter-band gap requirement, and the order is the same.

[0064] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes an inter-band interruption requirement, and in the case where the inter-band gap requirement is set to without gap, each entry of the inter-band interruption requirement includes an interruption indication.

[0065] According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present application, another measurement enhancement configuration method is further provided, including: a first base station sends measurement-related configuration to a terminal device through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configuration includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, measurement configuration; the first base station receives a first RRC response message returned by the terminal device, where the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information; where the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring a first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap.

[0066] Optionally, the measurement gap requirement configuration includes a configuration related to measurement gap requirement information; the measurement interruption requirement configuration is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report measurement interruption requirement information of the first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination in the first RRC response message; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement-related configuration that the terminal device will execute, including intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and radio access technology (RAT) inter-mobility and measurement gap configurations.

[0067] Optionally, the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: a new radio (NR) frequency band or a corresponding NR frequency band combination, an evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) frequency band or a corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0068] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is an enumeration type. In the case where the gap requirement configuration has been configured, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to enabled or started, and in the case where the gap requirement configuration has been released, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to disabled or not started.

[0069] Optionally, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap, a measurement gap configuration, an effective measurement window configuration.

[0070] Optionally, the inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap is used to indicate that in the case where the inter-frequency synchronization signal block (SSB) is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap.

[0071] Optionally, the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release a measurement gap; the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release an effective measurement window configuration for RAT inter-measurement.

[0072] Optionally, the effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release an effective measurement window for evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) measurement in NR, or to set and / or release an effective measurement window for NR measurement in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN).

[0073] Optionally, the method further includes: when the first base station receives the first RRC response message returned by the terminal device, the first base station sends relevant measurement configurations to the terminal device, where the first RRC response message is used to indicate that the terminal device supports and has successfully configured measurement-related configurations, including at least one of the following: measurement interruption requirement information, measurement gap requirement information.

[0074] Optionally, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0075] Optionally, the intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on the synchronization signal block (SSB) without a measurement gap.

[0076] Optionally, the inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap.

[0077] Optionally, the interruption indication is an enumeration type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is required, and an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating that no measurement interruption is required.

[0078] Optionally, the measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement when the terminal device performs measurement on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, including at least one of the following: intra-frequency gap requirement, inter-frequency gap requirement.

[0079] Optionally, the intra-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency gap indication, where the intra-frequency gap indication is an enumeration type, including: two options of having a gap and not having a gap.

[0080] Optionally, the inter-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: an inter-frequency gap indication, where the inter-frequency gap indication is an enumeration type, including: two options of having a gap and not having a gap.

[0081] According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a measurement enhancement configuration system is provided, including: a first base station central entity sending a first request message to a first base station separation entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration; a first response message returned by the first base station separation entity to the first base station central entity in response to the first request message, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap; the first base station sending measurement-related configuration to the terminal device through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configuration includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, measurement configuration; the terminal device returning a first RRC response message to the first base station in response to the first RRC request message, where the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information.

[0082] In the embodiments of the present application, the first base station central entity sends a first request message to the first base station separation entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration; where the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap; the first base station central entity receives a first response message returned by the first base station separation entity, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap; where the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for radio access technology (RAT) inter-measurement, the base station can support measurement without a measurement gap and related interruption configuration through the terminal context, and the base station can support sending relevant measurement enhancement configuration to the terminal device to assist the terminal device in supporting measurement without a measurement gap and related measurement interruption configuration, achieving the purpose of further improving measurement flexibility and system capacity, improving system throughput and terminal mobility performance, and thus solving the technical problem that the current standard cannot well support measurement without a measurement gap and does not consider related interruption situations. Description of the Drawings

[0083] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present application and constitute a part of the present application. The illustrative embodiments of the present application and their descriptions are used to explain the present application and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present application. In the drawings:

[0084] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a 5G system architecture and its logical interface model provided according to the embodiments of the present application;

[0085] Figure 2It is a schematic diagram of a method flow for measuring enhancement configuration with the first base station centralized entity as the execution entity according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0086] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of a method flow for measuring enhancement configuration with the first base station separated entity as the execution entity according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0087] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of a method flow for measuring enhancement configuration with a terminal device as the execution entity according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0088] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of a method flow for measuring enhancement configuration with the first base station as the execution entity according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0089] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of a measurement enhancement configuration system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0090] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of a UE context establishment process according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0091] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of a UE context modification process according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0092] Figure 9 It is a schematic diagram of an RRC reconfiguration process according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0093] Figure 10 It is a schematic diagram of an RRC restoration process according to an embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0094] In order to enable those skilled in the art of the present technology to better understand the solution of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

[0095] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the description, claims and the above-mentioned drawings of this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily have to be used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application described here can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or units does not necessarily have to be limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but may include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0096] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a 5G system architecture and its logical interface model provided according to an embodiment of the present application, as Figure 1 shown, the Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) consists of 5G base stations (also known as next generation nodes, abbreviated as gNB) and evolved LTE base stations (ng-eNB). In a distributed architecture, the gNB has a complete protocol stack function; in a centralized architecture, the gNB is separated into a base station central unit / central entity (gNB Central Unit, abbreviated as gNB-CU) node and a base station distributed unit / distributed entity (gNB Distributed Unit, abbreviated as gNB-DU) node. In a centralized architecture, the gNB can be composed of one gNB-CU and multiple gNB-DUs. The gNB-CU and gNB-DU implement different protocol stack functions respectively. From the perspective of other NG-RAN nodes and 5GC (5th Generation Core Network), the gNB-CU and gNB-DU are a gNB node. The gNB-CU and gNB-DU are connected through the F1 interface, and the gNB-CU-CP and gNB-CU-UP are connected through the E1 interface.

[0097] In a wireless communication network, a terminal device generally uses a single radio frequency module for data transmission, reception and signal measurement. Therefore, when the terminal device performs inter-frequency or inter-system measurement, it needs to pause data transmission and reception with the serving cell to measure the signal strength of the adjacent frequency or other neighboring RATs. The measurement duration is called a measurement gap.

[0098] 4GLTE (4th Generation Long Term Evolution, Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution) Measurement Gap: In the LTE network, the measurement gap length (MeasGap Length, MGL) is fixed. During measurement, as long as one synchronization signal (PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal, Primary Synchronization Signal), SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signa, Secondary Synchronization Signal)) is included in the measurement gap. In the LTE era, the UE (User Equipment, User Equipment) needs to use the measurement gap when measuring in the inter-frequency scenario and the inter-system scenario. The typical LTE Gap length is 6 ms, which includes 5 ms of measurement time. This 5 ms is because the transmission period of LTE's PSS and SSS is 5 ms. Additionally, there is 0.5 ms at each end of the gap for radio frequency (RF) re-tuning; the LTE measurement gap uses a 40 ms or 80 ms cycle.

[0099] 5GNR (New Radio, New Air Interface) Measurement Gap: NR also uses a similar mechanism. Based on the UE capabilities, the UE-activated BWP (Bandwidth Part, Bandwidth Part), and the currently camped frequency, it can choose to use Gap-assisted measurement or not. Different from LTE, the NR measurement Gap can also be applied to the same-frequency scenario. For example, when the same-frequency measurement is performed outside the Active BWP range, the Gap also needs to be used. The designed Gap lengths in NR can be: 1.5 ms, 3 ms, 3.5 ms, 4 ms, 5.5 ms, and 6 ms, and the designed cycles can be 20 ms, 40 ms, 80 ms, and 160 ms. Compared with the 0.5 ms of RF re-tuning used by LTE, the NR FR1 band also uses 0.5 ms, while the NR FR2 band uses 0.25 ms.

[0100] To improve system throughput and / or mobility performance, gapless measurement needs to be supported. However, according to the RRM requirements of the existing standard, frequency-internal measurement without a measurement gap based on SSB is supported, but the current standard does not support frequency-interference measurement without a measurement gap, and the frequency-internal measurement without a measurement gap does not consider possible interruptions. Specifically, the current standard has the following problems:

[0101] 1) The current NR base station cannot well support measurements without measurement gaps. Moreover, in measurements without measurement gaps, possible interruptions are not considered, and the configuration of measurement gaps and related terminals cannot be sent to the terminal through RRC (Radio Resource Control) messages;

[0102] 2) The terminal cannot well support measurements without measurement gaps and consider related interruption handling: According to the current standard, the terminal cannot well support in-band and inter-band measurements without measurement gaps according to network indications, consider related interruption situations, and cannot send its measurement and interruption-related configurations without gaps to the network, nor assist the network in sending relevant configuration information to the terminal;

[0103] 3) The measurement without measurement gaps and related interruption configurations cannot be supported between the base station split entity and the central entity: According to the current standard, the base station central entity and the base station split entity can support measurement configurations with measurement gaps through terminal context configuration, but cannot well support measurements without measurement gaps and consider related interruption configurations. Therefore, the measurement flexibility, system capacity, and mobility performance cannot be well improved.

[0104] Based on the above requirements and cause analysis, the current standard cannot well support measurements without measurement gaps and does not consider related interruption situations. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance the existing protocol to meet the requirements of system throughput and terminal mobility.

[0105] To solve the above problems, relevant solutions are provided in the embodiments of the present application, which are described in detail below.

[0106] It should be noted that the steps shown in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings can be executed in a computer system such as a set of computer-executable instructions. And although the logical order is shown in the flowchart, in some cases, the steps shown or described can be executed in a different order than here.

[0107] According to an embodiment of the present application, a method embodiment for enhanced measurement configuration is provided. Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the method flow for enhanced measurement configuration with the execution subject being the first base station central entity provided according to an embodiment of the present application. As Figure 2 shown, the method includes the following steps:

[0108] Step S202, the first base station central entity sends a first request message to the first base station split entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, and measurement configuration;

[0109] Among them, the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap;

[0110] Step S204, the first base station centralized entity receives a first response message returned by the first base station separated entity, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap;

[0111] Among them, the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements.

[0112] Next, the measurement enhancement configuration method in steps S202 to S204 of the embodiment of the present application will be further introduced.

[0113] First, the first base station centralized entity sends a first request message to the first base station separated entity, where the first request message includes content related to measurement configuration, specifically including but not limited to at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration;

[0114] In this embodiment, the above first request message may be a user equipment context setup request message UEContext Setup request or a user equipment context modification request message UE Context Modification request. When the first request message is UE Context Setup request, its corresponding first response message is a user equipment context setup response message UE Context Setup response; when the first request message is UEContext Modification request, its corresponding first response message is a user equipment context modification response message UE Context Modification response.

[0115] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement information of the terminal device for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement configuration executed by the terminal device, including intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-radio access technology (RAT) mobility and measurement gap configuration; the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap.

[0116] The above-mentioned first frequency band or corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR) frequency band or corresponding NR frequency band combination, E-UTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access) frequency band or corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0117] The measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR), measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR), and measurement configuration (MeasConfig) will be further introduced below.

[0118] The measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR) will be introduced first below.

[0119] The measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement information of the terminal device for measurements on the first frequency band or corresponding frequency band combination, including at least one of the following: intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap), inter-frequency gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap).

[0120] Among them, the intra-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for intra-frequency measurements, including: intra-frequency gap indication, where the intra-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap and without gap; the inter-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-frequency measurements, including: inter-frequency gap indication, where the inter-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap and without gap.

[0121] The measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) will be further introduced below.

[0122] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement, RAT-interruption requirement, as follows.

[0123] The above-mentioned intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurements, including: intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry (NeedForInterruptionNR-r18), and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication (interruptionIndication), and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurements based on Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) without a measurement gap.

[0124] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: an interruption indication with no gap for indicating that an interruption for measurement is required, and an interruption indication with no gap for indicating that no interruption for measurement is required.

[0125] The above inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that require interruption, where the list of frequency bands that require interruption contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to be interrupted when performing SSB-based measurement without a measurement gap.

[0126] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: an interruption indication with no gap for indicating that an interruption for measurement is required, and an interruption indication with no gap for indicating that no interruption for measurement is required.

[0127] The above inter-RAT interruption requirement (interRAT-NeedForIntrNR-r18) is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to be interrupted when performing inter-RAT measurement based on SSB.

[0128] In some embodiments of the present application, the inter-RAT interruption requirement indication is an enumerated type, including: an interruption indication with no gap for indicating that an interruption for measurement is required but no measurement gap is required, and an interruption indication with no gap for indicating that neither a measurement gap nor an interruption for measurement is required.

[0129] First, the measurement configuration (MeasConfig) will be further introduced below.

[0130] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, an effective measurement window configuration, and an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

[0131] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement target addition / modification list (measObjectToAddModList) is used to add and / or modify the measurement target list; the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release a measurement gap;

[0132] The above effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurement. Specifically, in this embodiment, the effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the effective measurement window for evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) measurement in NR, or to set and / or release the effective measurement window for NR measurement in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN).

[0133] The above inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without measurement gaps, that is, the terminal is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without measurement gaps when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink BWP of the terminal.

[0134] The first base station central entity sends the first request message to the first base station split entity. If the first request message contains the RRC message sent by the first base station central entity to the first base station split entity, and the RRC message sent by the central entity to the split entity contains measurement configuration (MeasConfig) information, the first base station split entity can infer the measurement configuration changes that need to be applied.

[0135] If the first request message contains a measurement gap requirement message (NeedForGapsInfoNR), after receiving the first request message, the first base station split entity uses this message to obtain the measurement gap requirement indication when the terminal performs measurements on the NR target frequency band, that is, when the measurement gap requirement information is included in the first request message, the first base station split entity obtains the measurement gap requirement indication when the terminal device performs measurements on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination according to the measurement gap requirement information.

[0136] If the first request message contains measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR), after receiving the first request message, the first base station split entity will use this message to obtain the interruption requirement indication when measuring the NR target frequency band without measurement gaps, that is, when the measurement interruption requirement information is included in the first request message, the first base station split entity obtains the interruption requirement indication when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without measurement gaps according to the measurement interruption requirement information.

[0137] If the first request message contains a measurement configuration, the first base station split entity will derive the measurement configuration changes that need to be applied, that is, when the measurement configuration is included in the first request message, the first base station split entity determines the measurement configuration changes that need to be applied according to the measurement configuration, where the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: measurement target addition / modification list, measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps.

[0138] Specifically, if the first request message includes a measurement target addition / modification list, the first base station separation entity activates the frequency bands added in the measurement target addition / modification list and determines whether a measurement gap is required; in the case where a measurement gap is determined to be required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement gap-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) of the first response message.

[0139] Subsequently, the first base station separation entity determines whether a measurement interruption is required; in the case where a measurement interruption is determined to be required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement interruption-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement interruption configuration in the first response message, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether interruption is required for performing SSB-based measurement in the absence of a measurement gap.

[0140] If the first request message includes a valid measurement window configuration, the first base station separation entity determines to set and / or release the valid measurement window for E-UTRA measurement, and sends the valid measurement window configuration to the first base station central entity through the first response message.

[0141] After receiving the first request message, the first base station separation entity feeds back a first response message (e.g., UE Context Setup response or UE Context Modification response) to the first base station central entity, where the first response message contains the RRC message sent by the first base station separation entity to the first base station central entity, and the specific steps are as follows.

[0142] In some embodiments of this application, the method further includes the following steps: the first base station central entity receives the first response message, where the first response message contains at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, valid measurement window configuration, and inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

[0143] In some embodiments of this application, the first response message further includes: a measurement interruption configuration, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether interruption is required for performing SSB-based measurement in the absence of a measurement gap.

[0144] Among them, the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release a measurement gap; the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurement; the inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap (InterFrequencyConfig-NoGap) is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part BWP of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap; the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether interruption is required when performing SSB-based measurement without a measurement gap.

[0145] If the RRC message sent by the first base station separation entity in the first response message to the first base station central entity contains the inter-frequency measurement configuration without a gap, and if the first base station central entity supports this function, the terminal is configured for inter-frequency measurement without a measurement gap, and the specific steps are as follows.

[0146] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further includes the following steps: when the inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap is included in the first response message and the first base station central entity supports the function of the inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap, configure the terminal device for inter-frequency measurement without a measurement gap.

[0147] If the RRC message sent by the first base station separation entity in the first response message to the first base station central entity contains the effective measurement window configuration, and if the first base station central entity supports this function, the terminal is configured with an effective measurement window, and the specific steps are as follows.

[0148] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further includes the following steps: when the effective measurement window configuration is included in the first response message and the first base station central entity supports the function of the effective measurement window configuration, configure the terminal device with an effective measurement window.

[0149] According to the embodiments of the present application, another method embodiment of measurement enhancement configuration is further provided. Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the method flow of measurement enhancement configuration with the first base station separation entity as the execution subject provided according to the embodiments of the present application, as Figure 3 shown, and the method includes the following steps:

[0150] Step S302, the first base station separation entity receives the first request message sent by the first base station central entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration;

[0151] Among them, the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap;

[0152] Step S304, the first base station separation entity sends a first response message to the first base station concentration entity, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, valid measurement window configuration, and inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps;

[0153] Among them, the valid measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the valid measurement window configuration for radio access technology (RAT) inter-measurement.

[0154] The measurement enhancement configuration method in steps S302 to S304 of the embodiment of the present application will be further introduced below.

[0155] First, the first base station separation entity receives a first request message sent by the first base station concentration entity (for example, UEContext Setup request or UE Context Modification request), and the specific steps are as follows.

[0156] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further includes the following steps: the first base station separation entity receives the first request message, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, and measurement configuration.

[0157] The measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR), measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR), and measurement configuration (MeasConfig) will be further introduced below.

[0158] The measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR) will be further introduced first below.

[0159] The measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement information of the terminal device for measurement on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, including at least one of the following: intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap), inter-frequency gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap).

[0160] Among them, the intra-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: intra-frequency gap indication, where the intra-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type, including: having a gap, no gap two options; the inter-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: inter-frequency gap indication, where the inter-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type, including: having a gap, no gap two options.

[0161] In some embodiments of the present application, the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR) frequency band or the corresponding NR frequency band combination, evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency band or the corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0162] The measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) is further introduced below.

[0163] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: in-band interruption requirement, inter-band interruption requirement, inter-RAT interruption requirement, which are specifically as follows.

[0164] The above in-band interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for in-band measurement, including: an in-band interruption requirement list, where the in-band interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry (NeedForInterruptionNR-r18), and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) without a measurement gap.

[0165] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: an indication of interruption without gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption, and an indication of no interruption without gap for indicating the absence of the need for measurement interruption.

[0166] The above inter-band interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-band measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on SSB without a measurement gap.

[0167] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: an indication of interruption without gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption, and an indication of no interruption without gap for indicating the absence of the need for measurement interruption.

[0168] The above inter-RAT interruption requirement (interRAT-NeedForIntrNR-r18) is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing inter-RAT measurement based on SSB.

[0169] In some embodiments of the present application, the inter-RAT interruption requirement indication is an enumerated type, including: an indication of interruption without gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption but without the need for a measurement gap, and an indication of no interruption without gap for indicating neither the need for a measurement gap nor the need for measurement interruption.

[0170] First, the measurement configuration (MeasConfig) will be further introduced below.

[0171] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, an effective measurement window configuration, and an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

[0172] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement target addition / modification list (measObjectToAddModList) is used to add and / or modify a measurement target list; the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release a measurement gap;

[0173] The above-mentioned effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release an effective measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurement. Specifically, in this embodiment, the effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release an effective measurement window for E-UTRA measurement evolved in NR, or to set and / or release an effective measurement window for NR measurement in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN).

[0174] The above-mentioned inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap, that is, the terminal is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink BWP of the terminal.

[0175] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further includes the following steps: when the measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity obtains an interruption requirement indication for measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap according to the measurement interruption requirement information.

[0176] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further includes the following steps: when the measurement gap requirement information (NeedForGapsInfoNR) is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity obtains a measurement gap requirement indication for the terminal device to perform measurement on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination according to the measurement gap requirement information.

[0177] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further includes the following steps: when a measurement configuration (MeasConfig) is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity determines a measurement configuration change to be applied according to the measurement configuration, where the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, a valid measurement window configuration, and an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

[0178] Specifically, when a measurement target addition / modification list is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity activates the frequency band added by the measurement target addition / modification list and determines whether a measurement gap is required; when it is determined that a measurement gap is required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement gap-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) of the first response message.

[0179] Subsequently, the method further includes the following steps: the first base station separation entity determines whether a measurement interruption is required; when it is determined that a measurement interruption is required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement interruption-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement interruption configuration in the first response message, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether a measurement based on SSB needs to be interrupted in the case of no measurement gap.

[0180] In addition, the method further includes the following steps: when a valid measurement window configuration is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity determines to set and / or release the valid measurement window for E-UTRA measurement and sends the valid measurement window configuration to the first base station central entity through the first response message.

[0181] After receiving the first request message, the first base station separation entity feeds back a first response message (for example, UE Context Setup response or UE Context Modification response) to the first base station central entity, where the first response message contains an RRC message sent by the first base station separation entity to the first base station central entity and includes at least one of the following: a measurement gap configuration, a valid measurement window configuration, and an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

[0182] In some embodiments of the present application, the first response message further includes: a measurement interruption configuration, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether a measurement based on SSB needs to be interrupted in the case of no measurement gap.

[0183] Among them, the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release the measurement gap; the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurement; the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap (InterFrequencyConfig-NoGap) is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part BWP of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without a measurement gap; the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether interruption is required when performing SSB-based measurement without a measurement gap.

[0184] It should be noted that the method for measuring enhanced configuration provided in this embodiment is a method embodiment corresponding to the Figure 2 measurement enhanced configuration method shown therein. Therefore, the relevant explanations of the above measurement enhanced configuration method also apply to the embodiments of the present application and will not be repeated here.

[0185] According to an embodiment of the present application, another method embodiment for measuring enhanced configuration is further provided. Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of a method flow for measuring enhanced configuration with the execution subject being a terminal device provided according to an embodiment of the present application. As Figure 4 shown, the method includes the following steps:

[0186] Step S402, the terminal device receives the measurement-related configuration sent by the first base station through the first RRC request message. Among them, the measurement-related configuration includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, and measurement configuration.

[0187] Step S404, the terminal device sends a first RRC response message to the first base station. Among them, the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information and measurement interruption requirement information.

[0188] Among them, the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap.

[0189] Next, the measurement enhanced configuration method in steps S402 to S404 of the embodiment of the present application will be further introduced.

[0190] First, the terminal device receives a first RRC request message sent by a first base station. In this embodiment, the first RRC request message may be an RRC reconfiguration message RRCReconfiguraiton or an RRC resume message RRCResume. Among them, when the first RRC request message is RRCReconfiguraiton, the corresponding first RRC response message is an RRC reconfiguration complete message RRCReconfigurationComplete; when the first RRC request message is RRCResume, the corresponding first RRC response message is an RRC resume complete message RRCResumeComplete.

[0191] Among them, the measurement-related configuration in the first RRC request message includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, and measurement configuration.

[0192] The following further introduces the measurement gap requirement configuration (needForGapsConfigNR), the measurement interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18), and the measurement configuration (MeasConfig) respectively.

[0193] The above measurement gap requirement configuration (needForGapsConfigNR) includes the configuration related to the measurement gap requirement information.

[0194] The above measurement interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the measurement interruption requirement information of the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination in the first RRC response message.

[0195] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is an enumerated type. When the measurement gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR) is configured, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to enabled or started. And when the measurement gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR) is released, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to disabled or not started.

[0196] Optionally, the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: a new radio NR frequency band or the corresponding NR frequency band combination, an evolved universal terrestrial radio access E-UTRA frequency band or the corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0197] The above measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement-related configuration that the terminal device will execute, including the configuration of in-band, inter-band, and radio access technology RAT mobility and measurement gaps.

[0198] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap, a measurement gap configuration, and an effective measurement window configuration, which are specifically introduced below.

[0199] The inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap (interFrequencyConfig-NoGap-r16) is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency synchronization signal block SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part BWP of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurements based on the SSB without a measurement gap, that is, the terminal is configured to perform inter-frequency measurements based on the SSB without a measurement gap when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink BWP of the terminal.

[0200] The measurement gap configuration (measGapConfig) is used to establish and release measurement gaps.

[0201] The effective measurement window configuration (effectiveMeasWindowConfig-r18) is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for radio access technology RAT inter-frequency measurements. In this embodiment, the effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the effective measurement window for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access E-UTRA measurements in NR, or to set and / or release the effective measurement window for NR measurements in an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network E-UTRAN.

[0202] After the terminal device receives the first RRC request message, when the terminal device is configured to be required to provide measurement gap requirement information for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, the method further includes the following steps: including a measurement gap requirement configuration in the first RRC request message, or including a measurement interruption requirement configuration in the first RRC request message and the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to enabled or started, or when the measurement interruption requirement configuration has been started and the measurement interruption requirement information has changed compared with the measurement interruption requirement configuration in the previously received first RRC request message, the terminal device adds measurement interruption requirement information in the first RRC response message.

[0203] Specifically, in the case where the terminal is configured to require measurement gap requirements for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, if the first RRC request message contains a measurement gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR), or the first RRC request message contains an interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) and is set to "enabled / started", or the interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) is started and the interruption requirement information (NeedForInterruptionInfoNR) has changed compared to the previous message, then the interruption requirement information (NeedForInterruptionInfoNR) is included in the first RRC response message, and the interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0204] Among them, the number of entries included in the intra-frequency interruption requirement (intraFreq-needForInterruption) is the same as the number of entries included in the intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreqneedForGap), and the order is the same. The measurement interruption requirement information includes the intra-frequency interruption requirement (intraFreq-needForInterruption), and in the case where the intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap) is set to no-gap, each entry of the intra-frequency interruption requirement includes an interruption indication (interruptionIndication).

[0205] The number of entries included in the inter-frequency interruption requirement (interFreq-needForInterruption) is the same as the number of entries included in the inter-frequency gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap), and the order is the same. The measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) includes the inter-frequency interruption requirement (interFreq-needForInterruption), and in the case where the inter-frequency gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap) is set to no-gap, each entry of the inter-frequency interruption requirement includes an interruption indication (interruptionIndication).

[0206] After the terminal device supports the above measurement interruption configuration and successfully configures configurations such as the above measurement interruption configuration and measurement window, the terminal device feeds back a first RRC response message (RRCReconfigurationComplete or RRCResumeComplete) to the first base station. Among them, the first RRC response message is used to indicate that the terminal device supports and has successfully configured the measurement-related configuration, that is, to confirm the successful completion of the RRC configuration. The first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement interruption requirement information, measurement gap requirement information.

[0207] The measurement interruption requirement information and the measurement gap requirement information are further introduced below.

[0208] First, the measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) is further introduced.

[0209] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0210] The above intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry (NeedForInterruptionNR-r18), and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on the synchronization signal block SSB without a measurement gap.

[0211] The interruption indication is an enumeration type, specifically including: an interruption indication without a gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption, and an interruption indication without a gap for indicating the absence of the need for measurement interruption.

[0212] The above inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap.

[0213] The interruption indication is an enumeration type, specifically including: an interruption indication without a gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption, and an interruption indication without a gap for indicating the absence of the need for measurement interruption.

[0214] Next, the measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR) is further introduced.

[0215] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirements when the terminal device measures on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, including at least one of the following: intra-frequency gap requirement, inter-frequency gap requirement.

[0216] Among them, the intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap) is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: intra-frequency gap indication, where the intra-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap, without gap.

[0217] The inter-frequency gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap) is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: inter-frequency gap indication, where the inter-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap, without gap.

[0218] After receiving the first RRC response message fed back by the terminal, the base station learns that the terminal has successfully supported and established the relevant configuration, and then sends the relevant measurement configuration to the terminal to support the terminal to perform interruption processing during gapless measurement.

[0219] According to the embodiments of the present application, another method embodiment for measurement enhancement configuration is further provided. Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of a method flow for measurement enhancement configuration with a first base station as the execution subject provided according to the embodiments of the present application, as Figure 5 shown, the method includes the following steps:

[0220] Step S502, the first base station sends measurement-related configurations to the terminal device through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configurations include at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, measurement configuration;

[0221] Step S504, the first base station receives a first RRC response message returned by the terminal device, where the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information;

[0222] Among them, the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap.

[0223] Next, the measurement enhancement configuration method in steps S502 to S504 of the embodiments of the present application will be further introduced.

[0224] First, the first base station sends measurement-related configurations to the terminal device via a first RRC request message (e.g., RRCReconfiguraiton or RRCResume), where the measurement-related configurations in the first RRC request message include, but are not limited to, at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, interruption requirement configuration, and measurement configuration;

[0225] The measurement gap requirement configuration (needForGapsConfigNR), the measurement interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18), and the measurement configuration (MeasConfig) are further introduced below.

[0226] The above-mentioned measurement gap requirement configuration (needForGapsConfigNR) includes configurations related to measurement gap requirement information;

[0227] The above-mentioned measurement interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report measurement interruption requirement information for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination in the first RRC response message;

[0228] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is an enumeration type. In the case where the measurement gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR) is configured, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to enabled or started, and in the case where the measurement gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR) is released, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to disabled or not started.

[0229] Optionally, the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR) frequency band or the corresponding NR frequency band combination, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency band or the corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

[0230] The above-mentioned measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement-related configurations that the terminal device will execute, including intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and radio access technology (RAT) inter-mobility, as well as the configuration of measurement gaps.

[0231] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps, measurement gap configuration, and effective measurement window configuration, which are specifically introduced below.

[0232] The inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap (interFrequencyConfig-NoGap-r16) is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency synchronization signal block SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part BWP of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without measurement gap, that is, the terminal is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without measurement gap when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink BWP of the terminal.

[0233] The measurement gap configuration (measGapConfig) is used to establish and release measurement gaps.

[0234] The effective measurement window configuration (effectiveMeasWindowConfig-r18) is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for radio access technology RAT inter-frequency measurement. In this embodiment, the effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the effective measurement window for evolved universal terrestrial radio access E-UTRA measurement in NR, or to set and / or release the effective measurement window for NR measurement in evolved universal terrestrial radio access network E-UTRAN.

[0235] After the first base station sends the first RRC request message to the terminal device, the terminal device receives the first RRC request message.

[0236] In some embodiments of the present application, when the terminal device is configured to need to provide measurement gap requirement information for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, the method further includes the following steps: when the measurement gap requirement configuration is included in the first RRC request message, or the measurement interruption requirement configuration is included in the first RRC request message and the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to enabled or started, or the measurement interruption requirement configuration has been started and the measurement interruption requirement information has changed compared with the measurement interruption requirement configuration in the previously received first RRC request message, the terminal device adds measurement interruption requirement information in the first RRC response message.

[0237] Specifically, in the case where the terminal is configured to require measurement gap requirements for the first frequency band or corresponding frequency band combination, if the first RRC request message contains a measurement gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR), or the first RRC request message contains an interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) and is set to "enabled / started", or the interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) is started and the interruption requirement information (NeedForInterruptionInfoNR) has changed compared to the previous message, then the interruption requirement information (NeedForInterruptionInfoNR) is included in the first RRC response message, and the interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: in-band interruption requirement, inter-band interruption requirement.

[0238] Among them, the number of entries included in the in-band interruption requirement (intraFreq-needForInterruption) is the same as the number of entries included in the in-band gap requirement (intraFreqneedForGap), and the order is the same. The measurement interruption requirement information includes the in-band interruption requirement (intraFreq-needForInterruption), and in the case where the in-band gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap) is set to no-gap, each entry of the in-band interruption requirement includes an interruption indication (interruptionIndication).

[0239] The number of entries included in the inter-band interruption requirement (interFreq-needForInterruption) is the same as the number of entries included in the inter-band gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap), and the order is the same. The measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) includes the inter-band interruption requirement (interFreq-needForInterruption), and in the case where the inter-band gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap) is set to no-gap, each entry of the inter-band interruption requirement includes an interruption indication (interruptionIndication).

[0240] After the terminal device supports the above measurement interruption configuration and successfully configures configurations such as the above measurement interruption configuration and measurement window, the terminal device feeds back a first RRC response message (RRCReconfigurationComplete or RRCResumeComplete) to the first base station. The specific steps are as follows.

[0241] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further includes the following steps: when the first base station receives the first RRC response message returned by the terminal device, the first base station issues relevant measurement configurations to the terminal device, where the first RRC response message is used to indicate that the terminal device supports and has successfully configured measurement-related configurations, including at least one of the following: measurement interruption requirement information, measurement gap requirement information.

[0242] The measurement interruption requirement information and the measurement gap requirement information are further introduced below.

[0243] First, the measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) is further introduced.

[0244] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0245] The above intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry (NeedForInterruptionNR-r18), and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on the synchronization signal block SSB without a measurement gap.

[0246] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: a no-gap with-interruption indication for indicating that measurement interruption is required, and a no-gap without-interruption indication for indicating that no measurement interruption is required.

[0247] The above inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on the SSB without a measurement gap.

[0248] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: a no-gap with-interruption indication for indicating that measurement interruption is required, and a no-gap without-interruption indication for indicating that no measurement interruption is required.

[0249] The following further introduces the measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR).

[0250] In some embodiments of the present application, the measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirements when the terminal device measures on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, including at least one of the following: intra-frequency gap requirement, inter-frequency gap requirement.

[0251] Among them, the intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap) is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: intra-frequency gap indication, where the intra-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type, including: having a gap, no gap, two options.

[0252] The inter-frequency gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap) is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: inter-frequency gap indication, where the inter-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type, including: having a gap, no gap, two options.

[0253] After receiving the first RRC response message fed back by the terminal, the base station learns that the terminal has successfully supported and established the relevant configuration, and then sends the relevant measurement configuration to the terminal to support the terminal to perform interruption processing during gapless measurement.

[0254] It should be noted that the method for providing the measurement enhancement configuration in this embodiment is a method embodiment corresponding to the measurement enhancement configuration method shown in Figure 4 Therefore, the relevant explanations of the above measurement enhancement configuration method also apply to the embodiments of the present application, and will not be repeated here.

[0255] According to the embodiments of the present application, an embodiment of a measurement enhancement configuration system is also provided. Figure 6 It is a schematic structural diagram of a measurement enhancement configuration system provided according to the embodiments of the present application. As Figure 6 shown, the system includes: a first base station 60 and a terminal device 62, where the first base station 60 includes: a first base station centralized entity 602 and a first base station centralized entity 604.

[0256] The first base station centralized entity 602 sends a first request message to the first base station centralized entity 604, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration;

[0257] The first base station centralized entity 604 returns a first response message to the first base station centralized entity 602 in response to the first request message, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap;

[0258] The first base station 60 sends measurement-related configurations to the terminal device 62 through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configurations include at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, and measurement configuration;

[0259] The terminal device 62 returns a first RRC response message to the first base station 60 in response to the first RRC request message, where the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information.

[0260] It should be noted that the measurement enhancement configuration system provided in this embodiment can be used to execute Figures 2 to 5 the measurement enhancement configuration method shown in, so the relevant explanations of the above measurement enhancement configuration method also apply to the embodiments of this application and will not be repeated here.

[0261] The solution of this application will be further described below in combination with cases.

[0262] Case 1

[0263] This case is mainly used to describe the interaction process between the base station centralized entity gNB-CU and the base station separated entity gNB-DU, so that the separated entity and the centralized entity of the base station support measurement without measurement gaps and consider relevant interruption configurations. Specifically, the gNB-CU sends a UE Context Setup (user context establishment) or UE Context Modification (user context modification) request message to the gNB-DU. When the first request message is a UE Context Setup request, its corresponding first response message is a user equipment context establishment response message UE Context Setup response, as Figure 7 shown; when the first request message is a UE Context Modification request, its corresponding first response message is a user equipment context modification response message UE Context Modification response, as Figure 8 shown. The measurement interruption requirement information is carried in the first request message, and the interaction process includes the following steps:

[0264] Step 1-1, the first base station centralized entity sends a first request message (UE ContextSetup request or UE Context Modification request) to the first base station separated entity, where the first request message includes content related to measurement configuration, specifically including but not limited to:

[0265] 1) Measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR): This message is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement information of the terminal device for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination;

[0266] 2) Measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR): This message is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap. Among them, the above measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following:

[0267] 2.1) Intra-frequency interruption requirement: Indicates the measurement interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement;

[0268] Among them, the intra-frequency interruption requirement includes an intra-frequency interruption requirement list: containing at least one interruption requirement entry (NeedForInterruptionNR-r18), and each entry contains an interruption indication (interruptionIndication), which is used to identify whether the terminal needs to interrupt when performing SSB-based measurement without a measurement gap;

[0269] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: interruption indication with no gap and no interruption indication with no gap. Among them, the interruption indication with no gap indicates that interruption is required, and the no interruption indication with no gap indicates that no interruption is required.

[0270] 2.2) Inter-frequency interruption requirement: Indicates the measurement interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement;

[0271] Among them, the inter-frequency interruption requirement includes a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted: containing at least one interruption requirement entry, and each entry contains an interruption indication, which is used to identify whether the terminal needs to interrupt when performing SSB-based measurement without a measurement gap;

[0272] The interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: interruption indication with no gap and no interruption indication with no gap. Among them, the interruption indication with no gap indicates that interruption is required, and the no interruption indication with no gap indicates that no interruption is required.

[0273] 2.3) Inter-RAT interruption requirement (interRAT-NeedForIntrNR-r18): Defines whether interruption is required when performing SSB-based inter-RAT measurement on each supported NR frequency band for each E-UTRA frequency band or frequency band combination;

[0274] The RAT - to - RAT interruption requirement field is an enumerated type, specifically including: interruption with no gap and no interruption with no gap. Among them, interruption with no gap is used to indicate that interruptions need to be measured, but gaps do not need to be measured; no interruption with no gap is used to indicate that neither gaps nor interruptions need to be measured.

[0275] 3) Measurement configuration (MeasConfig): The measurements to be performed by the terminal, including intra - frequency, inter - frequency, and RAT - to - RAT mobility, as well as the configuration of measurement gaps. Among them, the above - mentioned measurement configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0276] 3.1) Measurement object addition / modification list (measObjectToAddModList): Contains the list of measurement objects that need to be added and / or modified;

[0277] 3.2) Measurement interval configuration: Used to establish and release measurement intervals;

[0278] 3.3) Valid measurement window configuration: Used to establish and / or release the valid measurement window configuration for RAT - to - RAT measurements. In this embodiment, the valid measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the valid measurement window for E - UTRA measurements in NR, or to set and / or release the valid measurement window for NR measurements in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E - UTRAN);

[0279] 3.4) Inter - frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps: The terminal is configured to perform inter - frequency measurements based on SSB without measurement gaps when the inter - frequency SSB is completely included in the terminal's active downlink BWP.

[0280] Step 1 - 2, if the first request message contains the RRC message (CU to DU RRC Information IE) sent from the first base station central entity to the first base station distributed entity, and the RRC message sent from the central entity to the distributed entity contains the measurement configuration (MeasConfig) information, then the first base station distributed entity can infer the measurement configuration changes that need to be applied.

[0281] If the first request message contains a measurement gap requirement message (NeedForGapsInfoNR), then after receiving the first request message, the first base station distributed entity can use this message to obtain the measurement gap requirement indication when the terminal performs measurements on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination.

[0282] If the first request message contains measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR), after receiving the first request message, the first base station separation entity can use this message to obtain the interruption requirement indication for measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap.

[0283] Step 2-1: After receiving the first request message, the first base station separation entity feeds back a first response message (UE Context Setup response or UE Context Modification response) to the first base station concentration entity, where the first response message contains the RRC message (DU to CURRC Information IE) sent by the first base station separation entity to the first base station concentration entity.

[0284] Specifically, the RRC message sent by the first base station separation entity to the first base station concentration entity includes but is not limited to the following content:

[0285] 1) Measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig): used to establish and release measurement intervals;

[0286] 2) Measurement interruption configuration: indicating whether interruption is required when performing SSB-based measurements without a measurement gap;

[0287] 3) Effective measurement window configuration (effectiveMeasWindowConfig-r18): used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurements;

[0288] 4) Inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap (InterFrequencyConfig-NoGap): the configuration for the terminal to perform SSB-based inter-frequency measurements without a measurement gap when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the terminal's active downlink BWP.

[0289] Step 2-2: If the first request message contains a measurement configuration, the first base station separation entity will derive the measurement configuration changes that need to be applied.

[0290] Specifically, if the measurement configuration contains measurement target addition / modification list information, the frequency bands added in this message will be activated. Subsequently, the first base station separation entity will determine whether a measurement interval is required. If so, the first base station separation entity will send measurement gap-related information to the first base station concentration entity in the measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) sent in the first response message.

[0291] Subsequently, the first base station separation entity will determine whether a measurement interruption is required. If so, the first base station separation entity will send measurement interruption-related information to the first base station concentration entity in the measurement interruption configuration of the first response message.

[0292] If the first request message contains a valid measurement window configuration, the first base station separation entity will derive a valid measurement window for setting and releasing E-UTRA measurements in NR and send this message to the first base station concentration entity via the first response message.

[0293] Step 3, if the RRC message (DU to CU RRC Information IE) sent by the first base station separation entity in the first response message to the first base station concentration entity contains an inter-frequency measurement configuration without gaps, and if the first base station concentration entity supports this function, configure the terminal for inter-frequency measurement without measurement gaps.

[0294] If the RRC message (DU to CU RRC Information IE) sent by the first base station separation entity in the first response message to the first base station concentration entity contains a valid measurement window configuration, and if the first base station concentration entity supports this function, configure the terminal with a valid measurement window.

[0295] Case 2

[0296] After completing the interaction process between the central entity gNB-CU and the base station separation entity gNB-DU in the above Case 1, it is also possible to perform the interaction configuration between the base station gNB and the terminal device UE so that the base station and the terminal can support measurements without measurement gaps and consider the relevant interruption handling. Specifically, the gNB sends the measurement interruption-related configuration to the UE via the RRCReconfiguraiton or RRCResume message. In the case where the first RRC request message is RRCReconfiguraiton, its corresponding first RRC response message is the RRC reconfiguration complete message RRCReconfigurationComplete, as Figure 9 shown; in the case where the first RRC request message is RRCResume, its corresponding first RRC response message is the RRC resume complete message RRCResumeComplete, as Figure 10 shown. The interaction process includes the following steps:

[0297] Step 4, the first base station sends the measurement-related configuration to the terminal device via the first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configuration in the first RRC request message (RRCReconfiguration or RRCResume) includes but is not limited to:

[0298] 1) Measurement gap requirement configuration (needForGapsConfigNR): It contains configurations related to measurement gap requirement information;

[0299] 2) Measurement interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18): This message is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the measurement interruption requirement information of the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination in the first RRC response message;

[0300] This message is of enumeration type. When the gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR) is configured, this interruption requirement configuration field is set to "enable or start"; when the gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR) is released, this interruption requirement configuration field is set to "disable or not start".

[0301] 3) Measurement configuration: Configurations related to measurements to be performed by the terminal, including intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-RAT mobility, as well as measurement gap configurations. Among them, the above measurement configurations include at least one of the following:

[0302] 3.1) Inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap (interFrequencyConfig-NoGap-r16): The terminal is configured to perform SSB-based inter-frequency measurements without measurement gaps when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the terminal's active downlink BWP;

[0303] 3.2) Measurement interval configuration (measGapConfig): Used to establish and release measurement intervals;

[0304] 3.3) Effective measurement window configuration (effectiveMeasWindowConfig-r18): Used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurements. In this embodiment, the effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the effective measurement window for E-UTRA measurements in NR, or to set and / or release the effective measurement window for NR measurements in the E-UTRAN.

[0305] Step 5, the terminal device receives the first RRC request message. When the terminal is configured to provide measurement gap requirement information for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, if the measurement gap requirement configuration (NeedForGapsConfigNR) is included in the first RRC request message, or the measurement interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) is included in the first RRC request message and set to "enabled / started", or the interruption requirement configuration (needForInterruptionConfigNR-r18) is started and the measurement interruption requirement information (NeedForInterruptionInfoNR) has changed compared with the previous message, then the measurement interruption requirement information (NeedForInterruptionInfoNR) is included in the first RRC response message. The measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

[0306] Among them, the measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR) includes the intra-frequency interruption requirement (intraFreq-needForInterruption). The number of entries included in the intra-frequency interruption requirement is the same as the number of entries included in the intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreqneedForGap), and the order is the same. And when the intra-frequency gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap) is set to no-gap, each entry of the intra-frequency interruption requirement includes an interruption indication (interruptionIndication) and sets the measurement interruption requirement information.

[0307] Among them, the measurement interruption requirement information includes the inter-frequency interruption requirement (interFreq-needForInterruption). The number of entries included in the inter-frequency interruption requirement is the same as the number of entries included in the inter-frequency gap requirement (interFreq-needForGap), and the order is the same. And when the inter-frequency gap requirement (intraFreq-needForGap) is set to no-gap, each entry of the inter-frequency interruption requirement includes an interruption indication (interruptionIndication) and sets the measurement interruption requirement information.

[0308] Step 6. When the terminal device supports the above measurement interruption configuration and successfully configures the above measurement interruption configuration, measurement window, etc., the terminal device feeds back a first RRC response message (RRCReconfigurationComplete or RRCResumeComplete) to the first base station. This response message is used to confirm the successful completion of the RRC configuration. The response message contains measurement interruption requirement information, specifically including but not limited to the following:

[0309] 1) Measurement interruption requirement information (needForInterruptionInfoNR): This message is used to indicate whether measurement on the target frequency band needs to be interrupted without measurement gaps. Among them, the above measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following:

[0310] 1.1) Intra-frequency interruption requirement: Indicates the measurement interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement;

[0311] Among them, the intra-frequency interruption requirement includes an intra-frequency interruption requirement list: containing at least one interruption requirement entry (NeedForInterruptionNR-r18), and each entry contains an interruption indication (interruptionIndication), which is used to identify whether the terminal needs to interrupt when performing SSB-based measurement without measurement gaps;

[0312] This interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: gapWithInterruptionIndication used to indicate that measurement interruption is required, and gapWithoutInterruptionIndication used to indicate that no measurement interruption is required.

[0313] 1.2) Inter-frequency interruption requirement: Indicates the measurement interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement;

[0314] Among them, the inter-frequency interruption requirement includes a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted: containing at least one interruption requirement entry, and each entry contains an interruption indication, which is used to identify whether the terminal needs to interrupt when performing SSB-based measurement without measurement gaps;

[0315] This interruption indication is an enumerated type, specifically including: gapWithInterruptionIndication used to indicate that measurement interruption is required, and gapWithoutInterruptionIndication used to indicate that no measurement interruption is required.

[0316] 2) Measurement gap requirement information (needForGapsInfoNR): This message is used to indicate the measurement gap requirements of the terminal when measuring on the NR target frequency band, including at least one of the following:

[0317] 2.1) intraFreq - needForGap: It contains the relevant measurement gap requirement information for intra - frequency measurement;

[0318] It includes an intra - frequency gap indication, which is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap and without gap.

[0319] 2.2) interFreq - needForGap: It contains the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter - frequency measurement;

[0320] It includes an inter - frequency gap indication, which is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap and without gap.

[0321] Step 7: After the base station receives the first RRC response message fed back by the terminal, it learns that the terminal device has successfully supported and established the relevant configuration. Subsequently, the base station sends the relevant measurement configuration to the terminal device to support the terminal to perform interruption processing during gap - less measurement.

[0322] Through the above steps, the base station can support gap - less measurement and related interruption configuration through the terminal context. Moreover, the base station can support sending the relevant measurement enhancement configuration to the terminal device to assist the terminal device in supporting gap - less measurement and related measurement interruption configuration. At the same time, the measurement between the base station separation entity and the centralized entity supports gap - less measurement and considers the relevant interruption configuration, achieving the purpose of further improving the measurement flexibility and system capacity, enhancing the system throughput and the terminal mobility performance, and thus solving the technical problem that the current standard cannot well support gap - less measurement and does not consider the relevant interruption situation.

[0323] The serial numbers of the embodiments of the present application above are only for description and do not represent the superiority or inferiority of the embodiments.

[0324] In the above embodiments of the present application, the descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases. For the parts not detailed in a certain embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0325] In several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technical content can be implemented in other ways. Among them, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units can be a logical function division. In actual implementation, there can be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other can be through some interfaces. The indirect coupling or communication connection of units or modules can be in an electrical or other form.

[0326] The unit described as a separation component may or may not be physically separated. The component shown as a unit may or may not be a physical unit, that is, it may be located in one place or may be distributed over multiple units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0327] In addition, each functional unit in various embodiments of the present application may be integrated in a processing unit, may exist separately as individual physical units, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

[0328] If the above-mentioned integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: USB flash drives, read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), mobile hard disks, magnetic disks, or optical discs, etc., which can store program codes.

[0329] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present application. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the principle of the present application, several improvements and refinements can be made, and these improvements and refinements should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A measurement enhancement configuration method, applied to a first base station central entity, characterized in that including: A first base station centralized entity sends a first request message to a first base station separated entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration; wherein the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring a first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap; The first base station centralized entity receives a first response message returned by the first base station separated entity, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap; wherein the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release an effective measurement window configuration for inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurement.

2. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 1, wherein The measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement information of a terminal device for a first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement configuration executed by the terminal device, including intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-RAT mobility as well as measurement gap configuration.

3. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 2, wherein The first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: a new radio (NR) frequency band or a corresponding NR frequency band combination, an evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) frequency band or a corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

4. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

5. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 4, wherein The intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list includes at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry includes an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether interruption is required when the terminal device performs measurement based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) without a measurement gap.

6. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 4, wherein The inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted includes at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry includes an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether interruption is required when the terminal device performs measurement based on an SSB without a measurement gap.

7. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that, The interruption indication is an enumerated type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is required, an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating that no measurement interruption is required.

8. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 2, wherein The measurement interruption requirement information further includes: an inter-RAT interruption requirement.

9. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 8, wherein, The inter-RAT interruption requirement is used to indicate whether interruption is required when the terminal performs inter-RAT measurement based on an SSB.

10. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 9, wherein, The inter-RAT interruption requirement indication is an enumerated type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is required but no measurement gap is needed, an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating that neither a measurement gap nor measurement interruption is required.

11. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 2, wherein The measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, an effective measurement window configuration, an inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

12. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 11, wherein The measurement target addition / modification list is used to add and / or modify the measurement target list; the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release measurement gaps; the valid measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the valid measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurement.

13. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 12, wherein The valid measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the valid measurement window for E-UTRA measurement evolved in NR, or to set and / or release the valid measurement window for NR measurement in the evolved universal terrestrial radio access network E-UTRAN.

14. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 11, wherein The inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency SSB is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part BWP of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without measurement gaps.

15. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 14, wherein The method further includes: The first base station centralized entity receives the first response message, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: the measurement gap configuration, the valid measurement window configuration, the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps.

16. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 15, wherein The first response message further includes: a measurement interruption configuration, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether interruption is required when performing SSB-based measurement without measurement gaps.

17. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 16, wherein The method further includes: When the valid measurement window configuration is included in the first response message and the first base station centralized entity supports the valid measurement window configuration function, configure the valid measurement window for the terminal device.

18. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 16, wherein The method further includes: When the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is included in the first response message and the first base station centralized entity supports the function of the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps, configure the inter-frequency measurement without measurement gaps for the terminal device.

19. A method for measuring an enhanced configuration, applied to a first base station separation entity, characterized in that, Includes: The first base station separated entity receives the first request message sent by the first base station centralized entity, where the first request message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration; Wherein, the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without measurement gaps; The first base station separated entity sends a first response message to the first base station centralized entity, where the first response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, valid measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps; Wherein, the valid measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the valid measurement window configuration for inter-RAT measurement.

20. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 19, wherein The measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement of the terminal device for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement configuration executed by the terminal device, including intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-RAT mobility and measurement gap configuration.

21. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 20, wherein The first frequency band or corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR) frequency band or corresponding NR frequency band combination, evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency band or corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

22. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 20, wherein The measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: in-band interruption requirement, inter-band interruption requirement.

23. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The in-band interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for in-band measurement, and includes: an in-band interruption requirement list, where the in-band interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) without a measurement gap.

24. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 22, wherein The inter-band interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-band measurement, and includes: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on SSB without a measurement gap.

25. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that, The interruption indication is an enumerated type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is required, and an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is not required.

26. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 20, wherein, The measurement interruption requirement information further includes: inter-RAT interruption requirement.

27. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 26, wherein The inter-RAT interruption requirement is used to indicate whether the terminal needs to interrupt when performing inter-RAT measurement based on SSB.

28. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 27, wherein The inter-RAT interruption requirement is an enumerated type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is required but no measurement gap is needed, and an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating that neither a measurement gap nor measurement interruption is needed.

29. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 20, wherein The measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: a measurement target addition / modification list, a measurement gap configuration, an effective measurement window configuration, and an inter-band measurement configuration without a measurement gap.

30. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 29, characterized in that, The measurement target addition / modification list is used to add and / or modify a measurement target list; the measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release a measurement gap; the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release an effective measurement window configuration for inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurement.

31. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 30, wherein The effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release an effective measurement window for E-UTRA measurement in NR, or to set and / or release an effective measurement window for NR measurement in an evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN).

32. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 29, wherein The inter-band measurement configuration without a measurement gap is used to indicate the configuration that the terminal device is configured to perform inter-band measurement based on SSB without a measurement gap when the inter-band SSB is completely included in the activated downlink Bandwidth Part (BWP) of the terminal device.

33. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 29, wherein The method further includes: The first base station separation entity receives the first request message, where the first request message contains at least one of the following: the measurement gap requirement information, the measurement interruption requirement information, and the measurement configuration.

34. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 33, wherein The method further includes: When the measurement interruption requirement information is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity obtains an interruption requirement indication for measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without measurement gaps according to the measurement interruption requirement information.

35. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 33, characterized in that, The method further includes: When the measurement gap requirement information is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity obtains a measurement gap requirement indication for the terminal device to perform measurements on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination according to the measurement gap requirement information.

36. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 33, wherein The method further includes: When the measurement configuration is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity determines measurement configuration changes that need to be applied, where the measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: the measurement target addition / modification list, the measurement gap configuration, the effective measurement window configuration, the inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps.

37. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 36, wherein The method further includes: When the measurement target addition / modification list is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity activates the frequency bands added in the measurement target addition / modification list and determines whether measurement gaps are required; When it is determined that measurement gaps are required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement gap-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement gap configuration of the first response message.

38. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 37, wherein The method further includes: The first base station separation entity determines whether measurement interruption is required; When it is determined that measurement interruption is required, the first base station separation entity sends measurement interruption-related information to the first base station central entity in the measurement interruption configuration in the first response message, where the measurement interruption configuration is used to indicate whether interruption is required for performing SSB-based measurements without measurement gaps.

39. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 36, characterized in that, The method further includes: When the effective measurement window configuration is included in the first request message, the first base station separation entity determines to set and / or release the effective measurement window for E-UTRA measurements and sends the effective measurement window configuration to the first base station central entity through the first response message.

40. A measurement enhancement configuration method, applied to a terminal device, characterized in that, Includes: The terminal device receives measurement-related configurations sent by the first base station through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configurations include at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, measurement configuration; The terminal device sends a first RRC response message to the first base station, where the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information; Wherein, the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required for measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without measurement gaps.

41. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 40, characterized in that, The measurement gap requirement configuration includes configurations related to measurement gap requirement information; the measurement interruption requirement configuration is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the measurement interruption requirement information of the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination in the first RRC response message; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement-related configuration that the terminal device will perform, including configurations for intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and radio access technology (RAT) inter-frequency mobility and measurement gaps.

42. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 41, wherein The first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR) frequency band or the corresponding NR frequency band combination, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency band or the corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

43. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 41, wherein The measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap, measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration.

44. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 43, wherein The inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gap is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency synchronization signal block (SSB) is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without measurement gap.

45. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 44, wherein, The measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release measurement gaps; the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for RAT inter-frequency measurement.

46. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 45, wherein The effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the effective measurement window for E-UTRA measurement in NR, or to set and / or release the effective measurement window for NR measurement in the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN).

47. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 41, characterized in that, The measurement interruption requirement configuration is of enumeration type. When the measurement gap requirement configuration is configured, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to enabled or started, and when the measurement gap requirement configuration is released, the measurement interruption requirement configuration field is set to disabled or not started.

48. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 40, wherein The measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

49. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 48, wherein The intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on SSB without measurement gap.

50. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 49, wherein, The inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on SSB without measurement gap.

51. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 49 or 50, characterized in that, The interruption indication is of enumeration type, including: interruption indication with gap for indicating the need for measurement interruption, no interruption indication with gap for indicating the need not for measurement interruption.

52. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 40, wherein The measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirements when the terminal device measures on the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, and includes at least one of the following: in-band gap requirement, inter-band gap requirement.

53. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 52, wherein, The in-band gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for in-band measurement, and includes: in-band gap indication, where the in-band gap indication is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap, without gap.

54. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 53, characterized in that, The inter-band gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-band measurement, and includes: inter-band gap indication, where the inter-band gap indication is an enumerated type and includes two options: with gap, without gap.

55. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to any one of claims 47 or 50 or 54, characterized in that, In the case where the terminal device is configured to provide the measurement gap requirement information for the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination, the method further includes: When the measurement gap requirement configuration is included in the first RRC request message, or the measurement interruption requirement configuration is included in the first RRC request message and the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to enabled or started, or the measurement interruption requirement configuration has been started and the measurement interruption requirement information has changed compared to the measurement interruption requirement configuration in the previously received first RRC request message, the terminal device adds the measurement interruption requirement information to the first RRC response message.

56. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 55, wherein The measurement interruption requirement information includes in-band interruption requirements, where the number and order of the entries included in the in-band interruption requirements are the same as those included in the in-band gap requirements.

57. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 56, wherein The measurement interruption requirement information includes in-band interruption requirements, and when the in-band gap requirement is set to without gap, each entry of the in-band interruption requirement includes an interruption indication.

58. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 55, characterized in that, The measurement interruption requirement information includes inter-band interruption requirements, where the number and order of the entries included in the inter-band interruption requirements are the same as those included in the inter-band gap requirements.

59. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 58, characterized in that, The measurement interruption requirement information includes inter-band interruption requirements, and when the inter-band gap requirement is set to without gap, each entry of the inter-band interruption requirement includes an interruption indication.

60. A method for measuring an enhanced configuration, applied to a first base station, characterized in that, Including: The first base station sends measurement-related configurations to the terminal device through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configurations include at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, measurement configuration; The first base station receives the first RRC response message returned by the terminal device, where the first RRC response message includes at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information; Wherein, the measurement interruption requirement information is used to indicate whether interruption is required when measuring the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination without a measurement gap.

61. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 60, wherein, The measurement gap requirement configuration includes configurations related to measurement gap requirement information; the measurement interruption requirement configuration is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the measurement interruption requirement information of the first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination in the first RRC response message; the measurement configuration is used to characterize the measurement-related configurations to be performed by the terminal device, including configurations for intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and radio access technology (RAT) - to - RAT mobility, as well as measurement gaps.

62. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 61, wherein, The first frequency band or the corresponding frequency band combination includes at least one of the following: New Radio (NR) frequency band or the corresponding NR frequency band combination, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency band or the corresponding E-UTRA frequency band combination.

63. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 61, characterized in that, The measurement interruption requirement configuration is of an enumerated type. When the gap requirement configuration has been configured, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to enabled or started. And when the gap requirement configuration has been released, the measurement interruption requirement configuration is set to disabled or not started.

64. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 61, wherein The measurement configuration includes at least one of the following: inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps, measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration.

65. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 64, wherein The inter-frequency measurement configuration without measurement gaps is used to indicate that when the inter-frequency synchronization signal block (SSB) is completely included in the active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device, the terminal device is configured to perform inter-frequency measurement based on SSB without measurement gaps.

66. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 64, wherein The said measurement gap configuration is used to establish and release measurement gaps; the effective measurement window configuration is used to establish and / or release the effective measurement window configuration for RAT - to - RAT measurement.

67. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 66, wherein The effective measurement window configuration is used to set and / or release the effective measurement window for E-UTRA measurement in NR, or to set and / or release the effective measurement window for NR measurement in the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN).

68. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 61, characterized in that, The method further includes: When the first base station receives the first RRC response message returned by the terminal device, the first base station sends down relevant measurement configurations for the terminal device, where the first RRC response message is used to indicate that the terminal device supports and has successfully configured the measurement-related configurations, including at least one of the following: the measurement interruption requirement information, the measurement gap requirement information.

69. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 68, characterized in that, The measurement interruption requirement information includes at least one of the following: intra-frequency interruption requirement, inter-frequency interruption requirement.

70. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 69, wherein The intra-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency interruption requirement list, where the intra-frequency interruption requirement list contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to interrupt when performing measurement based on the synchronization signal block (SSB) without measurement gaps.

71. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 69, wherein The inter-frequency interruption requirement is used to indicate the interruption requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: a list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted, where the list of frequency bands that need to be interrupted contains at least one interruption requirement entry, and the interruption requirement entry contains an interruption indication, and the interruption indication is used to identify whether the terminal device needs to be interrupted when performing SSB-based measurement without a measurement gap.

72. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 70 or 71, characterized in that, The interruption indication is an enumerated type, including: an indication of interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is required, and an indication of no interruption without a gap for indicating that measurement interruption is not required.

73. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 68, characterized in that, The measurement gap requirement information is used to indicate the measurement gap requirement when the terminal device measures on the first frequency band or a corresponding frequency band combination, including at least one of the following: intra-frequency gap requirement, inter-frequency gap requirement.

74. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 73, wherein The intra-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for intra-frequency measurement, including: an intra-frequency gap indication, where the intra-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type, including: two options of having a gap and not having a gap.

75. The measurement enhancement configuration method according to claim 73, wherein The inter-frequency gap requirement is used to characterize the relevant measurement gap requirement information for inter-frequency measurement, including: an inter-frequency gap indication, where the inter-frequency gap indication is an enumerated type, including: two options of having a gap and not having a gap.

76. A measurement enhancement configuration system, characterized in that, including: a first base station and a terminal device, where the first base station includes: a first base station centralized entity and a first base station separated entity, the first base station centralized entity sends a first request message to the first base station separated entity, where the first request message contains at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement information, measurement interruption requirement information, measurement configuration; a first response message returned by the first base station separated entity to the first base station centralized entity in response to the first request message, where the first response message contains at least one of the following: measurement gap configuration, effective measurement window configuration, inter-frequency measurement configuration without a measurement gap; the first base station sends measurement-related configuration to the terminal device through a first RRC request message, where the measurement-related configuration contains at least one of the following: measurement gap requirement configuration, measurement interruption requirement configuration, the measurement configuration; the terminal device returns a first RRC response message to the first base station in response to the first RRC request message, where the first RRC response message contains at least one of the following: the measurement gap requirement information, the measurement interruption requirement information.

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