User auxiliary information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a UAI processing method and device, communication equipment and a storage medium. A UAI processing method performed by a UE may include determining to enable a prohibition timer for BFD of multiple cells, where reporting of the UAI is permitted when the prohibition timer is overtime, the UAI being used to indicate whether the UE satisfies a relaxed measurement condition.

Description

[0001] This disclosure is a divisional application of a Chinese application with an application date of February 12, 2022, an application number of 202280000445.2, and an invention title of "User Assistance Information Processing Method and Apparatus, Communication Device, and Storage Medium". Technical Field

[0002] This disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, but is not limited to wireless communication technologies. In particular, it relates to a method and apparatus for processing User Assistance Information (UAI), a communication device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0003] Communication links at the beam level are easily blocked, resulting in deteriorated communication quality or even communication failure. When a downlink beam failure occurs, if the User Equipment (UE) has new candidate beams to replace the current failed beam, there is a chance to avoid the Radio Link Failure (RLF) beam failure recovery process caused by beam failure: 1) Beam Failure Detection (BFD): The detection object is the UE's current serving beam (for example, the beams of the Primary and Secondary Cells (SpCell) and the Secondary Cell (SCell)). The measurement content is the Synchronization Signal Block Reference Signal (SSB-RS) / Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) corresponding to the serving beam. The measurement results within the evaluation period (TEvaluate_BFD) are compared with the out-of-sync (Qout_LR) threshold. If all measurement results are lower than the threshold, a Beam Failure Instance Indication is triggered. 2) Before the configured beam failure detection timer (beamFailureDetectionTimer) times out, if the number of Layer 1 (L1) beam failure indications reaches the configured threshold (beamFailureInstanceMaxCount), the UE declares a Beam Failure and starts Candidate Beam Detection (CBD). 3) Candidate Beam Detection (CBD): The detection object is the candidate beam set configured by the network for the UE. The measurement content is the SSB-RS and / or CSI-RS corresponding to the candidate beams. The detection basis is the comparison of the measurement results with the configured threshold (Qin_LR) within the evaluation period (TEvaluate_CBD). The candidate beams with measurement results higher than the threshold are used as available new beams. The terminal notifies the network of the available new beams found so that the network knows that it can use the new beam for downlink transmission.

[0004] Radio link monitoring (RLM) means that the UE monitors the downlink radio link quality of the serving cell to indicate the out-of-sync / in-sync state to a higher layer. The UE only needs to perform radio link quality monitoring in the active downlink bandwidth part (DL BWP). If the active DL-BWP is the initial DL-BWP and for multiplexing mode 2 or multiplexing mode 3 of the SS / PBCH block and the control resource set (CORESET), when the relevant SS / PBCH block index is provided by radio link monitoring from the radio link monitoring reference signal (RS), the UE will use the associated SS / PBCH block to perform RLM. Summary of the Invention

[0005] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing user assistance information (UAI), a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0006] In a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for processing user assistance information (UAI) is provided, which is executed by a UE, and the method includes:

[0007] Determine whether to enable a prohibit timer according to the relaxed measurement condition configuration, where during the running of the prohibit timer, the UE is prohibited from sending UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement condition is met;

[0008] The relaxed measurement condition configuration indicates the relaxed measurement conditions of RLM and / or BFD.

[0009] In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for processing UAI is provided, which is executed by a base station, and the method includes:

[0010] Receive UAI indicating whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition, where the UAI is reported by the UE according to the timing information defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration or reported according to the prohibit timer when the relaxed measurement condition configuration does not define timing information;

[0011] The relaxed measurement condition configuration indicates the relaxed measurement conditions of radio link monitoring RLM and / or beam failure detection BFD.

[0012] In a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a device for processing user assistance information UAI is provided, where the device includes:

[0013] A first determination module, configured to determine whether to enable a prohibition timer according to a relaxed measurement condition configuration, where during the running of the prohibition timer, the UE is prohibited from sending a UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement condition is satisfied;

[0014] The relaxed measurement condition configuration indicates relaxed measurement conditions for radio link monitoring (RLM) and / or beam failure detection (BFD).

[0015] A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a user assistance information (UAI) processing device, which is executed by a base station. The method includes:

[0016] A receiving module, configured to receive a UAI indicating whether a UE satisfies a relaxed measurement condition, where the UAI is reported by the UE according to timing information defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration, or reported according to a prohibition timer when the relaxed measurement condition configuration does not define timing information;

[0017] The relaxed measurement condition configuration indicates relaxed measurement conditions for radio link monitoring (RLM) and / or beam failure detection (BFD).

[0018] A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor. When the processor runs the executable program, it executes the UAI processing method provided in the foregoing first aspect or second aspect.

[0019] A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium storing an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the UAI processing method provided in the foregoing first aspect or second aspect.

[0020] The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, according to the relaxed measurement condition configuration, whether to enable the prohibition timer can reduce unnecessary maintenance in the UE when there is no need to maintain the prohibition timer, and reduce the power consumption of the UE due to maintaining the prohibition timer. It should be understood that the above general description and the following detailed description are only exemplary and explanatory, and cannot limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The drawings herein are incorporated into the specification and constitute a part of this specification, showing embodiments consistent with the present invention and used together with the specification to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0023] Figure 2It is a schematic flowchart of a UAI processing method shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0024] Figure 3A It is a schematic flowchart of a UAI processing method shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0025] Figure 3B It is a schematic flowchart of a UAI processing method shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0026] Figure 4 It is a schematic flowchart of a UAI processing method shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0027] Figure 5 It is a schematic flowchart of a UAI processing method shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0028] Figure 6 It is a schematic flowchart of a UAI processing method shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0029] Figure 7 It is a schematic structural diagram of a UAI processing device shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0030] Figure 8 It is a schematic structural diagram of a UAI processing device shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0031] Figure 9 It is a schematic structural diagram of a UE shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0032] Figure 10 It is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device shown according to an exemplary embodiment. Detailed implementation manners

[0033] Here, the exemplary embodiments will be described in detail, and the examples are shown in the drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The implementation manners described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementation manners consistent with the embodiments of the present invention. On the contrary, they are only examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0034] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms of "a", "an", and "the" used in the present disclosure are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0035] It should be understood that although terms such as first, second, and third may be used in the embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "when" or "while" or "in response to determining".

[0036] Please refer to Figure 1 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. As Figure 1 shown, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: a plurality of UEs 11 and a plurality of access devices 12.

[0037] Among them, the UE 11 may be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. The UE 11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). The UE 11 may be an Internet of Things UE, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or referred to as a "cellular" phone), and a computer with an Internet of Things UE. For example, it may be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-integrated, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a Station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote UE, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment (UE). Or, the UE 11 may also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Or, the UE 11 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, it may be an in-vehicle computer with wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device external to the in-vehicle computer. Or, the UE 11 may also be a roadside device, for example, it may be a street lamp, a traffic signal, or other roadside devices with wireless communication function.

[0038] The access device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. Among them, the wireless communication system may be a fourth-generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may also be a 5G system, also known as a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Or, the wireless communication system may also be the next generation system after the 5G system. Among them, the access network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, new generation radio access network). Or, an MTC system.

[0039] Among them, the access device 12 may be an evolved access device (eNB) adopted in the 4G system. Or, the access device 12 may also be an access device (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the access device 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually includes a central unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DU). The central unit is provided with a protocol stack of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, the Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and the Media Access Control (MAC) layer; the distributed unit is provided with a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack. The specific implementation manner of the access device 12 in this embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited.

[0040] A wireless connection may be established between the access device 12 and the UE 11 through a wireless air interface. In different embodiments, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth-generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth-generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, such as the new radio; or, the wireless air interface may also be a wireless air interface based on the next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0041] As Figure 2 shown, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UAI processing method, which is executed by the UE, and the method includes:

[0042] S210: Determine whether to enable a prohibition timer according to the relaxed measurement condition configuration, where during the running period of the prohibition timer, the UE is prohibited from sending a UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement condition is satisfied;

[0043] The relaxation measurement condition configuration indicates relaxation measurement conditions for radio link monitoring (RLM) and / or beam failure detection (BFD).

[0044] Exemplarily, the relaxation measurement condition configuration is configuration information of relaxation measurement conditions, which is used to define relaxation parameters that meet the relaxation measurement conditions. It should be noted that the measurement relaxation condition can also be referred to as the measurement relaxation criterion.

[0045] The relaxation measurement condition configuration may include timing information or may not include timing information. If the relaxation measurement condition configuration contains timing information, it is equivalent to that a timer has been configured in the relaxation measurement condition configuration. If the relaxation measurement condition configuration does not contain timing information, it means that the relaxation measurement condition configuration does not define (configure) a timer.

[0046] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, S110 may include: determining whether to enable (or use) a prohibit timer according to whether the relaxation measurement condition configuration contains timing information. For example, if the relaxation measurement condition configuration contains timing information, it is determined not to enable (configure) the prohibit timer, and / or if the relaxation measurement condition configuration does not contain timing information, it is determined to enable the prohibit timer.

[0047] The prohibit timer is a timer used to prevent the UE from frequently reporting the UAI. If the prohibit timer is enabled when a timer has already been configured in the relaxation measurement condition configuration, when the UE uses the UAI to report whether it currently meets the relaxation measurement conditions of RLM and / or BFD, it needs to maintain two timers, which will increase the overhead of the UE. In view of this, in an embodiment of the present application, it is determined whether to enable the prohibit timer according to the relaxation measurement condition configuration. If the prohibit timer is not enabled, the UE can be controlled to report the UAI according to the timer defined in the relaxation measurement condition configuration. On the one hand, it can also suppress the UE from frequently reporting the UAI on whether it meets the relaxation measurement conditions. On the other hand, the UE only needs to maintain one timer for the judgment on whether it meets the relaxation measurement conditions and the UAI reporting, reducing the maintenance of unnecessary timers and the power consumption of the UE; and reducing the conflict problem of UAI reporting caused by the conflict of the timing durations of the two timers.

[0048] In one embodiment, the relaxation measurement condition configuration is:[[]]

[0049] Relaxation measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality;

[0050] And / or

[0051] Relaxation measurement condition configuration for low mobility.

[0052] Exemplarily, the relaxation measurement condition configuration is:[[]]

[0053] Good cell signal quality relaxes the measurement condition configuration;

[0054] Or,

[0055] Low mobility relaxes the measurement condition configuration and good cell signal quality relaxes the measurement condition configuration;

[0056] That is, in one embodiment, the relaxed measurement condition for RLM and / or BFD can be a separate good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, and the UE will receive the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration separately from the network side or according to the protocol agreement.

[0057] In another embodiment, the relaxed measurement conditions for BFD and / or RLM can configure both low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions at the same time.

[0058] Of course, in a specific embodiment, the relaxed measurement conditions for BFD and / or RLM can also be configured only with low mobility relaxed measurement conditions separately.

[0059] Good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition requirement: If the signal quality of the cell signal measured by the UE is higher than the corresponding threshold, it means that there is no need or a small probability that the UE needs to perform cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching at the current location, and the measurement of cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching for RLM and / or BFD can be relaxed appropriately. The measurement of RLM and / or BFD here can at least include: pausing the measurement for a period of time, or reducing the measurement frequency, or reducing the evaluation frequency of whether the signal quality is good enough or the link quality evaluation based on the measurement value, etc., so as to reduce the power consumption of the UE by relaxing the measurement. In short, when performing relaxed measurement, the relaxed measurement of RLM can be carried out according to the relaxed measurement configuration of RLM, and / or the relaxed measurement of BFD can be carried out according to the relaxed measurement configuration of BFD. How to relax RLM and / or BFD specifically can refer to the related technology and will not be elaborated in detail here.

[0060] Low mobility relaxed measurement condition requirement: The fluctuation value of the signal quality of the cell signal measured by the UE is less than the corresponding threshold. If the fluctuation value of the cell signal currently measured by the UE is less than the corresponding threshold, it means that the current displacement of the UE is very small. Similarly, it means that there is no need or a small probability that the UE needs to perform cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching, and the measurement of cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching for RLM and / or BFD can be relaxed appropriately. Exemplarily, the threshold corresponding to this low mobility relaxed measurement condition is configured by the network side or agreed upon by the protocol as S SearchDeltaP .

[0061] Such as Figure 3AAs shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UAI processing method, which is executed by a UE and includes:

[0062] S310A: For RLM or BFD for a single cell, when the cell signal quality is good and the relaxation measurement condition configuration has a defined decision duration, it is determined not to enable the prohibition timer.

[0063] The measurement of RLM is at the cell group granularity. For example, for a master cell group (MCG) or a secondary cell group (SCG), a set of RLM configurations is used for the RLM of the primary cell.

[0064] The BFD measurement can be for different cells, and different BFD configurations can be used for the BFD measurement of different cells. It can be for the primary cell or the secondary cell. Therefore, BFD is performed for a single cell.

[0065] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, for RLM and BFD for a single cell, when the cell signal quality is good and the relaxation measurement condition configuration has a defined decision duration, which is equivalent to having a defined decision timer, in order to reduce the maintenance of one timer by the UE and also to reduce the UAI reporting frequency conflict caused by different timing durations of the decision timer and the prohibition timer, the prohibition timer will not be enabled in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Because the defined decision duration in the relaxation measurement condition configuration when the cell signal quality is good has already played a role in restricting the terminal from reporting frequently during the decision process.

[0066] When the duration for which the measured signal value of the UE exceeds the first threshold reaches the decision duration, it can be considered that the relaxation measurement condition for good cell signal quality is satisfied.

[0067] For the case where RLM and BFD relaxation measurement conditions are simultaneously configured in the primary cell (Pcell) and / or the primary and secondary cell (Pscell), when the duration for which the RLM measurement signal value of the UE exceeds the first threshold reaches the decision duration, and the duration for which the BFD measurement signal value of the UE also exceeds the first threshold reaches the decision duration, it is considered that the relaxation measurement condition for good cell signal quality is satisfied. At this time, the good signal quality thresholds for RLM and BFD can be the same or can be configured separately.

[0068] The first threshold can be equal to: a synchronization threshold (Q in ) plus an offset value (Offset).

[0069] Exemplarily, for a multi-connected UE, its serving cells include: a primary cell and a secondary cell. In some cases, the secondary cell may further include: a primary and secondary cell and other secondary cells.

[0070] For example, for a UE supporting Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) and / or New Radio-Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (NR-E-UTRA) Dual Connectivity (NE-DC), BFD can be performed only on the primary cell. UMTS is the abbreviation of Universal Terrestrial Radio Access, and its corresponding Chinese is: Global Terrestrial Radio Access.

[0071] For another example, for a UE supporting E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (NE-DC), BFD can be performed only on the Primary Cell (Pcell).

[0072] In this case, for a dual-connected UE, the BFD measurement can also be only for a single cell.

[0073] For a UE supporting New Radio-Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (NG-RAN E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity, NGEN-DC), BFD may need to be performed on both the primary cell and the secondary cell simultaneously. In this case, it does not belong to the BFD for a single cell.

[0074] As an example, assume that there is no secondary cell in a certain cell group (MCG or SCG). Then, the BFD measurement can also be only for a single cell. For example, for MCG, only the Pcell exists; or for SCG, only the Pscell exists.

[0075] As an example, assume that there is a secondary cell. Then, the BFD measurement cannot be only for a single cell. For example, for MCG, the Pcell and other secondary cells (scell) exist; or for SCG, the Pscell and other secondary cells (scell) exist. The other secondary cells can be secondary cells other than the primary and secondary cells.

[0076] As Figure 3B shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UAI processing method, which is executed by a UE and includes:

[0077] S310B: For RLM or BFD for a single cell, when the determination duration is not limited by the relaxed measurement condition configuration of the cell signal quality, determine to enable the prohibition timer.

[0078] If the current cell signal quality is good and the relaxation measurement condition configuration does not limit the decision duration, which is equivalent to that the decision timer is not configured in the current cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration, the prohibition timer is enabled to prevent the UE from reporting the UAI too frequently.

[0079] Figure 3A and Figure 3B The UAI processing method shown can be applied to the scenario where the relaxation measurement condition is a separate cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration, or it can also be applied to the scenario where the relaxation measurement condition is both a cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration and a low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration. As Figure 4 shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UAI processing method, which is executed by the UE, and the method includes:

[0080] S410: When the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration limits a decision duration, send the UAI after exceeding the decision duration.

[0081] This embodiment can be implemented in combination with the foregoing UAI processing method, or can be implemented alone.

[0082] For example, start a decision timer according to the decision duration. After the decision timer times out, if there is a UAI that needs to be reported to the network side, send the UAI to the base station. If there is no UAI that needs to be reported to the network side, do not send the UAI.

[0083] In some embodiments, when the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration limits a decision duration, the sending the UAI after exceeding the decision duration includes:

[0084] When the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration limits a decision duration, the duration for which the measured signal value of the UE exceeds the first threshold reaches the decision duration, and the UAI indicating that the relaxation measurement condition is satisfied is sent after exceeding the decision duration;

[0085] Or,

[0086] When the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration limits a decision duration, the duration for which the measured signal value of the UE does not exceed the first threshold reaches the decision duration, and the UAI indicating that the relaxation measurement condition is not satisfied is sent after exceeding the decision duration.

[0087] In some embodiments, when the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration limits a decision duration, if the UE continuously detects that the signal quality exceeds the first threshold within the decision duration, and the duration of continuously detecting that the signal quality exceeds the first threshold is greater than or equal to the decision duration, then after the continuous duration exceeds the decision duration, send a UAI requesting relaxed measurement.

[0088] In some embodiments, when the measurement relaxation condition configuration for good cell signal quality is defined with a decision duration, if the UE detects that the signal quality does not exceed or is lower than the first threshold, it sends a UAI requesting measurement relaxation (at this time, there is no requirement that the signal quality needs to be satisfied within the time range). This method can enable the terminal to report the signal quality degradation in a timely manner without being restricted by the decision duration. That is, the measurement relaxation condition configuration for good cell signal quality defined with a decision duration is only used unidirectionally and not bidirectionally.

[0089] The UAI for desired measurement relaxation can be used to indicate to the base station that the UE desires measurement relaxation.

[0090] The UAI for undesired measurement relaxation can be used to indicate to the base station that the UE does not desire to perform measurement relaxation.

[0091] The UAI for desired measurement relaxation can be used to indicate to the base station that the terminal meets the measurement relaxation requirement to implicitly express its desire for relaxation.

[0092] The UAI for undesired measurement relaxation can be used to indicate to the base station that the terminal does not meet the measurement relaxation requirement to implicitly express that the UE does not desire to perform measurement relaxation.

[0093] As an embodiment: The UAI can report whether the terminal desires relaxation or not.

[0094] As an embodiment: The UAI can report whether the terminal meets the measurement relaxation requirement or the terminal does not meet the measurement relaxation requirement.

[0095] In some embodiments, when the measurement relaxation condition configuration for good cell signal quality is defined with a decision duration, if the measurement signal value of the UE does not exceed the first threshold within the decision duration, the UAI indicating non - satisfaction of the measurement relaxation condition is sent after exceeding the decision duration.

[0096] In one embodiment, the measurement relaxation condition configuration includes: a low - mobility measurement relaxation condition configuration and a measurement relaxation condition configuration for good cell signal quality. The decision duration defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration for good cell signal quality re - uses the duration threshold defined by the low - mobility measurement relaxation condition configuration. That is, in this embodiment, the decision duration is equal to the duration threshold defined by the low - mobility relaxation condition configuration.

[0097] If the decision duration defined by the measurement relaxation condition configuration for good cell signal quality re - uses the duration threshold defined by the low - mobility measurement relaxation condition configuration, then even when the UE is simultaneously judging the measurement relaxation conditions for good cell signal quality and low mobility, it only needs to maintain one timer.

[0098] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the determination duration defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality reuses the duration threshold defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility, and includes:

[0099] The relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality itself defines a determination duration. Ignore the determination duration defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality, and reuse the duration threshold defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility;

[0100] Or,

[0101] The relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality itself does not define a determination duration, and reuse the duration threshold defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility as the determination duration defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality.

[0102] In some other embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration includes: the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility and the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality, and the determination duration defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality is reused as the duration threshold defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility.

[0103] For example, in such an embodiment, the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility configures a duration threshold T1, and the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality defines a determination duration T0. When performing the judgment of the relaxed measurement condition for low mobility, T1 can be ignored and the current situation of the UE is judged whether it meets the mobility relaxation condition according to T0.

[0104] Wherein, when the duration for which the measured signal value of the UE exceeds the first threshold reaches the determination duration, it is determined that the relaxed measurement condition for good cell signal quality is satisfied;

[0105] When the duration for which the fluctuation value of the signal quality measured by the UE is less than the second threshold reaches the duration threshold, it is determined that the relaxed measurement condition for low mobility is satisfied.

[0106] In some embodiments, S210 includes:

[0107] For the RLM or the BFD for a single cell, when the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility defines a duration threshold, it is determined not to enable the prohibition timer.

[0108] Exemplarily, when the duration for which the fluctuation value of the signal quality measured by the UE is less than the second threshold reaches the duration threshold, the relaxed measurement condition for low mobility is satisfied.

[0109] Under normal circumstances, the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration will definitely limit the duration threshold. If the relaxation measurement condition configuration for RLM and / or BFD includes: the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configuration, either the duration threshold limited by the low mobility condition configuration or the decision duration limited by the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configuration can be used to control the reporting of UAI without enabling the prohibition timer. Exemplarily, if the relaxation measurement condition configuration for RLM and / or BFD includes: the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configuration, the larger of the duration threshold and the decision duration is selected to start a timer for controlling whether the relaxation condition is met and / or the reporting of UAI, or the smaller of the duration threshold and the decision duration is selected to start a timer for controlling whether the relaxation condition is met and / or the reporting of UAI; or, it is specified to select one of the duration threshold and the decision duration to start a timer for controlling whether the relaxation condition is met and / or the reporting of UAI, without starting the prohibition timer.

[0110] In one embodiment, whether the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition and the low mobility relaxation measurement condition are met is indicated by the same UAI to the UE whether it meets the relaxation measurement condition.

[0111] Considering reducing the number of UAIs reported by the UE, whether the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition and the low mobility condition are met can be informed to the base station by the same UAI whether the UE itself meets the relaxation measurement condition.

[0112] This UAI may include a field, and this field may include one or more bits indicating whether the UE meets the relaxation measurement condition.

[0113] At the same time, the UAI may further include: a condition satisfaction field for indicating the relaxation measurement condition that the current situation of the UE meets.

[0114] Exemplarily, this condition satisfaction field may include: two different fields, one field indicating whether the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition is met, and the other field indicating whether the low mobility relaxation measurement condition is met.

[0115] Another exemplarily, this condition satisfaction field may only include one field, and this field may have two bits, and different bit values of the two bits can indicate at least one of the following states:

[0116] Meeting both the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition and the low mobility relaxation measurement condition;

[0117] Meeting the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition and not meeting the low mobility relaxation measurement condition;

[0118] Meet the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility and do not meet the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality;

[0119] Do not meet the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality and the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility at the same time.

[0120] Through the reporting of the condition satisfaction field, even when the UE does not meet the relaxed measurement conditions, the base station can indicate whether a certain UE relaxes measurement according to requirements.

[0121] In some embodiments, the method includes:

[0122] When both the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality and the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility are met, send a UAI indicating that the relaxed measurement conditions are met to the base station;

[0123] Or,

[0124] When at least one of the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality and the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility is not met, send a UAI indicating that the relaxed measurement conditions are not met to the base station.

[0125] In this way, when the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality and the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility are both met, it means that measurement can be relaxed, and the measurement power consumption of the UE can be reduced.

[0126] When at least one of the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality and the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility is not met, send a UAI indicating that the relaxed measurement conditions are not met. In this way, the phenomenon that cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching cannot be performed due to unnecessary measurement relaxation by the UE can be reduced.

[0127] In another embodiment, whether the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality and the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility are met is indicated by different UAIs for indicating whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement conditions.

[0128] In this way, the UE can use different UAIs respectively to report whether it meets the relaxed measurement conditions according to different relaxed measurement conditions.

[0129] In one embodiment, when the UE obtains both the configuration of the relaxed measurement condition of good cell signal quality and the configuration of the relaxed measurement condition of low mobility, the UE can respectively perform the judgment of the relaxed measurement condition of good cell signal quality and the judgment of the relaxed measurement condition of low mobility according to these two configurations. In another embodiment, when the UE obtains both the configuration of the relaxed measurement condition of good cell signal quality and the configuration of the relaxed measurement condition of low mobility, the UE can select a single configuration to perform the judgment of the corresponding condition. In this case, the corresponding UAI is used to report whether it meets the relaxed measurement condition.

[0130] In some embodiments, in some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration is the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration, and the same good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration is set for the RLM and the BFD.

[0131] For example, the relaxed measurement condition configuration is the relaxed measurement condition configuration of good cell signal quality, and the RLM and the BFD share a set of relaxed measurement condition configuration of good cell signal quality.

[0132] If RLM and BFD are set the same or share a set of cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configurations, the decision duration is the same, and the first threshold for judging whether the signal quality is good is also the same. In this case, the UE can only receive one set of configurations from the network side, or obtain a set of configurations with cell signal quality relaxation condition configurations according to the network protocol.

[0133] In some other embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration is a relaxed measurement condition configuration of good cell signal quality, and the RLM and the BFD are respectively configured with different relaxed measurement condition configurations of good cell signal quality.

[0134] Since RLM and BFD are two types of measurements, different cell signal quality relaxation condition configurations may be configured respectively.

[0135] Exemplarily, for the two types of relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality configured for RLM and BFD, at least the first thresholds used for judging good cell signal quality are different, and the same decision time is shared, or no decision time is used.

[0136] As another example, for the two types of relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality configured for RLM and BFD, at least the first threshold and decision duration used for judging good cell signal quality are different.

[0137] If RLM and BFD use different cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configurations, the measurement relaxation of RLM and BFD can be performed in a targeted manner.

[0138] In some embodiments, the relaxation measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions. The same low mobility relaxation measurement conditions are set for the RLM and the BFD, and different good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions are respectively configured. For example, the relaxation measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions. The RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions, and different good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions are respectively configured.

[0139] Or,

[0140] The relaxation measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions. The same low mobility relaxation measurement conditions are set for the RLM and the BFD, and they share a set of the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions. That is, the relaxation measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions. The RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and share a set of the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions.

[0141] If the network side or the protocol stipulates that the measurement relaxation for the RLM and the BFD needs to use both the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions and the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions at the same time, since the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions are executed based on the relative value of the signal quality fluctuation value, a set of low mobility configurations can be shared, thereby reducing the number of configuration sets. For the configuration of the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions, it can be shared or not, which is determined according to the specific network situation and / or UE requirements.

[0142] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0143] When the relaxation measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions, determine the UAI for reporting whether the UE meets the relaxation measurement conditions according to the combined decision switch.

[0144] Since there are two relaxation condition configurations, specifically, which relaxation condition is used to determine whether the UAI for meeting the relaxation measurement conditions is satisfied.

[0145] By setting the combined decision switch, without receiving the relaxation condition configuration again, different combinations of relaxation measurement conditions can be used according to the combined decision switch to trigger the UE to send the UAI for whether it meets the relaxation measurement conditions.

[0146] In one embodiment, the UAI for determining whether to report that the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition according to the combined decision switch includes at least one of the following:

[0147] When the combined decision switch takes a first value and it is determined that both the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition are satisfied, send the UAI that meets the relaxed measurement condition;

[0148] When the combined decision switch takes a first value and it is determined that at least one of the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition is not satisfied, send the UAI that does not meet the relaxed measurement condition;

[0149] When the combined decision switch takes a second value and it is determined that the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition is satisfied, send the UAI that meets the relaxed measurement condition;

[0150] When the combined decision switch takes a second value and at least one of the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition is satisfied, send the UAI that meets the relaxed measurement condition.

[0151] In one embodiment, the method may further include:

[0152] When the combined decision switch takes a second value and one or more of the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition are not satisfied, send the UAI that does not meet the relaxed measurement condition.

[0153] In still some other embodiments, when the UE determines that it does not expect to relax the measurement, the UE may not send the UAI, thereby further reducing the number of times the UE sends the UAI and further reducing the power consumption generated by the UE sending the UAI. In this case, when the base station does not receive the UAI sent by the UE indicating whether it expects to relax the measurement, it defaults that the UE does not meet the relaxed measurement condition.

[0154] In some embodiments, the combined decision switch is determined according to protocol agreements;

[0155] Or,

[0156] The combined decision switch is determined according to network configuration.

[0157] If it is agreed by the protocol, the UE can obtain the combined decision switch by querying the protocol. For example, the protocol can set different combined decision switches for different types of UEs.

[0158] In some embodiments, the combined decision switch may be configured by the network side. For example, it is configured by the base station through RRC signaling or MAC CE. In some embodiments, the network configuration may also be the relaxation measurement condition configuration itself.

[0159] As Figure 5 shown, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a UAI processing method, which is executed by a user equipment UE. The method includes: The method further includes:

[0160] S510: For BFD of multiple cells, determine to enable the prohibition timer.

[0161] In this case, regardless of whether the relaxation measurement condition configuration itself has configured a timer, the prohibition timer will be enabled for BFD of multiple cells to limit the UE from frequently reporting UAI. Because although the relaxation measurement condition configuration itself has configured a timer to prevent the terminal from frequently reporting, a prohibition timer is still needed to prevent frequent reporting caused by changes in the carrier list that meet the requirements in the carrier aggregation scenario;

[0162] Furthermore: For BFD, regardless of whether the relaxation measurement condition configuration itself has configured a timer, for BFD scenarios of multiple cells or single cells, the prohibition timer will be enabled to limit the UE from frequently reporting UAI. This is a unified processing, that is, for BFD, the prohibition timer will be enabled to limit the UE from frequently reporting UAI.

[0163] Exemplarily, for a certain cell group (MCG or SCG), for a UE in carrier aggregation, its serving cells include: a primary cell and a secondary cell.

[0164] For example, for a UE of multi-radio dual connectivity (MR-DC) and / or new radio-evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access (NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity, NE-DC), BFD may be performed only on the primary cell. UMTS is the abbreviation of Universal Terrestrial Radio Access, and the corresponding Chinese is: Global Terrestrial Radio Access.

[0165] For another example, for a UE of evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access dual connectivity (E-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, NE-DC), BFD may be performed only on the primary and secondary cells (Pcell).

[0166] In the scenario where carrier aggregation exists for a certain cell group (MCG or SCG), BFD may be required for both the primary cell and the secondary cell simultaneously. At this time, it does not belong to the BFD of a single cell but the BFD of multiple cells. When the inhibit timer is enabled in this case, it restricts the frequent reporting of UAI when the relaxation measurement conditions for the BFD of multiple cells are respectively satisfied.

[0167] As an embodiment, assume that there is no secondary cell for a certain cell group (MCG or SCG). Then the measurement of BFD can also be only the BFD for a single cell. For example, for MCG, only the Pcell exists; or for SCG, only the Pscell exists.

[0168] As an embodiment, assume that there are secondary cells. Then the measurement of BFD cannot be only the BFD for a single cell, that is, the BFD for multiple cells. For example, for MCG, the Pcell and other scells exist; or for SCG, the Pscell and other scells exist.

[0169] The method further includes: for the BFD of multiple cells, allowing the reporting of UAI when the inhibit timer expires, and / or not allowing the reporting of UAI when the inhibit timer is running (i.e., not expired).

[0170] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, in order to achieve one-time reporting and facilitate the base station side to know whether the measurements of all serving cells of the UE meet the relaxation measurement conditions, or whether the UE has the need to expect or not expect relaxation measurement for its respective cells, a cell list may be carried in the UAI. The cell list includes one or more cell identifiers, and these cell identifiers can indicate whether the UE meets the relaxation measurement conditions in the corresponding serving cells.

[0171] The cell identifier may include: cell numbers such as physical cell identifiers, and may also be an exclusive number assigned by the UE to its own serving cells. For example, if the UE has 3 serving cells, and each of these three cells has its own physical cell identifier (Physical Cell Identification, PCI), then the cell identifiers in the cell list can be the PCI. However, in order to reduce the bit overhead, the UE and the base station side can number the cells according to the functions of their own serving cells. For example, the primary cell corresponding to the Master Node (MN) is cell 1, the primary and secondary cells of the Secondary Node (MN) are cell 2, and the other cells are sorted in sequence according to their functions as cell 3, etc. In this way, compared with carrying the relatively long identifier information such as PCI, the bit overhead of the UAI can be reduced.

[0172] In some embodiments, one of the cell lists corresponds to a bitmap, where one bit in the bitmap corresponds to one cell, and the cells corresponding to the respective bits in the bitmap can be configured by the network side. The two bit values of one bit in a bitmap can respectively indicate two relaxation requirements for the UE to expect relaxed measurement and not to expect relaxed measurement.

[0173] In some embodiments, for the BFD for multiple cells, sending the UAI carrying the cell list according to the satisfied relaxed measurement condition includes:

[0174] For the BFD for multiple cells, create the cell list;

[0175] When the prohibited timer expires, send the UAI according to the cell list.

[0176] Exemplarily, the sending the UAI according to the cell list when the prohibited timer expires includes:

[0177] When the prohibited timer expires, send the UAI carrying the cell list;

[0178] Or,

[0179] When the prohibited timer expires, send the UAI carrying a bitmap corresponding to each serving cell of the UE according to the cell list.

[0180] When entering the BFD for multiple cells, create a cell list; then when the prohibited timer expires, send the UAI carrying the cell list. In this way, through the reception of one UAI, the network side can know the UE's demand for whether to expect relaxed measurement for all its serving cells.

[0181] In some embodiments, the creating the cell list can be understood as: maintaining the cell list.

[0182] In some embodiments, for the BFD for multiple cells, creating the cell list includes:

[0183] When the primary cell of the UE satisfies the relaxed measurement condition, create the cell list including the cell identifier of the primary cell;

[0184] When the secondary cell of the UE satisfies the relaxed measurement condition, add the cell identifier of the secondary cell that satisfies the relaxed measurement condition to the cell list;

[0185] When the secondary cell whose cell identifier is in the cell list does not satisfy the relaxed measurement condition, delete the cell identifier of the secondary cell that does not satisfy the measurement relaxation condition from the cell list.

[0186] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0187] When the primary cell of the UE does not meet the relaxed measurement condition, empty or delete the cell list;

[0188] When the cell list is empty or deleted, send a UAI indicating that relaxed measurement is not desired.

[0189] In some embodiments, when the primary cell does not meet the relaxed measurement condition, the created cell list can be deleted or emptied; if the cell list is deleted or emptied, the UE can also send a UAI indicating that the relaxed measurement condition is not met to the network side.

[0190] In some embodiments, when the primary cell of the MN and the primary / supplementary cells of the SN both do not meet the relaxed measurement condition, delete or empty the created cell list; and / or when one of the primary cell of the MN and the primary / supplementary cells of the SN still meets the relaxed measurement condition, the cell list can be maintained, that is, the cell list is not deleted or emptied.

[0191] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0192] When the cell identifier in the cell list is updated, send the UAI carrying the updated cell list when the prohibition timer expires; wherein, the update of the cell identifier in the cell list includes: the addition and / or deletion of the cell identifier in the cell list.

[0193] The update of the cell identifier in the cell list includes but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0194] New cell identifiers are added to the cell list;

[0195] Old cell identifiers are deleted from the cell list.

[0196] As Figure 6 described, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UAI processing method, which is executed by a base station, and the method includes:

[0197] S610: Receive a UAI indicating whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition, wherein the UAI is: reported by the UE according to the timing information defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration, or reported according to the prohibition timer when the relaxed measurement condition configuration does not define timing information;

[0198] The relaxed measurement condition configuration indicates: the relaxed measurement conditions of radio link monitoring (RLM) and / or beam failure detection (BFD).

[0199] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the UAI indicating whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition sent by the UE received by the base station may be reported according to the timer defined in the relaxed measurement condition value (i.e., configured with a timer), or reported according to the prohibited timer specifically for preventing the frequent reporting of the UAI when the relaxed measurement condition configuration does not define timing information.

[0200] In some embodiments, in one embodiment, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as:

[0201] Good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration;

[0202] And / or,

[0203] Low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration.

[0204] Exemplarily, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as:

[0205] The relaxed measurement condition is configured as:

[0206] Good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration;

[0207] Or,

[0208] Low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration and good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration;

[0209] Wherein, the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration is at least used to determine the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition; the low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration is at least used to determine the low mobility relaxed measurement condition.

[0210] That is, in one embodiment, the relaxed measurement condition for RLM and / or BFD may be a separate good cell signal quality measurement relaxation condition, and the UE will receive the good cell signal quality relaxation condition configuration separately from the network side or according to protocol agreements.

[0211] In another embodiment, the relaxed measurement condition for BFD and / or RLM may simultaneously configure the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition.

[0212] Of course, in a specific embodiment, the relaxed measurement condition for BFD and / or RLM may also be configured only with the low mobility relaxed measurement condition alone.

[0213] Good cell signal quality relaxation of measurement conditions requirement: If the signal quality of the cell signal measured by the UE is higher than the corresponding threshold value, it indicates that there is no need to perform cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching at the current location of the UE, or the probability is small. Therefore, the measurement of RLM and / or BFD for cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching can be appropriately relaxed. The measurement of RLM and / or BFD here can at least include: pausing the measurement for a period of time, or reducing the measurement frequency, or reducing the evaluation frequency of whether the signal quality is good enough or the link quality evaluation based on the measurement value, etc., so as to reduce the power consumption of the UE by relaxing the measurement. In short, when performing relaxed measurement, the measurement relaxation of RLM can be carried out according to the RLM relaxation configuration, and / or the measurement relaxation of BFD can be carried out according to the BFD relaxation measurement configuration. Specifically, how to relax RLM and / or BFD can refer to the related technology and will not be elaborated in detail here.

[0214] Low mobility relaxation of measurement conditions requirement: The fluctuation value of the signal quality of the cell signal measured by the UE is less than the corresponding threshold. If the fluctuation value of the cell signal currently measured by the UE is less than the corresponding threshold value, it indicates that the current displacement of the UE is very small. Similarly, it indicates that the probability of the UE performing cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching is small. Therefore, the measurement of RLM and / or BFD for cell selection, cell handover, cell reselection, or beam switching can be appropriately relaxed. Exemplarily, the threshold value corresponding to this low mobility relaxation of measurement conditions is configured by the network side or agreed upon by the protocol as S SearchDeltaP 。

[0215] In one embodiment, the good cell signal quality relaxation of measurement conditions configuration defines a decision duration, and for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported after exceeding the decision duration;

[0216] Or,

[0217] The good cell signal quality relaxation of measurement conditions configuration does not define a decision duration, and for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported when the prohibited timer expires.

[0218] The application scenario of this embodiment can be that the good cell signal quality relaxation of measurement conditions configuration is configured for the UE alone. Of course, in some cases, this embodiment can also be applied to the scenario where the good cell signal quality relaxation of measurement conditions configuration and the low mobility relaxation of measurement conditions configuration are configured for the UE at the same time.

[0219] In some embodiments, the relaxation of measurement conditions configuration includes: low mobility relaxation of measurement conditions configuration and good cell signal quality relaxation of measurement conditions configuration, and the decision duration defined by the good cell signal quality relaxation of measurement conditions configuration reuses the duration threshold defined by the low mobility relaxation of measurement conditions configuration.

[0220] If the cell signal quality is good and the relaxation measurement condition configuration does not limit the decision duration or limits the decision duration, the duration threshold defined by the low mobility relaxation condition configuration can be reused, so that the two relaxation conditions use the same timer to implement the judgment of whether the corresponding relaxation condition is met and the reporting of UAI.

[0221] In some embodiments, the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration defines a duration threshold. For the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported when the duration threshold is reached;

[0222] Or,

[0223] The low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration does not limit the decision duration. For the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported when the prohibit timer expires.

[0224] In some embodiments, for the BFD of multiple cells, the UAI is reported by the prohibit timer.

[0225] For the BFD of multiple cells, regardless of whether the relaxation measurement condition configuration limits the timing information, the UAI is reported according to the prohibit timer.

[0226] In some embodiments, for the BFD of multiple cells, the UAI includes a cell list; the cell identifiers included in the cell list are: cells that meet the relaxation measurement condition, or cells that do not meet the relaxation measurement condition.

[0227] If the cell identifier in the cell list indicates a cell that meets the relaxation measurement condition, it is defaulted that the serving cell indicated by the cell identifier not included in the cell list of the UE does not meet the relaxation measurement condition.

[0228] If the cell identifier in the cell list indicates a cell that does not meet the relaxation measurement condition, it is defaulted that the serving cell indicated by the cell identifier not included in the cell list of the UE meets the relaxation measurement condition.

[0229] In some embodiments, the UAI includes two cell lists at the same time. One cell list indicates cells that meet the relaxation measurement condition, and the other cell list indicates cells that do not meet the relaxation measurement condition. In this way, when the base station receives such a UAI, it does not need to determine the current serving cell list of the UE, and can know which cells the UE expects to relax measurement and which cells it expects not to relax measurement according to the cell list included in the current UAI.

[0230] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0231] The relaxation measurement condition is configured as a low mobility relaxation measurement condition and a good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition, and a network configuration including a combined decision switch is sent;

[0232] Wherein, the UAI indicating that the UE meets the relaxation measurement condition is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch is in a first value and simultaneously meets the low mobility relaxation measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition;

[0233] Or,

[0234] The UAI indicating that the UE does not meet the relaxation measurement condition is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch is in a first value and at least one of the low mobility relaxation measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition is not met;

[0235] Or,

[0236] The UAI indicating that the UE meets the relaxation measurement condition is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch is in a second value and meets the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition;

[0237] Or,

[0238] The UAI indicating that the UE meets the relaxation measurement condition is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch is in a second value and meets at least one of the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition and the low mobility relaxation condition.

[0239] In some embodiments, the relaxation measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition, and the same good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition is set for the RLM and the BFD; in some embodiments, the relaxation measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition, and the RLM and the BFD share a set of good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions;

[0240] Or,

[0241] The relaxation measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition, and the RLM and the BFD are respectively configured with different good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions.

[0242] In some embodiments, the relaxation measurement condition can be configured as the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition, and the RLM and the BFD are respectively configured with different good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions.

[0243] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions. The RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions, and are respectively configured with different sets of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions; that is, the relaxed measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions. The RLM and the BFD are set with the same low mobility relaxed measurement conditions, and are respectively configured with different sets of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions; or,

[0244] the relaxed measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions. The RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and share a set of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions. For example, the relaxed measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions. The RLM and the BFD are set with the same low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and are set with the same good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions.

[0245] If the relaxed measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions, the RLM and the BFD share at least one set or are set with the same low mobility relaxed measurement conditions, which can at least reduce the signaling overhead between the UE and the network side.

[0246] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions;

[0247] One UAI simultaneously indicates that the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions are satisfied.

[0248] Or,

[0249] the UAIs indicating that the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions are satisfied are different.

[0250] When the relaxed measurement conditions are configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions, it is possible to send, through one UAI, an indication that both the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions are satisfied, or, through different UAIs, send the UAIs for the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions respectively.

[0251] A method for a terminal to report a UAI, where the UAI is used for the terminal to assist the base station in performing RLM measurement relaxation and / or BFD relaxation.

[0252] The network configures the RLM / BFD measurement relaxation UAI reporting through RRC messages, and the terminal needs to determine according to the parameters of the relaxation measurement conditions configured to meet the relaxation measurement conditions.

[0253] A method, only configure the relaxation measurement conditions for good cell signal quality for the UE. At this time, the parameters defined by the relaxation measurement conditions for good cell signal quality include, but are not limited to, at least one of the following;

[0254] Offset value (Offset);

[0255] Judgment criterion (metric): The L1-SINR of the reference signal is higher than Q in +offset; L1-SINR is the signal-to-noise ratio of layer 1.

[0256] Q in Can be the synchronization threshold;

[0257] Decision duration (T).

[0258] Another method, configure the relaxation measurement conditions for good cell signal quality and the relaxation measurement conditions for good cell signal quality for the UE at the same time. At this time, the parameters defined by the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions may include at least one of the following:

[0259] Duration threshold (TSearchDeltaP) Threshold of the fluctuation value of the cell signal quality (SSearchDeltaP).

[0260] The parameters defined by the relaxation measurement conditions for good cell signal quality may include at least one of the following:

[0261] Offset;

[0262] Judgment criterion (metric): The L1-SINR of the reference signal is higher than Q in +offset;

[0263] Decision duration (T);

[0264] The L1-SINR of the reference signal can be filtered through layer three or not;

[0265] If only the relaxation parameters for good cell signal quality are configured: If the decision duration T for good signal quality is configured, then the UAI report does not need to configure or enable the Prohibit timer at this time.

[0266] As an example:

[0267] If the terminal meets the entry condition within T, that is, the reference signal measurement value is higher than Q in +offset is continuously met within the T time, then report the UAI that hopes to perform RLM relaxation measurement or the UAI for which the relaxation measurement condition is met.

[0268] If the terminal meets the condition to leave the relaxation measurement within T, that is, the reference signal measurement value is not higher than Q in +offset or lower than this threshold is continuously met within the T time, then report the UAI that does not hope to perform RLM measurement relaxation or the UAI for which the relaxation measurement condition is not met.

[0269] Or T is only used for unidirectional reporting:

[0270] As an example: If the terminal meets the entry condition within T, that is, the reference signal measurement value is higher than Q in +offset is continuously met within the T time, then report the UAI that hopes to perform RLM relaxation measurement or the UAI for which the relaxation measurement condition is met.

[0271] If the terminal reference signal measurement value is not higher than Q in +offset or lower than this threshold, then report the UAI that does not hope to perform RLM relaxation measurement or the UAI for which the relaxation measurement condition is not met. In this way, it can be reported in time when the signal quality deteriorates without being restricted by UAI.

[0272] If the decision duration T for good signal quality is not configured, at this time, UAI reporting needs to configure or enable the Prohibit timer. There are two examples of the Prohibit timer restricting UAI reporting:

[0273] As an example, if the terminal meets the condition that the reference signal threshold is higher than Q within this time in +offset, then report the UAI that hopes to perform RLM relaxation measurement; it needs to be reported when the Prohibit timer is not started, but there is no need to enable the Prohibit timer;

[0274] If the reference signal threshold is not higher than Q within this time in +offset, then the reporting can be unrestricted by the Prohibit timer, but after reporting, the Prohibit timer needs to be enabled.

[0275] As an example:

[0276] If the terminal meets the condition that the reference signal threshold is higher than Q within this time in +offset, then report the UAI that hopes to perform RLM relaxation measurement; it needs to be reported when the Prohibit timer is not started and enable the Prohibit timer;

[0277] If the reference signal threshold is not higher than Q within this time in + offset, it is necessary to report when the prohibit timer is not started and enable the prohibit timer.

[0278] If the relaxation measurement condition for the UE is: low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration, the UAI report does not need to configure the prohibit timer. Because at this time, the duration threshold (TSearchDeltaP) of low mobility has already started to play the role of the terminal frequently reporting auxiliary information.

[0279] If the relaxation measurement condition for the UE is: low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration and good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configuration, then the decision duration T of the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition can reuse the TSearchDeltaP of low mobility.

[0280] Furthermore: If the terminal uses the same UAI report for the low mobility relaxation measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition (two criteria), the UAI report at this time does not need to configure the prohibit timer. And further, at this time, both the low mobility relaxation measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition need to be satisfied simultaneously in the UAI reporting condition.

[0281] As an embodiment,

[0282] If the terminal always meets the entry condition of the good signal quality criterion within the TSearchDeltaP time and at the same time meets that the signal fluctuation is lower than the threshold SSearchDeltaP, report the UAI hoping to perform RLM relaxation measurement.

[0283] If the terminal meets the exit condition of at least one of the configured criteria within the TSearchDeltaP time, for example, does not meet that the signal quality fluctuation is lower than the threshold (SSearchDeltaP), and / or the reference signal threshold is not higher than Q in + offset, report the UAI not hoping to perform RLM relaxation measurement.

[0284] Furthermore: If the terminal uses different UAI messages to report for the two criteria, the UAI report for the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration does not need to configure the prohibit timer at this time.

[0285] As an embodiment:

[0286] The network configures the decision parameters required for the UAI report corresponding to the BFD relaxation measurement condition through the RRC message.

[0287] If relaxation condition configuration for RLM has already been configured, BFD can reuse some parameters of the relaxation condition configuration pair for RLM. For example, the parameters of the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration are carried over; in this case, only the parameters of the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configuration need to be sent down; or all the parameters of the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition configuration are carried over.

[0288] If BFD measurement relaxation parameters have already been configured, RLM reuses some of its parameters. For example, the parameters of the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration are carried over; in this case, only the good signal quality parameters need to be sent down; or all the parameters are carried over.

[0289] When configuring the terminal to report BFD measurement relaxation UAI, the reporting method will be in the form of a cell list (celllist). If there is a change in the cell in the cell list (celllist), it will trigger the re-reporting of UAI.

[0290] Exemplarily, first make a judgment setting for the primary cell (Pcell) of the MN node or the primary and secondary cells (Pscell) of the SN node to see if it meets the relaxation measurement conditions of BFD. If it meets, create a reporting cell list (celllist) and put the primary cell into the cell list (celllist).

[0291] Then make a judgment setting for each secondary cell one by one to see if it meets the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition in the relaxation measurement conditions of BFD. If it meets, put the secondary cell into the cell list (celllist), and then report the cell list (celllist) through UAI. Assume that a new cell is added to the cell list (celllist) later, then the cell list (celllist) needs to be reported through UAI.

[0292] If it does not meet the cell signal quality relaxation condition in the relaxation measurement conditions of BFD, remove the secondary cell from the cell list (celllist); then the cell list with one less cell identifier needs to be reported through UAI.

[0293] If the primary cell does not meet the condition, set the entire cell list (celllist) to be empty.

[0294] In some embodiments, the cell identifiers in the cell list may not distinguish between the primary cell and the secondary cell, that is, all the cell identifiers that meet the relaxation measurement conditions are put into the cell list. Only when all the cell identifiers of the UE do not meet the relaxation measurement conditions, the cell list will be emptied or deleted; and / or as long as one serving cell of the UE meets the relaxation measurement conditions, create a cell list and add the corresponding cell identifier to the cell list.

[0295] Furthermore: When configuring the terminal to perform BFD measurement and relax UAI reporting, the prohibit timer must be configured. The purpose is that after a set of cells meet the conditions and are reported, if a new cell meets the conditions and needs to be reported, it is necessary to wait until the prohibit timer expires.

[0296] Furthermore: For a certain cell group (MCG or SCG), if there is only a primary cell (Pcell or Pscell), when configuring the terminal to perform BFD measurement and relax UAI reporting, the prohibit timer may not be configured because there is only one cell in a single cell group for BFD measurement relaxation decision-making, so the prohibit timer is not very necessary.

[0297] Furthermore: The above scenarios can be uniformly processed, that is, for a certain cell group (MCG or SCG), regardless of whether there is carrier aggregation configuration, the prohibit timer can be enabled for BFD.

[0298] The prohibit timer can be used in two directions: that is, whether a cell meets or does not meet the reporting conditions, it needs to be restricted by the prohibit timer;

[0299] The prohibit timer can also only act in one direction. That is, after a cell meets the relaxation measurement conditions and completes a UAI report, the prohibit timer is started. If a new cell meets the relaxation measurement conditions, it is necessary to wait until the prohibit timer expires. If the original cell no longer meets the relaxation measurement conditions (or meets the conditions to exit the relaxation measurement), it is not restricted by the prohibit timer. That is, even if the prohibit timer has not expired at this time, it is still possible to report a UAI containing the cell list. For RLM / BFD measurement relaxation, if there are corresponding configurations for both low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions, when making a UAI decision based on the indication sent by the network or protocol agreement, whether to use one condition or a combination of two conditions for the decision.

[0300] Assume that the network configures a combined decision switch, and assume = 1; then it is necessary to simultaneously meet both configuration criteria to report the desired measurement relaxation.

[0301] Assume that the network does not configure a combined decision switch, or = 0; then if the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition is met, the terminal can report the desired measurement relaxation.

[0302] For RLM, if the network can send a reporting configuration (optional) of a UAI with relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility and a configuration of relaxed conditions for good cell signal quality; the terminal reports a UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility are met and a UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality are met. Among them, the configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility is an optional configuration, but the configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality is a mandatory configuration. Similarly, reporting the UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility are met is optional, while the UAI for the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality must be reported.

[0303] For BFD, if the network can send a configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility and a configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality; the terminal reports a UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility are met and a UAI for the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality. Among them, the configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility is an optional configuration, but the configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality is a mandatory configuration. Similarly, reporting the UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility are met is optional, while the UAI for the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality must be reported.

[0304] For BFD and RLM, if the network can send a UAI with a configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility and a configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality (offset1) for BFD and a configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality for RLM (offset2). The offsets of the two can also share one. The terminal reports a UAI indicating whether the configuration of relaxed measurement conditions for low mobility is met. The terminal can also report a UAI for the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality for RLM and a set of UAIs for the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality for BFD. For RLM, only the UAI indicating whether the primary cell meets the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality can be reported. For BFD, a UAI containing a cell list can be reported, and the cell identifiers in the cell list can be used to indicate whether the primary cell and / or secondary cells meet the relaxed measurement conditions for good cell signal quality.

[0305] Furthermore: For the case where relaxed measurement conditions (or measurement relaxation criteria) for RLM and BFD are simultaneously configured in the primary cell (Pcell) and / or the primary and secondary cell (Pscell), when the duration for which the RLM measurement signal value of the UE exceeds the first threshold reaches the decision duration, and the duration for which the BFD measurement signal value of the UE also exceeds the first threshold reaches the decision duration, it is considered that the relaxed measurement condition for good cell signal quality is satisfied. Then, for the non-carrier aggregation scenario, the satisfaction of the RLM and BFD relaxed measurement conditions can be reported with the same UAI: The combined decision is made when both the RLM measurement signal value and the BFD measurement signal value meet the requirements, that is, all the configured RLM measurement reference signals and BFD measurement reference signals meet the threshold requirements, and then it is reported that RLM and BFD relaxation are desired; otherwise, if a certain type of measurement signal does not meet the requirements, for example, the RLM (or BFD) measurement signal does not meet the requirements or one of the configured RLM measurement reference signals and BFD measurement reference signals does not meet the threshold requirements, it is reported that RLM and BFD relaxation are not desired; for the carrier aggregation scenario: After making the combined decision for the non-carrier aggregation scenario for the primary cell, it is considered whether to include it in the list of cells that meet the conditions, that is, the combined decision for RLM and BFD relaxation is required; for the secondary cells, a per cell decision still needs to be made and then it is considered whether to include it in the list of cells that meet the conditions. At this time, only the BFD relaxation decision is made for the secondary cells;

[0306] For the UAI configuration of the relaxed measurement condition for low mobility, for MR-DC and NE-DC, only the RSRP measurement result of the Pcell is judged; for EN-DC, the RSRP measurement result of the Pscell is judged.

[0307] For the configuration of the relaxed measurement condition for good cell signal quality, if it is used for RLM, for MR-DC and NE-DC, only the Layer1-RSRP measurement result of the Pcell is judged; for EN-DC, the Layer1-RSRP measurement result of the Pscell is judged.

[0308] For the configuration of the relaxed measurement condition for good cell signal quality, if it is used for BFD, for MR-DC, it is performed on the primary and secondary cells of the MN or SN; for NE-DC, a per cell Layer1-RSRP measurement result judgment is made for the primary and secondary cells of the MN; for EN-DC, a per cell Layer1-RSRP measurement result judgment is made for the primary and secondary cells of the SN.

[0309] As Figure 7 shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UAI processing device, where the device includes:

[0310] A first determination module 110, configured to determine whether to enable a prohibition timer according to a relaxed measurement condition configuration, where during the running of the prohibition timer, the UE is prohibited from sending a UAI indicating whether the relaxed measurement condition is satisfied;

[0311] The relaxed measurement condition configuration indicates: relaxed measurement conditions for radio link monitoring (RLM) and / or beam failure detection (BFD).

[0312] The UAI processing device may be included in the UE.

[0313] In some embodiments, the first determination module 110 may include a program module; after the program module is executed by a processor, it can implement the determination of whether the prohibition timer is enabled.

[0314] In some other embodiments, the first determination module 110 may include a software and hardware module; the software and hardware module may include: a programmable circuit; the programmable circuit includes, but is not limited to, a field programmable circuit and / or a complex programmable circuit.

[0315] In still some other embodiments, the first determination module 110 may include a pure hardware module. The pure hardware module may include various application specific integrated circuits.

[0316] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration is:

[0317] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration is:

[0318] Good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration;

[0319] And / or,

[0320] Low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration.

[0321] Exemplarily, the relaxed measurement condition configuration is:

[0322] Good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration;

[0323] Or,

[0324] Low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration and good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration;

[0325] Wherein, the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration is at least used to determine the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition; the low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration is at least used to determine the low mobility relaxed measurement condition.

[0326] In some embodiments, the first determination module 110 is configured to, for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, when the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration defines a decision duration, determine not to enable the prohibition timer; or, for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, when the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration does not define a decision duration, determine to enable the prohibition timer.

[0327] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0328] A first sending module, configured to send the UAI after exceeding the decision duration when the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration defines a decision duration.

[0329] In some embodiments, the first sending module is configured to, when the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration defines a decision duration, and the duration for which the measured signal value of the UE exceeds the first threshold reaches the decision duration, send the UAI indicating that the relaxation measurement condition is satisfied after exceeding the decision duration;

[0330] Or,

[0331] when the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration defines a decision duration, and the duration for which the measured signal value of the UE does not exceed the first threshold reaches the decision duration, send the UAI indicating that the relaxation measurement condition is not satisfied after exceeding the decision duration.

[0332] In some embodiments, the relaxation measurement condition configuration includes: a low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration and a cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration, and the decision duration defined by the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition configuration reuses the duration threshold defined by the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration.

[0333] In some embodiments, the first determination module 110 is configured to, for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, when the low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration defines a duration threshold, determine not to enable the prohibition timer.

[0334] In some embodiments, whether the cell signal quality good relaxation measurement condition and the low mobility relaxation measurement condition are satisfied is indicated by the same UAI as to whether the UE satisfies the relaxation measurement condition.

[0335] In some embodiments, the apparatus includes:

[0336] A second sending module, configured to send a UAI that meets the relaxed measurement condition to the base station when both the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition and the low mobility relaxed measurement condition are satisfied; or, when at least one of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition and the low mobility relaxed measurement condition is not satisfied, send a UAI that does not meet the relaxed measurement condition to the base station.

[0337] In some embodiments, whether the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition and the low mobility relaxed measurement condition are satisfied is indicated by different UAIs that respectively indicate whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition.

[0338] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration, and the RLM and the BFD share a set of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configurations;

[0339] Or,

[0340] The relaxed measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration, and the RLM and the BFD are respectively configured with different good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configurations.

[0341] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration, the RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxed measurement condition configurations, and are respectively configured with different good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configurations;

[0342] Or,

[0343] The relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration, the RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxed measurement condition configurations, and share a set of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configurations.

[0344] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0345] A second determination module, configured to determine, according to the combined decision switch, the UAI that reports whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition when the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition configuration and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition configuration.

[0346] In some embodiments, the second determination module is configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0347] When the combined decision switch takes the first value and it is determined that both the low mobility relaxation measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition are satisfied, send the UAI that meets the relaxation measurement condition;

[0348] When the combined decision switch takes the first value and it is determined that at least one of the low mobility relaxation measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition is not satisfied, send the UAI that does not meet the relaxation measurement condition;

[0349] When the combined decision switch takes the second value and it is determined that the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition is satisfied, send the UAI that meets the relaxation measurement condition;

[0350] When the combined decision switch takes the second value and at least one of the low mobility relaxation measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition is satisfied, send the UAI that meets the relaxation measurement condition.

[0351] In some embodiments, the combined decision switch is determined according to protocol agreements;

[0352] Or,

[0353] The combined decision switch is determined according to network configurations.

[0354] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0355] A third determination module, configured to determine to enable the prohibition timer for BFD of multiple cells.

[0356] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0357] A third sending module, configured to send the UAI carrying a cell list for the BFD of multiple cells according to the satisfied relaxation measurement condition, where the cell list includes cell identifiers, and the cell identifiers are: cell identifiers that meet the relaxation measurement condition; or, cell identifiers that do not meet the relaxation measurement condition.

[0358] In some embodiments, the third sending module includes: a creation sub-module, configured to create the cell list for the BFD of multiple cells;

[0359] A sending sub-module, configured to send the UAI carrying the cell list when the prohibition timer expires.

[0360] In some embodiments, the creation sub-module is further configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0361] Create the cell list including the cell identifier of the primary cell when the primary cell of the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition;

[0362] When the secondary cell of the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition, add the cell identifier of the secondary cell that meets the relaxed measurement condition to the cell list;

[0363] When the secondary cell whose cell identifier is in the cell list does not meet the relaxed measurement condition, delete the cell identifier of the secondary cell that does not meet the relaxed measurement condition from the cell list.

[0364] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0365] An emptying module, configured to empty or delete the cell list when the primary cell of the UE does not meet the relaxed measurement condition;

[0366] The third sending module is further configured to send a UAI that does not expect relaxed measurement when the cell list is empty or when the cell list is deleted.

[0367] In some embodiments, the third sending module is further configured to send the UAI carrying the updated cell list when the cell identifier in the cell list is updated and when the prohibit timer expires; wherein, the update of the cell identifier in the cell list includes: the addition and / or deletion of the cell identifier in the cell list.

[0368] As Figure 8 shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user assistance information (UAI) processing apparatus, which is executed by a base station. The method includes:

[0369] A receiving module 210, configured to receive a UAI indicating whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition, wherein the UAI is: reported by the UE according to the timing information defined by the relaxed measurement condition, or reported according to the prohibit timer when the relaxed measurement condition does not define the timing information;

[0370] The relaxed measurement condition configuration indicates: the relaxed measurement conditions for radio link monitoring (RLM) and / or beam failure detection (BFD).

[0371] In some embodiments, the receiving module 210 may include a program module; after being executed by a processor, the program module can implement the above UAI.

[0372] In other embodiments, the receiving module 210 may include a software and hardware module; the software and hardware module may include: a programmable circuit; the programmable circuit includes, but is not limited to, a field programmable circuit and / or a complex programmable circuit.

[0373] In some other embodiments, the receiving module 210 may include a pure hardware module. The pure hardware module may include various application specific integrated circuits.

[0374] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as follows:

[0375] Relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality;

[0376] And / or,

[0377] Relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility.

[0378] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as follows:

[0379] Relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality;

[0380] Or,

[0381] Relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility and relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality;

[0382] Among them, the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality is at least used to determine the relaxed measurement condition for good cell signal quality; the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility is at least used to determine the relaxed measurement condition for low mobility.

[0383] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality defines a decision duration, and for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported after exceeding the decision duration;

[0384] Or,

[0385] The relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality does not define a decision duration, and for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported when the prohibited timer expires.

[0386] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration includes: the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility and the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality, and the decision duration defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for good cell signal quality reuses the duration threshold defined by the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility.

[0387] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition configuration for low mobility defines a duration threshold, and for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported when reaching the duration threshold;

[0388] Or,

[0389] The low mobility relaxation measurement condition configuration does not define a decision duration, and for the RLM or the BFD of a single cell, the UAI is reported when the prohibition timer expires.

[0390] In some embodiments, for the BFD of multiple cells, the UAI is reported when the prohibition timer expires.

[0391] In some embodiments, for the BFD of multiple cells, the UAI includes a cell list; the cell identifiers included in the cell list are: cells that meet the relaxation measurement conditions, or cells that do not meet the relaxation measurement conditions.

[0392] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0393] A fourth sending module, configured to configure the relaxation measurement conditions as low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions, and send a network configuration including a combined decision switch;

[0394] Wherein, the UAI indicating that the UE meets the relaxation measurement conditions is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch takes a first value and simultaneously meets the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions;

[0395] Or,

[0396] The UAI indicating that the UE does not meet the relaxation measurement conditions is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch takes a first value and at least one of the low mobility relaxation measurement conditions and the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions is not met;

[0397] Or,

[0398] The UAI indicating that the UE meets the relaxation measurement conditions is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch takes a second value and meets the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions;

[0399] Or,

[0400] The UAI indicating that the UE meets the relaxation measurement conditions is: sent by the UE when the combined decision switch takes a second value and meets at least one of the good cell signal quality relaxation measurement conditions and the low mobility relaxation conditions.

[0401] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, and the same good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition is set for the RLM and the BFD; for example, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, and the RLM and the BFD share a set of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions;

[0402] Or,

[0403] The relaxed measurement condition is configured as the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, and different good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions are respectively configured for the RLM and the BFD.

[0404] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, the same low mobility relaxed measurement condition is set for the RLM and the BFD, and different good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions are respectively configured. For example, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, the RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions, and different good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions are respectively configured;

[0405] Or,

[0406] The relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, the same low mobility relaxed measurement condition is set for the RLM and the BFD, and the same good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition is set. For example, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition, the RLM and the BFD share a set of the low mobility relaxed measurement conditions, and share a set of the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement conditions.

[0407] In some embodiments, the relaxed measurement condition is configured as the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition;

[0408] One UAI indicates meeting both the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition.

[0409] Or,

[0410] The UAIs indicating meeting the low mobility relaxed measurement condition and the good cell signal quality relaxed measurement condition are different.

[0411] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, including:

[0412] A memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0413] A processor, respectively connected to the memory;

[0414] Wherein, the processor is configured to execute the UAI processing method provided by any of the foregoing technical solutions.

[0415] The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-temporary computer storage media and can continue to memorize the information stored thereon after the communication device loses power.

[0416] Here, the communication device includes: a UE or a base station.

[0417] The processor may be connected to the memory through a bus or the like, and is used to read the executable program stored on the memory, for example, at least one of the methods as Figures 2 to 6 shown.

[0418] Figure 9 is a block diagram of a UE 800 shown according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user device, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0419] Referring to Figure 9 , the UE 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input / output (I / O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

[0420] The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone call, data communication, camera operation, and recording operation. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above method. In addition, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0421] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation of the UE 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0422] The power supply component 806 provides power to various components of the UE 800. The power supply component 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the UE 800.

[0423] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen can be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors can not only sense the boundaries of the touch or swipe actions but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe operations. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the UE 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each of the front camera and the rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0424] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive external audio signals when the UE 800 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals can be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0425] The I / O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and a peripheral interface module, which can be a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons can include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a power-on button, and a lock button.

[0426] The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing a status assessment of various aspects for the UE 800. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the on / off state of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the UE 800. The sensor component 814 can also detect a change in the position of the UE 800 or a component of the UE 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the UE 800, and the temperature change of the UE 800. The sensor component 814 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor component 814 can also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 can further include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0427] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communication between the UE 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The UE 800 can access a wireless network based on communication standards, such as WiFi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0428] In an exemplary embodiment, the UE 800 can be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above methods.

[0429] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 804 including instructions that can be executed by a processor 820 of the UE 800 to complete the above methods. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, and an optical data storage device, etc.

[0430] As Figure 10 shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a communication device. For example, the communication device 900 can be provided as an access network device such as a base station.

[0431] Reference Figure 10 , the communication device 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and memory resources represented by a memory 932 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 922, such as application programs. The application programs stored in the memory 932 may include one or more modules each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the above-described methods for the foregoing application in the access device, for example, as Figures 4 to 6 any of the methods shown.

[0432] The communication device 900 may further include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of the communication device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the communication device 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. The communication device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows ServerTM, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM or the like.

[0433] Those skilled in the art will readily conceive of other embodiments of the present invention after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present invention that follow the general principles of the present invention and include known common knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field not disclosed herein. The specification and examples are only to be considered exemplary, and the true scope and spirit of the present invention are pointed out by the following claims.

[0434] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact structures described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from its scope. The scope of the present invention is only limited by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for processing user assistance information UAI, wherein, Performed by a user equipment UE, the method includes: For beam failure detection (BFD) of multiple cells, determine to enable a prohibition timer, where reporting of the UAI is allowed when the prohibition timer expires, and the UAI is used to indicate whether the UE meets relaxed measurement conditions.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The relaxed measurement conditions include at least one of the following: Relaxed measurement condition for good cell signal quality; Relaxed measurement condition for low mobility.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The UAI includes cell identifiers for indicating one or more cells, and the cell identifiers are used to indicate whether the UE meets relaxed measurement conditions in corresponding serving cells.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The method further includes: When the prohibition timer expires, send the UAI according to the cell identifiers of one or more cells, and the UAI includes a bitmap having a corresponding relationship with each serving cell of the UE.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, The bitmap includes multiple bits, and one bit corresponds to one cell.

6. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein, The cell identifier is: the cell identifier that meets the relaxed measurement conditions; or, the cell identifier that does not meet the relaxed measurement conditions.

7. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein, The method further includes: For the BFD of multiple cells, create a cell list, and the cell list includes the cell identifiers of the one or more cells.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein Creating the cell list for the BFD of multiple cells includes at least one of the following: When the primary cell of the UE meets the relaxed measurement conditions, create the cell list including the cell identifier of the primary cell; When a secondary cell of the UE meets the relaxed measurement conditions, add the cell identifier of the secondary cell that meets the relaxed measurement conditions to the cell list; When a secondary cell whose cell identifier is in the cell list does not meet the relaxed measurement conditions, delete the cell identifier of the secondary cell that does not meet the measurement relaxation conditions from the cell list.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein The method further includes: When the primary cell of the UE does not meet the relaxed measurement conditions, empty or delete the cell list; When the cell list is empty or when the cell list is deleted, send a UAI indicating that relaxed measurement is not desired.

10. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein, The method includes: When there is an update to the cell identifiers in the cell list, send the UAI when the prohibition timer expires; where the update of the cell identifiers includes: addition and / or deletion of the cell identifiers in the cell list.

11. A method for processing user auxiliary information (UAI), performed by a base station, the method includes: Receive a UAI sent by a user equipment UE, and the UAI is used to indicate whether the UE meets relaxed measurement conditions for beam failure detection (BFD) of multiple cells.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein The relaxed measurement conditions include at least one of the following: Relaxed measurement condition for good cell signal quality; Relaxed measurement condition for low mobility.

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein, The UAI includes cell identifiers for indicating one or more cells, and the cell identifiers are used to indicate whether the UE meets relaxed measurement conditions in corresponding serving cells.

14. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein, The UAI includes a bitmap having a corresponding relationship with each serving cell of the UE, and the UAI is sent by the UE according to the cell identifiers of one or more cells.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, The bitmap includes multiple bits, and one bit corresponds to one cell.

16. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein, The cell identifier is: the cell identifier that meets the relaxed measurement condition; or, the cell identifier that does not meet the relaxed measurement condition.

17. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 16, wherein The cell identifiers of the one or more cells are included in the cell list created by the UE for BFD of multiple cells.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein The cell list meets at least one of the following: The primary cell of the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition, and the cell list includes the cell identifier of the primary cell; The secondary cell of the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition, and the cell identifier of the secondary cell that meets the relaxed measurement condition is added to the cell list; The secondary cell whose cell identifier is located in the cell list does not meet the relaxed measurement condition, and the cell identifier of the secondary cell that does not meet the measurement relaxation condition is deleted from the cell list.

19. A user assistance information UAI processing device, wherein, The apparatus includes: A third determination module, configured to determine an enable prohibition timer for BFD of multiple cells. When the prohibition timer expires, the reporting of the UAI is allowed, and the UAI is used to indicate whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein The relaxed measurement condition includes at least one of the following: Good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition; Low mobility relaxation measurement condition.

21. The apparatus according to claim 19 or 20, wherein The UAI includes cell identifiers for indicating one or more cells, and the cell identifiers are used to indicate whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition in the corresponding serving cell.

22. The device according to claim 19 or 20, wherein, The apparatus further includes: A third sending module, configured to: when the prohibition timer expires, send the UAI according to the cell identifiers of one or more cells. The UAI includes a bitmap having a corresponding relationship with each serving cell of the UE.

23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein, The bitmap includes a plurality of bits, and one bit corresponds to one cell.

24. A user assistance information (UAI) processing apparatus, executed by a base station. The apparatus includes: A receiving module, configured to receive a UAI sent by a user equipment (UE), and the UAI is used to indicate whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition for beam failure detection (BFD) of multiple cells.

25. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein, The relaxed measurement condition includes at least one of the following: Good cell signal quality relaxation measurement condition; Low mobility relaxation measurement condition.

26. The apparatus according to claim 24 or 25, wherein The UAI includes cell identifiers for indicating one or more cells, and the cell identifiers are used to indicate whether the UE meets the relaxed measurement condition in the corresponding serving cell.

27. The device according to claim 24 or 25, wherein The UAI includes a bitmap having a corresponding relationship with each serving cell of the UE, and the UAI is sent by the terminal according to the cell identifiers of one or more cells.

28. The device according to claim 27, wherein The bitmap includes a plurality of bits, and one bit corresponds to one cell.

29. A communication device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored on the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein, When the processor runs the executable program, it executes the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 10 or 11 to 18.

30. A computer storage medium, which stores an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 10 or 11 to 18.

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