Communication method and device and computer readable storage medium

Abstract

The invention provides a communication method and device and a computer readable storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the measurement based on measurement configuration, and obtaining N measurement results; under the condition that the N measurement results are different from the previous K measurement results, first indication information is sent, the first indication information is used for indicating the number M of the N measurement results and different measurement results in the K measurement results, and M is an integer larger than 0 and smaller than or equal to N; sending a first measurement report, wherein the first measurement report comprises M different measurement results in the N measurement results and the K measurement results; or, under the condition that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results, second indication information is sent, and the second indication information is used for indicating that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results. According to the embodiment of the invention, the measurement report overhead can be reduced, and air interface resources are saved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular to a communication method, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] Beamforming is a signal processing technology based on an antenna array, which can concentrate signal energy in a certain direction for transmission, thereby effectively improving coverage, reducing interference to the surrounding, and improving the performance of communication.

[0003] In a wireless communication system, a network device can issue a measurement configuration to a user equipment, and the user equipment can perform measurement based on the measurement configuration issued by the network device. When performing measurement, the user equipment can measure different beams and report beam measurement results to the network device, so that the network device can make mobility decisions, beam management, and the like based on the beam measurement results. SUMMARY

[0004] Embodiments of the present application disclose a communication method, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium, which can reduce measurement reporting overhead and save air interface resources.

[0005] The first aspect discloses a communication method, which can be applied to a user equipment, a component (for example, a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit or a functional module) in the user equipment, and a logic module or software capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the user equipment. Hereinafter, the application in the user equipment is taken as an example for description. The communication method can include: performing measurement based on a measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results, N being a positive integer; in the case that the N measurement results are different from K previous measurement results, sending first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate the number M of measurement results that are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results, K being a positive integer, and M being an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N; and sending a first measurement report, the first measurement report including the M measurement results that are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results; or in the case that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results, sending second indication information, the second indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results.

[0006] In the embodiments of the present application, the network device and the user equipment can store the measurement results reported by the user equipment. Therefore, for the non-first measurement report, the user equipment can compare the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the K measurement results reported previously. In the case that the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement are the same as the K measurement results reported previously, the user equipment can send the second indication information to the network device, and can not send the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network device. The network device can obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results reported previously by the user equipment based on the second indication information. In the case that the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement are different from the K measurement results reported previously, the user equipment can send the first indication information and the M measurement results different from the K measurement results to the network device. In the case that M is not equal to N, the user equipment can not send the complete N measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network device. The network device can obtain the (N-M) measurement results which are the same as the K measurement results from the currently stored measurement results. It can be seen that, in the above manner, in the case that M is not equal to N, the amount of data sent by the user equipment to the network device can be reduced, and the unnecessary signaling overhead can be omitted, thereby the air interface resources can be saved.

[0007] In combination with the first aspect, in a possible implementation, the K measurement results correspond to K identifiers respectively, and K is equal to N; the first measurement report further includes M identifiers corresponding to the different M measurement results, and the M identifiers are used to indicate that the K measurement results are different from the M measurement results in the N measurement results.

[0008] In the embodiments of the present application, the K measurement results stored by the network device can correspond to K identifiers respectively. In the case that K is equal to N, the user equipment can send the M identifiers corresponding to the different M measurement results to the network device. In this way, the network device can accurately obtain the (N-M) measurement results which are the same as the K measurement results from the stored K measurement results based on the M identifiers.

[0009] In combination with the first aspect, in a possible implementation, the method further includes: receiving a first resource indication, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource, and the first resource corresponding to the different M measurement results; and the sending the first measurement report includes: sending the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0010] In the embodiments of the present application, the network device can dynamically allocate the corresponding resource to the user equipment based on the number of measurement results required to be sent by the user equipment, so that the resource allocation can be avoided to be too much or too little, and the waste of resources can be avoided.

[0011] With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation, the first indication information is further used to indicate to activate a second resource, the second resource corresponding to the different M measurement results; and the sending the first measurement report comprises: sending the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0012] In the embodiments of the present application, the user equipment can activate the corresponding resource based on the first indication information, and the network equipment can determine the resource activated by the user equipment based on the first indication information, so that the first measurement report can be received through the resource activated by the user equipment. In this way, the number of activated resources can be reduced, and the waste of resources can be avoided.

[0013] With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation, the first indication information and / or the second indication information is carried in an uplink control message (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

[0014] The second aspect discloses a communication method, which can be applied to a network equipment, a component (for example, a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit or a functional module) in the network equipment, and a logic module or software capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the network equipment. Hereinafter, the communication method applied to the network equipment is described as an example, which can comprise: receiving first indication information or second indication information; the first indication information is used to indicate the number M of measurement results different from K measurement results in N measurement results, K and N are positive integers, and M is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N; the second indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results; in the case of receiving the first indication information, the method further comprises: receiving a first measurement report based on the first indication information, the first measurement report comprising M measurement results different from the K measurement results in the N measurement results.

[0015] With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation, the K measurement results correspond to K identifiers respectively, and K is equal to N; the first measurement report further comprises M identifiers corresponding to the different M measurement results, the M identifiers being used to indicate that the M measurement results are different from the N measurement results in the K measurement results.

[0016] With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation, the receiving the first measurement report based on the first indication information comprises: sending a first resource indication based on the first indication information, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource, the first resource corresponding to the different M measurement results; and receiving the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0017] In a possible implementation of the second aspect, the first indication information is further used to indicate to activate a second resource, the second resource corresponding to the different M measurement results; and the receiving the first measurement report based on the first indication information comprises receiving the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0018] In a possible implementation of the second aspect, the first indication information and / or the second indication information is carried in an uplink control message (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

[0019] It should be noted that the technical solutions of the second aspect of the present application can correspond to the solutions of the first aspect, and the beneficial effects can be referred to the beneficial effects of the first aspect.

[0020] The third aspect discloses a communication method, which can be applied to a user equipment, a component (for example, a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit, or a functional module) in the user equipment, and a logic module or software capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the user equipment. The communication method can comprise the following steps: performing measurement based on a measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results, N being a positive integer; in a case where the N measurement results are the same as K previous measurement results, K being a positive integer, sending first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K previous measurement results; or in a case where the N measurement results are different from the K previous measurement results, sending second indication information, the second indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K previous measurement results; and sending a first measurement report, the first measurement report comprising the N measurement results.

[0021] In the embodiments of the present application, the network device and the user equipment can store the measurement results reported by the user equipment, therefore, for the non-first measurement report, the user equipment can compare the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the K previous reported measurement results. In a case where the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement are different from the K previous reported measurement results, the user equipment can send the second indication information and the N measurement results to the network device. In a case where the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement are the same as the K previous reported measurement results, the user equipment can send the first indication information to the network device, and can not send the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network device. The network device can obtain the N measurement results from the K previous reported measurement results of the user equipment based on the second indication information. In this way, the amount of data sent by the user equipment to the network device can be reduced, the unnecessary signaling overhead can be omitted, and therefore, the air interface resources can be saved.

[0022] With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation, the method further includes: receiving a first resource indication, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource; and the sending the first measurement report includes: sending the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0023] With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation, the second indication information is further used to indicate that a second resource is activated; and the sending the first measurement report includes: sending the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0024] With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation, the first indication information and the second indication information are 1 bit, the first indication information is a first value, the second indication information is a second value, and the first value is different from the second value.

[0025] In the embodiments of the present application, the first indication information and the second indication information can be 1 bit, so that the indication overhead is small, thereby further saving air interface resources.

[0026] With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation, the first indication information and / or the second indication information is carried in an uplink control message (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

[0027] The fourth aspect discloses a communication method, which can be applied to a network device, a component (for example, a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit or a functional module) in the network device, and a logic module or software capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the network device. The communication method can include: receiving first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate that N measurement results are the same as K previous measurement results, K and N being positive integers; the second indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results; and in a case where the second indication information is received, the method further includes: receiving a first measurement report based on the second indication information, the first measurement report including the N measurement results.

[0028] With reference to the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation, the receiving the first measurement report based on the second indication information includes: sending a first resource indication based on the second indication information, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource; and receiving the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0029] With reference to the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation, the second indication information is further used to indicate that a second resource is activated; and the receiving the first measurement report based on the second indication information includes: receiving the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0030] In a possible implementation of the fourth aspect, the first indication information and the second indication information are 1 bit, the first indication information is a first value, and the second indication information is a second value, the first value being different from the second value.

[0031] In a possible implementation of the fourth aspect, the first indication information and / or the second indication information are carried in an uplink control message (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

[0032] It should be noted that the technical solutions of the fourth aspect of the present application can correspond to the solutions of the third aspect, and the beneficial effects can be referred to the beneficial effects of the third aspect.

[0033] The fifth aspect discloses a communication apparatus having the functions of the first aspect, for example, the communication apparatus includes a module or unit for performing the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect, which can be implemented by software, or by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware.

[0034] The sixth aspect discloses a communication apparatus having the functions of the second aspect, for example, the communication apparatus includes a module or unit for performing the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation of the second aspect, which can be implemented by software, or by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware.

[0035] The seventh aspect discloses a communication apparatus having the functions of the third aspect, for example, the communication apparatus includes a module or unit for performing the method of the third aspect or any possible implementation of the third aspect, which can be implemented by software, or by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware.

[0036] The eighth aspect discloses a communication apparatus having the functions of the fourth aspect, for example, the communication apparatus includes a module or unit for performing the method of the fourth aspect or any possible implementation of the fourth aspect, which can be implemented by software, or by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware.

[0037] For example, the communication apparatus disclosed in the fifth aspect and the seventh aspect can be a user equipment, or a component (e.g., a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit, or a functional module) in a user equipment.

[0038] Exemplarily, the communication apparatus disclosed in the sixth aspect and the eighth aspect above can be a network device, or a component (e.g., a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit, or a functional module) in a network device.

[0039] The ninth aspect discloses a communication system, which comprises a user equipment and a network equipment, wherein the user equipment is configured to implement the method provided in the first aspect above and any possible implementation of the first aspect; and the network equipment is configured to implement the method provided in the second aspect above and any possible implementation of the second aspect.

[0040] The tenth aspect discloses a communication system, which comprises a user equipment and a network equipment, wherein the user equipment is configured to implement the method provided in the third aspect above and any possible implementation of the third aspect; and the network equipment is configured to implement the method provided in the fourth aspect above and any possible implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0041] The eleventh aspect discloses a communication apparatus, which comprises a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is configured to receive and / or send data; and the processor is configured to invoke a computer program or computer instructions stored in a memory to implement the method provided in the first aspect above and any possible implementation of the first aspect, or to implement the method provided in the second aspect above and any possible implementation of the second aspect, or to implement the method provided in the third aspect above and any possible implementation of the third aspect, or to implement the method provided in the fourth aspect above and any possible implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0042] As a possible implementation, the processor comprised in the communication apparatus disclosed in the eleventh aspect above can be one or more.

[0043] Optionally, the communication apparatus disclosed in the eleventh aspect above further comprises one or more memories.

[0044] The twelfth aspect discloses a computer readable storage medium, which stores a computer program or computer instructions, when the computer program or computer instructions are run, implement the method provided in the first aspect above and any possible implementation of the first aspect, or implement the method provided in the second aspect above and any possible implementation of the second aspect, or implement the method provided in the third aspect above and any possible implementation of the third aspect, or implement the method provided in the fourth aspect above and any possible implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0045] The thirteenth aspect discloses a chip comprising a processor configured to execute a program stored in a memory, which when executed causes the chip to perform the method provided in the first aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect, or to perform the method provided in the second aspect and any possible implementation of the second aspect, or to perform the method provided in the third aspect and any possible implementation of the third aspect, or to perform the method provided in the fourth aspect and any possible implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0046] As a possible implementation, the memory is located outside the chip.

[0047] The fourteenth aspect discloses a computer program product comprising computer program code which, when executed, causes the method provided in the first aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect to be performed, or causes the method provided in the second aspect and any possible implementation of the second aspect to be performed, or causes the method provided in the third aspect and any possible implementation of the third aspect to be performed, or causes the method provided in the fourth aspect and any possible implementation of the fourth aspect to be performed.

[0048] It should be understood that the implementation and beneficial effects of the above aspects or any possible implementation of the present application can be mutually referred to. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0049] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed in the embodiment description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor.

[0050] Figure 1 is a measurement reporting schematic diagram in Mode A and Mode B modes disclosed by the embodiments of the present application;

[0051] Figure 2 is a flowchart of measurement reporting in Mode A mode disclosed by the embodiments of the present application;

[0052] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a communication system disclosed by the embodiments of the present application;

[0053] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a CU-DU separation architecture of an access network device disclosed by the embodiments of the present application;

[0054] Figure 5is a flowchart of a communication method disclosed by an embodiment of the present application;

[0055] Figure 6 is a flowchart of another communication method disclosed by an embodiment of the present application;

[0056] Figure 7 is another measurement reporting diagram in Mode A and Mode B disclosed by an embodiment of the present application;

[0057] Figure 8 is a flowchart of another communication method disclosed by an embodiment of the present application;

[0058] Figure 9 is another measurement reporting diagram in Mode A and Mode B disclosed by an embodiment of the present application;

[0059] Figure 10 is a flowchart of another communication method disclosed by an embodiment of the present application;

[0060] Figure 11 is a structural diagram of a communication device disclosed by an embodiment of the present application;

[0061] Figure 12 is a hardware structural diagram of a communication device disclosed by an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0062] The embodiments of the present application disclose a communication method, device and computer readable storage medium, which can reduce measurement reporting overhead and save air interface resources. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings.

[0063] In order to better understand the embodiments of the present application, the related contents, terms or names involved in the present application are briefly introduced as follows.

[0064] I. Beamforming

[0065] Beamforming is a signal processing technology based on an antenna array. Beamforming can form a directional beam by adjusting the weight and / or phase of the antenna array, can concentrate signal energy in a certain direction for transmission, thereby improving beam gain, effectively improving coverage, and reducing interference to the surrounding, and improving communication performance.

[0066] For example, for a 5G system, the operating frequency bands include frequency range (FR) 1 and frequency range 2 (FR2). The FR2 frequency band uses a higher frequency, such as a millimeter wave frequency band, and has greater transmission path loss, and thus, coverage is usually achieved through beamforming technology. For example, cell coverage can be achieved by deploying multiple beams.

[0067] II. Mobility Management

[0068] Mobility management is a key component in wireless mobile communication, which determines the smooth switching and stable connection of user equipment (UE) between different cells and beams. When the user equipment is in an idle state or a deactivated state, mobility management mainly involves cell selection and cell reselection, and when the user equipment is in a connected state, mobility management mainly involves cell handover. However, whether it is cell selection, cell reselection, or cell handover, it is necessary to base on the measurement results of the user equipment (such as beam measurement results).

[0069] Mobility measurement and reporting is the basis of mobility management. In a mobile communication system, the network will issue a measurement configuration to the user equipment, and the user equipment can measure the reference signal (RS) according to the measurement configuration, and can report a measurement report to the network, which can be at a cell level or a beam level, and the network can make mobility decisions, carrier management, and beam management according to the measurement report. Among them, the type of reference signal for measurement (Reference Signal-Type, RS-Type) can include at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB) and a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS). The indicators of the reference signal quality for measurement can include one or more of reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), and signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR), which are not limited by the embodiments of the present application.

[0070] Further, the mechanism of measurement reporting can include periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, event reporting, and the like. Among them, for event reporting, that is, the user equipment reports the measurement report to the network when a specific event occurs, and these events can be configured by the network. For more detailed description of the periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, and event reporting mechanisms, please refer to the relevant technical specifications of the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP).

[0071] In mobility management, L1 / L2 triggered mobility (LTM) technology is a technology that can be used for cell switching. Layer 1 (L1) can refer to a physical layer (PHY), and layer 2 (L2) can refer to one or more of a medium access control (MAC) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, and a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer. However, in the L1 / L2 handover process, L2 generally refers to the MAC layer. Switching-related operations in the LTM process are mainly performed at L1 and L2. For example, a user equipment can send L1 measurement results to a network device through uplink physical layer control signaling, which can be carried on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The uplink physical layer control signaling can be uplink control information (UCI). After receiving the L1 measurement results from the user equipment, the network device can make a switching decision based on the L1 measurement results and send the switching decision to the user equipment through L1 / L2 handover signaling (L1 / L2 handover command). The L1 / L2 signaling can be carried on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and can be downlink control information (DCI) or a MAC control element (MAC CE).

[0072] III. Measurement reporting mode

[0073] When the user equipment needs to report a measurement report (such as when a trigger event is reported), the process of transmitting the measurement report to the network device can be divided into two modes: Mode A and Mode B. The following describes these two modes. Figure 1

[0074] For example, Figure 1 ​As shown, in Mode A, when the UE needs to report a measurement report (e.g., after triggering event reporting), the UE can send an indication information (e.g., 1 bit of indication information) to the network device on the PUCCH, which is used to inform the network device that the UE is about to report a measurement report (e.g., a beam report). After receiving the indication information, the network device can send a DCI to the UE, which can indicate the resource (e.g., time-frequency domain resource) used by the UE when sending the subsequent uplink control information (UCI), that is, the UE is allocated a reporting resource through the DCI. Then, the UE can send the UCI including the measurement report (e.g., specific event reporting content) through the resource indicated by the DCI.

[0075] In Mode B, when the UE needs to report a measurement report (e.g., after triggering event reporting), the UE can send an indication information (e.g., 1 bit of indication information) to the network device on the PUCCH, which is used to inform the network device that the UE is about to report a measurement report (e.g., a beam report). Then, the UE can use the pre-configured resource (e.g., time-frequency domain resource) to report the measurement report in the next UCI. Correspondingly, after receiving the indication information, the network device can know that the UE is about to report a measurement report, and then can receive the measurement report through the pre-configured resource for the UE.

[0076] IV. Measurement reporting content

[0077] For example, the UE measurement reporting content can include the related information of the best L reference signals, such as including the identification (RS-Type ID) of the best L reference signals and the corresponding quality indicators (e.g., one or more of RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, etc.), L being a positive integer. The value of L can be configured by the network. For example, the network can send a measurement configuration to the UE through an RRC message, which can include the value of L. In some possible cases, one reference signal can correspond to one transmission beam of the access network device.

[0078] It can be understood that after the network sends the measurement configuration to the UE, the UE can perform multiple measurements according to the measurement configuration, and each time a measurement result is obtained, a measurement report can be reported to the network. For example, for L1 measurement, the UE can report multiple measurement reports, and each reported measurement report can include the measurement results of multiple beams to indicate the signal quality of different beams in the measurement range. In this case, the UE needs a large amount of uplink resources to report the measurement report. Therefore, how to optimize the reporting strategy of the measurement report and reduce the occupation of the uplink resources is a problem worthy of further study.

[0079] Further, for some scenarios, such as the UE moves back and forth between two transmission beams or is stationary, the contents of the measurement reports reported by the UE multiple times can be completely the same or partially the same, that is, for these scenarios, the UE can repeatedly report the same information. For example, please refer to Figure 2 , Figure 2 is a flowchart of measurement reporting in a Mode A mode disclosed by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 2 , the flowchart can include the following steps:

[0080] 201. The network device sends a measurement configuration to the user equipment.

[0081] The measurement configuration can include the number L of reference signals with the best signal quality that need to be reported, such as L being 4. For example, the measurement configuration can also include an event configured for the user equipment.

[0082] 202. The user equipment determines that the event is triggered.

[0083] 203. The user equipment sends indication information 1 to the network device.

[0084] After the user equipment determines that the event is triggered, that is, after the user equipment triggers the event reporting, the user equipment can send indication information 1 to the network device, which can be used to inform the network device that the user equipment is about to report a measurement report (such as a beam report).

[0085] 204. The network device sends downlink control information to the user equipment.

[0086] After the network device receives the indication information 1 from the user equipment, the network device can send downlink control information to the user equipment, which can be used to indicate the reporting resources allocated for the UE.

[0087] 205. The user equipment reports a measurement report 1 to the network device.

[0088] After the user equipment receives the downlink control information from the network device, the user equipment can report a measurement report 1 to the network device through the reporting resources indicated by the downlink control information. The measurement report 1 can include target measurement results obtained by the user equipment based on the measurement configuration, such as the relevant measurement results of the best 4 reference signals, as shown in Figure 2 . In the embodiment of the present application, the target measurement results can be the measurement results that need to be reported to the network device, and therefore, the target measurement results can also be referred to as the measurement results to be reported, which can be referred to as the measurement results to be reported hereinafter.

[0089] 206. The user equipment determines that the event is triggered.

[0090] After triggering the event reporting in step 202, the user equipment can also trigger the next event reporting.

[0091] 207. The user equipment sends indication information 1 to the network equipment.

[0092] After the user equipment triggers the event reporting again, the user equipment can send the indication information 1 to the network equipment, which can be used to inform the network equipment that the user equipment is about to report the measurement report (such as the beam report).

[0093] 208. The network equipment sends the downlink control information to the user equipment.

[0094] 209. The user equipment reports the measurement report 2 to the network equipment.

[0095] After the user equipment receives the downlink control information from the network equipment, the user equipment can report the measurement report 2 to the network equipment through the reporting resource indicated by the downlink control information. The measurement report 2 can include the target measurement result obtained by the user equipment based on the measurement configuration, such as the correlation measurement result of the best four reference signals, as shown in the following table. Figure 2 It should be understood that the measurement results in the measurement report 1 and the measurement report 2 are measured at different time domain resources / time points / time periods. For example, the network equipment can periodically send the reference signal, and the terminal equipment can periodically measure the reference signal and periodically report the measurement result.

[0096] It can be seen that in the above process, the contents of the measurement reports reported by the user equipment for two consecutive times are the same, and the repeated transmission of such same information can increase unnecessary signaling overhead and also cause a large amount of air interface resource occupation.

[0097] In the embodiments of the present application, in order to reduce the reporting overhead, for the non-first measurement reporting, the user equipment can compare the measurement result to be reported this time (hereinafter referred to as the measurement result to be reported this time) with the previously reported measurement result. In the case where the measurement result to be reported this time is the same as the previously reported measurement result, the user equipment can indicate to the network equipment that the measurement result to be reported this time is the same as the previously reported measurement result, and can not need to display and report the measurement result to be reported this time, that is, can not need to send the measurement result to be reported this time to the network equipment. Then, the network equipment can obtain the measurement result to be reported this time from the stored measurement result based on the indication of the user equipment. In this way, the user equipment does not need to send the complete measurement result to be reported to the network equipment, which can save the air interface resource, reduce or omit the unnecessary signaling overhead, and thus can improve the overall performance of the network.

[0098] In order to better understand the embodiments of the present application, the system architecture of the embodiments of the present application is described first.

[0099] Please refer to Figure 3 , Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a communication system provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in Figure 3 , the communication system can include one or more network devices and one or more user devices (an example of which is shown in Figure 3 ). Among them, the user device can be located within the coverage of one or more cells (carriers) managed by the network device, and the cell providing service for the user device can be one or more. In the case of multiple cells providing service for the user device, the user device can work in the manner of carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DC) or coordinated multipoint transmission, and at least one cell in the multiple cells can provide at least two numerologies for the user device to simultaneously provide wireless resources for the user device. For example, as shown in Figure 3 , user device #1 can be simultaneously located within the coverage of the cell managed by network device #1, the cell managed by network device #2 and the cell managed by network device #3. Exemplarily, network device #1 can be a macro base station (such as macro gNB or macro g-NodeB), and network device #2 and network device #3 can be a small base station (such as small gNB or small g-NodeB). The user device and the network device are introduced respectively as follows.

[0100] A user equipment (UE), which can also be referred to as a terminal device, a terminal, an access terminal, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (MT), a customer premise equipment (CPE), a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user agent, or a user device, is a device with wireless communication function, which can provide voice and / or data connectivity to a user. A terminal device can be a handheld device having more than one function, such as a PDA and an integrated camera, a laptop with a wireless modem, a road side unit (RSU), a subscriber unit, a cellular phone, a smart phone, a wireless data card, a personal digital assistant (PDA) computer, a tablet computer, a tag, a wireless modem, other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, or a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a machine type communication (MTC) terminal, a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device (such as a smart watch, a smart bracelet, a pedometer, etc.), a vehicle-mounted device (such as a car, a bicycle, an electric vehicle, an airplane, a ship, a train, a high-speed rail, etc.), a head mounted display (HMD), a virtual reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (AR) device, a mixed reality (MR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a smart home device (such as a refrigerator, a television, an air conditioner, an electricity meter, etc.), a smart robot, a plant device, a wireless terminal in self driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in smart city, or a wireless terminal in smart home, a flight device (such as a smart robot, a hot air balloon, a drone, an airplane, etc.) or other devices that can access a network.The terminal device can be fixed or mobile, and can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld, wearable, or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as ships, etc.); and can also be deployed in the air (such as airplanes, balloons, and satellites, etc.).

[0101] The network device can be an access network device, which can be a radio access network (RAN) node (or device) that accesses the terminal device to the wireless network. The network device can include, but is not limited to: a base station (BS), a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a network device transceiver station (BTS), a home base station (such as a home evolved Node B, or home Node B, HNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a wireless fidelity (Wifi) access point (AP), a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a transmission and reception point (TRP; or transmission point, TP). Among them, the base station is a kind of device deployed in wireless access network and can provide wireless communication function, which can also be called base station equipment, such as evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE system, Node B (NB), base station (gNodeB or gNB) in 5G system, base station in 6G system, etc. The base station can include BBU and remote radio unit (RRU). The BBU and the RRU can be placed in different places, for example, RRU pullout, placed in high traffic area, BBU placed in central machine room. The BBU and the RRU can also be placed in the same machine room. The BBU and the RRU can also be different components under one rack. The base station can be in the following forms: macro base station, micro base station (also known as small station), pico base station, relay station, access point, balloon station, etc.

[0102] In some deployments, the access network device (such as gNB) can include a convergence / central / centralized unit (CU) and / or a distributed unit (DU), etc. The access network device can also include a radio unit (RU). Please refer to Figure 4 , Figure 4This is a schematic diagram of a CU-DU separation architecture (also known as a distributed deployment architecture) used in an access network device disclosed in an embodiment of this application. Figure 4 As shown, the access network device logically includes one CU and one or more DUs. Each DU can be connected to the CU via an F1 interface, and information exchange between different DUs can be completed based on forwarding by the CU. The CU and DU can be physically set together or physically separated; this embodiment does not limit this. The CU can implement some functions of the access network device (such as some protocol layer functions), the DU can implement some functions of the access network device (such as some protocol layer functions), and the CU can be used to control the operation of one or more DUs. For example, the CU can implement the functions of the radio resource control (RRC) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layers, as well as the service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer. The DU can implement the functions of the radio link control (RLC) and media access control (MAC) layers, and can also implement some or all physical layer (PHY) layer functions (such as the higher physical layer). The RU can be used to implement some physical layer functions (such as the lower physical layer) and radio frequency functions. For a detailed description of each of the above protocol layers, please refer to the relevant technical specifications of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). It is understood that in some possible implementations, the access network equipment can be a CU node, a DU node, or a device including both CU and DU nodes.

[0103] In some deployments of access network equipment, the CU can be further divided into CU-control plane (CP) and CU-user plane (UP), etc. In other deployments of access network equipment, the access network equipment can also be an open radio access network (ORAN) architecture, etc. This application does not limit the specific deployment method of the access network equipment.

[0104] It should be noted that although this application embodiment mainly uses L1 measurement scenarios as an example for illustration, this application embodiment is not limited to measurement scenarios. This application embodiment can be applied to all scenarios that require multiple reporting of measurement reports. For example, the technical solution provided by this application embodiment can be applied to reference signal handover (HO) technology, as well as other handover mobility management technologies, such as LTM handover. It should also be noted that... Figure 3 and Figure 4 The architecture shown is merely an illustrative example. Figure 3 and Figure 4 The architecture shown may also include other devices / network elements / modules, but this application embodiment does not limit this.

[0105] It is understood that the aforementioned access network devices, terminal devices, etc., can be implemented in the form of hardware, computer software, or a combination of hardware and computer software. For example, the aforementioned access network devices, terminal devices, etc., can be implemented by a single device, or by multiple devices working together, or by a functional module within a single device; this application embodiment does not specifically limit this.

[0106] It should be understood that the technical solutions provided in this application can be applied to various communication systems, such as the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), 4th Generation (4G) mobile communication systems, 5th Generation (5G) communication systems, transitional systems between 5G and 6th Generation (6G) communication systems (which can also be called 5.5G communication systems), and networks integrating multiple systems; of course, they can also be future communication systems, such as 6G or even 7th Generation (7G) systems. The technical solutions in this application can also be applied to Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems, Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), etc.

[0107] It should be noted that the system architecture, network architecture, and business scenario (or application scenario) described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. Those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the communication network architecture and the appearance of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0108] In order to better understand the embodiments of the present application, the overall concept of the embodiments of the present application will be exemplarily described below.

[0109] In the embodiments of the present application, in order to save air interface resources and improve the efficiency of measurement report, for non-first measurement report, the user equipment can first compare the measurement result to be reported this time with the measurement result (such as the measurement result reported last time) reported previously, if the measurement result to be reported this time is the same as the measurement result reported previously, the user equipment can indicate to the network equipment that the measurement result to be reported this time is the same as the measurement result reported previously, and can not send the measurement result to be reported this time to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can determine that the measurement result to be reported this time of the user equipment is the same as the measurement result reported previously based on the indication of the user equipment, and then can obtain the stored measurement result reported previously by the user equipment, so as to obtain the measurement result to be reported this time of the user equipment, and further can perform related processing (such as mobility decision) based on the measurement result to be reported this time of the user equipment. Conversely, if the measurement result to be reported this time is different (partially different or completely different) from the measurement result reported previously, the user equipment can indicate to the network equipment that the measurement result to be reported this time is different from the measurement result reported previously, and the user equipment can subsequently send the measurement result to be reported this time to the network equipment, and correspondingly, the network equipment can perform related processing based on the measurement result to be reported this time received from the user equipment.

[0110] Further, in the case that the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment are different from the previously reported measurement results (such as the last reported measurement results), it is possible that the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment (such as N measurement results) are partially different from the previously reported measurement results (such as K measurement results), that is, some of the measurement results are the same. In order to reduce the transmission of the same content and further save the air interface resources, in some possible implementation manners, after comparing the measurement results to be reported this time with the previously reported measurement results, the user equipment can indicate to the network equipment the number M of measurement results that are different between the measurement results to be reported this time and the previously reported measurement results. In the case that M is greater than 0 and less than N, it indicates that the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment are partially the same as the previously reported measurement results. Subsequently, the user equipment can send the M measurement results that are different between the measurement results to be reported this time and the previously reported measurement results to the network equipment, and can not send the (N-M) measurement results that are the same between the measurement results to be reported this time and the previously reported measurement results to the network equipment. The network equipment can obtain the (N-M) measurement results from the stored previously reported measurement results of the user equipment, so as to obtain the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment, and further perform relevant processing based on the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment. In the case that M is equal to N, it indicates that the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment are completely different from the previously reported measurement results. Subsequently, the user equipment can send the measurement results to be reported this time to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can perform relevant processing based on the measurement results to be reported this time received from the user equipment. In the case that M is equal to 0, it indicates that the previously reported measurement results of the user equipment include the measurement results to be reported this time. Subsequently, the user equipment can not send the measurement results to be reported this time to the network equipment. The network equipment can obtain the corresponding measurement results from the stored previously reported measurement results of the user equipment, obtain the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment, and further perform relevant processing based on the measurement results to be reported this time by the user equipment.

[0111] It should be understood that the two possible technical solutions introduced above are as follows. In one technical solution, the number M of measurement results that are different between the measurement results to be reported this time and the previously reported measurement results is indicated to the network equipment by comparing the measurement results to be reported this time with the previously reported measurement results, that is, Figure 5 the corresponding technical solution, in another technical solution, whether the measurement results to be reported this time are the same as or different from the previously reported measurement results is indicated to the network equipment by comparing the measurement results to be reported this time with the previously reported measurement results, that is, Figure 8 the corresponding technical solution. The two technical solutions will be introduced respectively as follows.

[0112] Please refer to Figure 5 ,Figure 5 is a flowchart of a communication method disclosed by embodiments of the present application. Figure 5 In some embodiments, for non-first reporting, the user equipment can compare the current to-be-reported measurement results (e.g., N measurement results) with the previously reported measurement results (e.g., K measurement results), and indicate to the network equipment the number M of measurement results that are different between the current to-be-reported measurement results and the previously reported measurement results, and can perform targeted processing based on the number M. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the method can include but is not limited to the following steps: Figure 5

[0113] 501. The network equipment sends a measurement configuration to the user equipment.

[0114] For example, in order to perform mobility management on the user equipment, the network equipment can send a measurement configuration to the user equipment. Accordingly, the user equipment can receive the measurement configuration from the network equipment. In some possible embodiments, the measurement configuration can be delivered through RRC message / signaling.

[0115] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application do not make specific limitations on the parameters included in the measurement configuration. For example, the measurement configuration can include one or more of the following: the number L (e.g., 4) of best measurement results to be reported, the events configured for the user equipment, measurement objects, reporting configurations, measurement gaps, SSB-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC), etc. For example, the number of best measurement results to be reported can be the number of reference signals with the best signal quality to be reported. For more detailed description of the above configurations, please refer to the description in the relevant standards.

[0116] It should be understood that the network equipment can be an access network equipment or other equipment, and the embodiments of the present application do not make limitations thereon.

[0117] 502. The user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain K measurement results.

[0118] After receiving the measurement configuration from the network equipment, the user equipment can perform measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain K measurement results. Wherein K is a positive integer.

[0119] ​It should be understood that the K measurement results above can be the to-be-reported measurement results, i.e., the measurement results that need to be reported to the network device. For example, the user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration, and can obtain the measurement results. Then, the user equipment can filter the obtained measurement results to obtain the filtered to-be-reported measurement results. For example, the user equipment can perform measurement on 8 reference signals (e.g., 8 CSI-RSs) in the resource indicated by the network device, and can obtain the measurement results of the 8 reference signals, such as the RSRP corresponding to the 8 reference signals. Assuming that the value L indicated in the measurement configuration is 4, in this case, the user equipment can filter out the best 4 reference signals from the 8 reference signals based on the measurement results of the 8 reference signals, and the measurement results of the best 4 reference signals can be the to-be-reported measurement results. For example, assuming that the IDs of the 8 reference signals are RS-Type ID 1 to RS-Type ID 8, and the measurement results of the 8 reference signals are (RS-Type ID 1: RSRP = 85), (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP = 82), (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP = 96), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP = 100), (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP = 110), (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP = 90), (RS-Type ID 7: RSRP = 81), and (RS-Type ID 8: RSRP = 78), the IDs of the 4 reference signals with the best signal quality can be RS-Type ID 3, RS-Type ID 4, RS-Type ID 5, and RS-Type ID 6, that is, the to-be-reported measurement results can be the measurement results of the four reference signals, and in this case, K can be 4. In some possible implementation, one RS-Type ID can correspond to one transmission beam of the network device, and the transmission beams corresponding to different RS-Type IDs can be the same or different.

[0120] In the above case, the number of to-be-reported measurement results is equal to the configured value L (e.g., K = L above), but in some possible implementation, the number of to-be-reported measurement results can also be less than or equal to the configured value. For example, the to-be-reported measurement results need to meet certain requirements (e.g., RSRP, SINR, etc. greater than a threshold value), such as RSRP greater than or equal to 100, in this case, the measurement results corresponding to RS-Type ID 3 and RS-Type ID 6 above do not meet the requirements, and therefore, the to-be-reported measurement results can include the measurement results corresponding to RS-Type ID 4 and RS-Type ID 5.

[0121] It should be understood that the type of reference signal measured by the user equipment can include one or more of SSB, CSI-RS, and the like, and the index of the quality of the measured reference signal can include one or more of RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

[0122] 503. The user equipment sends a second measurement report to the network equipment, the second measurement report including the K measurement results.

[0123] For example, the following describes the K measurement results as the to-be-reported measurement results measured based on the measurement configuration. After obtaining the K measurement results, the user equipment can send a second measurement report to the network equipment, and the second measurement report can include the K measurement results. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the second measurement report from the user equipment. For example, the second measurement report can include the measurement results of the four best reference signals [(RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=96), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP=90)]. For example, the measurement results can include the ID of the reference signal and the corresponding measurement value. For another example, the measurement results can include the ID of the cell and the corresponding measurement value. It should be understood that the measurement report can also include other information, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto, for example, the type of reference signal can also be included.

[0124] It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, after receiving the second measurement report, the network equipment can store the K measurement results carried in the second measurement report, so that when the same measurement results as the K measurement results are included in the to-be-reported measurement results in the future, the same measurement results can be obtained from the stored K measurement results. For example, the network equipment can store the K measurement results in the memory, hard disk, or other storage medium. Correspondingly, in the embodiments of the present application, the user equipment can also store the K measurement results, even if the user equipment has sent the K measurement results to the network equipment, so that the user equipment can compare the to-be-reported measurement results obtained by subsequent measurement with the K measurement results, and then perform targeted processing. For details, see the related description below. For example, the user equipment can store the K measurement results in the memory, hard disk, or other storage medium.

[0125] Optionally, the multiple measurement results included in the measurement report sent by the user equipment to the network equipment can be arranged in order from good to bad signal quality (e.g., arranged in order from large to small RSRP), or arranged in order from bad to good signal quality (e.g., arranged in order from small to large RSRP), which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. For example, taking the arrangement in order from large to small RSRP as an example, the arrangement order of the above-mentioned four measurement results can be (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=96), (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP=90). In some possible implementation manners, the multiple measurement results included in the measurement report sent by the user equipment to the network equipment can be reported in differential form. For example, in the case of arrangement in order from large to small RSRP, the corresponding content of the above-mentioned four measurement results reported in differential form can be (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=-10), (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=-4), (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP=-6). It should be understood that the above-mentioned related description about the reporting form is only an exemplary description, and does not limit the embodiments of the present application.

[0126] In the embodiments of the present application, the mechanism for triggering the user equipment to perform measurement reporting can be periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, event reporting, etc. For example, the events configured by the network equipment for the user equipment include event 1 and event 2, in the case that the user equipment determines that event 1 or event 2 is satisfied based on the measurement result, the user equipment can report the measurement report to the network equipment, and in the case that the user equipment determines that event 1 or event 2 is not satisfied based on the measurement result, the user equipment can not report the measurement report to the network equipment. Exemplarily, the following examples are shown for several events:

[0127] Event A1: the signal quality of the serving cell (SC) becomes higher than an absolute threshold;

[0128] Event A2: the signal quality of the serving cell becomes lower than an absolute threshold;

[0129] Event A3 (eventA3): the signal quality of a neighboring cell becomes higher than the signal quality of a primary cell (PCell) / primary secondary cell (PSCell) by an offset.

[0130] The serving cell can be a cell that provides services (communication services) for the UE. The serving cell can be a PCell, a PSCell, or a secondary cell (SCell). For example, the event 1 can be event A1, and the event 2 can be event A3. It should be noted that the above description of the event is only an example, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard. The related event can be defined by the standard.

[0131] Further, in the embodiments of the present application, the reporting mode of the user equipment can be Mode A or Mode B. However, unlike the above Figure 2 In the embodiments of the present application, in order to save reporting resources, for non-first reporting, the user equipment can send the network device indication information indicating the number M of measurement results different from the previously reported measurement results. In this case, the user equipment can not send the indication information 1 to the network device, or the indication information 1 can be replaced by the indication information for indicating M.

[0132] For example, in Mode A, for the first measurement reporting, the user equipment sending the second measurement report to the network device can specifically include: the user equipment sending the third indication information to the network device, the third indication information can be used to indicate the value of K, that is, to indicate the number of measurement results to be reported, and then the network device can allocate a third resource for the user equipment based on the third indication information, such as allocating the third resource for the user equipment through DCI, MAC CE or other downlink signaling, and then the user equipment can send the second measurement report to the network device based on the third resource allocated by the network device. The third resource can correspond to K measurement results. In some possible implementation manners, the third indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment is about to report the measurement report.

[0133] In the Mode B mode, the user equipment sending the second measurement report to the network equipment for the first time can specifically include: the user equipment sending fourth indication information to the network equipment, the fourth indication information can be used to indicate the K value, that is, the number of items of the measurement result to be reported this time, and the fourth indication information can also be used to indicate the activation of the fourth resource, and then the user equipment can send the second measurement report to the network equipment through the fourth resource. The fourth resource can be a resource in the resource pre-configured by the network equipment for the user equipment, and the fourth resource can correspond to the K measurement results. In some possible implementation manners, the fourth indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment is about to report the measurement report.

[0134] Optionally, the third indication information or the fourth indication information can be carried in the PUCCH / PUSCH, for example, the third indication information or the fourth indication information can be carried in the UCI, the MAC CE or other uplink signaling.

[0135] It should be noted that although the K measurement results are taken as the measurement results reported for the first time for description, the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. In some possible implementation manners, the K measurement results can also be the measurement results reported for the first time. In this case, the user equipment can compare the K measurement results with the previously reported measurement results, and then can perform corresponding processing based on the comparison result. The processing flow after obtaining the N measurement results can be referred to as follows.

[0136] It should be understood that the steps 501-503 are optional, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific conditions of the measurement configuration and the reporting of the K measurement results.

[0137] 504. The user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results.

[0138] It can be understood that after the user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain the K measurement results, the user equipment can also perform measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results. That is, the N measurement results can be the measurement results obtained based on the measurement configuration after the K measurement results. For example, the N measurement results can be the measurement results to be reported this time. Wherein, N is a positive integer. In the case that the number of measurement results to be reported each time by the user equipment is equal to the configured value L, N=K=L. In the case that the number of measurement results to be reported each time by the user equipment is not necessarily equal to the configured value L, N can be less than or equal to L, and the size relationship between N and K can include multiple cases, that is, N>K, N=K or N<K.

[0139] 505.In a case that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results, the user equipment sends first indication information to the network equipment, the first indication information being used to indicate a number M of measurement results which are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results.

[0140] After the user equipment obtains the N measurement results, the user equipment can compare the N measurement results with the K measurement results, and in a case that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results, the user equipment can send first indication information to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the first indication information from the user equipment, and the first indication information can be used to indicate a number M of measurement results which are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results. Wherein, M is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N.

[0141] In the embodiments of the present application, the N measurement results being different from the K measurement results can mean that at least one measurement result in the N measurement results is different from the K measurement results, or can also mean that at least one measurement result in the N measurement results does not belong to the measurement results in the K measurement results. It should be understood that one measurement result can include multiple contents (such as the ID of a reference signal and the corresponding measurement value), and two measurement results being different can mean that at least one content in the two measurement results is different, and the content can also be referred to as a field or an attribute value. For example, taking the measurement result of a reference signal as an example, two measurement results being different can mean that at least one of the ID of the reference signal and the corresponding measurement value in the two measurement results is different, that is, in a case that the ID of the reference signal and the corresponding measurement value in the two measurement results are the same, it means that the two measurement results are the same.

[0142] In a case that M=N, it means that each measurement result in the N measurement results is different from the K measurement results, that is, each measurement result in the N measurement results does not belong to the measurement results in the K measurement results, that is, the N measurement results do not include the same measurement results as the K measurement results, which means that the N measurement results are completely different from the K measurement results. In a case that 0

[0143] For example, assuming N=K=4, the N measurements include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP=92), and (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=82), the K measurements include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=96), and (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP=90), in this case, the M measurements different between the N measurements and the K measurements are (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP=92) and (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=82). For another example, assuming K=3, N=4, the N measurements include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP=92), and (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=82), the K measurements include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), and (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=96), in this case, the M measurements different between the N measurements and the K measurements are (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP=92) and (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=82). For another example, assuming K=4, N=3, the N measurements include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), and (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP=92), the K measurements include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=96), and (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP=90), in this case, the M measurements different between the N measurements and the K measurements is (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP=92).

[0144] For example, the first indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment is about to send the M measurements different between the N measurements and the K measurements to the network device.

[0145] It can be understood that the network device can store the K measurement results in the embodiments of the present application. For example, the network device can store the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last X times, wherein the measurement result reported by the user equipment for one of the last X times can be the K measurement result, and X is a positive integer. For example, when X is 1, the network device can store the measurement result reported by the user equipment for the last time, that is, the measurement result reported by the user equipment last time. In this case, the K measurement result can be the measurement result to be reported obtained by the user equipment last time, and the N measurement result can be the measurement result to be reported obtained by the user equipment this time. It can be understood that after obtaining a new measurement result, the network device can store the new measurement result, and when the number of stored measurement results reaches the upper limit (such as X), the measurement result obtained earliest can be deleted. In the embodiments of the present application, the value of X is not limited and can be set according to actual conditions. For example, if the measurement result reported by the user equipment for Q times before is different from the measurement result to be reported this time with a high probability (such as a probability greater than 90%), in this case, X can be set to equal to Q, and the value of Q can be obtained according to statistical history. For example, it is assumed that based on statistical history, it can be determined that the probability that the measurement result reported by the user equipment for 2 times before (for the last time before last time) is completely different from the measurement result to be reported this time is greater than 90%, that is, the probability that the measurement result reported by the user equipment for the last time before last time, the last time before last time before last time, and earlier rounds is completely different from the measurement result to be reported this time is greater than 90%. In this case, it is not meaningful to store the measurement result reported by the user equipment for 2 times before, and therefore, X can be set to 2.

[0146] It should be understood that the above description of the network device storing the measurement results is only exemplary, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. However, it should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, the user equipment can know which measurement results are stored in the network device, so that the user equipment can compare the measurement results to be reported this time with the measurement results currently stored in the network device, and then report the measurement results in a targeted manner. That is, the network device and the user equipment can store the same measurement results, for example, the network device stores the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last X times, and the user equipment can also store the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last X times. It should also be understood that in the case where the measurement results stored in the user equipment and the network device include the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times, the user equipment can compare the stored measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times with the N measurement results, respectively, wherein the K measurement results can be the measurement results that include the most same measurement results in the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times. For example, it is assumed that the network device and the user equipment currently store measurement result 1, measurement result 2 and measurement result 3, measurement result 1 includes 0 same measurement results in the N measurement results, measurement result 2 includes 3 same measurement results in the N measurement results, and measurement result 3 includes 1 same measurement result in the N measurement results, and then measurement result 2 can be the K measurement result. In this way, the number of measurement results sent by the user equipment to the network device can be minimized.

[0147] 506. The user equipment sends a first measurement report to the network device, and the first measurement report includes the M measurement results different from the K measurement results in the N measurement results.

[0148] After the user equipment sends the first indication information to the network device, the user equipment can further send a first measurement report to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device can receive the first measurement report from the user equipment based on the first indication information, and the first measurement report can include the M measurement results different from the K measurement results in the N measurement results, that is, the M measurement results in the N measurement results that are not included in the K measurement results.

[0149] The process of transmitting the measurement report between the user equipment and the network device is described below.

[0150] In some possible implementation, in the case of non-first measurement reporting, after the user equipment indicates the number M of measurement results different from the previously reported measurement results to the network equipment, the network equipment can allocate corresponding reporting resources to the user equipment based on the M value, and then the user equipment can send the M measurement results different from the previously reported measurement results to the network equipment based on the allocated reporting resources. The smaller the M value is, the fewer reporting resources the network equipment allocates to the user equipment. In the case of M = 0, the network equipment can not allocate reporting resources to the user equipment. For example, after receiving the first indication information, the network equipment can send a first resource indication to the user equipment based on the first indication information, and the first resource indication can be used to indicate a first resource, which can correspond to the M measurement results different from the N measurement results and the K measurement results. Accordingly, the user equipment can receive the first resource indication from the network equipment, and then send a first measurement report to the network equipment based on the first resource indicated by the first resource indication. The network equipment can receive the first measurement report from the user equipment through the first resource. It can be understood that the above method can be used for the process of transmitting the measurement report in the Mode A mode.

[0151] In some other possible implementation, in the case of non-first measurement reporting, after the user equipment indicates the number M of measurement results different from the previously reported measurement results to the network equipment, the user equipment can also implicitly indicate to activate corresponding reporting resources, and then the user equipment can send the M measurement results different from the previously reported measurement results to the network equipment based on the activated reporting resources. The smaller the M value is, the fewer reporting resources are activated. In the case of M = 0, the user equipment can not activate reporting resources. For example, the first indication information can also be used to indicate to activate a second resource, and the user equipment can send a first measurement report to the network equipment through the second resource. Accordingly, the network equipment can receive the first measurement report from the user equipment through the second resource. The second resource can correspond to the M measurement results different from the N measurement results and the K measurement results. The second resource can be a preconfigured resource. For example, the network equipment can preconfigure reporting resources for the user equipment through RRC signaling, DCI or other downlink signaling, and then the user equipment can activate corresponding resources from the preconfigured reporting resources when it needs to send a measurement report to the network equipment. It can be understood that the above method can be used for the process of transmitting the measurement report in the Mode B mode.

[0152] It should be noted that the above related process of transmitting the measurement report between the user equipment and the network equipment is only illustrative, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit the manner of reporting resource allocated by the network, which can be preconfigured or dynamically allocated, etc. However, it should be understood that regardless of the resource allocation manner, in the embodiments of the present application, compared with sending the complete N measurement results to the network equipment, the air interface resource required for sending the M measurement results different from the N measurement results and the K measurement results to the network equipment is less, or the air interface resource required for sending the different M measurement results and other related information (such as information for indicating the measurement results same in the K measurement results and the N measurement results) to the network equipment is less. Moreover, the smaller the M is, the less the air interface resource required can be.

[0153] It can be understood that after the network equipment obtains the first measurement report, the N measurement results can be obtained based on the different M measurement results carried in the first measurement report. However, in the two cases of M=N and 0

[0154] In the case of M=N, the different M measurement results included in the first measurement report are the N measurement results, in which case the network equipment can directly obtain the N measurement results, and then can perform related processing (such as mobility decision) based on the N measurement results.

[0155] In the case of 0

[0156] It can be understood that, in a case where the measurement results stored by the user equipment and the network equipment include the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times, the user equipment can indicate to the network equipment that the measurement results (such as the N measurement results) to be reported this time are related to which measurement results reported by the user equipment for one time and stored by the network equipment. For example, the user equipment can send fifth indication information to the network equipment, and the fifth indication information can be used to indicate the K measurement results in the measurement results currently stored by the network equipment, that is, the K measurement results related to the measurement results to be reported this time. In a case where M is not 0, the fifth indication information can also indicate that the different M measurement results are related to the K measurement results stored by the network equipment. For example, the fifth indication information can be carried in the first measurement report, and the fifth indication information can be used to indicate the target measurement results in the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times and stored by the network equipment. The target measurement results can be the K measurement results. The network equipment can obtain the K measurement results from the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times and stored by the network equipment based on the fifth indication information, and then obtain the (N-M) measurement results same as the N measurement results from the K measurement results. For example, it is assumed that the network equipment and the user equipment currently store measurement result 1, measurement result 2 and measurement result 3, and the measurement result 1, the measurement result 2 and the measurement result 3 can be the measurement results to be reported by the user equipment for three times, and the measurement result 2 can be the K measurement result. Each measurement result (such as the measurement result 1) currently stored by the network equipment and the user equipment can correspond to an identifier. In this case, the first measurement report sent by the user equipment to the network equipment can include the fifth indication information (such as the identifier corresponding to the measurement result 2), and the fifth indication information can indicate the measurement result 2. The network equipment can obtain the measurement result 2 stored based on the fifth indication information, that is, obtain the K measurement result, and then obtain the (N-M) measurement results same as the N measurement results from the K measurement results.

[0157] The case where the network equipment obtains the (N-M) measurement results same as the N measurement results from the K measurement results will be described below.

[0158] In the embodiments of the present application, in order to make the network device obtain the complete N measurement results, the user equipment can further send relevant indication information to the network device to indicate the same (N-M) measurement results in the K measurement results stored by the network device. For example, the first measurement report can further include sixth indication information, which can be used to indicate the same (N-M) measurement results in the K measurement results stored by the network device. Accordingly, the network device can obtain the same (N-M) measurement results in the K measurement results stored based on the sixth indication information, and then obtain the N measurement results based on the same (N-M) measurement results and the different M measurement results.

[0159] It should be noted that the above-mentioned manner in which the user equipment makes the network device obtain the complete N measurement results by sending the sixth indication information and the different M measurement results can also be considered as that the user equipment reports the N measurement results obtained by this time measurement.

[0160] In the embodiments of the present application, the implementation manner of the sixth indication information is not limited. For example, in one possible implementation manner, the K measurement results stored by the network device can be one-to-one corresponding to K identifiers, and the sixth indication information can be the identifiers of the same (N-M) measurement results. The identifiers of the K measurement results can be corresponding numbers, for example, the K measurement results can be numbered as 1 to K in descending order. For example, the number can also be understood as a row number, and each measurement result can correspond to a row. For example, assuming that K is 4, the K measurement results include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=96) and (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP=90), which correspond to numbers 1 to 4 respectively, wherein M is 2, and the same two measurement results can be (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110) and (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), then in this case, the sixth indication information can be (3, 4) to indicate the third and fourth measurement results. For another example, in the case of K=N, the sixth indication information can be M identifiers corresponding to the different M measurement results, which can be used to indicate the K measurement results different from the M measurement results in the N measurement results, that is, the M identifiers can also implicitly indicate the same (N-M) measurement results in the K measurement results and the N measurement results.

[0161] It can be understood that the content sent by the user equipment to the network equipment is not exactly the same in the case of M=N and the case of 0

[0162] It should be noted that the fifth indication information and / or the sixth indication information can be carried in the first measurement report or can be sent separately, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0163] 507. In the case that the N measurement results are the same as the previous K measurement results, the user equipment sends second indication information to the network equipment, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results.

[0164] The user equipment compares the N measurement results with the previous K measurement results, and in the case that the N measurement results are the same as the previous K measurement results, the user equipment can send second indication information to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the second indication information from the user equipment, and the second indication information can be used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results. For example, the case that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results is also the case that M=0, that is, the second indication information can be used to indicate that the number of measurement results different from the K measurement results in the N measurement results is 0.

[0165] In the embodiments of the present application, the N measurement results being the same as the previous K measurement results can mean that each measurement result in the N measurement results is the same as the K measurement results, that is, each measurement result in the N measurement results belongs to the measurement results in the K measurement results.

[0166] It can be understood that after obtaining the second indication information, the network device can obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results based on the second indication information, and then can perform relevant processing based on the N measurement results. It can be understood that in the case that the measurement results stored by the user equipment and the network device include the measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times, the user equipment can also indicate to the network device which measurement results reported by the user equipment the measurement results (such as the N measurement results) to be reported this time are related to. For example, the user equipment can send fifth indication information to the network device, and the fifth indication information can be used to indicate the K measurement results in the measurement results currently stored by the network device, that is, the K measurement results related to the measurement results to be reported this time. Correspondingly, the network device can obtain the K measurement results stored based on the fifth indication information, and then obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results.

[0167] In the two cases of K=N and K>N, the network device can obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results in different ways, which will be described below.

[0168] In the case of K=N, it indicates that the K measurement results correspond one-to-one to the N measurement results, that is, the K measurement results are exactly the same as the N measurement results. In this case, the network device can directly obtain the N measurement results, and then perform relevant processing (such as mobility decision) based on the N measurement results. It should be understood that in the case that the number of measurement results to be reported by the user equipment each time is equal to the configured value L, the above N=K=L, that is, the case of K>N below will not exist. In this case, the network device can also determine that the number of measurement results to be reported by the user equipment each time is L.

[0169] In the case of K>N, it indicates that the K measurement results include the N measurement results and other measurement results in addition to the N measurement results. In this case, the network device can obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results. The case of obtaining the N measurement results from the K measurement results stored by the network device will be described below.

[0170] In the embodiments of the present application, in order for the network device to obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results, the user equipment can also send seventh indication information to the network device, and the seventh indication information can be used to indicate the N measurement results in the K measurement results stored by the network device which are the same as the N measurement results, or indicate the (K-N) measurement results in the K measurement results stored by the network device which are different from the N measurement results. Correspondingly, the network device can obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results stored based on the seventh indication information.

[0171] It should be noted that the user equipment can be considered to report the N measurement results obtained by the current measurement by sending the second indication information, or by sending the second indication information and the seventh indication information to the network equipment.

[0172] In the embodiments of the present application, the implementation mode of the seventh indication information is not limited. For example, in a possible implementation mode, the K measurement results stored by the network equipment can be one-to-one corresponding to K identifiers, and the seventh indication information can be the identifier of the N measurement results in the K measurement results stored by the network equipment which are the same as the N measurement results, or can be the identifier of the (K-N) measurement results in the K measurement results stored by the network equipment which are different from the N measurement results. Wherein, the identifier of the K measurement results can be the corresponding number, for example, the K measurement results can be numbered as 1~K in descending order. For example, taking the seventh indication information as the identifier of the N measurement results in the K measurement results stored by the network equipment which are the same as the N measurement results, assuming that K is 4, N is 2, the K measurement results include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP=96) and (RS-Type ID 6: RSRP=90), corresponding to the number 1~4, the N measurement results include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP=110) and (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP=100), in this case, the seventh indication information can be (1, 2) to indicate the first and second measurement results in the K measurement results.

[0173] It can be understood that the content sent by the user equipment to the network equipment is not exactly the same in the case of K=N and K>N, in the case of K>N, the user equipment can send the seventh indication information, and in the case of K=N, the user equipment does not send the seventh indication information, therefore, the network equipment can distinguish between the two cases of K=N and K>N based on whether the seventh indication information is sent by the user equipment.

[0174] It can be understood that in a possible implementation mode, the first indication information and the second indication information can be carried in a certain uplink message / signaling, and a field in the uplink message / signaling can be defined as the number M of measurement results in the N measurement results which are different from the K measurement results, M=0 is the case of the second indication information, 0<M≤N is the case of the first indication information. For example, the first indication information and / or the second indication information can be carried in PUCCH / PUSCH, such as the first indication information and / or the second indication information can be carried in UCI or MAC CE.

[0175] For example, the second indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment does not subsequently report the measurement report, and the measurement result to be reported this time can be obtained based on the K measurement results reported previously, that is, the N measurement results.

[0176] In the above processing flow, the network device and the user equipment can store the related measurement results reported by the user equipment, and then after the user equipment measures the to-be-reported measurement result, the user equipment can compare the to-be-reported measurement result with the stored related measurement results, and then perform measurement reporting in a targeted manner. For the same measurement result in the to-be-reported measurement result and the stored related measurement result, the user equipment can not send it to the network device, but can indicate the network device to obtain it from the currently stored related measurement result through related indication information. In this way, the amount of data that needs to be sent to the network device can be reduced, and unnecessary signaling overhead can be omitted, thereby saving air interface resources.

[0177] The above Figure 5 indicates the value of M to the user equipment, but it includes the case where the number of to-be-reported measurement results measured by the user equipment each time is equal to the configured value L, and the case where the number of to-be-reported measurement results measured by the user equipment each time is not necessarily equal to the configured value L. In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application, the case where the number of to-be-reported measurement results measured by the user equipment each time is equal to the configured value L will be exemplarily described below. Figure 6 In the above Figure 6 , K=N=L, the K measurement results can be the first measurement results, and the N measurement results can be the second measurement results.

[0178] Please refer to Figure 6 , Figure 6 is a flowchart of another communication method disclosed by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in Figure 6 , the method can include but is not limited to the following steps:

[0179] 601. The network device sends a measurement configuration to the user equipment, and the measurement configuration includes the number L of the best measurement results to be reported.

[0180] 602. The user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain the first measurement results, and the first measurement results include L measurement results.

[0181] After the user equipment receives the measurement configuration from the network device, the user equipment can perform measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain the first measurement results, and the first measurement results include L measurement results.

[0182] It should be understood that the first measurement result described above can be a measurement result to be reported, that is, a measurement result that needs to be informed to the network device.

[0183] It should be understood that the type of reference signal measured by the user equipment can include one or more of SSB, CSI-RS, etc., and the index of the quality of the measured reference signal can include one or more of RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, etc., and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0184] 603. The user equipment sends a second measurement report to the network device, and the second measurement report includes the first measurement result.

[0185] It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, after the network device receives the second measurement report, the network device can store the first measurement result carried in the second measurement report, so that when the same measurement result as the first measurement result is included in the measurement result to be reported later, the same measurement result can be obtained from the stored first measurement result.

[0186] In the embodiments of the present application, the mechanism for triggering the user equipment to perform measurement reporting can be periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, event reporting, etc., and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0187] It should be understood that the steps 601-603 described above are optional, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific circumstances of the measurement configuration and the reporting of the first measurement result.

[0188] 604. The user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain a second measurement result, and the second measurement result includes L measurement results.

[0189] It can be understood that after the user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain the first measurement result, the user equipment can also perform measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain a second measurement result. That is, the second measurement result can be a measurement result obtained based on the measurement configuration after the first measurement result, and the first measurement result and the second measurement result can be measured at different time domain resources / times / time periods. For example, the second measurement result can be the measurement result to be reported in this measurement.

[0190] 605. In the case where the second measurement result is different from the previous first measurement result, the user equipment sends first indication information to the network device, and the first indication information is used to indicate the number M of measurement results that are different between the second measurement result and the first measurement result.

[0191] After obtaining the second measurement result, the user equipment can compare the second measurement result with the previous first measurement result, and in the case that the second measurement result is different from the previous first measurement result, the user equipment can send the first indication information to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the first indication information from the user equipment, and the first indication information can be used to indicate the number M of measurement results that are different between the second measurement result and the first measurement result. Wherein, M is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to L.

[0192] In the embodiments of the present application, the second measurement result being different from the previous first measurement result can mean that at least one measurement result in the second measurement result is different from the first measurement result, that is, at least one measurement result in the second measurement result does not belong to the measurement results in the first measurement result.

[0193] In the case of M = L, it indicates that each measurement result in the second measurement result is different from the first measurement result, that is, each measurement result in the second measurement result does not belong to the measurement results in the first measurement result, that is, the second measurement result does not include the same measurement result as the first measurement result. In the case of M < L, it indicates that the second measurement result and the first measurement result include (L-M) same measurement results and M different measurement results, that is, the second measurement result includes M measurement results that do not belong to the measurement results in the first measurement result, and the first measurement result includes M measurement results that do not belong to the measurement results in the second measurement result.

[0194] For example, the first indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment is about to send M measurement results to the network equipment, that is, the M measurement results that are different between the second measurement result and the first measurement result.

[0195] It can be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the network equipment can store the above-mentioned first measurement result. For example, the network equipment can store the measurement results reported by the user equipment in the last X times, wherein the measurement result reported by the user equipment in one of the last X times can be the first measurement result, and X is a positive integer. It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the user equipment and the network equipment can store the same measurement results, for example, the network equipment stores the measurement results reported by the user equipment in the last X times, and then the user equipment can also store the measurement results reported by itself in the last X times. It should also be understood that in the case that the measurement results stored by the user equipment and the network equipment include the measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times, the user equipment can compare the stored measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times with the second measurement result respectively, wherein the first measurement result can be the measurement result that includes the most same items in the multiple reported measurement results and the second measurement result.

[0196] 606.The user equipment sends a first measurement report to the network equipment, the first measurement report comprising M measurement results different from the second measurement results and the first measurement results.

[0197] After the user equipment sends the first indication information to the network equipment, the user equipment can further send a first measurement report to the network equipment. Accordingly, the network equipment can receive the first measurement report from the user equipment based on the first indication information, and the first measurement report can comprise M measurement results different from the second measurement results and the first measurement results.

[0198] In the embodiments of the present application, the specific procedure of transmitting the measurement report between the user equipment and the network equipment is not limited, and the related description in step 506 can be referred to.

[0199] It can be understood that after the network equipment obtains the first measurement report, the network equipment can obtain the second measurement results based on the M different measurement results carried in the first measurement report. However, in the two cases of M = L and 0 < M < L, the network equipment can obtain the second measurement results based on the M different measurement results in different ways, which will be described below.

[0200] In the case of M = L, the M different measurement results included in the first measurement report are the second measurement results. In this case, the network equipment can directly obtain the second measurement results, and then can perform related processing (such as mobility decision) based on the second measurement results.

[0201] In the case of 0 < M < L, the M different measurement results included in the first measurement report are part of the second measurement results. In this case, after the network equipment obtains the M different measurement results different from the second measurement results and the first measurement results, the network equipment can obtain the second measurement results based on the M different measurement results and the stored first measurement results, and then can perform related processing based on the second measurement results. For example, the network equipment can obtain (L-M) measurement results same in the first measurement results and the second measurement results from the stored first measurement results, and then can obtain the second measurement results based on the (L-M) same measurement results and the M different measurement results.

[0202] It can be understood that, in a case where the measurement results stored by the user equipment and the network equipment include the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times, the user equipment can indicate to the network equipment that the measurement result to be reported this time (e.g., the second measurement result) is related to which measurement result reported by the user equipment for one time and stored by the network equipment. For example, the user equipment can send fifth indication information to the network equipment, and the fifth indication information can be used to indicate that the first measurement result in the measurement results currently stored by the network equipment, i.e., the first measurement result related to the measurement result to be reported this time. In a case where M is not 0, the fifth indication information can also indicate that the different M measurement results are related to the first measurement result stored by the network equipment. For example, the fifth indication information can be carried in the first measurement report, and the fifth indication information can be used to indicate the target measurement result in the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times and stored by the network equipment. The target measurement result can be the first measurement result. The network equipment can acquire the first measurement result from the measurement results reported by the user equipment for multiple times and stored by the network equipment based on the fifth indication information, and then acquire the (L-M) measurement results same as the first measurement result from the stored first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0203] The following describes a case where the network equipment acquires the (L-M) measurement results same as the first measurement result from the stored first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0204] In the embodiments of the present application, in order to make the network equipment obtain the complete second measurement result, the user equipment can also send related indication information to the network equipment to indicate the (L-M) measurement results same as the first measurement result in the first measurement result stored by the network equipment. For example, the first measurement report can also include sixth indication information, and the sixth indication information can be used to indicate the (L-M) measurement results same as the first measurement result in the first measurement result stored by the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can acquire the (L-M) measurement results same as the first measurement result in the stored first measurement result based on the sixth indication information, and then obtain the second measurement result based on the (L-M) measurement results same as the first measurement result and the different M measurement results.

[0205] In the embodiments of the present application, the implementation mode of the sixth indication information is not limited. For example, in one possible implementation mode, the K measurement results stored by the network device can be in one-to-one correspondence with the K identifiers. In one case, the sixth indication information can be the identifier of the same (L-M) measurement result in the first measurement result, in which case the sixth indication information can explicitly indicate the same (L-M) measurement result. In another case, the sixth indication information can be the identifier of the different M measurement results in the first measurement result, in which case the sixth indication information can implicitly indicate the same (L-M) measurement result. The identifier of the K measurement results can be a corresponding number, for example, the K measurement results can be numbered 1-K in descending order. For example, the number can also be understood as a row number, and each measurement result can correspond to a row.

[0206] It can be understood that the content sent by the user equipment to the network equipment is not exactly the same in the case of M=L and in the case of 0<M<L. In the case of 0<M<L, the user equipment can send the sixth indication information, while in the case of M=L, the user equipment does not send the sixth indication information. Therefore, the network equipment can distinguish between the two cases of M=L and 0<M<L based on whether the sixth indication information is sent by the user equipment.

[0207] It should be noted that the fifth indication information and / or the sixth indication information described above can be carried in the first measurement report or can be sent separately, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard.

[0208] 607. In the case where the second measurement result is the same as the previous first measurement result, the user equipment sends second indication information to the network equipment, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the second measurement result is the same as the first measurement result.

[0209] The user equipment compares the second measurement result with the previous first measurement result, and in the case where the second measurement result is the same as the previous first measurement result, the user equipment can send second indication information to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the second indication information from the user equipment, and the second indication information can be used to indicate that the second measurement result is the same as the first measurement result. For example, the case where the second measurement result is the same as the first measurement result is the case of M=0, that is, the second indication information can be used to indicate that the number of different measurement results in the second measurement result and the first measurement result is 0.

[0210] In the embodiments of the present application, the second measurement result being the same as the previous first measurement result can mean that each measurement result in the second measurement result is the same as the first measurement result.

[0211] It can be understood that after obtaining the second indication information, the network device can obtain the first measurement result based on the second indication information, and then can perform relevant processing based on the first measurement result. It can be understood that in the case that the measurement results stored by the user equipment and the network device include the measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times, the user equipment can further indicate to the network device that the measurement result to be reported this time (such as the second measurement result) is related to which measurement result reported by the user equipment stored by the network device. For example, the user equipment can send fifth indication information to the network device, and the fifth indication information can be used to indicate the first measurement result in the measurement result currently stored by the network device, that is, the first measurement result related to the measurement result to be reported this time. Correspondingly, the network device can obtain the stored first measurement result based on the fifth indication information, and then can perform relevant processing based on the first measurement result.

[0212] It can be understood that in a possible implementation, the first indication information and the second indication information can be carried in certain uplink messages / signaling, and a field in the uplink messages / signaling can be defined as the number M of measurement results different from the first measurement result in the second measurement result, M=0 in the case of the second indication information, and 0

[0213] For example, the second indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment does not report the measurement report subsequently, and the measurement result to be reported this time, that is, the second measurement result, can be obtained based on the first measurement result reported previously (such as the measurement result reported last time).

[0214] It should be understood that the above steps 601-607 are similar to the above steps 501-507, and the relevant description in the above steps 501-507 can also be referred to.

[0215] The relevant processes of the above Mode A and Mode B will be described below by taking event reporting as an example.

[0216] Please refer to Figure 7 , Figure 7 is another measurement reporting schematic diagram in the Mode A and Mode B disclosed by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in Figure 7As shown, in the Mode A mode, after the network device issues the measurement configuration, the user equipment can perform measurement based on the measurement configuration, and the measurement configuration can include the number L of the best measurement results to be reported, such as L being 4. When the user equipment triggers event reporting, the user equipment can send relevant indication information to the network device through the PUCCH to indicate the number of measurement results to be reported, and for the first event reporting, the indication information can be L. In this way, the network device can determine that the user equipment needs to upload the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement based on the L value, and can allocate corresponding reporting resources to the user equipment through the DCI. Subsequently, the user equipment can send the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network device through the UCI based on the reporting resources allocated by the network device. For example, the L measurement results can be as shown in Figure 7 When the user equipment triggers event reporting again, the user equipment can compare the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the measurement results that have been reported before, and then perform targeted processing. For example, the user equipment compares the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the L measurement results reported last time. After comparing the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the L measurement results reported last time, the user equipment can send relevant indication information to the network device through the PUCCH, and the indication information can be used to indicate the number M of measurement results that are different between the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement and the L measurement results reported last time.

[0217] When M=0, the network device can determine that the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement are the same as the L measurement results reported last time by the user equipment, and the network device can obtain the L measurement results reported last time by the user equipment that are currently stored, and then perform relevant processing based on the L measurement results. In this case, the network device can not need to allocate reporting resources to the user equipment. When 0 Figure 7As shown, assuming that the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement include (RS-Type ID 5: RSRP = 110), (RS-Type ID 4: RSRP = 100), (RS-Type ID 2: RSRP = 92) and (RS-Type ID 3: RSRP = 82), in this case, the third and fourth items in the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement are different from the third and fourth items in the L measurement results reported last time, therefore, the user equipment can send the third and fourth items in the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network equipment, and send related indication information indicating that the first and second items in the L measurement results reported last time are the same as the first and second items in the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement. As shown in Figure 7 As shown, the user equipment can send (Line3: RS-Type ID 2: RSRP = 92) and (Line4: RS-Type ID 3: RSRP = 82) to the network equipment, or can send (Line3: RS-Type ID 2: RSRP = -8) and (Line4: RS-Type ID 3: RSRP = -10) in the form of difference, wherein "Line3" and "Line4" can be used to indicate the items in the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement that are different from the L measurement results reported last time, and the content after "Line3" and "Line4" is the third and fourth items in the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement. When M = L, the network equipment can determine that the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement of the user equipment do not include the same measurement results as the L measurement results reported last time, and the network equipment can determine based on the L value that the user equipment needs to upload the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement in the future, and can allocate corresponding reporting resources for the user equipment through the DCI, and the user equipment can send the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network equipment through the UCI based on the reporting resources allocated by the network equipment in the future.

[0218] As shown in Figure 7As shown, in the Mode B mode, after the network device issues the measurement configuration, the user equipment can perform measurement based on the measurement configuration, and the measurement configuration can include the number L of the best measurement results to be reported, such as L being 4. When the user equipment triggers event reporting, the user equipment can send relevant indication information to the network device through the PUCCH to indicate the number of measurement results to be reported. For the first event reporting, the indication information can be L, and the indication information can also be used to indicate the activated reporting resource corresponding to the L measurement results. In this way, the network device can determine that the user equipment will activate the reporting resource corresponding to the L measurement results based on the L value, and subsequently send the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network device through the activated reporting resource through the UCI. When the user equipment triggers event reporting again, the user equipment can compare the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the previously reported measurement results, and then perform targeted processing. For example, the user equipment compares the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the L measurement results reported last time. After comparing the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the L measurement results reported last time, the user equipment can send relevant indication information to the network device through the PUCCH, and the indication information can be used to indicate the number M of measurement results that are different between the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement and the L measurement results reported last time, and the indication information can also be used to indicate the activated reporting resource corresponding to the M measurement results.

[0219] When M=0, the reporting resource is not activated, the network device can determine that the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement are the same as the L measurement results reported last time, the network device can obtain the L measurement results reported last time stored by the user equipment, and then can perform related processing based on the L measurement results. When 0

[0220] Please refer to Figure 8 , Figure 8 is a flowchart of another communication method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. Figure 8 In the method, the user equipment can indicate to the network device whether the measurement results to be reported this time are the same as or different from the measurement results reported before by comparing the measurement results to be reported this time with the measurement results reported before. In the case where the measurement results to be reported this time are the same as the measurement results reported before, the user equipment can not send the measurement results to be reported this time to the network device, and the network device can obtain the corresponding measurement results from the measurement results reported before stored by the user equipment. In the case where the measurement results to be reported this time are different from the measurement results reported before, the user equipment can send the measurement results to be reported this time to the network device. Specifically, as shown in Figure 8 the method can include but is not limited to the following steps:

[0221] 801. The network device sends a measurement configuration to the user equipment, the measurement configuration including the number L of the best measurement results to be reported.

[0222] 802. The user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain K measurement results.

[0223] It should be understood that the K measurement results described above can be the measurement results to be reported, that is, the measurement results that need to be notified to the network device.

[0224] In the embodiments of the present application, the number of the measurement results to be reported can be equal to the configured value L, that is, K=N=L. It should be understood that the type of the reference signal measured by the user equipment can include one or more of SSB, CSI-RS, etc., and the index of the reference signal quality measured can include one or more of RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0225] 803. The user equipment sends a second measurement report to the network device, and the second measurement report includes the K measurement results.

[0226] For example, the K measurement results described below are the measurement results to be reported based on the first measurement according to the measurement configuration described above. After the user equipment obtains the K measurement results, the user equipment can send a second measurement report to the network device, and the K measurement results can be included in the second measurement report. Correspondingly, the network device can receive the second measurement report from the user equipment. It should be understood that other information can also be included in the measurement report, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application, for example, the type of the reference signal can also be included.

[0227] Optionally, the multiple measurement results included in the measurement report sent by the user equipment to the network device can be arranged in order from good to bad according to the signal quality (such as arranged in order from large to small according to RSRP), or arranged in order from bad to good according to the signal quality (such as arranged in order from small to large according to RSRP), which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0228] In the embodiments of the present application, the mechanism for triggering the user equipment to perform measurement and reporting can be periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, event reporting, etc., which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0229] Further, in the embodiments of the present application, the reporting mode adopted by the user equipment can be Mode A or Mode B. However, unlike the above Figure 2 In the embodiments of the present application, in order to save reporting resources, for non-first reporting, the user equipment can send indication information to the network device to indicate whether the measurement results to be reported this time are the same as or different from the previously reported measurement results. In this case, the user equipment can not send the indication information 1 to the network device, or the indication information 1 can be replaced by the indication information for indicating whether the measurement results to be reported this time are the same as or different from the previously reported measurement results.

[0230] Exemplarily, in the Mode A mode, for the first measurement report, the sending, by the user equipment, of the second measurement report to the network equipment can specifically include: the sending, by the user equipment, of second indication information to the network equipment, the second indication information can be used to indicate that the measurement result to be reported this time is different from the measurement result reported before, then the network equipment can allocate corresponding reporting resources for the user equipment based on the second indication information, for example, allocating corresponding reporting resources for the user equipment through DCI, MAC CE or other downlink signaling, the reporting resources can correspond to the L measurement results, and then the user equipment can send the second measurement report to the network equipment based on the reporting resources allocated by the network equipment.

[0231] In the Mode B mode, for the first measurement report, the sending, by the user equipment, of the second measurement report to the network equipment can specifically include: the sending, by the user equipment, of second indication information to the network equipment, the second indication information can be used to indicate that the measurement result to be reported this time is different from the measurement result reported before, and the second indication information can also be used to indicate that the corresponding reporting resources are activated, the reporting resources can correspond to the L measurement results, and then the user equipment can send the second measurement report to the network equipment through the activated reporting resources. The activated reporting resources can be resources in the resources pre-configured by the network equipment for the user equipment. Exemplarily, the second indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment is about to report the measurement report. The second indication information can be carried in PUCCH / PUSCH, for example, the second indication information can be carried in UCI, MAC CE or other uplink signaling.

[0232] It should be noted that the above description takes the K measurement results as the first reported measurement results as an example, but the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. In some possible implementation manners, the K measurement results can also be non-first reported measurement results, in which case, the user equipment can compare the K measurement results with the measurement results reported before, and then can perform corresponding processing based on the comparison result, and the corresponding processing flow after obtaining the N measurement results can be referred to as follows.

[0233] It should be understood that the steps 801-803 are optional, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific conditions of the measurement configuration and the reporting of the K measurement results.

[0234] 804. The user equipment performs measurement based on the measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results.

[0235] It can be understood that, after the user equipment obtains the K measurement results based on the measurement configuration, the user equipment can further obtain N measurement results based on the measurement configuration, K=N. That is, the N measurement results can be measurement results obtained based on the measurement configuration after the K measurement results, and the first measurement result and the second measurement result can be obtained at different time domain resources / times / time periods.

[0236] It should be understood that the steps 801-804 are similar to the steps 501-504, and the related descriptions in the steps 501-504 can be referred to.

[0237] 805. In the case that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results, the user equipment sends second indication information to the network equipment, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results.

[0238] After the user equipment obtains the N measurement results, the user equipment can compare the N measurement results with the K measurement results, and in the case that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results, the user equipment can send second indication information to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the second indication information from the user equipment, and the second indication information can be used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results.

[0239] In the embodiments of the present application, the N measurement results being different from the K measurement results can mean that at least one of the N measurement results is different from the K measurement results, that is, at least one of the N measurement results does not belong to the K measurement results.

[0240] For example, the second indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment is about to send the to-be-reported measurement results obtained by the current measurement, that is, the N measurement results, to the network equipment.

[0241] It can be understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, the network equipment can store the K measurement results. For example, the network equipment can store the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last X times, wherein the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last X times can include the K measurement results, and X is a positive integer. For example, in the case that X is 1, the network equipment can store the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last time, that is, the measurement results reported by the user equipment last time. In this case, the K measurement results can be the to-be-reported measurement results obtained by the user equipment last time, and the N measurement results can be the to-be-reported measurement results obtained by the user equipment this time.

[0242] It should be understood that the above description of the network device storing the measurement results is only exemplary, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. However, it should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, the user equipment can know which measurement results are stored in the network device, so that the user equipment can compare the measurement results to be reported this time with the measurement results currently stored in the network device, and then report the measurement results in a targeted manner. That is, the network device and the user equipment can store the same measurement results, for example, the network device stores the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last X times, and the user equipment can also store the measurement results reported by the user equipment for the last X times. It should also be understood that in the case where the measurement results stored in the user equipment and the network device include the measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times, the user equipment can compare the stored measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times with the N measurement results, respectively, wherein the K measurement results can be the measurement results that include the most same items in the measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times and the N measurement results.

[0243] 806. The user equipment sends a first measurement report to the network device, and the first measurement report includes the N measurement results.

[0244] After the user equipment sends the second indication information to the network device, the user equipment can also send a first measurement report to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device can receive the first measurement report from the user equipment based on the second indication information, and the first measurement report can include the N measurement results.

[0245] The process of transmitting the measurement report between the user equipment and the network device is described below.

[0246] In some possible implementations, in the case of non-first measurement reporting, after the user equipment indicates that the measurement results to be reported this time are different from the measurement results reported before, the network device can allocate corresponding reporting resources to the user equipment, and the reporting resources correspond to the L measurement results to be reported this time. Then, the user equipment can send the measurement results to be reported this time to the network device based on the allocated reporting resources. For example, after the network device receives the second indication information, the network device can send a first resource indication to the user equipment based on the second indication information, and the first resource indication can be used to indicate a first resource, and the first resource can correspond to the N measurement results. Correspondingly, the user equipment can receive the first resource indication from the network device, and then send a first measurement report to the network device based on the first resource indicated by the first resource indication. The network device can receive the first measurement report from the user equipment through the first resource. It can be understood that the above method can be used for the process of transmitting the measurement report in the Mode A mode.

[0247] In some possible implementation, in the case of reporting the measurement result for the first time, the user equipment indicates to the network equipment that the measurement result to be reported this time is different from the measurement result reported before, which also implicitly indicates to activate the corresponding reporting resource corresponding to the L measurement result to be reported this time. Then, the user equipment can send the measurement result to be reported this time to the network equipment based on the activated reporting resource. For example, the second indication information can also be used to indicate to activate the second resource, and the user equipment can send the first measurement report to the network equipment through the second resource. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the first measurement report from the user equipment through the second resource. The second resource can correspond to the N measurement results. The second resource can be a preconfigured resource. For example, the network equipment can preconfigure the reporting resource for the user equipment through RRC signaling, DCI or other downlink signaling. Then, when the user equipment needs to send the measurement report to the network equipment, the user equipment can activate the corresponding resource from the preconfigured reporting resource. It can be understood that the above-mentioned method can be used for the process of transmitting the measurement report in the Mode B mode.

[0248] It should be noted that the above-mentioned process of transmitting the measurement report between the user equipment and the network equipment is only an example, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit the way of allocating the reporting resource by the network equipment, which can be preconfigured or dynamically allocated.

[0249] It can be understood that after the network equipment receives the first measurement report, the network equipment can perform related processing (such as mobility decision) based on the N measurement results carried in the first measurement report.

[0250] 807.In the case that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results before, the user equipment sends the first indication information to the network equipment, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results.

[0251] The user equipment compares the N measurement results with the K measurement results before, and in the case that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results before, the user equipment can send the first indication information to the network equipment. Correspondingly, the network equipment can receive the first indication information from the user equipment, and the first indication information can be used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results.

[0252] In the embodiments of the present application, the N measurement results being the same as the K measurement results before can mean that the K measurement results and the N measurement results correspond to each other one by one, that is, the K measurement results and the N measurement results are completely the same.

[0253] It can be understood that after obtaining the first indication information, the network device can obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results based on the first indication information, and then can perform relevant processing based on the N measurement results. It can be understood that in the case that the measurement results stored by the user equipment and the network device include measurement results reported by the user equipment multiple times, the user equipment can also indicate to the network device that the measurement results to be reported this time (such as the N measurement results) are related to which measurement results reported by the user equipment stored by the network device. For example, the user equipment can send fifth indication information to the network device, and the fifth indication information can be used to indicate the K measurement results in the measurement results currently stored by the network device, that is, the K measurement results related to the measurement results to be reported this time. Correspondingly, the network device can obtain the K measurement results stored based on the fifth indication information, and then obtain the N measurement results from the K measurement results.

[0254] It should be noted that the above-mentioned manner in which the user equipment makes the network device obtain the complete N measurement results by sending the first indication information can also be considered that the user equipment reports the N measurement results obtained by this time measurement.

[0255] It can be understood that in a possible implementation, the first indication information and the second indication information can be carried in certain uplink messages / signaling, and a certain field in the uplink messages / signaling can be defined as the N measurement results being the same as or different from the K measurement results, such as the field being 0 representing the same and the field being 1 representing the different. For example, the first indication information and / or the second indication information are carried in UCI or MAC CE.

[0256] For example, the first indication information is 0 and the second indication information is 1, or the first indication information is 1 and the second indication information is 0.

[0257] For example, the first indication information can also be used to indicate that the user equipment does not report the measurement report subsequently, and the N measurement results to be reported this time can be obtained based on the K measurement results reported previously.

[0258] In the above process, the network device and the user device can store the related measurement results reported by the user device. Then, after the user device measures the to-be-reported measurement results, the user device can compare the to-be-reported measurement results with the stored related measurement results, and then perform measurement reporting in a targeted manner. If the related measurement results currently stored by the network device include the same measurement results as the to-be-reported measurement results, the user device can not send the to-be-reported measurement results to the network device, but can instruct the network device to obtain the to-be-reported measurement results from the currently stored related measurement results through related indication information. In this way, the amount of data to be sent to the network device can be reduced, and unnecessary signaling overhead can be omitted, thereby saving air interface resources.

[0259] The related processes of the Mode A and the Mode B are exemplified below by taking event reporting as an example.

[0260] Please refer to Figure 9 , Figure 9 is another measurement reporting schematic diagram in the Mode A and the Mode B according to the embodiments of the present application. Figure 9 For example, the user device compares the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement with the L measurement results reported last time, where 0 can be used to indicate that the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement are different from the L measurement results reported last time, and 1 can be used to indicate that the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement are the same as the L measurement results reported last time. As shown in Figure 9 In the Mode A, the indication information sent on the PUCCH for the first event reporting can be 0. In this way, the network device can determine, based on the indication information, that the user device needs to upload the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement in the future, and can allocate corresponding reporting resources to the user device through DCI. Then, the user device can send the L measurement results obtained by the current measurement to the network device through UCI based on the reporting resources allocated by the network device. For example, the L measurement results can be Figure 9As shown in the diagram, when a user equipment (UE) triggers an event report again, it can compare the L-item measurement results obtained in this measurement with the previously reported L-item measurement results. The UE can send relevant indication information to the network device via PUCCH to indicate whether the current L-item measurement results are the same as or different from the previously reported L-item measurement results. Specifically, when the indication information is 1, the network device can determine that the current L-item measurement results are the same as the previously reported L-item measurement results. The network device can retrieve the currently stored L-item measurement results previously reported by the UE and perform relevant processing based on these results. In this case, the network device does not need to allocate reporting resources to the UE. When the indication information is 0, the network device can determine that the current L-item measurement results obtained by the UE do not include the same measurement results as the previously reported L-item measurement results. Based on this indication information, the network device can determine that the UE needs to upload the current L-item measurement results and can allocate corresponding reporting resources to the UE via DCI. Subsequently, the UE can send the current L-item measurement results to the network device via UCI based on the reporting resources allocated by the network device.

[0261] like Figure 9 As shown, in Mode B, for the initial event reporting, the indication information sent on the PUCCH can be 0. This indication information can also be used to indicate the activation of the reporting resource corresponding to the L-item measurement result. Thus, the network device can determine based on this indication information that the user equipment will activate the reporting resource corresponding to the L-item measurement result, and subsequently send the L-item measurement result obtained in this measurement to the network device via UCI through the activated reporting resource. When the user equipment triggers event reporting again, it can compare the L-item measurement result obtained in this measurement with the previously reported L-item measurement result, and can send relevant indication information to the network device via PUCCH to indicate whether the L-item measurement result obtained in this measurement is the same as or different from the previously reported L-item measurement result. Specifically, when M is 1, the reporting resource is not activated, and the network device can determine that the L-item measurement result obtained in this measurement is the same as the previously reported L-item measurement result. The network device can obtain the currently stored L-item measurement result previously reported by the user equipment and then perform relevant processing based on that L-item measurement result. When M is 0, this indication information indicates that the L-item measurement result obtained in this measurement is different from the L-item measurement result reported in the previous measurement, and indicates that the reporting resource corresponding to the L-item measurement result is activated. Subsequently, the user equipment can send the L-item measurement result obtained in this measurement to the network equipment through UCI based on the activated reporting resource.

[0262] It is understood that the technical solutions provided in this application can be used in the architecture of open RAN (O-RAN). The operations performed by the aforementioned network devices can be executed by nodes such as CU, DU, CU-CP, CU-UP, and RAN intelligent controller (RIC). Information sent by user equipment to access network devices can be sent to nodes such as CU, DU, CU-CP, CU-UP, or RIC (e.g., near-RT RIC). This application does not limit this. RIC can include near-real-time RIC (near-RT RIC) and non-real-time RIC (non-RT RIC). For example, the following describes... Figure 5 The embodiments shown are illustrated by way of example when applied to an O-RAN architecture.

[0263] Please see Figure 10 , Figure 10 This is a flowchart illustrating another communication method disclosed in an embodiment of this application. Figure 10 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0264] 1001.CU sends measurement configuration to the user equipment.

[0265] For example, the CU can generate a measurement configuration, and then the CU can send the measurement configuration to the user equipment via the DU. For instance, the CU can receive a first request from the DU, and then generate a measurement configuration for the user equipment based on the first request, and then send the measurement configuration to the user equipment. The first request can be used to request the CU to generate a measurement configuration for the user equipment.

[0266] In some possible implementations, the DU can generate the measurement configuration, and then the DU can send the measurement configuration to the user equipment.

[0267] It should be understood that messages sent from the CU to the user equipment can be sent through the DU.

[0268] 1002. The user equipment performs measurements based on the measurement configuration and obtains K measurement results.

[0269] 1003. The user equipment sends a second measurement report to the DU, which includes the measurement results of item K.

[0270] 1004. The user equipment performs measurements based on the measurement configuration and obtains N measurement results.

[0271] 1005. In case that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results, the user equipment sends first indication information to the DU, the first indication information being used to indicate the number M of the measurement results which are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results.

[0272] 1006. The user equipment sends first measurement report to the DU, the first measurement report including the M measurement results which are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results.

[0273] For example, the DU can obtain the N measurement results based on the received M different measurement results and the (N-M) same measurement results stored in the measurement results, and then can perform relevant processing (such as mobility decision) based on the N measurement results.

[0274] 1007. In case that the N measurement results are same as the K measurement results, the user equipment sends second indication information to the DU, the second indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are same as the K measurement results.

[0275] For example, the DU can obtain the N measurement results from the stored measurement results based on the second indication information, and then can perform relevant processing (such as mobility decision) based on the N measurement results.

[0276] It should be understood that the above steps 1001-1007 are similar to the above steps 501-507, and the relevant description in the above steps 501-507 can be referred to.

[0277] The above Figure 6 and Figure 8 The embodiments shown in the above Figure 5 application in the O-RAN architecture are similar to the embodiments shown in the above Figure 5 application in the O-RAN architecture, and will not be described in detail here.

[0278] It should be noted that the relevant information (i.e. same information or similar information) and the relevant description in the above different embodiments can be referred to each other.

[0279] It can be understood that, based on the embodiments shown in the above Figure 5 , the embodiments shown in the above Figure 6 and the embodiments shown in the above Figure 8 , other embodiments can also be obtained, which should also be included in the protection scope of the present application. For example, part of the embodiments shown in the above Figure 5 may be combined with part of the embodiments shown in the above Figure 8 .

[0280] The foregoing mainly describes the communication provided in the embodiments of this application. It is understood that, in order to achieve the corresponding functions, the user equipment and network equipment described above may include hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. Based on the units and steps of the various examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein, this application can be implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed by hardware or by computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the embodiments of this application.

[0281] This application embodiment can divide user equipment and network equipment into functional modules according to the above method examples. For example, each function can be divided into its own functional module, or two or more functions can be integrated into one module. The integrated module can be implemented in hardware or as a software functional module. It should be noted that the module division in this application embodiment is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division; other division methods may be used in actual implementation.

[0282] When dividing each function into modules according to its corresponding function. Figure 11 A possible structural schematic diagram of a communication device 1100 is shown. The communication device 1100 may include a processing unit 1101 and a communication unit 1102. Optionally, the communication unit 1102 may also be referred to as a transceiver unit, an output unit, or an interface unit, etc. In one possible implementation, the communication unit 1102 includes at least one of a transmitting unit or a receiving unit. The transmitting unit and the receiving unit may be integrated together, or they may be two independent units, etc. In one possible design, the communication device 1100 may be the aforementioned user equipment, or it may be a component within the user equipment (e.g., a processor, chip, chip system, circuit, or functional module), or it may be a processing system within the user equipment, etc.

[0283] When the communication device 1100 is used for the above Figure 5 Specifically, in the embodiments shown, the user equipment functions as follows:

[0284] Processing unit 1101 is used to perform measurements based on measurement configuration and obtain N measurement results, where N is a positive integer;

[0285] Communication unit 1102 is configured to send a first indication message when the N measurement results differ from the previous K measurement results. The first indication message indicates the number M of measurement results that differ from the previous K measurement results, where K is a positive integer and M is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N. Communication unit 1102 is also configured to send a first measurement report, which includes the M measurement results that differ from the previous K measurement results. Alternatively,

[0286] The communication unit 1102 is further configured to send a second indication message when the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results, the second indication message being used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results.

[0287] For example, the processing unit 1101 performs measurements based on the measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results. Specifically, the processing unit 1101 receives a reference signal through the communication unit 1102, and then the processing unit 1101 performs relevant processing on the received reference signal to obtain the measurement results.

[0288] In one possible implementation, the K measurement results correspond to K identifiers, where K equals N; the first measurement report also includes M identifiers corresponding to the different M measurement results, which are used to indicate the M measurement results that are different from the K measurement results among the N measurement results.

[0289] In one possible implementation, the communication unit 1102 is further configured to receive a first resource indication, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource, the first resource corresponding to the different M measurement results; the communication unit 1102 sending the first measurement report includes: sending the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0290] In one possible implementation, the first indication information is further used to indicate the activation of a second resource, which corresponds to the different M-item measurement results; the communication unit 1102 sending the first measurement report includes: sending the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0291] In one possible implementation, the first indication information and / or the second indication information are carried in an uplink control message UCI or a media access control-control element MAC CE.

[0292] For specific operation details of each unit in the aforementioned communication device 1100, please refer to the above. Figure 5 The description of the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments will not be repeated here.

[0293] When the communication device 1100 is used for the above Figure 8 Specifically, in the embodiments shown, the user equipment functions as follows:

[0294] Processing unit 1101 is used to perform measurements based on measurement configuration and obtain N measurement results, where N is a positive integer;

[0295] Communication unit 1102 is configured to send a first indication message when the N measurement results are the same as the previous K measurement results, wherein the first indication message indicates that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results, where K is a positive integer; or,

[0296] The communication unit 1102 is further configured to send a second indication message when the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results, the second indication message being used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results; the communication unit 1102 is further configured to send a first measurement report, the first measurement report including the N measurement results.

[0297] In one possible implementation, the communication unit 1102 is further configured to receive a first resource indication, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource; the communication unit 1102 sending a first measurement report includes: sending the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0298] In one possible implementation, the second indication information is also used to indicate the activation of the second resource; the communication unit 1102 sending the first measurement report includes sending the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0299] In one possible implementation, the first indication information and the second indication information are 1 bit each, the first indication information is a first value, the second indication information is a second value, and the first value is different from the second value.

[0300] In one possible implementation, the first indication information and / or the second indication information are carried in an uplink control message UCI or a media access control-control element MAC CE.

[0301] For specific operation details of each unit in the aforementioned communication device 1100, please refer to the above. Figure 8 The description of the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments will not be repeated here.

[0302] In one possible design, the communication device 1100 may be the aforementioned network device, or a component of the network device (e.g., a processor, chip, chip system, circuit, or functional module), or a processing system of the network device, etc.

[0303] When the communication device 1100 is used for the above Figure 5 Specifically, the functions of the network device in the illustrated embodiment are as follows:

[0304] The communication unit 1102 is used to receive first indication information or second indication information; the first indication information is used to indicate the number M of N measurement results that are different from the previous K measurement results, where K and N are positive integers, and M is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N; the second indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results.

[0305] When the communication unit 1102 receives the first indication information, the communication unit 1102 is also used to receive a first measurement report based on the first indication information. The first measurement report includes M measurement results that are different from the N measurement results and the K measurement results.

[0306] In one possible implementation, the K measurement results correspond to K identifiers, where K equals N; the first measurement report also includes M identifiers corresponding to the different M measurement results, which are used to indicate the M measurement results that are different from the K measurement results among the N measurement results.

[0307] In one possible implementation, the communication unit 1102 receiving the first measurement report based on the first indication information includes: sending a first resource indication based on the first indication information, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource, the first resource corresponding to the different M measurement results; and receiving the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0308] In one possible implementation, the first indication information is further used to indicate the activation of a second resource, which corresponds to the different M measurement results; the communication unit 1102 receiving the first measurement report based on the first indication information includes: receiving the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0309] In one possible implementation, the first indication information and / or the second indication information are carried in an uplink control message UCI or a media access control-control element MAC CE.

[0310] For specific operation details of each unit in the aforementioned communication device 1100, please refer to the above. Figure 5 The descriptions of the network devices in the illustrated embodiments are not repeated here.

[0311] When the communication device 1100 is used for the above Figure 8 Specifically, the functions of the network device in the illustrated embodiment are as follows:

[0312] Communication unit 1102 is used to receive first indication information or second indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that N measurement results are the same as the previous K measurement results, where K and N are positive integers; and the second indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K measurement results.

[0313] When the communication unit 1102 receives the second instruction information, the communication unit 1102 is also used to receive a first measurement report based on the second instruction information, the first measurement report including the N measurement results.

[0314] In one possible implementation, the communication unit 1102 receiving the first measurement report based on the second indication information includes: sending a first resource indication based on the second indication information, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource; and receiving the first measurement report through the first resource.

[0315] In one possible implementation, the second indication information is further used to indicate the activation of the second resource; the communication unit 1102 receiving the first measurement report based on the second indication information includes: receiving the first measurement report through the second resource.

[0316] In one possible implementation, the first indication information and the second indication information are 1 bit each, the first indication information is a first value, the second indication information is a second value, and the first value is different from the second value.

[0317] In one possible implementation, the first indication information and / or the second indication information are carried in an uplink control message UCI or a media access control-control element MAC CE.

[0318] For specific operation details of each unit in the aforementioned communication device 1100, please refer to the above. Figure 8 The descriptions of the network devices in the illustrated embodiments are not repeated here.

[0319] In one possible implementation, Figure 11In the communication device shown, the processing unit can be one or more processors / logic circuits, and the communication unit can be a transceiver. Alternatively, the communication unit can also be a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The transmitting unit can be a transmitter, and the receiving unit can be a receiver. The transmitting unit and the receiving unit are integrated into one device, such as a transceiver. In the embodiments of this application, the processor and the transceiver can be coupled, etc. The connection method between the processor and the transceiver is not limited in the embodiments of this application. In the process of executing the above method, the process of sending information (such as sending a first measurement report) in the above method can be understood as the process of the processor outputting the above information. When outputting the above information, the processor outputs the above information to the transceiver so that the transceiver can transmit it. After the above information is output by the processor, it may need to undergo other processing before reaching the transceiver. Similarly, the process of receiving information (such as receiving a first measurement report) in the above method can be understood as the process of the processor receiving the input information. When the processor receives the input information, the transceiver receives the above information and inputs it into the processor. Furthermore, after the transceiver receives the aforementioned information, the information may need to undergo further processing before being input into the processor.

[0320] In another possible implementation Figure 11 In the communication device shown, the processing unit can be one or more processors / logic circuits. The communication unit can be an input / output interface, or it can be both an input interface and an output interface. The input / output interface can also be called a communication interface, an interface circuit, or an interface, etc.

[0321] Figure 12 The diagram illustrates a possible hardware structure of a communication device 1200 provided in an embodiment of this application. The communication device 1200 may include a communication interface 1204 and at least one processor 1202. Optionally, it may also include a bus 1203. Further optionally, it may include at least one memory 1201, wherein the memory 1201, processor 1202, and communication interface 1204 can be connected via the bus 1203.

[0322] The memory 1201 provides storage space, which can store data such as the operating system and computer programs. The memory 1201 can be one or a combination of several of the following: random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), or compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM).

[0323] Processor 1202 is a module that performs arithmetic and / or logical operations. Specifically, it can be one or a combination of processing modules such as a central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU), microprocessor unit (MPU), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), complex programmable logic device (CPLD), coprocessor (assisting the CPU in completing corresponding processing and applications), and microcontroller unit (MCU). For example, processor 1202 can be used to process communication protocols and communication data.

[0324] The communication interface 1204 is used to receive and / or transmit data to external sources. Optionally, the communication interface 1204 may also include a transmitter (such as an RF transmitter, antenna, etc.) and / or a receiver coupled to the interface. For example, the communication interface 1204 may include a control circuit and an antenna. The control circuit is mainly used for converting baseband signals to RF signals and processing RF signals. The antenna is mainly used for transmitting and receiving RF signals in the form of electromagnetic waves. When data needs to be transmitted wirelessly, the processor 1202 performs baseband processing on the data to be transmitted and outputs a baseband signal to the control circuit. The control circuit then performs RF processing on the baseband signal and transmits the RF signal outward in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the communication device, the control circuit receives the RF signal through the antenna, converts the RF signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 1202. The processor 1202 converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data.

[0325] In one possible implementation, the control circuitry and antenna can be set up independently of the processor performing baseband processing. For example, in a distributed scenario, the control circuitry and antenna can be arranged in a remote manner, independent of the communication device.

[0326] In one design, the communication device 1200 can be used to perform the aforementioned... Figure 5 , Figure 6 or Figure 8 The embodiments shown illustrate the functions of the user equipment. For details, please refer to the above. Figure 5 , Figure 6 or Figure 8 The relevant descriptions of the user equipment will not be elaborated here.

[0327] In another design, the communication device 1200 can be used to perform the aforementioned... Figure 5 , Figure 6 or Figure 8 The embodiments shown illustrate the functions of the network devices. For details, please refer to the above. Figure 5 , Figure 6 or Figure 8 The relevant descriptions of network equipment will not be elaborated here.

[0328] In one possible design, memory 1201 may store instructions, which may be computer programs. These computer programs run on processor 1202 and cause communication device 1200 to perform operations performed by the user equipment or network device in any of the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the above description. Figure 12 , Figure 5 or Figure 5 The relevant descriptions in the document will not be repeated here.

[0329] It should be noted that, Figure 8 The communication device 1200 shown is merely one implementation of the embodiments of this application. In actual applications, the communication device 1200 may include more or fewer components, which is not limited here.

[0330] This application also discloses a communication system, which may include a user equipment and a network device. The user equipment can be used to perform the above-described... Figure 8 The operations performed by the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments can also be performed by the network device. Figure 5 The operations performed by the network device in the illustrated embodiments, or the user equipment, can be used to perform the above-described operations. Figure 5 The operations performed by the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments can also be performed by the network device. Figure 8 The operations performed by the network device in the illustrated embodiment.

[0331] This application also discloses a chip, which includes a processor, wherein the processor is used to execute a computer program or computer instructions stored in a memory, causing the chip to perform the above-described actions. Figure 8 The user equipment performs the operations shown in the embodiments, or causes the chip to perform the above-described operations. Figure 5 The network device performs the operations shown in the embodiments, or causes the chip to perform the above-described operations. Figure 5 The user equipment performs the operations shown in the embodiments, or causes the chip to perform the above-described operations. Figure 8 The operations performed by the network device in the illustrated embodiment.

[0332] As one possible implementation, the memory is located outside the chip.

[0333] This application also discloses a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, which, when executed, perform the above-described actions. Figure 8 The operations performed by the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments, or the operations described above Figure 5 The operations performed by the network device in the illustrated embodiments, or as described above Figure 5 The operations performed by the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments, or the operations described above Figure 8 The operations performed by the network device in the illustrated embodiment.

[0334] This application also discloses a computer program product including instructions that, when executed, perform the above-described... Figure 8 The operations performed by the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments, or the operations described above ​ The operations performed by the network device in the illustrated embodiments, or as described above ​ The operations performed by the user equipment in the illustrated embodiments, or the operations described above ​ The operations performed by the network device in the illustrated embodiment.

[0335] It should be understood that the transmission in the embodiments of this application can be direct or indirect. Direct transmission means that one device or module directly sends information / data to the corresponding device or module, while indirect transmission means that one device or module sends information / data to the corresponding device or module through other devices or modules.

[0336] Obviously, the embodiments described above are only some embodiments of this application, and not all embodiments. The term "embodiment" as used herein means that a specific feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with an embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of this application. The appearance of this phrase in various places in the specification does not necessarily indicate the same embodiment, nor is it an independent or alternative embodiment mutually exclusive with other embodiments. Those skilled in the art will understand, explicitly and implicitly, that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive effort are within the scope of protection of this application. The terms "first," "second," "third," etc., in the specification, claims, and accompanying drawings of this application are used to distinguish different objects and are not used to describe a specific order. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, it may include a series of steps or units, or optionally, steps or units not listed, or optionally other steps or units inherent to these processes, methods, products, or devices. It is also understandable that, for an architecture with multiple devices or modules, if one device or module generates a piece of information and another device or module uses that information, there are multiple ways for the other device to obtain that information. For example, the device or module that generated the information may send the information directly to the device or module that used the information (equivalent to direct sending), or the device or module that generated the information may send the information to the device or module that used the information through other devices or modules (equivalent to indirect sending).

[0337] It is understood that the accompanying drawings show only the parts relevant to this application and not all of them. It should be understood that some exemplary embodiments are described as processes or methods depicted as flowcharts. Although the flowcharts describe operations (or steps) as sequential processes, many of these operations can be performed in parallel, concurrently, or simultaneously. Furthermore, the order of the operations can be rearranged. The process can be terminated when its operation is completed, but may also have additional steps not included in the drawings. The process can correspond to a method, function, procedure, subroutine, subroutine, etc.

[0338] The terms “component,” “module,” “system,” “unit,” etc., used in this specification are used to refer to computer-related entities, hardware, firmware, combinations of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a unit can be, but is not limited to, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable file, a thread of execution, a program, and / or distributed between two or more computers. Furthermore, these units can be executed from various computer-readable media on which various data structures are stored. For example, a unit can communicate via local and / or remote processes based on signals having one or more data packets (e.g., data from a second unit interacting with another unit between a local system, a distributed system, and / or a network; for example, the Internet interacting with other systems via signals).

[0339] The specific embodiments described above further illustrate the purpose, technical solution, and beneficial effects of this application. It should be understood that the above description is only a specific embodiment of this application and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of this application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made on the basis of the technical solution of this application should be included within the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. A communication method characterized by comprising: The method comprises: performing measurement based on a measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results, N being a positive integer; in a case where the N measurement results are different from K previous measurement results, sending first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate a number M of measurement results that are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results, K being a positive integer, and M being an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N; sending a first measurement report, the first measurement report comprising the M measurement results that are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results. Or, in a case where the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results, sending second indication information, the second indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The K measurement results correspond to K identifiers respectively, and K is equal to N; the first measurement report further comprises M identifiers corresponding to the M measurement results that are different, the M identifiers being used to indicate the M measurement results that are different between the K measurement results and the N measurement results.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The method further comprises: receiving first resource indication, the first resource indication being used to indicate first resources, the first resources corresponding to the M measurement results that are different; the sending of the first measurement report comprises: sending the first measurement report through the first resources.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The first indication information is further used to indicate activation of second resources, the second resources corresponding to the M measurement results that are different; the sending of the first measurement report comprises: sending the first measurement report through the second resources.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, The first indication information and / or the second indication information are carried in uplink control information (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

6. A communication method characterized by comprising: The method comprises: receiving first indication information or second indication information; the first indication information is used to indicate a number M of measurement results that are different between N measurement results and K previous measurement results, K and N being positive integers, and M being an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N; the second indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K measurement results; in a case where the first indication information is received, the method further comprises: receiving a first measurement report based on the first indication information, the first measurement report comprising the M measurement results that are different between the N measurement results and the K measurement results.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, The K measurement results correspond to K identifiers respectively, and K is equal to N; the first measurement report further comprises M identifiers corresponding to the M measurement results that are different, the M identifiers being used to indicate the M measurement results that are different between the K measurement results and the N measurement results.

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that, The receiving of the first measurement report based on the first indication information comprises: sending first resource indication based on the first indication information, the first resource indication being used to indicate first resources, the first resources corresponding to the M measurement results that are different; receiving the first measurement report through the first resources.

9. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that, The first indication information is further used to indicate activation of second resources, the second resources corresponding to the M measurement results that are different; the receiving of the first measurement report based on the first indication information comprises: The first measurement report is received through the second resource.

10. The method according to any one of claims 6-9, characterized in that, The first indication information and / or the second indication information is carried in an uplink control message (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

11. A communication method, comprising: The method comprises: performing measurement based on a measurement configuration to obtain N measurement results, N being a positive integer; in a case where the N measurement results are the same as K previous measurement results, K being a positive integer, sending first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are the same as the K previous measurement results; or, in a case where the N measurement results are different from the K previous measurement results, sending second indication information, the second indication information being used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K previous measurement results; sending a first measurement report, the first measurement report comprising the N measurement results.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, The method further comprises: receiving first resource indication, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource; The sending of the first measurement report comprises: The first measurement report is sent through the first resource.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein, The second indication information is further used to indicate activation of a second resource; and the sending of the first measurement report comprises: The first measurement report is sent through the second resource.

14. The method according to any one of claims 11-13, characterized in that, The first indication information and the second indication information are 1 bit, the first indication information is a first value, the second indication information is a second value, and the first value is different from the second value.

15. The method according to any one of claims 11-14, characterized in that, The first indication information and / or the second indication information is carried in an uplink control message (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

16. A method of communication, comprising: The method comprises: receiving first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate that N measurement results are the same as K previous measurement results, K and N being positive integers; The second indication information is used to indicate that the N measurement results are different from the K previous measurement results. In a case where the second indication information is received, the method further comprises: receiving a first measurement report based on the second indication information, the first measurement report comprising the N measurement results.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein, The receiving of the first measurement report based on the second indication information comprises: sending first resource indication based on the second indication information, the first resource indication being used to indicate a first resource; The first measurement report is received through the first resource.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein, The second indication information is further used to indicate activation of a second resource; and the receiving of the first measurement report based on the second indication information comprises: The first measurement report is received through the second resource.

19. The method according to any one of claims 16-18, characterized by, The first indication information and the second indication information are 1 bit, the first indication information is a first value, the second indication information is a second value, and the first value is different from the second value.

20. The method according to any one of claims 16-19, characterized by, The first indication information and / or the second indication information is carried in an uplink control message (UCI) or a medium access control-control element (MAC CE).

21. A communication system, characterized by A user equipment for implementing the method of any one of claims 1-5, and a network equipment for implementing the method of any one of claims 6-10; or, a user equipment for implementing the method of any one of claims 11-15, and a network equipment for implementing the method of any one of claims 16-20.

22. A communications device, characterized by A processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is configured to receive and / or send data; the processor is configured to invoke a computer program or computer instructions stored in a memory to implement the method of any one of claims 1-20.

23. A communications device, characterized by One or more functional modules, the one or more functional modules are configured to implement the method of any one of claims 1-20.

24. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The computer readable storage medium stores computer program or computer instructions, the computer program or computer instructions are executed by a processor to implement the method of any one of claims 1-20.

25. A computer program product, characterised in that, The computer program product comprises computer program code or computer instructions, when the computer program code or computer instructions are executed, the method of any one of claims 1-20 is implemented.

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