Neighboring cell measurement method, apparatus, device and storage medium

Abstract

The present application discloses a neighbor cell measurement method, apparatus, device and storage medium, which are related to the field of mobile communication. The method includes: a terminal receives configuration information sent from a network device, the configuration information includes at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency; and performs neighbor cell measurement based on at least one reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information. The present application provides a neighbor cell measurement method to ensure the measurement of neighbor cells, and performs cell measurement based on the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, thereby improving the accuracy of cell measurement.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present application relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular to a neighboring cell measurement method, apparatus, device and storage medium. [Background technology]

[0002] In a mobile communication system, a network device can communicate with a terminal via NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) or TN (Terrestrial Networks), and how to measure cell measurements for cells belonging to different networks has become a problem to be solved for the terminal. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] The embodiments of the present application provide a neighboring cell measurement method, apparatus, device and storage medium, provide a neighboring cell measurement manner, ensure the measurement of neighboring cells, and perform cell measurement according to reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information to improve the accuracy of cell measurement. The technical solutions are as follows: [Means for solving the problem]

[0004] According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a neighboring cell measurement method, the method being executed by a terminal, the method comprising: receiving configuration information transmitted from a network device, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, the each reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information being associated with at least one frequency; and performing neighboring cell measurements based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each of the reference point information.

[0005] According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a neighbor cell measurement method, the method being performed by a network device, the method comprising: A step of transmitting configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information being associated with at least one frequency; The at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information are used for cell measurement by the terminal.

[0006] According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a neighbor cell measurement apparatus, comprising: A receiving module for receiving configuration information transmitted from a network device, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency; and a measurement module for performing neighbor cell measurements based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each of the reference point information.

[0007] According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a neighbor cell measurement apparatus, comprising: A transmission module for transmitting configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency; The at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information are used for cell measurement by the terminal.

[0008] According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a terminal, the terminal including a processor, a transceiver connected to the processor, and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor, wherein the processor is configured to load and execute the executable instructions to realize the neighbor cell measurement method of the above aspect.

[0009] According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a network device, the network device including a processor, a transceiver connected to the processor, and a memory for storing executable instructions for the processor, wherein the processor is configured to load and execute the executable instructions to realize the neighbor cell measurement method of the above aspect.

[0010] According to one aspect of the present application, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, and executable program code is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and the executable program code is loaded and executed by a processor to realize the neighbor cell measurement method of the above aspect.

[0011] According to one aspect of the present application, a chip is provided, the chip including a programmable logic circuit and / or program instructions, and when the chip is executed in a terminal or a network device, the neighbor cell measurement method of the above aspect is realized.

[0012] According to one aspect of the present application, a computer program product is provided, which, when executed by a processor of a terminal or a network device, realises the neighbor cell measurement method of the above aspect.

[0013] In the neighboring cell measurement solution provided by the embodiments of the present application, a network device sets reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information for a terminal, thereby facilitating the terminal to perform neighboring cell measurement based on the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, provides a neighboring cell measurement method, ensures the measurement of neighboring cells, and performs cell measurement based on the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, thereby improving the accuracy of cell measurement. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0014] In order to more clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the embodiments are briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can derive other drawings based on these drawings without any creative ingenuity. [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram of a communication system provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. [Diagram 2] 2 is a flowchart of a neighbor cell measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application; [Diagram 3] 1 is a block diagram of a neighbor cell measurement device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application; [Figure 4] 1 is a block diagram of a neighbor cell measurement device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application; [Diagram 5] 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application; Specific embodiment

[0015] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the following embodiments of the present application are further described in detail in conjunction with the drawings.

[0016] Exemplary embodiments are described herein, examples of which are illustrated in the drawings. Where the following description refers to the drawings, the same numerals in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of the present application, as recited in the appended claims.

[0017] The terms used in this application are for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and are not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "the," and "the" include the plural forms unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Furthermore, as used herein, the term "and / or" refers to and includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0018] It should be noted that, although the present application may use terms such as first, second, and third to describe each piece of information, the information is not limited to these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish between the same types of information. For example, the first information may be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may be referred to as the first information, without departing from the scope of the present application. Depending on the context, for example, "when" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "on the occasion of" or "responsive to determining."

[0019] Furthermore, information (including but not limited to user equipment information, user personal information, etc.), data (including but not limited to data to be analyzed, data to be stored, data to be displayed, etc.) and signals related to this application must be approved by the user or fully approved by the relevant parties, and the collection, use and processing of related data must comply with the relevant laws, regulations and standards of the relevant countries and regions.

[0020] The application scenario of the present invention will be described below.

[0021] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application, which may include a terminal 10 and a network device 20.

[0022] The number of terminals 10 is usually plural, and one or more terminals 10 may be distributed in a cell managed by each network device 20. The terminals 10 may include handheld devices, in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, computing devices or other devices connected to a wireless modem with wireless communication capabilities, and various types of user equipment (UE), mobile stations (MS), etc. For ease of explanation, in the embodiments of the present application, the above-mentioned devices are collectively referred to as terminals.

[0023] The network device 20 is a device disposed in an access network and provides a wireless communication function for the terminal 10. For ease of explanation, in the embodiment of the present application, the devices providing the wireless communication function for the terminal 10 are collectively referred to as network devices. A connection between the network device 20 and the terminal 10 can be established through an air interface, and communication is performed through the connection, including signaling and data interaction. The number of the network devices 20 may be multiple, and communication between two adjacent network devices 20 may be performed in a wired or wireless manner. The terminal 10 can switch between different network devices 20, i.e., establish a connection with different network devices 20.

[0024] The network device 20 may include various types of macro base stations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points, etc. In systems using different radio access technologies, the name of a device having a network device function may be different, for example, in a 5G NR (New Radio) system, it is called gNodeB or gNB. As communication technology evolves, the name of the "network device" may change.

[0025] FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a neighboring cell measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application, which can be illustratively applied to the terminal and network device shown in FIG. 1, and the method includes at least some of the following contents:

[0026] Step 201, the network device sends configuration information to the terminal, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency.

[0027] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device sets at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information for the terminal according to the setting information, and A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information A distance threshold value corresponding to each of the reference point information is associated with at least one frequency. Here, since a distance threshold value corresponds to each of the reference point information and is associated with a frequency in the embodiment of the present application, the distance threshold values ​​corresponding to the different reference point information and / or dissimilar reference point information are A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information At least one frequency is associated with a distance threshold corresponding to

[0028] Here, the association relationship between each reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information and the frequency includes any one of the following: (1) Each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency. (2) A distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency. (3) Information on each control point and each control point The distance threshold corresponding to is associated with at least one frequency.

[0029] In other words, in the embodiment of the present application, the frequency may be associated with each reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and the specific association relationship includes any one of the following: (1) A frequency is associated with at least one reference point information. (2) A frequency is associated with a distance threshold corresponding to at least one reference point information. (3) One frequency domain is associated with at least one reference point information and at least one reference point information.

[0030] In some embodiments, the distance threshold is expressed in terms of length, for example, the distance threshold may be expressed in meters, kilometers, or other units of length, and is not limited to embodiments of the present application.

[0031] In some embodiments, the frequencies associated with different reference point information are the same, or the frequencies associated with different reference point information are different.

[0032] Optionally, the reference point information may be location information, ie at least one of the reference point information indicates a neighboring cell location.

[0033] In the embodiment of the present application, the reference point information can indicate the location of the neighboring cell, and when the frequencies associated with different reference point information are the same, it indicates that the frequencies of the different neighboring cells are the same.When the frequencies associated with different reference point information are different, it indicates that the frequencies of the different neighboring cells are different.

[0034] It should be noted that, among the plurality of pieces of reference point information, there is some reference point information associated with the same frequency, and there is also some reference point information associated with different frequencies.

[0035] For example, a network device sets four reference point information for a terminal, which are reference point information 1, reference point information 2, reference point information 3 and reference point information 4, respectively, where reference point information 1 is associated with frequency 1, reference point information 2 is associated with frequency 2, reference point information 3 is associated with frequency 1, and reference point information 4 is associated with frequency 3.

[0036] In addition, the embodiment of the present application will be described by taking as an example whether the frequencies associated with different reference point information are the same. In another embodiment, when a distance threshold corresponds to the reference point information, the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to different reference point information are the same, or the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to different reference point information are different. In another embodiment, the frequencies associated with the different reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the reference point information are the same, or the frequencies associated with the different reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the reference point information are different.

[0037] In some embodiments, the configuration information is a system message, and the network device sends the system message to the terminal to configure at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information for the terminal via the system message.

[0038] In some embodiments, the configuration information is a radio resource control (RRC) release message, and the network device sends an RRC release message to the terminal, thereby configuring at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information for the terminal through the RRC release message.

[0039] Step 202: Receive configuration information transmitted from a terminal network device, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency.

[0040] In an embodiment of the application, the network device sets reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information for the terminal by sending configuration information, and after the terminal receives the configuration information sent from the network device, it can determine the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information based on the configuration information, and can determine a frequency associated with each reference point information and / or each reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0041] In step 203, the terminal performs neighbor cell measurement based on at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal determines at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, so that the terminal performs neighbor cell measurement based on the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information. Note that the terminal can determine its own location, and the terminal performs neighbor cell measurement based on its own location, the reference point information, and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0043] In some embodiments, at least one reference point information indicates a neighboring cell location, where for each neighboring cell, the neighboring cell covers a certain area, and the neighboring cell is indicated by setting a reference point in the neighboring cell to indicate the location of the neighboring cell using the reference point. For the terminal, the terminal may determine a distance between the terminal and the neighboring cell based on its own location and the neighboring cell location indicated by the reference point information, and then perform neighboring cell measurement based on the determined distance and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0044] Optionally, the reference point information is the center position of the neighboring cell, or the reference point information is the position where the signal quality of the neighboring cell is strongest, or other positions of the neighboring cell, and is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0045] In some embodiments, the network device and the at least one reference point information belong to different types of networks, i.e., each of the reference point information in the at least one reference point information belongs to a network, the network device belongs to a network, and the type of the network to which the network device belongs is different from the type of the network to which the at least one reference point information belongs.

[0046] Optionally, the network device belongs to the NTN, and at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information belong to the TN.

[0047] In an embodiment of the present application, communication can be performed between the network device and the terminal, that is, the cell covered by the network device is the serving cell of the terminal, the serving cell in which the terminal is located is an NTN type network, and the neighboring cell is a TN type network, and the terminal needs to measure the TN type neighboring cell.

[0048] In addition, the steps performed by the network device may constitute an embodiment alone, and the steps performed by the terminal may constitute an example alone, and the present application is not limited in this regard.

[0049] In the solution provided by the embodiment of the present application, the network device sets reference point information and distance thresholds corresponding to each reference point information for the terminal, thereby facilitating the terminal to perform neighbor cell measurement according to the reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the reference point information. A neighbor cell measurement manner is provided to ensure the measurement of the neighbor cell, and the cell measurement is performed according to the reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the reference point information, thereby improving the accuracy of the cell measurement.

[0050] The present application further provides a neighboring cell measurement method, in which a terminal performs neighboring cell measurement based on at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, where the terminal determines whether to perform measurement of a frequency associated with the reference point information based on a priority of the frequency and a distance between the terminal and a position indicated by the reference point information.

[0051] In some embodiments, A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The frequency reselection priority associated with the distance threshold corresponding to Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, measure the frequency.

[0052] In the above embodiment, when the terminal measures the frequency, the following three cases are possible:

[0053] (1) Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, measure the frequency.

[0054] In an embodiment of the present application, a frequency associated with the reference point information has a priority, and a frequency of a serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well; Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that the priority of measuring the frequency associated with the reference point information is high, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency by taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the reference point information is measured.

[0055] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information is high, and the terminal is further located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, so that the terminal can measure the frequency associated with the reference point information.

[0056] (2) The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, measure the frequency.

[0057] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cellIf it is higher, it indicates that there is a high priority for measuring the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is measured.

[0058] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and since the priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is high and the terminal is further located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, the terminal can measure the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0059] (3) The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, measure the frequency.

[0060] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well. The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that there is a high priority for measuring the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is measured.

[0061] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is high, and since the terminal is further located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, the terminal can measure the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0062] The embodiment of the present application provides a neighbor cell measurement manner, ensures the measurement of neighbor cells, and performs cell measurement according to reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, avoids unnecessary neighbor cell measurement, and reduces the power consumption of the terminal. And when the terminal determines that the reselection priority of a frequency is higher than the frequency priority of the serving cell, and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information associated with the frequency is less than or equal to the distance threshold, the terminal measures the frequency, avoiding the case where the distance between the terminal and the neighbor cell corresponding to the frequency is greater than the distance threshold, and saves the terminal measurement resources.

[0063] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application are described by way of example in which the terminal measures the frequency associated with the reference point, and in some other embodiments, the terminal may not measure the frequency.

[0064] Selectively, the terminal A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The frequency reselection priority associated with the distance threshold corresponding to Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency is not measured.

[0065] Here, when the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the reference point information, the terminal is classified into the following three types.

[0066] (1) Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency is not measured.

[0067] In an embodiment of the present application, a frequency associated with the reference point information has a priority, and a frequency of a serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well; Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that the priority of measuring the frequency associated with the reference point information is high, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the reference point information is not measured.

[0068] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information is high, the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the reference point information because the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information.

[0069] (2) The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency is not measured.

[0070] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that there is a high priority for measuring the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is not measured.

[0071] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is high, the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information because the terminal is located in the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information.

[0072] (3) The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency is not measured.

[0073] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well. The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that there is a high priority for measuring the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the irrelevant reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is measured.

[0074] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is high, since the terminal is outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0075] In the solution provided by the embodiment of the present application, when the reselection priority of a frequency is higher than the frequency priority of the serving cell and the distance between the terminal and a location indicated by the reference point information associated with the frequency is greater than a distance threshold, the terminal does not measure the frequency, preventing the occurrence of a situation in which the terminal measures the frequency even when the distance between the terminal and a neighboring cell corresponding to the frequency is greater than the distance threshold, thereby saving terminal measurement resources.

[0076] The present application further provides a neighboring cell measurement method, in which a terminal performs neighboring cell measurement based on at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, where one frequency is associated with multiple reference point information, and the terminal still determines whether to measure the frequency associated with the reference point information based on the priority of the frequency and the distance between the terminal and a location indicated by the reference point information.

[0077] Here, when a frequency is associated with multiple pieces of reference point information, that is, when the frequency associated with the multiple pieces of reference point information is the same, but each piece of reference point information indicates at least one adjacent cell, it indicates that the frequencies of the adjacent cells indicated by the multiple pieces of reference point information are the same.

[0078] In some embodiments, the terminal may be configured to associate a frequency with a plurality of reference point information and / or distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a frequency reselection priority may be determined. Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the frequency is higher than the reference point information, and the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0079] The terminal measuring the frequency associated with the reference point information includes the following three situations:

[0080] (1) A frequency is associated with multiple reference point information, and the reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cellIf the frequency is higher than the reference point information and the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the at least one of the reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0081] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information have a priority, the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located also has a priority, and the plurality of Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that the priority of measuring the frequency is high, and it is necessary to decide whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point. Therefore, if the distance between the position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to at least one set reference point information, the frequency associated with the reference point information is measured.

[0082] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and since the priority of the frequency is high and the terminal is within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, the terminal can measure the frequency.

[0083] For example, reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all associated with frequency 1, the distance thresholds corresponding to reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all 50 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 is 40 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 2 is 70 meters, and the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 3 is 60 meters, thereby it can be determined that the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 of reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 is shorter than 50 meters, and therefore the terminal can measure frequency 1.

[0084] (2) A frequency is associated with a distance threshold corresponding to a plurality of reference point information, and the reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the frequency is higher than the reference point information and the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the at least one of the reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0085] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information have a priority, and the frequencies of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located have a priority as well. The reselection priority of the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that the priority of measuring the frequency is high, and it is necessary to decide whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point. Therefore, if the distance between the position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to at least one set reference point information, the frequency associated with the reference point information is measured.

[0086] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and since the priority of the frequency is high and the terminal is within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, the terminal can measure the frequency.

[0087] For example, distance threshold 1 corresponding to reference point information 1, distance threshold 2 corresponding to reference point information 2, and distance threshold 3 corresponding to reference point information 3 are all associated with frequency 1, and distance threshold 1, distance threshold 2, and distance threshold 3 are all 50 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 is 40 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 2 is 70 meters, and the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 3 is 60 meters, thereby it can be determined that the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 among reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 is shorter than 50 meters, and therefore the terminal can measure frequency 1.

[0088] (3) A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the frequency is higher than the reference point information and the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the at least one of the reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0089] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information have a priority, the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that the measurement priority of the frequency is high, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to at least one set reference point information, the frequency associated with the reference point information is measured.

[0090] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and since the priority of the frequency is high and the terminal is within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, the terminal can measure the frequency.

[0091] The embodiment of the present application provides a neighbor cell measurement method, ensures the measurement of neighbor cells, and performs cell measurement based on reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, avoids unnecessary neighbor cell measurement, and reduces the power consumption of the terminal. And when the terminal determines that the reselection priority of a frequency is higher than the frequency priority of the serving cell, and the distance between the positions indicated by at least one reference point information among a plurality of reference point information associated with the frequency is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the terminal measures the frequency, avoiding the situation of measuring the frequency even if the distance between the terminal and the reference point corresponding to the frequency is greater than the distance threshold, and saving the terminal measurement resources.

[0092] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application are described by way of example in which the terminal measures the frequency associated with the reference point, and in some other embodiments, the terminal may not measure the frequency.

[0093] Optionally, the frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each reference point information in the plurality of reference point information is higher than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0094] Here, the cases in which the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the reference point information include the following three types of situations:

[0095] (1) A frequency is associated with multiple reference point information, and the reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cellIf the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each reference point information in the plurality of reference point information is higher than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0096] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information have a priority, the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located also has a priority, and the plurality of Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that the priority of measuring the frequency is high, and it is necessary to decide whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point. Therefore, if the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each of the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency associated with the reference point information is not measured.

[0097] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, this indicates that the terminal is not within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency is high, the terminal does not measure the frequency because none of the terminals are within the coverage range of the neighboring cells indicated by the multiple reference point information.

[0098] For example, reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all associated with frequency 1, the distance thresholds corresponding to reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all 50 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 is 55 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 2 is 70 meters, and the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 3 is 60 meters, thereby it can be determined that the distances between the terminal and the positions indicated by reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all greater than 50 meters, and therefore the terminal does not measure frequency 1.

[0099] (2) A frequency is associated with a distance threshold corresponding to a plurality of reference point information, and the reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cellIf the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each reference point information in the plurality of reference point information is higher than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0100] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information have a priority, and the frequencies of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located have a priority as well. The reselection priority of the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher, it indicates that the priority of measuring the frequency is high, and it is necessary to decide whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point. Therefore, if the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each of the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency associated with the reference point information is not measured.

[0101] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, this indicates that the terminal is not within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency is high, the terminal does not measure the frequency because none of the terminals are within the coverage range of the neighboring cells indicated by the multiple reference point information.

[0102] (3) A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each reference point information in the plurality of reference point information is higher than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0103] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information have a priority, the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cellIf it is higher, it indicates that the measurement priority of the frequency is high, and since it is necessary to determine whether or not to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, if the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each of the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency associated with the reference point information is not measured.

[0104] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, this indicates that the terminal is not within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency is high, the terminal does not measure the frequency because none of the terminals are within the coverage range of the neighboring cells indicated by the multiple reference point information.

[0105] In the solution provided by the embodiment of the present application, when the terminal determines that the reselection priority of a frequency is higher than the frequency priority of the serving cell and the distance between the positions indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information associated with the frequency is less than or equal to a distance threshold, the terminal measures the frequency, thereby preventing the occurrence of a situation in which the terminal measures the frequency even if the distance between the terminal and a neighboring cell corresponding to the frequency is greater than the distance threshold, and saving terminal measurement resources.

[0106] The present application further provides a neighboring cell measurement method, in which a terminal performs neighboring cell measurement based on at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, where the terminal determines whether to measure a frequency associated with the reference point information based on a priority of the frequency and a distance between the terminal and a position indicated by the reference point information.

[0107] In some embodiments, A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0108] The terminal measures the frequency in the following three cases:

[0109] (1) Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0110] The quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0111] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0112] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0113] In an embodiment of the present application, a frequency associated with the reference point information has a priority, and a frequency of a serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well; Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, it indicates that the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located satisfies the communication condition, and since there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to determine the frequency associated with the reference point information taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, therefore, when the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the reference point information is measured.

[0114] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, if the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information is a TN network, the terminal may preferentially stay in the TN network, and therefore the terminal measures the frequency associated with the reference point information.

[0115] (2) The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0116] The quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0117] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0118] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0119] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving celland if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, it indicates that the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located satisfies the communication condition, and since there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, and therefore, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is measured.

[0120] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, since the terminal is within the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, if the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information is a TN network, the terminal may preferentially stay in the TN network, and therefore the terminal measures the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0121] (3) A reselection priority of a frequency associated with the reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0122] The quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0123] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0124] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0125] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, it indicates that the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located satisfies the communication condition, and since there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to consider whether to measure the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, and therefore, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is measured.

[0126] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, if the terminal is within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information and the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information is a TN network, the terminal may preferentially stay in the TN network, and therefore the terminal measures the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0127] The embodiment of the present application provides a neighboring cell measurement method, ensures the measurement of the neighboring cell, and performs cell measurement according to reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information to improve the accuracy of the cell measurement. Then, when the terminal determines that the reselection priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of the serving cell, and the signal quality of the serving cell meets the quality condition, when the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information associated with the frequency is less than or equal to the distance threshold, the terminal still measures the frequency, thereby improving the efficiency of the terminal performing neighboring cell measurement and reselecting to the neighboring cell.

[0128] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application are described by way of example in which the terminal measures the frequency associated with the reference point, and in some other embodiments, the terminal may not measure the frequency.

[0129] Selectable, A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0130] There are three cases where the terminal does not measure the frequency:

[0131] (1) Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0132] Here, the quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0133] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0134] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0135] In an embodiment of the present application, a frequency associated with the reference point information has a priority, and a frequency of a serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well; Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, it indicates that the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located satisfies the communication condition. Since there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to determine the frequency associated with the reference point information taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point. If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the reference point information is not measured.

[0136] If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the reference point information because the terminal is outside the coverage area of ​​the neighbor cell indicated by the reference point information.

[0137] (2) The reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0138] Here, the quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0139] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0140] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0141] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, it indicates that the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located satisfies the communication condition, and since there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point, and if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is not measured.

[0142] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, the terminal is out of the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, so the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0143] (3) A reselection priority of a frequency associated with the reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0144] Here, the quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0145] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0146] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0147] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, it indicates that the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located satisfies the communication condition. Since there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to consider whether to measure the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information in consideration of the distance between the terminal and the reference point. If the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency associated with the non-reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is measured.

[0148] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and the priority of the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, the terminal is out of the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, so the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information.

[0149] In a solution provided by an embodiment of the present application, when a terminal has a frequency reselection priority that is the same as the frequency priority of a serving cell and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies a quality condition, if the distance between the terminal and a location indicated by the reference point information associated with the frequency is greater than a distance threshold, the terminal does not measure the frequency, thereby improving the accuracy with which the terminal performs neighbor cell measurements.

[0150] The present application further provides a neighboring cell measurement method, in which a terminal performs neighboring cell measurement based on at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, where a frequency is associated with multiple reference point information, and the terminal still determines whether to measure the frequency associated with the reference point information based on the priority of the frequency, the signal quality of the serving cell, and the distance between the terminal and a location indicated by the reference point information.

[0151] When a frequency is associated with multiple reference point information, i.e., the frequency associated with the multiple reference point information is the same, but each reference point information indicates at least one adjacent cell, it indicates that the frequencies of the adjacent cells indicated by the multiple reference point information are the same.

[0152] In some embodiments, the terminal may be configured to associate a frequency with a plurality of reference point information and / or distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a frequency reselection priority may be determined. Second frequency priority of the current serving celland if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the location corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0153] The terminal measuring the frequency associated with the reference point information includes the following three situations:

[0154] (1) A frequency is associated with multiple reference point information, and the frequency reselection priority is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the location corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0155] Here, the quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0156] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0157] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0158] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information have a priority, the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located also has a priority, and the plurality of Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving celland if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, so it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point; therefore, if the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0159] If the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of the serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, the terminal is still within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, so if the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information is a TN network, the terminal may preferentially stay in the TN network, and therefore the terminal can measure the frequency.

[0160] For example, reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all associated with frequency 1, the distance thresholds corresponding to reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all 50 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 is 40 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 2 is 70 meters, and the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 3 is 60 meters, thereby it can be determined that the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 of reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 is shorter than 50 meters, and therefore the terminal can measure frequency 1.

[0161] (2) A frequency is associated with a distance threshold corresponding to multiple reference point information, and a frequency reselection priority is determined. Second frequency priority of the current serving celland if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the location corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0162] Here, the quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0163] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0164] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0165] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information have a priority, and the frequencies of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located have a priority as well. The reselection priority of the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, since there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency taking into consideration the distance between the terminal and the reference point; therefore, if the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0166] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of the serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, since the terminal is within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, if the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information is a TN network, the terminal may preferentially stay in the TN network, and therefore the terminal can measure the frequency.

[0167] (3) A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is determined. Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the location corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0168] Here, the quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0169] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0170] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0171] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequency associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information has a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well, and the reselection priority of the frequency associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, so it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point; therefore, if the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0172] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, and even if the priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of the serving cell and the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, since the terminal is within the coverage range of the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, if the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information is a TN network, the terminal may preferentially stay in the TN network, and therefore the terminal can measure the frequency.

[0173] The embodiment of the present application provides a neighbor cell measurement method, ensures the measurement of neighbor cells, and performs cell measurement according to reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information to improve the accuracy of cell measurement. Then, when the terminal determines that the reselection priority of a frequency is the same as the frequency priority of a serving cell, and the signal quality of the serving cell meets the quality condition, when the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information associated with the frequency is less than or equal to the distance threshold, the terminal still measures the frequency, thereby improving the efficiency of the terminal performing neighbor cell measurement and reselecting to the neighbor cell.

[0174] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application are described by way of example in which the terminal measures the frequency associated with the reference point, and in some other embodiments, the terminal may not measure the frequency.

[0175] Optionally, the frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to each reference point information in the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0176] There are three types of situations in which the terminal does not measure the frequency associated with the reference point information:

[0177] (1) A frequency is associated with multiple reference point information, and the frequency reselection priority is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to each reference point information in the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0178] Here, the quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0179] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0180] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0181] In the embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information have a priority, the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located also has a priority, and the plurality of Reselection priority of first frequency associated with reference point information but Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, and there is a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency considering the distance between the terminal and the reference point. Therefore, among the multiple reference point information, Each If the distance between the position corresponding to the reference point information and the terminal is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0182] Here, if the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, the priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of the serving cell, the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, and the terminal further selects one of the plurality of reference point information. each Since the frequency is outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, the terminal does not need to measure the frequency.

[0183] For example, reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all associated with frequency 1, the distance thresholds corresponding to reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all 50 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 1 is 55 meters, the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 2 is 70 meters, and the distance between the terminal and the position indicated by reference point information 3 is 60 meters, thereby it can be determined that the distances between the terminal and the positions indicated by reference point information 1, reference point information 2, and reference point information 3 are all greater than 50 meters, and therefore the terminal does not need to measure frequency 1.

[0184] (2) A frequency is associated with a distance threshold corresponding to multiple reference point information, and a frequency reselection priority is determined. Second frequency priority of the current serving cellIf the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to each reference point information in the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0185] The quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0186] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0187] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0188] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information have a priority, and the frequencies of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located have a priority as well. The reselection priority of the frequencies associated with the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, so it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point; therefore, if the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0189] If the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, the priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of the serving cell, the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, and the terminal is further outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, so the terminal does not need to measure the frequency.

[0190] (3) A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is determined. Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to each reference point information in the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0191] The quality condition indicates a signal quality requirement of the serving cell, and indicates that the terminal can communicate through the serving cell if the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the quality condition.

[0192] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0193] The preset level and the preset quality may be agreed upon by a protocol or may be preset by the network device, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0194] In an embodiment of the present application, the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information have a priority, and the frequency of the serving cell in which the terminal is currently located has a priority as well. The reselection priority of the frequencies associated with the plurality of reference point information and the distance thresholds corresponding to the plurality of reference point information is Second frequency priority of the current serving celland if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition, there is also a certain distance between the terminal and the reference point, so it is necessary to determine whether to measure the frequency taking into account the distance between the terminal and the reference point; therefore, if the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the set reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0195] If the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, it indicates that the terminal is located outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by the reference point information, the priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of the serving cell, the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition, and the terminal is further outside the coverage area of ​​the neighboring cell indicated by at least one of the multiple reference point information, so the terminal does not need to measure the frequency.

[0196] In a solution provided by an embodiment of the present application, when a terminal has a frequency reselection priority that is the same as the frequency priority of a serving cell and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies a quality condition, if the distance between the terminal and a location indicated by the reference point information associated with the frequency is greater than a distance threshold, the terminal does not measure the frequency, thereby improving the accuracy with which the terminal performs neighbor cell measurements.

[0197] The quality conditions in the above examples are as follows: Srxlev = Q rxlevmeas - (Q rxlevmin + Q rxlevminoffset )-P compensation - Qoffset temp Squal = Q qualmeas - (Q qualmin + Q qualminoffset ) - Qoffset temp where Srxlev is the cell selection level and Squal is the cell selection quality. temp is the cell offset. Qrxlevmeas Q is the RSRP (Reference Signal Receiving Power). qualmeas Q is the Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ). rxlevmin Q is the minimum level required by the cell. qualmin Q is the minimum quality level required by a cell. rxlevminoffset is the signal offset in the Srxlev evaluation. Q qualminoffset teeth Squal is the signal offset in the evaluation. P compensation is the compensation level. P compensation Regarding the possible values ​​of , for FR1 (Frequency Range1), if the terminal supports Pmax added to the NR-NS-PmaxList, if present, obtain the difference between PEMAX1 and PPowerClass and the first maximum value among 0, (PPowerClass is the power class level), the first minimum value among PEMAX2 and PPowerClass, and the second minimum value among PEMAX1 and PPowerClass from SIB1 (System Information Block 1), SIB2 (System Information Block 2), and SIB4 (System Information Block 4), and further obtain the first difference between the first minimum value and the second minimum value, and define the difference between the first maximum value and the first difference as P compensation If it does not exist, the maximum value of PEMAX1-PPowerClass and 0 is determined as P compensation For FR2 (Frequency Range 2), P compensationis set to 0. PEMAX is the maximum power level that the terminal can use during uplink transmission. If the terminal supports the SUL (Supplementary Uplink) frequency of the cell, PEMAX1 and PEMAX2 are obtained from the p-Max of the SUL and the NR-NS-PmaxList (maximum power level list) of the SUL in the SIB1, SIB2, and SIB4, respectively. If the terminal does not support the SUL frequency of the cell, PEMAX1 and PEMAX2 are obtained from the p-Max and NR-NS-PmaxList in the SIB1, SIB2, and SIB4 of the normal UL (Uplink), respectively.

[0198] It should be noted that the above embodiments may be divided into new embodiments or may be combined with other embodiments as new embodiments, and the present application does not limit the combination between the embodiments.

[0199] FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a neighboring cell measurement device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 3, the device includes: A receiving module 301 for receiving configuration information sent from a network device, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency; and a measurement module 302 for performing neighbor cell measurements based on at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information.

[0200] In some embodiments, the at least one reference point information indicates a location of a neighboring cell.

[0201] In some embodiments, the configuration information is a system message or the configuration information is a radio resource control (RRC) release message.

[0202] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The reselection priority of the frequency corresponding to the distance threshold is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold, measure the frequency.

[0203] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The reselection priority of the frequency corresponding to the distance threshold is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If it is higher and the distance between the terminal and the location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency is not measured.

[0204] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the frequency is higher than the reference point information, and the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is measured.

[0205] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the distance between the terminal and the position corresponding to each reference point information in the plurality of reference point information is higher than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0206] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The reselection priority of the frequency corresponding to the distance threshold is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0207] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A first frequency and / or reference point information associated with the reference point information The reselection priority of the frequency corresponding to the distance threshold is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell meets the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and the location corresponding to the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0208] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell and if the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the location corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, measure the frequency.

[0209] In some embodiments, the measurement module 302 further comprises: A frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, and a reselection priority of the frequency is Second frequency priority of the current serving cell If the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies the quality condition and the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to each reference point information in the multiple reference point information is greater than the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency is not measured.

[0210] In some embodiments, the quality condition is that the cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and the cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality.

[0211] In some embodiments, the network device belongs to a non-terrestrial based network (NTN).

[0212] In some embodiments, at least one of the reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information belongs to a terrestrial network (TN).

[0213] In addition, the above-mentioned embodiment provides an apparatus for implementing its functions, and only the division of each of the above-mentioned functional modules is described as an example, and in actual application, the above-mentioned functions can be completed by allocating them to different functional modules as necessary, that is, the internal structure of the device can be divided into different functional modules to achieve all or part of the above-mentioned functions. In addition, the apparatus and method embodiments provided in the above-mentioned embodiment belong to the same concept, and their specific implementation processes are referred to in the method embodiments, and detailed descriptions are omitted here.

[0214] FIG. 4 is a block diagram of another neighbor cell measurement device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 4, the device includes: A transmitting module 401 for transmitting configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency; At least one piece of reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each piece of reference point information are used for cell measurement by the terminal.

[0215] In some embodiments, the at least one reference point information indicates a location of a neighboring cell.

[0216] In some embodiments, the configuration information is a system message or the configuration information is an RRC release message.

[0217] In some embodiments, the network device belongs to an NTN.

[0218] In some embodiments, at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information belong to TN.

[0219] In addition, the device provided by the above embodiments only takes the division of the above functional modules as an example when implementing its functions, and in actual application, the above functions can be assigned to different functional modules to be completed as necessary, that is, the internal structure of the device can be divided into different functional modules to achieve all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the device and method embodiments provided by the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and their specific implementation processes are referred to in the method embodiments, and detailed descriptions are omitted here.

[0220] FIG. 5 shows a structural schematic diagram of a communication device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application, which includes: a processor 501 , a receiver 502 , a transmitter 503 , a memory 504 and a bus 505 .

[0221] The processor 501 includes one or more processing cores, and the processor 501 executes various functional applications and information processing by executing software programs and modules.

[0222] The receiver 502 and the transmitter 503 can be implemented as one communication component, which may be one communication chip.

[0223] The memory 504 is connected to the processor 501 via a bus 505 .

[0224] The memory 504 is used to store at least one program code, and the processor 501 executes the at least one program code to realize each step in the above method embodiments.

[0225] The communication device may also be a terminal or a network device. The memory 1004 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, including, but not limited to, a magnetic disk or optical disk, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a magnetic memory, a flash memory, and a programmable read-only memory (PROM).

[0226] In an exemplary embodiment, a computer readable storage medium is further provided, the readable storage medium having executable program code stored thereon, the executable program code being loaded and executed by a processor to realize the neighbor cell measurement method performed by a communications device provided by each of the method embodiments above.

[0227] Exemplary embodiments provide a chip including programmable logic circuitry and / or program instructions that, when executed in a terminal or network device, implement the neighbor cell measurement methods provided by each method embodiment.

[0228] In an exemplary embodiment, a computer program product is provided, which, when executed by a processor of a terminal or a network device, implements the neighbor cell measurement method provided by each of the method embodiments above.

[0229] Those skilled in the art will recognize that all or part of the steps of implementing the above embodiments may be completed by hardware, or may be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a program, and the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc.

[0230] The above description is merely a possible embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included within the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A neighboring cell measurement method performed by a terminal, comprising: receiving configuration information transmitted from a network device, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, the each reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information being associated with at least one frequency; performing neighbor cell measurements based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information; 2. A method for measuring adjacent cells comprising the steps of:

2. said at least one reference point information indicating a location of a neighboring cell; 2. The method of claim 1 .

3. The configuration information is a system message or a radio resource control release (RRC release) message.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The step of performing neighbor cell measurement based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each of the reference point information includes: measuring the frequency when a frequency reselection priority associated with the reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is higher than a frequency priority of a current serving cell, and a distance between the terminal and a location indicated by the reference point information is equal to or less than the distance threshold; The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. If a frequency reselection priority associated with the reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is higher than a frequency priority of a current serving cell, and a distance between the terminal and a location indicated by the reference point information is greater than the distance threshold, the frequency reselection priority is not measured. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

6. The step of performing neighbor cell measurement based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each of the reference point information includes: measuring the frequency when a frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, a reselection priority of the frequency is higher than a frequency priority of a current serving cell, and a distance between a position corresponding to at least one of the plurality of reference point information and the terminal is equal to or less than a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information; The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

7. The method further includes the step of not measuring the frequency when a frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, a reselection priority of the frequency is higher than a frequency priority of a current serving cell, and a distance between a position corresponding to each reference point information in the plurality of reference point information and the terminal is greater than a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

8. The step of performing neighbor cell measurement based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each of the reference point information includes: measuring the frequency when a frequency reselection priority associated with the reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is the same as a frequency priority of a current serving cell, a signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies a quality condition, and a distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to the reference point information is equal to or less than a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information; The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

9. If a frequency reselection priority associated with the reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information is the same as a frequency priority of a current serving cell, the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies a quality condition, and the distance between the terminal and a position corresponding to the reference point information is greater than a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information, the frequency reselection priority is not measured. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

10. The step of performing neighbor cell measurement based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each of the reference point information includes: The frequency is measured when a frequency is associated with multiple reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the multiple reference point information, the reselection priority of the frequency is the same as the frequency priority of a current serving cell, the signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies a quality condition, and the distance between a position corresponding to at least one of the multiple reference point information and the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

11. The method further includes the step of not measuring the frequency when a frequency is associated with a plurality of reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to the plurality of reference point information, a reselection priority of the frequency is the same as a frequency priority of a current serving cell, a signal quality of the current serving cell satisfies a quality condition, and a distance between a position corresponding to each reference point information in the plurality of reference point information and the terminal is greater than a distance threshold corresponding to the reference point information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

12. The quality condition is that a cell selection level of the serving cell is higher than a preset level and a cell selection quality of the serving cell is higher than a preset quality. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11.

13. The network device belongs to a non-terrestrial network (NTN), The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

14. The at least one reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information belong to a terrestrial network (TN); The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

15. A neighboring cell measurement method performed by a network device, comprising: A step of transmitting configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each of the reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each of the reference point information is associated with at least one frequency; The at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information are used for cell measurement by the terminal.

2. A method for measuring adjacent cells comprising the steps of:

16. said at least one reference point information indicating a location of a neighboring cell; 16. The method of claim 15 .

17. The configuration information is a system message or a radio resource control release (RRC release) message.

17. The method according to claim 15 or 16.

18. The network device belongs to an NTN. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 17.

19. The at least one reference point information and the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information belong to TN; The method according to any one of claims 15 to 17.

20. An adjacent cell measurement device, A receiving module for receiving configuration information transmitted from a network device, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, and each reference point information and / or a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information is associated with at least one frequency; A measurement module for performing neighbor cell measurements based on the at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information.

2. An adjacent cell measuring device comprising:

21. An adjacent cell measurement device, A transmission module for transmitting configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information, the reference point information and / or the distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information being associated with at least one frequency; The at least one reference point information and a distance threshold corresponding to each reference point information are used for cell measurement by the terminal.

2. An adjacent cell measuring device comprising:

22. A terminal, A processor; a transceiver coupled to the processor; The processor is configured to load and execute executable instructions to implement the neighboring cell measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 14. A terminal characterized by:

23. 1. A network device, comprising: A processor; a transceiver coupled to the processor; The processor is configured to load and execute executable instructions to implement the neighboring cell measurement method according to any one of claims 15 to 19. A network device comprising:

24. 1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising: The readable storage medium stores executable program code, and the executable program code is loaded and executed by a processor to realize the neighboring cell measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 19. A computer-readable storage medium comprising:

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