Information processing method and apparatus, communication device and storage medium

By introducing measurement mitigation parameters for UE in dual connectivity scenarios, the solution addresses excessive power consumption by reducing unnecessary radio signal measurements, enhancing battery efficiency and standby time.

JP7751119B2Active Publication Date: 2025-10-07BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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JP2024541620
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JP · JP
Patent Type
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Filing Date
2022-01-10
Publication Date
2025-10-07
Estimated Expiration
2042-01-10

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Technical Problem

Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in managing power consumption due to excessive radio signal measurements by User Equipment (UE) in dual connectivity scenarios, particularly in beam failure detection and radio resource management, leading to inefficient battery usage.

Method used

Implementing measurement mitigation parameters and methods for User Equipment (UE) to reduce unnecessary radio signal measurements by relaxing measurement criteria, such as reducing frequency or stopping measurements temporarily, based on specific conditions and network instructions.

Benefits of technology

Reduces power consumption in dual connectivity UEs by optimizing radio signal measurements, thereby extending battery life and improving standby time.

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Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. The information processing method performed by a UE may include obtaining measurement relaxation parameters used for measurement relaxation by the UE on a radio signal transmitted from a network node, where the network node includes a master network (MN) node and / or a secondary network (SN) node.
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Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technology, and more particularly to information processing methods and apparatuses, communication devices, and storage media. [Background technology]

[0002] A connected User Equipment (UE) measures the downlink radio signals of the serving cell, which may include Radio Link Management (RLM)-Reference Signals (RS), to detect the radio link quality and determine whether the UE and the serving cell are in an unsynchronized or synchronized state.

[0003] Beam Failure Detection (BFD) may be used by a connected UE to detect the quality of the serving cell, and if the quality of the serving cell is poor, it will trigger beam failure detection to realize a beam or find a new serving cell.

[0004] Radio Resource Management (RRM) is used by a connected UE to measure the radio signal quality of the serving cell and neighboring cells, so that the UE can switch or park on a cell with better signal quality. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0006] A first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: obtaining measurement mitigation parameters used for measurement mitigation by the UE on a radio signal transmitted from a network node; wherein the network node: Master Network (MN) node, and / or Secondary Network (SN) nodes.

[0007] A second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a network node, the network node including a MN node or an SN node of a dual connectivity UE, the method comprising: transmitting measurement mitigation related information to the UE; Here, the related information is Measurement relaxation parameters used for measurement relaxation of the UE; and a measurement mitigation indication for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE.

[0008] A third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by an SN node, the method comprising: transmitting information related to measurement mitigation by the UE to and from the MN node; The related information is capability information for determining measurement mitigation parameters of the UE; a measurement mitigation instruction for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE; Measured relaxation parameters for SCG, and auxiliary information used by the MN node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters of the UE for the SCG.

[0009] A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device comprising: an acquisition module configured to acquire measurement mitigation parameters used for measurement mitigation by the UE on a wireless signal transmitted from a network node; wherein the network node: Master Network (MN) node, and / or Contains secondary network (SN) nodes.

[0010] A fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device comprising: a third transmitting module configured to transmit measurement mitigation related information to the UE; Here, the related information is Measurement relaxation parameters used for measurement relaxation of the UE; and a measurement mitigation indication for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE.

[0011] A sixth aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing device executed by an SN node, the device comprising: a transmission module configured to transmit information related to measurement mitigation by the UE to and from the MN node; Here, the related information is capability information for determining measurement mitigation parameters of the UE; a measurement mitigation instruction for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE; Measured relaxation parameters for SCG, and auxiliary information used by the MN node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters of the UE for the SCG.

[0012] A seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device including a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the executable program, performs an information processing method provided by the first, second or third aspect described above.

[0013] An eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium, the computer storage medium storing an executable program, which, when executed by a processor, can realize the information processing method provided by the first, second or third aspect described above. [Effects of the Invention]

[0014] The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure obtains measurement mitigation parameters for a dual connectivity UE, thereby performing mitigation on the radio signal measurements of the MN node and / or SN node, thereby reducing the power consumption of the dual connectivity UE.

[0015] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0016] The drawings herein, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the specification, serve to explain the principles of embodiments of the invention. [Figure 1] 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a wireless communication system shown in an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 2] 1 is a flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. [Figure 3] 1 is a flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. [Figure 4] 4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a UE according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 5A] 4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a UE according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 5B] 4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a UE according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 6] 4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a UE according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 7] 4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a UE according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 8] 1 is a flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment. [Figure 9] 1 is a structural schematic diagram of an information processing device shown in an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 10] 1 is a structural schematic diagram of an information processing device shown in an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 11] 1 is a structural schematic diagram of an information processing device shown in an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 12] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a UE shown in an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 13] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a network node shown in an exemplary embodiment; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0017] Reference will now be made in detail to illustrative embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, like numerals in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following illustrative examples do not represent all embodiments consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of embodiments of the present invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

[0018] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims also include the plural forms. Furthermore, the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more associated and listed items.

[0019] It should be understood that, although various pieces of information may be described using terms such as first, second, and third in the embodiments of the present disclosure, these pieces of information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish between pieces of information of the same type. For example, first information could be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information could be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Depending on the context, the term "when" as used herein can be interpreted as "when," "when," or "in response to determining."

[0020] Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a structural schematic diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and may include a plurality of UEs 11 and a plurality of access devices 12.

[0021] Here, UE 11 may refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. UE 11 can communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). User Equipment 110 may be a UE, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (also called a "cellular" phone), or a computerized Internet of Things (IoT) UE, and may be, for example, a fixed, portable, pocket, handheld, computerized, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, it may be a station (STA), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, user device, or user equipment. Alternatively, User Equipment 110 may be an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) device. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 may be an in-vehicle device, such as a mobile computer with wireless communication capabilities or a wireless communication device with an external mobile computer, or may be a roadside device, such as a street lamp, traffic light, or other roadside device with wireless communication capabilities.

[0022] The access device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. Here, the wireless communication system may be the 4th generation mobile communication (4G) system, also called a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, or the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also called a new radio system or a 5G NR system. Or the wireless communication system may be a system of the next generation of the 5G system. Here, the access network in the 5G system may be called a New Generation-Radio Access Network (NG-RAN), or an MTC system.

[0023] Here, the access device 12 may be an evolved base station (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the access device 12 may be a base station (gNB) using a centralized-distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access device 12 uses a centralized-distributed architecture, it typically includes a central unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DUs). The centralized unit is configured with protocol stacks for a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, and the distributed units are configured with a physical (PHY) layer protocol stack. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific implementation of the access device 12.

[0024] A wireless connection can be established between the access device 12 and the UE 11 through a wireless interface. In different embodiments, the wireless interface is a wireless interface based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard, or the wireless interface is a wireless interface based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless interface is a new wireless interface, or the wireless interface may be a wireless interface based on a next generation mobile communication network technology standard after 5G.

[0025] In some embodiments, an end-to-end (E2E) connection may be established between the UEs 11, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication, and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication.

[0026] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13 .

[0027] The multiple access devices 12 are each connected to a network management device 13. Here, the network management device 13 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, a mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet core network (EPC). Alternatively, the network management device may be another core network device, for example, a serving gateway (SGW), a public data network gateway (PGW), a policy and charging rules function (PCRF), or a home subscriber server (HSS). The implementation of the network management device 13 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0028] As shown in FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a UE, and the method includes the following S210.

[0029] S210: Obtaining measurement mitigation parameters used for measurement mitigation by the UE on a wireless signal transmitted from a network node; wherein the network node: MN node, and / or Includes SN nodes.

[0030] The UE described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a UE that supports dual connectivity, which may include Multi Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC), Evolution Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio (E-UTRAN-NR) E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, Next Generation Radio Access Network-Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access-New Radio (NG-RAN-UTRA-NR) dual connectivity, or New Radio-New Radio (NR-NR) dual connectivity.

[0031] The dual connectivity UE may be in a connected state or a disconnected state, including but not limited to an inactive state and / or an idle state.

[0032] The measurement mitigation parameters may be used by the UE to mitigate measurements of radio signals transmitted from one or more network nodes to which it is connected.

[0033] Illustratively, the measured relaxation parameter is: measurement relaxation criteria indicating the measurement relaxation conditions under which measurement relaxation is performed; and / or It may also include a measurement mitigation configuration used for mitigating radio signal measurements of the UE.

[0034] The measurement frequency at which wireless signal measurements are performed in accordance with the measurement relaxation setting is lower than the measurement frequency at which wireless signal measurements are performed without following the measurement relaxation setting.

[0035] The measurement relaxation setting is a measurement stop parameter instructing the UE to decide to stop measuring radio signals, exemplarily the measurement stop parameter can be used by the UE to determine at least a start time and an end time to stop measuring radio signals; a measurement period determination parameter for determining a measurement period after the frequency of wireless signal measurement has decreased; an evaluation period determination parameter for determining an evaluation period after the evaluation is lowered after measurement relaxation; and a detection period determination parameter for determining the detection period after the detection period is shortened after the measurement relaxation.

[0036] Here, the network nodes may all be base stations, which may be eNBs and / or gNBs.

[0037] Since the UE supports dual connectivity, the network nodes to which the UE connects can be divided into a master MN node of the master serving cell and an SN node of the secondary serving cell.

[0038] In some embodiments, the dual connectivity UE performing radio signal measurements in accordance with the measurement mitigation parameters may include mitigating radio signal measurements for an MN node and / or an SN node.

[0039] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a dual connectivity UE relaxes its own measurements by obtaining measurement relaxation parameters, thereby reducing unnecessary measurements when infrequent measurements are required or when measurements are not required, and reducing the power consumption of the dual connectivity UE due to measurements.

[0040] In some embodiments, step S210 includes: receiving the measurement mitigation parameters transmitted from the network node; Or, Determining the measurement relaxation parameters according to protocol conventions.

[0041] The measurement mitigation parameters may be transmitted to the UE from a network node, for example, the MN node and / or SN node of the UE transmits the measurement mitigation parameters to the UE.

[0042] If the measurement relaxation parameters are transmitted from a network node to the UE, the UE may receive the measurement relaxation parameters in advance, and when it needs to perform measurement relaxation, it may receive an effectuation instruction transmitted from the network device and perform relaxation of radio signal measurements based on the effectuation instruction and the previously received measurement relaxation parameters.

[0043] Exemplarily, the UE may receive RRC signaling or MAC CE carrying the measurement mitigation parameters.

[0044] The UE may also determine the measurement mitigation parameter according to a protocol agreement. For example, if the protocol agrees on multiple candidate measurement mitigation parameters, the UE may select and use one candidate measurement mitigation parameter as a target measurement mitigation parameter according to its current remaining battery level and / or its mobility. After selecting the target measurement mitigation parameter, the UE may report information about the target measurement mitigation parameter to the network node, so as to easily inform the network node of the current radio signal measurement status of the dual connectivity UE. Of course, the UE may not need to report information about the target measurement mitigation parameter.

[0045] In short, there are various ways for the UE to obtain the measurement mitigation parameters, and the specific implementation is not limited to any one of the above.

[0046] The UE uses an Evolution Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio (E-UTRAN-NR) E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, and the network node includes an SN node of E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses Next Generation Radio Access Network-Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access-New Radio (NG-RAN-UTRA-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an SN node for NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity; or The UE includes a New Radio-Evolution Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access Network (NR-E-UTRA) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an MN node with NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity; Or, The UE includes a new radio-new radio (NR-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an MN node with NR-NR dual connectivity and / or an SN node with NR-NR dual connectivity.

[0047] If the UE supports dual connectivity, an RRC connection exists between the dual connectivity UE in a connected state and both the MN node and the SN node, and at this time, one of the MN node and the SN node will have more frequent signaling and / or data communication with the UE, and at this time, the UE can exchange any information related to mitigation measurements with the network node, such as mitigation measurement parameters, capability information indicating the UE's measurement mitigation capabilities, mitigation measurement request information and / or mitigation measurement indication.

[0048] In some embodiments, the measured relaxation parameter is: RLM measured relaxation parameters, BFD measurement relaxation parameters, RRM measurement mitigation parameters.

[0049] After obtaining the RLM measurement mitigation parameters, the UE stops RLM measurement for a certain period of time or reduces the RLM measurement frequency based on the RLM measurement mitigation parameters.

[0050] What is RLM measurement? This is the process by which a UE in a connected (RRC_CONNECTED) state monitors the quality of the downlink radio link by measuring the downlink RLM-RS (SSB-RS and / or CSI-RS) of the serving cell (SpCell, inside active BWP) and determines whether the UE and the serving cell are in downlink synchronized (IS) or out-of-sync (OOS) state.

[0051] Specifically, the UE periodically measures each RLM-RS and compares the obtained measurements with a synchronization threshold (Q in ) and the asynchronous threshold (Q out ) to determine the IS / OOS state of the UE, and the physical layer reports the determined IS / OOS state to a higher layer. The higher layer here includes, but is not limited to, the RRC layer, and may be any layer higher than the physical layer.

[0052] Within the out-of-sync evaluation period (TEvaluate_out), the threshold Q out All measurement results are evaluated to see if they are lower than Q out If lower, Layer 1 (L1) reports an out-of-sync (OOS) indication to the upper layer.

[0053] Within the in-sync evaluation period (TEvaluate_in), the threshold Q in If any one of the measurement results is better than Q in If it is better than the previous one, L1 reports an IS indication to the upper layer.

[0054] The higher layer decides the next action based on the reported information, i.e., if the OOS counter records N310 consecutive OOS indications, the UE starts the RLF timer T310 configured by the network.

[0055] When the IS counter records N311 consecutive IS indications reported by the physical layer, it stops the T310 timing and the UE reports RLF when T310 expires.

[0056] After obtaining the BFD measurement mitigation parameters, the UE may stop BFD measurement for a certain period of time or reduce the BFD measurement frequency based on the BFD measurement mitigation parameters.

[0057] Since the beam-level communication link is easily blocked, the communication quality is easily deteriorated and communication failures may even occur. When a downlink beam failure occurs, if the UE has a new candidate beam to replace the current failed beam, the recovery process of RLF beam failure due to beam failure may be simplified. The recovery process of the beam failure is as follows: 1) Beam Failure Detection (BFD): The detection target is the UE's current service beam (SpCell and SCell), and the measurement content is the SSB-RS / CSI-RS (up to 2) of the corresponding service beam. The measurement results within the evaluation period (TEvaluate_BFD) are compared with the Qout_LR (BLER=10%) threshold. If all measurement results are lower than the threshold, a Beam Failure Instance Indication is triggered once. 2) If the number of L1 beam failure indications reaches the configured threshold (beamFailureInstanceMaxCount) before the configured beam failure detection timeout (beamFailureDetectionTimer) expires, the UE declares beam failure and initiates candidate beam detection (CBD). 3) Candidate Beam Detection: The detection target is a set of candidate beams configured by the network for the UE, and the measurement content is the SSB-RS and / or CSI-RS of the corresponding candidate beam. The detection is based on comparing the measurement results within the evaluation period (TEvaluate_CBD) with the set threshold Qin_LR (L1-RSRP), and the candidate beam with the measurement result higher than the threshold is selected as a new available beam.

[0058] The UE notifies the network that it has found a new beam available, so that the network knows that it can use the new beam for downlink transmission.

[0059] After obtaining the RRM measurement mitigation parameter, the UE may stop RRM measurement for a certain period of time or reduce the frequency of RRM measurement based on the RRM measurement mitigation parameter.

[0060] The RRM measurements include measurements on the serving cell's SSB and / or neighboring cells' SSBs, and perform cell switching and / or cell reselection based on the SSB measurement results. The neighboring cells may include intra-frequency neighboring cells, inter-frequency neighboring cells, and / or inter-system neighboring cells.

[0061] As shown in FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a UE, and the method includes the following steps S310 to S320.

[0062] S310: Send the capability information of the UE to a network node.

[0063] The UE may be a UE that supports dual connectivity and / or a UE that has dual connectivity.

[0064] Some of the capability information is used to measure mitigation parameters by the network node and / or whether the network node instructs the UE to measure mitigation radio signals.

[0065] The measured relaxation parameters here may be the measured relaxation parameters provided by any of the embodiments described above.

[0066] Illustratively, the capability information indicates the mitigation measurements supported by the UE and / or indicates the degree of mitigation of radio signal measurements supported by the UE, and thus, based on the capability information, the network node can determine whether the UE supports radio signal measurement mitigation and / or the degree of mitigation when the UE supports radio signal measurement mitigation.

[0067] In some embodiments, the UE capability information reporting may be used in combination with or alone than the method shown in Figure 2. For example, referring to Figure 3, after the UE reports its capability information, the network node determines measurement relaxation parameters for measurement relaxation by the UE for the MCG and / or SCG based on the UE capability information, and sends the determined measurement relaxation parameters to the UE at S320.

[0068] Illustratively, the capability information is: a first capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation; a second capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation; and a third capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation.

[0069] The first capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RLM measurement relaxation.

[0070] The second capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, different bit values ​​of which represent two capability states: the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation and the UE does not support BFD measurement mitigation.

[0071] The third capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, different bit values ​​of which represent two capability states: the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation and the UE does not support RRM measurement mitigation.

[0072] In some embodiments, the capability information may include one field, and different bits of the field may correspond to one or more of the first capability indicator, the second capability indicator, and the third capability indicator, respectively.

[0073] In some embodiments, when there is a correlation between the measurement mitigation capabilities supported by the UE, it may be possible to unify the UE's support of two or three of RLM, BFD, and RRM measurement mitigation. For example, assuming that the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation, it may be possible to synchronously indicate that the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation. In this case, one indicator may synchronously indicate whether the UE supports the mitigation of these two measurements, thereby reducing bit overhead.

[0074] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: Type 1 capability information that uniformly indicates the measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE for all cell groups (CGs); Second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a primary cell group (Master Cell Group, MCG) and / or the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a secondary cell group (Second Cell Group, SCG); and third type capability information indicating an association relationship between the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for SCG.

[0075] For a dual connectivity UE, the radio measurements by the UE may include measurements on the primary cell and measurements on the secondary cell.

[0076] One of the cell groups may include at least one cell.

[0077] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the measurement relaxation capability of the UE for MCG and SCG. In this case, if the first type of capability information indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation, it indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation in both MCG and SCG. If the first type of capability information indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation, it indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation in both MCG and SCG.

[0078] The first type of capability information may be indicated by one bit, and has the characteristic of small bit overhead.

[0079] The second type capability information is for distinguishing CGs and individually indicating whether the UE supports mitigation, for example, the second type capability information includes an indicator indicating whether the UE supports MCG measurement mitigation and / or an indicator indicating whether the UE supports SCG measurement mitigation. For example, the second type capability indication information may have two bits set for each type of measurement, one bit indicating whether the UE's measurements in the MCG support mitigation, and the other bit indicating whether the UE's measurements in the SCG support mitigation.

[0080] The third type of capability information is a related indication, for example, if the UE indicates RLM measurement relaxation in the MCG, it must support RLM measurement relaxation in the SCG, and therefore can be indicated by the third type of capability information. Also, if the UE supports BDF measurement relaxation in the SCG, it can be considered that it necessarily supports BDF measurement relaxation in the MCG.

[0081] Illustratively, S310 includes: The UE sends the first type capability information of the UE to the SN node or MN node of the EN-DC dual connection using the EN-DC dual connection; The UE sends the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NE-DC dual connectivity using the NE-DC dual connectivity; The method may include at least one of the following steps: the UE uses an NR-DC dual connection to transmit the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NR-DC dual connection.

[0082] According to the dual connectivity type of the UE, the first type of capability information is selected to be sent to the MN node or the SN node. If a measurement relaxation parameter is set in the network node, the capability information can be set by the receiving network node and sent to the UE, thus reducing the information exchange between the MN node and the SN node connected to the UE.

[0083] In some embodiments, the step of transmitting the UE capability information to the network node comprises: sending the second type capability information to the MN node, which indicates the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG separately; transmitting the second type capability information to an SN node, which individually indicates the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for the SCG.

[0084] If the UE reports the second type of capability information, it reports the second type of capability information for MCG measurement mitigation capability to the MN node, and sends the second type of capability information of the UE's measurement mitigation capability for SCG measurement to the SN node.

[0085] In some embodiments, the step of transmitting the UE capability information to the network node comprises: transmitting the capability information to the MN node via a Signal Radio Bearer (SRB) SRB of the MN node; In response to an SRB being established in the SN node, transmitting the capability information to the SN node via the SRB of the SN node; a step of transmitting the capability information to the MN node via the SRB of the MN node in response to no SRB being set up in the SN node, wherein the capability information is forwarded or transparently transmitted by the MN node to the SN node.

[0086] Typically, an SRB for signaling transmission between the UE and the MN node is configured in the UE, and an SRB for signaling transmission between the UE and the SN node may not be configured in the UE. In this case, the UE's second type capability information for MCG and SCG measurement relaxation can be transmitted to the MN node through the SRB configured by the MN node. If the UE transmits the second type capability information for SCG measurement relaxation, the MN node receives it and then forwards or transparently transmits it to the SN node.

[0087] If the SN node itself has an SRB configured, the UE may choose to send the second type capability information to the SN node via the SRB configured in the SN node.

[0088] In some cases, even if an SRB is configured in the SN node, considering that the MN node may know the UE's mitigation capability for SCG measurements, the UE may still choose to send the second type capability information for SCG measurement mitigation capability to the MN node via the SRB configured in the MN node.

[0089] Exemplarily, the MN node may configure SRB1 and / or SRB2 for the UE, and the SN node may configure at least SRB3 if an SRB is configured to communicate with the UE.

[0090] When a UE transmits capability information to an MN node, the UE can transmit the capability information to the MN node via SRB1; thus, when a UE transmits capability information to an SN node, the UE can transmit the capability information to the SN node via SRB3.

[0091] As shown in FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a UE, and the method includes the following S410.

[0092] S410: In response to detecting that a measurement relaxation condition is met, send measurement relaxation request information to a network node, where the measurement relaxation request information triggers the network node to determine whether to allow measurement relaxation by the UE.

[0093] The information processing method may be performed individually or in combination with the above-described embodiments.

[0094] For example, the measurement relaxation conditions may be indicated by the measurement relaxation criteria in the measurement relaxation parameters described above.

[0095] The network node here may be a MN node and / or an SN node corresponding to any one of the dual connections mentioned above.

[0096] For example, after receiving measurement relaxation parameters from a network node or determining the measurement relaxation parameters to be used by a protocol agreement, the UE determines whether the current situation meets the relaxation conditions based on the measurement relaxation criteria in the measurement relaxation parameters. If the relaxation conditions are met, the UE sends measurement relaxation request information to the network node. If the network node allows the UE to perform measurement relaxation, the UE will receive a confirmation indication. If the network node does not allow the UE to perform the mitigation measurement, the UE may receive a rejection indication or may not receive a response. When the UE receives the confirmation indication, it performs at least one measurement relaxation among RLM measurements, RRM measurements, and / or BFD measurements according to the relaxation settings in the measurement relaxation parameters; otherwise, the UE does not relax the measurements.

[0097] In some embodiments, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method performed by a UE, the method comprising: In response to detecting that the relaxed measurement condition is met, sending a notification to the network node indicating that the relaxed measurement condition is met.

[0098] The information processing method may be performed individually or in combination with the above-described embodiments.

[0099] For example, the measurement relaxation conditions may be indicated by the measurement relaxation criteria in the measurement relaxation parameters described above.

[0100] The network node here may be a MN node and / or an SN node corresponding to any one of the dual connections mentioned above.

[0101] For example, after receiving the measurement relaxation parameters from the network node or determining the measurement relaxation parameters to be used by a protocol agreement, the UE determines whether the current situation satisfies the relaxation conditions based on the measurement relaxation criteria in the measurement relaxation parameters. If the relaxation conditions are met, the UE sends a measurement notification to the network node. If the network node allows the UE to perform measurement relaxation, the UE will receive a confirmation indication. If the network node does not allow the UE to perform the UE relaxation measurement, the UE may receive a rejection indication or may not receive a response. When the UE receives the confirmation indication, the UE performs at least one measurement relaxation among RLM measurements, RRM measurements, and / or BFD measurements according to the relaxation settings in the measurement relaxation parameters; otherwise, the UE does not relax the measurements.

[0102] As shown in FIG. 5A, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a UE, and the method includes the following steps S510A to S530A.

[0103] S510A: In response to detecting that a measurement relaxation condition is met, send measurement relaxation request information to a network node, wherein the measurement relaxation request information triggers the network node to determine whether to allow measurement relaxation by the UE.

[0104] S520A: Receive a measurement relaxation instruction returned based on the measurement relaxation request information.

[0105] S530A: In response to the measurement relaxation instruction allowing measurement relaxation by the UE, measure a radio signal based on a relaxation setting of the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0106] After the dual connectivity UE detects that the measurement relaxation conditions are met, it sends measurement relaxation request information to the network node, and after the MN node and / or SN node of the dual connectivity UE receives the measurement transmission request information, if the MN node and / or SN node allows the UE to perform measurement relaxation, the UE may receive an enable instruction in the measurement relaxation instruction; if the MN node and / or SN node does not allow the UE to perform measurement relaxation, the UE may not receive an enable instruction in the measurement relaxation instruction or may receive a disable instruction.

[0107] As shown in FIG. 5B, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a UE, and the method includes the following steps S510B to S530B.

[0108] S510B: In response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met, send a notification to the network node indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met.

[0109] S520B: Receive a measurement relaxation instruction returned based on the notification.

[0110] S530B: In response to the measurement relaxation instruction allowing measurement relaxation by the UE, measure a radio signal based on a relaxation setting of the measurement relaxation parameter.

[0111] After the dual connectivity UE detects that the measurement relaxation conditions are met, it sends a notification to the network node, and after the MN node and / or SN node of the dual connectivity UE receives the notification, if the MN node and / or SN node allows the UE to perform measurement relaxation, the UE may receive an enable instruction in the measurement relaxation instruction, and if the MN node and / or SN node does not allow the UE to perform measurement relaxation, the UE may not receive an enable instruction in the measurement relaxation instruction or may receive a disable instruction.

[0112] When the network node indicates that the UE is allowed to transmit measurements, the UE can measure radio signals based on the mitigation settings in the measurement mitigation parameters. The mitigation settings may include stopping the measurement settings and / or reducing the measurement frequency settings. When measuring radio signals according to the measurement mitigation settings, the UE stops the radio signals for a certain period of time, and when measuring radio signals according to the measurement frequency setting, the UE reduces the measurement frequency of the radio signals.

[0113] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation instruction comprises: an enablement instruction for enabling measurement mitigation by the UE; a disable instruction to disable measurement mitigation by the UE.

[0114] The enable instruction may trigger the UE to activate measurement relaxation, and the disable instruction may instruct the UE to stop and / or not activate measurement transmissions.

[0115] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation instruction may be transmitted in a measurement relaxation parameter, and when transmitted to the UE in a measurement relaxation parameter, the measurement relaxation instruction may be explicitly indicated by the network device or may be implicitly indicated depending on whether other content in the measurement relaxation parameter is transmitted, where the other content includes, but is not limited to, measurement relaxation criteria and / or measurement relaxation settings.

[0116] In the above-described embodiment, the satisfaction of the measurement relaxation condition is A first condition is satisfied, that is, a displacement amount of the UE within a predetermined time period is lower than a first threshold, and / or a fluctuation value of radio signal quality measured by the UE is lower than a third threshold; Or, The method may include satisfying a second condition that the radio signal quality measured by the UE is higher than a second threshold.

[0117] If the UE displacement within a predetermined time period is smaller than a first threshold and / or the change in radio signal quality is smaller than a third threshold, it can be recognized that the UE's movement state meets a stationary condition and / or a quasi-stationary or low mobility state, which indicates that the UE is less likely to perform cell switching and / or beam switching based on the measurement results of various radio signal measurements. By appropriately reducing the UE's measurements of radio signals, the electrical energy consumed by the UE measurements can be reduced and the standby time can be extended.

[0118] The predetermined time length may be any time length value limited by the relaxation condition, and may be, for example, 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 1 minute, or 30 seconds.

[0119] Assuming that the UE movement amount is extremely small and the transmission power of the radio signals of the MCG and / or SCG is kept constant, in the same radio environment, the radio signal quality measured by the UE also remains relatively stable.

[0120] For example, the radio signal quality may be Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), or Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) obtained by the UE measuring a synchronization signal block and / or a channel state information reference signal.

[0121] If the radio signal quality measured by the UE is higher than the corresponding radio signal quality threshold, it indicates that the UE is moving very little or is in the cell center. In this case, the radio signal measurement can be appropriately stopped and / or the measurement frequency can be reduced to reduce the UE's power consumption and extend the UE's standby time.

[0122] In some embodiments, if the radio signal quality measured by the UE is always good, the UE can remain stationed in the current serving cell even if there are certain fluctuations, and therefore, it can be determined whether the measurement relaxation condition is met based only on whether the radio signal quality value measured by the UE is higher than the second threshold.

[0123] The variation value may be the variance or standard deviation of the radio signal quality measured by the UE within a certain period of time, or may be the difference between the maximum and minimum values ​​of the radio signal quality measured by the UE within a certain period of time. The variation value more intuitively reflects the variation of the radio signal quality measured by the UE. Thus, in some embodiments, it is possible to determine whether the current situation satisfies the measurement relaxation condition based only on the variation value of the radio signal quality.

[0124] In order to accurately control whether the UE performs measurement relaxation, when determining whether the measurement relaxation condition is met based on the radio signal quality, it can determine whether the current situation meets the measurement relaxation condition based on whether the radio signal quality is higher than a second threshold, and in combination with the fluctuation value of the radio signal quality.

[0125] Illustratively, the second condition to be satisfied is: The radio signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE is greater than an MCG signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE is greater than an MCG fluctuation threshold; The radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE is greater than an SCG signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE is greater than an SCG fluctuation threshold; The radio signal quality of the MCG and / or the SCG measured by the UE is greater than a shared signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality of the MCG and / or the SCG measured by the UE is greater than a shared fluctuation threshold.

[0126] Here, the radio signal quality of the MCG is measured, that is, the radio signal quality of the cells of the MCG is measured, for example, the radio signal quality of the primary cell (Pcell) of the MCG or the radio signal quality of all the MCG cells is measured.

[0127] Here, the measurement of the radio signal quality of the SCG means the measurement of the radio signal quality of the cells of the SCG, for example, the measurement of the radio signal quality of the primary cell (Pscell) of the SCG or the measurement of the radio signal quality of all SCG cells.

[0128] The same or different thresholds may be set for the MCG and SCG depending on the location of the UE.

[0129] When thresholds for MCG and SCG are set separately, the MCG signal quality threshold may or may not be equal to the SCG signal quality threshold, and the SCG variation quality threshold may or may not be equal to the MCG signal quality threshold.

[0130] When using a shared signal threshold and a shared variation threshold, the UE receives only one signal quality threshold and / or one variation threshold, and all UE measurements for the SCG and MCG are performed using this one signal quality threshold and / or this one variation threshold to determine whether the measurement relaxation conditions are met.

[0131] Illustratively, in some embodiments, the step of detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met and transmitting measurement relaxation request information to the network node comprises: When the radio signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE satisfies the measurement relaxation condition, the UE sends a notification that the radio signal quality of the MCG satisfies the measurement relaxation condition to the network node, or reports measurement relaxation request information requesting relaxation of the MCG measurement; When the radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE satisfies the measurement relaxation condition, the UE sends a notification that the radio signal quality of the SCG satisfies the measurement relaxation condition to the network node or reports measurement relaxation request information requesting relaxation of the SCG measurement; If the radio signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE satisfies the measurement relaxation condition, the UE sends a notification to the network node that the radio signal quality of the MCG satisfies the measurement relaxation condition, or reports measurement relaxation request information requesting relaxation of the MCG measurement and relaxation of the SCG; If the radio signal quality of the SCG measured by the UE satisfies the measurement relaxation condition, the UE sends a notification to the network node that the radio signal quality of the SCG satisfies the measurement relaxation condition, or reports measurement relaxation request information requesting relaxation of the SCG measurement and relaxation of the MCG; If the radio signal quality of the MCG measured by the UE satisfies the measurement relaxation conditions and the radio signal quality of the SCG satisfies the measurement relaxation conditions, the UE includes at least one of the following steps: notifying the network that the radio signal qualities of the MCG and SCG satisfy the measurement relaxation conditions, or reporting measurement relaxation request information that can request relaxation of the MCG measurement and / or the SCG measurement.

[0132] If it is measured that the radio signal quality of one CG group meets the measurement relaxation conditions, it requests relaxation of the radio signal measurement of the corresponding CG, so as to reduce the radio measurement of the UE as much as possible, while ensuring the stability of the communication quality of the two connections of the UE.

[0133] If it is measured that the radio signal quality of one of the CG groups meets the measurement relaxation conditions, simultaneous relaxation of the radio measurements of the MCG and SCG is requested, thereby reducing the radio measurements of the UE as much as possible and maximizing the reduction in power consumption due to the radio measurements of the UE.

[0134] Only when it is detected that the radio signal qualities of both the MCG and SCG meet the measurement relaxation conditions, measurement relaxation is requested, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the UE's dual connection as much as possible while reducing the power consumption caused by UE measurements.

[0135] In one embodiment, the step of sending measurement relaxation request information to the network node or sending a notification that a measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met comprises: In response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied, the method includes sending the measurement relaxation request information to the network node via an SRB of the network node, or sending a notification of compliance with the measurement relaxation condition to the network node.

[0136] The UE reports the measurement relaxation request information or notification to the corresponding network node via an SRB associated with the MN node and / or SN node.

[0137] Illustratively, the measured relaxation parameters are: A first type of relaxation configuration is a measurement relaxation configuration that is uniformly targeted at all cell groups, and in some embodiments, the first type of relaxation configuration may be a relaxation configuration that is targeted at the entire UE and can be considered as one UE-level configuration; and a second type of relaxation setting which is a measurement relaxation setting that targets the MCG individually and / or a measurement relaxation setting that targets the SCG individually, i.e., in some embodiments, the second type of relaxation setting may be a setting that targets the CG, i.e., a setting with CG granularity.

[0138] The first type of mitigation configuration is a measurement mitigation configuration that targets both MCG and SCG simultaneously, and therefore the UE relaxes radio measurements for MCG and SCG according to the same measurement mitigation configuration, or performs measurements for MCG. For example, in the case of a low mobility measurement configuration, the terminal only needs to measure the PCell of the MCG.

[0139] The second type relaxation configuration is a measurement relaxation configuration that distinguishes CGs, and for example, if the measurement relaxation configuration included in the measurement relaxation parameters is a second type relaxation configuration, it may include the measurement relaxation configuration of the MCG and / or the measurement relaxation configuration of the SCG. When the UE performs measurement relaxation, it relaxes radio measurements of the MCG based on the measurement relaxation configuration of the MCG and / or relaxes radio measurements of the SCG based on the measurement relaxation configuration of the SCG. Here, measurements are determined by measuring cells in a specific CG one by one, or by combining all cells.

[0140] When the relaxation measurement parameters use the second type relaxation measurement settings, they can be flexibly set according to the conditions of MCG and SCG.

[0141] In some embodiments, receiving the measurement mitigation parameters transmitted from the network node comprises: receiving the first type relaxation configuration transmitted from the MN node; Or, receiving the second type relaxation configuration transmitted from the MN node and individually targeting the MCG, and / or the second type relaxation configuration transmitted from the SN node and individually targeting the SCG; Or, The method includes receiving the second type mitigation measurement configuration transmitted from the MN node and targeting the MCG individually, and / or receiving the second type mitigation configuration transmitted from the MN node and targeting the SCG individually.

[0142] If the measurement mitigation parameters include a first type mitigation configuration and the UE has received the measurement mitigation configuration from the network node, then the UE has received the measurement mitigation parameters from the MN node, or at least has received a first type mitigation configuration from the MN node.

[0143] If the measurement mitigation parameters include type 2 mitigation settings, the UE can independently receive type 2 mitigation settings for the MCG from the MN node, and type 2 mitigation settings for the SCG by the SN node can be uniformly sent from the MN node to the UE.

[0144] In some embodiments, when the mitigation configuration is received from the MN node, all measurement mitigation parameters may be received uniformly from the MN node, and when the mitigation configuration is received from the SN node, all measurement mitigation parameters may be received uniformly from the SN node, thereby reducing the number of interactions between the UE and the MN node and reducing power consumption due to too many interactions, for example, in an EN-DC scenario.

[0145] When the measurement relaxation parameters are transmitted via an MN node, the UE may receive the measurement relaxation parameters in an SRB (e.g., SRB1) configured in the MN node. When the measurement relaxation parameters are transmitted via an SN node, the UE may receive the measurement relaxation parameters in an SRB (e.g., SRB3) configured in the SN node.

[0146] In some embodiments, the measurement mitigation configuration can be divided into multiple parameter sets, and the above different transmission methods can be combined. For example, the first type of mitigation configuration parameters can be uniformly transmitted by the MN node to the UE, and the second type of mitigation configuration can be transmitted from the MN node and the SN node to the UE respectively.

[0147] As shown in FIG. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a network node, where the network node includes an MN node or an SN node of a dual connectivity UE, and the method includes the following S610.

[0148] S610: Sending measurement relaxation related information to the UE; Here, the related information is Measurement relaxation parameters used for measurement relaxation of the UE; and a measurement mitigation indication for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE.

[0149] The network node exchanges measurement mitigation parameters related to the measurement mitigation with the dual connectivity UE.

[0150] The measurement mitigation parameters are used by the UE to mitigate measurements of radio signals transmitted from one or more network nodes to which it is connected.

[0151] Illustratively, the measured relaxation parameter is: measurement relaxation criteria indicating the measurement relaxation conditions under which measurement relaxation is performed; and / or It may also include a measurement mitigation configuration used for mitigating radio signal measurements of the UE.

[0152] The measurement frequency at which wireless signal measurements are performed in accordance with the measurement relaxation setting is lower than the measurement frequency at which measurements are performed without following the measurement relaxation setting.

[0153] The measurement relaxation setting is a measurement stop parameter instructing the UE to decide to stop measuring radio signals, exemplarily the measurement stop parameter can be used by the UE to determine at least a start time and an end time to stop measuring radio signals; a measurement period determination parameter for determining a measurement period after the frequency of wireless signal measurement has decreased; an evaluation period determination parameter for determining an evaluation period after the evaluation is lowered after measurement relaxation; a detection period determination parameter for determining a detection period after the detection period is shortened after the measurement relaxation; Any of the network nodes herein may be a base station, which may be an eNB and / or a gNB.

[0154] The network node that executes the information processing method may be a MN node or an SN node of UE dual connectivity. Illustratively, the UE uses Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network - New Radio E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, and the network node that executes the information processing method includes an SN node of E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses Next Generation Radio Access Universal Terrestrial Radio Access - New Radio NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, and the network node that performs the information processing method includes an SN node of NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses a New Radio-Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (NR-E-UTRA) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (NR-E-UTRA) dual connectivity, and the network node that executes the information processing method includes a MN node of NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses new radio-new radio NR-NR dual connectivity, and the network node that performs the information processing method includes an MN node in NR-NR dual connectivity and / or an SN node in NR-NR dual connectivity.

[0155] Through the exchange of the relevant information, the dual connectivity UE can realize relaxation of radio signal measurement, thereby reducing the power consumption due to measurement and extending the standby time of the UE.

[0156] As shown in FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a network node, where the network node includes an MN node or an SN node of a dual connectivity UE, and the method includes the following S710.

[0157] S710: Receive capability information of the UE, which indicates a measurement mitigation capability of the UE.

[0158] The information processing method may be implemented in combination with the information processing method executed by the network node described above, or may be implemented independently from the information processing method executed by the network node described above.

[0159] Exemplarily, the capability information is used to determine the measurement mitigation parameters. The measurement mitigation parameters determined by the network node may be provided to the UE so that the UE performs measurement mitigation. Exemplarily, the capability information is used by the network node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters selected by the UE, and thus, the UE determines the measurement mitigation parameters to be used for the measurement mitigation that the UE enters under a situation where the UE does not report the measurement mitigation parameters selected based on the protocol agreement.

[0160] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: Type 1 capability information that uniformly indicates the measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE for all CGs; Second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for the master MCG and / or the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for the SCG; and third type capability information indicating an association relationship between the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for SCG.

[0161] One of the cell groups may include at least one cell.

[0162] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the measurement relaxation capability of the UE for MCG and SCG. In this case, if the first type of capability information indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation, it indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation in both MCG and SCG. If the first type of capability information indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation, it indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation in both MCG and SCG.

[0163] The first type of capability information may be indicated by one bit, and has the characteristic of small bit overhead.

[0164] The second type capability information is for distinguishing CGs and individually indicating whether the UE supports mitigation, for example, the second type capability information includes an indicator indicating whether the UE supports MCG measurement mitigation and / or an indicator indicating whether the UE supports SCG measurement mitigation. For example, the second type capability indication information may have two bits set for each type of measurement, one bit indicating whether the UE's measurements in the MCG support mitigation, and the other bit indicating whether the UE's measurements in the SCG support mitigation.

[0165] The third type of capability information is a related indication, for example, if the UE indicates RLM measurement relaxation in the MCG, it must support RLM measurement relaxation in the SCG, and therefore can be indicated by the third type of capability information. Also, if the UE supports BDF measurement relaxation in the SCG, it can be considered that it necessarily supports BDF measurement relaxation in the MCG.

[0166] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: a first capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation; a second capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation; and a third capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation.

[0167] The first capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RLM measurement relaxation.

[0168] The second capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, different bit values ​​of which represent two capability states: the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation and the UE does not support BFD measurement mitigation.

[0169] The third capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, different bit values ​​of which represent two capability states: the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation and the UE does not support RRM measurement mitigation.

[0170] In some embodiments, the capability information may include one field, and different bits of the field may correspond to one or more of the first capability indicator, the second capability indicator, and the third capability indicator, respectively.

[0171] In some embodiments, when there is a correlation between the measurement mitigation capabilities supported by a UE, it is possible to unify the indication that the UE supports two or three of RLM, BFD, and RRM measurement mitigation. For example, assuming that the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation, it is indicated that the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation. In this case, one indicator can synchronously indicate whether the UE supports these two measurement mitigations, thereby reducing bit overhead.

[0172] In some embodiments, step S710 includes: In response to the network node being the MN node, the MN node receives the capability information of the UE in an SRB established for the MN node; Or, In response to the network node being the SN node and an SRB being established in the SN node, the SN node receives the capability information of the UE in an SRB established in the SN node; Or, In response to the network node being the MN node and no SRB configured in the SN node, the MN node may receive an SRB including the capability information received from the UE in an SRB configured in the SN node, wherein at least a portion of the capability information indicating measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE with respect to an SCG is transmitted from the MN node to the SN node.

[0173] Typically, an SRB for signaling transmission between the UE and the MN node is configured in the UE, and an SRB for signaling transmission between the UE and the SN node may not be configured in the UE. In this case, the UE's capability information for MCG and SCG measurement relaxation can be transmitted to the MN node through the SRB configured by the MN node. If the UE transmits capability information for SCG measurement relaxation, the MN node receives it and then forwards or transparently transmits it to the SN node.

[0174] In some embodiments, the step of transmitting measurement mitigation related information to the UE comprises: in response to the network node being the MN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters covering all CGs to the UE; in response to the network node being the MN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters intended for an MCG to the UE; In response to the network node being the SN node and an SRB being configured in the SN node, sending measurement mitigation parameters intended for an SCG to the UE; in response to the network node being the MN node and no SRB being configured in the SN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters intended for the SCG to the UE.

[0175] Here, the measured relaxation parameters for all SGs are the measured relaxation parameters for MCGs and SCGs simultaneously.

[0176] Typically, the MN node of the UE is configured with an SRB for signaling transmission with the UE, and the SN node may not be configured with an SRB for signaling transmission with the UE. Therefore, in some embodiments, whether the measurement mitigation parameters apply to all CGs or to an MCG or SCG individually, they can be transmitted to the UE via the SRB configured in the MN node itself. If the SN node also has an SRB configured, they may also be transmitted to the UE via the SRB configured in the SN node itself.

[0177] In short, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the aforementioned related information and capability information can be transmitted in an RRC message or User Assistance Information (UAI) corresponding to the SRB.

[0178] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method may further include a step in which the MN node receives auxiliary information for transmitting measurement mitigation parameters for an SCG from the SN node before transmitting the measurement mitigation parameters for an SCG to the UE.

[0179] The auxiliary information may be used for measurement mitigation parameters for the MN node SCG and / or the timing of transmitting measurement mitigation parameters for the SCG.

[0180] For example, the auxiliary information may be measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG directly provided by the SN node, or the MN node may transmit the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG received from the SN node to the UE, or may transmit the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG after appropriately adjusting them to the measurement relaxation parameters for the MCG configured in the MN node.

[0181] The auxiliary information may also allow the SN node to select one or more sets of measurement mitigation parameters for the SCGs and to allow the MN node to select the measurement mitigation parameters for the SCGs to send to the UE.

[0182] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes receiving measurement relaxation request information reported by the UE when the UE detects that the measurement relaxation condition is met, or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met.

[0183] The step of sending measurement relaxation related information to the UE includes: The method includes sending the measurement relaxation instruction to the UE based on the measurement relaxation request information or the notification.

[0184] The network node may also receive measurement relaxation request information sent by the UE when it detects that the current situation meets the measurement relaxation conditions, and at this time, the network node can decide whether to allow the UE to perform measurement relaxation according to the situation, such as the needs of communication between the network side and the UE and / or the network environment. If the network node allows the UE to perform measurement relaxation, it sends an instruction to the UE to allow the UE or enable the UE's measurement relaxation instruction; otherwise, it sends an instruction to prohibit the UE or an instruction to disable the UE's measurement relaxation.

[0185] Illustratively, the measurement relaxation instruction may include: an enablement instruction for enabling measurement mitigation by the UE; a disable instruction to disable measurement mitigation by the UE.

[0186] The measurement relaxation indication may include one bit, and two bit values ​​of the bit may correspond to an enable indication or a disable indication, respectively.

[0187] In some other embodiments, the measurement relaxation instruction may include only an enable instruction, and if the network node prohibits or disables measurement relaxation for the UE, the network node may not return the enable instruction to the UE, and in this way, the UE will consider that the network node has denied measurement relaxation by the UE if it does not receive the enable instruction even after a predetermined length of time for transmitting measurement relaxation request information.

[0188] In some other embodiments, the measurement relaxation instruction may include only a disable instruction, and if the network node allows the UE to relax the measurement, the network node does not send the disable instruction to the UE within the predetermined time period after receiving the measurement relaxation request information; otherwise, the network node may send the disable instruction within the predetermined time period. In this way, if the UE receives the disable instruction within the predetermined time period, it will know that the network node does not allow the measurement relaxation, and if the UE does not receive the disable instruction within the predetermined time period, it will know that the network node allows the measurement relaxation and will relax the measurement of radio signals after the end of the predetermined time period or when it detects again that the measurement relaxation condition is met.

[0189] In some embodiments, the measured relaxation parameter is: RLM measured relaxation parameters, BFD measurement relaxation parameters, RRM measurement mitigation parameters.

[0190] For details of the RLM measurement relaxation parameters, BFD measurement relaxation parameters, and RRM measurement relaxation parameters, please refer to any of the above-mentioned embodiments, and detailed descriptions will be omitted here.

[0191] In some embodiments, the measured relaxation parameter is: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition for the UE; The mitigation configuration used for measurement mitigation of the UE.

[0192] If the measured relaxation parameters are RLM measured relaxation parameters, the RLM measured relaxation parameters may be RLM measurement relaxation criteria indicating measurement relaxation conditions under which the UE relaxes RLM measurements; and an RLM mitigation configuration used by the UE to mitigate RLM measurements.

[0193] If the measurement mitigation parameter is an RRM measurement mitigation parameter, the RRM measurement mitigation parameter is an RRM measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition under which the UE relaxes RRM measurements; and an RRM mitigation configuration used by the UE to mitigate RRM measurements.

[0194] If the measurement relaxation parameters are BFD measurement relaxation parameters, the BFD measurement relaxation parameters are BFD measurement relaxation criteria indicating measurement relaxation conditions under which the UE relaxes BFD measurements; and a BFD mitigation configuration used by the UE to mitigate BFD measurements.

[0195] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation condition is: a first condition that a displacement of the UE within a predetermined time length is lower than a first threshold and / or a fluctuation value of radio signal quality measured by the UE within a second time length is lower than a third threshold; Or, A second condition is that the radio signal quality measured by the UE within a second time period is greater than a second threshold.

[0196] The first to third thresholds used in the first and second conditions may be the same or different for different measurements. For example, the thresholds used for the first and / or second conditions of the RRM measurement may be different from the thresholds used for the first and / or second conditions of the RLM measurement.

[0197] It should be noted that in some cases, the relevant settings of the measurement relaxation conditions may be included in the measurement relaxation parameters, and in some other cases, the relevant settings of the measurement relaxation conditions may not be included in the measurement relaxation parameters. Exemplarily, the measurement relaxation conditions may be agreed upon by a protocol, and the measurement relaxation settings may be dynamically transmitted to the UE via a network node, and the network node may provide the measurement relaxation settings for the location where the UE is currently located, based on the signature data of the UE, for the current radio environment and / or base station settings, etc.

[0198] Exemplarily, satisfying the second condition is The radio signal quality measured by the UE for the MCG within the second time length is higher than an MCG signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality measured by the UE for the MCG within the second time length is higher than an MCG fluctuation threshold; The radio signal quality measured by the UE within the second time length of time is greater than an SCG signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality measured by the UE within the second time length of time is greater than an SCG fluctuation threshold; The radio signal quality measured by the UE within the second time length of time of the MCG and / or the SCG is higher than a shared signal quality threshold, and / or the radio signal quality measured by the UE within the second time length of time of the MCG and / or the SCG is higher than a shared fluctuation threshold.

[0199] As shown in FIG. 8, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by an SN node, and the method includes the following S810:

[0200] S810: Transmitting information related to measurement mitigation by the UE to and from the MN node; Here, the related information is capability information for determining measurement mitigation parameters of the UE; a measurement mitigation instruction for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE; Measured relaxation parameters for SCG, and auxiliary information used by the MN node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters of the UE for the SCG.

[0201] The information processing method is applied to an SN node of a dual connectivity UE.

[0202] The SN node may be a dual connectivity SN node of various types, for example, an MR-DC SN node, an EN-DC SN node, an NGEN-DC dual connectivity, an NE-DC SN node or an NR-DC SN node.

[0203] The SN node has configured an SRB for the dual connectivity UE or has not configured an SRB. If the SN node has not configured an SRB for the dual connectivity UE, the capability information exchanged between the SN node and the UE, the measurement relaxation parameters and / or the measurement relaxation instructions for the SCG are all forwarded or transparently transmitted by the MN node.

[0204] When an SN node configures an SRB for a dual connectivity UE, the SN node may exchange all or part of the capability information, measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG and / or measurement relaxation indications with the UE, however, some or all of the capability information, measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG and / or measurement relaxation indications may be forwarded or transparently transmitted by the MN node instead of the SN node.

[0205] The MN node and the SN node connected to the dual connectivity UE perform one or more pieces of information related to measurement mitigation by the UE, and such information is called related information.

[0206] The capability information is information that the UE reports to the MN node and sends from the MN node to the SN node, and indicates whether the UE supports measurement relaxation.

[0207] The capability information received by the SN node may be at least the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for the SCG.

[0208] Illustratively, the capability information indicates the mitigation measurements supported by the UE and / or indicates the degree of mitigation of radio signal measurements supported by the UE, and thus the network node can determine based on the capability information whether the UE supports radio signal measurement mitigation and / or the degree of mitigation in radio signal measurement mitigation supported by the UE.

[0209] In some embodiments, the reporting of the UE capability information may be used in combination with or separately from the method shown in Figure 2. Illustratively, the capability information may include: a first capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation; a second capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation; and a third capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation.

[0210] The first capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, and different bit values ​​of these bits represent two capability states: the UE supports RLM measurement relaxation and the UE does not support RLM measurement relaxation.

[0211] The second capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, different bit values ​​of which represent two capability states: the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation and the UE does not support BFD measurement mitigation.

[0212] The third capability indicator may be configured with one or more bits, different bit values ​​of which represent two capability states: the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation and the UE does not support RRM measurement mitigation.

[0213] In some embodiments, the capability information may include one field, and different bits of the field may correspond to one or more of the first capability indicator, the second capability indicator, and the third capability indicator, respectively.

[0214] In some embodiments, when there is a correlation between the measurement mitigation capabilities supported by a UE, it is possible to unify the indication that the UE supports two or three of RLM, BFD, and RRM measurement mitigation. For example, assuming that the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation, it is indicated that the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation. In this case, one indicator can synchronously indicate whether the UE supports these two measurement mitigations, thereby reducing bit overhead.

[0215] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: Type 1 capability information that uniformly indicates the measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE for all cell groups (CGs); Second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a primary cell group (Master Cell Group, MCG) and / or the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a secondary cell group (Second Cell Group, SCG); and third type capability information indicating an association relationship between the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for SCG.

[0216] For a dual connectivity UE, the radio measurements by the UE may include measurements on the primary cell and measurements on the secondary cell.

[0217] One of the cell groups may include at least one cell.

[0218] The first type of capability information uniformly indicates the measurement relaxation capability of the UE for MCG and SCG. In this case, if the first type of capability information indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation, it indicates that the UE supports measurement relaxation in both MCG and SCG. If the first type of capability information indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation, it indicates that the UE does not support measurement relaxation in both MCG and SCG.

[0219] The first type of capability information may be indicated by one bit, and has the characteristic of small bit overhead.

[0220] The second type capability information is for distinguishing CGs and individually indicating whether the UE supports mitigation, for example, the second type capability information includes an indicator indicating whether the UE supports MCG measurement mitigation and / or an indicator indicating whether the UE supports SCG measurement mitigation. For example, the second type capability indication information may have two bits set for each type of measurement, one bit indicating whether the UE's measurements in the MCG support mitigation, and the other bit indicating whether the UE's measurements in the SCG support mitigation.

[0221] The third type of capability information is a related indication, for example, if the UE indicates RLM measurement relaxation in the MCG, it must support RLM measurement relaxation in the SCG, and therefore can be indicated by the third type of capability information. Also, if the UE supports BDF measurement relaxation in the SCG, it can be considered that it necessarily supports BDF measurement relaxation in the MCG.

[0222] The measurement relaxation indication sent by the SN node may include at least a UE measurement relaxation indication to an SCG, which may include an enable indication to enable UE measurement relaxation to an SCG and / or a disable indication to disable UE measurement relaxation to an SCG.

[0223] The measured relaxation parameters for the SCG are a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition for performing measurement relaxation on the SCG; and / or It may also include a measurement mitigation configuration used for mitigating radio signal measurements of the UE with respect to the SCG.

[0224] The measurement frequency at which SCG radio signal measurements are performed in accordance with the measurement relaxation settings for the SCG is lower than the measurement frequency at which measurements are performed without following the measurement relaxation settings.

[0225] The measurement relaxation setting for the SCG is: a measurement stop parameter for indicating that the UE decides to stop measuring the radio signal of the SCG, exemplarily the measurement stop parameter can be used by the UE to determine at least a start time and an end time to stop measuring the radio signal; a measurement period determination parameter for determining a measurement period after the SCG radio signal measurement frequency is reduced; an evaluation period determination parameter for determining an evaluation period after the evaluation is lowered after SCG measurement relaxation; a detection period determination parameter for determining the detection period after the detection period is shortened after the SCG measurement relaxation.

[0226] The measured relaxation parameters are RLM measured relaxation parameters, BFD measurement relaxation parameters, RRM measurement mitigation parameters.

[0227] In some embodiments, the measurement mitigation parameters of the SCG may not be determined solely by the SN node, but require negotiation between the SN node and the MN node. At this time, the SN node may send auxiliary information to the MN node, which may include one or more sets of recommended measurement mitigation parameter settings for the SCG provided by the SN node, and the MN node can finally determine the measurement mitigation parameters for the UESCG based on the auxiliary information provided by the SN node after receiving the information.

[0228] In some other embodiments, the auxiliary information may include request information provided by the SN node for the UE to relax radio signal measurements of the SCG, and after the MN node receives the request information, it specifies measurement relaxation parameters of the SCG that match the request information.

[0229] Of course, the above are merely examples of auxiliary information, and specific implementations are not limited to the above examples.

[0230] In some embodiments, the step of transmitting information related to measurement mitigation by the UE to and from the MN node comprises: In response to the SRB not being configured in the SN node, transmitting information related to measurement relaxation by the UE to and from the MN node.

[0231] If the SN node has configured an SRB for the dual connectivity UE, the SN node can transmit the required information directly to and from the UE, thereby reducing the transmission load of the MN node. If the SN node has not configured an SRB for the dual connectivity UE, the MN node may instead forward and / or transparently transmit.

[0232] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a negotiation mechanism for measurement relaxation in dual connectivity scenarios, specifically: providing an information exchange method between a network node and a UE, the network node being a MN node and / or an SN node; If the UE is a 5G terminal, the network node is a gNB; for example, for a UE of an EN-DC, the network node may be an SN node; For a UE of an NE-DC, the network node may be an MN node; For an NR-DC UE, the network node may be an MN node and / or an SN node.

[0233] The information exchanged between the dually connected UE and the network node can be used for RLM measurement mitigation, BFD measurement mitigation and / or RRM measurement mitigation.

[0234] The UE reports its own capability information to the MN node and / or SN node, which may at least indicate whether the UE supports measurement relaxation.

[0235] Exemplarily, for RLM measurement mitigation, the capability information reported by the UE may be as follows:

[0236] In one case, the CG is not distinguished and the UE reports one indication of whether it supports RLM measurement relaxation, which corresponds to the UE simultaneously supporting RLM measurement relaxation for MCG and SCG, or not simultaneously supporting RLM measurement relaxation for MCG and SCG. In the other case, the CG is distinguished and the UE reports two independent indications of supporting RLM measurement relaxation for MCG and / or RLM measurement relaxation for SCG.

[0237] In another situation, the UE reports one related indication that it supports RLM measurement relaxation for MCG and / or RLM measurement relaxation for SCG, and the related indication notifies the network node UE of its RLM measurement relaxation capability for MCG and its measurement relaxation capability for SCG in one go. For example, the UE may use the related indication to indicate that it supports RLM measurement relaxation for SCG and does not support RLM measurement relaxation for MCG, to indicate that it supports RLM measurement relaxation for MCG and does not support RLM measurement relaxation for SCG, to indicate that it supports RLM measurement relaxation for SCG and supports RLM measurement relaxation for MCG, or to indicate that it does not support RLM measurement relaxation for SCG and does not support RLM measurement relaxation for MCG.

[0238] Exemplarily, for BFD measurement mitigation, the capability information reported by the UE may be as follows:

[0239] In one situation, the UE does not distinguish between CGs, and reports one related indication that it supports BFD measurement relaxation in the MCG or BFD measurement relaxation in the SCG. In this situation, the UE simultaneously supports BFD measurement relaxation in the MCG and SCG, or does not support BFD measurement relaxation in the MCG or SCG. In another situation, the CGs are distinguished, and the UE supports BFD measurement relaxation in the MCG and / or BFD measurement relaxation in the SCG. In this case, the network node may receive an indication from the UE that the MCG and SCG each support BFD measurement relaxation.

[0240] In another situation, the UE reports a related indication supporting BFD measurement relaxation for MCG and / or BFD measurement relaxation for SCG. For example, the UE may use a related indication to indicate that it supports BFD measurement relaxation for SCG and does not support BFD measurement relaxation for MCG, to indicate that it supports BFD measurement relaxation for MCG and does not support BFD measurement relaxation for SCG, to indicate that it supports BFD measurement relaxation for SCG and supports BFD measurement relaxation for MCG, or to indicate that it does not support BFD measurement relaxation for SCG and does not support BFD measurement relaxation for MCG.

[0241] Exemplarily, for RRM measurement mitigation, the capability information reported by the UE may be as follows:

[0242] In one situation, the CGs are distinguished and the UE reports a unified indication of whether it supports RRM measurement relaxation, and in this situation, the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation for MCG and SCG simultaneously, or does not support RRM measurement relaxation for MCG and SCG simultaneously.

[0243] In another situation, the CGs are distinguished and the UE reports two independent indications of support for RRM measurement relaxation in the MCG and / or RRM measurement relaxation in the SCG, i.e., whether the UE supports RRM measurement relaxation for the SCG of the MCG is reported separately.

[0244] In some other situations, the UE reports a related indication supporting MCG RRM measurement relaxation and / or SCG RRM measurement relaxation, where the UE uses the related indication to indicate that it supports SCG RRM measurement relaxation and does not support MCG RRM measurement relaxation, to indicate that it supports MCG RRM measurement relaxation and does not support SCG RRM measurement relaxation, to indicate that it supports SCG RRM measurement relaxation and supports MCG RRM measurement relaxation, or to indicate that it does not support SCG RRM measurement relaxation and does not support MCG RRM measurement relaxation.

[0245] Specifically, the capability information reported by the UE may be as follows: For CG-insensitive UE capabilities, it is reported to the MN node or SN node, respectively. For UEs in EN-DC, the UE reports capability information to the SN node or MN node. For UEs in NE-DC, the UE reports capability information to the MN node. For UEs in NR-DC, the UE reports capability information to the MN node. For the UE capability to distinguish CGs, for the measurement mitigation capability of MCGs, the UE reports capability information for MCGs to the MN node. For the SCG measurement mitigation capability, the UE reports the capability information for the SCG to the enabled MN node or SN node. If the SCG capability information is sent to the MN node, the MN node forwards or transparently transmits it to the SN node.

[0246] For example, for a UE in EN-DC, the measurement mitigation capability information of the SCG is reported to the SN node, and for a UE in NE-DC, the measurement mitigation capability information of the MCG is reported to the MN node.

[0247] For NR-DC UEs, the measurement mitigation capability of the MCG is reported to the MN node and / or the measurement mitigation capability information of the SCG is reported to the SN node.

[0248] When reporting capability information to an MN node, an SRB1 report may be used.

[0249] If the capability information is reported to the SN node and SRB3 is configured in the SN node, the SRB3 report is used. If the SN node does not have SRB3 configured, the capability information is sent to the MN node via SRB1 and forwarded to the SN node via the MN node.

[0250] The MN node and / or the SN node may transmit measurement mitigation parameters for RLM measurement mitigation, BFD measurement mitigation and / or RRM measurement to the UE.

[0251] The RLM measured relaxation parameters are RLM measurement relaxation standard setting, RLM measurement mitigation enable / disable indication.

[0252] In some embodiments, the RLM measurement relaxation enable / disable indication may be implicitly indicated by whether the network node sends RLM measurement relaxation parameters and other content, for example, if the network node sends RLM measurement relaxation parameters and other content (which may include RLM measurement relaxation criteria and / or RLM measurement relaxation configuration), it indicates that the network node allows RLM measurement relaxation by the UE, and otherwise it indicates that the network node does not allow RLM measurement relaxation by the UE.

[0253] The BFD measurement mitigation parameters are BFD measurement relaxation criteria, and a BFD measurement mitigation enable / disable indication. In some embodiments, the BFD measurement mitigation enable / disable indication may be implicitly indicated by whether the network node transmits BFD measurement mitigation parameters and other content. For example, if the network node transmits BFD measurement mitigation parameters and other content (which may include BFD measurement mitigation criteria and / or BFD measurement mitigation configuration), this indicates that the network node allows BFD measurement mitigation by the UE; otherwise, this indicates that the network node does not allow BFD measurement mitigation by the UE.

[0254] The RRM measurement mitigation parameters are: RRM measurement relaxation criteria, and an RRM measurement mitigation enable / disable indication. In some embodiments, the RRM measurement mitigation enable / disable indication may be implicitly indicated by whether the network node transmits RRM measurement mitigation parameters and other content. For example, if the network node transmits RRM measurement mitigation parameters and other content (which may include RRM measurement mitigation criteria and / or RRM measurement mitigation configuration), it indicates that the network node allows RRM measurement mitigation by the UE; otherwise, it indicates that the network node does not allow RRM measurement mitigation by the UE.

[0255] In one embodiment, the measured relaxation parameters can be divided into: MCG and SCG shared parameters: i.e., no distinction is made between CGs, i.e., UE granularity setting. One embodiment is a mobility criterion in RLM measurement relaxation / BFD measurement relaxation / RRM measurement relaxation parameters. The mobility criterion may be at least the measurement relaxation condition of the first condition described above. MCG measurement relaxation parameters: Only MCG measurement relaxation parameters can be set for NE-DC scenes. In one embodiment, the signal quality goodness criteria are set in the measurement relaxation parameters of RLM measurement relaxation, BFD measurement relaxation, and RRM measurement. The signal quality goodness criteria may be all or part of the measurement relaxation conditions that indicate the second condition described above. SCG measurement mitigation parameters: For EN-DC scenes, only SCG measurement mitigation parameters can be configured. In one embodiment, these are mobility criteria in RLM measurement mitigation, BFD measurement mitigation, and RRM measurement mitigation parameters.

[0256] The transmission of the measurement mitigation parameters may be as follows. The shared measurement mitigation parameter transmission parameters for the MCG and SCG are transmitted by the MN node to the UE. For example, the MN node transmits the shared measurement mitigation parameters to the UE via an SRB1 configured therein. Here, the shared measurement mitigation parameters may be measurement mitigation parameters for both the MCG and the SCG at the same time. The shared measurement mitigation parameters may also be transmitted by the SN node to the UE. For example, the SN node transmits the shared measurement mitigation parameters via an SRB3 configured therein.

[0257] The transmission of MCG measurement relaxation parameters and / or SCG measurement relaxation is performed in the following manner.

[0258] Method 1: The MN node and the SN node are responsible for the MCG measurement relaxation parameters and / or SCG measurement relaxation of their own nodes, respectively.

[0259] The MCG measurement mitigation parameters are transmitted by the MN node to the UE, for example, the MN node transmits the MCG measurement mitigation parameters for the MCG measurement mitigation to the UE via SRB1.

[0260] The SCG measurement mitigation parameters are transmitted by the SN node to the UE, for example, the SN node transmits the SCG measurement mitigation parameters for the SCG measurement mitigation to the UE via SRB3. In this case, SRB3 is configured in the SN node. If SRB3 is not configured in the SN node, the SN node first transmits the SCG measurement mitigation parameters to the MN node, and then transmits them to the UE via SRB1 via the MN node.

[0261] After the MN node obtains the SCG measurement relaxation parameters, it may transparently transmit them to the UE, or it may analyze and modify the SCG measurement relaxation parameters by itself before sending them to the UE.

[0262] The MN node notifies the SN node of the auxiliary information so that the SN node can transmit the SCG measurement mitigation parameters.

[0263] Method 2: The MN node is responsible for transmitting the measurement mitigation parameters of the MN node and / or the SN node.

[0264] The MCG measurement mitigation parameters are transmitted by the MN node to the UE, for example, the MN node can transmit the MCG measurement mitigation parameters to the UE using SRB1.

[0265] The MN node may obtain auxiliary information provided by the SN node. The SN node provides the auxiliary information to the MN node. After the MN obtains the auxiliary information from the SN node through grounding, it can transmit the SCG measurement relaxation parameter transparent to the UE, or it can modify the measurement relaxation parameter of the SN node and send it to the UE, and then carry the MCG measurement relaxation parameter and notify it to the UE.

[0266] The measurement relaxation parameters are transmitted in the following manner.

[0267] For the UE in the EN-DC, the SN node or the MN node sends the measurement mitigation parameters.

[0268] For the UE in the NE-DC, the MN node sends the measurement mitigation parameters.

[0269] For NR-DC UEs, the MN node transmits measurement mitigation parameters.

[0270] The measurement mitigation parameters are transmitted by the MN node to the UE. The MN node may use SRB1 to transmit the measurement mitigation parameters to the UE.

[0271] If SRB3 is configured in the SN node, the transmission of the measurement relaxation parameters is sent by the SN node to the UE, and the SN node can use SRB3 to send the measurement relaxation parameters to the UE.

[0272] If SRB3 is not configured in the SN node, the measurement mitigation parameters are first transmitted to the MN node and then transmitted to the UE via SRB1 via the MN.

[0273] The UE is transmitted to the MN node and / or SN node either satisfying or leaving the relaxed conditions.

[0274] For a UE in EN-DC, the UE reports measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the SN node or MN node, and the measurement relaxation request information may be reported when the UE detects that the measurement relaxation conditions are met.

[0275] The NE-DC reports to the MN node a notification instructing the UE that the measurement relaxation conditions are met.

[0276] For an NR-DC UE, the UE reports measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the corresponding network element (i.e., network node) based on the MCG or SCG relaxation criteria.

[0277] Regarding reporting the measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the MN node, the UE can use SRB1 to transmit the measurement relaxation request information to the MN node.

[0278] When an SRB3 is configured in the SN node, the UE can use the SRB3 to send measurement relaxation request information to the SN node to report measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the SN node.

[0279] If SRB3 is not configured in the SN node, when reporting the measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the MN node, the UE may use SRB1 to send the measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation conditions are met to the MN node and forward it to the SN node via the MN node.

[0280] When the UE meets or leaves the mitigation condition, it reports the measurement or reports the measurement mitigation request information in the form of UAI signaling.

[0281] Satisfying the RRM measurement relaxation condition indicates that the UE satisfies the stationary condition, and leaving the relaxation condition indicates that the stationary condition of the UE no longer satisfies the measurement relaxation condition.

[0282] Satisfying the RLM / BFD measurement relaxation conditions indicates that the UE is stationary and / or the signal quality is good enough, and leaving the relaxation conditions indicates that the UE is stationary and / or the signal quality is good enough that the measurement relaxation conditions are no longer met.

[0283] As shown in FIG. 9 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device including: an acquiring module 910 configured to acquire measurement mitigation parameters used for measurement mitigation by the UE on a wireless signal transmitted from a network node; The network node MN node, and / or Includes SN nodes.

[0284] The information processing device may be included in a UE, which may be a variety of UEs that support dual connectivity.

[0285] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910 may be a program module, which, when executed by a processor, can realize the acquisition of the measured relaxation parameters.

[0286] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910 may be a software-hardware combination module, which may include various programmable arrays, including, but not limited to, field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0287] In some other embodiments, the acquisition module 910 may be a simple hardware module, which may include various integrated circuits.

[0288] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910 is configured to receive the measurement mitigation parameters transmitted from the network node or to determine the measurement mitigation parameters by protocol convention.

[0289] In some embodiments, the UE uses Evolved Universal Mobile System Terrestrial Radio Access Network - New Radio (E-UTRAN-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity SN node; Or, The UE uses Next Generation Radio Access Universal Terrestrial Radio Access - New Radio (NG-RAN-UTRA-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity SN node; Or, The UE uses New Radio-Evolved Universal Mobile System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (NR-E-UTRA) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an MN node with NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses new radio-new radio (NR-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an NR-NR dual connectivity MN node and / or an NR-NR dual connectivity SN node.

[0290] In some embodiments, the measured relaxation parameter is: Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurement mitigation parameters, Beam Fault Detection (BFD) measurement mitigation parameters, Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement mitigation parameters.

[0291] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The first mitigation module is configured to send capability information of the UE to the network node, and the capability information is used by the network node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters.

[0292] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: a first capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation; a second capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation; and a third capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation.

[0293] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: Type 1 capability information that uniformly indicates the measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE for all cell groups (CG); Second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a primary cell group (MCG) and / or the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a secondary cell group (SCG); and third type capability information indicating an association relationship between the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for SCG.

[0294] In some embodiments, the first transmitting module: The UE uses EN-DC dual connectivity to send the first type capability information of the UE to the SN node or MN node of the EN-DC dual connectivity; The UE uses NE-DC dual connectivity to send the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NE-DC dual connectivity; The UE is configured to perform at least one of transmitting, using an NR-DC dual connection, first type capability information of the UE to an MN node of the NR-DC dual connection.

[0295] In some embodiments, the first transmitting module: Sending the second type capability information to the MN node, which individually indicates the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG; and transmitting the second type capability information to an SN node, the second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for an SCG.

[0296] In some embodiments, the first transmitting module: sending said capability information to the MN node via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of said MN node; transmitting the capability information to the SN node via a signaling radio bearer SRB of the SN node in response to an SRB being established in the SN node; in response to no SRB being configured in the SN node, transmitting the capability information to the MN node via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the MN, wherein the capability information is forwarded by the MN node to the SN node.

[0297] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation parameters include measurement relaxation criteria indicating measurement relaxation conditions, and the device: and a second sending module configured to send measurement relaxation request information to the network node or send a notification of compliance with a measurement relaxation condition to the network node in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met, wherein the measurement relaxation request information triggers the network node to decide whether to allow measurement relaxation by the UE.

[0298] In some embodiments, the device comprises: a first receiving module configured to receive the measurement relaxation request information or a measurement relaxation instruction returned based on the notification; and a measurement module configured to measure a wireless signal based on a relaxation setting of the measurement relaxation parameter in response to the measurement relaxation instruction allowing measurement relaxation by the UE.

[0299] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation instruction comprises: an enablement instruction for enabling measurement mitigation by the UE; a disable instruction to disable measurement mitigation by the UE.

[0300] In some embodiments, satisfying the measurement relaxation condition comprises: A first condition is satisfied, that is, a displacement amount of the UE within a predetermined time length is lower than a first threshold and / or a fluctuation value of radio signal quality measured by the UE is lower than a third threshold; Or, The second condition is satisfied, that is, the radio signal quality measured by the UE is higher than a second threshold.

[0301] In some embodiments, the second sending module is configured to, in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is met, send the measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node via an SRB of the network node.

[0302] In some embodiments, the measured relaxation parameter is: The first relaxed measurement setting applies uniformly to all cell groups, and and a second type of relaxation setting which is a measurement relaxation setting that targets the MCG individually and / or a measurement relaxation setting that targets the SCG individually.

[0303] In some embodiments, the acquisition module 910: receiving the first type relaxation configuration transmitted from the MN node; Or, receiving the second type relaxation configuration transmitted from the MN node and individually targeting the MCG, and / or the second type relaxation configuration transmitted from the SN node and individually targeting the SCG; Or, The MN node is configured to receive the second type of mitigation measurement configuration transmitted from the MN node and targeted individually at the MCG, and / or the second type of mitigation configuration transmitted from the MN node and targeted individually at the SCG.

[0304] As shown in FIG. 10 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device including: a third transmitting module 1010 configured to transmit measurement mitigation related information to the UE; The related information is Measurement relaxation parameters used for measurement relaxation of the UE; and a measurement mitigation indication for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE.

[0305] In some embodiments, the third sending module 1010 may be a program module, which, when executed by a processor, can realize the sending of related information.

[0306] In some embodiments, the third transmitting module 1010 may be a software-hardware combination module, which may include various programmable arrays, including but not limited to field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0307] In some other embodiments, the third transmitting module 1010 may be a simple hardware module, which may include various integrated circuits.

[0308] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The second receiving module is configured to receive capability information of the UE, the capability information further comprising a second receiving module for determining the measurement mitigation parameters.

[0309] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: Type 1 capability information that uniformly indicates the measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE for all cell groups (CGs); Second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a primary cell group (MCG) and / or the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a secondary cell group (SCG); and third type capability information indicating an association relationship between the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for SCG.

[0310] In some embodiments, the capability information comprises: a first capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation; a second capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation; and a third capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation.

[0311] In some embodiments, the second receiving module: In response to the network node being the MN node, the MN node receives the capability information of the UE in an SRB established for the MN node; Or, In response to the network node being the SN node and an SRB being established in the SN node, the SN node receiving the capability information of the UE in the SRB established in the SN node; Or, In response to the network node being the MN node and no SRB configured in the SN node, the MN node is configured to perform one of the following: receiving an SRB received from the UE in an SRB configured in the SN node, the SRB including the capability information; and at least a portion of the capability information indicating measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE with respect to an SCG being transmitted from the MN node to the SN node.

[0312] In some embodiments, the third transmitting module 1010 is responsive to the network node being the MN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters covering all CGs to the UE; responsive to the network node being the MN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters directed to an MCG to the UE; In response to the network node being the SN node and an SRB being configured in the SN node, sending measurement mitigation parameters intended for an SCG to the UE; in response to the network node being the MN node and no SRB being configured in the SN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters intended for the SCG to the UE.

[0313] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The MN node further includes a third receiving module configured to receive auxiliary information for transmitting measurement mitigation parameters for an SCG from the SN node before transmitting the measurement mitigation parameters for an SCG to the UE.

[0314] In some embodiments, the device comprises: receiving measurement relaxation request information reported by the UE when detecting that a measurement relaxation condition is met, or a notification indicating that a measurement relaxation condition is met; The step of sending measurement relaxation related information to the UE includes: The method includes sending the measurement relaxation instruction to the UE based on the measurement relaxation request information or the notification.

[0315] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation instruction comprises: an enablement instruction for enabling measurement mitigation by the UE; a disable instruction to disable measurement mitigation by the UE.

[0316] In some embodiments, the measured relaxation parameter is: Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurement mitigation parameters, Beam Fault Detection (BFD) measurement mitigation parameters, Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement mitigation parameters.

[0317] In some embodiments, the measured relaxation parameter is: a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition of the UE; and a mitigation configuration used for measurement mitigation of the UE.

[0318] In some embodiments, the measurement relaxation condition is: a first condition that a displacement of the UE within a predetermined time length is lower than a first threshold and / or a fluctuation value of radio signal quality measured by the UE within a second time length is lower than a third threshold; Or, A second condition is that the radio signal quality measured by the UE within a second time period is greater than a second threshold.

[0319] As shown in FIG. 11 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device including: a transmitting module 1110 configured to transmit information related to measurement mitigation by the UE to and from the MN node; Here, the related information is capability information for determining measurement mitigation parameters of the UE; a measurement mitigation instruction for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE; Measured relaxation parameters for SCG, and auxiliary information used by the MN node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters of the UE for the SCG.

[0320] In some embodiments, the transmission module 1110 may be a program module, which, when executed by a processor, can realize the transmission of related information.

[0321] In some embodiments, the transmission module 1110 may be a software-hardware combination module, which may include various programmable arrays, including, but not limited to, field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0322] In some other embodiments, the transmission module 1110 may be a simple hardware module, which may include various integrated circuits.

[0323] In some embodiments, the transmission module 1110 is configured to transmit information related to measurement relaxation by the UE to and from the MN node in response to an SRB not being configured in the SN node.

[0324] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device comprising: a memory for storing instructions executable by a processor; processors, each connected to a memory; Here, the processor is configured to execute the information processing method provided by any of the aforementioned technical solutions.

[0325] The processor may include various types of storage media, which may be non-transitory computer storage media, capable of continuing to store information even after a communication device has lost power.

[0326] Here, the communication device includes an access device, a UE, or a core network device.

[0327] The processor can be connected to a memory via a bus or the like, and stores executable programs stored in the memory, for example, at least one of the information processing methods shown in FIGS.

[0328] 12 is a block diagram of a UE 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, digital broadcasting user equipment, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet terminal, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0329] Referring to FIG. 12, the UE 800 may include one or more of a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input / output (I / O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

[0330] The processing component 802 typically controls the overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations related to display, phone calls, data communications, camera operation, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 for executing instructions to complete all or some of the steps of the above-described methods. The processing component 802 may also include one or more modules to facilitate interaction with other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and the multimedia component 808.

[0331] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data, such as instructions for any application programs or methods operating on the UE 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, photos, videos, etc., to support operation on the UE 800. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk, optical disk, or a combination thereof.

[0332] The power component 806 provides power for various components of the UE 800. The power component 806 may include a power management system, at least one power source, and other components associated with generating, managing, and allocating power for the UE 800.

[0333] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel may include one or more touch sensors to detect touches, slides, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors detect not only the boundaries of a touch or slide action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide action. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes one front camera and / or one rear camera. When the UE 800 is in an operation mode, such as a photo mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may have a fixed optical lens system or may have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0334] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the UE 800 is in an operation mode such as a call mode, a record mode, or a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0335] The I / O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to, a home button, volume buttons, a start button, and a lock button.

[0336] The sensor component 814 includes at least one or more sensors to provide various aspects of status assessment for the UE 800. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the on / off state of the UE 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the UE 800, and can also detect position changes of the UE 800 or components of the UE 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the UE 800, and temperature changes of the UE 800. The sensor component 814 can also include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor component 814 can further include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 may further include an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0337] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the UE 800 and other devices. The UE 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a near-field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0338] In an exemplary embodiment, the UE 800 may be implemented by at least one application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing device (DSPD), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or other electronic component to perform the above method.

[0339] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions is further provided, such as a memory 804 containing instructions, which can be executed by the processor 820 of the UE 800 to complete the method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

[0340] 13, an embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates the structure of an access device. For example, a network node 900 may be provided as a network-side device. The communication device may be the aforementioned access device and / or core network device.

[0341] 13, network node 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes at least one processor and memory resources, including memory 932, for storing instructions executable by processing component 922, such as application programs. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. Processing component 922 is also configured to execute instructions, thereby performing any of the methods applied to the base station, such as at least one of the information processing methods shown in FIGS. 2 to 8.

[0342] Network node 900 may further include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of network node 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect network node 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. Network node 900 may operate an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

[0343] Those skilled in the art will readily envision other embodiments of the present invention after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any modifications, uses, or adaptations of the present invention, including the general principles of the present invention and including common general knowledge or customary technical means in the art not disclosed in this disclosure. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

[0344] It should be understood that the present disclosure is limited to the exact construction described above and illustrated in the drawings, and that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope thereof, which is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. 1. An information processing method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: obtaining measurement mitigation parameters used for measurement mitigation by the UE on radio signals transmitted from a network node; The network node a Master Network (MN) node; and a secondary network (SN) node; the measurement relaxation parameters include measurement relaxation criteria indicating measurement relaxation conditions; the information processing method includes, in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied, transmitting measurement relaxation request information or a notification that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the network node. Information processing methods.

2. The step of obtaining measured relaxation parameters comprises: receiving the measurement mitigation parameters transmitted from the network node; Or, determining the measurement relaxation parameters according to protocol conventions; The method of claim 1.

3. The UE uses Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network - New Radio (E-UTRAN-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an SN node of E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses Next Generation Radio Access Universal Terrestrial Radio Access - New Radio (NG-RAN-UTRA-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes an SN node of NG-RAN-UTRA-NR dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses New Radio-Evolved Universal Mobile System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (NR-E-UTRA) dual connectivity, and the network node includes a MN node with NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity; Or, The UE uses new radio-new radio (NR-NR) dual connectivity, and the network node includes at least one of an MN node with NR-NR dual connectivity and an SN node with NR-NR dual connectivity; The method of claim 1.

4. The measured relaxation parameters are Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurement mitigation parameters; Beam Fault Detection (BFD) measurement mitigation parameters, Radio resource management (RRM) measurement mitigation parameters; The method of claim 1.

5. transmitting capability information of the UE to the network node, wherein the capability information is used by the network node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters; The capability information is a first capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation; a second capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation; a third capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation; or The capability information is Type 1 capability information that uniformly indicates the measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE for all cell groups (CGs); Second type capability information individually indicating at least one of the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a primary cell group (MCG) and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a secondary cell group (SCG); Third type capability information indicating an association relationship between the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for SCG; The method of claim 1.

6. The step of sending capability information of the UE to the network node comprises: The UE sends the first type capability information of the UE to the SN node or MN node of the EN-DC dual connectivity using the EN-DC dual connectivity; The UE sends the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NE-DC dual connectivity using the NE-DC dual connectivity; The UE uses NR-DC dual connectivity to send the first type capability information of the UE to the MN node of the NR-DC dual connectivity, or The step of sending capability information of the UE to the network node comprises: sending the second type capability information to the MN node, the second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for the MCG; transmitting the second type capability information to an SN node, the second type capability information individually indicating the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for an SCG; The method of claim 5.

7. The step of sending capability information of the UE to the network node comprises: sending said capability information to said MN node via a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) of said MN node; transmitting the capability information to the SN node via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the SN node in response to an SRB being established at the SN node; in response to no SRB being configured for the SN node, transmitting the capability information to the MN node via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the MN, wherein the capability information is forwarded by the MN node to the SN node. The method of claim 5.

8. The information processing method comprises: the measurement relaxation request information triggers the network node to decide whether to allow measurement relaxation by the UE; receiving the measurement relaxation request information or a measurement relaxation instruction returned based on the notification; and measuring a radio signal based on a relaxation setting of the measurement relaxation parameter in response to the measurement relaxation instruction allowing measurement relaxation by the UE. The method of claim 1.

9. The measurement relaxation instruction is an enabling instruction to enable measurement mitigation by the UE; a disabling instruction to disable measurement mitigation by the UE; The satisfaction of the measurement relaxation conditions is a first condition is satisfied, which is at least one of: a displacement amount of the UE within a predetermined time length is lower than a first threshold; and a fluctuation value of radio signal quality measured by the UE within a second time length is lower than a third threshold; Or, a second condition is satisfied that the radio signal quality measured by the UE is higher than a second threshold; responsive to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied, sending measurement relaxation request information to the network node or sending a notification that the measurement relaxation condition is met to the network node, in response to detecting that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied, transmitting the measurement relaxation request information or a notification indicating that the measurement relaxation condition is satisfied to the network node via an SRB of the network node. The method of claim 8.

10. The measured relaxation parameters are The first type of relaxed measurement setting is a measurement relaxation setting that applies uniformly to all cell groups; A second type relaxation configuration, which is at least one of a measurement relaxation configuration that individually targets the MCG and a measurement relaxation configuration that individually targets the SCG; receiving the measurement mitigation parameters transmitted from the network node, receiving the first type relaxation configuration transmitted from the MN node; Or, receiving at least one of the second type relaxation configuration transmitted from the MN node and targeted individually to the MCG, and the second type relaxation configuration transmitted from the SN node and targeted individually to the SCG; Or, receiving at least one of the second type mitigation measurement configuration transmitted from the MN node and targeted individually to the MCG, and the second type mitigation configuration transmitted from the MN node and targeted individually to the SCG; The method of claim 2.

11. 1. An information processing method performed by a network node, the network node including a MN node or an SN node of a dual connectivity UE, the information processing method comprising: transmitting measurement relaxation related information to the UE; The related information is Measurement mitigation parameters used for measurement mitigation of the UE; a measurement mitigation indication for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE; The information processing method further includes receiving measurement relaxation request information or a notification that a measurement relaxation condition is met via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the network node. Information processing methods.

12. receiving capability information of the UE, the capability information further comprising determining the measurement mitigation parameters; The method of claim 11.

13. The capability information is First type capability information that uniformly indicates the measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE for all cell groups (CGs); Second type capability information individually indicating at least one of the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a primary cell group (MCG) and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for a secondary cell group (SCG); Third type capability information indicating an association relationship between the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for MCG and the measurement mitigation capability of the UE for SCG; or The capability information is a first capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RLM measurement mitigation; a second capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports BFD measurement mitigation; a third capability indicator indicating whether the UE supports RRM measurement mitigation; The method of claim 12.

14. The step of receiving the UE capability information includes: In response to the network node being the MN node, the MN node receives the capability information of the UE in an SRB configured for the MN node; Or, In response to the network node being the SN node and an SRB being configured in the SN node, the SN node receives the capability information of the UE in the SRB configured in the SN node; Or, receiving, in response to the network node being the MN node and no SRB configured in the SN node, an SRB received from the UE by the MN node in an SRB configured in the SN node, the SRB including the capability information, wherein at least a portion of the capability information indicating measurement mitigation capabilities of the UE with respect to an SCG is transmitted from the MN node to the SN node. The method of claim 11.

15. The step of sending measurement relaxation related information to the UE includes: In response to the network node being the MN node, sending measurement mitigation parameters covering all CGs to the UE; In response to the network node being the MN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters directed to an MCG to the UE; In response to the network node being the SN node and an SRB being configured in the SN node, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters for an SCG to the UE; in response to the network node being the MN node and the SN node not being configured with an SRB, transmitting measurement mitigation parameters for the SCG to the UE; The information processing method includes: Before the MN node transmits the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG to the UE, the MN node further includes receiving auxiliary information for transmitting the measurement relaxation parameters for the SCG from the SN node. The method of claim 11.

16. The step of transmitting measurement relaxation related information to the UE, sending the measurement relaxation instruction to the UE based on the measurement relaxation request information or the notification; The measurement relaxation instruction is an enabling instruction to enable measurement mitigation by the UE; a disabling instruction to disable measurement mitigation by the UE. The method of claim 11.

17. The measured relaxation parameters are Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurement mitigation parameters; Beam Fault Detection (BFD) measurement mitigation parameters, Radio resource management (RRM) measurement mitigation parameters; The measured relaxation parameters are a measurement relaxation criterion indicating a measurement relaxation condition of the UE; a mitigation configuration used for measurement mitigation of the UE; The measurement relaxation conditions are: a first condition that at least one of a displacement amount of the UE within a predetermined time length is lower than a first threshold, and a fluctuation value of radio signal quality measured by the UE within a second time length is lower than a third threshold; Or, a second condition that the radio signal quality measured by the UE within a second time period is greater than a second threshold. The method of claim 11.

18. An information processing method performed by an SN node, comprising: transmitting information related to measurement mitigation by the UE to and from the MN node; The related information is Capability information for determining measurement mitigation parameters of the UE; a measurement mitigation indication for enabling or disabling measurement mitigation for the UE; Measured relaxation parameters for SCG, and auxiliary information used by the MN node to determine the measurement mitigation parameters of the UE for the SCG; the measurement relaxation parameters include measurement relaxation criteria indicating measurement relaxation conditions; The information processing method further includes receiving, in response to the SN node establishing a signaling radio bearer (SRB), measurement relaxation request information or a notification that a measurement relaxation condition is met via the signaling radio bearer (SRB) of the SN node. Information processing methods.

19. The step of transmitting information related to measurement relaxation by the UE to and from the MN node includes: transmitting information related to measurement relaxation by the UE to and from the MN node in response to the SRB not being configured in the SN node; 20. The method of claim 18.

20. A communications device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the processor, when executing the executable program, performing a method provided by any one of claims 1 to 10. Communication devices.

21. A communications device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the executable program, performs a method provided by any one of claims 11 to 17. Communication devices.

22. A communications device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the executable program, performs a method provided by any one of claims 18 to 19. Communication devices.

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