Communication method and communication apparatus

Abstract

The present application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method may comprise: a terminal device receives first measurement configuration information, the first measurement configuration information being used for instructing to modify a first measurement object, and the first measurement object being associated with a first measurement identifier. When the first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, the terminal device performs a first operation, the first operation comprising one or more of the following operations: the terminal device removing a report record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device stopping a timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device resetting information associated with the first measurement identifier. The delay measurement comprises packet data convergence protocol data packet average delay measurement and / or packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement. Use of the method can reduce the impact of a modification process of the measurement object on the delay measurement.

Description

Communication method and communication device

[0001] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the China Patent Office on August 8, 2022, with application number 202210945163.1 and application name “Communication Method and Communication Device”, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method and a communication device. Background Art

[0003] The network device can provide the terminal device with measurement configuration information related to delay measurement so that the terminal device can execute the delay measurement process according to the measurement configuration information, such as performing delay measurement, and reporting the measurement results of the delay measurement, wherein the measurement configuration information may include information such as the measurement object.

[0004] However, if a network device initiates a modification or removal process for a measurement object while a terminal device is performing latency measurement, this may affect the latency measurement process of the terminal device. For example, it may affect the latency measurement results reported by the terminal device. The latency measurement here can refer to the average latency measurement of uplink packets of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) or the additional latency measurement of PDCP packets.

[0005] Therefore, how to reduce the impact of the modification / removal process of the measurement object on the delay measurement process of the terminal device to improve the service performance of the terminal device is an issue that needs to be considered at present.

[0006] Summary of the Invention

[0007] The present application provides a communication method and a communication device for reducing the impact of a measurement object modification / removal process on a delay measurement process of a terminal device.

[0008] In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a terminal device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the example of execution by a terminal device.

[0009] The method includes: a terminal device receiving first measurement configuration information, the first measurement configuration information being used to instruct modification of a first measurement object, the first measurement object being associated with a first measurement identifier; if the first measurement identifier is not associated with a latency measurement, the terminal device performing a first operation; or if the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement, the terminal device performing a second operation.

[0010] The first operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device removes the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device stops the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device resets the information associated with the first measurement identifier; the second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retains the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device keeps the timer running, or the terminal device retains the information associated with the first measurement identifier; the delay measurement includes the average delay measurement of packet data packets of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol and / or the delay measurement of additional packet data packets of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol.

[0011] In the above scheme, in the modification process of the first measurement object, the terminal device can decide the operation to be performed based on whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Specifically, when the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device performs the first operation, that is, resets (or deletes) the information associated with the first measurement identifier for measurement (or for reporting the measurement result) (that is, the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the timer, and the information associated with the first measurement identifier), thereby reducing the impact of the modification process of the first measurement object on the delay measurement. In other words, in another case, that is, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device performs the second operation, that is, does not reset (or delete) the information associated with the first measurement identifier for measurement (or for reporting the measurement result) (that is, the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the timer, and the information associated with the first measurement identifier). Therefore, the terminal device can continue to report the measurement result of the delay measurement based on this information, thereby improving the efficiency of the delay measurement, saving resources, and improving the service performance of the terminal device.

[0012] In one possible embodiment, the method also includes: when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the method also includes: the terminal device reports the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier to the network device based on one or more of the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the information associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0013] In the above scheme, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device does not reset (or delete) the information associated with the first measurement identifier for delay measurement (or for reporting the measurement result) (i.e., the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the timer, and the information associated with the first measurement identifier). Therefore, the terminal device can report the measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier based on this information without regenerating the above information, thereby improving the efficiency of the delay measurement, saving resources, and improving the service performance of the terminal device.

[0014] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of additional Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets.

[0015] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0016] Therefore, based on the above scheme, the terminal device can determine whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement based on whether the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes the configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or the configuration information of the additional data packet delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol, and thus can decide the operation to be performed based on whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, thereby reducing the impact of the modification process of the first measurement object on the delay measurement.

[0017] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the terminal device sends first capability information, and the first capability information is used to indicate that in the modification process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports one or more of the following: supporting retention of the reporting record corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or supporting maintaining the timing of the timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or supporting retention of information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0018] Based on the above solution, the terminal device can report the first capability information to the network device. Since the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, the network device can determine, based on the first capability information, that the terminal device supports the case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, that the terminal device performs the second operation. Therefore, the network device can determine, based on the first capability information, that it can initiate a modification process for the first measurement object. Since the terminal device supports the case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, that the terminal device performs the second operation. Therefore, in this case, even if the network device initiates a modification process for the first measurement object before the delay measurement ends, the terminal device can continue to use the information associated with the first measurement identifier (e.g., the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the timer, and the information associated with the first measurement identifier) ​​to report the measurement result of the delay measurement, thereby reducing the impact of the modification process of the first measurement object on the delay measurement.

[0019] In a second aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a terminal device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the example of execution by a terminal device.

[0020] The method includes: a terminal device obtaining a first measurement result of a first cell and a second measurement result of a second cell, the second cell being a serving cell of the terminal device, the second cell being a different cell from the first cell, the first cell being associated with a first measurement object, and the second cell being associated with a second measurement object. The terminal device evaluates, by the terminal device, whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet a reporting criterion.

[0021] Through the above solution, it is possible to avoid the waste of resources caused by evaluating the measurement results of the same cell and reporting the measurement results of the same cell to the network equipment, and it is possible to avoid unreasonable switching situations, for example, the terminal device initiates the cell switching process to switch from the current service cell to the cell again.

[0022] In one possible embodiment, the method further includes: when the measurement result of the first cell and the measurement result of the second cell meet the reporting criterion, the terminal device reports a measurement report, where the measurement report includes the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0023] In a possible manner, the reporting criterion is associated with the first measurement object.

[0024] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement result includes the signal quality of the first cell, the second measurement result includes the signal quality of the second cell, and the reporting criteria include one or more of the following: the difference between the signal quality of the first cell and the signal quality of the second cell is higher than a first threshold; or the signal quality of the first cell is higher than a second threshold, and the signal quality of the second cell is lower than a third threshold.

[0025] That is, the above reporting criteria may correspond to A3 events and / or A5 events.

[0026] In a third aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a terminal device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the example of execution by a terminal device.

[0027] The method includes: a terminal device receives second measurement configuration information, the second measurement configuration information is used to indicate the removal of a first measurement object, the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier. The terminal device removes the first measurement object. If the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier; or, if the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device retains the first measurement identifier. The delay measurement includes a packet data convergence protocol average data packet delay measurement and / or a packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0028] Based on the above solution, during the first measurement object removal process, the terminal device can determine the operation to be performed based on whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement. Specifically, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier only if the first measurement identifier is not associated with the latency measurement, or retains the first measurement identifier if the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement.

[0029] If a terminal device removes the first measurement identifier during the first measurement object removal process, and the first measurement identifier is associated with a latency measurement, the terminal device will be unable to report the latency measurement result corresponding to the first measurement identifier, which may affect the terminal device's services. However, with the above solution, the terminal device does not remove the first measurement identifier when the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement. Therefore, the terminal device can use the first measurement identifier to report the latency measurement result, thereby avoiding the situation where the measurement object removal process causes the first measurement identifier to be deleted, thereby preventing the latency measurement result from being reported.

[0030] In a possible manner, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the method further includes: the terminal device reporting a measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0031] Through the above scheme, the terminal device can retain the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement during the removal process of the first measurement object, so that during the removal process of the first measurement object, the terminal device can still report the measurement result of the delay measurement through the first measurement identifier, avoiding the failure of reporting the measurement result of the delay measurement due to the removal process of the first measurement object, thereby improving the service performance of the terminal device.

[0032] In one possible manner, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, after the terminal device reports the measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier, the method further includes: the terminal device removing the first measurement identifier.

[0033] Based on the above solution, after the terminal device reports the delay measurement result, the first measurement identifier can be deleted to reduce resource occupation caused by the first measurement identifier.

[0034] In a possible manner, the method further includes: the terminal device receiving third measurement configuration information, where the third measurement configuration information is used to instruct to remove the first measurement identifier.

[0035] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of additional Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets.

[0036] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0037] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the terminal device sends second capability information, and the second capability information is used to indicate that in the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports retaining the second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0038] Based on the above solution, the terminal device can report the second capability information to the network device. Since the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, the network device can determine, based on the second capability information, that the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Therefore, the network device can determine, based on the second capability information, that a removal process for the first measurement object can be initiated. Since the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, in this case, even if the network device initiates the removal process for the first measurement object before the delay measurement ends, the terminal device can still use the first measurement identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement, thereby reducing the impact of the removal process for the first measurement object on the delay measurement. In other words, if the network device determines that the terminal device does not support retaining the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement in the removal process for the first measurement object, the network device may not initiate (for example, not initiate before the delay measurement is completed) the removal process for the first measurement object, thereby avoiding the situation where the removal process for the first measurement object causes the delay measurement process to fail.

[0039] In a fourth aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a terminal device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the example of execution by a terminal device.

[0040] The method includes: a terminal device receives second measurement configuration information, the second measurement configuration information being used to instruct removal of a first measurement object. The terminal device removes the first measurement object and a first measurement identifier associated with the first measurement object, the first measurement identifier being associated with a delay measurement. The terminal device uses a first identifier to report a measurement result of a delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the first identifier being different from the first measurement identifier, the delay measurement including a packet data convergence protocol data packet average delay measurement and / or a packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0041] Based on the above solution, during the first measurement object removal process, if the first measurement identifier associated with the latency measurement is removed, the terminal device uses a first identifier different from the first measurement identifier to report the latency measurement result corresponding to the first measurement identifier. In other words, even if the first measurement identifier is removed, the terminal device can still report the latency measurement result, preventing the first measurement object removal process from affecting the latency measurement process of the terminal device, thereby improving service performance of the terminal device.

[0042] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0043] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of additional Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets.

[0044] In one possible manner, the terminal device uses a first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, including: the terminal device reports the measurement result according to the reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier; or, the terminal device reports the measurement result according to a pre-configured reporting configuration.

[0045] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the terminal device sends third capability information, and the third capability information is used to indicate that in the deletion process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports using the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement.

[0046] Based on the above solution, the terminal device can report the third capability information to the network device. Since the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, the network device can determine, based on the third capability information, that the terminal device supports using the first identifier in the first measurement object removal procedure to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Therefore, in this case, even if the network device initiates the first measurement object removal procedure before the delay measurement is completed, and this removal procedure causes the terminal device to remove the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device can still use the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement. In other words, initiating the first measurement object removal procedure for the terminal device by the network device will not significantly affect the delay measurement of the terminal device. Therefore, the network device can determine, based on the second capability information, that it can initiate the first measurement object removal procedure. In other words, if the network device determines that the terminal device does not support using the first identifier in the first measurement object removal procedure to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device can not initiate the first measurement object removal procedure before the delay measurement is completed, thereby avoiding the situation where the first measurement object removal procedure causes the delay measurement procedure to fail.

[0047] In a fifth aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a network device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the execution of the network device as an example.

[0048] The method includes: a network device sending first measurement configuration information, where the first measurement configuration information is used to instruct modification of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier; when the first measurement identifier is not associated with a delay measurement, the network device receiving a measurement result from a terminal device, where the measurement result is reported by the terminal device based on a first operation; or, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device receiving a measurement result from the terminal device, where the measurement result is reported by the terminal device based on a second operation; the first operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device removing a reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device stopping a timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device resetting information associated with the first measurement identifier; the second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retaining a reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device keeping the timer running, or the terminal device retaining information associated with the first measurement identifier; wherein the delay measurement includes a packet data convergence protocol average data packet delay measurement and / or a packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0049] Based on the above scheme, in the modification process of the first measurement object, depending on whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device receives the measurement results reported by the terminal device through different operations. Among them, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the measurement result received by the network device is reported by the terminal device when performing the second operation (that is, not resetting (or not deleting) the information associated with the first measurement identifier for measurement (or for reporting the measurement result) (that is, the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the timer, and the information associated with the first measurement identifier)). In other words, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device can continue to report the measurement result of the delay measurement based on the above information without regenerating the above information, thereby improving the efficiency of the delay measurement, saving resources, and improving the service performance of the terminal device.

[0050] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of additional Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets.

[0051] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the network device receives first capability information, and the first capability information is used to indicate that in the modification process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the network device supports one or more of the following: supporting retention of the reporting record corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or supporting maintaining the timing of the timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or supporting retention of information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0052] Based on the above solution, the network device receives the first capability information from the terminal device. Since the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, the network device can determine, based on the first capability information, that the terminal device supports performing the second operation when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Therefore, the network device can determine, based on the first capability information, that a modification process of the first measurement object can be initiated. Since the terminal device supports performing the second operation when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, in this case, even if the network device initiates the modification process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement ends, the terminal device can continue to use the information associated with the first measurement identifier (e.g., the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the timer, and the information associated with the first measurement identifier) ​​to report the measurement result of the delay measurement, thereby reducing the impact of the modification process of the first measurement object on the delay measurement.

[0053] In a sixth aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a network device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the execution of the network device as an example.

[0054] The method includes: a network device sending second measurement configuration information, the second measurement configuration information being used to instruct removal of a first measurement object, the first measurement object being associated with the first measurement identifier. If the first measurement identifier is not associated with a delay measurement, the network device removes the first measurement identifier; or, if the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device retains the first measurement identifier. The delay measurement includes a Packet Data Convergence Protocol average packet delay measurement and / or a Packet Data Convergence Protocol extra packet delay measurement.

[0055] Based on the above solution, during the first measurement object removal process, the network device can determine the action to be performed based on whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement. Specifically, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier only if the first measurement identifier is not associated with the latency measurement; or retains the first measurement identifier if the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement. This prevents the measurement object removal process from causing the first measurement identifier to be deleted, thereby preventing the latency measurement result from being identified (or obtained).

[0056] In one possible embodiment, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the method further includes: the network device receiving a measurement result of the delay measurement from the terminal device, where the measurement result is associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0057] Based on the above solution, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device can obtain the measurement result of the delay measurement through the first measurement identifier.

[0058] In one possible embodiment, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, after the network device receives the measurement result corresponding to the delay measurement from the terminal device, the method further includes: the network device removing the first measurement identifier.

[0059] Based on the above solution, the network device can remove the first measurement identifier after receiving the delay measurement result from the terminal device to reduce resource occupation.

[0060] In one possible manner, after the network device receives the measurement result corresponding to the delay measurement from the terminal device, the method further includes: the network device sending third measurement configuration information, where the third measurement configuration information is used to instruct to remove the first measurement identifier.

[0061] Based on the above solution, after receiving the delay measurement result from the terminal device, the network device can instruct the terminal device to remove the first measurement identifier to reduce resource usage of the terminal device.

[0062] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of additional Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets.

[0063] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0064] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the network device receives second capability information, and the second capability information is used to indicate that in the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports retaining the second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0065] Based on the above scheme, when the network device receives the second capability information, since the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, the network device can determine based on the second capability information that the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Therefore, the network device can determine based on the second capability information that the removal process of the first measurement object can be initiated.

[0066] In a seventh aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a network device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the example of a terminal device.

[0067] The method includes: a network device sending second measurement configuration information, where the second measurement configuration information is used to indicate removal of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier; when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device receives a measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier; wherein the delay measurement includes a packet data convergence protocol data packet average delay measurement and / or a packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0068] Based on the above solution, even in the process of removing the first measurement object, the network device can still receive the measurement results corresponding to the first measurement object associated with the delay measurement (i.e., the delay measurement results), avoiding the situation where the delay measurement results cannot be reported due to the removal process of the first measurement object, thereby improving the success rate of the delay measurement and enhancing the service performance of the terminal device.

[0069] In a possible manner, the method further includes: the network device sending third measurement configuration information, where the third measurement configuration information is used to instruct to remove the first measurement identifier.

[0070] Based on the above solution, when the network device receives the delay measurement result associated with the first measurement identifier, the third measurement configuration information can be used to instruct the terminal device to remove the first measurement identifier to reduce resource occupation caused by the first measurement identifier.

[0071] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of additional Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets.

[0072] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the network device receives second capability information, and the second capability information is used to indicate that in the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports retaining the second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0073] Based on the above solution, the network device receives the second capability information from the terminal device. Since the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, the network device can determine, based on the second capability information, that the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier during the removal process of the first measurement object when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Therefore, the network device can determine, based on the second capability information, that it can initiate the removal process of the first measurement object. Since the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, in this case, even if the network device initiates the removal process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement ends, the terminal device can still use the first measurement identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement, thereby reducing the impact of the removal process of the first measurement object on the delay measurement. In other words, if the network device determines that the terminal device does not support retaining the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement during the removal process of the first measurement object, the network device may not initiate (for example, not initiate before the delay measurement is completed) the removal process of the first measurement object, thereby avoiding the situation where the removal process of the first measurement object causes the delay measurement process to fail.

[0074] In an eighth aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a network device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the example of a terminal device.

[0075] The method includes: a network device sends second measurement configuration information, where the second measurement configuration information is used to instruct the removal of a first measurement object; the network device receives a measurement result of a delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier reported by a terminal device using a first identifier, where the first identifier is different from the first measurement identifier, and the delay measurement includes an average delay measurement of a packet data convergence protocol data packet and / or a delay measurement of an additional packet data packet of the packet data convergence protocol.

[0076] Based on the above solution, in the removal process of the first measurement object, the network device can receive the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier reported by the terminal device using the first identifier. That is, even if the first measurement identifier is removed in the removal process of the first measurement object, the terminal device can still report the measurement result of the delay measurement using the first identifier different from the first measurement identifier, thereby avoiding the removal process of the first measurement object from affecting the delay measurement process of the terminal device, thereby improving the service performance of the terminal device.

[0077] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0078] In one possible manner, the network device receives the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier reported by the terminal device using the first identifier, including: the network device receives the measurement result reported by the terminal device, and the reporting result is the measurement result reported by the terminal device according to the reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier; or, the reporting result is the measurement result reported by the terminal device according to the pre-configured reporting configuration.

[0079] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the network device receives third capability information, and the third capability information is used to indicate that in the deletion process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports using the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement.

[0080] Based on the above scheme, the network device can receive the third capability information from the terminal device. Since the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, the network device can determine, based on the third capability information, that the terminal device supports using the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Therefore, in this case, even if the network device initiates the removal process of the first measurement object before the end of the delay measurement, and the removal process causes the terminal device to remove the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device can also use the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement. That is to say, the network device initiating the removal process of the first measurement object to the terminal device will not have much impact on the delay measurement of the terminal device, so the network device can determine, based on the second capability information, that it can initiate the removal process of the first measurement object. In other words, if the network device determines that the terminal device does not support the use of the first identifier to report the measurement results of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device may not initiate (for example, not initiate before the delay measurement is completed) the removal process of the first measurement object, thereby avoiding the situation where the removal process of the first measurement object causes the delay measurement process to fail.

[0081] In a ninth aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a network device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the network device, and this application does not limit this. For convenience, the following description is based on the example of a terminal device.

[0082] The method includes: a network device determines that a first measurement object is associated with latency measurement, and a terminal device does not support performing a second operation in a modification process of the first measurement object; the network device does not trigger the modification process of the first measurement object before the latency measurement is completed; the second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retains a reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device maintains the timing of a timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device retains information associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0083] The first measurement identifier is associated with the first measurement object, and the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, and the delay measurement includes packet data convergence protocol data packet average delay measurement and / or packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0084] Based on the above solution, when the network device determines that the terminal device does not support the modification process of the first measurement object and performs the second operation on the first measurement object, the network device does not trigger the modification process of the first measurement object before determining that the delay measurement is completed, thereby avoiding the modification process of the first measurement object causing the terminal device to remove the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or stop the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or remove the information associated with the first measurement identifier, thereby wasting the resources of the terminal device and reducing the efficiency of the delay measurement.

[0085] In one possible embodiment, the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method also includes: the network device receives first capability information, and the first capability information is used to indicate that in the modification process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device does not support one or more of the following: does not support retaining the reporting record corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or does not support maintaining the timing of the timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or does not support retaining the information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0086] In one possible manner, the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0087] In a tenth aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a network device, or by a chip or circuit configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application. For convenience, the following description is based on the execution of the network device as an example.

[0088] The method includes: determining, by a network device, that a first measurement object is associated with a delay measurement, and that a terminal device does not support retaining a first measurement identifier associated with the first measurement object during a removal procedure for the first measurement object, or using a first identifier different from the first measurement identifier to report a measurement result of the delay measurement when the first measurement identifier is deleted, wherein the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the delay measurement including a packet data convergence protocol average data packet delay measurement and / or a packet data convergence protocol extra data packet delay measurement. The network device does not trigger the removal procedure for the first measurement object before the delay measurement is completed.

[0089] Based on the above solution, when the network device determines that the terminal device does not support the removal process of the first measurement object, retains the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement, or uses the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the network device does not trigger the removal process of the first measurement object before determining that the delay measurement is completed, thereby avoiding the situation where the removal process of the first measurement object causes the terminal device to remove the first measurement identifier, making it impossible to report the delay measurement result.

[0090] In one possible embodiment, the method also includes: the network device receives second capability information, where the second capability information is used to indicate that in the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device does not support retaining the second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement; or, the network device receives third capability information, where the third capability information is used to indicate that in the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports using the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement.

[0091] In one possible manner, the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the second measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0092] In an eleventh aspect, a communication device is provided, the device being configured to execute the method provided in the first or fourth aspect. Specifically, the device may include units and / or modules, such as a processing unit and / or a communication unit, for executing the method in any possible implementation of aspects 1 to 4.

[0093] In one implementation, the apparatus is a terminal device. When the apparatus is a terminal device, the communication unit may be a transceiver or an input / output interface; and the processing unit may be at least one processor. Optionally, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit. Optionally, the input / output interface may be an input / output circuit.

[0094] In another implementation, the device is a chip, chip system, or circuit used in a terminal device. When the device is a chip, chip system, or circuit used in a terminal device, the communication unit may be an input / output interface, interface circuit, output circuit, input circuit, pin, or related circuit on the chip, chip system, or circuit; and the processing unit may be at least one processor, processing circuit, or logic circuit.

[0095] In a twelfth aspect, a communication device is provided, the device being configured to execute the method provided in the fifth or tenth aspect. Specifically, the device may include units and / or modules, such as a processing unit and / or a communication unit, for executing the method in any possible implementation of aspects 1 to 10.

[0096] In one implementation, the apparatus is a network device. When the apparatus is a network device, the communication unit may be a transceiver or an input / output interface; and the processing unit may be at least one processor. Alternatively, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit. Alternatively, the input / output interface may be an input / output circuit.

[0097] In another implementation, the device is a chip, chip system, or circuit used in a network device. When the device is a chip, chip system, or circuit used in a network device, the communication unit may be an input / output interface, interface circuit, output circuit, input circuit, pin, or related circuit on the chip, chip system, or circuit; and the processing unit may be at least one processor, processing circuit, or logic circuit.

[0098] In the thirteenth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: at least one processor, the at least one processor being coupled to at least one memory, the at least one memory being used to store computer programs or instructions, and the at least one processor being used to call and run the computer program or instructions from the at least one memory, so that the communication device executes the scheme executed by any one of the first to tenth aspects.

[0099] In one implementation, the apparatus is a network device, or a chip, a chip system, or a circuit used in a network device.

[0100] In another implementation, the apparatus is a terminal device, or a chip, a chip system, or a circuit used in a terminal device.

[0101] In a fourteenth aspect, the present application provides a processor for executing the methods provided in the above aspects.

[0102] For the operations such as sending and acquiring / receiving involved in the processor, unless otherwise specified, or if they do not conflict with their actual functions or internal logic in the relevant descriptions, they can be understood as processor output, reception, input and other operations, and can also be understood as sending and receiving operations performed by the radio frequency circuit and antenna. This application does not limit this.

[0103] In a fifteenth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, which stores a program code for execution by a device, wherein the program code includes a method for executing any possible implementation of the above-mentioned first to tenth aspects.

[0104] In the sixteenth aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided, which, when run on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method in any possible implementation of the above-mentioned first to tenth aspects.

[0105] In the seventeenth aspect, a chip is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The processor reads instructions stored in a memory through the communication interface and executes the method in any possible implementation method of the above-mentioned first to tenth aspects.

[0106] Optionally, as an implementation method, the chip also includes a memory, in which a computer program or instructions are stored, and the processor is used to execute the computer program or instructions stored in the memory. When the computer program or instructions are executed, the processor is used to execute the method in any possible implementation method of the above-mentioned first to tenth aspects. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0107] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture applicable to an embodiment of the present application.

[0108] FIG2 shows an exemplary flow chart of a communication method 200 provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0109] FIG3 shows an exemplary flow chart of another communication method 300 provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0110] FIG4 shows an exemplary flow chart of another communication method 400 provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0111] FIG5 shows an exemplary flow chart of another communication method 500 provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0112] FIG6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in one embodiment of the present application.

[0113] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in another embodiment of the present application.

[0114] FIG8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in yet another embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0115] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this application more clear, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The specific operating methods in the method embodiments can also be applied to the device embodiments or system embodiments. In the description of this application, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more.

[0116] In the various embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified or there is a logical conflict, the terms and / or descriptions between different embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationships.

[0117] It is understood that the various numbers used in this application are merely for ease of description and are not intended to limit the scope of this application. The order of execution of the above-mentioned processes does not necessarily imply a specific order of execution. The order of execution of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic.

[0118] The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and various other terminology designations, if any, in the specification and claims of this application and in the accompanying drawings are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or precedence. It should be understood that the terms used in this manner are interchangeable where appropriate so that the embodiments described herein can be implemented in an order other than that illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, e.g., a process, method, system, product, or apparatus comprising a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, product, or apparatus.

[0119] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system 100 applicable to an embodiment of the present application.

[0120] As shown in Figure 1, the communication system 100 may include a network device 120 and may also include at least one terminal device 110. The terminal device 110 and the network device 120 may establish a connection to perform communication.

[0121] The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to user equipment, access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user device. The terminal in the embodiments of the present application can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal in a 5G network or a terminal in a future evolution network, etc.

[0122] Wearable devices, also known as wearable smart devices, are a general term for wearable devices developed by applying wearable technology to intelligently design everyday wearables, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. A wearable device is a portable device worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothing or accessories. Wearable devices are more than just hardware devices; they achieve powerful functionality through software support, data interaction, and cloud-based interaction. Broadly speaking, wearable smart devices include devices that are fully functional, large in size, and can function completely or partially without relying on a smartphone, such as smart watches or smart glasses. They also focus on a specific application function and require integration with other devices, such as smartphones, such as various smart bracelets and smart jewelry for vital sign monitoring.

[0123] Furthermore, the terminal device may also be a terminal device in an Internet of Things (IoT) system. IoT is an important component of future information technology development. Its main technical feature is to connect objects to the Internet through communication technologies, thereby realizing an intelligent network that interconnects humans and machines, and objects and things. This application does not limit the specific form of the terminal device.

[0124] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may be a device for implementing a terminal device function, or a device capable of supporting the terminal device in implementing the function, such as a chip system, which may be installed in the terminal. In the embodiments of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0125] The network device in the embodiment of the present application can be any device with wireless transceiver functions. The device includes but is not limited to: an evolved Node B (eNB), a radio network controller (RNC), a Node B (NB), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved node B, or home node B, HNB), a base band unit (BBU), an access point (AP) in a wireless fidelity (WIFI) system, a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a transmission point (TP) or a transmission and reception point (TRP), etc., and can also be a gNB in ​​a 5G, such as NR, system, or a transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a group of antenna panels (including multiple antenna panels) of a base station in a 5G system, or a network node constituting a gNB or a transmission point, such as a baseband unit (BBU) or a distributed unit (DU), etc.

[0126] In some deployments, a gNB may include a centralized unit (CU) and a DU. The gNB may also include an active antenna unit (AAU). The CU implements some gNB functions, while the DU implements some gNB functions. For example, the CU is responsible for processing non-real-time protocols and services, implementing the functions of the radio resource control (RRC) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layers. The DU is responsible for processing physical layer protocols and real-time services, implementing the functions of the radio link control (RLC), media access control (MAC), and physical (PHY) layers. The AAU implements some physical layer processing functions, RF processing, and active antenna-related functions. Because RRC layer information ultimately becomes PHY layer information, or is converted from PHY layer information, in this architecture, higher-layer signaling, such as RRC layer signaling, can also be considered to be sent by the DU, or by both the DU and the AAU. It is understood that a network device can be a device that includes one or more of a CU node, a DU node, or an AAU node. In addition, the CU may be classified as a network device in an access network (radio access network, RAN), or the CU may be classified as a network device in a core network (core network, CN), which is not limited in this application.

[0127] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the network device may be a device for implementing the function of the network device, or it may be a device that can support the network device to implement the function, such as a chip system, which may be installed in the network device.

[0128] The technical solutions provided in this application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: fifth generation (5G) or new radio (NR) systems, long term evolution (LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (TDD) systems, etc. The technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to future communication systems, such as the sixth generation mobile communication system. The technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to device to device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT) communication systems or other communication systems.

[0129] It should be understood that the present application can be applied to independently deployed 5G or LTE systems, and can also be applied to non-independently deployed 5G or LTE systems, such as DC scenarios, including evolved universal terrestrial radio access-NR dual connectivity (EN-DC), etc., as well as carrier aggregation (CA) scenarios.

[0130] In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, before introducing the solutions of the embodiments of the present application based on the 5G architecture, some terms or concepts that may be involved in the embodiments of the present application are first introduced.

[0131] 1. Measurement Object (MeasObject)

[0132] The measurement object is the object on which the UE performs measurements. For example, the NR measurement object configuration may include synchronization signal and physical boardcast channel block (SSB) configuration, synchronization signal block measurement time configuration (SMTC) configuration, channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration, whitelist cells (also known as allowed list cells) and blacklist cells (also known as excluded list cells), etc.; the LTE measurement object configuration may include E-UTRA carrier frequency, maximum allowed measurement bandwidth, whitelist cells (also known as allowed list cells) and blacklist cells (also known as excluded list cells), etc.

[0133] 2. Reporting Configurations

[0134] The reporting configuration includes the configuration of the criteria for triggering the reporting of measurement reports and the configuration of the format of measurement reports, etc. Each reporting configuration has a separate reporting configuration identifier (reportConfigId), which can be divided into event-triggered type, periodic type, etc.

[0135] The event-triggered reporting configuration may include the event type and threshold, the trigger time (timeToTrigger) required to meet the trigger condition, the measurement quantity to be reported, and the reference signal type. Measurement events include A1 to A6 events, B1 to B2 events, etc.

[0136] The periodic reporting configuration may include the reporting interval (reportInterval), the reference signal type, the measurement value to be reported, the reference signal type, etc. The periodic reporting configuration may also include the PDCP packet delay measurement configuration (ul-DelayValueConfig-r16) and / or the PDCP Excess delay measurement configuration (ul-ExcessDelayConfig-r17).

[0137] 3. Uplink PDCP Packet Average Delay per DRB per UE

[0138] The measurement of the average uplink PDCP packet delay is used to measure the PDCP queuing delay on the DRB at the UE. The measurement is the delay from when the packet arrives at the PDCP upper layer until the uplink grant for transmitting the packet is available. The purpose of this measurement is for QoS verification or QoS monitoring, etc. Reference signals in the measurement object are not used in this measurement.

[0139] 4. Measurement of the Excess Uplink PDCP Packet Delay per DRB (UL PDCP Excess Packet Delay per DRB)

[0140] The measurement of the excess uplink PDCP packet delay per DRB is used to measure the ratio of the delay of PDCP packets on the DRB at the UE exceeding the configured delay threshold. The delay of each packet is the delay from when the packet arrives at the PDCP upper layer until the uplink grant for transmitting the packet is available. The purpose of this measurement is for QoS verification or QoS monitoring, etc. Reference signals in the measurement object are not used in this measurement.

[0141] 5. Event A3

[0142] Event A3 is an event of the event-triggered reporting type. This event evaluates whether the signal quality of the neighboring cell is higher than that of the serving cell by a certain offset. The entry condition is: Mn + Ofn + Ocn – Hys > Mp + Ofp + Ocp + Off. The exit condition is: Mn + Ofn + Ocn + Hys < Mp + Ofp + Ocp + Off. The specific meanings of the relevant variables in the conditional formula are as follows:

[0143] Mp and Mn respectively represent the measurement results of the serving cell and the neighboring cell.

[0144] Hys represents the amplitude hysteresis of the measurement result.

[0145] Ofp and Ofn respectively represent the frequency offsets of the serving cell and the neighboring cell.

[0146] Ocp and Ocn respectively represent the cell offsets of the serving cell and the neighboring cell. [[ID=2S]]

[0147] Off represents the offset of Event A3.

[0148] Among them, the serving cell can refer to a special cell (SpCell). The SpCell can specifically be the primary cell (PCell) and / or the primary secondary cell (PSCell).

[0149] When the entry condition is continuously met within the trigger time (TimeToTrigger), the UE can trigger a measurement report.

[0150] 6. Event A5

[0151] Event A5 is an event of the event-triggered reporting type. This event evaluates whether the signal quality of the serving cell is lower than threshold 1 and whether the signal quality of the neighbor cell is higher than threshold 2. The entry condition is: Mp + Hys < Thresh1 and Mn + Ofn + Ocn – Hys > Thresh2. The exit condition is: Mp - Hys > Thresh1 or Mn + Ofn + Ocn + Hys < Thresh2.

[0152] Mp and Mn respectively represent the measurement results of the serving area and the neighbor area.

[0153] Hys represents the amplitude hysteresis of the measurement result.

[0154] Thresh1 and Thresh2 represent the threshold values.

[0155] Ofn respectively represents the frequency offset of the neighbor cell.

[0156] Ocn respectively represents the cell offset of the neighbor cell.

[0157] Among them, the serving area can be the SpCell. The SpCell can specifically be the PCell and / or the PSCell.

[0158] When the entry condition is continuously met within the trigger time (TimeToTrigger), the UE can trigger a measurement report. ...

[0159] 7. Measurement Identity (MeasId)

[0160] A measurement identity (measurement ID) associates a measurement object configuration with a reporting configuration. The UE measures the measurement object it associates with according to the requirements of the reporting configuration based on the measurement ID. When the UE sends a measurement report to the base station, the UE indicates the measurement ID corresponding to the reported measurement result, and the base station can determine the corresponding measurement object and reporting configuration based on this measurement ID. [[ID=​​According to the reporting configuration, the UE may send measurement reports once or multiple times for a certain measurement. Specifically, the reporting configuration may include a reporting number (reportAmount) parameter, a reporting interval (reportInterval) parameter, etc. Among them, the reporting number is used to indicate the number of measurement reports of the measurement that the UE needs to send after triggering the reporting of a certain measurement. The reporting interval is used to indicate the time interval for the UE to send measurement reports. For example, if the reporting number of a certain measurement is once (i.e., reportAmount=1), the UE will only send one measurement report after triggering the reporting of the measurement. For another example, if the reporting number of a certain measurement is N times (i.e., reportAmount=N, N is greater than 1), the UE will send N measurement reports after triggering the reporting of the measurement, and the time interval between two measurement reports is reportInterval.

[0163] 9. Measurement Report (MeasResults)

[0164] The measurement report may include a measurement identifier (MeasId), serving cell measurement results (measResultServingMOList), neighboring cell measurement results (measResultNeighCells), etc. In particular, if the measurement associated with the measurement identifier is a PDCP delay measurement, the PDCP delay measurement result (ul-PDCP-DelayValueResultList-r16) and / or PDCP Excess delay measurement result (ul-PDCP-ExcessDelayResultList-r17) may be included.

[0165] 10. Bandwidth part (BWP)

[0166] The maximum bandwidth of the 5G NR system can reach 400MHz. However, due to the diversity of 5G services, from the UE's perspective, some services of a specific UE may not require a larger transmission bandwidth. At the same time, supporting a larger transmission bandwidth also means higher terminal costs. Therefore, the 3GPP protocol proposed the BWP (BandWidth Part) concept for 5G NR.

[0167] A BWP is a continuous section of spectrum resources allocated by the network to the UE, over which the UE transmits data. The BWP can be smaller than the network's maximum transmission bandwidth, enabling flexible transmission bandwidth configuration on both the network and UE sides.

[0168] 11. Reduced capability UE (RedCap UE)

[0169] RedCap UE is a technology that further enhances 5G NR. Compared to enhanced mobile broad band (eMBB) and ultra-reliable and low latency communication (URLLC), the capabilities of this terminal are lower-end. For example, RedCap UE may reduce the complexity of the following features: maximum bandwidth capability, number of transmit and receive antennas / antenna branches, maximum number of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) layers, and maximum modulation order capability.

[0170] The solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to Figures 2 to 5.

[0171] The network device can provide the terminal device with measurement configuration information related to delay measurement so that the terminal device can execute the delay measurement process according to the measurement configuration information, such as performing delay measurement and reporting the measurement results of the delay measurement. However, if the network device initiates a modification process of the measurement object during the delay measurement process of the terminal device, it may affect the delay measurement process. For example, it may affect the measurement results of the delay measurement reported by the terminal device, resulting in the efficiency of the delay measurement process being affected, and even the delay measurement process failing. Therefore, how to reduce the impact of the modification process of the measurement object on the delay measurement process of the terminal device and improve the service performance of the terminal device is a problem that needs to be considered at present.

[0172] To address the above issues, Figure 2 illustrates an exemplary flow chart of method 200 provided in an embodiment of the present application. Method 200 can improve the efficiency of delay measurement during the modification process of the first measurement object, saving terminal device resources. Method 200 is described below with reference to the various steps in Figure 2.

[0173] Optionally, in S201, a terminal device sends first capability information to a network device. Correspondingly, the network device receives the first capability information from the terminal device.

[0174] It is understood that this application does not limit the manner and timing of the terminal device sending the first capability information to the network device. For example, the terminal device can reuse an existing message in the capability query process to send the first capability information to the network device, or can also send the first capability information to the network device in other processes, which is not limited by this application.

[0175] As a possible example 1, the first capability information is used to indicate that, in a modification procedure of a second measurement object associated with latency measurement, the terminal device supports one or more of the following:

[0176] Support retaining the reporting record corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support maintaining the timing of the timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support retaining the information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0177] The delay measurement includes average delay measurement of packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or delay measurement of additional packet data packets of packet data convergence protocol.

[0178] The second measurement object may refer to any measurement object associated with delay measurement. A measurement object associated with delay measurement may refer to one or more measurement identifiers associated with the measurement object, at least one of which is associated with delay measurement. In other words, the first capability information is used to indicate that, in the modification process of the measurement object associated with delay measurement, the terminal device supports one or more operations indicated by the first capability information.

[0179] The second measurement identifier may refer to a measurement identifier associated with delay measurement among one or more measurement identifiers associated with the second measurement object. The measurement identifier associated with delay measurement may refer to a reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement identifier including configuration information of delay measurement, or the measurement identifier is used to report a measurement result of the delay measurement.

[0180] S202: The network device sends first measurement configuration information to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first measurement configuration information from the network device.

[0181] Exemplarily, the first measurement configuration information is used to instruct modification of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier.

[0182] It is understandable that the first measurement object may be configured by the network device to the terminal device. For example, before S202, the network device sends third measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the third measurement configuration information includes the first measurement object configuration and one or more measurement identifiers associated with the first measurement object, where the one or more measurement identifiers include the first measurement identifier. The third measurement configuration information also includes information such as a reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier.

[0183] Optionally, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement, the network device may trigger the modification process of the first measurement object (i.e., send the first measurement configuration information) when determining that the terminal device supports performing a second operation in the modification process of the first measurement object. The second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retains the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device maintains the timing of the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device retains information associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0184] For example, the network device may determine, based on the first capability information received in S201, that the terminal device supports performing the second operation in the modification process of the first measurement object. It is understandable that the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects.

[0185] Optionally, after the terminal device receives the first measurement configuration information, when it is determined that the first measurement configuration information is used to modify the first measurement object, the terminal device determines whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. For example, the terminal device determines whether the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes the configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packet and / or the configuration information of the delay measurement of the additional packet data packet of the packet data convergence protocol. If so, the terminal device determines that the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, otherwise the terminal device determines that the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement. The configuration information of the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packet can also be called an uplink delay value configuration (Uplink-DelayValueConfig), and the uplink delay value configuration is used for the terminal device to perform the uplink packet data convergence protocol data packet average delay measurement; the configuration information of the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement can also be called an uplink extra delay configuration (Uplink-ExcessDelayConfig), and the uplink extra delay configuration is used for the terminal device to perform the uplink packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0186] Furthermore, the terminal device performs different operations based on the judgment result. It is understandable that when the first measurement object is associated with multiple measurement identifiers, the terminal device can perform the above judgment for each measurement identifier and perform different operations for each measurement identifier based on the judgment result. The following provides exemplary descriptions of two scenarios.

[0187] Case 1:

[0188] S203a: When the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device performs a first operation.

[0189] Exemplarily, the first operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device removes (remove) the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device stops (stops) the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device resets (resets) the information associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0190] Exemplarily, the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier includes one or more of the following: the first measurement identifier, a trigger cell list, a reporting number, a trigger reference signal list, a trigger source list, a trigger resource pool list, etc. Among them, the trigger cell list includes information about cells that meet the reporting conditions, the reporting number is the number of times the terminal device has reported a measurement report to the network device, the trigger reference signal list includes information about reference signals that meet the reporting conditions, the trigger source list includes (sidelink) sources that meet the reporting conditions, and the trigger resource pool list includes (sidelink) resource pools that meet the reporting conditions. The timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier includes one or more of the following timers: a periodic reporting timer, a timer T321, and a timer T322. Among them, the periodic reporting timer is used to control the time interval for the terminal device to report the measurement report corresponding to the first measurement identifier, timer T321 is used to control the terminal device to report the cell global identifier information (cell global identifier, CGI), and timer T322 is used to control the terminal device to report the system frame number (SFN) and frame timing deviation (SFN and frame timing difference, SFTD) information. The information associated with the first measurement identifier can be, for example, trigger time information (timeToTrigger) and the like.

[0191] Case 2:

[0192] S203b: When the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device performs a second operation.

[0193] Exemplarily, the second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retains the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device keeps the timing of the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device retains information associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0194] Among them, the terminal device retains the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, which means that the terminal device does not remove (or does not delete) the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier. Therefore, in this case, the terminal device can still perform delay measurement and / or report the measurement result of the delay measurement based on the existing reporting record during the modification process of the first measurement object (or after the first measurement object is modified), without the need to regenerate the reporting record, thereby avoiding unnecessary re-reporting. For example, the reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier indicates that the number of reports is 8 times, that is, the terminal device needs to report 8 measurement results. Assume that after the terminal device has reported 4 measurement results, the network device triggers the modification process of the first measurement object. If the terminal device removes the reporting record at this time, the terminal device needs to re-report 8 measurement results. On the one hand, this will affect the efficiency of the delay measurement. On the other hand, it leads to additional measurement result reporting (for example, in the above example, the terminal device may eventually report 12 measurement results), resulting in unnecessary signaling overhead. In the scheme of method 200, the terminal device retains the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier in the modification process of the first measurement object, and can continue to report the measurement result of the delay measurement according to the reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier, thereby improving efficiency and saving resources.

[0195] The terminal device maintains the timing of the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, which means that if a timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier is running, the terminal device may not stop the timer, but keep the timer running. Therefore, in this case, the terminal device does not need to reset the timer during the modification process of the first measurement object (or after the first measurement object is modified), but can report the measurement result of the delay measurement according to the original reporting interval (reportInterval), thereby improving efficiency, saving resources, and avoiding the situation where the measurement result reporting fails due to not reporting the measurement result according to the reporting interval configured by the network device.

[0196] The terminal device retains the information associated with the first measurement identifier, which means that the terminal device does not reset the information associated with the first measurement identifier, for example, does not reset the trigger time (timeToTrigger) information associated with the first measurement identifier, thereby improving efficiency.

[0197] To sum up, in the above scheme, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device does not reset or remove the information used for measurement (or for reporting measurement results) associated with the first measurement identifier in the modification process of the first measurement object (that is, the reporting record, timer and other information in the above example). Therefore, the terminal device can continue to report the measurement results of the delay measurement based on this information, thereby improving the efficiency of the delay measurement, avoiding unnecessary signaling overhead, and improving the service performance of the terminal device.

[0198] It is understandable that in the modification process for the first measurement object, both case 1 and case 2 may occur. For example, in the modification process for the first measurement object, some measurement identifiers associated with the first measurement object correspond to case 1, and some measurement identifiers correspond to case 2. For another example, in the modification process for the first measurement object, all measurement identifiers associated with the first measurement object correspond to case 1, or all measurement identifiers associated with the first measurement object correspond to case 2.

[0199] In the above solution, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device may trigger the modification process of the first measurement object (i.e., send the first measurement configuration information) if it is determined that the terminal device supports the execution of the second operation in the modification process of the first measurement object. In another possible implementation, if the network device determines that the terminal device does not support the execution of the second operation in the modification process of the first measurement object, the network device may not trigger the modification process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier is completed. This implementation is exemplified below.

[0200] As another possible example 2, the first capability information sent by the terminal device to the network device in S201 is used to indicate that, in a modification procedure of a second measurement object associated with latency measurement, the terminal device does not support one or more of the following:

[0201] Support retaining the reporting record corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support maintaining the timing of the timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support retaining the information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0202] As another possible example, the terminal device does not send the first capability information to the network device. Because the network device does not receive the first capability information, the network device determines that the terminal device does not support one or more of the following:

[0203] Supporting retaining a reporting record corresponding to a second measurement identifier, or supporting maintaining the timing of a timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or supporting retaining information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement. The definition of the first capability information can refer to the description in the above possible example 1 and is not repeated here.

[0204] The network device may determine, based on the first capability information, that the terminal device does not support executing the second operation in the modification process of the first measurement object.

[0205] In this case, the network device does not trigger the modification process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier is completed. In other words, the network device triggers the modification process of the first measurement object after the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier is completed. The network device may determine that the delay measurement is complete after receiving the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier.

[0206] Based on the above solution, the network device is prevented from triggering the modification process of the measurement object associated with the delay measurement before the delay measurement is completed, thereby avoiding the influence of the modification process of the measurement object on the delay measurement.

[0207] The network device can provide the terminal device with measurement configuration information related to the delay measurement, so that the terminal device can execute the delay measurement process according to the measurement configuration information, such as performing delay measurement and reporting the measurement results of the delay measurement. However, if the network device initiates a measurement object removal process (or deletion process) during the delay measurement of the terminal device, it may affect the delay measurement process. For example, it may affect the measurement results of the delay measurement reported by the terminal device, resulting in failure to report the measurement results. Therefore, how to reduce the impact of the measurement object removal process on the delay measurement process of the terminal device and improve the success rate of the delay measurement process is a problem that needs to be considered at present.

[0208] To address the above issues, Figure 3 shows an exemplary flowchart of method 300 provided in an embodiment of the present application. Method 300 ensures that the removal of the first measurement object does not affect the latency measurement results reported by the terminal device, thus preventing the removal of the first measurement object from causing the latency measurement process to fail. The following provides an exemplary description of method 300 in conjunction with the steps in Figure 3.

[0209] Optionally, in S301, the terminal device sends second capability information to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device receives the second capability information from the terminal device.

[0210] As a possible example 1, the second capability information is used to indicate that, in a removal process of a second measurement object associated with a delay measurement, the terminal device supports retaining a second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. The terminal device supports retaining the second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, which means that the terminal device supports not deleting the second measurement identifier.

[0211] For the meaning of the second measurement object and the second measurement identifier, reference may be made to the description of the second measurement object and the second measurement identifier in S201 of method 200 , which will not be repeated here.

[0212] S302: The network device sends second measurement configuration information to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the second measurement configuration information from the network device.

[0213] Exemplarily, the second measurement configuration information is used to instruct removal of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier.

[0214] Optionally, before S302, the network device may further determine whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. For example, the network device determines whether the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information for packet data convergence protocol average packet delay measurement and / or configuration information for packet data convergence protocol additional packet delay measurement. If so, the network device determines that the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement; otherwise, the network device determines that the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement.

[0215] Optionally, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the latency measurement, the network device may trigger the removal process of the first measurement object (i.e., send the second measurement configuration information) when it is determined that the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object. For example, the network device may determine that the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object based on the second capability information received in S301. It can be understood that the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects.

[0216] S303a: The network device removes the first measurement object.

[0217] S303b: The terminal device removes the first measurement object.

[0218] Exemplarily, the terminal device removes the first measurement object according to the second measurement configuration information.

[0219] Furthermore, the network device performs different operations on the first measurement identifier according to the determination result.

[0220] Case a: When the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the network device removes the first measurement identifier.

[0221] Case b: When the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device retains the first measurement identifier, wherein the network device retains the first measurement identifier means that the network device does not delete the first measurement identifier.

[0222] It is understandable that when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the first measurement identifier can be used by the terminal device to report the measurement result of the delay measurement, and the network device can determine that the measurement result reported by the terminal device is the measurement result of the delay measurement based on the first measurement identifier. Therefore, if the network device deletes the first measurement identifier, after the terminal device reports the measurement result of the delay measurement, the network device may not be able to recognize the measurement result, thereby causing the delay measurement process to fail. In the above solution, the network device can retain the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement during the removal process of the first measurement object, thereby avoiding the situation where the delay measurement process fails due to the network device deleting the first measurement identifier.

[0223] Optionally, after receiving the second measurement configuration information, if the terminal device determines that the second measurement configuration information is for removing the second measurement object, the terminal device determines whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. The specific method can be referred to the description of S201 of method 200 and will not be repeated here.

[0224] It is understandable that this application does not limit the order in which the network device executes S302, S303a and S304a / S304b, and does not limit the order in which the terminal device executes S303b and S305a / S305b.

[0225] Furthermore, the terminal device performs different operations on the first measurement identifier according to the judgment result. The following is an exemplary description of two cases respectively.

[0226] Case a': when the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier.

[0227] Case b': when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device retains the first measurement identifier, wherein the terminal device retains the first measurement identifier means that the terminal device does not delete the first measurement identifier.

[0228] Furthermore, in case b', the terminal device may report the measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier to the network device, or in other words, the terminal device may report the measurement result of the delay measurement to the network device using the first measurement identifier. The terminal device may report the measurement result according to the reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier.

[0229] Therefore, based on the above solution, the terminal device can retain the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement during the removal process of the first measurement object, thereby avoiding the situation where the delay measurement result cannot be reported due to the terminal device deleting the first measurement identifier, resulting in the failure of the delay measurement process.

[0230] Optionally, after receiving the measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier, the network device removes the first measurement identifier.

[0231] Optionally, after receiving the measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier, the network device sends fourth measurement configuration information to the terminal device, where the fourth measurement configuration information is used to instruct to remove the first measurement identifier.

[0232] Optionally, after reporting the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier. For example, the terminal device receives fourth measurement configuration information from the network device and removes the first measurement identifier according to the fourth measurement configuration information; for another example, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier on its own.

[0233] Therefore, based on the above solution, the terminal device and the network device remove the first measurement identifier after the delay measurement is completed, thereby reducing resource usage.

[0234] In the above solution, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device may trigger the removal process of the first measurement object (i.e., send the second measurement configuration information) when it is determined that the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object. In another possible implementation, if the network device determines that the terminal device does not support retaining the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object, the network device may not trigger the removal process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier is completed. This implementation is exemplified below.

[0235] As another possible example 2, the second capability information sent by the terminal device to the network device in S301 is used to indicate the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement. The terminal device does not support retaining the second measurement identifier, where the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0236] As another possible example, the terminal device does not send the second capability information to the network device. Since the network device does not receive the second capability information, the network device determines that the terminal device does not support the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the latency measurement and retains the second measurement identifier. The definition of the second capability information can refer to the description in the above possible example 1 and is not repeated here.

[0237] The network device determines, based on the second capability information, that the terminal device does not support retaining the first measurement identifier during the removal process of the first measurement object.

[0238] In this case, the network device does not trigger the removal process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement associated with the first measurement object is completed. In other words, the network device triggers the removal process of the first measurement object only after the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier is completed. The network device may determine that the delay measurement is complete after receiving the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier.

[0239] Based on the above solution, the network device is prevented from triggering the removal process of the measurement object associated with the delay measurement before the delay measurement is completed, thereby preventing the removal process of the measurement object from affecting the delay measurement process.

[0240] It is understandable that method 300 can be implemented independently or in combination with method 200. In one implementation, the first capability information and the second capability information can be carried in the same message, the same information element, or the same field.

[0241] Figure 4 shows an exemplary flowchart of method 400 provided in an embodiment of the present application. Method 400 can prevent a terminal device from reporting delay measurement results even when the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement is removed during the first measurement object removal process, thereby preventing the delay measurement process from failing due to the first measurement object removal process. Method 400 is described below with reference to the various steps in Figure 4.

[0242] Optionally, in S401, the terminal device sends third capability information to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device receives the third capability information from the terminal device.

[0243] As a possible example 1, the third capability information is used to indicate that in the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports the use of the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement, or the third capability information is used to indicate that when the second measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement is removed, the terminal device supports the use of the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the second measurement identifier.

[0244] For the meaning of the second measurement object and the second measurement identifier, reference may be made to the description of the second measurement object and the second measurement identifier in S201 of method 200 , which will not be repeated here.

[0245] S402: The network device sends second measurement configuration information to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the second measurement configuration information from the network device.

[0246] Exemplarily, the second measurement configuration information is used to instruct removal of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier.

[0247] Optionally, before S402, the network device may further determine whether the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement. Specific methods may refer to the description of S302 in method 300, which will not be repeated here.

[0248] Optionally, the network device may trigger the removal process of the first measurement object (i.e., send the second measurement configuration information) when it is determined that the terminal device supports the use of the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object. For example, the network device may determine that the terminal device supports the use of the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object based on the third capability information received in S401. It can be understood that the first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects.

[0249] S403a: The network device removes the first measurement object.

[0250] S403b: The terminal device removes the first measurement object.

[0251] Exemplarily, the terminal device removes the first measurement object according to the second measurement configuration information.

[0252] S4034: The network device removes the first measurement identifier.

[0253] S404b: The terminal device removes the first measurement identifier.

[0254] Exemplarily, after receiving the second measurement configuration information, when the terminal device determines that the second measurement configuration information is used to remove the first measurement object, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier associated with the first measurement object.

[0255] It is understandable that this application does not limit the order in which the network device executes S402, S403a, and S404a, and does not limit the order in which the terminal device executes S403b and S404b.

[0256] S405: The terminal device uses the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier.

[0257] Exemplarily, after the first measurement identifier is removed, the terminal device uses a first identifier different from the first measurement identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier.

[0258] The first identifier can be a pre-configured identifier, an identifier specified by the protocol, or an identifier determined by negotiation between the terminal device and the network device. The first identifier can be an identifier specifically used to report the measurement result of the delay measurement in the measurement object removal process, or it can be an identifier used in other processes, and this application does not limit this. This application does not limit the value of the first identifier. As an example, the first identifier can be used as a special measurement identifier. Since the value range of the measurement identifier is 1 to 64, the value of the first identifier can be any value reserved between 1 and 64. Alternatively, the value of the first identifier can also be other values ​​other than 1 to 64. For example, the value of the first identifier can be 0, and this application does not limit this. The first identifier is used to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the measurement identifier when the measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement is deleted. The first identifier can include one or more identifiers.

[0259] This application does not limit the manner in which the terminal device uses the first identifier to report the delay measurement result. In one possible implementation, the terminal device reports the measurement result according to the reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier; in another possible implementation, the terminal device reports the measurement result according to a preconfigured reporting configuration.

[0260] Correspondingly, the network device receives the measurement result from the terminal device, and determines, based on the first identifier, that the measurement result is a delay measurement result.

[0261] Based on the above solution, in the removal process of the first measurement object, the terminal device can use a first identifier different from the first measurement identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement when the first measurement identifier is removed, thereby avoiding the situation where the first measurement identifier is removed in the removal process of the first measurement object, resulting in the measurement result of the delay measurement cannot be reported.

[0262] In the above scheme, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device may trigger the removal process of the first measurement object (i.e., send the second measurement configuration information) when it is determined that the terminal device supports the use of the first identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier. In another possible implementation, if the network device determines that the terminal device does not support the use of the first identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the network device may not trigger the removal process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier is completed. This implementation is exemplified below.

[0263] As another possible example 2, the third capability information that the terminal device provides to the network device in S401 is used to indicate the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement. The terminal device does not support the use of the first identifier to report the measurement results of the delay measurement corresponding to the second measurement identifier, where the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

[0264] As another possible example, the terminal device does not send the third capability information to the network device. Since the network device does not receive the third capability information, the network device determines that the terminal device does not support the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, and uses the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the second measurement identifier. The definition of the second capability information can refer to the description in the above possible example 1 and will not be repeated here.

[0265] Based on the third capability information, the network device determines that the terminal device does not support using the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object.

[0266] In this case, the network device does not trigger the removal process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement associated with the first measurement object is completed. In other words, the network device triggers the removal process of the first measurement object only after the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier is completed. The network device may determine that the delay measurement is complete after receiving the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier.

[0267] Based on the above solution, the network device is prevented from triggering the removal process of the measurement object associated with the delay measurement before the delay measurement is completed, thereby avoiding the impact of the measurement object removal process on the delay measurement.

[0268] It is understandable that method 400 can be implemented independently or in combination with method 200 and / or method 300. In one implementation, two or three of the first capability information, the second capability information, and the third capability information can be carried in the same message, the same information element, or the same field.

[0269] It can be understood that, when method 300 and method 400 are implemented in combination, if the terminal device supports retaining the first measurement identifier associated with the delay measurement in the removal process of the first measurement object, and supports using the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier in the removal process of the first measurement object, then the network device can instruct the terminal device to use any one of the methods to report the measurement result of the delay measurement.

[0270] In some processes, a terminal device performs cell measurements and reports the results to the network. However, in some cases, the terminal device may report invalid or even misleading measurement results to the network. For example, a terminal device may report two measurement results for the same cell, resulting in wasted terminal device resources and even unreasonable handovers. How to conserve terminal device resources and avoid unreasonable handovers during the terminal device's cell measurement process is a current issue that needs to be considered.

[0271] To address the above issues, Figure 5 shows a schematic flowchart of a method 500 provided in an embodiment of the present application. Method 500 can prevent a terminal device from triggering measurement reporting based on measurement results from the same cell, thereby reducing resource waste and avoiding unreasonable handovers. Method 500 is exemplarily described below with reference to the steps in Figure 7.

[0272] S501: A terminal device obtains a first measurement result of a first cell and a second measurement result of a second cell.

[0273] Exemplarily, the first cell and the second cell are different cells, and the second cell is a service cell of the terminal device.

[0274] It can be understood that the serving cell can be a special cell (SpCell), wherein the SpCell can be a primary cell (PCell) and / or a primary secondary cell (PSCell). The first cell is associated with a first measurement object, the second cell is associated with a second measurement object, the terminal device measures the first cell according to the first measurement object to obtain the first measurement result, and the terminal device measures the second cell according to the second measurement object to obtain the second measurement result.

[0275] S502: The terminal device evaluates whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet a reporting criterion.

[0276] Exemplarily, after obtaining the first measurement result and the second measurement result, the terminal device evaluates whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria. In one implementation, the reporting criteria may refer to the reporting criteria in the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement object, which is not limited in this application.

[0277] When the reporting criteria are met, the terminal device reports a measurement report to the network device, where the measurement report includes a first measurement result and a second measurement result.

[0278] As an example, the reporting criteria may be an A3 event or an A5 event. For example, the reporting criteria may include one or more of the following: the difference between the signal quality of the first cell and the signal quality of the second cell is greater than a first threshold, where the first threshold may be an offset value; the signal quality of the first cell is greater than a second threshold, and the signal quality of the second cell is less than a third threshold. It is understood that the first measurement result includes the signal quality of the first cell, and the second measurement result includes the signal quality of the second cell.

[0279] Optionally, the terminal device determines whether the first cell and the second cell are the same cell.

[0280] In one possible implementation, the terminal device may determine whether the first cell and the second cell are the same cell before S501. For example, the terminal device receives fifth configuration information from the network device, the fifth configuration information being used to instruct measurement of the first measurement object and the second measurement object. The first cell is associated with the first measurement object, and the second cell is associated with the second measurement object. The terminal device determines whether the first cell and the second cell are the same cell. If the first cell and the second cell are different cells, the terminal device measures the first cell and the second cell respectively to obtain a first measurement result and a second measurement result. If the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, the terminal device may not measure the first cell, or the terminal device may not measure the second cell. Through the above solution, unnecessary measurements can be reduced, thereby saving terminal device resources. For example, if the second cell is a PCell (or PSCell), before performing measurements, the terminal device determines whether the first cell is the PCell (or PSCell). If so, it indicates that the first cell and the second cell are the same cell. In this case, the terminal device does not measure the first cell, or does not measure the second cell.

[0281] In another possible implementation, the terminal device may determine whether the first cell and the second cell are the same cell before S502. For example, after obtaining the first measurement result and the second measurement result, the terminal device determines whether the first cell and the second cell are the same cell. If the first cell and the second cell are different cells, the terminal device evaluates whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria; if the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, the terminal device does not evaluate whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria. Through the above solution, it is possible to avoid the waste of resources caused by evaluating the measurement results of the same cell and reporting the measurement results of the same cell to the network device, and to avoid possible unreasonable handover situations. Among them, unreasonable handover can be that the terminal device initiates a cell handover process from the current serving cell and switches to the cell again. Specifically, for example, the second cell is a PCell (or PSCell), and the terminal device determines whether the first cell is the PCell (or PSCell). If so, it means that the first cell and the second cell are the same cell. In this case, the terminal device does not evaluate whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria.

[0282] In another possible implementation, the terminal device may determine whether the first cell and the second cell are the same cell after S502. For example, after the terminal device obtains the first measurement result and the second measurement result, if the evaluation determines that the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria, the terminal device further determines whether the first cell and the second cell are the same cell. If the first cell and the second cell are different cells, the terminal device reports the measurement report to the network device; if the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, the terminal device does not report the measurement report to the network device. Through the above solution, it is possible to avoid reporting measurement reports triggered by measurement results of the same cell to the network device, thereby reducing resource waste and avoiding unreasonable handover. For example, if the second cell is a PCell (or PSCell), the terminal device obtains the first measurement result and the second measurement result, and if it determines that the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria, the terminal device determines whether the first cell is the PCell (or PSCell). If so, it indicates that the first cell and the second cell are the same cell. In this case, the terminal device does not report measurement reports triggered by the measurement results of the PCell (or PSCell) to the network.

[0283] Based on the above solution, when the first cell and the second cell are different cells, the terminal device evaluates whether the first measurement result corresponding to the first cell and the second measurement result corresponding to the second cell meet the reporting criteria; when the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, the terminal device does not measure the first cell or the second cell, or the terminal device does not evaluate whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria, or the terminal device does not report the measurement report corresponding to the first measurement result and the second measurement result, thereby avoiding the terminal device triggering measurement reporting based on the measurement results of the same cell, reducing resource waste, and avoiding unreasonable switching.

[0284] In a specific example, the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement object includes the above-mentioned reporting criteria (such as an A3 event or an A5 event). Assume that the SpCell is associated with the first measurement object and a second measurement object other than the first measurement object. Even if the second measurement object is the measurement object currently designated for obtaining the SpCell result, the terminal device will not regard the SpCell associated with the first measurement object as a neighboring cell of the SpCell associated with the first measurement object, thereby avoiding the terminal device triggering a measurement report based on the measurement results of the same cell.

[0285] It can be understood that the above scheme is illustrated by taking the second cell as the service cell of the terminal equipment and the first cell as the neighboring cell of the terminal equipment as an example, but in another possible implementation method, the first cell and the second cell may both be neighboring cells of the terminal equipment, and this application does not limit this.

[0286] It is also understandable that, in a possible implementation scenario, the second measurement object corresponds to the activated bandwidth portion of the terminal device, and the first measurement object does not correspond to the activated bandwidth portion of the terminal device. The above solution can be applied to the switching process of the activated bandwidth portion.

[0287] It is also understood that in one possible implementation scenario, the terminal device in method 500 may be a RedCap UE. In this case, the second cell is the PCell. Therefore, if the first cell is not the PCell, the terminal device determines that the first cell and the second cell are not the same cell. The second measurement object is the measurement object currently designated for obtaining SpCell results, but the PCell on the first measurement object is not considered a neighboring cell.

[0288] Corresponding to the methods provided in the above-mentioned method embodiments, the embodiments of the present application also provide corresponding devices, which include modules for executing the corresponding methods in the above-mentioned method embodiments. The modules can be software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. It is understood that the technical features described in the above-mentioned method embodiments are also applicable to the following device embodiments. Therefore, for the content not described in detail, please refer to the above method embodiments. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0289] Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 10 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The device 10 includes a transceiver module 11 and / or a processing module 12. The transceiver module 11 can implement corresponding communication functions, and the processing module 12 is used to process data. In other words, the transceiver module 11 is used to perform operations related to receiving and sending, and the processing module 12 is used to perform other operations in addition to receiving and sending. The transceiver module 11 can also be referred to as a communication interface or a communication unit.

[0290] Optionally, the device 10 may also include a storage module 13, which can be used to store instructions and / or data. The processing module 12 can read the instructions and / or data in the storage module so that the device can implement the actions of the equipment or network element in the aforementioned method embodiments.

[0291] In a first design, the apparatus 10 may correspond to the terminal device in the above method embodiment, or a component (such as a chip) of the terminal device.

[0292] The device 10 can implement the steps or processes executed by the terminal device in the above method embodiment, wherein the transceiver module 11 can be used to execute the transceiver-related operations of the terminal device in the above method embodiment, and the processing module 12 can be used to execute the processing-related operations of the terminal device in the above method embodiment.

[0293] In one possible implementation, the transceiver module 11 and the device 10 can implement the steps or processes executed by the terminal device in the method 400 in the above method embodiment, wherein the transceiver module 11 is used to receive first measurement configuration information, where the first measurement configuration information is used to indicate modification of a first measurement object, and the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier; when the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the processing module 12 is used to perform the first operation; or, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the processing module 12 is used to perform the second operation.

[0294] In another possible implementation, the device 10 can implement the steps or processes executed by the terminal device in method 700 in the above method embodiment, wherein the processing module 12 is used to obtain a first measurement result of a first cell and a second measurement result of a second cell, the second cell being a serving cell of the terminal device, the second cell and the first cell being different cells, the first cell being associated with a first measurement object, and the second cell being associated with a second measurement object; the processing module 12 is also used to evaluate whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criteria.

[0295] In another possible implementation, the device 10 may implement the steps or processes executed by the terminal device in the method 500 in the above method embodiment, wherein the transceiver module 11 is used to receive second measurement configuration information, where the second measurement configuration information is used to indicate the removal of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier; the processing module 12 is also used to remove the first measurement object; when the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the processing module 12 is also used to remove the first measurement identifier; or, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the processing module 12 is used to retain the first measurement identifier; wherein the delay measurement includes a packet data convergence protocol data packet average delay measurement and / or a packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0296] In another possible implementation, the device 10 can implement the steps or processes executed by the terminal device in method 600 in the above method embodiment, wherein the transceiver module 11 is used to receive second measurement configuration information, and the second measurement configuration information is used to indicate the removal of the first measurement object; the processing module 12 is used to remove the first measurement object; the processing module 12 is also used to remove the first measurement object and the first measurement identifier associated with the first measurement object, and the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement; the processing module 12 is also used to use the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the first identifier is different from the first measurement identifier, and the delay measurement includes the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packet and / or the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0297] In a second design, the apparatus 10 may correspond to the network device in the above method embodiment, or a component (such as a chip) of the network device.

[0298] The device 10 can implement the steps or processes executed by the network device in the above method embodiment, wherein the transceiver module 11 can be used to perform the transceiver-related operations of the network device in the above method embodiment, and the processing module 12 can be used to perform the processing-related operations of the network device in the above method embodiment.

[0299] In one possible implementation, the device 10 may implement the steps or processes executed by the network device in method 500 in the above method embodiment, wherein the transceiver module 11 is configured to send second measurement configuration information, where the second measurement configuration information is used to indicate removal of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with the first measurement identifier; when the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the processing module 12 is configured to remove the first measurement identifier; or, when the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the processing module 12 is configured to retain the first measurement identifier; wherein the delay measurement includes packet data convergence protocol data packet average delay measurement and / or packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

[0300] In one possible implementation, the processing module 12 is used to determine that the first measurement object is associated with the delay measurement, and the terminal device does not support performing a second operation in the modification process of the first measurement object; the processing module 12 is also used to not trigger the modification process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement is completed; the second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retains the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device maintains the timing of the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device retains information associated with the first measurement identifier.

[0301] In a possible implementation, the device 10 can implement the steps or processes executed by the network device in method 600 in the above method embodiment, wherein the processing module 12 is used to determine that the first measurement object is associated with the delay measurement, and the terminal device does not support retaining the first measurement identifier associated with the first measurement object in the removal process of the first measurement object, or uses a first identifier different from the first measurement identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement when the first measurement identifier is deleted, and the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, and the delay measurement includes the average delay measurement of packet data packets and / or the delay measurement of packet data convergence protocol additional data packets; the processing module 12 is also used to not trigger the removal process of the first measurement object before the delay measurement is completed.

[0302] It should be understood that the specific process of each module executing the above corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and for the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.

[0303] It should also be understood that the device 10 here is embodied in the form of a functional module. The term "module" here may refer to an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (such as a shared processor, a dedicated processor or a group processor, etc.) and a memory for executing one or more software or firmware programs, a combined logic circuit and / or other suitable components that support the described functions. In an optional example, those skilled in the art will understand that the device 10 may be specifically the terminal device in the above embodiment, and may be used to execute the various processes and / or steps corresponding to the terminal device in the above method embodiments; or, the device 10 may be specifically the network device in the above embodiment, and may be used to execute the various processes and / or steps corresponding to the network device in the above method embodiments. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0304] The apparatus 10 of each of the above-mentioned solutions has the function of implementing the corresponding steps performed by the device (such as a terminal device or a network device) in the above-mentioned method. This function can be implemented by hardware, or it can be implemented by hardware executing the corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-mentioned functions; for example, the transceiver module can be replaced by a transceiver (for example, the sending unit in the transceiver module can be replaced by a transmitter, and the receiving unit in the transceiver module can be replaced by a receiver), and other units, such as the processing module, can be replaced by a processor to respectively perform the transceiver operations and related processing operations in each method embodiment.

[0305] In addition, the transceiver module 11 may also be a transceiver circuit (for example, may include a receiving circuit and a sending circuit), and the processing module may be a processing circuit.

[0306] FIG7 is a schematic diagram of another communication device 20 provided in an embodiment of the present application. Device 20 includes a processor 21, which is configured to execute computer programs or instructions stored in memory 22, or read data / signaling stored in memory 22, to perform the methods described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, there may be one or more processors 21.

[0307] Optionally, as shown in FIG7 , the apparatus 20 further includes a memory 22 for storing computer programs or instructions and / or data. The memory 22 may be integrated with the processor 21 or may be separately provided. Optionally, there may be one or more memories 22 .

[0308] Optionally, as shown in Figure 7, the device 20 further includes a transceiver 23, which is used to receive and / or send signals. For example, the processor 21 is used to control the transceiver 23 to receive and / or send signals.

[0309] As a solution, the apparatus 20 is used to implement the operations performed by the terminal device in each of the above method embodiments.

[0310] As another solution, the device 20 is used to implement the operations performed by the network device in the above various method embodiments.

[0311] It should be understood that the processor mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (CPU), or may be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc.

[0312] It should also be understood that the memory mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a volatile memory and / or a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM). For example, RAM can be used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, RAM includes the following forms: static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM).

[0313] It should be noted that when the processor is a general-purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, the memory (storage module) can be integrated into the processor.

[0314] It should also be noted that the memory described herein is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0315] 8 is a schematic diagram of a chip system 30 according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip system 30 (or also referred to as a processing system) includes a logic circuit 31 and an input / output interface 32.

[0316] The logic circuit 31 may be a processing circuit in the chip system 30. The logic circuit 31 may be coupled to a storage unit and call instructions in the storage unit so that the chip system 30 can implement the methods and functions of the various embodiments of the present application. The input / output interface 32 may be an input / output circuit in the chip system 30, outputting information processed by the chip system 30 or inputting data or signaling information to be processed into the chip system 30 for processing.

[0317] As a solution, the chip system 30 is used to implement the operations performed by the terminal device in the various method embodiments described above. For example, the logic circuit 31 is used to implement the processing-related operations performed by the terminal device in the method embodiments described above (Figures 6 and 7); the input / output interface 32 is used to implement the sending and / or receiving-related operations performed by the terminal device in the method embodiments described above (Figures 6 and 7).

[0318] As another solution, the chip system 30 is used to implement the operations performed by the network device in the various method embodiments described above. For example, the logic circuit 31 is used to implement the processing-related operations performed by the network device in the method embodiments described above (see Figures 6 and 7 ); the input / output interface 32 is used to implement the sending and / or receiving-related operations performed by the virtual infrastructure manager in the method embodiments described above (see Figures 6 and 7 ).

[0319] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium on which computer instructions for implementing the methods executed by the device in the above-mentioned method embodiments are stored.

[0320] For example, when the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer can implement the method executed by the terminal device in each embodiment of the above method.

[0321] For another example, when the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer can implement the methods performed by the network device in each embodiment of the above method.

[0322] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, implement the methods performed by a device (such as a terminal device or a network device) in the above-mentioned method embodiments.

[0323] An embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system, including the aforementioned terminal device and network device.

[0324] The explanation of the relevant contents and beneficial effects of any of the above-mentioned devices can be referred to the corresponding method embodiments provided above, which will not be repeated here.

[0325] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0326] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function described in the embodiment of the present application is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. For example, the computer can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrations. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a solid state disk (SSD)). For example, the aforementioned available medium includes, but is not limited to, various media that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0327] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the present application is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application should be included in the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: include: The terminal device receives first measurement configuration information, where the first measurement configuration information is used to instruct modification of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier; When the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device performs a first operation; or, In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device performs a second operation; The first operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device removes the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device stops the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device resets the information associated with the first measurement identifier; The second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retaining a reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device maintaining the timing of the timer, or the terminal device retaining information associated with the first measurement identifier; The delay measurement includes average delay measurement of packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or delay measurement of additional packet data packets of packet data convergence protocol.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol additional data packets.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method further includes: The terminal device sends first capability information, where the first capability information is used to indicate that, in a modification procedure of a second measurement object associated with the latency measurement, the terminal device supports one or more of the following: Support retaining the reporting record corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support maintaining the timing of the timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support retaining the information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

4. A communication method, characterized in that: include: The terminal device obtains a first measurement result of a first cell and a second measurement result of a second cell, where the second cell is a serving cell of the terminal device, the second cell and the first cell are different cells, the first cell is associated with a first measurement object, and the second cell is associated with a second measurement object; The terminal device evaluates whether the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet a reporting criterion.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The method further comprises: In a case where the first measurement result and the second measurement result meet the reporting criterion, the terminal device reports a measurement report, where the measurement report includes the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that The reporting criterion is associated with the first measurement object.

7. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that The first measurement result includes the signal quality of the first cell, the second measurement result includes the signal quality of the second cell, and the reporting criteria include one or more of the following: a difference between the signal quality of the first cell and the signal quality of the second cell is greater than a first threshold; The signal quality of the first cell is higher than a second threshold, and the signal quality of the second cell is lower than a third threshold.

8. A communication method, characterized in that: include: The terminal device receives second measurement configuration information, where the second measurement configuration information is used to instruct removal of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with a first measurement identifier; The terminal device removes the first measurement object; When the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device removes the first measurement identifier; or, In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device retains the first measurement identifier; The delay measurement includes average delay measurement of packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or delay measurement of additional packet data packets of packet data convergence protocol.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the method further includes: the terminal device reporting a measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, after the terminal device reports a measurement result of the delay measurement associated with the first measurement identifier, the method further includes: The terminal device removes the first measurement identifier.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The method further comprises: The terminal device receives third measurement configuration information, where the third measurement configuration information is used to instruct removal of the first measurement identifier.

12. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, characterized in that The first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol additional data packets.

13. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that The first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method further includes: The terminal device sends second capability information, where the second capability information is used to indicate that in the removal process of the second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports retaining the second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, where the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

14. A communication method, characterized in that: include: The terminal device receives second measurement configuration information, where the second measurement configuration information is used to instruct removal of the first measurement object; The terminal device removes the first measurement object; The terminal device removes the first measurement object and a first measurement identifier associated with the first measurement object, where the first measurement identifier is associated with latency measurement; The terminal device uses a first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, the first identifier is different from the first measurement identifier, and the delay measurement includes the average delay measurement of the packet data convergence protocol data packet and / or the packet data convergence protocol additional data packet delay measurement.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The first measurement identifier is associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier includes configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol additional data packets.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that The terminal device uses the first identifier to report a measurement result of the delay measurement corresponding to the first measurement identifier, including: The terminal device reports the measurement result according to the reporting configuration corresponding to the first measurement identifier; or, The terminal device reports the measurement result according to the preconfigured reporting configuration.

17. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that The first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method further includes: The terminal device sends third capability information, where the third capability information is used to indicate that in a deletion process of a second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports using the first identifier to report the measurement result of the delay measurement.

18. A communication method, characterized in that: include: The network device sends second measurement configuration information, where the second measurement configuration information is used to instruct removal of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with the first measurement identifier; When the first measurement identifier is not associated with latency measurement, the network device removes the first measurement identifier; or, In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device retains the first measurement identifier; The delay measurement includes average delay measurement of packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or delay measurement of additional packet data packets of packet data convergence protocol.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the method further includes: The network device receives a measurement result of the delay measurement from the terminal device, where the measurement result is associated with the first measurement identifier.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, after the network device receives a measurement result corresponding to the delay measurement from the terminal device, the method further includes: The network device removes the first measurement identifier.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that After the network device receives the measurement result corresponding to the delay measurement from the terminal device, the method further includes: The network device sends third measurement configuration information, where the third measurement configuration information is used to instruct to remove the first measurement identifier.

22. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 21, characterized in that The first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol additional data packets.

23. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 22, characterized in that The first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method further includes: The network device receives second capability information, where the second capability information is used to indicate that in a removal process of a second measurement object associated with the delay measurement, the terminal device supports retaining a second measurement identifier associated with the second measurement object, where the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

24. A communication method, characterized in that: include: The network device sends first measurement configuration information, where the first measurement configuration information is used to instruct modification of a first measurement object, where the first measurement object is associated with the first measurement identifier; In a case where the first measurement identifier is not associated with the delay measurement, the network device receives a measurement result from the terminal device, where the measurement result is reported by the terminal device based on the first operation; or In a case where the first measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement, the network device receives a measurement result from a terminal device, where the measurement result is reported by the terminal device based on a second operation; The first operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device removes the reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device stops the timer corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device resets the information associated with the first measurement identifier; The second operation includes one or more of the following operations: the terminal device retaining a reporting record corresponding to the first measurement identifier, or the terminal device maintaining the timing of the timer, or the terminal device retaining information associated with the first measurement identifier; The delay measurement includes average delay measurement of packet data convergence protocol data packets and / or delay measurement of additional packet data packets of packet data convergence protocol.

25. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that The first measurement identifier is not associated with delay measurement, and the reporting configuration associated with the first measurement identifier does not include configuration information of the average delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol data packets and / or configuration information of the delay measurement of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol additional data packets.

26. The method according to claim 24 or 25, characterized in that The first measurement object is one of the second measurement objects, and the method further includes: The network device receives first capability information, where the first capability information is used to indicate that, in a modification procedure of a second measurement object associated with the latency measurement, the network device supports one or more of the following: Support retaining the reporting record corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support maintaining the timing of the timer corresponding to the second measurement identifier, or support retaining the information associated with the second measurement identifier, wherein the second measurement identifier is associated with the second measurement object, and the second measurement identifier is associated with the delay measurement.

27. A communication device, characterized in that: The device includes one or more functional modules, and the one or more functional modules are used to execute the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, or to execute the method as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 7, or to execute the method as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 13, or to execute the method as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 17, or to execute the method as claimed in any one of claims 18 to 23, or to execute the method as claimed in any one of claims 24 to 26.

28. A communication device, characterized in that: include: A processor, configured to execute a computer program stored in a memory, so that the apparatus performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, or so that the apparatus performs the method according to any one of claims 4 to 7, or so that the apparatus performs the method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, or so that the apparatus performs the method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, or so that the apparatus performs the method according to any one of claims 18 to 23, or so that the apparatus performs the method according to any one of claims 24 to 26.

29. A computer program product, characterized in that The computer program product comprises instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 3, or the computer program product comprises instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 4 to 7, or the computer program product comprises instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 8 to 13, or the computer program product comprises instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 14 to 17, or the computer program product comprises instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 18 to 23, or the computer program product comprises instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 24 to 26.

30. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that include: The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program; when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, or the method according to any one of claims 4 to 7, or the method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, or the method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, or the method according to any one of claims 18 to 23, or the method according to any one of claims 24 to 26.

31. A chip device, comprising a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is used to call and run a program from a memory, so that a communication device equipped with the chip device executes the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 3 or claims 4 to 7 or claims 8 to 13 or claims 14 to 17, or executes the method as described in any one of claims 18 to 23 or claims 24 to 26.

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