Measurement method, user equipment, communication system, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and in particular to a measurement method, a user equipment, a communication system, and a storage medium. The measurement method of the present disclosure is performed by a user equipment, and comprises: in a secondary cell activation process, performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement on the basis of a reduced receive beam scanning coefficient, wherein the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is less than a configured maximum number of receive beams.

Description

Measurement method, user equipment, communication system, and storage medium

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application is based on the application with CN application number 202310922289.1 and application date July 26, 2023, and claims its priority. The disclosed content of the CN application is hereby introduced as a whole into this application. Technical Field

[0003] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a measurement method, user equipment, a communication system, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0004] With the continuous development of mobile networks, 5G (the fifth generation mobile communication technology) networks will gradually evolve into 5G+ and 6G (the sixth generation mobile communication technology) networks. The bandwidth of single carriers or single frequency bands in mid- and low-frequency bands is limited, resulting in limited capacity. Carrier aggregation technology can address this problem of limited bandwidth in single frequency bands. Common frequency band combinations include low-frequency 900MHz + 800MHz CA, mid- and low-frequency 3.5GHz + 2.1GHz CA and 2.1GHz + 1.8GHz CA, and millimeter wave 26GHz + 28GHz CA and 26GHz + 39GHz CA. Carrier aggregation technology aggregates multiple frequency bands, leveraging their bandwidth and coverage advantages and increasing flexibility in their use.

[0005] The activation of unknown secondary cells in carrier aggregation involves many processes, including automatic gain control, cell search, physical layer measurement, etc.

[0006] Summary of the Invention

[0007] According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a measurement method is provided, which is performed by a user equipment, including: during the secondary cell activation process, performing layer 1 reference signal reception power measurement based on a reduced reception beam scanning coefficient, wherein the reduced reception beam scanning coefficient is less than the configured maximum number of reception beams.

[0008] In some embodiments, the reduced receive beam scan factor is an integer less than eight.

[0009] In some embodiments, the secondary cell activation process includes a layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

[0010] In some embodiments, the delay of the secondary cell activation process includes the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

[0011] In some embodiments, the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process is positively correlated with the receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0012] In some embodiments, performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement based on the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient includes: performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement based on the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient after performing the layer 3 partial correlation process.

[0013] In some embodiments, layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed in frequency range 2.

[0014] In some embodiments, performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement based on the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient includes: performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement based on the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient when the user equipment has the ability to support the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0015] In some embodiments, the method further includes: reporting supported receive beam scanning coefficients to the base station in the form of enumerated values ​​or value ranges, wherein the enumerated value form includes enumerating one or more values.

[0016] In some embodiments, after executing the layer three part correlation process, performing the layer one reference signal reception power measurement according to the reduced reception beam scanning coefficient includes: when the layer one reference signal reception power measurement is a reference signal reception power measurement based on the synchronization signal and the physical broadcast channel block SSB, and the synchronization signal and the physical broadcast channel block SSB have been measured in the layer three part correlation process, after executing the layer three part correlation process, performing the layer one reference signal reception power measurement according to the reduced reception beam scanning coefficient.

[0017] In some embodiments, after executing the layer three part correlation process, performing the layer one reference signal reception power measurement according to the reduced reception beam scanning coefficient includes: when the layer one reference signal reception power measurement is a reference signal reception power measurement based on the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, and when the synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block SSB in the layer three part correlation process have a quasi-co-location type D relationship with the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, after executing the layer three part correlation process, performing the layer one reference signal reception power measurement according to the reduced reception beam scanning coefficient.

[0018] According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, a user equipment is provided, including: a layer one measurement module, used to perform layer one reference signal reception power measurement according to a reduced reception beam scanning coefficient during the secondary cell activation process, wherein the reduced reception beam scanning coefficient is less than the configured maximum number of reception beams.

[0019] According to some further embodiments of the present disclosure, a user equipment is provided, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, for storing instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the measurement method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] According to some further embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, wherein when the program is executed by a processor, the measurement method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

[0021] According to some further embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, comprising: a user equipment according to any embodiment of the present disclosure; and a base station, configured to receive supported receive beam scanning coefficients reported by the user equipment in the form of enumerated values ​​or value ranges, wherein the form of the enumerated values ​​comprises enumerating one or more values.

[0022] According to some further embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer program is provided, comprising: instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute the measurement method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0025] FIG1 is a schematic flow chart showing a measurement method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0026] FIG2 is a schematic flow chart showing measurement methods according to other embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0027] FIG3 shows a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG4 shows a schematic structural diagram of user equipment according to some other embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0029] FIG5 shows a schematic structural diagram of user equipment according to still other embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0030] FIG6 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is actually only illustrative and is in no way intended to limit the present disclosure and its application or use. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0032] The inventors have discovered that the secondary cell activation process involves many processes, resulting in excessive delay. Therefore, how to reduce the delay in the secondary cell activation process is an urgent problem to be solved.

[0033] A technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is: how to reduce the delay of the secondary cell activation process.

[0034] The present disclosure proposes a measurement method, which is described below in conjunction with Figures 1 and 2.

[0035] FIG1 is a flow chart of some embodiments of the measurement method disclosed herein. As shown in FIG1 , the method of this embodiment is executed by a user equipment and includes steps S102 to S104.

[0036] In step S102, during the secondary cell activation process, layer 3 related processes are executed.

[0037] Layer 3 is the RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer. During the secondary cell (SCell) activation process, the Layer 3 Part Related Procedure can be executed first. For example, the secondary cell activation process includes: Automatic Gain Control (AGC) adjustment, cell search and time-frequency tracking and beam information acquisition, Layer 1 reference signal received power measurement (L1-RSRP Measurement), Layer 1 reference signal received power reporting, transmission configuration indication activation, fine time tracking, etc. Automatic gain control adjustment, cell search and time-frequency tracking and beam information acquisition are Layer 3 Part Related Procedures, and other procedures are Layer 1 Part Related Procedures.

[0038] In some embodiments, the secondary cell activation process includes a layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

[0039] In some embodiments, the delay of the secondary cell activation process includes the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

[0040] In some embodiments, the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process is positively correlated with the receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0041] The standard defines the activation delay of an unknown secondary cell as: 6ms+T FirstSSB_MAX +15*T SMTC_MAX +8*T rs +T L1-RSRP,measure +T L1-RSRP,report +T HARQ +max(T uncertainty_MAC +T FineTiming +2ms,T uncertainty_SP ), when the primary and secondary cells are configured as FR1-FR2-1 CA or the primary and secondary cells are FR2-1 band pairs with independent beam management, and semi-persistent CSI-RS is configured for CSI reporting.

[0042] T FirstSSB_MAX The measurement timing configuration is indicated by SMTC (SSB (Synchronization Signal / PBCH Block) Measurement Timing Configuration) in time slot n+(T HARQ +3ms) / time slot length and continues until the end of the first complete SSB burst, or 5ms when SMTC is not configured. SMTC_MAX It is the longer SMTC period between the activated secondary cell and the activated serving cell. rs is the SMTC period of the activated SCell or T rs Set to 5ms. T L1-RSRP， measure is the L1-RSRP measurement delay. L1-RSRP，report is the delay in obtaining CSI (Channel State Information) reporting resources. uncertainty_MAC It is the time period from the first valid L1-RSRP report until the user equipment (UE) receives the last activation command of the PDCCH TCI and PDSCH TCI activation commands. FineTimingThe time period from the time the user equipment completes processing the last activation command of the PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) and PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) TCI activation commands until the time when the first complete available SSB corresponding to the TCI (PDCCH TCI or PDSCH TCI) state is reached. uncertainty_SP The time period from the first valid L1-RSRP report until the receipt of an activation command for activating a semi-persistent CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal) resource set for performing CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) reporting. The specific definitions of the various parameters in the above formula can be referred to existing standards and are not repeated here.

[0043] T FirstSSB_MAX +15*T SMTC_MAX is the delay of the automatic gain control adjustment process, 8*T rs It is the delay of cell search, time-frequency tracking and beam information acquisition process, which belongs to the related process of layer 3; T L1-RSRP,measure is the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process, T L1-RSRP,report is the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power reporting process, T HARQ +max(T uncertainty_MAC +T FineTiming +2ms,T uncertainty_SP ) is the delay of the transmission configuration indication activation, fine time tracking and other processes, which is part of the layer-related process.

[0044] The executed layer 3 correlation process can be a non-enhanced layer 3 correlation process or an enhanced layer 3 correlation process. The receiving beam scanning coefficient (Rx Beam Sweeping Factor) used in the enhanced layer 3 correlation process is smaller than the receiving beam scanning coefficient used in the non-enhanced layer 3 correlation process. For example, the receiving beam scanning coefficient used in the enhanced layer 3 correlation process is an integer less than 8. As shown in the above formula, 8 in 8*Trs represents the receiving beam scanning coefficient. The standard defines that the receiving beam scanning coefficient of 8 corresponds to the non-enhanced layer 3 correlation process, while the enhanced layer 3 correlation process uses a receiving beam scanning coefficient less than 8, which can reduce the delay of the layer 3 correlation process, thereby reducing the delay of the secondary cell activation process.

[0045] In step S104, layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0046] Performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is an enhancement to the existing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement.

[0047] In some embodiments, if the user equipment is capable of supporting a reduced receive beam scanning coefficient, layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient. If the user equipment is not capable of supporting a reduced receive beam scanning coefficient, layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the receive beam scanning coefficient defined in the standard.

[0048] In some embodiments, the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is less than the configured maximum number of receive beams. The reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is an integer less than 8, meaning the maximum number of receive beams can be 8. In some embodiments, the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is 0 or an integer greater than 0 and less than 8. A reduced receive beam scanning coefficient of 0 indicates that layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is skipped (not performed). The delay for secondary cell activation does not include the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement portion.

[0049] As shown in the above formula, T L1-RSRP,measure is the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process, T L1-RSRP, measure It is positively correlated with the receive beam scanning coefficient. For details, please refer to the existing standards. By reducing the receive beam scanning coefficient, T L1-RSRP,measure , thereby reducing the delay of the secondary cell activation process.

[0050] In some embodiments, layer 1 reference signal received power measurements are performed in frequency range 2 (FR2).

[0051] In some embodiments, when the layer one reference signal received power measurement is an SSB-based reference signal received power measurement and the SSB has been measured in the layer three partial correlation process, after executing the layer three partial correlation process, the layer one reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0052] In some embodiments, when the layer one reference signal received power measurement is a CSI-RS-based reference signal received power measurement, and the SSB and CSI-RS in the layer three partial correlation process have a QCL (Quasi Co-Location) Type D relationship, after executing the layer three partial correlation process, the layer one reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0053] The QCL Type D relationship describes the spatial receiver parameters, which refer to the beamforming characteristics of the downlink received signal, such as the main arrival angle and average arrival angle. This is generally understood as quasi-co-location of the beam information, meaning similar beam information. For CSI-RS-based layer 1 reference signal received power measurement, the CSI-RS configured for layer 1 reference signal received power measurement has a QCL Type D relationship with the reference signal (SSB) used in some layer 3 related processes. This means that the layer 1 CSI-RS and layer 3 SSB have quasi-co-location spatial receiver parameters, meaning they have similar beam information.

[0054] In some embodiments, when the CSI-RS resource type is configured as periodic CSI-RS resources or semi-persistent CSI-RS resources, and when the higher-layer parameter repetition corresponding to the resource set to which the CSI-RS resources belong is set to ON, the user equipment performs receive beam scanning using a receive beam scanning coefficient less than 8. Setting the higher-layer parameter repetition corresponding to a resource set to ON indicates that the user equipment assumes that multiple CSI-RS resources within a resource set are transmitted using the same downlink spatial domain transmission filter, that is, multiple CSI-RS resources within a resource set are used for measurement of the same beam.

[0055] The above embodiment describes the relationship between the layer 1 reference signal and the layer 3 reference signal, which is more suitable for the case where the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is 0. For the case where the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is greater than 0 and less than 8, the relationship between the layer 1 reference signal and the layer 3 reference signal can be unrestricted.

[0056] In some embodiments, the number and width of the receive beams are determined based on the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient, and the receive beams are configured to measure the reference signal received power based on the number and width of the receive beams.

[0057] By reducing the receive beam scan coefficient, the receive beam width can be wider. For example, if the maximum number of receive beams is 8, when the user device uses a reduced receive beam scan coefficient of 4, it uses 4 receive beams for measurement. While 8 receive beams cover 360 degrees, 4 receive beams can also cover 360 degrees, increasing the receive beam width. The user device can determine the number and width of receive beams based on its capabilities.

[0058] In the method of the above embodiment, during the secondary cell activation process, the user equipment performs layer 1 reference signal received power measurement based on the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient. Since the delay of the secondary cell activation process is positively correlated with the receive beam scanning coefficient, the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient can reduce the delay of the secondary cell activation process, reduce the energy consumption of the user equipment, and improve the user experience.

[0059] FIG2 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the measurement method disclosed herein. As shown in FIG2 , the method of this embodiment is executed by a user equipment and includes steps S202 to S208.

[0060] In step S202, user equipment capability information is reported to the base station.

[0061] The user equipment capability information includes: receive beam scanning coefficients supported by the user equipment. The user equipment may report the supported receive beam scanning coefficients to the base station in the form of enumerated values ​​or value ranges.

[0062] For example, the enumerated value is in the form of {2, 4, 6} or {1, 2, 4, 6} or {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} or other possible integer combinations smaller than 8. The form of the value range is, for example, defining the maximum receive beam scanning coefficient as 8, and the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient as a range smaller than the maximum receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0063] The base station can instruct the user equipment to report the supported receive beam scanning coefficients, or the user equipment can proactively report the supported receive beam scanning coefficients. The base station configures the corresponding transmit beam and other parameters based on the receive beam scanning coefficients supported by the user equipment. If the receive beam scanning coefficients supported by the user equipment include multiple values, the base station can determine a value and send it to the user equipment, or the user equipment can select a value and report it again or not report it.

[0064] In step S204, during the secondary cell activation process, layer 3 related processes are executed.

[0065] In step S206, layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0066] The user equipment may determine a value from the reported supported receive beam scanning coefficients as the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0067] In step S208, layer 1 reference signal received power reporting and subsequent processes are performed.

[0068] For example, the user equipment performs layer 1 reference signal received power reporting, transmission configuration indication activation, fine time tracking, etc. to complete the secondary cell activation.

[0069] In the method of the above embodiment, the user equipment reports the supported receiving beam scanning coefficient, and the base station can perform corresponding configuration. During the secondary cell activation process, the user equipment performs layer 1 reference signal receiving power measurement based on the reduced receiving beam scanning coefficient, thereby reducing the delay of the secondary cell activation process and reducing the energy consumption of the user equipment.

[0070] The present disclosure also provides a user equipment, which is described below in conjunction with FIG3 .

[0071] FIG3 is a structural diagram of some embodiments of the user equipment disclosed herein. As shown in FIG3 , the user equipment 30 of this embodiment includes: a layer 1 measurement module 310 .

[0072] The layer 1 measurement module 310 is configured to perform layer 1 reference signal received power measurement according to a reduced receive beam scanning coefficient during activation of the secondary cell, wherein the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is less than a configured maximum number of receive beams.

[0073] In some embodiments, the reduced receive beam scan factor is an integer less than eight.

[0074] In some embodiments, the secondary cell activation process includes a layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

[0075] In some embodiments, the delay of the secondary cell activation process includes the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

[0076] In some embodiments, the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process is positively correlated with the receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0077] In some embodiments, the user equipment 30 further includes: a layer 3 execution module 320 for executing a layer 3 partial related process, and a layer 1 measurement module 310 for performing a layer 1 reference signal receiving power measurement according to a reduced receiving beam scanning coefficient after executing the layer 3 partial related process.

[0078] In some embodiments, layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed in frequency range 2.

[0079] In some embodiments, the layer one measurement module 310 is configured to perform layer one reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient when the user equipment has the capability to support the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

[0080] In some embodiments, the user equipment 30 further includes: a sending module 330, configured to report supported receive beam scanning coefficients to the base station in the form of enumerated values ​​or value ranges, wherein the enumerated value form includes enumerating one or more values.

[0081] In some embodiments, the layer one measurement module 310 is used to perform the layer one reference signal received power measurement based on the reference signal received power measurement based on the synchronization signal and the physical broadcast channel block SSB, and the synchronization signal and the physical broadcast channel block SSB have been measured in the layer three part related process. After executing the layer three part related process, the layer one reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receiving beam scanning coefficient.

[0082] In some embodiments, the layer one measurement module 310 is used to perform the layer one reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient after executing the layer three part correlation process when the layer one reference signal received power measurement is a reference signal received power measurement based on the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, and when the synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block SSB in the layer three part correlation process have a quasi-co-location type D relationship with the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0083] The user devices in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by various computing devices or computer systems, which will be described below in conjunction with FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 .

[0084] FIG4 is a block diagram of some embodiments of a user equipment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4 , the user equipment 40 of this embodiment includes: a memory 410 and a processor 420 coupled to the memory 410 , wherein the processor 420 is configured to execute the measurement method of any of the embodiments of the present disclosure based on instructions stored in the memory 410 .

[0085] The memory 410 may include, for example, a system memory, a fixed non-volatile storage medium, etc. The system memory may store, for example, an operating system, an application program, a boot loader, a database, and other programs.

[0086] FIG5 is a block diagram of some other embodiments of the user device disclosed herein. As shown in FIG5 , the user device 50 of this embodiment includes: a memory 510 and a processor 520, which are similar to the memory 410 and the processor 420, respectively. It may also include an input / output interface 530, a network interface 540, a storage interface 550, and the like. These interfaces 530, 540, 550 and the memory 510 and the processor 520 may be connected, for example, via a bus 560. The input / output interface 530 provides a connection interface for input / output devices such as a display, mouse, keyboard, and touch screen. The network interface 540 provides a connection interface for various networked devices, such as a database server or a cloud storage server. The storage interface 550 provides a connection interface for external storage devices such as SD cards and USB flash drives.

[0087] The present disclosure also provides a communication system, which will be described below in conjunction with FIG6 .

[0088] FIG6 is a structural diagram of some embodiments of the communication system disclosed herein. As shown in FIG6 , the system 6 of this embodiment includes: the user equipment 30 / 40 / 50 of any of the aforementioned embodiments; and a base station 62 .

[0089] Base station 62 is configured to receive supported receive beam scanning coefficients reported by user equipment 30 / 40 / 50 in the form of an enumerated value or a value range, where the enumerated value includes enumerating one or more values. Base station 62 may be configured accordingly based on the supported receive beam scanning coefficients of user equipment 30 / 40 / 50.

[0090] According to some further embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, wherein when the program is executed by a processor, the measurement method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

[0091] According to some further embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer program is provided, comprising: instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute the measurement method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0092] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present disclosure may take the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware. Furthermore, the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable non-transient storage media (including but not limited to magnetic disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program code.

[0093] The present disclosure is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device produce a device for implementing the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0094] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce a product including an instruction device that implements the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0095] These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operating steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, so that the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0096] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A measurement method, performed by a user equipment, comprising: During activation of the secondary cell, layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed according to a reduced receive beam scanning coefficient, wherein the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is less than a configured maximum number of receive beams.

2. The measuring method according to claim 1, wherein: The reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is an integer less than 8.

3. The measuring method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The secondary cell activation process includes the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

4. The measuring method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The delay of the secondary cell activation process includes the delay of the layer 1 reference signal received power measurement process.

5. The measuring method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: The time delay of the layer 1 reference signal receiving power measurement process is positively correlated with the receiving beam scanning coefficient.

6. The measuring method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: The performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient includes: After executing the layer three related processes, the layer one reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

7. The measuring method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein: The layer 1 reference signal received power measurement is performed in frequency range 2.

8. The measuring method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: The performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient includes: In case the user equipment has the capability to support the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient, performing layer 1 reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

9. The measuring method according to claim 8, further comprising: The supported receive beam scanning coefficients are reported to the base station in the form of an enumerated value or a value range, wherein the enumerated value form includes enumerating one or more values.

10. The measuring method according to claim 6, wherein: After executing the layer three related processes, performing layer one reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient includes: The reference signal received power measurement in the layer 1 is a reference signal received power measurement based on the synchronization signal and the physical broadcast channel block SSB, and the synchronization signal and the physical broadcast signal have been measured in the relevant process of the layer 3. In the case of measuring the channel block SSB, after executing the layer three related processes, the layer one reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient.

11. The measuring method according to claim 6, wherein: After executing the layer three related processes, performing layer one reference signal received power measurement according to the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient includes: When the layer one reference signal received power measurement is a reference signal received power measurement based on a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, and when the synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block SSB in the layer three part related process have a quasi co-location type D relationship with the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, after executing the layer three part related process, the layer one reference signal received power measurement is performed according to the reduced receiving beam scanning coefficient.

12. A user equipment, comprising: A layer one measurement module is used to perform layer one reference signal received power measurement according to a reduced receive beam scanning coefficient during the secondary cell activation process, wherein the reduced receive beam scanning coefficient is less than the configured maximum number of receive beams.

13. A user equipment, comprising: processor; as well as A memory coupled to the processor, for storing instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by the processor, the processor executes the measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

14. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein: When the program is executed by a processor, the steps of the measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 11 are implemented.

15. A communication system comprising: The user equipment according to claim 12 or 13; as well as A base station is used to receive supported receive beam scanning coefficients reported by the user equipment in the form of an enumerated value or a value range, wherein the form of the enumerated value includes enumerating one or more values.

16. A computer program comprising: Instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

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