Method for triggering measurement reporting, communication device, communication system, and storage medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for triggering measurement reporting, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal receives first information, the first information being used for instructing to activate or deactivate at least one first cell; and when a second cell exists in the at least one first cell, sends to a network device a measurement result of the second cell. The second cell is a cell in the first cell that satisfies two or more of the following conditions: being a second cell which is instructed by the first information to switch from a deactivated state to an activated state, the second cell being a first-type cell within a first frequency range, and a measurement result of the second cell being valid. According to the technical solution provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, instead of reporting all cells having valid measurement results, only a measurement result of a second cell having a valid measurement result is reported, so that the number of times a terminal carries out measurement reporting during an activation process of a first cell is reduced, reducing signaling overhead and facilitating energy conservation of the terminal.

Description

Measurement reporting triggering method, communication device, communication system and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a method for triggering measurement reporting, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In a wireless communication network, the network can configure multiple serving cells for a terminal. These serving cells can include a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary cell (SCell). A secondary cell can include a primary secondary cell (PSCell) and other secondary cells (SCell). Other secondary cells are also referred to as regular secondary cells.

[0003] During communication, the network device can activate or deactivate the secondary cell based on communication needs. For example, when there is no data transmission between the network device and the terminal, the network device deactivates the secondary cell; when there is a need for data transmission between the network device and the terminal or the amount of data transmission is large, the network device activates the secondary cell.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] In order to reduce the activation delay of the secondary cell, a mechanism for reporting the measurement results of the secondary cell is introduced, but this also causes the secondary cell measurement results to be reported frequently, resulting in large signaling overhead.

[0006] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement reporting triggering method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0007] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for triggering measurement reporting is provided, wherein the method includes:

[0008] The terminal receives first information; the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell;

[0009] When a second cell exists in the at least one first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to a network device;

[0010] The second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions:

[0011] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0012] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0013] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0014] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for triggering measurement reporting is provided, wherein the method includes:

[0015] The network device sends first information to the terminal; the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell;

[0016] The network device receives the measurement result of the second cell sent by the terminal;

[0017] The second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions:

[0018] The second cells are two or more of the first cells that meet the following conditions:

[0019] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0020] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0021] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0022] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, wherein the terminal includes:

[0023] A first transceiver module is configured to receive first information; when a second cell exists in at least one first cell, send a measurement result of the second cell to a network device; wherein the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell;

[0024] The second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions:

[0025] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0026] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0027] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0028] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, wherein the network device includes:

[0029] The second transceiver module is configured to send first information to the terminal; and receive a measurement result of the second cell sent by the terminal; wherein the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell;

[0030] The second cells are two or more of the first cells that meet the following conditions:

[0031] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0032] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0033] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0034] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, wherein the communication system includes a terminal and a network device; the terminal is configured to implement the measurement reporting triggering method provided by the first aspect; and the network device is configured to implement the measurement reporting triggering method provided by the second aspect.

[0035] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, wherein the communication device includes:

[0036] one or more processors;

[0037] The processor is configured to call an instruction to enable the communication device to execute the measurement reporting triggering method provided by the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0038] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, enable the communication device to execute the measurement reporting triggering method provided by the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0039] The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure does not report all cells with valid measurement results, but instead reports the measurement results of the second cell with valid measurement results, which is beneficial to reducing the number of terminal measurement reports during the activation process of the first cell, reducing signaling overhead, and facilitating terminal energy saving.

[0040] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0042] FIG1A is a schematic diagram showing an architecture of a communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0043] FIG1B is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering SCell measurement reporting according to an exemplary implementation embodiment;

[0044] FIG2A is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0045] FIG2B is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0046] FIG2C is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0047] FIG3A is a schematic flow chart showing a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0048] FIG3B is a schematic flow chart showing a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0049] FIG3C is a schematic flow chart showing a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0050] FIG3D is a schematic flow chart showing a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0051] FIG4 is a schematic flow chart showing a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0052] FIG5 is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0053] FIG6A is a schematic diagram showing information interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0054] FIG6B is a second schematic diagram showing information interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0055] FIG6C is a third schematic diagram showing information interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0056] FIG6D is a fourth schematic diagram showing information interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0057] FIG6E is a fifth schematic diagram showing information interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0058] FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0059] FIG7B is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0060] FIG8A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 8100 according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0061] FIG8B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 8200 according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0062] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement reporting triggering method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0063] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for triggering measurement reporting, wherein the method includes:

[0064] The terminal receives first information; the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell;

[0065] When a second cell exists in the at least one first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to a network device;

[0066] The second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions:

[0067] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0068] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0069] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0070] In the above embodiment, during the process of activating or deactivating the first cell by the terminal, the terminal sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device only when it determines that there is a second cell in the first cell that satisfies multiple conditions at the same time; compared with the method in which the terminal triggers measurement reporting after receiving the first cell activation instruction, or the terminal triggers measurement reporting when it determines that there is a first cell with valid measurement results, the embodiment of the present disclosure does not report all cells with valid measurement results, but reports the measurement results of the second cell with valid measurement results, thereby effectively reducing some unnecessary measurements, thereby reducing the number of terminal measurement reports, reducing signaling overhead, and facilitating terminal energy saving.

[0071] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0072] A media access control (MAC) layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell;

[0073] In a case where the second cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer of the terminal sends second information to the radio resource control (RRC) layer of the terminal; the second information indicates at least one of the following: the existence of the second cell in the first cell; reporting of the measurement result triggered by the RRC layer; an index or an index list of the second cell;

[0074] When a second cell exists in the first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to a network device includes:

[0075] When the RRC layer of the terminal receives the second information, it sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0076] In the above embodiment, during the process of activating or deactivating the first cell by the terminal, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a second cell in the first cell that meets multiple conditions at the same time, and when the second cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer sends second information to the RRC layer to trigger the RRC layer to send the measurement results of the second cell to the network device, thereby reducing the number of measurement reports during the activation of the first cell through effective interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer.

[0077] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the index of the second cell is a serving cell identifier.

[0078] In the above embodiment, when the MAC layer determines that there is a second cell in the first cell, it can send second information carrying the serving cell identifier of the second cell to the RRC layer, so that the RRC layer can determine the second cell and send the measurement result corresponding to the serving cell identifier to the network device.

[0079] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the medium access control (MAC) layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including:

[0080] The MAC layer determines, based on the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell; the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0081] In a case where the third cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a first-category cell in a first frequency range in the third cell;

[0082] In a case where the first-type cell exists in the third cell, the MAC layer determines, based on the measurement result of the first cell, whether there is a cell in the first-type cell of the third cell with a valid measurement result.

[0083] In the above embodiment, during the process of activating or deactivating a first cell by a terminal, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether a third cell exists within the first cell based on the first information sent by the network device. If the third cell exists within the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether a first-category cell within the first frequency range exists within the third cell. Furthermore, if a first-category cell exists within the third cell, the MAC layer determines whether a cell within the first-category cell of the third cell has a valid measurement result based on the measurement results of the first cell. In this way, by screening the first cell condition by condition, the number of cells to be screened is gradually reduced, processing efficiency is improved, and activation delay of the first cell is reduced.

[0084] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0085] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell;

[0086] When a second cell exists in the first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to a network device includes:

[0087] When the second cell exists in the first cell, the RRC layer sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0088] In the above embodiment, during the process of activating or deactivating the first cell by the terminal, the RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, so that when it is determined that the second cell exists in the first cell, the RRC layer directly triggers the reporting of the measurement results of the second cell; thereby improving the efficiency of measurement reporting and reducing activation delay.

[0089] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0090] The MAC layer of the terminal sends the first information to the RRC layer; or,

[0091] The MAC layer of the terminal sends third information to the RRC layer according to the first information, wherein the third information is used to indicate a third cell; the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0092] In the above embodiment, after receiving the first information, the MAC layer directly sends the first information to the RRC layer, and the RRC layer parses the first information and determines whether there is a second cell in the first cell that simultaneously meets multiple conditions; alternatively, the MAC layer parses the received first information and sends the fourth information obtained by the parsing to the RRC layer, and the RRC layer determines whether there is a second cell in the first cell that simultaneously meets multiple conditions; in this way, the measurement reporting process during the activation of the first cell is realized through effective interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer.

[0093] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0094] The MAC layer of the terminal determines, based on the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell, where the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0095] The MAC layer of the terminal sends third information to the RRC layer of the terminal; the third information is used to indicate the third cell;

[0096] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including:

[0097] In a case where the RRC layer receives the third information, the RRC layer determines whether there is a first type cell in a first frequency range in the third cell;

[0098] In a case where the first-category cell exists in the third cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the first-category cell of the third cell.

[0099] In the above embodiment, the MAC layer determines the third cell within the first cell based on the received first information, and sends the third information to the RRC layer to trigger the RRC layer to perform a conditional decision in the subsequent measurement reporting process for the third cell. In this way, the MAC layer directly determines whether the third cell exists within the first cell based on the received first information, reducing the need to transmit the first information between the MAC and RRC layers and message overhead. Furthermore, only when the MAC layer determines that the third cell exists within the first cell does it trigger the RRC layer to perform the subsequent measurement reporting process. This reduces unnecessary triggering of the RRC layer and facilitates energy conservation at the terminal.

[0100] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0101] The MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the first cell;

[0102] In a case where the first type of cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer sends fourth information to the RRC layer of the terminal; wherein the fourth information is used to indicate the first type of cell in the first cell;

[0103] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including:

[0104] The RRC layer determines whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state among the first-category cells of the first cell; and the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell for which a measurement result is valid among the first-category cells of the first cell.

[0105] In the above embodiment, the MAC layer first determines whether there is a first-category cell within the first frequency range in the first cell, and when there is a first-category cell within the first frequency range in the first cell, the MAC layer sends fourth information to the RRC layer to trigger the RRC layer to perform a conditional judgment in the subsequent measurement reporting process for the first-category cell in the first cell, so that the RRC layer determines a second cell that simultaneously meets multiple conditions and directly triggers the reporting of the measurement results of the second cell. In this way, the MAC layer triggers the RRC layer to perform a subsequent measurement reporting process only when there is a first-category cell within the first frequency range in the first cell, which can reduce unnecessary triggering of the RRC layer and is beneficial to terminal energy saving.

[0106] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0107] The MAC layer of the terminal determines, based on the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell, where the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0108] The MAC layer determines whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the third cell;

[0109] In a case where the first type of cell exists in the third cell, the MAC layer sends fifth information to the RRC layer of the terminal; wherein the fifth information is used to indicate the first type of cell in the third cell;

[0110] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including:

[0111] The RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first-category cells of the third cell.

[0112] In the above embodiment, the MAC layer determines the third cell that is activated from the deactivated state from the first cell, and determines the first type of cell in the first frequency range in the third cell; the MAC layer informs the RRC layer of the first type of cell in the third cell through the fifth information, and the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with valid measurement results in the first type of cell in the third cell, so that after the RRC layer determines the first type of cell with valid measurement results in the third cell, it directly sends the measurement results of the cell to the network device to complete the activation of the cell.

[0113] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0114] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends sixth information to the RRC layer, where the sixth information is used by the RRC layer to determine the first type of cell in the first frequency range, and / or

[0115] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends seventh information to the RRC layer, where the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result.

[0116] In the above embodiment, when the RRC layer determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer or the physical layer sends the sixth information and / or the seventh information to the RRC layer, so as to use the sixth information and / or the seventh information to assist the RRC layer in performing the corresponding conditional judgment and determining the second cell from the first cell.

[0117] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0118] The MAC layer receives a physical layer indication from the terminal;

[0119] The physical layer indication is used to determine at least one of the following:

[0120] whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the first cell or the third cell;

[0121] Whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the first cell or the third cell.

[0122] In the above embodiment, the MAC layer can receive a physical layer indication sent by the physical layer to determine the first type of cell in the first cell or the third cell, and / or the cell in the first cell or the third cell where the measurement result is valid; to improve the processing efficiency of the MAC layer when determining the first type of cell in the first cell or the third cell, and / or the cell in the first cell or the third cell where the measurement result is valid, which is beneficial to terminal energy saving.

[0123] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0124] When sending the measurement result of the second cell to the network device, sending cell information of the second cell to the network device;

[0125] The cell information of the second cell includes at least one of the following:

[0126] frequency information of the second cell;

[0127] The cell identifier of the second cell.

[0128] In the above embodiment, when the terminal sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device, it can also send the cell information of the second cell to the network device, so that the network device can determine the second cell to which the measurement result belongs based on the cell information, so that the network device can transmit data on the component carrier corresponding to the second cell to improve the data transmission rate.

[0129] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is carried in a control unit CE of a media access control MAC.

[0130] In the above embodiment, the existing signaling can be directly reused to transmit the first information, thereby effectively reducing signaling overhead.

[0131] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first frequency range includes a frequency range FR2.

[0132] In the above embodiment, by limiting the first frequency range to the frequency range FR2, the measurement results are reported for the activation of the first cell belonging to the first category cell in FR2. This can not only effectively reduce the activation delay of the first category cell in FR2, but also reduce the number of measurement reports of the terminal during the activation of the first cell, reduce signaling overhead, and facilitate energy saving of the terminal.

[0133] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for triggering measurement reporting, wherein the method includes:

[0134] The network device sends first information to the terminal; the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell;

[0135] The network device receives the measurement result of the second cell sent by the terminal;

[0136] The second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions:

[0137] The second cells are two or more of the first cells that meet the following conditions:

[0138] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0139] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0140] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0141] In the above embodiment, during the activation of the first cell, the network device can only receive the measurement results of the second cell, but will not receive the measurement results of all activated first cells, thereby reducing the number of terminal measurement reports and signaling overhead.

[0142] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, wherein the terminal includes:

[0143] A first transceiver module is configured to receive first information; when a second cell exists in the first cell, send a measurement result of the second cell to a network device; wherein the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of the first cell;

[0144] The second cell meets at least two or more of the following conditions:

[0145] The first information indicates that the second cell is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0146] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0147] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0148] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, wherein the network device includes:

[0149] The second transceiver module is configured to send first information to the terminal; and receive a measurement result of the second cell sent by the terminal; wherein the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell;

[0150] The second cells are two or more of the first cells that meet the following conditions:

[0151] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0152] The second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range;

[0153] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0154] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a terminal and a network device; the terminal is configured to implement the measurement reporting triggering method described in the optional implementation method of the first aspect; and the network device is configured to implement the measurement reporting triggering method described in the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0155] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, wherein the communication device includes:

[0156] one or more processors;

[0157] The processor is configured to call an instruction to enable the communication device to execute the measurement reporting triggering method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0158] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, which, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, enable the communication device to execute the measurement reporting triggering method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0159] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the measurement reporting triggering method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0160] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the measurement reporting triggering method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0161] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, communication devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, and computer programs are all used to execute the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0162] The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for triggering measurement reporting, as well as a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms "measurement reporting triggering method" and "information processing method" and "information transmission method" are interchangeable; the terms "information indicating device" and "information processing device" and "information transmission device" are interchangeable; and the terms "communication system" and "information processing system" are interchangeable.

[0163] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0164] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0165] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0166] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0167] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0168] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0169] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "in one case A, in another case B," or "in one case A, in another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The same applies when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0170] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0171] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0172] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0173] In some embodiments, terms such as "...", "determine...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0174] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0175] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0176] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0177] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0178] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0179] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it is also possible to set the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0180] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0181] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0182] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0183] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0184] FIG1A is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0185] As shown in FIG. 1A , a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0186] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0187] In some embodiments, the network device 102 includes an access network device and a core network device.

[0188] In some embodiments, the access network device may be, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0189] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0190] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0191] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a single device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or a group of devices, each including one or more network elements. A network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), or a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0192] In some embodiments, the network element is, for example, an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF).

[0193] In some embodiments, the network element is, for example, a Mobility Management Entity (MME).

[0194] In some embodiments, the network element is used for access and mobility management, such as registration management, connection management, and mobility management, etc., but the name is not limited thereto.

[0195] In some embodiments, the network element may be a network element independent of the core network device.

[0196] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0197] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1A , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1A are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1A , or may include other entities other than those shown in FIG1A . The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationship between the entities is illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0198] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0199] In some communication scenarios, enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low latitude communication (URLLC), and massive machine type communication (mMTC) are used.

[0200] eMBB continues to focus on providing users with multimedia content, services, and data, and demand for this technology is growing rapidly. However, since eMBB can be deployed in diverse scenarios, such as indoors, in urban areas, and in rural areas, its capabilities and requirements vary significantly. Therefore, it's not possible to generalize and requires detailed analysis based on specific deployment scenarios.

[0201] Typical applications of URLLC include industrial automation, power automation, remote medical operations (surgery), traffic safety, etc.

[0202] Typical features of mMTC include: high connection density, small data volume, latency-insensitive services, low module cost and long service life.

[0203] Carrier aggregation (CA) is a typical method used in LTE and NR to trade bandwidth for speed. In this method, multiple cells serve a UE. There is only one primary cell component (PCC), which provides RRC signaling connectivity, non-access stratum (NAS) functions, and security. The physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) exists only on the PCC. The secondary cell component (SCC) provides additional radio resources.

[0204] The PCC and SCC are collectively referred to as serving cells. In some embodiments, up to five aggregated carriers are supported, meaning the maximum aggregated bandwidth is 100 MHz, and the aggregated carriers belong to the same base station. All aggregated carriers use the same Cell Radio Network Temporary Identity (C-RNTI). The base station ensures that the C-RNTIs do not conflict in the cell where each carrier resides.

[0205] In NR carrier aggregation, the aggregated cells may be cells in Frequency Range 1 (FR1) or cells in Frequency Range 2 (FR2). The definitions of FR1 and FR2 are shown in Table 1.

[0206] Table 1

[0207] In some embodiments, to reduce FR2 SCell activation delays, network-triggered reporting (of L3 measurement results) can be introduced during FR2 unknown SCell activation. As shown in FIG1B , FIG1B is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering SCell measurement reporting according to an exemplary implementation. The L3 SCell measurement report is triggered by the SCell Activation MAC CE. The RRC Connection Reconfiguration message in the figure can be a message for configuring a candidate secondary cell.

[0208] The MAC CE used for SCell activation is a MAC layer command, while measurement reporting is triggered by the Layer 3 layer. The Layer 3 layer reports all secondary cells with valid measurement results to the network equipment. However, even if the measurement results are valid, some secondary cells may not be the cells that the terminal wants to activate. This results in invalid measurement reports, which leads to high signaling overhead.

[0209] In some embodiments, if the report type (reportType) is set to measurement result reporting based on activation (reportOnActivation), and the secondary cell is activated by a MAC CE specified in the protocol and meets the measurement requirements specified in the protocol, the measurement reporting process is started.

[0210] In some embodiments, the measurement requirements agreed upon by the protocol include:

[0211] Including a measurement report entry in a measurement report list (VarMeasReportList) of the measurement identifier (measId);

[0212] The number of reported measurement reports (numberOfReportsSent) defined for this measurement identifier (measId) in the measurement report list (VarMeasReportList) is set to 0.

[0213] In some embodiments, the determination conditions for the second type of cell are as follows:

[0214] A cell in which valid measurement results have been sent to the network device within a period of time before the handover instruction is received;

[0215] The cell in which the SSB is detected by the terminal within a period of time before receiving the handover command;

[0216] The cell in which the SSB is detected by the terminal within a period of time before receiving the switching command and within the allowed delay time of cell switching.

[0217] The second type of cell here is not a first type of cell. That is, in some embodiments, a cell that does not meet the above conditions may be considered a first type of cell.

[0218] The period of time before the switching instruction is received may be a specified time such as 5 seconds before the switching instruction is received.

[0219] In some embodiments, upon receiving a MAC CE for SCell activation, the terminal triggers measurement reporting for all secondary cells for which measurement results are valid. However, even if measurement results are valid, some secondary cells may not be the cells the terminal intends to activate. This results in invalid measurement results, resulting in high signaling overhead. Furthermore, the MAC CE for SCell activation is a MAC layer command, while measurement report reporting is triggered by the RRC layer. During SCell activation, the information processing between the MAC and RRC layers is unclear.

[0220] FIG2A is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG2A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is used in a communication system 100 and includes:

[0221] Step S2101: The network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0222] In some embodiments, the terminal receives first information sent by the network device.

[0223] In some embodiments, the terminal may be a terminal supporting dual connectivity, multiple connectivity or carrier aggregation.

[0224] In some embodiments, the network device may be an access network device corresponding to a serving cell or a source cell to which the terminal is currently accessing.

[0225] In some embodiments, the network device may be an access network device corresponding to a primary cell or a primary cell group of the terminal.

[0226] In some embodiments, the network device may be an access network device corresponding to a primary or secondary cell or a secondary cell group of the terminal.

[0227] In some embodiments, the first information is used to activate or deactivate at least one first cell.

[0228] In some embodiments, the first cell is a candidate secondary cell.

[0229] In some scenarios, the candidate secondary cell may also be a secondary cell.

[0230] In some embodiments, the first information may be a message for configuring a candidate secondary cell.

[0231] It is worth noting that activating the first cell can be understood as the terminal accessing the first cell indicated to be activated by the first information, that is, the first cell can be used as a serving cell for the terminal so that data can be transmitted using the first cell. Deactivating the first cell can be understood as the terminal releasing the connection with the first cell indicated to be deactivated by the first information so as not to use the first cell for data transmission.

[0232] In some embodiments, the first information may be a first cell activation instruction.

[0233] In some embodiments, the network device may send first information to the terminal according to the traffic volume of the downlink service to dynamically activate or deactivate one or more first cells.

[0234] It is understood that when the network device detects the arrival of a large amount of downlink traffic, the network device may send first information to the terminal to activate one or more first cells to increase the data rate of the terminal. When the downlink traffic volume is low, the network device may send first information to the terminal to deactivate one or more first cells to save power of the terminal.

[0235] In some embodiments, the terminal receives the first information and activates or deactivates one or more first cells according to the first information.

[0236] It should be noted that the terminal can dynamically activate or deactivate one or more first cells under the control of the network device to adapt to data bursts (Brust) between the terminal and the network device and achieve high data throughput.

[0237] In some embodiments, the first information may include a bit map; wherein each bit in the bit map may map a first cell; and a different bit value of each bit is used to indicate activation or deactivation of the first cell corresponding to the bit.

[0238] In some embodiments, the first information may be carried in a control element CE of a media access control MAC.

[0239] It is understandable that the first information can be carried in existing signaling, thereby reducing information overhead.

[0240] After receiving the first information, the terminal may execute a first cell activation process to activate or deactivate the first cell indicated by the first information. The activation process of the first cell includes a series of operations, and therefore may cause a delay in the activation of the first cell. For example, the series of operations may include parsing the MAC CE to obtain the first cell activation instruction, preparing (or configuring) hardware and software (such as protocol stack software application, radio frequency (RF) module tuning) for reception and transmission on the first cell, automatic gain control (AGC) tuning and time-frequency synchronization on the first cell, etc.

[0241] It is worth noting that in order to reduce the waiting time of burst downlink services sent by the network device to the terminal, it is necessary to reduce the activation delay of the first cell; in some embodiments, in order to reduce the activation delay of the first cell, the reporting of measurement results can be introduced during the activation process of the first cell.

[0242] Step S2102: The terminal determines whether a second cell exists in at least one first cell.

[0243] In some embodiments, a medium access control (MAC) layer of the terminal determines whether a second cell exists in the at least one first cell.

[0244] In some embodiments, the second cell is a cell in the first cell that satisfies two or more of the following conditions:

[0245] First condition: the first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0246] Second condition: the second cell is a first-category cell within the first frequency range.

[0247] Third condition: the measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0248] It is worth noting that the MAC layer of the terminal may determine whether there is a cell in the first cell that satisfies the first condition, the second condition, and the third condition at the same time, that is, the second cell.

[0249] In some embodiments, the first type of cell is not a second type of cell; the second type of cell satisfies the following conditions:

[0250] For the first type of cell, a valid measurement result of the cell has been sent to the network device within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information;

[0251] The synchronization reference signal of the cell can be detected by the terminal within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information;

[0252] The terminal can detect the synchronization reference signal of the cell within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information and within a switching delay time allowed for cell switching.

[0253] In some embodiments, the first type of cell may be an unknown cell.

[0254] In some embodiments, the first frequency range may be a frequency range corresponding to FR2.

[0255] It should be noted that in the fifth generation mobile communication (5G) system, the frequency band is divided into two different frequency ranges, namely FR1 and FR2. The frequency ranges corresponding to FR1 and FR2 can be seen in Table 1.

[0256] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a measurement result of layer (Layer, L) 1 .

[0257] In some embodiments, the measurements may be beam measurements.

[0258] In some embodiments, the measurement results may include at least one of the following: L1-Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP); L1-Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (SINR); Channel Quality Indicator (CQI); Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI); Rank Indicator (RI); Channel-State-Information Reference-Signal (CSI-RS) Resource Indicator (CRI).

[0259] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a measurement result of layer (Layer, L) 3 .

[0260] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a channel state information (CSI) measurement result.

[0261] In some embodiments, the measurement result may include at least one of the following: L3-RSRP; SINR of the synchronization signal.

[0262] In some embodiments, a valid measurement result may be a measurement result that meets measurement requirements.

[0263] In some embodiments, a valid measurement result is a measurement result that complies with the measurement requirements specified in TS38.133. It is worth noting that the activation process of the first cell starts with the network device sending the first information to the terminal and ends with the terminal sending the measurement result to the network device. In order to speed up the activation process of the first cell, that is, to reduce the activation delay of the first cell, after receiving the first information, the terminal can determine whether the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is the second cell; if the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is not the second cell, that is, the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is a known cell; since the terminal has already reported the measurement results of the known cell, in order to reduce the reporting of unnecessary measurement results, the terminal may not send the measurement results to the network device, thereby reducing air interface signaling and reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0264] In some embodiments, the MAC layer may determine whether a third cell exists in the first cell.

[0265] In some embodiments, the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0266] In some embodiments, the MAC layer may determine whether the third cell exists in the first cell based on the first information.

[0267] It can be understood that the first information is used to activate or deactivate one or more first cells; after receiving the first information, the MAC layer can determine the third cell to be activated from the deactivated state based on the first information.

[0268] In some embodiments, the MAC layer determines whether a first type of cell of a first frequency range exists in the first cell.

[0269] In some embodiments, the MAC layer determines whether there is a cell in the first cell for which the measurement result is valid.

[0270] In some embodiments, the MAC layer determines, based on the measurement result of the first cell, whether there is a cell in the first cell for which the measurement result is valid.

[0271] It is worth noting that the MAC layer can respectively determine the third cell in the first cell, the first type of cell in the first cell and two or more of the cells in the first cell whose measurement results are valid, and take the intersection of the determined cells to determine whether the second cell exists in the first cell.

[0272] In some embodiments, when the MAC layer determines that there is a third cell in the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a first-type cell in the first frequency range in the third cell; when the MAC layer determines that there is a first-type cell in the third cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a cell in the third cell where the measurement results of the first-type cell are valid.

[0273] In some embodiments, when the MAC layer determines that there is a third cell in the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the third cell; when the MAC layer determines that there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the third cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a first type cell in the first frequency range in the cell with a valid measurement result.

[0274] It should be noted that, in the process of determining the second cell, the MAC layer can perform conditional judgment of the three conditions on the first cell in sequence to determine the second cell in the first cell; the execution order of the three conditions can be adjusted arbitrarily, and the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

[0275] In some embodiments, the MAC layer may receive a physical layer indication from the terminal.

[0276] In some embodiments, the physical layer indication is used to determine at least one of the following:

[0277] whether there is a first type of cell in the first frequency range in the first cell or the third cell;

[0278] Whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the first cell or the third cell.

[0279] The physical layer of the terminal may send a physical layer indication to the MAC layer so that the MAC layer may determine, based on the physical layer indication, a cell in the first cell or the third cell in which the measurement result is valid, and / or a first type cell in the first cell or the third cell.

[0280] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal sends the second information to the RRC layer of the terminal.

[0281] In some embodiments, when the second cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer of the terminal sends the second information to the RRC layer of the terminal.

[0282] In some embodiments, the second information indicates at least one of the following:

[0283] The second cell exists in the first cell;

[0284] The RRC layer triggers the reporting of measurement results;

[0285] The index or index list of the second cell.

[0286] It is understandable that since the reporting of the measurement results is triggered by the RRC layer of the terminal, when the MAC layer of the terminal determines that the second cell exists in the first cell, it can send second information to the RRC layer to trigger the RRC layer for subsequent processing.

[0287] In some embodiments, the second information may include one or more indication bits, and different bit values ​​of the indication bits are used to indicate whether the second cell exists in the first cell.

[0288] In some embodiments, the second information may include one or more information fields, where the information fields are used to carry the index or index list of the second cell.

[0289] In some embodiments, the index of the second cell may be a serving cell identifier.

[0290] Step S2103: The terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0291] In some embodiments, when the second cell exists in the first cell, the terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0292] In some embodiments, when the second cell exists in the first cell, the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0293] In some embodiments, when a second cell exists in the first cell, the radio resource control (RRC) layer of the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0294] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer receives the second information and / or the third information sent by the MAC layer, the RRC layer sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0295] It should be noted that the reported measurement results can be used by network equipment for radio resource management, such as radio resource scheduling for terminal communications, etc. Typically, network equipment only schedules radio resources of the serving cell to the terminal for wireless communication.

[0296] In some embodiments, when the measurement result of the second cell is sent to the network device, the cell information of the second cell is sent to the network device.

[0297] In some embodiments, the cell information of the second cell includes at least one of the following:

[0298] frequency information of the second cell;

[0299] The cell identifier of the second cell.

[0300] In some embodiments, the frequency information of the second cell may be an Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN).

[0301] In some embodiments, the term "information" can be interchangeable with terms such as "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", and "data".

[0302] In some embodiments, the term "send" can be interchanged with terms such as "transmit", "report", and "transmit".

[0303] The measurement reporting triggering method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2103. For example, step S2101 and step S2102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0304] In some embodiments, step S2103 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understandable that when the terminal determines that the second cell does not exist in the first cell, it may not send the measurement result to the network device.

[0305] In some embodiments, steps S2102 and S2103 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understood that when the first information sent by the network device indicates deactivation of the first cell, the terminal may directly deactivate the first cell without determining whether the second cell exists in the first cell or sending the measurement result to the network device.

[0306] FIG2B is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG2B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is used in a communication system 100 and includes:

[0307] Step S2201: The network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0308] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S2201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0309] Step S2202: The terminal determines whether there is a second cell in at least one first cell.

[0310] In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the at least one first cell.

[0311] In some embodiments, the second cell is a cell in the first cell that satisfies two or more of the following conditions:

[0312] First condition: the first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0313] Second condition: the second cell is a first-category cell within the first frequency range.

[0314] Third condition: the measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0315] It is worth noting that the RRC layer of the terminal may determine whether there is a cell in the first cell that satisfies the first condition, the second condition, and the third condition at the same time, that is, the second cell.

[0316] In some embodiments, the first type of cell is not a second type of cell; the second type of cell satisfies the following conditions:

[0317] Within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information, a valid measurement result of the second type of cell has been sent to the network device;

[0318] The synchronization reference signal of the second type of cell can be detected by the terminal within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information;

[0319] The synchronization reference signal of the second type cell can be detected by the terminal within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information and within a switching delay time allowed for cell switching.

[0320] In some embodiments, the first type of cell may be an unknown cell.

[0321] In some embodiments, the first frequency range may be a frequency range corresponding to FR2.

[0322] It should be noted that in the fifth generation mobile communication (5G) system, the frequency band is divided into two different frequency ranges, namely FR1 and FR2. The frequency ranges corresponding to FR1 and FR2 can be seen in Table 1.

[0323] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a measurement result of layer (Layer, L) 1 .

[0324] In some embodiments, the measurements may be beam measurements.

[0325] In some embodiments, the measurement results may include at least one of the following: L1-Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP); L1-Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (SINR); Channel Quality Indicator (CQI); Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI); Rank Indicator (RI); Channel-State-Information Reference-Signal (CSI-RS) Resource Indicator (CRI).

[0326] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a measurement result of layer (Layer, L) 3 .

[0327] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a channel state information (CSI) measurement result.

[0328] In some embodiments, the measurement result may include at least one of the following: L3-RSRP; SINR of the synchronization signal.

[0329] In some embodiments, a valid measurement result may be a measurement result that meets measurement requirements.

[0330] In some embodiments, a valid measurement result is a measurement result that complies with the measurement requirements specified in TS38.133. It is worth noting that the activation process of the first cell starts with the network device sending the first information to the terminal and ends with the terminal sending the measurement result to the network device. In order to speed up the activation process of the first cell, that is, to reduce the activation delay of the first cell, after receiving the first information, the terminal can determine whether the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is the second cell; if the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is not the second cell, that is, the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is a known cell; since the terminal has already reported the measurement results of the known cell, in order to reduce the reporting of unnecessary measurement results, the terminal may not send the measurement results to the network device, thereby reducing air interface signaling and reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0331] In some embodiments, the RRC layer may determine whether the third cell exists in the first cell.

[0332] In some embodiments, the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0333] In some embodiments, the MAC layer sends the first information to the RRC layer.

[0334] It is understandable that the first information is used to activate or deactivate the first cell. After receiving the first information, the MAC layer may send the first information to the RRC layer so that the RRC layer determines whether the third cell exists in the first cell based on the first information.

[0335] It is worth noting that after receiving the first information, the MAC layer may directly send the first information to the RRC layer, and the RRC layer may parse the first information to determine whether the third cell exists in the first cell.

[0336] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal sends third information to the RRC layer according to the first information.

[0337] In some embodiments, the third information is used to indicate a third cell.

[0338] It can be understood that after the MAC layer receives the first information, it can first parse the first information to determine whether there is a third cell in the first cell; and send the third information to the RRC layer to inform the RRC layer that the third cell has been activated from the activated state.

[0339] In some embodiments, the third information may include a bit map, where the bit map is used to indicate the third cell.

[0340] Each bit in the bit map can map to a first cell; different bit values ​​of each bit are used to determine whether the first cell corresponding to the bit is a third cell.

[0341] In some embodiments, the first information or the third information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether the third cell exists in the first cell.

[0342] In some embodiments, the RRC layer may determine whether a first type of cell of the first frequency range exists in the first cell.

[0343] In some embodiments, the RRC layer may determine whether there is a cell in the first cell for which the measurement result is valid.

[0344] It is worth noting that the RRC layer can respectively determine the third cell in the first cell, the first type of cell in the first cell, and two or more of the cells in the first cell whose measurement results are valid, and take the intersection of the determined cells to determine whether the second cell exists in the first cell.

[0345] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer determines that there is a third cell in the first cell, the RRC layer may determine whether there is a first-category cell in the first frequency range in the third cell; when the RRC layer determines that there is a first-category cell in the third cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell in the third cell where the measurement results of the first-category cell are valid.

[0346] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer determines that there is a third cell in the first cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the third cell; when the RRC layer determines that there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the third cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a first type cell in the first frequency range in the cell with a valid measurement result.

[0347] It should be noted that, in the process of determining the second cell, the RRC layer can perform conditional judgment of three conditions on the first cell in sequence to determine the second cell in the first cell; the execution order of the three conditions can be adjusted arbitrarily, and the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

[0348] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0349] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends sixth information to the RRC layer; and / or,

[0350] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends the seventh information to the RRC layer.

[0351] In some embodiments, the sixth information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a first type of cell in the first frequency range.

[0352] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result.

[0353] In some embodiments, the sixth information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether a cell of the first type in the first frequency range exists in the first cell or the third cell.

[0354] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first cell or the first type of cells in the third cell.

[0355] It is worth noting that the sixth information and the seventh information may be auxiliary information to assist the RRC layer in making a judgment. In the process of the RRC layer determining whether there is a cell in the third cell that satisfies both the second condition and the third condition, the MAC layer or the physical layer sends the sixth information and / or the seventh information to the RRC layer, so that the RRC layer can determine whether the second cell exists in the first cell based on the sixth information and / or the seventh information.

[0356] Step S2203: The terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0357] In some embodiments, when the second cell exists in the first cell, the terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0358] In some embodiments, when the second cell exists in the first cell, the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0359] In some embodiments, when a second cell exists in the first cell, the radio resource control (RRC) layer of the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0360] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer determines that the second cell exists in the first cell, the RRC layer sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0361] It should be noted that the reported measurement results can be used by network equipment for radio resource management, such as radio resource scheduling for terminal communications, etc. Typically, network equipment only schedules radio resources of the serving cell to the terminal for wireless communication.

[0362] In some embodiments, when the measurement result of the second cell is sent to the network device, the cell information of the second cell is sent to the network device.

[0363] In some embodiments, the cell information of the second cell includes at least one of the following:

[0364] frequency information of the second cell;

[0365] The cell identifier of the second cell.

[0366] In some embodiments, the frequency information of the second cell may be an Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN).

[0367] The measurement reporting triggering method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2201 to S2203. For example, step S2201 and step S2202 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0368] In some embodiments, step S2203 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understandable that when the terminal determines that the second cell does not exist in the first cell, it may not send the measurement result to the network device.

[0369] In some embodiments, steps S2202 and S2203 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understood that when the first information sent by the network device indicates deactivation of the first cell, the terminal may directly deactivate the first cell without determining whether the second cell exists in the first cell or sending the measurement result to the network device.

[0370] FIG2C is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG2C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is used in a communication system 100 and includes:

[0371] Step S2301: The network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0372] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S2301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0373] Step S2302: The terminal determines whether a second cell exists in at least one first cell.

[0374] In some embodiments, the MAC layer and the RRC layer of the terminal jointly determine whether the second cell exists in the at least one first cell.

[0375] In some embodiments, the second cell is a cell in the first cell that satisfies two or more of the following conditions:

[0376] First condition: the first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0377] Second condition: the second cell is a first-category cell within the first frequency range.

[0378] Third condition: the measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0379] In some embodiments, the first type of cell is not a second type of cell; the second type of cell satisfies the following conditions:

[0380] Within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information, a valid measurement result of the second type of cell has been sent to the network device;

[0381] The synchronization reference signal of the second type of cell can be detected by the terminal within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information;

[0382] The synchronization reference signal of the second type cell can be detected by the terminal within a preset time period before the terminal receives the first information and within a switching delay time allowed for cell switching.

[0383] In some embodiments, the first type of cell may be an unknown cell.

[0384] In some embodiments, the first frequency range may be a frequency range corresponding to FR2.

[0385] It should be noted that in the fifth generation mobile communication (5G) system, the frequency band is divided into two different frequency ranges, namely FR1 and FR2. The frequency ranges corresponding to FR1 and FR2 can be seen in Table 1.

[0386] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a measurement result of layer (Layer, L) 1 .

[0387] In some embodiments, the measurements may be beam measurements.

[0388] In some embodiments, the measurement results may include at least one of the following: L1-Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP); L1-Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (SINR); Channel Quality Indicator (CQI); Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI); Rank Indicator (RI); Channel-State-Information Reference-Signal (CSI-RS) Resource Indicator (CRI).

[0389] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a measurement result of layer (Layer, L) 3 .

[0390] In some embodiments, the measurement result may be a channel state information (CSI) measurement result.

[0391] In some embodiments, the measurement result may include at least one of the following: L3-RSRP; SINR of the synchronization signal.

[0392] In some embodiments, a valid measurement result may be a measurement result that meets measurement requirements.

[0393] In some embodiments, a valid measurement result is a measurement result that complies with the measurement requirements specified in TS 38.133.

[0394] It is worth noting that the activation process of the first cell begins with the network device sending the first information to the terminal and ends with the terminal sending the measurement results to the network device. In order to speed up the activation process of the first cell, that is, to reduce the activation delay of the first cell, after receiving the first information, the terminal can determine whether the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is the second cell; if the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is not the second cell, that is, the first cell requested to be activated by the first information is a known cell; since the terminal has already reported the measurement results of the known cell, in order to reduce the reporting of unnecessary measurement results, the terminal may not send the measurement results to the network device, thereby reducing air interface signaling and reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0395] There are many implementation methods for the MAC layer and the RRC layer of the terminal to jointly determine whether the second cell exists in the first cell. Several optional embodiments are provided below.

[0396] Optional embodiment one:

[0397] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a third cell in the first cell; the RRC layer determines whether there is a first-category cell in the first frequency range in the third cell, and the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with valid measurement results in the third cell.

[0398] It is worth noting that the MAC layer of the terminal may determine whether a cell that meets the first condition, ie, the third cell, exists in the first cell, and the RRC layer of the terminal may determine whether a cell that meets both the second and third conditions exists in the third cell.

[0399] In some embodiments, the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0400] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether the third cell exists in the first cell based on the first information.

[0401] It can be understood that the first information is used to activate or deactivate one or more first cells; after receiving the first information, the MAC layer can determine the third cell to be activated from the deactivated state based on the first information.

[0402] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0403] The MAC layer sends the third information to the RRC layer.

[0404] In some embodiments, when the MAC layer determines that a third cell exists in at least one first cell, the MAC layer sends third information to the RRC layer.

[0405] In some embodiments, the third information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0406] There is a third cell in the first cell;

[0407] The RRC layer triggers the reporting of measurement results;

[0408] The index or index list of the third cell.

[0409] It is understandable that since the reporting of the measurement results is triggered by the RRC layer of the terminal, when the MAC layer of the terminal determines that there is a third cell in the first cell, it can send third information to the RRC layer to trigger the RRC layer for subsequent processing.

[0410] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer of the terminal receives the third information, the RRC layer may determine whether there is a first-category cell in the first frequency range in the third cell; the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the third cell.

[0411] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0412] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends the sixth information to the RRC layer; and / or the MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends the seventh information to the RRC layer.

[0413] In some embodiments, the sixth information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a first type of cell in the first frequency range.

[0414] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result.

[0415] In some embodiments, the sixth information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether a first type cell within the first frequency range exists in the third cell.

[0416] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first type of cells in the third cell.

[0417] It is worth noting that the sixth information and the seventh information may be auxiliary information to assist the RRC layer in making a judgment. In the process of the RRC layer determining whether there is a cell in the third cell that satisfies both the second condition and the third condition, the MAC layer or the physical layer sends the sixth information and / or the seventh information to the RRC layer, so that the RRC layer can determine whether the second cell exists in the third cell based on the sixth information and / or the seventh information.

[0418] Optional embodiment 2:

[0419] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a third cell in the first cell, and the MAC layer determines whether there is a first-type cell in the first frequency range in the third cell; the RRC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a cell with valid measurement results in the first-type cell in the third cell.

[0420] It is worth noting that the MAC layer of the terminal may determine whether there is a cell that satisfies both the first and second conditions among the first cells, and the RRC layer of the terminal may determine whether there is a cell that satisfies the third condition among the cells that satisfy both the first and second conditions.

[0421] In some embodiments, the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0422] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether the third cell exists in the first cell based on the first information.

[0423] It can be understood that the first information is used to activate or deactivate one or more first cells; after receiving the first information, the MAC layer can determine the third cell to be activated from the deactivated state based on the first information.

[0424] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a cell in the first frequency range in the first cell.

[0425] It is worth noting that the MAC layer can respectively determine the third cell in the first cell and the first type of cell in the first cell, and take the intersection of the determined cells to determine the cell that meets both the first condition and the second condition.

[0426] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal may first determine whether there is a third cell in the first cell; if there is a third cell in the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a first type cell in the first frequency range in the third cell.

[0427] In other embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal may first determine whether there is a first-type cell in the first frequency range in the first cell; when there is a first-type cell in the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a cell that has been activated from a deactivated state in the first-type cell of the first cell.

[0428] In some embodiments, the MAC layer may receive a physical layer indication from the terminal.

[0429] In some embodiments, the physical layer indication is used to determine whether a first type of cell of the first frequency range exists in the third cell.

[0430] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0431] The MAC layer sends the fifth information to the RRC layer.

[0432] In some embodiments, in a case where the first type cell exists in the third cell, the MAC layer sends fifth information to the RRC layer.

[0433] In some embodiments, the fifth information is used to indicate a first type of cell in the third cell.

[0434] In some embodiments, the fifth information is further used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0435] There are first-category cells of the first frequency range in the third cell;

[0436] The RRC layer triggers the reporting of measurement results;

[0437] An index or index list of first-category cells in the third cell.

[0438] It can be understood that when the MAC layer determines that there is a first-class cell in the first frequency range in the third cell, it can send the fifth information to the RRC layer to inform the RRC layer of the first-class cell in the third cell, so that the RRC layer can determine whether there is a cell in the first-class cell of the third cell that meets the third condition.

[0439] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer of the terminal receives the fifth information, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first type of cells of the third cell.

[0440] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0441] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends the seventh information to the RRC layer.

[0442] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result.

[0443] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first type of cells of the third cell.

[0444] It is worth noting that the seventh information may be auxiliary information that assists the RRC layer in making a judgment. In the process of the RRC layer determining whether there is a cell that meets the third condition in the first category of cells of the third cell, the MAC layer or the physical layer sends the seventh information to the RRC layer, so that the RRC layer can determine the cell in the first category of cells of the third cell for which the measurement result is valid based on the seventh information.

[0445] Optional embodiment three:

[0446] In some embodiments, the MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a first-category cell of the first frequency range in the first cell; the RRC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state in the first-category cell of the first cell, and the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell in the first-category cell of the first cell whose measurement results are valid.

[0447] It is worth noting that the MAC layer of the terminal may determine whether a cell that meets the second condition exists among the first cells, and the RRC layer of the terminal may determine whether a cell that meets both the first and third conditions exists among the cells that meet the second condition.

[0448] In some embodiments, the MAC layer may receive a physical layer indication from the terminal.

[0449] In some embodiments, the physical layer indication is used to determine whether a first type of cell of the first frequency range exists in the first cell.

[0450] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0451] The MAC layer sends fourth information to the RRC layer.

[0452] In some embodiments, when there are first-type cells in the first frequency range in the first cell, the MAC layer sends fourth information to the RRC layer.

[0453] In some embodiments, the fourth information is used to indicate a first type of cell in the first cell.

[0454] In some embodiments, the fourth information is further used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0455] There are first-category cells of the first frequency range in the first cell;

[0456] The RRC layer triggers the reporting of measurement results;

[0457] An index or index list of first-category cells in the first cell.

[0458] It can be understood that when the MAC layer determines that there is a first-class cell in the first frequency range in the first cell, it can send the fourth information to the RRC layer to inform the RRC layer of the first-class cell in the first cell, so that the RRC layer can determine whether there is a cell in the first-class cell of the first cell that meets both the first condition and the third condition.

[0459] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer of the terminal receives the fourth information, the RRC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state in the first type of cells of the first cell, and the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell in the first type of cells of the first cell whose measurement results are valid.

[0460] In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state among the first type cells of the first cell.

[0461] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0462] The MAC layer of the terminal sends the first information to the RRC layer; or,

[0463] The MAC layer of the terminal sends fourth information to the RRC layer according to the first information.

[0464] In some embodiments, the first information or the fourth information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state in the first type of cells of the first cell.

[0465] In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the terminal may determine, based on the measurement result of the first cell, whether there is a cell in the first type of cells of the first cell for which the measurement result is valid.

[0466] It is worth noting that the RRC layer can respectively determine the cells that are activated from the deactivated state in the first type of cells of the first cell and the cells whose measurement results are valid in the first type of cells of the first cell, and take the intersection of the determined cells to determine the cells that meet both the first and third conditions in the cells that meet the second condition.

[0467] In some embodiments, the RRC layer may first determine whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state among the first type of cells of the first cell; when there is a cell activated from a deactivated state among the first type of cells of the first cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with valid measurement results among the first type of cells activated from a deactivated state in the first cell.

[0468] In some embodiments, the RRC layer may first determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first type of cells of the first cell; when there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first type of cells of the first cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state among the first type of cells with valid measurement results in the first cell.

[0469] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0470] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends the seventh information to the RRC layer.

[0471] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result.

[0472] In some embodiments, the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first type of cells of the first cell.

[0473] It is worth noting that the seventh information may be auxiliary information that assists the RRC layer in making a judgment. In the process of the RRC layer determining whether there is a cell that meets the third condition in the first category of cells of the first cell, the MAC layer or the physical layer sends the seventh information to the RRC layer, so that the RRC layer can determine whether there is a cell in the first category of cells of the first cell for which the measurement result is valid based on the seventh information.

[0474] Step S2303: The terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0475] In some embodiments, when the second cell exists in the first cell, the terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0476] In some embodiments, when the second cell exists in the first cell, the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0477] In some embodiments, when a second cell exists in the first cell, the radio resource control (RRC) layer of the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0478] In some embodiments, when the RRC layer determines that the second cell exists in the first cell, the RRC layer sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0479] It should be noted that the reported measurement results can be used by network equipment for radio resource management, such as radio resource scheduling for terminal communications, etc. Typically, network equipment only schedules radio resources of the serving cell to the terminal for wireless communication.

[0480] In some embodiments, when the measurement result of the second cell is sent to the network device, the cell information of the second cell is sent to the network device.

[0481] In some embodiments, the cell information of the second cell includes at least one of the following:

[0482] frequency information of the second cell;

[0483] The cell identifier of the second cell.

[0484] In some embodiments, the frequency information of the second cell may be an Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN).

[0485] The measurement reporting triggering method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2301 to S2303. For example, step S2301 and step S2302 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2301 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0486] In some embodiments, step S2303 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understandable that when the terminal determines that the second cell does not exist in the first cell, it may not send the measurement result to the network device.

[0487] In some embodiments, steps S2302 and S2303 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understood that when the first information sent by the network device indicates deactivation of the first cell, the terminal may directly deactivate the first cell without determining whether the second cell exists in the first cell or sending the measurement result to the network device.

[0488] FIG3A is a flow chart of a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG3A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is executed by terminal 101 and includes:

[0489] Step S3101: The terminal receives first information sent by the network device.

[0490] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0491] Step S3102: The terminal determines whether a second cell exists in at least one first cell.

[0492] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0493] Step S3103: The terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0494] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0495] The measurement reporting triggering method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3103. For example, steps S3101 and S3102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S3101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0496] In some embodiments, step S3103 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understandable that when the terminal determines that the second cell does not exist in the first cell, it may not send the measurement result to the network device.

[0497] In some embodiments, steps S3102 and S3103 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understood that when the first information sent by the network device indicates deactivation of the first cell, the terminal may directly deactivate the first cell without determining whether the second cell exists in the first cell or sending the measurement result to the network device.

[0498] FIG3B is a flow chart of a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG3B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is executed by terminal 101 and includes:

[0499] Step S3201: The terminal receives first information sent by the network device.

[0500] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0501] Step S3202: The terminal determines whether there is a second cell in at least one first cell.

[0502] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2202 in Figure 2B and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0503] Step S3203: The terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0504] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2203 in Figure 2B and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0505] The measurement reporting triggering method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3201 to S3203. For example, step S3201 and step S3202 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S3201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0506] In some embodiments, step S3203 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understandable that when the terminal determines that the second cell does not exist in the first cell, it may not send the measurement result to the network device.

[0507] In some embodiments, steps S3202 and S3203 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understood that when the first information sent by the network device indicates deactivation of the first cell, the terminal may directly deactivate the first cell without determining whether the second cell exists in the first cell or sending the measurement result to the network device.

[0508] FIG3C is a flow chart of a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG3C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is executed by terminal 101 and includes:

[0509] Step S3301: The terminal receives first information sent by the network device.

[0510] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0511] Step S3302: The terminal determines whether a second cell exists in at least one first cell.

[0512] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3302 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2302 in Figure 2C and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2C, which will not be repeated here.

[0513] Step S3303: The terminal sends the measurement result to the network device.

[0514] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3303 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2303 in Figure 2C and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2C, which will not be repeated here.

[0515] The measurement reporting triggering method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3301 to S3303. For example, step S3301 and step S3302 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S3301 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0516] In some embodiments, step S3303 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understandable that when the terminal determines that the second cell does not exist in the first cell, it may not send the measurement result to the network device.

[0517] In some embodiments, steps S3302 and S3303 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. It is understood that when the first information sent by the network device indicates deactivation of the first cell, the terminal may directly deactivate the first cell without determining whether the second cell exists in the first cell or sending the measurement result to the network device.

[0518] FIG3D is a flow chart of a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG3D , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is executed by terminal 101 and includes:

[0519] Step S3401: The terminal receives first information.

[0520] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell.

[0521] Step S3402: The terminal sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0522] In some embodiments, when a second cell exists in at least one first cell, the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0523] In some embodiments, the second cell is a cell in the first cell that satisfies two or more of the following conditions:

[0524] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0525] The second cell is a first type cell of the first frequency range;

[0526] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0527] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0528] The media access control (MAC) layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell;

[0529] In a case where the second cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer of the terminal sends second information to the radio resource control (RRC) layer of the terminal; the second information indicates at least one of the following: the existence of the second cell in the first cell; reporting of the measurement result triggered by the RRC layer; an index or an index list of the second cell;

[0530] When the second cell exists in the first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to the network device includes:

[0531] When the RRC layer of the terminal receives the second information, it sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0532] In some embodiments, the index of the second cell is a serving cell identifier.

[0533] In some embodiments, a medium access control (MAC) layer of a terminal determines whether a second cell exists in a first cell, including:

[0534] The MAC layer determines, based on the first information, whether a third cell exists in the first cell; the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0535] In a case where a third cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether a first-category cell in the first frequency range exists in the third cell;

[0536] In the case that there are cells of the first category in the third cell, the MAC layer determines, based on the measurement result of the first cell, whether there are cells of the first category in the third cell for which the measurement result is valid.

[0537] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0538] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell;

[0539] When the second cell exists in the first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to the network device includes:

[0540] When the second cell exists in the first cell, the RRC layer sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0541] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0542] The MAC layer of the terminal sends the first information to the RRC layer; or,

[0543] The MAC layer of the terminal sends third information to the RRC layer based on the first information, wherein the third information is used to indicate a third cell; the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0544] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0545] The MAC layer of the terminal determines, based on the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell, where the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0546] The MAC layer of the terminal sends third information to the RRC layer of the terminal; the third information is used to indicate a third cell;

[0547] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including:

[0548] When the RRC layer receives the third information, the RRC layer determines whether there is a first-category cell in the first frequency range in the third cell;

[0549] In a case where there are first-category cells in the third cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell in the first-category cells of the third cell for which a measurement result is valid.

[0550] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0551] The MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a first type of cell in the first frequency range in the first cell;

[0552] In a case where a first-category cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer sends fourth information to the RRC layer of the terminal; wherein the fourth information is used to indicate the first-category cell in the first cell;

[0553] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including:

[0554] The RRC layer determines whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state among the first category cells of the first cell; and the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell for which a measurement result is valid among the first category cells of the first cell.

[0555] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0556] The MAC layer of the terminal determines, based on the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell, where the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0557] The MAC layer determines whether there is a first type of cell in the first frequency range in the third cell;

[0558] In a case where a first-category cell exists in the third cell, the MAC layer sends fifth information to the RRC layer of the terminal; wherein the fifth information is used to indicate the first-category cell in the third cell;

[0559] The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including:

[0560] The RRC layer determines whether there is a cell for which the measurement result is valid among the first-category cells of the third cell.

[0561] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0562] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends sixth information to the RRC layer, where the sixth information is used by the RRC layer to determine the first type of cell in the first frequency range, and / or,

[0563] The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends seventh information to the RRC layer, where the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result.

[0564] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0565] The MAC layer receives the physical layer indication from the terminal;

[0566] The physical layer indication is used to determine at least one of the following:

[0567] whether there is a first type of cell in the first frequency range in the first cell or the third cell;

[0568] Whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the first cell or the third cell.

[0569] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0570] When sending the measurement result of the second cell to the network device, sending the cell information of the second cell to the network device;

[0571] The cell information of the second cell includes at least one of the following:

[0572] frequency information of the second cell;

[0573] The cell identifier of the second cell.

[0574] In some embodiments, the first information is carried in a control element CE of a media access control MAC.

[0575] In some embodiments, the first frequency range includes frequency range FR2.

[0576] FIG4 is a flow chart of a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG4 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is executed by the network device 102 and includes:

[0577] Step S4101: The network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0578] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S4101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0579] FIG5 is an interactive diagram illustrating a method for triggering measurement reporting according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG5 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for triggering measurement reporting, which is used in a communication system 100 and includes one of the following steps:

[0580] Step S5101: The terminal receives first information sent by the network device.

[0581] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of the first cell.

[0582] Step S5102: The terminal sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0583] In some embodiments, when a second cell exists in at least one first cell, the terminal sends a measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

[0584] In some embodiments, the second cell is a cell in the first cell that satisfies two or more of the following conditions:

[0585] The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state;

[0586] The second cell is a first type cell of the first frequency range;

[0587] The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

[0588] In some embodiments, the above method may include the methods of the above-mentioned communication system side, terminal side, access network equipment side, core network equipment side, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0589] The disclosed embodiments provide a method for information processing at the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation, which effectively triggers L3 measurement reporting, avoids unnecessary measurement reporting, reduces air interface signaling, improves spectrum efficiency, and effectively saves energy for UEs.

[0590] Solution 1: L2 makes a judgment and triggers a valid measurement report.

[0591] When the UE receives a SCell Activation / Deactivation MAC CE or an Enhanced SCell Activation / Deactivation MAC CE:

[0592] Option 1: The MAC layer determines the following conditions:

[0593] There is a FR2 SCell being activated from the deactivated state.

[0594] The FR2 SCell is an unknown cell.

[0595] There are valid measurement results, which refer to the measurement results of the target FR2 SCell (that is, the FR2 SCell is activated from the deactivated state and is also an unknown cell), or the measurement results of the frequency layer where the target FR2 SCell is located.

[0596] Option 2: The MAC layer determines the following conditions:

[0597] There is a FR2 SCell being activated from the deactivated state.

[0598] Based on the physical layer indication, FR2 is an unknown cell.

[0599] Based on the physical layer indication, it is learned that there is a valid measurement result, which refers to the measurement result of the above-mentioned target FR2 SCell (that is, the FR2 SCell is activated from deactivation and is also an unknown cell), or the measurement result of the frequency layer where the target FR2 SCell is located.

[0600] If the above conditions are met, the MAC layer notifies higher layers, triggering an L3 measurement result report. Optionally, the ARFCN of the target FR frequency layer is also indicated. An L3 measurement result report is one in which the report type (reportType) of the measurement report is set to reportOnActivation.

[0601] Figure 6A is a schematic diagram illustrating information exchange between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation, according to an exemplary embodiment. Condition 1: At least one SCell is activated from a deactivated state; Condition 2: The SCell meeting condition 1 is an FR2 cell; Condition 3: The SCell meeting condition 1 or condition 2 is an unknown FR2 cell; and Condition 4: The L3 measurement results of the FR2 SCell meeting condition 1 / 2 after the SCell activation command are valid.

[0602] Solution 2: L2 and L3 make judgments to trigger valid measurement reports.

[0603] When the UE receives a SCell Activation / Deactivation MAC CE or an Enhanced SCell Activation / Deactivation MAC CE:

[0604] The MAC layer determines the following conditions:

[0605] There is an FR2 SCell activated from a deactivated state; or there is an SCell activated from a deactivated state; or there is an FR2 unknown SCell activated from a deactivated state.

[0606] If the above conditions are met, the MAC layer notifies the upper layer that an FR2 cell has been activated from a deactivated state; or an SCell has been activated from a deactivated state, or an FR2unknown SCell has been activated from a deactivated state, or triggers L3 measurement result reporting, optionally also indicating the ARFCN of the target FR frequency layer, and / or a list of SCells that meet condition 1.

[0607] After the RRC layer receives the above instruction from the MAC layer, the RRC layer determines the following conditions:

[0608] The SCell is an unknown cell in FR2, or the FR2 SCell is an unknown cell.

[0609] There are valid measurement results, which refer to the measurement results of the target FR2 SCell (that is, the FR2 SCell is activated from deactivation and is an unknown cell), or the measurement results of the frequency layer where the target FR2 SCell is located.

[0610] If all the above conditions are met, the RRC layer triggers L3 measurement reporting. L3 measurement result reporting is a measurement report in which the report type (reportType) of the measurement report is set to measurement result reporting based on activation (reportOnActivation).

[0611] As shown in Figures 6B, 6C, and 6D, Figure 6B is a second schematic diagram illustrating information exchange between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment; Figure 6C is a third schematic diagram illustrating information exchange between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment; and Figure 6D is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating information exchange between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during SCell activation according to an exemplary embodiment. Condition 1: At least one SCell is activated from a deactivated state; Condition 2: The SCell that meets Condition 1 is an FR2 cell; Condition 3: The SCell that meets Condition 1 or Condition 2 is an unknown FR2 cell; and Condition 4: The L3 measurement results of the FR2 SCell that meets Conditions 1 / 2 after the SCell activation command are valid.

[0612] Solution 3: L3 makes a judgment to trigger a valid measurement report when the UE receives a SCell Activation / Deactivation MAC CE or an Enhanced SCell Activation / Deactivation MAC CE:

[0613] The MAC layer reports the MAC CE to the RRC layer, or the MAC layer notifies the RRC layer of the bit portion of SCell activation or deactivation.

[0614] After the RRC layer receives the above instruction from the MAC layer, the RRC layer determines the following conditions:

[0615] There is an FR2 SCell that is activated from the deactivated state;

[0616] The FR2 SCell is an unknown cell.

[0617] There are valid measurement results, which refer to the measurement results of the target FR2 SCell (that is, the FR2 SCell is activated from deactivation and is an unknown cell), or the measurement results of the frequency layer where the target FR2 SCell is located.

[0618] If all the above conditions are met, the RRC layer triggers L3 measurement reporting. L3 measurement result reporting is a measurement report in which the report type (reportType) of the measurement report is set to measurement result reporting based on activation (reportOnActivation).

[0619] As shown in FIG6E , FIG6E is a fifth schematic diagram showing information interaction between the MAC layer and the RRC layer during an SCell activation process according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0620] Among them, condition 1: at least one SCell is activated from the deactivated state; condition 2: the SCell that meets condition 1 is an FR2 cell; condition 3: the SCell that meets condition 1 or condition 2 is an unknown FR2 cell; condition 4: the L3 measurement result of the FR2 SCell that meets condition 1 or condition 2 after the SCell activation command is valid.

[0621] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device or a core network device) in any of the above methods.

[0622] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above devices is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above devices, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0623] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of a hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document to implement the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0624] Figure 7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 7A, the terminal 101 includes: a first transceiver module 1011, which is configured to receive first information for the terminal; when a second cell exists in the at least one first cell, the measurement result of the second cell is sent to the network device; the first information is used to indicate the activation or deactivation of at least one first cell; the second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions: the first information indicates that the second cell switches from a deactivated state to an activated state; the second cell is a first type cell in the first frequency range; the measurement result of the second cell is valid. Optionally, the first transceiver module 1011 is used to execute the steps related to information sending and receiving executed by the terminal in any of the above measurement reporting triggering methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the terminal 101 also includes a processing module, and the above processing module is used to execute the steps related to information processing executed by the terminal in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0625] Figure 7B is a structural diagram of a network device according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 7B, the network device 102 includes: a second transceiver module 1021, configured to send a first information to a terminal; receive a measurement result of a second cell sent by the terminal; wherein the first information is used to indicate the activation or deactivation of at least one first cell; the second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions: the first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; the second cell is a first type cell in a first frequency range; the measurement result of the second cell is valid. Optionally, the second transceiver module 1021 is used to execute the steps related to information sending and receiving performed by the network device in any of the above measurement reporting triggering methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the network device 102 also includes a processing module, and the above processing module is used to execute the steps related to information processing performed by the network device in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0626] Figure 8A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 8100 according to an exemplary embodiment. Communication device 8100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device or a core network device), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device in implementing any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal in implementing any of the above measurement reporting triggering methods. Communication device 8100 can be used to implement the measurement reporting triggering methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0627] As shown in Figure 8A, the communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The processor 8101 is used to call instructions to enable the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above communication methods.

[0628] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 8102 may be located outside the communication device 8100.

[0629] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are performed by the transceiver 8103, and the other steps are performed by the processor 8101.

[0630] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0631] Optionally, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more interface circuits 8104, which are connected to the memory 8102. The interface circuits 8104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 8104 can read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0632] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG. 8A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: (1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0633] FIG8B is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a chip 8200 according to an exemplary embodiment. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, reference can be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in FIG8B , but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0634] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201 , and the processor 8201 is used to call instructions so that the chip 8200 executes any of the above communication methods.

[0635] In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202, which are connected to memory 8203. Interface circuit 8202 can be used to receive signals from memory 8203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to memory 8203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 8202 can read instructions stored in memory 8203 and send the instructions to processor 8201. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver are interchangeable.

[0636] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 8203 may be outside the chip 8200.

[0637] The present disclosure also provides a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but may also be a transient storage medium.

[0638] The present disclosure further provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above communication methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0639] The present disclosure also provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute any one of the above communication methods.

[0640] Other embodiments of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention that follow from the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The description and examples are to be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0641] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for triggering measurement reporting, wherein: The method comprises: The terminal receives first information; the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of the first cell; When a second cell exists in the first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to a network device; The second cell is a cell that satisfies two or more of the following conditions: The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; The second cell is a first type of cell in a first frequency range; The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: The media access control MAC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell; In a case where the second cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer of the terminal sends second information to the radio resource control RRC layer of the terminal; the second information indicates at least one of the following: the second cell exists in the first cell; the RRC layer triggers reporting of the measurement result; an index or an index list of the second cell; When a second cell exists in the first cell, sending a measurement result of the second cell to a network device includes: When the RRC layer of the terminal receives the second information, it sends the measurement result of the second cell to the network device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The index of the second cell is a serving cell identifier.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: The medium access control MAC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including: The MAC layer determines, according to the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell; the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; In a case where the third cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer determines whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the third cell; In the case that the first-type cell exists in the third cell, the MAC layer determines, based on the measurement result of the first cell, whether there is a cell in the first-type cell of the third cell whose measurement result is valid.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell; When the second cell exists in the first cell, sending the measurement result of the second cell to the network device includes: When the second cell exists in the first cell, the RRC layer sends a measurement result of the second cell to a network device.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The method further comprises: The MAC layer of the terminal sends the first information to the RRC layer; or, The MAC layer of the terminal sends third information to the RRC layer according to the first information, wherein the third information is used to indicate a third cell; the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The method further comprises: The MAC layer of the terminal determines, according to the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell, where the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; The MAC layer of the terminal sends third information to the RRC layer of the terminal; the third information is used to indicate the third cell; The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including: In a case where the RRC layer receives the third information, the RRC layer determines whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the third cell; In a case where the first-type cell exists in the third cell, the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the first-type cell of the third cell.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The method further comprises: The MAC layer of the terminal determines whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the first cell; In a case where the first type of cell exists in the first cell, the MAC layer sends fourth information to the RRC layer of the terminal; wherein the fourth information is used to indicate the first type of cell in the first cell; The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including: The RRC layer determines whether there is a cell activated from a deactivated state among the first-category cells of the first cell; and the RRC layer determines whether there is a cell for which a measurement result is valid among the first-category cells of the first cell.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The method further comprises: The MAC layer of the terminal determines, according to the first information, whether there is a third cell in the first cell, where the third cell is a cell in the first cell that is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; The MAC layer determines whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the third cell; In a case where the first type of cell exists in the third cell, the MAC layer sends fifth information to the RRC layer of the terminal; wherein the fifth information is used to indicate the first type of cell in the third cell; The RRC layer of the terminal determines whether the second cell exists in the first cell, including: The RRC layer determines whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result among the first-type cells of the third cell.

10. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein: The method further comprises: The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends sixth information to the RRC layer, where the sixth information is used by the RRC layer to determine a first type of cell in a first frequency range, and / or, The MAC layer of the terminal or the physical layer of the terminal sends seventh information to the RRC layer, where the seventh information is used by the RRC layer to determine that there is a cell for which the measurement result is valid.

11. The method according to claim 4 or 8, wherein: The method further comprises: The MAC layer receives a physical layer indication of the terminal; The physical layer indication is used to determine at least one of the following: Whether there is a first type of cell in a first frequency range in the first cell or the third cell; Whether there is a cell with a valid measurement result in the first cell or the third cell.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein: The method further comprises: When sending the measurement result of the second cell to the network device, sending the cell information of the second cell to the network device; The cell information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: frequency information of the second cell; The cell identifier of the second cell.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein: The first information is carried in a control unit CE of a media access control MAC.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein: The first frequency range comprises a frequency range FR2.

15. A method for triggering measurement reporting, wherein: The method comprises: The network device sends first information to the terminal; the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell; The network device receives a measurement result of the second cell sent by the terminal; The second cell is two or more cells in the first cell that meet the following conditions: The second cells are two or more of the first cells that meet the following conditions: The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; The second cell is a first type of cell in a first frequency range; The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

16. A terminal, wherein: The terminal comprises: A first transceiver module is configured to receive first information; when a second cell exists in at least one first cell, send a measurement result of the second cell to a network device; wherein the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell; The second cell meets at least two or more of the following conditions: The first information indicates that the second cell is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; The second cell is a first type of cell in a first frequency range; The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

17. A network device, wherein: The network equipment includes: A second transceiver module is configured to send first information to a terminal; receive a measurement result of a second cell sent by the terminal; wherein the first information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of at least one first cell; The second cells are two or more of the first cells that meet the following conditions: The first information indicates a second cell switched from a deactivated state to an activated state; The second cell is a first type of cell in a first frequency range; The measurement result of the second cell is valid.

18. A communication system, wherein: The communication system includes a terminal and a network device; the terminal is configured to implement the measurement reporting triggering method described in any one of claims 1 to 14; and the network device is configured to implement the measurement reporting triggering method described in claim 15.

19. A communication device, wherein: The communication device comprises: one or more processors; The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the measurement reporting triggering method according to any one of claims 1 to 14 or claim 15.

20. A storage medium, wherein: The storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on the communication device, the communication device executes the measurement reporting triggering method according to any one of claims 1 to 14 or claim 15.

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