Method and apparatus for determining measurement configuration, and device and medium

Abstract

The present application belongs to the technical field of communications. Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining a measurement configuration, and a device and a medium. The method is executed by a terminal device, wherein the terminal device is provided with a first receiver and a second receiver, and the operating energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the operating energy consumption of the second receiver. The method comprises: determining an RRM measurement configuration from a first measurement configuration set and / or a second measurement configuration set on the basis of configuration information and / or a trigger event, wherein the first measurement configuration set is used by a first receiver to execute RRM measurement, and the second measurement configuration set is used by a second receiver to execute RRM measurement.

Description

Method, device, equipment and medium for determining measurement configuration Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a method, apparatus, device, and medium for determining a measurement configuration. Background Art

[0002] To achieve energy saving in a terminal device, a low-power first receiver may be introduced into the terminal device. If the low-power first receiver replaces the second receiver to perform radio resource management (RRM) measurements, the power consumption required for RRM measurements can be saved.

[0003] However, the RRM measurement configuration used by the terminal device is not static. When factors such as the working receiver, working bandwidth, and measurement object change, the RRM measurement configuration may also need to change.

[0004] So, there is no scientific solution for how to determine the appropriate RRM measurement configuration among multiple RRM measurement configurations while supporting two types of receivers.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] This application provides a method, apparatus, device, and medium for determining a measurement configuration. The technical solution at least includes:

[0007] According to one aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a method for determining a measurement configuration is provided. The method is performed by a terminal device, where the terminal device has a first receiver and a second receiver, where the operating energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the operating energy consumption of the second receiver. The method includes:

[0008] Determining the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set according to the configuration information and / or the triggering event;

[0009] The first measurement configuration set is used by the first receiver to perform RRM measurement, and the second measurement configuration set is used by the second receiver to perform RRM measurement.

[0010] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a method for determining a measurement configuration is provided. The method is performed by a network device, and the method includes:

[0011] Sending configuration information and / or trigger information;

[0012] The trigger information is used to trigger the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration, and the terminal device has a first receiver and a second receiver, and the working energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the working energy consumption of the second receiver.

[0013] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a device for determining a measurement configuration is provided. The device includes a first receiver and a second receiver, wherein the operating energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the operating energy consumption of the second receiver. The device includes:

[0014] A processing module, configured to determine, in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set, an RRM measurement configuration according to configuration information and / or a triggering event;

[0015] The first measurement configuration set is used by the first receiver to perform RRM measurement, and the second measurement configuration set is used by the second receiver to perform RRM measurement.

[0016] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a device for determining a measurement configuration is provided, the device including:

[0017] A sending module, used for sending configuration information and / or trigger information;

[0018] The trigger information is used to trigger the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration, and the terminal device has a first receiver and a second receiver, and the working energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the working energy consumption of the second receiver.

[0019] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a terminal device is provided, the terminal device including:

[0020] a processor; a transceiver connected to the processor; a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

[0021] The processor is configured to load and execute executable instructions to implement the above-mentioned determination method of the measurement configuration.

[0022] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a network device is provided, the network device including:

[0023] a processor; a transceiver connected to the processor; a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

[0024] The processor is configured to load and execute executable instructions to implement the above-mentioned determination method of the measurement configuration.

[0025] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a chip is provided. The chip includes a programmable logic circuit and / or program instructions. When the chip is running, it is used to implement the measurement configuration determination method as described in the above aspects.

[0026] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which at least one program is stored. The at least one program is loaded and executed by a processor to implement a method for determining a measurement configuration as described in the various aspects above.

[0027] According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a computer program product or computer program is provided, which includes computer instructions, the computer instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium, a processor obtains the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions to implement a method for determining a measurement configuration as described in each aspect above.

[0028] The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application may have the following beneficial effects:

[0029] Support the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set when including the first receiver and the second receiver. Support the terminal device to flexibly switch the RRM measurement configuration to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the RRM measurement. If the RRM measurement configuration is determined according to the configuration information, the RRM measurement configuration adopted by the terminal device can be made to meet the expectations or capabilities of the current network side. If the RRM measurement configuration is determined according to the triggering event, the RRM measurement configuration adopted by the terminal device can be made to meet the communication environment in the current system and the power consumption of the terminal device itself. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0031] FIG1 shows a schematic diagram of a receiver system provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0032] FIG2 is a schematic diagram showing an on-off keying modulation process provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0033] FIG3 shows a schematic diagram of a multi-carrier on-off keying signal provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0034] FIG4 shows a schematic diagram of a measurement time configuration provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0035] FIG5 is a schematic diagram showing a low mobility criterion provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0036] FIG6 is a schematic flow chart showing a method for determining a measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0037] FIG7 is a schematic flow chart showing a method for determining a measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0038] FIG8 is a schematic flow chart showing a method for determining a measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0039] FIG9 is a schematic flow chart showing a method for determining a measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0040] FIG10 shows a structural block diagram of a device for determining a measurement configuration provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0041] FIG11 shows a structural block diagram of a device for determining a measurement configuration provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0042] FIG12 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0043] FIG13 shows a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0044] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present application more clear, the embodiments of the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, with examples shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

[0045] The terms used in this disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," "the," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0046] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in this disclosure to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of this disclosure, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining."

[0047] The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication system, 5G mobile communication system, New Radio (NR) system, NR system evolution system, LTE on unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, NR on unlicensed spectrum (NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum) system. Unlicensed spectrum, NR-U) system, terrestrial communication network (Terrestrial Networks, TN) system, non-terrestrial communication network (Non-Terrestrial Networks, NTN) system, wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN), wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, Wi-Fi), cellular Internet of Things system, cellular passive Internet of Things system, ambient power Internet of Things (Ambient Power Enabled Internet of Things, Ambient IoT / A-IoT) system, zero power Internet of Things system, can also be applied to the subsequent evolution system of the 5G NR system, and can also be applied to B5G, 6G and subsequent evolution systems. In some embodiments of the present application, "NR" may also be referred to as a 5G NR system or a 5G system.Among them, the 5G mobile communication system may include non-standalone networking (NSA) and / or standalone networking (SA).

[0048] The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to machine type communication (MTC), long term evolution technology for machine-to-machine communication (LTE-M), device-to-device (D2D) network, machine-to-machine (M2M) network, Internet of Things (IoT) network or other networks. Among them, the IoT network can include, for example, the Internet of Vehicles. Among them, the communication mode in the Internet of Vehicles system is collectively referred to as vehicle to other devices (Vehicle to X, V2X, X can represent anything), for example, the V2X can include: vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communication, vehicle to pedestrian communication (V2P) or vehicle to network (V2N) communication, etc.

[0049] The network device in the present application provides wireless communication functions, and the network device includes but is not limited to: Evolved Node B (eNB), Radio Network Controller (RNC), Node B (NB), Base Station Controller (BSC), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), Home Base Station (e.g., Home Evolved Node B, or Home Node B, HNB), Baseband Unit (BBU), Access Point (AP) in Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) system, Wireless Relay Node, Wireless Backhaul Node, Transmission Point (TP) or Transmission and Reception Point (TRP), etc., and can also be the Next Generation Node B (NGNB) in the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication system. B, gNB) or transmission point (TRP or TP), or one or a group of (including multiple antenna panels) antenna panels of a base station in a 5G system, or it can also be a network node constituting a gNB or transmission point, such as a baseband unit (BBU) or distributed unit (DU), or a base station in a Beyond Fifth Generation (B5G) mobile communication system or a sixth generation (6G) mobile communication system, or a core network (CN), fronthaul, backhaul, radio access network (RAN), network slice, etc., or a reader / writer of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system.

[0050] The terminal device in this application is also called user equipment (UE), access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, and user device. The terminals include, but are not limited to, handheld devices, wearable devices, vehicle-mounted devices, and Internet of Things devices, such as electronic tags, controllers, mobile phones, tablet computers, e-book readers, laptop computers, desktop computers, televisions, game consoles, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), augmented reality (AR) terminals, virtual reality (VR) terminals, and mixed reality (MR) terminals, wearable devices, handles, wireless terminals in industrial control, wireless terminals in self-driving, wireless terminals in remote medical care, wireless terminals in smart grids, wireless terminals in transportation safety, wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, wireless terminals in remote medical surgery, cellular phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loops (WLANs), and wireless terminals in industrial control. Loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDA), TV set-top boxes (STB), customer premises equipment (CPE), etc.

[0051] In some embodiments, the network device and the terminal device communicate with each other via some air interface technology, such as a Uu interface.

[0052] It should be understood that in the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate a direct or indirect correspondence between the two, or an association relationship between the two, or a relationship between indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.

[0053] In the embodiments of the present application, "predefined" can be implemented by pre-storing corresponding codes, tables, or other methods that can be used to indicate relevant information in a device (for example, a terminal device and a network device). The present application does not limit the specific implementation method. For example, predefined can refer to information defined in a protocol.

[0054] In the embodiments of the present application, "protocol" may refer to a standard protocol in the field of communications, for example, it may include an LTE protocol, a NR protocol, and related protocols used in future communication systems, and this application does not limit this.

[0055] Next, the receiver system is introduced:

[0056] 1 shows a schematic diagram of a receiver system 100 provided in the related art. The receiver system 100 includes a wake-up receiver (WUR) 110 and a main radio 120.

[0057] In some embodiments, the primary receiver 120 can be equivalently understood as a primary transceiver, or a primary air interface communication unit.

[0058] In order to further save power, WUR is introduced to receive wake-up signals. The wake-up receiver has the characteristics of extremely low cost, extremely low complexity and extremely low power consumption. It mainly receives the wake-up signal through an envelope detection-based method. Therefore, the wake-up signal (Wake Up Signal, WUS) received by the wake-up receiver is different from the modulation method, waveform, etc. of the signal carried by the physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control CHannel, PDCCH) defined in the relevant standards. The wake-up signal is mainly an envelope signal that modulates the carrier signal by amplitude shift keying (ASK). The demodulation of the envelope signal can also be completed by driving a low-power circuit with the energy provided by the wireless radio frequency signal, so it can be passive. The wake-up receiver can also be actively powered by the terminal device. Regardless of the power supply method, the receiver greatly reduces power consumption compared to traditional receivers. For example, WUR can achieve power consumption of less than 1 milliwatt, which is much lower than the power consumption of tens to hundreds of milliwatts of the main receiver. The wake-up receiver can be combined with the terminal device as an additional module of the terminal device's receiver, or it can be used alone as a wake-up function module of a terminal device.

[0059] As shown in Figure 1, in the initial state, wake-up receiver 110 is awake and main receiver 120 is off. Wake-up receiver 110 receives a wake-up signal and, based on the wake-up signal, determines whether to wake up main receiver 120. If so, the network device can send a wake-up signal to wake-up receiver 110, which then wakes up main receiver 120 upon receipt of the wake-up signal. Otherwise, main receiver 120 remains off.

[0060] In some embodiments, when the wake-up signal is sent, it is used to indicate wake-up; when the wake-up signal is not sent, it is used to indicate not wake-up.

[0061] In some embodiments, when a wake-up signal carrying a wake-up indication is sent, it is used to indicate wake-up; when a wake-up signal carrying a non-wake-up indication is sent, it is used to indicate non-wake-up.

[0062] Next, we will introduce On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation:

[0063] The signal received by the wake-up receiver 110 can be called a WUR signal. The WUR signal adopts a relatively simple modulation method to meet the receiving conditions of the wake-up receiver 110 with extremely low power consumption and extremely low complexity. Among them, the wake-up signal (WUS) is one of the WUR signals. The generation method of the WUR signal adopts OOK modulation. The OOK modulation principle is to modulate the amplitude of the carrier signal to non-zero values ​​and zero values, corresponding to on (On) and off (Off), respectively, to represent information bits. OOK is also known as binary amplitude shift keying (2ASK).

[0064] Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of the OOK modulation process provided by the related art. The WUR encoder 210 converts the information bits into corresponding on-waveform generation (On-Waveform Generation, On-WG) signals and off-waveform generation (Off-Waveform Generation, Off-WG) signals. The On-WG signal represents "1" and the Off-WG represents "0". A window 220 is used to control the duration of the On-WG signal and the Off-WG signal so that each bit is transmitted within an appropriate time. In the analog and RF module 230, the On-WG signal and the Off-WG signal are converted into analog signals and RF modulated.

[0065] The OOK signal is generated using multiple carriers (MC), hence the name Multi-Carrier On-Off Keying (MC-OOK). MC-OOK can be generated using multi-carrier modulation, such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), ensuring compatibility with related OFDM systems.

[0066] Figure 3 shows a schematic diagram of an MC-OOK signal, as provided by related art. By mapping corresponding amplitude values ​​to multiple subcarriers in the frequency domain and converting them to a time-domain signal using an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT), the waveform resembles that of ASK modulation, where a high level represents a bit 1 and a low level represents a bit 0.

[0067] Next, we will introduce Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements:

[0068] For wireless communication systems, accurate measurement of cell quality and beam quality is fundamental to effective radio resource management and mobility management. For 5G NR, the primary measurement reference signals are the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and the Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

[0069] SSB Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC) is the time domain resource configuration information for SSB measurement. It is mainly used to configure a set of measurement windows (SMTC windows) based on SSB measurement. The size, position, period and other parameters of the SMTC window can be adjusted through configuration parameters.

[0070] Figure 4 shows a schematic diagram of an SMTC provided by the related art. For example, the SSB set in each SMTC window includes eight SSBs. For example, the SSB burst set includes eight SSBs numbered 0 through 7. Each SMTC window is 5 milliseconds long, the SMTC window period between the first and second SMTC windows is 40 milliseconds, and the SSB transmission period is 20 milliseconds.

[0071] When the terminal device is making measurements, each frequency point corresponds to a set of SMTC configurations to indicate the available measurement window information on that frequency point. However, this restriction is gradually being relaxed. In order to match the different synchronization signal block periods corresponding to different cells, two sets of SMTC configurations are allowed to be configured for designated cell measurements during connected state same-frequency measurements. For example, in addition to the basic SMTC configuration, a more dense set of measurement windows can be configured for use in the serving cell and the cells indicated in the designated cell list. The idle state measurement also expands the maximum number of SMTC configurations on each frequency point to two to further meet the flexibility of network operations.

[0072] High-level signaling can indicate the specified configuration information of the specific measurement reference signal through the reference signal configuration (ReferenceSignalConfig) parameter. For SSB-based measurements, the SSB to be measured indication (SSB-ToMeasure) uses a bitmap to indicate the position information of the SSB actually transmitted in the SSB burst set. The terminal device can know which SSB candidate positions actually transmit SSBs and which SSB candidate positions do not transmit SSBs through the SSB to be measured indication. The terminal device does not need to perform measurements at SSB candidate positions where SSBs are not transmitted, thereby achieving energy saving of the terminal device.

[0073] For CSI-RS-based measurements, network equipment can configure one or more CSI-RS resources for terminal devices to measure through high-level signaling. Taking cells as units, high-level signaling can provide cell-level CSI-RS configuration parameters, such as the cell identification (ID), the cell's measurement bandwidth, and resource density. Furthermore, since each cell can be configured with multiple CSI-RS resources, the parameter configuration also provides configuration information for each CSI-RS resource level, such as the specified CSI-RS index, the time and frequency domain location information occupied by the CSI-RS resource, and the sequence generation method.

[0074] Next, we will introduce the mobility management of terminal devices:

[0075] The mobility management of terminal devices in the NR system includes: RRC idle state (RRC_IDLE) or RRC inactive state (RRC_INACTIVE) mobility management, and RRC connected state (RRC_CONNECTED) mobility management. Among them, RRC idle state or RRC inactive state mobility management includes cell selection and reselection processes, and RRC connected state mobility management includes the RRC connected state handover process.

[0076] 1. RRC idle state (RRC_IDLE) or RRC inactive state (RRC_INACTIVE) mobility management:

[0077] For a terminal device in RRC idle state or RRC inactive state, the premise for being able to reside in a cell is that the signal quality of the cell meets the cell selection S criterion, that is, the signal receiving power S corresponding to the cell rxlev >0dB, and the received signal quality is S qual >0dB, the signal quality of the cell includes the measurement results of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ). After selecting a suitable cell, the terminal device will continue to evaluate the cell reselection. The measurements to be performed for evaluating the cell reselection are divided and performed according to the reselection priority of each frequency point, including: (1) For high-priority frequencies, neighboring cell measurements are always performed; (2) For the same-frequency frequency point, when the RSRP value and RSRQ value of the serving cell are both higher than the same-frequency measurement threshold configured by the network device, the terminal device can stop the same-frequency neighboring cell measurement, otherwise it needs to measure; (3) For the same-priority frequency point and the low-priority frequency point, when the RSRP value and RSRQ value of the serving cell are both higher than the different-frequency measurement threshold configured by the network device, the terminal device can stop the same-priority frequency point and the low-priority frequency point neighboring cell measurement, otherwise it needs to measure.

[0078] After obtaining multiple candidate cells through measurement, the process of determining the target cell for cell reselection is similar to that of the LTE system, and the principle of giving priority to reselecting cells on high-priority frequencies is adopted, including: (1) For cell reselection on high-priority frequencies, the signal quality is required to be higher than a certain threshold and last for a specified time, and the terminal device stays in the source cell for no less than 1 second; (2) For cell reselection on the same frequency and the same priority frequency, the R criterion (sorted by RSRP) must be met, the signal quality of the new cell must be better than the current cell and last for a specified time, and the terminal device must stay in the source cell for no less than 1 second; (3) For cell reselection on low-priority frequencies, it is required that no cell on the high-priority frequency and the same priority frequency meets the requirements, the signal quality of the source cell is lower than a certain threshold, the signal quality of the cell on the low-priority frequency is higher than a certain threshold and lasts for a specified time, and the terminal device stays in the source cell for no less than 1 second.

[0079] During cell reselection on the same frequency and priority frequency, when multiple candidate cells meet the requirements, the LTE system selects the best cell as the target cell for reselection by sorting by RSRP. Since terminal devices in the NR system access cells via beams, to increase the probability of successful access via a good beam, both cell signal quality and the number of good beams must be considered when determining the target cell. To achieve this, the NR system first selects the best multiple cells with similar signal quality before selecting the target cell, and then selects the cell with the largest number of good beams as the target cell.

[0080] 2. RRC connected state (RRC_CONNECTED) mobility management:

[0081] The mobility management of RRC-connected terminal devices is mainly achieved through the handover process controlled by the network. The NR system inherits the handover process of the LTE system, which mainly includes three stages: handover preparation, handover execution and handover completion.

[0082] For example, the network device is a base station and the terminal device is a user equipment (UE). In the handover preparation phase, the source base station makes a handover decision after receiving the measurement report sent by the UE and initiates a handover request to the target base station. If the target cell accepts the handover request, it sends a handover response message to the source base station through the inter-base station interface. The handover response message contains the configuration information of the target cell, that is, the handover command.

[0083] During the handover execution phase, the source base station sends a handover command to the UE. Upon receiving the handover command, the UE disconnects from the source cell and begins establishing downlink synchronization with the target cell. It then initiates a random access procedure to the target cell using the random access resources configured in the handover command and reports a handover completion message upon completion. While the UE is accessing the target cell, the source base station forwards data packets received from the User Plane Function (UPF) to the target base station and sends the target base station information about the state of uplink and downlink data transmission and reception within the source cell before forwarding.

[0084] During the handover completion phase, the target base station sends a path switching request to the Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), requesting the AMF to switch the data packet transmission path from the UPF to the access network to the target base station. Once the AMF responds to the request, it indicates that the path switching is successful, and the target base station can instruct the source base station to release the UE context information. At this point, the entire UE connection is switched to the target cell.

[0085] Next, the RRM measurement relaxation mechanism is introduced:

[0086] Terminal devices in a non-connected state need to perform RRM measurements on the serving cell and other neighboring cells based on the configuration of the network device to support mobility operations, such as cell reselection. For the sake of energy saving of the terminal device, when the channel quality of the terminal device in the serving cell is good, the terminal device may not start RRM measurements on the same frequency point and the same priority or lower priority inter-frequency / inter-system frequency points. At the same time, the measurement interval for RRM measurements on high priority inter-frequency / inter-system frequency points may be increased. Specifically, (1) When the RSRP of the terminal device in the serving cell is higher than SIntraSearchP, and the RSRQ of the terminal device in the serving cell is higher than SIntraSearchQ, the terminal device may not start RRM measurements on the neighboring cells with the same frequency point. SIntraSearchP and SIntraSearchQ are threshold parameters configured by the network device. (2) When the RSRP of a terminal device on the serving cell is higher than SnonIntraSearchP, and the RSRQ of the terminal device on the serving cell is higher than SnonIntraSearchQ, the terminal device may not initiate RRM measurements for neighboring cells with equal or lower priority and inter-frequency / inter-system frequencies. SnonIntraSearchP and SnonIntraSearchQ are threshold parameters configured by the network device. At the same time, for high-priority inter-frequency / inter-system frequencies, the terminal device may use the RRM measurement relaxation mechanism.

[0087] For terminal devices that need to perform RRM measurements of neighboring cells, a relaxation mechanism for RRM measurements of neighboring cells is adopted to further meet the power saving needs of the terminal devices.

[0088] Relaxed RRM measurement criteria have been introduced for terminal devices, including the "terminal device is not at the cell edge" criterion and the "low mobility" criterion. Both criteria are based on the terminal device's "cell-level" measurement results in the serving cell. The following describes these two criteria separately.

[0089] 1. “Terminal equipment is not located at the cell edge” criterion;

[0090] For this criterion, the network device will configure an RSRP threshold. When the RSRP of the terminal device in the serving cell is greater than the RSRP threshold, the terminal device is considered to meet the "terminal device is not located at the cell edge" criterion.

[0091] The network device can also be configured with an RSRP threshold and an RSRQ threshold. When the RSRP of the terminal device on the serving cell is greater than the RSRP threshold and the RSRQ of the terminal device on the serving cell is greater than the RSRQ threshold, the terminal device is considered to meet the "terminal device is not located at the cell edge" criterion.

[0092] The RSRP threshold configured on the network device must be smaller than SIntraSearchP and SnonIntraSearchP. If the network device is also configured with an RSRQ threshold, the RSRQ threshold must be smaller than SIntraSearchQ and SnonIntraSearchQ.

[0093] 2. “Low mobility” criterion;

[0094] For this criterion, the network device will configure the RSRP change evaluation duration TSearchDeltaP and the RSRP change value threshold SSearchDeltaP. When the RSRP change of the terminal device on the serving cell is less than SSearchDeltaP within a period of time (TSearchDeltaP), the terminal device is considered to meet the "low mobility" criterion.

[0095] Generally speaking, the power consumption of RRM measurements can be saved through the RRM measurement relaxation mechanism. The RRM measurement relaxation mechanism can increase the time interval for RRM measurements of neighboring cells. However, the judgment condition for sending RRM measurements is based on the measurement results of the serving cell, and the RRM measurement of the serving cell has not been relaxed. Even if WUS is introduced and WUS is received through WUR to trigger the start of the main receiver, if the main receiver needs to be turned on periodically due to RRM measurements, the power saving effect brought by the introduction of WUS will be greatly reduced, and the power saving gain cannot be reflected.

[0096] Therefore, it's possible to consider using the WUR to replace the primary receiver for RRM measurements. However, the RRM measurement configuration used when only RRM measurements are required is not fixed. This is particularly true for terminal devices that support both WUR and primary receivers. Changes to the active receiver, operating bandwidth, measurement target, and other factors may necessitate switching the RRM measurement configuration.

[0097] Performing RRM measurements through WUR may be that WUR performs RRM measurements through signals such as SSB or CSI-RS, which requires the wake-up receiver to have the ability to detect OFDM signals, and has high requirements on the complexity of the wake-up receiver. A low power wake-up receiver (LP-WUR) with low power consumption and low complexity has more advantages in energy saving, and the waveform of the signal it receives has low demodulation complexity, such as OOK, frequency shift keying (FSK) signal waveform. The wake-up signal received by LP-WUR can also be called a low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS). The synchronization signal received by LP-WUR can also be called a low power synchronization signal (LP-SS), and the reference signal received by LP-WUR can also be called a low power reference signal (LP-RS). In an embodiment of the present application, LP-SS and / or LP-RS can be used for RRM measurement. Exemplarily, the LP-WUR may perform RRM measurements through the LP-SS, the LP-WUR may perform RRM measurements through the LP-SS, and the LP-WUR may perform RRM measurements through the SSB and / or CSI-RS.

[0098] 5 is a schematic diagram of a low mobility criterion provided by related art. The criterion is applied in a communication system 500 , which includes a terminal device 510 and a network device 520 .

[0099] The terminal device 510 in this application is also called UE, access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, and user equipment. The terminals include, but are not limited to, handheld devices, wearable devices, vehicle-mounted devices, and Internet of Things devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers, e-book readers, laptop computers, desktop computers, televisions, game consoles, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), augmented reality (AR) terminals, virtual reality (VR) terminals, and mixed reality (MR) terminals, wearable devices, handles, electronic tags, controllers, wireless terminals in industrial control, wireless terminals in self-driving, wireless terminals in remote medical care, wireless terminals in smart grids, wireless terminals in transportation safety, wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, wireless terminals in remote medical surgery, cellular phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loops (WLANs), and wireless terminals in industrial control. Loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDA), TV set-top boxes (STB), customer premises equipment (CPE), etc.

[0100] The network device 520 in the present application provides wireless communication functions, and the network device 520 includes but is not limited to: an evolved node B (eNB), a radio network controller (RNC), a node B (NB), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a home base station (e.g., a home evolved node B, or a home node B, HNB), a baseband unit (BBU), an access point (AP) in a Wi-Fi system, a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a transmission point (TP) or a transmission and reception point (TRP), etc. It can also be a next generation node B (gNB) or a transmission point (TRP or TP) in a 5G mobile communication system, or one or a group of antenna panels (including multiple antenna panels) of a base station in a 5G system, or a network node constituting a gNB or a transmission point, such as a baseband unit (BBU) or a distributed unit (DPU). The invention relates to a base station (DU) in a B5G mobile communication system or a 6G mobile communication system, or a core network (CN), fronthaul, backhaul, radio access network (RAN), network slicing, or a service cell, primary cell (PCell), primary secondary cell (PSCell), special cell (SpCell), secondary cell (SCell), and neighboring cell of a terminal device.

[0101] The terminal device 510 and the network device 520 communicate with each other via some air interface technology, such as a Uu interface.

[0102] Exemplarily, there are two communication scenarios between the terminal device 510 and the network device 520: uplink communication scenario and downlink communication scenario. Uplink communication refers to the terminal device 510 sending a signal to the network device 520; downlink communication refers to the network device 520 sending a signal to the terminal device 510.

[0103] The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: GSM system, CDMA system, WCDMA system, GPRS, LTE system, LTE-A system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, UMTS, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication system, 5G mobile communication system, NR system, NR system evolution system, LTE-U system, NR-U system, NTN system, non-NTN system, WLAN, Wi-Fi, cellular Internet of Things system, cellular passive Internet of Things system, and can also be applied to subsequent evolution systems of 5G NR system, and can also be applied to B5G, 6G and subsequent evolution systems.

[0104] In some embodiments of the present application, "NR" may also be referred to as a 5G NR system or a 5G system. A 5G mobile communication system may include a non-standalone (NSA) and / or standalone (SA) network.

[0105] The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to machine type communication (MTC), long term evolution technology for machine-to-machine communication (LTE-M), device-to-device (D2D) network, machine-to-machine (M2M) network, Internet of Things (IoT) network or other networks. Among them, the IoT network can include, for example, the Internet of Vehicles. Among them, the communication mode in the Internet of Vehicles system is collectively referred to as vehicle to other devices (Vehicle to X, V2X, X can represent anything), for example, the V2X can include: vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communication, vehicle to pedestrian communication (V2P) or vehicle to network (V2N) communication, etc.

[0106] As shown in FIG5 , within TSearchDeltaP, the RSRP variation of the terminal device 510 on the serving cell is greater than SSearchDeltaP, and it is considered that the terminal device 510 does not meet the “low mobility” criterion.

[0107] In the relevant standards, the second SSearchDeltaP and the second TSearchDeltaP are introduced to support further relaxation of the measurement of low-mobility terminal devices (such as stationary terminal devices or quasi-stationary terminal devices). After completing cell selection / reselection, the terminal device needs to perform normal RRM measurements for at least a period of time (TSearchDeltaP).

[0108] For RRM measurements of frequencies of equal or lower priority, RRM measurement relaxation methods are defined for different RRM measurement relaxation criteria, specifically including: (1) When the terminal device meets the "low mobility" criterion, the terminal device uses a longer measurement interval when performing RRM measurements on neighboring cells, and uses a fixed scaling factor to increase the measurement interval. (2) When the terminal device meets the "terminal device is not located at the cell edge" criterion, the terminal device uses a longer measurement interval when performing RRM measurements on neighboring cells, and uses a fixed scaling factor to increase the measurement interval. (3) When the terminal device meets both the "low mobility" criterion and the "terminal device is not located at the cell edge" criterion, the terminal device's measurement interval for the same-frequency frequency, different-frequency frequency, and different-system frequency is increased to 1 hour.

[0109] FIG6 shows a flowchart of a method for determining a measurement configuration provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The method is executed by a terminal device and includes:

[0110] Step 610: In the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set, determine the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information and / or the triggering event.

[0111] The terminal device performing step 610 includes a first receiver and a second receiver, wherein the operating energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the operating energy consumption of the second receiver. The first measurement configuration set is used by the first receiver to perform RRM measurements, and the second measurement configuration set is used by the second receiver to perform RRM measurements. Because the operating energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the operating energy consumption of the second receiver, the power consumption required by the first receiver to perform RRM measurements using the first measurement configuration set is naturally lower than the power consumption required by the second receiver to perform RRM measurements using the second measurement configuration set.

[0112] In some embodiments, the first receiver is a LP-WUR or a WUR, and the second receiver is a main receiver.

[0113] In some embodiments, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set based on the received configuration information. Alternatively, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set based on the triggering event. Alternatively, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set based on the received configuration information and the triggering event.

[0114] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure the RRM measurement configuration to the terminal device, and / or to configure the receiver operating mode of the terminal device.

[0115] In some embodiments, the triggering event is related to at least one of the following aspects: switching of BWP, change in bandwidth of the wake-up signal, change in measurement object, activation of the wake-up signal, deactivation of the wake-up signal, activation of the secondary cell, deactivation of the secondary cell, signal measurement result reaching a threshold, UE hardware temperature reaching a threshold, and indication to reduce power consumption.

[0116] In summary, the method provided in the embodiments of the present application supports a terminal device, when including a first receiver and a second receiver, in determining an RRM measurement configuration in a first measurement configuration set and / or a second measurement configuration set. Compared to performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the second measurement configuration set, when performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set, the power consumption required by the terminal device is significantly reduced, thereby helping to achieve energy saving of the terminal device.

[0117] Furthermore, the system supports flexible switching of RRM measurement configurations by terminal devices to ensure the reliability and efficiency of RRM measurements. If the RRM measurement configuration is determined based on configuration information, the RRM measurement configuration adopted by the terminal device can be made consistent with the current network expectations or capabilities. If the RRM measurement configuration is determined based on a triggering event, the RRM measurement configuration adopted by the terminal device can be made consistent with the communication environment within the current system and the power consumption of the terminal device itself.

[0118] The first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set involved in this application are both configurations for RRM measurement, and the difference lies in which receiver they are applicable to.

[0119] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set includes at least one of: measurement object (MO) configuration, measurement gap (MG) configuration, reporting configuration, a list of neighboring cells to be measured, measurement threshold information, a measurement identity list (Measurement Identities), and a measurement quantity configuration (Quantity Configuration).

[0120] The measurement object configuration includes at least one of the following: measurement signal configuration, measurement frequency configuration, and measurement time configuration.

[0121] In some embodiments, the configuration of the measurement signal includes at least one of the following:

[0122] Frequency domain configuration of the measurement signal: for example, frequency domain position and bandwidth. The frequency domain bandwidth can be expressed in at least one of the following units: MHz, KHz, or RB.

[0123] Time domain location of the measurement signal: Similar to the SSB Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC), you can configure the measurement timing configuration of the measurement signal, including the period, offset, and duration of the measurement time window.

[0124] Measurement threshold of the measurement signal: The measurement threshold may include at least one of the following thresholds of the measurement signal: RSRP threshold, RSRQ threshold, Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), Reference Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) threshold, and Energy Detection Threshold.

[0125] ·Measurement offset of the measurement signal.

[0126] Cell list corresponding to measurement signals: A list of cells to be measured based on measurement signals, allowing the UE to use the corresponding receiver for RRM measurements based on the support of RRM measurement signals in different cells. Specifically, some cells may support both SSB / CSI-RS-based RRM measurements and LP-SS-based RRM measurements, or only support LP-SS-based RRM measurements, or only support SSB / CSI-RS-based RRM measurements. This can be achieved through measurement configuration. The cell list information includes physical cell identity (PCI) information.

[0127] In some embodiments, the measurement time configuration can also be understood as a measurement time window configuration. Exemplarily, the measurement time configuration includes an SMTC. The SMTC is used to configure a time window for measuring SSBs. SSBs can be received based on the SMTC, and the signal quality of the current cell and / or neighboring cells can be measured based on the received SSBs to perform cell selection or reselection.

[0128] In some embodiments, the measurement gap configuration is used to configure at least one of the following information: a measurement gap period, a measurement gap length (MGL), a starting position of the measurement gap, and a measurement gap offset (MGRP). The measurement gap period may also be referred to as a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP).

[0129] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set may further indicate a measurement gap pattern configuration (MG Pattern Configuration) in an explicit or implicit manner. For example, in an explicit manner, the measurement configuration set includes a measurement gap pattern identity (MG Pattern ID). In an implicit manner, the measurement configuration set includes at least one of MGRP and MGL.

[0130] In some embodiments, the measurement threshold information is used to configure a measurement start threshold in the RRC connected state.

[0131] The first measurement configuration set refers to a measurement configuration set used by the first receiver to perform RRM measurement, including at least one of the following: a first measurement object configuration, a first MG configuration, a first reporting configuration, a first neighbor cell list to be measured, first measurement threshold information, a first measurement identifier list, and a first measurement quantity configuration.

[0132] In some embodiments, the first measurement object configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of a first measurement signal, configuration of a first measurement frequency point, and configuration of a first measurement time.

[0133] Among them, the configuration of the first measurement signal includes at least one of the following: the frequency domain configuration of the first measurement signal, the time domain position of the first measurement signal, the measurement threshold of the first measurement signal, the measurement offset of the first measurement signal, the cell list corresponding to the first measurement signal, the beam information of the first measurement signal, the transmission power of the first measurement signal, and the transmission period of the first measurement signal.

[0134] In some embodiments, the first measurement signal includes at least one of the following signals: SSB, CSI-RS, LP-SS.

[0135] In some embodiments, the modulation mode of the first measurement signal is one of the following: OOK modulation, Phase Shift Keying (PSK) modulation; Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation; FSK modulation.

[0136] The second measurement configuration set refers to a measurement configuration set used by the second receiver to perform RRM measurement, including at least one of the following: a second measurement object configuration, a second MG configuration, a second reporting configuration, a second neighbor cell list to be measured, second measurement threshold information, a second measurement identifier list, and a second measurement quantity configuration.

[0137] In some embodiments, the second measurement object configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of a second measurement signal, configuration of a second measurement frequency point, and configuration of a second measurement time.

[0138] Among them, the configuration of the second measurement signal includes at least one of the following: the frequency domain configuration of the second measurement signal, the time domain position of the second measurement signal, the measurement threshold of the second measurement signal, the measurement offset of the second measurement signal, the cell list corresponding to the second measurement signal, the beam information of the second measurement signal, the transmission power of the second measurement signal, and the transmission period of the second measurement signal.

[0139] In some embodiments, the second measurement signal includes at least one of the following signals: SSB, CSI-RS, LP-SS.

[0140] In some embodiments, the modulation mode of the second measurement signal is one of the following: OOK modulation, PSK modulation; BPSK modulation; FSK modulation.

[0141] In some embodiments, the first measurement configuration set is completely different from the second measurement configuration set. Alternatively, the first measurement configuration set is partially identical to the second measurement configuration set. For example, the first MO configuration is different from the second MO configuration, the first MG configuration is different from the second MG configuration, the first reporting configuration is different from the second reporting configuration, the first neighbor cell list to be measured is the same as the cell list corresponding to the second measurement signal, the first measurement threshold information is the same as the second measurement threshold information, the first measurement identifier list is the same as the second measurement identifier list, and the first measurement quantity configuration is the same as the second measurement quantity configuration.

[0142] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures a threshold for obtaining cell signal quality and a maximum number of beams N for each measurement object, and the threshold and N value are configured separately according to the reference signal type (RS type).

[0143] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures, for each measurement object, the frequency of its associated SSB, the subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the SSB, and the frequency band (Band) indication of the SSB;

[0144] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures a measurement period after Scell ​​deactivation for each measurement object.

[0145] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures SMTC1 and SMTC2 for each measurement object. Optionally, two SMTCs are configured for intra-frequency measurements. SMTC2 is configured with a corresponding cell list, and the SMTC2 measurement window density is higher. The SMTC1 window is a subset of the SMTCs. Only one SMTC is configured for inter-frequency measurements.

[0146] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures filter coefficients based on the measurement quantity (e.g., RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, etc.), the reference signal type, and whether the signal measurement is cell-level or beamformed. Two filter coefficient sets can be configured, with each measurement object associated with one of the two filter coefficient sets.

[0147] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures the Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN) of the SSB to point to the center of the SSB; the ARFCN of the CSI-RS to point to the lowest subcarrier of the Physical Resource Block 0 (PRB 0).

[0148] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures a frequency (Per Frequency) offset for each measurement object, which may be a configuration at the measurement quantity level (Per Quantity) or a configuration at the reference signal type level (Per RS ​​Type).

[0149] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures a cell-level (Per Cell) cell-specific offset (CIO) for each measurement object.

[0150] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set configures a whitelist and a blacklist for each measurement object.

[0151] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration set includes ServingCellConfig, in which servingCellMO is configured, and each servingCellMO is associated with a MeasObjectId indicating the measurement of the serving cell.

[0152] After introducing possible designs of the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set, based on step 610, a solution for determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information and determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the triggering event is further introduced.

[0153] In some embodiments, step 610 may be implemented as step 730, as shown in Figure 7. Optionally, the method for determining the measurement configuration shown in Figure 7 may further include step 710.

[0154] FIG7 shows a flowchart of a method for determining a measurement configuration provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The method is executed by a terminal device and includes:

[0155] Step 710: Send capability information, where the capability information is used to indicate that the terminal device supports the network device sending configuration information and / or the terminal device supports determining RRM measurement configuration according to a triggering event.

[0156] It can also be understood that the capability information reported by the terminal device is used to indicate the first capability and / or the second capability; wherein, the first capability indicates that the terminal device supports the network device to send configuration information, and the second capability indicates that the terminal device supports determining the RRM measurement configuration based on the trigger event.

[0157] The first capability may also be understood as: the terminal device supports the network device instructing the switching of the RRM measurement configuration. The second capability may also be understood as: the terminal device supports autonomous determination of the RRM measurement configuration.

[0158] It should be noted that step 710 is optional. Furthermore, the network device may refer to the capability information when sending configuration information and / or trigger information, or may send configuration information and / or trigger information without referring to the capability information. For example, even if the terminal device sends capability information, the network device may not consider the capability information reported by the terminal device when sending configuration information and / or triggering the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration.

[0159] In some embodiments, the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the first capability, and the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device so that the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information.

[0160] In some embodiments, regardless of whether the terminal device reports capability information or what capability information is reported, as long as the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information.

[0161] In some embodiments, the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the second capability, and the network device sends trigger information to the terminal device so that the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0162] In some embodiments, the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the second capability, and the network device does not send configuration information to the terminal device.

[0163] In some embodiments, no matter whether the terminal device reports capability information or what capability information is reported, as long as the network device sends trigger information to the terminal device, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger information.

[0164] In some embodiments, if the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the first capability and the second capability, the network device may send configuration information and / or trigger information. The terminal device may determine the RRM measurement configuration based on the configuration information, the RRM measurement configuration based on the trigger information, or the RRM measurement configuration based on the configuration information and the trigger information.

[0165] Step 730: Determine the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set.

[0166] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives configuration information.

[0167] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure an RRM measurement configuration for the terminal device, and / or to configure a receiver operating mode of the terminal device, and / or to indicate to the network device that it supports sending a first measurement signal, wherein the first measurement signal is a measurement signal used by the first receiver to perform RRM measurements.

[0168] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure a first measurement configuration set to the terminal device, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. Optionally, the terminal device activates a Pre-MG related to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device deactivates a Pre-MG unrelated to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set.

[0169] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is used to configure the first measurement configuration set for the terminal device and the UE turns off the second receiver, the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set.

[0170] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is used to configure the first measurement configuration set for the terminal device and the UE turns on the first receiver, the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set.

[0171] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is used to configure a first measurement configuration set for the terminal device, and the UE turns on the first receiver, and the UE turns off the second receiver, the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set.

[0172] In some embodiments, when the first receiver performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set, the measurement signal used is SSB or CSI-RS. Such measurement signals have good compatibility but place high complexity requirements on the first receiver. Alternatively, when the first receiver performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set, the measurement signal used is LP-SS. Such measurement signals place low complexity requirements on the first receiver, and the first receiver requires less power consumption when measuring LP-SS, thereby helping the UE save power.

[0173] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure a second measurement configuration set for the terminal device, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the second measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the second measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the second measurement configuration set via a second receiver. Optionally, the terminal device activates a Pre-MG related to the second measurement object according to the second measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device deactivates a Pre-MG unrelated to the second measurement object according to the second measurement configuration set.

[0174] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is used to configure the second measurement configuration set for the terminal device and the UE turns on the second receiver, the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the second measurement configuration set.

[0175] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is used to configure the second measurement configuration set for the terminal device and the UE turns off the first receiver, the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the second measurement configuration set.

[0176] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is used to configure the second measurement configuration set for the terminal device, and the UE turns on the second receiver and turns off the first receiver, the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the second measurement configuration set.

[0177] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a first receiver, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a first measurement configuration set. Alternatively, the configuration information is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a first receiver, and is used to configure the first measurement configuration set, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. Optionally, the terminal device activates a Pre-MG related to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device deactivates a Pre-MG that is not related to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set.

[0178] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a second receiver, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a second measurement configuration set. Alternatively, the configuration information is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a second receiver and to configure a second measurement configuration set, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the second measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the second measurement configuration set through the second receiver. Optionally, the terminal device activates a Pre-MG related to the second measurement object according to the second measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device deactivates a Pre-MG that is not related to the second measurement object according to the second measurement configuration set.

[0179] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal, that is, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device has the ability to send a wake-up signal, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set. Alternatively, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal, and is used to configure the first measurement configuration set, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. Optionally, the terminal device activates the Pre-MG related to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device deactivates the Pre-MG unrelated to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set.

[0180] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal and is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a first receiver, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a first measurement configuration set. Alternatively, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal and is used to configure the first measurement configuration set, and is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a first receiver, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set.

[0181] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending the first measurement signal, that is, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device has the ability to send the first measurement signal, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set. Alternatively, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending the first measurement signal, and is used to configure the first measurement configuration set, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. Optionally, the terminal device activates the Pre-MG related to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set. Optionally, the terminal device deactivates the Pre-MG unrelated to the first measurement object according to the first measurement configuration set.

[0182] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending a first measurement signal and is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a first receiver, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a first measurement configuration set. Alternatively, the configuration information is used to indicate that the network device supports sending a first measurement signal and is used to configure a first measurement configuration set, and is used to configure the terminal device to operate with a first receiver, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set.

[0183] In some embodiments, the configuration information is transmitted via system information, or via RRC signaling, or via a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE).

[0184] In some embodiments, the first measurement configuration set is configured through system information. Exemplarily, the first measurement configuration set is configured through a system information block (System Information Block, SIB).

[0185] In some embodiments, the second measurement configuration set is configured through system information. Exemplarily, the second measurement configuration set is configured through SIB.

[0186] Optionally, the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through the same SIB, or the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through different SIBs.

[0187] In some embodiments, the first measurement configuration set is configured via RRC signaling.

[0188] In some embodiments, the second measurement configuration set is configured via RRC signaling.

[0189] Optionally, the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through the same RRC signaling, or the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through different RRC signaling.

[0190] In summary, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application supports the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration based on the configuration information, and to switch the RRM measurement configuration in a timely and accurate manner, so that the terminal device can perform RRM measurements in accordance with the expectations or capabilities of the network side. In addition, compared with performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the second measurement configuration set, when performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set, the power consumption required by the terminal device is significantly reduced, which helps to achieve energy saving of the terminal device.

[0191] In some embodiments, step 610 may be implemented as step 830, as shown in Figure 8. Optionally, the method for determining the measurement configuration shown in Figure 8 may further include step 810.

[0192] FIG8 shows a flowchart of a method for determining a measurement configuration provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The method is executed by a terminal device and includes:

[0193] Step 810: Send capability information, where the capability information is used to indicate that the terminal device supports the network device sending configuration information and / or the terminal device supports determining RRM measurement configuration according to a triggering event.

[0194] It can also be understood that the capability information reported by the terminal device is used to indicate the first capability (Capability 1) and / or the second capability (Capability 2); wherein the first capability indicates that the terminal device supports the network device to send configuration information, and the second capability indicates that the terminal device supports determining the RRM measurement configuration based on the trigger event.

[0195] The first capability may also be understood as: the terminal device supports the network device instructing the switching of the RRM measurement configuration. The second capability may also be understood as: the terminal device supports autonomous determination of the RRM measurement configuration.

[0196] It should be noted that step 810 is optional. Furthermore, the network device may refer to the capability information when sending configuration information and / or trigger information, or may send configuration information and / or trigger information without referring to the capability information. For example, even if the terminal device sends capability information, the network device may not consider the capability information reported by the terminal device when sending configuration information and / or triggering the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration.

[0197] In some embodiments, the capability information of the terminal device is used to indicate the first capability, and the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device so that the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information.

[0198] In some embodiments, regardless of whether the terminal device reports capability information or what capability information is reported, as long as the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information.

[0199] In some embodiments, the capability information of the terminal device is used to indicate the second capability, and the network device sends trigger information to the terminal device so that the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0200] In some embodiments, the capability information of the terminal device is used to indicate the second capability, and the network device does not send configuration information to the terminal device.

[0201] Step 830: Determine an RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set according to a triggering event.

[0202] Determining the RRM measurement configuration based on a triggering event can also be understood as switching the RRM measurement configuration triggered by an event. Since there is no need for the network to directly instruct the switching of the RRM measurement configuration, determining the RRM measurement configuration based on a triggering event can also be considered as the terminal device autonomously determining the RRM measurement configuration.

[0203] In some embodiments, the trigger event includes a first type of trigger event and / or a second type of trigger event; wherein the first type of trigger event is triggered by trigger information, and the second type of trigger event is triggered by a trigger condition.

[0204] First, we introduce the relevant content of the terminal device determining the RRM measurement configuration based on the first type of trigger event:

[0205] The trigger information is related to at least one of the following: BWP switching, change in bandwidth of the wake-up signal, change in measurement object, activation of the wake-up signal, deactivation of the wake-up signal, activation of the secondary cell, deactivation of the secondary cell, and indication of reducing power consumption.

[0206] Optionally, the trigger information is sent by a network device. Optionally, the trigger information is transmitted via at least one of the following: a system message, a broadcast message, downlink control information (DCI), MAC CE, or RRC signaling.

[0207] In some embodiments, the first type of triggering event includes activating a BWP switch from a first BWP to a second BWP. If the MO is located within the second BWP but not within the first BWP, the terminal device deactivates the Pre-MG associated with the MO. If the MO is located within the first BWP but not within the second BWP, the terminal device activates the Pre-MG associated with the MO.

[0208] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives trigger information, where the trigger information is used to instruct the active BWP to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP. Thus, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0209] In some embodiments, the switching of the BWP is instructed by a network device. Exemplarily, the network device sends a DCI to instruct the terminal device to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP. Exemplarily, the network device sends RRC signaling or RRC reconfiguration signaling to trigger the terminal device to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP.

[0210] In some embodiments, the first type of trigger event includes a bandwidth of the wake-up signal switching from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth. If the MO is within the second bandwidth but not within the first bandwidth, the terminal device deactivates a Pre-MG associated with the MO, and / or determines that a measurement mode of the MO does not require a measurement interval, and / or determines that measurement of the MO does not require interruption. If the MO is within the first bandwidth but not within the second bandwidth, the terminal device activates a Pre-MG associated with the MO, and / or determines that measurement of the MO requires interruption.

[0211] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives trigger information, where the trigger information is used to instruct the bandwidth of the wake-up signal to switch from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth. Thus, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0212] In some embodiments, the bandwidth of the wake-up signal is indicated by the network device. Exemplarily, the network device sends a DCI to instruct the terminal device to switch the bandwidth of the wake-up signal from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth.

[0213] It is understandable that the bandwidth switching of the wake-up signal may affect the behavior of the terminal device when performing RRM measurement, such as whether to perform RF tuning, whether the measurement requires a measurement interval, whether the Pre-MG needs to be activated / deactivated, etc.

[0214] Exemplarily, the width of the first bandwidth is 5 MHz, the width of the second bandwidth is 20 MHz, and the first bandwidth belongs to the second bandwidth. After receiving an instruction from the network device to switch the bandwidth of the wake-up signal from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth, the terminal device autonomously modulates the operating bandwidth of the first receiver. When measuring signals of the serving cell and / or neighboring cell, the measurement of measurement signals outside the first bandwidth and within the second bandwidth does not require a measurement interval or interruption, and the Pre-MG related to the measurement signal outside the first bandwidth and within the second bandwidth can be deactivated.

[0215] In some embodiments, the first type of triggering event includes a bandwidth of the first measurement signal switching from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth. If the MO is within the second bandwidth but not within the first bandwidth, the terminal device deactivates a Pre-MG associated with the MO, and / or determines that a measurement mode for the MO does not require a measurement interval, and / or determines that measurement of the MO does not require interruption. If the MO is within the first bandwidth but not within the second bandwidth, the terminal device activates a Pre-MG associated with the MO, and / or determines that measurement of the MO requires interruption.

[0216] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives trigger information, where the trigger information is used to instruct the bandwidth of the first measurement signal to switch from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth. Thus, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0217] In some embodiments, the bandwidth of the first measurement signal is indicated by the network device. Exemplarily, the network device sends a DCI to instruct the terminal device to switch the bandwidth of the first measurement signal from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth.

[0218] In some embodiments, the first type of triggering event includes a change in the measurement object, such as a change in the MO identifier included in the measurement object list, such as a change in the measurement object list used by the terminal device. Optionally, the measurement object list is an MO list or a MeasObjectToAddModList.

[0219] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives trigger information, the trigger information being used for at least one of: configuring a measurement object, modifying a measurement object, reconfiguring a measurement object, and deleting a measurement object. Thus, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0220] If the measurement object list reduces the first MO identifier, the terminal device determines that the MO corresponding to the first MO identifier does not need to be measured, and the terminal device can deactivate the Pre-MG associated with the first MO identifier. If the measurement object list increases the second MO identifier, the terminal device determines that the MO corresponding to the second MO identifier needs to be measured, and the terminal device can activate the Pre-MG associated with the second MO identifier.

[0221] If the measurement object list used by the terminal device is switched from the first measurement object list to the second measurement object list, the terminal device determines that the MO belonging to the first measurement object list does not need to be measured anymore, and the terminal device can deactivate the Pre-MG associated with the measurement object in the first measurement object list. If there are some identifiers that belong to both the first measurement object list and the second measurement object list, the terminal device does not deactivate the Pre-MG associated with these identifiers.

[0222] If the measurement object list used by the terminal device is switched from the first measurement object list to the second measurement object list, the terminal device determines that objects belonging to the second measurement object list need to be measured, and the terminal device may activate the Pre-MG associated with the measurement objects in the second measurement object list.

[0223] In some embodiments, the change of the measurement object is indicated by the network device. Exemplarily, the network device configures the measurement object via RRC signaling, and / or the network device reconfigures the measurement object via RRC reconfiguration signaling.

[0224] In some embodiments, the first type of triggering event includes a change in the activation state of the wake-up signal, such as a change from an activated state to a deactivated state, or from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0225] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives trigger information, where the trigger information is used to activate or deactivate the wake-up signal. Thus, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0226] In some embodiments, the wake-up signal changes from a deactivated state to an activated state, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set.

[0227] In some embodiments, when the wake-up signal changes from a deactivated state to an activated state, the terminal device determines that the type of the measurement signal is LP-SS. Exemplarily, the terminal device switches the type of the measurement signal from SSB and / or CSI-RS to LP-SS.

[0228] In some embodiments, when the wake-up signal changes from a deactivated state to an activated state, the terminal device increases the measurement time configuration period, and / or increases the measurement interval period, and / or reduces the number of measurement signals, and / or determines the measurement interval as a network control small gap (NCSG).

[0229] For example, when the wake-up signal changes from a deactivated state to an activated state, the reception of the wake-up signal may conflict with the reception of the first measurement signal in the time domain. The terminal device then increases the measurement time configuration period corresponding to the first measurement signal, and / or increases the measurement interval period, and / or determines the measurement interval as NCSG, so that the measurement window of the first measurement signal avoids the reception time of WUS as much as possible, thereby avoiding the reception conflict between the wake-up signal and the first measurement signal as much as possible.

[0230] Exemplarily, the wake-up signal changes from a deactivated state to an activated state, and the reception of the wake-up signal can replace some measurement functions. The terminal device then reduces the number of measurement signals and reduces the timing of receiving some measurement signals to save power consumption. Exemplarily, the terminal device changes the measurement cells from all neighboring cells in the configured neighboring cell list to some neighboring cells in the neighboring cell list, reducing the number of measurement signals measured. Optionally, this part of the neighboring cells is the first N neighboring cells in the neighboring cell list; optionally, this part of the neighboring cells is the last N neighboring cells in the neighboring cell list; optionally, this part of the neighboring cells is N randomly selected neighboring cells in the neighboring cell list.

[0231] In some embodiments, when the wake-up signal changes from an activated state to a deactivated state, the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a second measurement configuration set.

[0232] In some embodiments, when the wake-up signal changes from an active state to a deactivated state, the terminal device determines that the type of the measurement signal is SSB and / or CSI-RS. Exemplarily, the terminal device switches the type of the measurement signal from LP-SS to SSB and / or CSI-RS.

[0233] In some embodiments, when the wake-up signal changes from an activated state to a deactivated state, the terminal device reduces the measurement time configuration period, and / or reduces the measurement interval period, and / or increases the number of measurement signals.

[0234] In some embodiments, the wake-up signal and the first measurement signal correspond to the same bandwidth, which can also be understood as the fact that the wake-up signal and the first measurement signal are transmitted within the same bandwidth. This design allows the terminal device to measure the neighboring cell signal by using only idle RF channels and generating some interruptions and intervals on both sides of the NCSG to achieve the measurement of the first measurement signal and the reception of the wake-up signal.

[0235] In some embodiments, the first type of triggering event includes a secondary cell changing from a deactivated state to an activated state. If the MO is located within the activated BWP of the secondary cell, the terminal device deactivates the Pre-MG associated with the MO. If the MO is located outside the activated BWP of the secondary cell, the terminal device activates the Pre-MG associated with the MO.

[0236] In some embodiments, the first type of triggering event includes the secondary cell changing from an activated state to a deactivated state. If the MO is located within the activated BWP of the secondary cell, the terminal device activates the Pre-MG associated with the MO.

[0237] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives trigger information, where the trigger information is used to activate or deactivate the secondary cell. Thus, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0238] In some embodiments, activation or deactivation of the secondary cell is indicated by the network device through a MAC CE.

[0239] In some embodiments, the first type of trigger event includes receiving indication information for reducing power consumption, and the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a first measurement configuration set, and / or increases the measurement time configuration period, and / or increases the measurement interval period, and / or reduces the number of measurement signals, and / or determines the measurement interval as NCSG. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. The trigger information of the first type of trigger event includes indication information for reducing power consumption.

[0240] Optionally, the instruction to reduce power consumption comes from the network device.

[0241] In some embodiments, determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event includes determining the RRM measurement configuration according to trigger information. The trigger information is used for at least one of the following: indicating that the activation BWP is switched from the first BWP to the second BWP; indicating that the bandwidth of the wake-up signal is switched from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth; indicating that the measurement object list is reduced by the first MO identifier; indicating that the measurement object list is increased by the second MO identifier; indicating that the measurement object list is switched from the first measurement object list to the second measurement object list; indicating that the wake-up signal is activated; indicating that the wake-up signal is deactivated; indicating that a secondary cell is activated; indicating that a secondary cell is deactivated; and indicating that the terminal device reduces power consumption.

[0242] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives trigger information. The trigger information includes at least one of the following: trigger information indicating that the wake-up signal changes from an activated state to a deactivated state; trigger information indicating that power consumption is reduced; trigger information indicating that the activation BWP is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP; trigger information indicating that the bandwidth of the wake-up signal is switched from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth; trigger information indicating that the measurement object list decreases a first MO identifier; trigger information indicating that the measurement object list increases a second MO identifier; trigger information indicating switching from a first measurement object list to a second measurement object list; trigger information indicating that a secondary cell changes from a deactivated state to an activated state; trigger information indicating that a secondary cell changes from an activated state to a deactivated state.

[0243] Next, we will introduce the relevant content of the terminal device determining the RRM measurement configuration based on the second type of trigger event:

[0244] The triggering condition includes at least one of the following: a channel measurement result reaches a first threshold, a UE hardware temperature reaches a second threshold, a UE power level reaches a third threshold, a first timer times out, or energy saving mode is enabled. The first timer is used to time BWP switching.

[0245] Optionally, the trigger condition is agreed upon by a communication protocol, or pre-configured by a network device, or determined autonomously by a terminal device, or determined by negotiation between the network device and the terminal device.

[0246] In some embodiments, the first threshold is agreed upon by a communication protocol, or pre-configured by a network device, or determined autonomously by a terminal device, or determined by negotiation between the network device and the terminal device. The second threshold is agreed upon by a communication protocol, or pre-configured by a network device, or determined autonomously by a terminal device, or determined by negotiation between the network device and the terminal device. The third threshold is agreed upon by a communication protocol, or pre-configured by a network device, or determined autonomously by a terminal device, or determined by negotiation between the network device and the terminal device. The first timer is agreed upon by a communication protocol, or pre-configured by a network device, or determined autonomously by a terminal device, or determined by negotiation between the network device and the terminal device.

[0247] In some embodiments, the second type of trigger event includes a signal measurement result reaching a first threshold, then the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is a first measurement configuration set, and / or increases the measurement time configuration period, and / or increases the measurement interval period, and / or reduces the number of measurement signals, and / or determines the measurement interval as NCSG. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. The triggering condition of the second type of trigger event includes: the signal measurement result reaches the first threshold.

[0248] In some embodiments, the signal measurement result is represented by at least one of the following: a reference signal received power (RSRP) value, a reference signal strength indicator (RSSI) value, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) value, a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) value, a cross link interference (CLI) value, and a channel state information (CSI) value.

[0249] In some embodiments, the second type of trigger event includes the UE's hardware temperature reaching a second threshold, then the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set, and / or increases the measurement time configuration period, and / or increases the measurement interval period, and / or reduces the number of measurement signals, and / or determines the measurement interval as NCSG. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. The triggering conditions of the second type of trigger event include: the UE's hardware temperature reaches the second threshold.

[0250] For example, when the hardware temperature of the UE exceeds the second threshold, it means that the UE is overheated. The number of measurements should be reduced, the measurement period should be increased, and a first receiver with lower power consumption should be used to perform RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set to reduce UE power consumption and prevent the UE hardware temperature from further rising.

[0251] In some embodiments, the second type of triggering event includes the UE's battery level reaching a third threshold, then the terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set, and / or increases the measurement time configuration period, and / or increases the measurement interval period, and / or reduces the number of measurement signals, and / or determines the measurement interval as NCSG. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver.

[0252] For example, when the UE battery power is lower than the third threshold, it means that the UE battery power is too low, and the number of measurements should be reduced, the measurement period should be increased, and a first receiver with lower power consumption should be used to perform RRM measurements according to the first measurement configuration set to save power consumption and slow down the power consumption rate.

[0253] In some embodiments, the second type of triggering event includes activating a BWP switch from a first BWP to a second BWP. If the MO is located within the second BWP but not within the first BWP, the terminal device deactivates the Pre-MG associated with the MO. If the MO is located within the first BWP but not within the second BWP, the terminal device activates the Pre-MG associated with the MO. The triggering condition includes the expiration of a first timer.

[0254] In some embodiments, the BWP is switched based on a first timer. Exemplarily, the UE autonomously switches the BWP after the first timer expires. Exemplarily, the first timer includes a bwp-InactivityTimer.

[0255] In some embodiments, the second type of trigger event includes the terminal device autonomously turning on the energy-saving mode (also referred to as the power-saving mode). The terminal device determines that the RRM measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration set, and / or increases the measurement time configuration period, and / or increases the measurement interval period, and / or reduces the number of measurement signals, and / or determines the measurement interval as NCSG. Optionally, the terminal device performs RRM measurement according to the first measurement configuration set through the first receiver. The trigger condition includes turning on the energy-saving mode / power-saving mode.

[0256] In some embodiments, the first type of trigger event and the second type of trigger event can be implemented separately or in combination. For example, when the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event, it can refer to both the trigger information and the trigger condition.

[0257] In some embodiments, the first measurement configuration set is configured through system information. Exemplarily, the first measurement configuration set is configured through SIB.

[0258] In some embodiments, the second measurement configuration set is configured through system information. Exemplarily, the second measurement configuration set is configured through SIB.

[0259] Optionally, the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through the same SIB, or the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through different SIBs.

[0260] In some embodiments, the first measurement configuration set is configured via RRC signaling.

[0261] In some embodiments, the second measurement configuration set is configured via RRC signaling.

[0262] Optionally, the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through the same RRC signaling, or the first measurement configuration set and the second measurement configuration set are configured through different RRC signaling.

[0263] In summary, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application supports the terminal device to autonomously determine the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event, so as to switch the RRM measurement configuration in a timely and accurate manner, so that the terminal device can perform RRM measurement in accordance with the current communication environment and its own status, and avoid conflicts between RRM measurement and other services. If the trigger event is a first type of trigger event, the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration based on the received trigger information, so that the terminal device can perform RRM measurement in accordance with the expectations or instructions of the network side. If the trigger event is a second type of trigger event, the terminal device autonomously determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger condition, so as to achieve more flexible and timely determination of the RRM measurement configuration, and can also save signaling consumption within the system, and eliminate the resource consumption of the network device sending configuration information and trigger information. In addition, compared with performing RRM measurement using the RRM measurement configuration in the second measurement configuration set, the power consumption required by the terminal device is significantly reduced when performing RRM measurement using the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set, which helps to achieve energy saving of the terminal device.

[0264] It should be noted that the embodiments shown in FIG7 and FIG8 can be implemented separately or in combination. For example, when determining the RRM measurement configuration, the terminal device considers both the configuration information sent by the network device and the triggering event. For example, after receiving the configuration information sent by the network device, the terminal device switches the RRM measurement configuration when a triggering event occurs.

[0265] FIG9 shows a flowchart of a method for determining a measurement configuration provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The method is executed by a network device and includes:

[0266] Step 910: Send configuration information and / or trigger information; wherein, the trigger information is used to trigger the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event, and the RRM measurement configuration belongs to the first measurement configuration set and / or the second measurement configuration set, the first measurement configuration set is used for the first receiver of the terminal device to perform RRM measurement, and the second measurement configuration set is used for the second receiver of the terminal device to perform RRM measurement.

[0267] In some embodiments, the first receiver is a LP-WUR or a WUR, and the second receiver is a main receiver.

[0268] In some embodiments, the configuration information sent is used to configure the RRM measurement configuration to the terminal device and / or to configure the receiver operating mode of the terminal device.

[0269] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure a first measurement configuration set to the terminal device, and / or to configure the terminal device to operate using a first receiver, and / or to indicate that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal, and / or to indicate that the network device supports sending a first measurement signal.

[0270] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure a second measurement configuration set and / or to configure the terminal device to operate using a second receiver.

[0271] In some embodiments, the configuration information is transmitted via system information, or via RRC signaling, or via MAC CE.

[0272] For details about the configuration information, please refer to step 730 and will not be described in detail here.

[0273] In some embodiments, the network device triggers the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration by indicating at least one of the following: switching of BWP, change in bandwidth of the wake-up signal, change in measurement object, activation of the wake-up signal, deactivation of the wake-up signal, activation of the secondary cell, deactivation of the secondary cell, and indication of reducing power consumption.

[0274] In some embodiments, the network device indicates at least one of: switching of BWP, bandwidth of the wake-up signal, bandwidth of the first measurement signal, configuration of the measurement object, activation of the wake-up signal, deactivation of the wake-up signal, activation of the secondary cell, and deactivation of the secondary cell.

[0275] In some embodiments, the network device instructs the terminal device to reduce power consumption.

[0276] In some embodiments, the trigger-related content can be referred to step 830 and will not be repeated here.

[0277] In some embodiments, the network device receives capability information sent by the terminal device, where the capability information indicates that the terminal device supports the network device sending configuration information and / or that the terminal device supports determining RRM measurement configuration based on a triggering event. For details on the capability information, refer to steps 710 and 810, which will not be repeated here.

[0278] It should be noted that when the network device sends configuration information and / or trigger information, it may refer to the capability information reported by the terminal device, or it may not refer to the capability information reported by the terminal device.

[0279] Exemplarily, the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the first capability, and the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device so that the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the configuration information.

[0280] Exemplarily, the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the second capability, and the network device sends trigger information to the terminal device so that the terminal device determines the RRM measurement configuration according to the first type of trigger event.

[0281] Exemplarily, the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the second capability, and the network device does not send configuration information to the terminal device.

[0282] Exemplarily, the capability information sent by the terminal device is used to indicate the first capability and the second capability, and the network device may send configuration information and / or trigger information. The terminal device may determine the RRM measurement configuration based on the configuration information, the RRM measurement configuration based on the trigger information, or the RRM measurement configuration based on the configuration information and the trigger information.

[0283] Exemplarily, no matter whether the terminal device reports capability information or what capability information is reported, the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device.

[0284] Exemplarily, no matter whether the terminal device reports capability information or what capability information is reported, the network device sends trigger information to the terminal device.

[0285] In summary, the method provided in the embodiments of the present application supports network devices to enable terminal devices to flexibly switch RRM measurement configurations through configuration information and trigger information to ensure the reliability and efficiency of RRM measurements. Furthermore, compared to performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the second measurement configuration set, performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set significantly reduces the power consumption required by the terminal device, thereby helping to achieve energy conservation in the terminal device.

[0286] FIG10 shows a block diagram of a device for determining a measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The device may be implemented as, or part of, the terminal device described in FIG6 , FIG7 , or FIG8 . The device includes a processing module 1010 . Optionally, the device also includes a receiving module 1030 and / or a sending module 1050 .

[0287] Processing module 1010 is used to determine the RRM measurement configuration in a first measurement configuration set and / or a second measurement configuration set according to configuration information and / or a triggering event; wherein, the first measurement configuration set is used for the first receiver to perform RRM measurement, and the second measurement configuration set is used for the second receiver to perform RRM measurement.

[0288] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure an RRM measurement configuration for the terminal device, and / or to configure a receiver operating mode of the terminal device.

[0289] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a receiving module 1030 for receiving configuration information and / or trigger information.

[0290] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes the first measurement configuration set when the configuration information is used to configure the first measurement configuration set to the terminal device, and / or to configure the terminal device to operate using the first receiver, and / or to indicate that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal.

[0291] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes the second measurement configuration set when the configuration information is used to configure the second measurement configuration set to the terminal device and / or to configure the terminal device to operate using the second receiver.

[0292] In some embodiments, the trigger event includes: a first type of trigger event and / or a second type of trigger event; wherein the first type of trigger event is triggered by trigger information, and the second type of trigger event is triggered by a trigger condition.

[0293] In some embodiments, the trigger information is related to at least one of the following: switching of BWP, change of bandwidth of wake-up signal, change of measurement object, activation of wake-up signal, deactivation of wake-up signal, activation of secondary cell, deactivation of secondary cell, and indication of reducing power consumption.

[0294] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes a first measurement configuration set, and / or increase the measurement time configuration period, and / or increase the measurement interval period, and / or reduce the number of measurement signals, and / or determine the measurement interval as a network controlled small interval NCSG when the first type of trigger event includes the wake-up signal changing from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0295] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that the wake-up signal changes from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0296] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes a second measurement configuration set, and / or reduce the measurement time configuration period, and / or reduce the measurement interval period, and / or increase the number of measurement signals when the first type of trigger event includes the wake-up signal changing from an activated state to a deactivated state.

[0297] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that the wake-up signal changes from an activated state to a deactivated state.

[0298] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes a first measurement configuration set, and / or increase the measurement time configuration period, and / or increase the measurement interval period, and / or reduce the number of measurement signals, and / or determine the measurement interval as NCSG when the first type of trigger event includes receiving indication information for reducing power consumption.

[0299] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information instructing to reduce power consumption.

[0300] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is configured to:

[0301] In a case where the first type of triggering event includes activating a BWP to switch from a first BWP to a second BWP, if the measurement object is located within the second BWP and not within the first BWP, deactivating a measurement interval associated with the measurement object; or

[0302] When the first type of triggering event includes a bandwidth of a wake-up signal switching from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth, if a measurement object is located within the second bandwidth but not within the first bandwidth, a measurement interval associated with the measurement object is deactivated.

[0303] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that the activated BWP is switched from the first BWP to the second BWP.

[0304] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that the bandwidth of the wake-up signal is switched from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth.

[0305] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is configured to:

[0306] In a case where the first type of triggering event includes activating a BWP to switch from a first BWP to a second BWP, if the measurement object is located within the first BWP and not within the second BWP, activating a measurement interval associated with the measurement object; or

[0307] When the first type of triggering event includes a bandwidth of a wake-up signal switching from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth, if a measurement object is located within the first bandwidth and not within the second bandwidth, a measurement interval associated with the measurement object is activated.

[0308] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is configured to:

[0309] In a case where the first type of triggering event includes a reduction in a first MO identifier in the measurement object list, deactivating the measurement interval associated with the first MO identifier; and / or,

[0310] In a case where the first type of triggering event includes adding a second MO identifier to the measurement object list, a measurement interval associated with the second MO identifier is activated.

[0311] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that the measurement object list is reduced by a first MO identifier.

[0312] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that a second MO identifier is added to the measurement object list.

[0313] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to deactivate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object in the first measurement object list and / or activate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object in the second measurement object list when the first type of trigger event includes switching from a first measurement object list to a second measurement object list.

[0314] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating switching from the first measurement object list to the second measurement object list.

[0315] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is configured to:

[0316] When the first type of triggering event includes the secondary cell changing from a deactivated state to an activated state, and the measurement object is located within the activated BWP of the secondary cell, deactivating the measurement interval associated with the measurement object; or

[0317] When the first-type triggering event includes the secondary cell changing from a deactivated state to an activated state, and the measurement object is located outside the activated BWP of the secondary cell, a measurement interval associated with the measurement object is activated.

[0318] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that the secondary cell changes from a deactivated state to an activated state.

[0319] In some embodiments, the receiving module 1030 is configured to receive trigger information indicating that the secondary cell changes from an activated state to a deactivated state.

[0320] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is configured to activate a measurement interval associated with the measurement object when the first type of triggering event includes the secondary cell changing from an activated state to a deactivated state and the measurement object is located within an activated BWP of the secondary cell.

[0321] In some embodiments, the trigger condition is agreed upon by a communication protocol, or determined by the terminal device, or pre-configured by a network device.

[0322] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes a first measurement configuration set, and / or increase the measurement time configuration period, and / or increase the measurement interval period, and / or reduce the number of measurement signals, and / or determine the measurement interval as a network controlled small interval NCSG when the second type of trigger event includes the signal measurement result reaching a threshold.

[0323] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is used to determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes a first measurement configuration set, and / or increase the measurement time configuration period, and / or increase the measurement interval period, and / or reduce the number of measurement signals, and / or determine the measurement interval as a network controlled small interval NCSG when the second type of triggering event includes the hardware temperature of the terminal device reaching a threshold.

[0324] In some embodiments, the device also includes a sending module 1050 for sending capability information, and the capability information is used to indicate a first capability and / or a second capability; wherein, the first capability indicates that the terminal device supports the network device to send the configuration information, and the second capability indicates that the terminal device supports determining the RRM measurement configuration based on the trigger event.

[0325] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is configured to perform RRM measurement through the first receiver or the second receiver based on the RRM measurement configuration.

[0326] In some embodiments, the processing module 1010 is configured to execute one or more of the following steps: step 610 , step 730 , and step 830 .

[0327] In some embodiments, the sending module 1050 is used to execute step 710 and / or step 810.

[0328] In summary, the apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application supports determining an RRM measurement configuration in a first measurement configuration set and / or a second measurement configuration set when a first receiver and a second receiver are included. Compared to performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the second measurement configuration set, when performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set, the power consumption required by the terminal device is significantly reduced, thereby helping to achieve energy saving of the terminal device.

[0329] Furthermore, the system supports flexible switching of RRM measurement configurations to ensure the reliability and efficiency of RRM measurements. If the RRM measurement configuration is determined based on configuration information, the adopted RRM measurement configuration can be made consistent with the current network expectations or capabilities. If the RRM measurement configuration is determined based on a triggering event, the adopted RRM measurement configuration can be made consistent with the current system communication environment and the device's own power consumption.

[0330] FIG11 shows a block diagram of a device for determining a measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The device may be implemented as the network device described in FIG9 , or as a portion of the network device described in FIG9 . The device includes a sending module 1110 . Optionally, the device also includes a receiving module 1130 .

[0331] The sending module 1110 is used to send configuration information and / or trigger information; wherein, the trigger information is used to trigger the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration, and the terminal device has a first receiver and a second receiver, and the working energy consumption of the first receiver is lower than the working energy consumption of the second receiver.

[0332] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure RRM measurement configuration for the terminal device according to the first type of trigger event, and / or to configure a receiver operating mode of the terminal device.

[0333] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used for at least one of the following: configuring a first measurement configuration set for the terminal device; configuring the terminal device to operate using the first receiver; indicating that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal; configuring the second measurement configuration set for the terminal device; configuring the terminal device to operate using the second receiver.

[0334] In some embodiments, the trigger information is related to at least one of the following aspects: switching of BWP, change of bandwidth of wake-up signal, change of measurement object, activation of wake-up signal, deactivation of wake-up signal, activation of secondary cell, deactivation of secondary cell, and indication of reducing power consumption.

[0335] In some embodiments, the trigger information is used for at least one of the following: indicating that the activation BWP is switched from the first BWP to the second BWP; indicating that the bandwidth of the wake-up signal is switched from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth; indicating that the measurement object list is reduced by the first MO identifier; indicating that the measurement object list is increased by the second MO identifier; indicating that the measurement object list is switched from the first measurement object list to the second measurement object list; indicating that the wake-up signal is activated; indicating that the wake-up signal is deactivated; indicating that the secondary cell is activated; indicating that the secondary cell is deactivated; and indicating that the terminal device reduces power consumption.

[0336] In some embodiments, the device also includes a receiving module 1130 for receiving capability information, and the capability information is used to indicate a first capability and / or a second capability; wherein, the first capability indicates that the terminal device supports the device to send the configuration information, and the second capability indicates that the terminal device supports determining the RRM measurement configuration based on a trigger event.

[0337] In summary, the apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application supports flexible switching of RRM measurement configurations by terminal devices through configuration information and trigger information to ensure the reliability and efficiency of RRM measurements. Furthermore, compared to performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the second measurement configuration set, performing RRM measurements using the RRM measurement configuration in the first measurement configuration set significantly reduces the power consumption required by the terminal device, thereby helping to achieve energy saving in the terminal device.

[0338] FIG12 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device 1200 provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application, including a processor 1201, a receiver 1202, a transmitter 1203, a memory 1204, and a bus 1205. The communication device 1200 may be used to execute at least some of the steps executed by the network device described in FIG9 .

[0339] The processor 1201 includes one or more processing cores. The processor 1201 executes various functional applications and information processing by running software programs and modules.

[0340] The receiver 1202 and the transmitter 1203 may be implemented as a communication component, which may be a communication chip and may be referred to as a transceiver. In some embodiments, the receiver 1202 may be used to implement the functions and steps of the aforementioned receiving module 1130, and the transmitter 1203 may be used to implement the aforementioned sending module 1110.

[0341] The memory 1204 is connected to the processor 1201 via a bus 1205 .

[0342] The memory 1204 may be used to store at least one instruction, and the processor 1201 may be used to execute the at least one instruction to implement each step in the above method embodiment.

[0343] In addition, the memory 1204 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof. Volatile or non-volatile storage devices include but are not limited to: magnetic disks or optical disks, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, and programmable read-only memory (PROM).

[0344] In some embodiments, the receiver 1202 receives signals / data independently, or the processor 1201 controls the receiver 1202 to receive signals / data, or the processor 1201 requests the receiver 1202 to receive signals / data, or the processor 1201 cooperates with the receiver 1202 to receive signals / data.

[0345] In some embodiments, the transmitter 1203 independently sends signals / data, or the processor 1201 controls the transmitter 1203 to send signals / data, or the processor 1201 requests the transmitter 1203 to send signals / data, or the processor 1201 cooperates with the transmitter 1203 to send signals / data.

[0346] FIG13 shows a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 1300 provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application, including a receiver 1310 and a transmitter 1320. The communication device 1300 can be used to perform at least some of the steps performed by the terminal device described in FIG6, FIG7 or FIG8.

[0347] The receiver 1310 and the transmitter 1320 may be implemented as a communication component, which may be a communication chip, and may be referred to as a transceiver.

[0348] In some embodiments, the receiver 1310 may be used to implement the functions and steps of the aforementioned receiving module 1030. Optionally, the receiver 1310 may be implemented as a first receiver 1311 and / or a second receiver 1312.

[0349] In some embodiments, the transmitter 1320 may be used to implement the functions and steps of the aforementioned sending module 1050. Optionally, the transmitter 1320 may be implemented as a first transmitter 1321 and / or a second transmitter 1322.

[0350] Optionally, the communication device 1300 may further include a processor 1330. The processor 1330 includes one or more processing cores. The processor 1330 executes various functional applications and information processing by running software programs and modules. In some embodiments, the processor 1330 may be used to implement the power supply and steps of the processing module 1010 described above.

[0351] Optionally, the communication device 1300 may further include a memory 1340. The memory 1340 may be configured to store at least one instruction, and the processor 1310 may be configured to execute the at least one instruction to implement the various steps in the above method embodiment. Furthermore, the memory 1340 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, or a combination thereof. Volatile or non-volatile storage devices include, but are not limited to, magnetic or optical disks, EEPROMs, EPROMs, SRAMs, ROMs, magnetic memories, flash memories, and PROMs.

[0352] Optionally, the communication device 1300 may further include a bus (not shown). Optionally, the memory 1340 is connected to the processor 1330 via a bus.

[0353] In some embodiments, the receiver 1310 receives signals / data independently, or the processor 1330 controls the receiver 1310 to receive signals / data, or the processor 1330 requests the receiver 1310 to receive signals / data, or the processor 1330 cooperates with the receiver 1310 to receive signals / data.

[0354] In some embodiments, the transmitter 1320 independently sends signals / data, or the processor 1330 controls the transmitter 1320 to send signals / data, or the processor 1330 requests the transmitter 1320 to send signals / data, or the processor 1330 cooperates with the transmitter 1320 to send signals / data.

[0355] In some embodiments, the first receiver 1311 is implemented as a wake-up receiver (WUR), and / or the second receiver 1312 is implemented as a main receiver.

[0356] In some embodiments, receiver 1310 is implemented as a combined receiver of a WUR and a main receiver.

[0357] In some embodiments, the first transmitter 1321 is implemented as a main transmitter, and / or the second transmitter 1322 is implemented as a backscatter transmitter.

[0358] In some embodiments, transmitter 1320 is implemented as a combination transmitter of a main transmitter and a backscatter transmitter.

[0359] In some embodiments, the processor 1330 and the receiver 1310 may be implemented as one module, or the processor 1330 may be implemented as a part of the receiver 1310 .

[0360] In some embodiments, the processor 1330 and the transmitter 1320 may be implemented as one module, or the processor 1330 may be implemented as a part of the transmitter 1320 .

[0361] In some embodiments, the communication device 1300 includes one or more processors 1330 , and different processors are configured to execute the same or different steps in the above-mentioned processing-related steps.

[0362] In an exemplary embodiment of the present application, a computer-readable storage medium is further provided, in which at least one program is stored. The at least one program is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the measurement configuration determination method provided in the above-mentioned various method embodiments.

[0363] In an exemplary embodiment of the present application, a chip is further provided, which includes a programmable logic circuit and / or program instructions. When the chip runs on a communication device, it is used to implement the measurement configuration determination method provided by the above-mentioned various method embodiments.

[0364] In an exemplary embodiment of the present application, a computer program product is further provided. When the computer program product is executed on a processor of a computer device, the computer device executes the above-mentioned method for determining the measurement configuration.

[0365] In an exemplary embodiment of the present application, a computer program is further provided. The computer program includes computer instructions. A processor of a computer device executes the computer instructions, so that the computer device executes the above-mentioned method for determining the measurement configuration.

[0366] Those skilled in the art will understand that all or part of the steps to implement the above embodiments may be accomplished by hardware, or may be accomplished by a program instructing the relevant hardware, and the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a disk, or an optical disk, etc.

[0367] The above are only optional embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for determining a measurement configuration, characterized in that, the method is executed by a terminal device, the terminal device has a first receiver and a second receiver, and the operating power consumption of the first receiver is lower than that of the second receiver. The method includes: determining an RRM measurement configuration according to configuration information and / or a trigger event in a first measurement configuration set and / or a second measurement configuration set; wherein, the first measurement configuration set is used for the first receiver to perform RRM measurement, and the second measurement configuration set is used for the second receiver to perform RRM measurement.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, the configuration information is used to configure an RRM measurement configuration for the terminal device, and / or to configure an operating mode of the receiver of the terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, determining an RRM measurement configuration according to configuration information includes: when the configuration information is used to configure the first measurement configuration set for the terminal device, and / or to configure the terminal device to operate using the first receiver, and / or to indicate that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal, determining that the RRM measurement configuration includes the first measurement configuration set.

4. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, determining an RRM measurement configuration according to configuration information includes: when the configuration information is used to configure the second measurement configuration set for the terminal device, and / or to configure the terminal device to operate using the second receiver, determining that the RRM measurement configuration includes the second measurement configuration set.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, the trigger event includes: a first type of trigger event and / or a second type of trigger event; wherein, the first type of trigger event is triggered by trigger information, and the second type of trigger event is triggered by a trigger condition.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, the trigger information is related to at least one of the following: handover of BWP, bandwidth change of wake-up signal, change of measurement object, activation of wake-up signal, deactivation of wake-up signal, activation of secondary cell, deactivation of secondary cell, indication of power consumption reduction.

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that, determining an RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: when the first type of trigger event includes the wake-up signal changing from the deactivated state to the activated state, determining that the RRM measurement configuration includes the first measurement configuration set, and / or increasing the measurement time configuration period, and / or increasing the measurement interval period, and / or reducing the number of measurement signals, and / or determining the measurement interval as the network control small interval NCSG.

8. The method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that, determining an RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: In the case that the first type of trigger event includes the wake-up signal changing from the active state to the deactivated state, determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes a second measurement configuration set, and / or reduce the measurement time configuration period, and / or reduce the measurement interval period, and / or increase the number of measurement signals.

9. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein, determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: In the case that the first type of trigger event includes receiving indication information for reducing power consumption, determine that the RRM measurement configuration includes a first measurement configuration set, and / or increase the measurement time configuration period, and / or increase the measurement interval period, and / or reduce the number of measurement signals, and / or determine the measurement interval as NCSG.

10. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein, determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: In the case that the first type of trigger event includes the active BWP switching from the first BWP to the second BWP, if the measurement object is within the second BWP and not within the first BWP, deactivate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object; or, In the case that the trigger event includes the bandwidth of the wake-up signal switching from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth, if the measurement object is within the second bandwidth and not within the first bandwidth, deactivate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object.

11. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein, determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: In the case that the first type of trigger event includes the active BWP switching from the first BWP to the second BWP, if the measurement object is within the first BWP and not within the second BWP, activate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object; or, In the case that the first type of trigger event includes the bandwidth of the wake-up signal switching from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth, if the measurement object is within the first bandwidth and not within the second bandwidth, activate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object.

12. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein, determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: In the case that the first type of trigger event includes the measurement object list reducing the first MO identifier, deactivate the measurement interval associated with the first MO identifier; and / or, In the case that the first type of trigger event includes the measurement object list increasing the second MO identifier, activate the measurement interval associated with the second MO identifier.

13. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein, determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: In the case that the first type of trigger event includes switching from the first measurement object list to the second measurement object list, deactivate the measurement intervals associated with the measurement objects within the first measurement object list, and / or activate the measurement intervals associated with the measurement objects within the second measurement object list.

14. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein, Determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: When the first type of trigger event includes that the secondary cell changes from the deactivated state to the activated state, and the measurement object is within the activated BWP of the secondary cell, deactivate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object; or, When the first type of trigger event includes that the secondary cell changes from the deactivated state to the activated state, and the measurement object is outside the activated BWP of the secondary cell, activate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object.

15. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein, Determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: When the first type of trigger event includes that the secondary cell changes from the activated state to the deactivated state, and the measurement object is within the activated BWP of the secondary cell, activate the measurement interval associated with the measurement object.

16. The method according to claim 5, wherein, The trigger condition is agreed upon by the communication protocol, or determined by the terminal device, or pre-configured by the network device.

17. The method according to claim 5 or 16, wherein, Determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: When the second type of trigger event includes that the signal measurement result reaches the threshold, determining that the RRM measurement configuration includes a first measurement configuration set, and / or increasing the measurement time configuration period, and / or increasing the measurement interval period, and / or reducing the number of measurement signals, and / or determining the measurement interval as the network control small interval NCSG.

18. The method according to claim 5 or 16, wherein, Determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event includes: When the second type of trigger event includes that the hardware temperature of the terminal device reaches the threshold, determining that the RRM measurement configuration includes a first measurement configuration set, and / or increasing the measurement time configuration period, and / or increasing the measurement interval period, and / or reducing the number of measurement signals, and / or determining the measurement interval as the network control small interval NCSG.

19. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein, The method further includes: Sending capability information, where the capability information is used to indicate the first capability and / or the second capability; wherein, the first capability indicates that the terminal device supports the network device to send the configuration information, and the second capability indicates that the terminal device supports determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the trigger event.

20. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein, The method further includes: Based on the RRM measurement configuration, performing RRM measurement through the first receiver or the second receiver.

21. A method for determining a measurement configuration, wherein, The method is executed by a network device, and the method includes: Sending configuration information and / or trigger information; Wherein, the triggering information is used to trigger the terminal device to determine the RRM measurement configuration according to a first type of triggering event. The terminal device has a first receiver and a second receiver, and the operating power consumption of the first receiver is lower than that of the second receiver.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein, the configuration information is used to configure the RRM measurement configuration for the terminal device, and / or to configure the operating mode of the receiver of the terminal device.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein, the configuration information is used for at least one of the following: configuring a first measurement configuration set for the terminal device; configuring the terminal device to operate using the first receiver; indicating that the network device supports sending a wake-up signal; configuring a second measurement configuration set for the terminal device; configuring the terminal device to operate using the second receiver.

24. The method according to any one of claims 21 to 23, wherein, the triggering information is related to at least one of the following: the switching of the BWP, the bandwidth change of the wake-up signal, the change of the measurement object, the activation of the wake-up signal, the deactivation of the wake-up signal, the activation of the secondary cell, the deactivation of the secondary cell, the indication of power consumption reduction.

25. The method according to claim 22, wherein, the triggering information is used for at least one of the following: indicating the activation of the BWP to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP; indicating the bandwidth of the wake-up signal to switch from the first bandwidth to the second bandwidth; indicating that the measurement object list reduces the first MO identifier; indicating that the measurement object list increases the second MO identifier; indicating that the measurement object list switches from the first measurement object list to the second measurement object list; indicating the activation of the wake-up signal; indicating the deactivation of the wake-up signal; indicating the activation of the secondary cell; indicating the deactivation of the secondary cell; indicating that the terminal device reduces power consumption.

26. The method according to any one of claims 21 to 25, wherein, the method further includes: receiving capability information, the capability information being used to indicate a first capability and / or a second capability; wherein, the first capability indicates that the terminal device supports the network device to send the configuration information, and the second capability indicates that the terminal device supports determining the RRM measurement configuration according to the triggering event.

27. A device for determining a measurement configuration, wherein, the device has a first receiver and a second receiver, and the operating power consumption of the first receiver is lower than that of the second receiver. The device includes: a processing module, configured to determine an RRM measurement configuration according to configuration information and / or a triggering event in a first measurement configuration set and / or a second measurement configuration set; wherein, the first measurement configuration set is used for the first receiver to perform RRM measurement, and the second measurement configuration set is used for the second receiver to perform RRM measurement.

28. A device for determining a measurement configuration, wherein, the device includes: A sending module, configured to send configuration information and / or triggering information; wherein, the triggering information is used to trigger a terminal device to determine an RRM measurement configuration according to a first type of triggering event, the terminal device has a first receiver and a second receiver, and the operating power consumption of the first receiver is lower than that of the second receiver.

29. A terminal device, characterized in that the terminal device includes: a processor; a transceiver connected to the processor; a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein, the processor is configured to load and execute the executable instructions to implement the measurement configuration determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 20.

30. A network device, characterized in that the network device includes: a processor; a transceiver connected to the processor; a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein, the processor is configured to load and execute the executable instructions to implement the measurement configuration determination method according to any one of claims 21 to 26.

31. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that at least one segment of program is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and the at least one segment of program is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the measurement configuration determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 20, or the measurement configuration determination method according to any one of claims 21 to 26.

32. A computer program product, characterized in that the computer program product includes computer instructions, the computer instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium, the processor obtains the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions to implement the measurement configuration determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 20, or the measurement configuration determination method according to any one of claims 21 to 26.

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