Information processing method and apparatus thereof

Abstract

Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are an information processing method and an apparatus thereof. The method is executed by a terminal, wherein the terminal is within the coverage range of a first cell. The method comprises: on the basis of a first condition, a terminal determining that it is necessary to measure a discovery reference signal (DRS) of a second cell, wherein the second cell is one or more of network energy-saving cells associated with a first cell; and the terminal measuring the DRS of the second cell. By means of implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal can determine whether it is necessary for same to measure a DRS of a second cell, such that the terminal determines, on the basis of a DRS measurement, whether to request that the second cell sends a synchronization signal block (SSB) and / or an SIB1, thereby enabling the terminal to communicate with the second cell subsequently.

Description

Information processing method and device thereof Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an information processing method and device thereof. Background Art

[0002] With the gradual application of large-scale active antenna arrays and the large-scale construction of fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks, the energy consumption of wireless communication networks has increased significantly. The growth rate of energy consumption costs has even exceeded the revenue growth of operators. Therefore, network energy saving is an important means for operators to reduce the cost of operating 5G systems.

[0003] However, when a terminal is within the coverage of an anchor cell (also called a normal cell), how the terminal determines whether it needs to measure a DRS (Discovery Reference Signal) in a network energy-saving cell has become an urgent problem to be solved.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and an apparatus thereof.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided. The method is performed by a terminal, where the terminal is within coverage of a first cell. The method includes:

[0007] Based on the first condition, determining that a discovery reference signal (DRS) of a second cell needs to be measured, where the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;

[0008] Measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0009] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided. The method is performed by a first cell, and the method includes:

[0010] Send first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate measuring the discovery reference signal DRS of the second cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell, wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC connection state on the first cell.

[0011] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided. The method is performed by a first cell, and the method includes:

[0012] Sending discovery reference signal (DRS) measurement configuration information of a second cell to the terminal so that the terminal measures the DRS of the second cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0013] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, where the terminal is within coverage of a first cell, and includes:

[0014] A processing module, configured to determine, based on a first condition, that a discovery reference signal (DRS) of a second cell needs to be measured; the second cell being one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;

[0015] The processing module is further used to measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0016] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first cell is provided, including:

[0017] A transceiver module is used to send first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate measuring the discovery reference signal DRS of a second cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell, wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC connection state on the first cell.

[0018] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first cell is provided, including:

[0019] A transceiver module is used to send the discovery reference signal DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal so that the terminal measures the DRS of the second cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;.

[0020] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including:

[0021] A terminal, configured to execute an optional implementation of the first aspect;

[0022] The first cell is configured to execute the optional implementation of the second and third aspects mentioned above.

[0023] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, including: one or more processors;

[0024] The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first aspect, second aspect and third aspect.

[0025] According to the ninth aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first aspect, second aspect and third aspect.

[0026] According to the technical solution disclosed in the present invention, the terminal can determine whether it enables DRS measurement, that is, the terminal can determine whether it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, so that the terminal can determine whether to request the second cell to send synchronization signal blocks SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement, thereby facilitating the terminal to communicate with the second cell subsequently. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG2A is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG2B is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG3A is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG3B is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] FIG3C is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] FIG4A is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0035] FIG4B is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] FIG5A is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] FIG5B is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] FIG6A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] FIG6B is a schematic structural diagram of a first cell proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0041] FIG7B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 7200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0042] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and an apparatus thereof.

[0043] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information processing method, which is executed by a terminal, and the terminal is within the coverage of a first cell. The method includes: based on a first condition, determining that a discovery reference signal DRS of a second cell needs to be measured; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; and measuring the DRS of the second cell.

[0044] In the above embodiment, the terminal can determine whether it enables DRS measurement, that is, the terminal can determine whether it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, so that the terminal can determine whether to request the second cell to send synchronization signal blocks SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement, thereby facilitating the terminal to subsequently communicate with the second cell.

[0045] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first condition includes: receiving first indication information sent by a first cell, the first indication information being used to indicate measuring the DRS of the second cell; wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC connection state on the first cell.

[0046] In the above embodiment, the first indication information is sent to the terminal through the first cell, indicating that the terminal needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, that is, the terminal is configured to enable DRS measurement through the first cell, so that the terminal can determine that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, so that the terminal can determine whether to request the second cell to send the synchronization signal block SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement, thereby facilitating the terminal to communicate with the second cell subsequently.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, measuring the DRS of the second cell includes: receiving DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell; and measuring the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0048] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the receiving DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell includes: receiving dedicated radio resource control RRC signaling sent by the first cell, the dedicated RRC signaling including the DRS measurement configuration information; or, receiving a system information block SIB sent by the first cell, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first condition includes: receiving DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell, and the DRS measurement configuration information implicitly indicates measuring the DRS of the second cell.

[0050] In the above embodiment, the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell can be sent to the terminal through the first cell, implicitly indicating that the UE needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, that is, the terminal is configured to enable DRS measurement by the first cell, so that the terminal can determine that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, so that the terminal can determine whether to request the second cell to send the synchronization signal block SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement, thereby facilitating the terminal to communicate with the second cell in the future. In addition, by implicitly indicating that the terminal enables DRS measurement by sending the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell to the terminal through the first cell, signaling overhead can be saved and resource waste can be avoided.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the receiving of measurement configuration information sent by the first cell includes: receiving dedicated RRC signaling sent by the first cell, the dedicated RRC signaling including the DRS measurement configuration information; wherein, the terminal is in an RRC connected state on the first cell.

[0052] In the above embodiment, a terminal in an RRC connected state on a first cell can obtain the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell through the dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell. After receiving the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell in the dedicated RRC signaling, the terminal can determine that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured. For example, the terminal can be configured to enable DRS measurement by using the existing dedicated RRC signaling, which saves signaling overhead and avoids waste of resources.

[0053] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the receiving of measurement configuration information sent by the first cell includes: receiving an SIB sent by the first cell, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell; wherein the terminal is in any of the following states on the first cell: RRC connected state, radio resource control idle RRC_IDLE state, radio resource control inactive RRC_INACTIVE state.

[0054] In the above embodiment, the terminal obtains the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell through the SIB of the first cell and determines that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured, so that the terminal can determine that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, and facilitates the terminal to determine whether to request the second cell to send the synchronization signal block SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement, so as to facilitate the terminal to subsequently communicate with the second cell. In addition, by implicitly instructing the terminal to enable DRS measurement by sending the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell to the terminal through the first cell, signaling overhead can be saved and resource waste can be avoided.

[0055] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, measuring the DRS of the second cell includes: measuring the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0056] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: the period of the DRS; the frequency domain resources of the DRS; the sequence generation related configuration of the DRS; the first threshold, the first threshold is the DRS measurement result judgment threshold; and the measurement quantity configuration.

[0057] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power RSRP; reference signal received quality RSRQ; signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

[0058] In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information processing method, which is executed by a first cell, and the method includes: sending first indication information to a terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the measurement of a discovery reference signal DRS of a second cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell, wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC connection state on the first cell.

[0059] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal, and the DRS measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0060] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, sending the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal includes: sending dedicated radio resource control RRC signaling to the terminal, the dedicated RRC signaling including the DRS measurement configuration information; or, sending a system information block SIB to the terminal, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0061] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: the period of the DRS; the frequency domain resources of the DRS; the sequence generation related configuration of the DRS; the first threshold, the first threshold is the DRS measurement result judgment threshold; and the measurement quantity configuration.

[0062] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power RSRP; reference signal received quality RSRQ; signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

[0063] In the third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information processing method, which is executed by a first cell, and the method includes: sending discovery reference signal DRS measurement configuration information of a second cell to a terminal so that the terminal measures the DRS of the second cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0064] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the first cell does not need to send a first indication information to the terminal to indicate the need to measure the DRS of the second cell. The DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell implicitly indicates that the terminal determines that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell after obtaining the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0065] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the sending of the discovery reference signal DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal includes: sending dedicated radio resource control RRC signaling to the terminal, the dedicated RRC signaling including the DRS measurement configuration information; or, sending a system information block SIB to the terminal, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0066] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: the period of the DRS; the frequency domain resources of the DRS; the sequence generation related configuration of the DRS; the first threshold, the first threshold is the DRS measurement result judgment threshold; and the measurement quantity configuration.

[0067] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power RSRP; reference signal received quality RSRQ; signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

[0068] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the terminal is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0069] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first cell, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the above-mentioned first cell is used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0070] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first cell, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the above-mentioned first cell is used to execute the optional implementation method of the third aspect.

[0071] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, including:

[0072] A terminal configured as an optional implementation of the first aspect;

[0073] The first cell is configured to execute the optional implementation of the second and third aspects mentioned above.

[0074] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the optional implementation method of the aforementioned first aspect.

[0075] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned second and third aspects.

[0076] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium storing instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first, second and third aspects.

[0077] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation of the first, second and third aspects.

[0078] In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first, second and third aspects.

[0079] In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first, second, and third aspects above.

[0080] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminal, first cell, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip or chip system are all used to perform the method proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding method and will not be repeated here.

[0081] The present disclosure provides an information processing method and apparatus thereof. In some embodiments, the terms information processing method, communication method, etc. are interchangeable, the terms information processing apparatus, communication apparatus, etc. are interchangeable, and the terms information processing system, communication system, etc. are interchangeable.

[0082] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0083] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0084] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0085] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0086] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0087] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0088] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0089] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0090] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0091] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0092] In some embodiments, terms such as "time / frequency" and "time / frequency domain" refer to the time domain and / or the frequency domain.

[0093] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0094] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0095] In some embodiments, devices and equipment can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0096] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0097] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", and in some embodiments may also be understood as "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission and / or reception point (TRP)" "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)", etc.

[0098] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc.

[0099] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0100] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0101] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, a terminal, a first cell, and a second cell. The number and configuration of devices shown in Figure 1 are for example purposes only and do not limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. In actual applications, two or more terminals, two or more first cells, and two or more second cells may be included. The communication system 100 shown in Figure 1 includes, for example, a terminal 101, a first cell 102, and a second cell 103.

[0102] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 herein may be an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals, such as a mobile phone. It may also be referred to as a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), etc. The terminal may be a car with communication capabilities, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver capabilities, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal.

[0103] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 herein may be a Network Energy Saving cell (NES cell). In some embodiments, the second cell 103 may be one or more of the NES cells associated with the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the association of the second cell 103 with the first cell 102 may mean that information or signals (such as SIB1) of the second cell 103 may be broadcast and configured via the first cell 102.

[0104] Exemplarily, a network energy-saving cell may refer to an SSB / SIB1-less cell. The SSB / SIB1-less cell does not send one or more of SSB (Synchronization Signal Block), SIB (System Information Block) 1, other SIB, and paging. The SSB / SIB1-less cell does not send SSB, and SIB1 can be broadcast and configured through an associated first cell (such as an anchor cell, also called an anchor cell, or a normal cell, or other names, which are not specifically limited in this disclosure). At the same time, the deployment of SSB / SIB1-less cells makes network deployment more flexible, because the SSB / SIB1-less cell does not change the network coverage, it only provides data services and expands the system capacity, so the SSB / SIB1-less cell can be quickly deployed, quickly used, flexibly deployed, and enabled on demand, that is, "plug and play", which improves the flexibility and timeliness of network deployment.

[0105] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 is in a neighboring relationship with the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the second cell 103 and the first cell 102 have overlapping coverage or adjacent coverage, that is, the second cell 103 and the first cell 102 are in a neighboring relationship.

[0106] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 may be a second cell with a DRS (Discovery Reference Signal).

[0107] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 may be a normal cell under a network device, and the second cell 103 may belong to the same network device as the first cell 102, or may belong to a different network device. For example, the network device associated with the first cell 102 may be referred to as a first network device, and the network device associated with the second cell 103 may be referred to as a second network device. The first network device and the second network device may be the same network device or different network devices.

[0108] In some embodiments, the network device associated with the first cell 102 (hereinafter referred to as the first network device) may be an access network device. The network device associated with the second cell 103 (hereinafter referred to as the second network device) may be an access network device. In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal device to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0109] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0110] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0111] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0112] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0113] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0114] It's important to note that with the increasing demand for speed, latency, high-speed mobility, and energy efficiency, coupled with the increasing diversity and complexity of future services, the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) international standards organization has begun developing 5G. The main application scenarios for 5G are: enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), and massive machine-type communications (mMTC). eMBB continues to focus on providing users with multimedia content, services, and data, and demand for it is growing rapidly. However, since eMBB can be deployed in diverse scenarios, such as indoors, in urban areas, and in rural areas, its capabilities and requirements vary significantly, making a generalized approach difficult and requiring detailed analysis based on specific deployment scenarios. Typical applications of URLLC include industrial automation, power automation, remote medical operations (surgery), and traffic safety. mMTC's key features include high connection density, low data volumes, latency-insensitive services, low module costs, and a long service life.

[0115] Since the energy consumption of 5G base stations is four times that of LTE base stations, network energy saving is an important means for operators to reduce the cost of operating 5G systems. In some embodiments, in order to save energy for terminals in the RRC (Radio Resource Control) connected state (RRC_CONNECTED), a WUS (wake up signal) is introduced. An offset in front of the on duration of UE C-DRX (Connected Discontinuous Reception) defines a duration for sending a WUS signal. During this WUS duration, a WUS signal, i.e., DCI 2-6, is sent, which is encrypted by PS-RNTI (Power Saving RNTI) to indicate whether the terminal wakes up to monitor PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) during the next UE C-DRX onduration.

[0116] In some embodiments, a paging WUS (paging wake-up signal) is introduced to save energy in RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE terminals. This WUS, also known as the PEI (paging early indication), is sent sometime before the paging occasion (PO) to indicate whether the terminal is monitoring paging schedule information at that PO. The PEI is DCI 2-7, scrambled by the PEI-RNTI (paging early indication radio network temporary identifier).

[0117] In some embodiments, a request-based wake-up signal (On demand WUS) can be used to request SSB and / or SIB1 from a second cell (such as an SSB / SIB1-less cell). The second cell can be considered to be in a sleeping state at ordinary times and does not send SSB and / or SIB1. Therefore, the second cell can also be called a sleeping cell, or can be called other names, which are not specifically limited in this disclosure. If the terminal needs to obtain the SSB and / or SIB1 of the second cell, it can use WUS to wake up the sleeping cell to send SSB and / or SIB1. In some embodiments, the second cell has DRS.

[0118] In an SSB / SIB1-less cell scenario, a terminal is within the coverage of a first cell (e.g., an anchor cell, also called an anchor cell, a normal cell, or other names, which are not specifically limited in this disclosure). For a second cell with a DRS, the terminal can detect the DRS of the second cell. However, how the terminal determines whether it needs to measure the DRS has become an urgent problem to be solved.

[0119] To this end, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information processing method, so that the terminal can determine whether it enables DRS measurement, that is, the terminal can determine whether it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell, so that the terminal can determine whether to request the second cell to send synchronization signal blocks SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement, thereby facilitating the terminal to subsequently communicate with the second cell.

[0120] FIG2A is an interactive diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2A , the information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100 , and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0121] Step S2101: The first cell 102 sends first indication information.

[0122] In some embodiments, the first indication information may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101. In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 sends the first indication information to the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state on the first cell 102, and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the first indication information sent by the first cell 102.

[0123] It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the first indication information may be sent by a network device such as a base station (e.g., a first network device) to a terminal via the first cell, causing the terminal to perform corresponding measurements. For example, the first indication information may instruct a terminal within the coverage area of ​​the first cell to perform measurements on the second cell. The first network device is a network device associated with the first cell. In some embodiments, "first cell," "first network device," "first base station," etc. may be interchangeable.

[0124] In some embodiments, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal 101 to measure the DRS of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal 101 to measure the DRS of the second cell 103. Accordingly, when the terminal 101 receives the first indication information, it can be considered that the first cell 102 configures the terminal 101 to enable DRS measurement, that is, the terminal 101 can determine that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured.

[0125] In some embodiments, the first indication information may be dedicated RRC signaling, or the first indication information may be a MAC CE (Medium Access Control Control Element), or the first indication information may be a DCI (Downlink Control Information). The first cell 102 may indicate through the first indication information that the terminal 101 needs to measure the DRS of the second cell 103. The above examples are only examples of specific bearer signaling for the first indication information, and the present disclosure does not limit this.

[0126] In step S2102 , the terminal 101 determines that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell 103 .

[0127] Exemplarily, when the terminal 101 receives the first indication information sent by the first cell 102, it can be considered that the first cell 102 configures the terminal 101 to enable DRS measurement, that is, the terminal 101 can determine that it is necessary to measure the DRS of the second cell 103. Accordingly, the subsequent terminal can measure the DRS of the second cell and report accordingly.

[0128] Step S2103 , the first cell 102 sends DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 .

[0129] It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the terminal may determine to measure the second cell based on the received first indication information. Specifically, the first cell may send configuration information for the second cell measurement (such as the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103) to the terminal, so that the terminal measures the second cell according to the configuration information. In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101. In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101 via the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 sends the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 to the terminal 101, and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102. The specific signaling carried by the above configuration information may be RRC dedicated signaling or SIB, etc.

[0130] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 may send dedicated RRC signaling to the terminal 101, where the dedicated RRC signaling includes the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 may obtain the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell 102.

[0131] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 may send an SIB to the terminal 101, where the SIB includes the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 may obtain the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the SIB of the first cell 102, and the first cell 102 does not provide the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through dedicated RRC signaling.

[0132] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 can be used by the terminal 101 to measure the DRS of the second cell 103, so that the terminal 101 can determine whether to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB (Synchronization Signal Block) and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement of the second cell 103. For example, the first SSB and / or SIB1 can be sent to the terminal by the second network device via the second cell. The first SSB can be a synchronization signal block sent by the second cell. The second network device is a network device associated with the second cell 103. In some embodiments, "second cell", "second network device", "second base station", etc. can be replaced with each other.

[0133] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: DRS period; DRS frequency domain resources; DRS sequence generation related configuration; a first threshold, the first threshold is a DRS measurement result decision threshold; and measurement quantity configuration. The DRS measurement result decision threshold is used to determine whether the DRS measurement result is valid. For example, when the DRS measurement result measured by the terminal is greater than or equal to the first DRS measurement result decision threshold, it indicates that the DRS measurement result is valid. The terminal requests the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 through the first information (such as WUS), or the terminal reports the DRS measurement report to the first cell, so that the first cell determines whether the terminal needs to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement report, or the first cell determines whether it needs to wake up the second cell based on the DRS measurement report to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. The measurement quantity configuration may be configuring the terminal with a measurement quantity for measuring the second cell, for example, configuring the terminal with an RSRP for measuring the DRS of the second cell, or configuring the terminal with an RSRQ for measuring the DRS of the second cell.

[0134] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 determines whether it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement of the second cell 103 and the above-mentioned first threshold.

[0135] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 determines whether to request the second cell 103 to transmit the first SSB based on the DRS measurement of the second cell 103 and the first threshold. In some embodiments, the first threshold may be configured per beam granularity, where the beam may be a CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal) or an SSB. Alternatively, the first threshold may be configured per beam group granularity. Exemplarily, the first threshold may be configured per CSI-RS granularity, or per CSI-RS group granularity, or per SSB index granularity, or per SSB index group granularity, or per CSI-RS and SSB index group granularity. The measurement value used for evaluation may be per beam, i.e., per CSI-RS or SSB.

[0136] In some embodiments, the measurement quantity may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP); Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ); and Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR). The measurement quantity depends on network configuration.

[0137] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be included in the configuration information of the second cell 103. In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from the SIB or dedicated signaling of the first cell 102. Accordingly, the network device may send the configuration information of the second cell to the terminal via the SIB or dedicated signaling of the first cell. Alternatively, the terminal may also obtain the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 via other means, which is not limited in this disclosure.

[0138] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell 103 may also include but is not limited to at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell 103; the random access channel (RACH) related configuration information of the second cell 103; the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 103; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell 103.

[0139] In step S2104 , the terminal 101 measures the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 .

[0140] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may measure the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtain a DRS measurement result of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 receives the first indication information sent by the first cell 102, and determines that it is necessary to measure the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 receives the first indication information sent by the first cell 102, and determines that it is necessary to measure the DRS of the second cell 103. After receiving the first indication information and thus determining that it is necessary to measure the DRS of the second cell, the terminal may immediately perform the measurement according to the DRS measurement configuration information. Alternatively, after obtaining the first indication information and the DRS measurement configuration information, the terminal does not immediately start measuring the DRS of the second cell. Instead, when certain specific conditions are met, the terminal 101 starts measuring the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. The present disclosure does not specifically limit which specific conditions need to be met before the terminal 101 starts measuring the DRS of the second cell 103. As an example, the specific condition may be that the terminal receives indication information to start measuring the DRS of the second cell, or that the terminal experiences a preset time period after receiving the first indication information.

[0141] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement quantity includes RSRP. Under certain specific conditions, the terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRP of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtains the RSRP measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103 (also referred to as the RSRP value of the DRS of the second cell 103).

[0142] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement quantity includes RSRQ. When certain specific conditions are met, the terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRQ of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtains the RSRQ measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103 (also referred to as the RSRQ value of the DRS of the second cell 103).

[0143] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement quantity includes SINR. Under certain specific conditions, the terminal 101 starts measuring the SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtains the SINR measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103 (also referred to as the SINR value of the DRS of the second cell 103).

[0144] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement quantities include RSRP and RSRQ. Under certain specific conditions, the terminal 101 can start measuring the RSRP and RSRQ of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtain the RSRP measurement results of the DRS of the second cell 103 and the RSRQ measurement results of the DRS of the second cell 103.

[0145] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement quantities include RSRP and SINR. Under certain specific conditions, the terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRP and SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtains the RSRP measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103 and the SINR measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103.

[0146] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement quantities include RSRQ and SINR. Under certain specific conditions, the terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRQ and SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtains the RSRQ measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103 and the SINR measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103.

[0147] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement quantities include RSRP, RSRQ and SINR. Under certain specific conditions, the terminal 101 starts to measure the RSRP, RSRQ and SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, and obtains the RSRP measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103, the RSRQ measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103 and the SINR measurement result of the DRS of the second cell 103.

[0148] Step S2105: The terminal 101 determines whether it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103.

[0149] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRP and / or RSRQ and / or SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 under certain specific conditions. If the terminal 101 determines that the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103 is greater than or equal to the above-mentioned first threshold, the terminal 101 sends first information to the second cell 103; the first information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 measures the DRS of the second cell 103, and the terminal 101 determines that the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103 is greater than or equal to the above-mentioned first threshold. The terminal 101 sends the first information to the second cell 103 to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. In some embodiments, the above-mentioned first information may be a wake-up signal (WUS), or the above-mentioned first information may include the wake-up signal.

[0150] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRP and / or RSRQ and / or SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 when certain specific conditions are met. The terminal 101 determines to report the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 based on the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103, and sends the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 to the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 is periodically sent to the first cell 102. The DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 is used by the first cell 102 to determine whether to send the second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal 101 to send the above-mentioned first information.

[0151] Exemplarily, when certain specific conditions are met, terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRP and / or RSRQ and / or SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. The second cell of terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103. Terminal 101 determines that the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103 is greater than or equal to the above-mentioned first threshold, and terminal 101 sends the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 to the first cell 102. Based on the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 and / or the measurement report of the second SSB of the first cell 102 (such as the RSRP measurement report of the SSB of the first cell 102) reported by the terminal 101, the first cell 102 instructs terminal 101 to send the above-mentioned first information through the above-mentioned second indication information to request the second cell 102 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Among them, the second SSB of the first cell 102 can be a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell 102, and the measurement report of the second SSB of the first cell 102 is a measurement report obtained by the terminal 101 measuring the RSRP of the second SSB of the first cell 102.

[0152] It is worth noting that the terminal 101 can request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 through the first information. In some embodiments, the first information used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB can be the same as or different from the first information used to request the second cell 103 to send SIB1.

[0153] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 103 from the SIB or dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may send the first information to the second cell 103 based on the configuration information of the second cell 103 and / or the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 103.

[0154] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 103 may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: the power climbing step of the above-mentioned first information; the initial transmission power of the above-mentioned first information, or a parameter used to calculate the initial transmission power; a preamble index (preamble index) or sequence reserved for the above-mentioned first information; and configuration information of a random access opportunity (RACH Occasion, RO) resource, which RO resource is used to send the above-mentioned first information.

[0155] It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the first cell 102 may be associated with one or more second cells. The configuration information related to the first information associated with the one or more second cells may be the same or different. Exemplarily, the one or more second cells may be associated with different configuration information related to the first information. Exemplarily, the one or more second cells may be associated with the same configuration information related to the first information. For example, the first cell 102 may be associated with one or more second cells, and the terminal 101 may send the first information to at least some of the one or more second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102. Sending the first information to at least some of the one or more second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102 may mean sending the first information to one or more of the one or more second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102, or sending the first information to all of the second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102. When there is more than one second cell 103, the first information is sent using the configuration information of the first information of each of the more than one second cells 103. For example, the second cell 1, the second cell 2 and the second cell 3 are respectively network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102. The terminal can use the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 1 to send the first information to the second cell 1, and use the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 2 to send the first information to the second cell 2. The configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 1, the second cell 2 and the second cell 3 respectively can be the same or different.

[0156] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first cell 102 can be associated with one or more second cells 103, and the terminal can determine based on terminal implementation whether to send the first information to a second cell associated with the first cell 102, or to send the first information to multiple second cells associated with the first cell 102, or to send the first information to all second cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0157] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRP and / or RSRQ and / or SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 when certain specific conditions are met. The terminal 101 determines to report the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 based on the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103; and sends the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 to the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 is periodically sent to the first cell 102. The DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 is used by the first cell 102 to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell 103, and the second information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0158] Exemplarily, when certain specific conditions are met, terminal 101 starts measuring the RSRP and / or RSRQ and / or SINR of the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. The second cell of terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103. Terminal 101 determines that the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103 is greater than or equal to the above-mentioned first threshold, and terminal 101 sends the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 to the first cell 102. The first cell 102 determines whether it is necessary to wake up the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement report of the second cell 103 and / or the measurement report of the second SSB of the first cell 102 reported by the terminal 101 (such as the RSRP measurement report of the SSB of the first cell 102). The first cell 102 determines that it is necessary to wake up the second cell 103 and sends second information to the second cell 103 to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. In some embodiments, the second information may be Xn signaling between base stations. For example, the second information may be an HO request. Exemplarily, the second cell 103 may be awakened by the HO request. Specifically, the HO request may implicitly awaken the second cell 103. Upon receiving the HO request, the second cell 103 wakes up and sends the first SSB and / or SIB1. The specific HO request may explicitly awaken the second cell 103. For example, a new indication bit is defined in the HO request, and the second cell 103 is explicitly awakened by the indication bit. The first cell may also awaken the second cell 103 by other Xn signaling to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, which is not specifically limited in the present disclosure.

[0159] It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the DRS of the second cell 103 may be a synchronization signal block or other reference signal of the second cell 103. In some embodiments, for the second cell 103 with a synchronization signal block, the terminal 101 may request the second cell to send SIB1, and the synchronization signal block of the second cell 103 may be used as the DRS of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send SIB1 based on the measured synchronization signal block of the second cell 103. For example, the terminal 101 may determine whether it is necessary to send first information to the second cell to request the second cell to send SIB1 based on the measured synchronization signal block of the second cell 103. In some embodiments, other reference signals may be used as DRSs. The terminal may determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send a first SSB based on the measured other reference signals of the second cell 103. For example, the terminal may determine whether it is necessary to send first information to the second cell to request the second cell to send a first SSB based on the measured other reference signals of the second cell 103.

[0160] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0161] In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink", "uplink", "physical uplink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "downlink", "downlink", "physical downlink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "side", "sidelink", "side communication", "sidelink communication", "direct connection", "direct link", "direct communication", "direct link communication" can be interchangeable with each other.

[0162] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0163] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0164] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "a certain", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "a certain A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0165] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean value) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0166] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2105. For example, steps S2101, S2103, and S2104 may be implemented as independent embodiments, steps S2101, S2102, S2103, and S2104 may be implemented as independent embodiments, steps S2101, S2103, S2104, and S2105 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and steps S2101, S2102, S2103, S2104, and S2105 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0167] In some embodiments, step S2101 and step S2103 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0168] In some embodiments, step S2102 and step S2105 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0169] In some embodiments, step S2105 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0170] In some embodiments, step S2102 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0171] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2A .

[0172] Figure 2B is an interactive diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2B, the information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0173] Step S2201: The first cell 102 sends DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0174] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101. In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first network device to the terminal 101 via the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 sends the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 to the terminal 101, and correspondingly, the terminal 101 receives the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102.

[0175] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may implicitly indicate the measurement of the DRS of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 implicitly indicates the terminal 101 to measure the DRS of the second cell 103 through the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. That is, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may serve as a substitute for the first indication information, that is, the first cell does not need to send the first indication information to the terminal to indicate the need to measure the DRS of the second cell. As long as the terminal obtains the DRS measurement configuration information for measuring the second cell, it can be considered that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured. The specific signaling carried by the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell may be RRC dedicated signaling or SIB, etc.

[0176] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102, and the first cell 102 sends dedicated RRC signaling, where the dedicated RRC signaling includes DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102, and the first cell 102 sends dedicated RRC signaling to the terminal 101. Accordingly, the terminal 101 may receive the dedicated RRC signaling sent by the first cell 102, where the dedicated RRC signaling includes the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 may obtain the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell 102. When the terminal 101 receives the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103, it may be considered that the first cell configures the terminal to enable DRS measurement, that is, the terminal 101 determines that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell 103.

[0177] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in any of the following states on the first cell 102: RRC connected state, RRC_IDLE state, RRC_INACTIVE state, and the first cell 102 sends an SIB, where the SIB includes DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in any of the following states on the first cell 102: RRC connected state, RRC_IDLE state, RRC_INACTIVE state, and the first cell 102 sends an SIB to the terminal 101. Accordingly, the terminal 101 may receive the SIB sent by the first cell 102, where the SIB includes DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the SIB of the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 may consider that the first cell configures the terminal to enable DRS measurement, that is, the terminal 101 determines that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured.

[0178] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be used by the terminal 101 to measure the DRS of the second cell 103, so that the terminal 101 determines whether to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement of the second cell 103. The first SSB may be a synchronization signal block sent by the second cell.

[0179] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: DRS period; DRS frequency domain resources; DRS sequence generation related configuration; a first threshold, the first threshold being a DRS measurement result decision threshold; and measurement quantity configuration. The DRS measurement result decision threshold may refer to a DRS measurement result measured by the terminal being greater than or equal to the first threshold, indicating that the DRS measurement result is valid, and the terminal requests the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 through the first information (such as WUS), or the terminal reports the DRS measurement report to the first cell, so that the first cell determines whether the terminal needs to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement report, or the first cell determines whether it needs to wake up the second cell based on the DRS measurement report to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. The measurement quantity configuration may be configuring the terminal with a measurement quantity for measuring the second cell, such as configuring the terminal to measure the RSRP of the DRS of the second cell, or configuring the terminal to measure the RSRQ of the DRS of the second cell.

[0180] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 determines whether it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB based on the DRS measurement of the second cell 103 and the first threshold. In some embodiments, the first threshold may be configured according to the beam granularity (per beam), wherein the beam may be a CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal) or an SSB. Alternatively, the first threshold may be configured according to the beam group granularity (per beam group). Exemplarily, the first threshold may be configured according to the CSI-RS granularity (per CSI-RS), or according to the CSI-RS group (CSI-RS group) granularity (per CSI-RS group), or according to the SSB index (index) granularity (per SSB index), or according to the SSB index group granularity (per SSB index group), or according to the CSI-RS and SSB index group granularity. The measurement value used for evaluation can be per beam, that is, per CSI-RS or SSB.

[0181] In some embodiments, the measurement quantity may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: RSRP; RSRQ; SINR. The measurement quantity depends on the network side configuration.

[0182] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be included in the configuration information of the second cell 103. In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from the SIB or dedicated signaling of the first cell 102. Accordingly, the first network device may send the configuration information of the second cell to the terminal via the first cell using the SIB or dedicated signaling.

[0183] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell 103 may also include but is not limited to at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell 103; the random access channel related configuration information of the second cell 103; the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell 103; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell 103.

[0184] In step S2202 , the terminal 101 determines that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell 103 .

[0185] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102. The terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell 102. It can be considered that the first cell 102 configures the terminal 101 to enable DRS measurement, that is, the terminal 101 can determine that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured.

[0186] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in any of the following states on the first cell 102: RRC connected state, RRC_IDLE state, RRC_INACTIVE state. The terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the SIB of the first cell 102. It can be considered that the first cell 102 configures the terminal 101 to enable DRS measurement, that is, the terminal 101 can determine that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 receives the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 of the first cell 102 and determines that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured. After receiving the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102 and determining that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured, the terminal can immediately perform measurement according to the DRS measurement configuration information. Alternatively, after obtaining the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102, the terminal does not immediately start measuring the DRS of the second cell. Instead, when certain specific conditions are met, the terminal 101 starts measuring the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103. The present disclosure does not specifically limit which specific conditions need to be met before the terminal 101 starts measuring the DRS of the second cell 103. As an example, the specific condition may be that the terminal experiences a preset time period after receiving the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0187] In step S2203 , the terminal 101 measures the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 .

[0188] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may measure the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 to obtain the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103 .

[0189] In one possible implementation, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102. The terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell 102. When certain specific conditions are met, the terminal 101 starts measuring the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0190] In one possible implementation, the terminal 101 is in any of the following states on the first cell 102: RRC connected state, RRC_IDLE state, RRC_INACTIVE state, and the terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the SIB of the first cell 102. When certain specific conditions are met, the terminal 101 starts measuring the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0191] The optional implementation of step S2203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0192] Step S2204: The terminal 101 determines whether it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103.

[0193] The optional implementation of step S2204 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0194] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2201 to S2204. For example, step S2201 + step S2203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2201 + step S2202 + step S2203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2201 + step S2203 + step S2204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S2201 + step S2202 + step S2203 + step S2204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0195] In some embodiments, step S2202 and step S2204 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0196] In some embodiments, step S2204 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0197] In some embodiments, step S2202 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0198] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2B .

[0199] FIG3A is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information processing method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0200] Step S3101: Receive first indication information.

[0201] In some embodiments, the first indication information may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101. In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102. Exemplarily, when the terminal 101 is in the RRC connected state on the first cell 102, the first cell 102 sends the first indication information to the terminal 101, and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the first indication information sent by the first cell 102.

[0202] The optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0203] Step S3102 , determining that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured.

[0204] The optional implementation of step S3102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0205] Step S3103 , receiving DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102 .

[0206] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 sends the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 to the terminal 101, and correspondingly, the terminal 101 receives the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102.

[0207] The optional implementation of step S3103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0208] Step S3104: Measure the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0209] The optional implementation of step S3104 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0210] Step S3105: Based on the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103, determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0211] The optional implementation of step S3105 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0212] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3105. For example, step S3101, step S3103, and step S3104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3101, step S3102, step S3103, and step S3104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3101, step S3103, step S3104, and step S3105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S3101, step S3102, step S3103, step S3104, and step S3105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0213] In some embodiments, step S3101 and step S3103 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0214] In some embodiments, step S3102 and step S3105 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0215] In some embodiments, step S3105 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0216] In some embodiments, step S3102 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0217] FIG3B is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information processing method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0218] Step S3201: Receive DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102.

[0219] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 sends the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 to the terminal 101, and correspondingly, the terminal 101 receives the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102.

[0220] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may implicitly indicate measurement of the DRS of the second cell 103. That is, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may serve as a substitute for the first indication information, that is, the first cell does not need to send the first indication information to the terminal to indicate the need to measure the DRS of the second cell. As long as the terminal obtains the DRS measurement configuration information for measuring the second cell, it can be considered that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured.

[0221] The optional implementation of step S3201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2201 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0222] Step S3202 , determining that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured.

[0223] The optional implementation of step S3202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2202 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0224] Step S3203 : Measure the DRS of the second cell 103 according to the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 .

[0225] The optional implementation of step S3203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2203 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0226] Step S3204: Based on the DRS measurement result of the second cell 103, determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0227] The optional implementation of step S3204 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2204 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0228] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3201 to S3204. For example, step S3201 + step S3203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3201 + step S3202 + step S3203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3201 + step S3203 + step S3204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S3201 + step S3202 + step S3203 + step S3204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0229] In some embodiments, step S3202 and step S3204 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0230] In some embodiments, step S3204 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0231] In some embodiments, step S3202 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0232] FIG3C is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information processing method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0233] Step S3301: Based on the first condition, determine that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured.

[0234] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned first condition may include but is not limited to any one of the following: receiving first indication information sent by the first cell 102, and the first indication information is used to indicate the measurement of the DRS of the second cell 103; receiving DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 sent by the first cell 102.

[0235] In some embodiments, first indication information sent by a first cell is received, the first indication information being used to instruct measurement of a DRS of a second cell; wherein the terminal is in an RRC connected state on the first cell; and it is determined that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured. Exemplarily, terminal 101 receives the above-mentioned first indication information sent by first cell 102 and determines that the DRS of second cell 103 needs to be measured. Optional implementations can be found in the optional implementation of step S2101 of FIG. 2A and other related parts of the embodiment involved in FIG. 2A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0236] In some embodiments, the terminal is in an RRC connected state on a first cell, receives DRS measurement configuration information of a second cell sent by the first cell, and measures the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration information. Exemplarily, dedicated RRC signaling sent by the first cell is received, the dedicated RRC signaling including the DRS measurement configuration information; or a system information block (SIB) is received from the first cell, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0237] In some embodiments, DRS measurement configuration information of a second cell sent by a first cell is received, and the DRS measurement configuration information implicitly indicates measuring the DRS of the second cell; and it is determined that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell 102, and determines that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured. Alternatively, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state, an RRC_IDLE state, or an RRC_INACTIVE state on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 obtains the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 through the SIB of the first cell 102, and determines that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured. For optional implementations, please refer to the optional implementations of step S2101 in FIG. 2B and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2B , which will not be repeated here.

[0238] Step S3302 , measure the DRS of the second cell 103 .

[0239] In some embodiments, the DRS of the second cell is measured according to the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0240] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: DRS period; DRS frequency domain resources; DRS sequence generation related configuration; a first threshold, the first threshold being the DRS measurement result decision threshold; and measurement quantity configuration.

[0241] In some embodiments, the measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power (RSRP); reference signal received quality (RSRQ); and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0242] The optional implementation of step S3302 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A, step S2203 in Figure 2B, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A and 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0243] FIG4A is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information processing method, which may be executed by the first cell 102 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0244] Step S4101: Send first indication information.

[0245] In some embodiments, the first indication information may be sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101. In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102. Exemplarily, when the terminal 101 is in the RRC connected state on the first cell 102, the first cell 102 sends the first indication information to the terminal 101, and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the first indication information sent by the first cell 102.

[0246] The optional implementation of step S4101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0247] Step S4102: Send DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0248] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first cell 101 to the terminal 101 .

[0249] The optional implementation of step S4102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0250] FIG4B is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information processing method, which may be executed by the first cell 102 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0251] Step S4201: Send DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0252] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 may be sent by the first cell 101 to the terminal 101 .

[0253] The optional implementation of step S4201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2201 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0254] FIG5A is an interactive diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5A , the method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100 , and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0255] Step S5101: The first cell 102 sends first indication information to the terminal 101.

[0256] The optional implementation of step S5101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0257] Step S5102 : The terminal 101 receives the first indication information and determines that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell 103 .

[0258] The optional implementation of step S5101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0259] In step S5103 , the terminal 101 measures the DRS of the second cell 103 .

[0260] The optional implementation of step S5103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0261] In some embodiments, the above method may include the method described in the above embodiments of the terminal side, the first cell side, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0262] FIG5B is an interactive diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5B , the method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0263] Step S5201: The first cell 102 sends DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 to the terminal 101.

[0264] The optional implementation of step S5201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2201 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0265] In step S5202 , the terminal 101 receives the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell 103 and determines that the DRS of the second cell 103 needs to be measured.

[0266] The optional implementation of step S5202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2202 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0267] Step S5203 , the terminal 101 measures the DRS of the second cell 103 .

[0268] The optional implementation of step S5203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2203 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0269] In some embodiments, the above method may include the method described in the above embodiments of the terminal side, the first cell side, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0270] The disclosed embodiments provide an information processing method for configuring a terminal to enable DRS measurement. This method can address the issue of determining whether a terminal needs to measure DRS in an SSB / SIB1-less cell scenario when the terminal is within the coverage of a first cell and is in a second cell (such as an SSB / SIB1-less cell) with DRS. This will be described below in conjunction with specific embodiments.

[0271] In some embodiments, the first cell sends first indication information to the terminal, indicating that the terminal needs to measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0272] Exemplarily, the terminal is in an RRC connected state, and the first cell indicates, through first indication information, that the terminal needs to measure the DRS of the second cell. The first indication information may be dedicated RRC signaling, the first indication information may be a MAC CE, or the first indication information may be a DCI. The first cell indicates, through the first indication information, that the terminal needs to measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0273] Exemplarily, the terminal obtains the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell (also referred to as DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell) through the dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell. In another possible implementation, the terminal obtains the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell through the SIB of the first cell, and the first cell does not provide the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell through dedicated RRC signaling. The terminal measures the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration.

[0274] Exemplarily, the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell may include, for example, at least one of the following: DRS period, frequency domain resources, sequence generation related configuration, etc. The DRS measurement configuration of the second cell may also include: a first threshold, which is a DRS measurement result decision threshold; measurement quantity configuration, etc.

[0275] In some embodiments, the first cell sends the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell to the terminal, indicating that the terminal needs to measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0276] Exemplarily, the terminal is in an RRC connected state, and the first cell sends the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell to the terminal through dedicated RRC signaling. The first cell implicitly indicates to the terminal through the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0277] Exemplarily, the terminal obtains the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell through dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell, and measures the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration.

[0278] Exemplarily, the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell may include, for example, at least one of the following: DRS period, frequency domain resources, sequence generation related configuration, etc. The DRS measurement configuration of the second cell may also include: a first threshold, which is a DRS measurement result decision threshold; measurement quantity configuration, etc.

[0279] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains the DRS configuration of the second cell through the SIB of the first cell and determines that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured.

[0280] Exemplarily, the terminal is in an RRC connected state / RRC_IDLE / RRC_INACTIVe state, the terminal obtains the DRS configuration of the second cell through the SIB of the first cell, and the terminal determines that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured.

[0281] Exemplarily, the DRS measurement configuration of the second cell may include, for example, at least one of the following: DRS period, frequency domain resources, sequence generation related configuration, etc. The DRS measurement configuration of the second cell may also include: a first threshold, which is a DRS measurement result decision threshold; measurement quantity configuration, etc.

[0282] The present disclosure also provides an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, a device is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by a first cell in any of the above methods.

[0283] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0284] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with information processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0285] Figure 6A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal is within the coverage of a first cell. As shown in Figure 6A, the terminal 6100 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 6101 and a processing module 6102. In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 is used to determine, based on a first condition, that it is necessary to measure the discovery reference signal (DRS) of a second cell, where the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; the processing module 6102 is also used to measure the DRS of the second cell. Optionally, the transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here. Optionally, the processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps (such as step S2102, step S2104, step S2105, step S2202, step S2203, step S2204, but not limited to these) performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here.

[0286] In some embodiments, the first condition includes receiving first indication information sent by the first cell. The transceiver module 6101 is configured to receive the first indication information sent by the first cell, the first indication information being configured to indicate measurement of a DRS of the second cell; wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state on the first cell. The processing module 6102 is configured to determine that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured.

[0287] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is further used to receive DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell; the processing module 6102 is further used to measure the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0288] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is specifically used to: receive dedicated radio resource control RRC signaling sent by the first cell, the dedicated RRC signaling includes DRS measurement configuration information; or, receive system information block SIB sent by the first cell, the SIB includes DRS measurement configuration information.

[0289] In some embodiments, the first condition includes receiving DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell. The transceiver module 6101 is further configured to: receive DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell, where the DRS measurement configuration information implicitly indicates measuring the DRS of the second cell. The transceiver module 6101 determines that the DRS of the second cell needs to be measured.

[0290] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is specifically used to: receive dedicated RRC signaling sent by the first cell, the dedicated RRC signaling including DRS measurement configuration information; wherein, the terminal is in an RRC connected state on the first cell.

[0291] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is specifically used to: receive the SIB sent by the first cell, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell; wherein, the terminal is in any of the following states on the first cell: RRC connected state, radio resource control idle RRC_IDLE state, radio resource control inactive RRC_INACTIVE state.

[0292] In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 measures the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0293] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: DRS period; DRS frequency domain resources; DRS sequence generation related configuration; a first threshold, the first threshold being the DRS measurement result decision threshold; and measurement quantity configuration.

[0294] In some embodiments, the measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power (RSRP); reference signal received quality (RSRQ); and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0295] Figure 6B is a structural diagram of the first cell proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6B, the first cell 6200 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 6201, a processing module 6202, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is used to send a first indication message to the terminal, and the first indication message is used to indicate the measurement of the discovery reference signal DRS of the second cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell, wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC connection state on the first cell. Optionally, the transceiver module is used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving (for example, step S2101, step S2103, but not limited to this) performed by the first cell 102 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the processing module is used to execute at least one of the other steps performed by the first cell 102 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0296] In some embodiments, in some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is further used to send DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal, and the DRS measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the DRS of the second cell.

[0297] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is specifically used to: send dedicated radio resource control RRC signaling to the terminal, the dedicated RRC signaling includes DRS measurement configuration information; or, send a system information block SIB to the terminal, the SIB includes DRS measurement configuration information.

[0298] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: DRS period; DRS frequency domain resources; DRS sequence generation related configuration; a first threshold, the first threshold being the DRS measurement result decision threshold; and measurement quantity configuration.

[0299] In some embodiments, the measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power (RSRP); reference signal received quality (RSRQ); and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0300] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is configured to send discovery reference signal (DRS) measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal, so that the terminal measures the DRS of the second cell. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2201, but not limited thereto) such as sending and / or receiving performed by the first cell 6200 in any of the above methods, which will not be further described herein.

[0301] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned transceiver module 6201 does not need to send the first indication information to the terminal to indicate the need to measure the DRS of the second cell. The DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell implicitly indicates that the terminal determines that it needs to measure the DRS of the second cell after obtaining the DRS measurement configuration information.

[0302] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is specifically used to: send dedicated radio resource control RRC signaling to the terminal, the dedicated RRC signaling includes DRS measurement configuration information; or, send a system information block SIB to the terminal, the SIB includes DRS measurement configuration information.

[0303] In some embodiments, the DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: DRS period; DRS frequency domain resources; DRS sequence generation related configuration; a first threshold, the first threshold being the DRS measurement result decision threshold; and measurement quantity configuration.

[0304] In some embodiments, the measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power (RSRP); reference signal received quality (RSRQ); and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0305] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, and the transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0306] In some embodiments, the processing module can be a single module or can include multiple submodules. Optionally, the multiple submodules respectively execute all or part of the steps required to be executed by the processing module. Optionally, the processing module can be interchangeable with the processor.

[0307] Figure 7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 7100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0308] As shown in Figure 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. Optionally, the communication device 7100 is used to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, one or more processors 7101 are used to call instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0309] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the transceiver 7103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (e.g., step S2101, step S2103, step S2201, but not limited thereto), and the processor 7101 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., step S2102, step S2104, step S2105, step S2202, step S2203, step S2204, but not limited thereto). In an optional embodiment, the transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter, and the receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, interface circuit, and interface may be interchangeable, the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be interchangeable, and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be interchangeable.

[0310] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7102 may be located outside the communication device 7100. In alternative embodiments, the communication device 7100 may include one or more interface circuits 7104. Optionally, the interface circuits 7104 are connected to the memories 7102 and may be configured to receive data from the memories 7102 or other devices, or to send data to the memories 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7104 may read data stored in the memories 7102 and send the data to the processor 7101.

[0311] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0312] 7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0313] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201. The chip 7200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0314] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202. Alternatively, terms such as interface circuit, interface, and transceiver pins may be used interchangeably. In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of memory 7203 may be located external to chip 7200. Optionally, interface circuit 7202 is connected to memory 7203 and may be used to receive data from memory 7203 or other devices, or may be used to send data to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 may read data stored in memory 7203 and send the data to processor 7201.

[0315] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 7202 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101, step S2103, and step S2201) of the above method, such as sending and / or receiving. The interface circuit 7202 performing the communication steps (e.g., step S2101, step S2103, and step S2201) of the above method, for example, means that the interface circuit 7202 performs data exchange between the processor 7201, chip 7200, memory 7203, or a transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 7201 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., step S2102, step S2104, step S2105, step S2202, step S2203, and step S2204, but not limited thereto).

[0316] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0317] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0318] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

[0319] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0320] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0321] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0322] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a terminal, which is within the coverage area of a first cell. The method includes: Based on a first condition, determining to measure the Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) of a second cell; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; Measuring the DRS of the second cell.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first condition includes: Receiving first indication information sent by the first cell, the first indication information being used to indicate measuring the DRS of the second cell, and wherein the terminal is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state on the first cell.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The measuring the DRS of the second cell includes: Receiving the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell; Measuring the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The receiving the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell includes: Receiving dedicated RRC signaling sent by the first cell, the dedicated RRC signaling including the DRS measurement configuration information; or, Receiving a System Information Block (SIB) sent by the first cell, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first condition includes: Receiving the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell sent by the first cell, the DRS measurement configuration information being used to measure the DRS of the second cell.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the first cell includes: Receiving dedicated RRC signaling sent by the first cell, the dedicated RRC signaling including the DRS measurement configuration information; wherein the terminal is in an RRC connected state on the first cell.

7. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The receiving the measurement configuration information sent by the first cell includes: Receiving an SIB sent by the first cell, the SIB including the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell; wherein the terminal is in any of the following states on the first cell: RRC connected state; Radio Resource Control Idle (RRC_IDLE) state; or Radio Resource Control Inactive (RRC_INACTIVE) state.

8. The method according to any one of claims 2-7, characterized in that, The measuring the DRS of the second cell includes: Measuring the DRS of the second cell according to the DRS measurement configuration information.

9. The method according to any one of claims 3-8, characterized in that, The DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: The period of the DRS; The frequency domain resources of the DRS; The configuration related to sequence generation of the DRS; A first threshold, the first threshold being a decision threshold for the DRS measurement result; Measurement quantity configuration.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, The measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP); Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ); Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR).

11. An information processing method, characterized in that, The method is executed by the first cell. The method includes: Sending first indication information to a terminal, the first indication information being used to indicate measuring the Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) of a second cell; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell, and wherein the terminal is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state on the first cell.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The method further includes: Send the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal, where the DRS measurement configuration information is used for the terminal to measure the DRS of the second cell.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The sending the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal includes: Sending dedicated radio resource control (RRC) signaling to the terminal, where the dedicated RRC signaling includes the DRS measurement configuration information; or, Sending a system information block (SIB) to the terminal, where the SIB includes the DRS measurement configuration information.

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that, The DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: The period of the DRS; The frequency-domain resources of the DRS; The configuration related to sequence generation of the DRS; A first threshold, where the first threshold is a DRS measurement result decision threshold; The measurement quantity configuration.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that, The measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power (RSRP); Reference signal received quality (RSRQ); Signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

16. An information processing method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a first cell, and the method includes: Sending discovery reference signal (DRS) measurement configuration information of a second cell to a terminal, so that the terminal measures the DRS of the second cell; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, The first cell does not need to send first indication information to the terminal to indicate that it is necessary to measure the DRS of the second cell, and the DRS measurement configuration information of the second cell implicitly indicates that the terminal determines that it is necessary to measure the DRS of the second cell when obtaining the DRS measurement configuration information.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that, The sending the discovery reference signal (DRS) measurement configuration information of the second cell to the terminal includes: Sending dedicated radio resource control (RRC) signaling to the terminal, where the dedicated RRC signaling includes the DRS measurement configuration information; or, Sending a system information block (SIB) to the terminal, where the SIB includes the DRS measurement configuration information.

19. The method according to any one of claims 16 - 18, characterized in that, The DRS measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: The period of the DRS; The frequency-domain resources of the DRS; The configuration related to sequence generation of the DRS; A first threshold, where the first threshold is a DRS measurement result decision threshold; The measurement quantity configuration.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein The measurement quantity includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power (RSRP); Reference signal received quality (RSRQ); Signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

21. A terminal, wherein The terminal is within the coverage area of the first cell, and the terminal includes: A processing module, configured to determine, based on a first condition, that it is necessary to measure the discovery reference signal (DRS) of a second cell; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; The processing module is further configured to measure the DRS of the second cell.

22. A first cell, wherein Includes: A transceiver module, configured to send first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate measuring the discovery reference signal (DRS) of a second cell; The second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell, where the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state on the first cell.

23. A first cell, wherein Includes: A transceiver module, configured to send discovery reference signal (DRS) measurement configuration information of a second cell to a terminal, so that the terminal measures the DRS of the second cell; The second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

24. A communication system, wherein Comprising: A terminal, configured to execute the information processing method according to any one of claims 1-10; A first cell, configured to execute the information processing method according to any one of claims 11-19.

25. A communication device, wherein Comprising: One or more processors; Wherein, the communication device is configured to execute the information processing method according to any one of claims 1-10, 11-20.

26. A storage medium storing instructions, wherein When the instruction runs on the communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the information processing method according to any one of claims 1-10, 11-20.

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