Energy consumption measurement method and device, and storage medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an energy consumption measurement method and device, and a storage medium. The energy consumption measurement method comprises: acquiring network energy consumption measurement configuration information; on the basis of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, generating a network energy consumption measurement report; and sending the network energy consumption measurement report.

Description

Energy consumption measurement method and device and storage medium

[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202410114562.2, filed on January 25, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to an energy consumption measurement method and device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0003] Currently, according to the regulations of operators, users can obtain relevant information about network energy consumption from the network so that users can better control their network usage behavior and thus save energy.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] In a first aspect, an energy consumption measurement method is provided, which is applied to a terminal. The energy consumption measurement method includes: obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information; generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; and sending the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0006] In a second aspect, another energy consumption measurement method is provided, which is applied to a base station. The energy consumption measurement method includes: sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a terminal; receiving a network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal, where the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0007] In a third aspect, an energy consumption measurement device is provided, comprising: a communication module for acquiring network energy consumption measurement configuration information; a processing module for generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; and a communication module for sending the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0008] In a fourth aspect, another energy consumption measurement device is provided, which includes: a sending module for sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a terminal; a receiving module for receiving a network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal, wherein the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0009] In a fifth aspect, another energy consumption measurement device is provided, which includes a processor, and when the processor executes a computer program, it implements the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect or the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect.

[0010] In a sixth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, the computer-readable storage medium including computer instructions. When the computer instructions are executed, the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect or the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect is implemented.

[0011] In a seventh aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to implement the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect or the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in some embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings described below are only drawings of some embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can also derive other drawings based on these drawings.

[0013] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0014] FIG2 is a flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0015] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of interaction of a network energy consumption measurement report according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of a network energy consumption measurement report according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of interaction of measurement capability information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG7 is a flow chart of another energy consumption measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of interaction of a handover request message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of a handover request message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG11 is a schematic diagram of interaction of yet another network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG12 is a schematic diagram of interaction of yet another network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG13 is a schematic diagram of interaction of yet another network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] FIG14 is a schematic structural diagram of an energy consumption measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] FIG15 is a schematic structural diagram of another energy consumption measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG16 is a schematic structural diagram of another energy consumption measurement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0030] In the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, " / " means "or", for example, A / B can mean A or B. "And / or" in this article is merely a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. Expressions such as "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity and execution order, and expressions such as "first" and "second" do not necessarily limit them to be different.

[0031] It should be noted that, in this disclosure, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to describe examples, illustrations, or explanations. Any embodiment or design described in this disclosure using "exemplary" or "for example" should not be interpreted as being more preferred or advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a concrete manner.

[0032] Current network research focuses on improving user experience while simultaneously improving network energy efficiency. This focus is primarily on internal network operations, preventing users from directly obtaining information about network energy consumption. To comply with operator regulations, it is necessary to provide users with information about network energy consumption. However, before providing this information to users, measuring network energy consumption and obtaining this information remains a pressing challenge. Currently, there is no technical solution for measuring network energy consumption and obtaining this information.

[0033] Based on this, the present disclosure provides an energy consumption measurement method, which can measure the energy consumption of the network based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; and generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the energy consumption measurement results, which is convenient for monitoring and managing the energy consumption of the network, thereby achieving the effect of saving energy.

[0034] The energy consumption measurement method provided by the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system as shown in FIG1 . FIG1 shows a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system implemented according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG1 , the communication system includes a terminal 10 and a base station 20 .

[0035] In some embodiments, the terminal 10 can be a device with wireless transceiver capabilities, which can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld, wearable, or vehicle-mounted; it can also be deployed on the water (such as a ship, etc.); it can also be deployed in the air (for example, on an airplane, a balloon, and a satellite, etc.). The terminal 10 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, 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 care, 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 application scenarios. The terminal may sometimes also be referred to as a user, user equipment (UE), access terminal, UE unit, UE station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, UE terminal, wireless communication device, UE agent or UE device, etc., but the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

[0036] In some embodiments, the base station 20 can be a base station or an evolved base station (eNB or eNodeB) in long term evolution (LTE), long term evolution advanced (LTE-A), a base station in a 5G network, or a base station in a future communication system, etc. The base station can include various macro base stations, micro base stations, home base stations, wireless remote devices, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), routers, wireless fidelity (WIFI) devices and other network side devices.

[0037] It should be noted that Figure 1 is only an exemplary framework diagram. The number of devices included in Figure 1 and the names of each device are not limited. In addition to the devices shown in Figure 1, the communication system may also include other devices, such as core network devices.

[0038] The application scenarios of the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited. The system architecture and business scenarios described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are intended to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is known to those skilled in the art that with the evolution of network architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0039] Figure 2 shows a schematic flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method according to the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2 , the energy consumption measurement method is applied to a base station and includes the following steps S101 to S103 .

[0040] In S101, network energy consumption measurement configuration information is obtained.

[0041] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG3 , the terminal receives a first message sent by the base station.

[0042] The first message includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The first message is at least one of the following: a radio resource control (RRC) protocol reconfiguration message and an RRC recovery message. The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identifier, protocol data unit (PDU) session identifier, quality of service (QoS) data flow, stand-alone non-public network (SNPN) identifier, public land mobile network identifier, core network area identifier, energy consumption measurement priority, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement, pause sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segmented sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, and cache priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

[0043] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information is a unique identifier for identifying the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and is composed of multiple identification information. The network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: mobile country code (MCC), mobile network code (MNC), tracking area code (TAC), public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID), next generation node B identity (gNB ID), location area code (LAC), and identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information. The identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information is used to distinguish itself from other network energy consumption measurement reference information under the same conditions.

[0044] In this way, the corresponding network energy consumption measurement configuration information can be identified through the network energy consumption measurement reference information, thereby avoiding conflicts or confusions during reception.

[0045] In some embodiments, the service type is used to characterize the service type of the network to be measured. The service type includes at least one of the following: dynamic adaptive streaming over http (DASH) type, multimedia telephony service for ims (MTSI) type, virtual reality (VR) type, augmented reality (AR) type, extended reality (XR) type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things service type, real-time communication service type, and location service type.

[0046] In this way, different service types can be distinguished through the service types carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the energy consumption of the network to be measured under different service types can be measured, thereby improving the accuracy of energy consumption measurement.

[0047] In some embodiments, the area range is used to represent the area range of the network to be measured. The area range includes at least one of the following: cell-based, timing advance (TA-based), tracking area identity (TAI-based), public land mobile network area (PLMN area-based), user plane positioning area (UPSA), user plane service area (UPSA), or a pre-set marker area range.

[0048] The preset marking area range can be marked by latitude and longitude coordinates, geographic area identifiers, map coordinates, etc.

[0049] Exemplarily, the preset marking area range can be an area range marked by a circle, an ellipse, a polygon, etc. The preset marking area range can be described by a shape type and a shape description. For example, the shape type can be indicated by 4 bits, and the shape types include ellipsoid points, ellipsoid points of uncertain circles, uncertain ellipse points, polygons, ellipsoid points with altitude, ellipsoid points with altitude and uncertainty, elliptical arcs, high-precision ellipsoid points of uncertain ellipses, high-precision ellipsoid points with altitude and uncertainty ellipsoids, high-precision ellipsoid points with expandable uncertainty ellipsoids, and high-precision ellipsoid points with altitude and expandable uncertainty ellipsoids. The shape description can be described by latitude and longitude.

[0050] In this way, the area range of the network to be measured is represented by the area range carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, so that energy consumption measurement can be performed on different area ranges, thereby improving the accuracy of energy consumption measurement.

[0051] In some embodiments, slice information in the network to be measured is identified by an identifier of the network slice carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The identifier of the network slice can be a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) parameter or a network slice assistance information group ID (NSAG ID).

[0052] In some embodiments, a protocol data unit (PDU) session identifier (PDU session ID) is a numeric identifier used to identify a PDU session in a network to be measured. For example, PDU session ID (integer (0..255)) represents an integer in the range of 0 to 255 representing the identifier of a PDU session.

[0053] In some embodiments, the identifier of the QoS data flow is used to identify the QoS data flow in the network to be measured. For example, the quality of service identifier (QoS flow Identifier) ​​((INTEGER (0..63)) represents an integer in the range of 0 to 63 representing the identifier of the QoS data flow.

[0054] In some embodiments, the identifier of the SNPN may be a network identifier (NID), which is used to identify the SNPN in the network to be measured. The NID is completely independent of the PLMN ID.

[0055] In some embodiments, the identifier of the public land mobile network can be a content access gateway identifier (GAG ID), which is used to identify network access rights for public and private network users in the network to be measured. A GAG ID is a special access identifier possessed by non-standalone non-public network (PNI-NPN) devices.

[0056] In some embodiments, the identifier of the core network area is used to identify the core network area in the network to be measured. For example, the identifier of the core network area can be a number, a letter, a symbol, or a specific code.

[0057] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement priority is used to represent the priority or energy conservation level of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the higher the energy consumption measurement priority, the higher the energy conservation requirement for the measured network, and the higher the transmission priority of subsequent network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0058] In this way, through the energy consumption measurement priority carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, networks with higher energy-saving levels can be measured first, and network energy consumption measurement reports of corresponding networks can be obtained in time, so that the energy consumption of the network can be configured and managed in time.

[0059] In some embodiments, the energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement represents an upper limit on the energy consumption per unit time, a specific time period, or a specific space at a certain granularity for a terminal or base station. For example, the energy consumed per unit time is measured in watts, and the energy consumed in a specific time period or a specific space is measured in kilowatt-hours.

[0060] In some embodiments, the address of the higher-level entity is used to represent the address of the higher-level entity that receives the network energy consumption measurement report. The address of the higher-level entity may be an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the higher-level entity.

[0061] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement interval is used to represent the measurement interval when the terminal measures the energy consumption of the network to be measured. For example, if the energy consumption measurement interval is 5 minutes, it means that the terminal measures the energy consumption of the network to be measured once every 5 minutes and generates a corresponding network energy consumption measurement report.

[0062] In some embodiments, the measurement type of energy consumption measurement is used to characterize the type of the current energy consumption measurement and the network energy consumption measurement report. The measurement type of energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, and carbon emission type. For example, when the measurement type of energy consumption measurement includes energy consumption type, when the terminal performs energy consumption measurement on the network to be measured, the terminal measures the energy consumption of the network to be measured and generates a network energy consumption measurement report related to the energy consumption.

[0063] In some embodiments, the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report is used not only to indicate the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report, but also to indicate the measurement period of energy consumption measurement. The network energy consumption measurement report is configured by a higher layer entity.

[0064] In this way, by using the sending cycle of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the energy consumption of the measured network can be regularly detected and the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report can be regularly uploaded, which helps to achieve regular monitoring of the network's energy consumption and analysis of long-term energy consumption trends.

[0065] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report transmission trigger indication is used to represent a trigger event for transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report. The network energy consumption measurement report transmission trigger indication includes at least one of the following: energy consumption threshold, energy efficiency threshold, renewable energy utilization threshold, and carbon emission threshold.

[0066] For example, when, during the energy consumption measurement process, the measured energy consumption related value reaches the energy consumption threshold, the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report is uploaded.

[0067] In this way, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information carries the network energy consumption measurement report transmission trigger instruction, which can timely monitor the network energy consumption. When the network energy consumption reaches the set threshold, the network energy consumption measurement report is triggered to send, thereby promptly identifying networks with abnormal energy consumption, ensuring timely monitoring and achieving the effect of reducing network energy consumption.

[0068] In some embodiments, the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the terminal to directly send the generated network energy consumption measurement report after completing one measurement within the measurement interval of the energy consumption measurement.

[0069] In this way, through the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the terminal directly sends the network energy consumption measurement report after performing energy consumption measurement, so as to timely check the energy consumption of the network and improve the real-time performance of energy consumption monitoring.

[0070] In some embodiments, the periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the terminal to transmit the network energy consumption measurement report based on the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, after the terminal generates the network energy consumption measurement report, it stores it locally, and after the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report is reached, the terminal transmits the locally stored network energy consumption measurement reports in batches.

[0071] This allows multiple network energy consumption measurement reports to be sent in batches according to the sending cycle, using the periodic network energy consumption measurement report transmission indication carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. This facilitates data integration and analysis. By integrating and analyzing multiple network energy consumption measurement reports, we can better understand network energy consumption conditions and trends. Furthermore, we can effectively reduce the number of network energy consumption measurement reports sent, improving the stability and reliability of their transmission.

[0072] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement start indication is used to instruct the terminal to start or resume energy consumption measurement.

[0073] In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement is used to indicate time information related to the energy consumption measurement. The measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: a start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, and a valid time of the energy consumption measurement.

[0074] In this way, the energy consumption measurement time carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information can be used to determine the time range of energy consumption measurement and understand the energy consumption of the network in different time periods, so as to more accurately analyze the energy consumption of the network and formulate corresponding energy-saving measures.

[0075] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement suspension indication is used to instruct the terminal to stop performing energy consumption measurement, or to release corresponding network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0076] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report suspension transmission indication is used to instruct the terminal to stop transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0077] In some embodiments, the buffered number indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate the maximum number of buffered network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0078] In this way, by indicating the cache quantity of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, when the terminal sends the network energy consumption measurement report, the number of network energy consumption measurement reports to be sent is adjusted, thereby improving the flexibility of sending the network energy consumption measurement report and reducing transmission pressure.

[0079] In some embodiments, the segmented sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate whether the terminal supports segmented sending of the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0080] In this way, the segmented transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information can be used to determine whether the terminal supports segmented transmission of the network energy consumption measurement report. Furthermore, if the terminal supports segmented transmission of the network energy consumption measurement report, the network energy consumption measurement report is sent segmented, reducing the transmission burden and avoiding unnecessary consumption.

[0081] In some embodiments, the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate whether to store or discard the network energy consumption measurement report when the value is greater than or less than a preset threshold.

[0082] In this way, a preset threshold can be set according to the actual situation to decide whether the network energy consumption measurement report needs to be stored, thereby reducing the burden of storage space and better adapting to storage needs in different situations.

[0083] In some embodiments, the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to represent the priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0084] In this way, the importance of the network energy consumption measurement report can be determined based on the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and then the network energy consumption measurement report can be transmitted in sequence according to the importance of the network energy consumption measurement report to give priority to obtaining the network energy consumption measurement report with higher importance.

[0085] It should be noted that, when the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is directly configured by a higher-layer entity, the network energy consumption measurement report generated based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information may be visible to the base station or may be invisible.

[0086] Regarding the visibility of the above-mentioned network energy consumption measurement report, in some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: a radio access network (RAN) visibility period of the network energy consumption measurement report, a number of RAN visible buffers of the network energy consumption measurement report, a signaling radio bearer (SRB) indication, and a generating entity of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0087] The RAN Visibility Period of the Network Energy Measurement Report is used to indicate the time interval during which the base station can see the network energy measurement report. The RAN Visibility Number of Network Energy Measurement Report Caches is used to indicate the number of network energy measurement reports cached by the terminal that the base station can see. The SRB Indicator indicates the SRB type used by the base station to transmit the network energy measurement report, for example, SRB4 or SRB5. The Generator of the Network Energy Measurement Configuration Information is used to indicate the entity that configures the network energy measurement configuration information, for example, a mobile network (MN) or a service network (SN).

[0088] This allows for flexible control of the number and period of network energy measurement reports visible to base stations through network energy measurement configuration information, making management easier. Furthermore, SRB instructions can be used to instruct base stations to use specific SRBs for transmitting network energy measurement reports, improving transmission stability.

[0089] In S102, a network energy consumption measurement report is generated based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0090] In some embodiments, the terminal performs energy consumption measurement based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and generates a network energy consumption measurement report.

[0091] Exemplarily, after the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the terminal's application (APP) or application server (AS) performs energy consumption measurement and generates a network energy consumption measurement report based on the measurement results.

[0092] The network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type of the measured network, area range of the measured network, network slice in the measured network, identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, QoS data flow in the measured network, identifier of the SNPN network in the measured network, identifier of the measured public land mobile network, identifier of the measured core network area, identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, segmented upload indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

[0093] The description of the measurement time from the network energy consumption measurement reference information to the energy consumption measurement can refer to the relevant description of the network energy consumption measurement reference information to the identification of the core network area in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. This disclosure will not go into details here, and only describes other information of the network energy consumption measurement report below.

[0094] In some embodiments, the identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to identify the network energy consumption measurement report to distinguish different network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0095] In some embodiments, the terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is used by the terminal to identify the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to or associated with itself. Compared with the identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is more specific.

[0096] In some embodiments, energy consumption information is used to represent information related to energy consumption in energy consumption measurement. Energy consumption information includes at least one of the following: total energy consumption, electricity consumption, thermal energy consumption, fuel consumption, green energy consumption, carbon intensity, carbon emissions, and renewable energy information. Renewable energy information is used to represent renewable non-fossil energy.

[0097] For example, total energy consumption is typically expressed in units of measure, such as kilowatt-hours (kW / h) or joules. Electrical energy consumption is typically expressed in kilowatt-hours. Thermal energy consumption is used to represent heat-related energy consumption and is typically expressed in thermal units, such as kilocalories (kcal) or joules. Fuel consumption is used to represent energy consumption generated using fossil fuels or other energy sources and is typically expressed in thermal units, such as kilocalories or joules. Green energy consumption is used to represent energy consumption generated using renewable energy sources (such as solar, wind, and solar energy) and is typically expressed in watt-hours (W / h) or kilowatt-hours. Carbon intensity is used to represent the relationship between energy use and carbon dioxide emissions and is typically expressed in terms of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy, such as carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour. Carbon intensity is calculated by first converting energy consumption into standard coal and then calculating carbon dioxide emissions per unit of standard coal. The calculation formula is: Carbon intensity = carbon emissions / standard coal consumption * 1,000,000. Carbon emissions can be directly measured or calculated using parameters such as energy consumption and factors. Standard coal consumption can be calculated using parameters such as energy consumption and the energy-to-standard coal conversion coefficient. Carbon emissions represent the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per watt-hour or kilowatt-hour and can be calculated using the following formula: Carbon emissions = emission factor * emissions, where the emission factor represents the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of fuel or energy. Renewable energy information is used to characterize renewable non-fossil energy sources, such as wind, solar, gas thermal, geothermal, hydrothermal, ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas, and is typically expressed in watt-hours or kilowatt-hours.

[0098] In some embodiments, energy efficiency information is an important indicator for evaluating energy consumption performance, indicating wireless performance or throughput achieved per unit energy consumption. Energy efficiency information includes at least one of the following: energy consumption efficiency, energy efficiency, and renewable energy efficiency.

[0099] For example, energy consumption efficiency is usually expressed in units such as bits per joule (bit / j) or bits per watt-hour (bit / Wh). Energy efficiency is usually expressed as a percentage, and its calculation method is the ratio of effective energy output to total input energy. For example, when measuring a service in a terminal, the calculation method is to use the percentage ratio of the energy consumption of the service to the energy consumption of the terminal as the energy efficiency of the service. For another example, when measuring the energy consumption efficiency of one or more slices in a cell, the percentage ratio of the energy consumption of the one or more slices to the total energy consumption of the cell or the energy consumption of all slices of the cell is used as the energy efficiency of the one or more slices. Renewable energy efficiency is used to characterize the percentage ratio of renewable energy consumed to total energy consumption. For example, the percentage ratio of renewable energy consumed by a terminal to total energy consumption. For another example, when measuring the renewable energy efficiency of one or more slices in a cell, the percentage ratio of the renewable energy consumed by the one or more slices to the total energy consumption of the cell or the energy consumption of all slices of the cell is used as the renewable energy efficiency of the one or more slices.

[0100] In some embodiments, the terminal receives the second information to stop performing energy consumption measurement.

[0101] The second message is used to instruct the terminal to stop energy consumption measurement or instruct the terminal to release network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The second message includes at least one of the following: an energy consumption measurement suspension instruction, a network energy consumption measurement configuration information release instruction, and an ID of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The second message is RRC release information.

[0102] Exemplarily, when the terminal enters a non-connected state and needs to stop energy consumption measurement or release network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the base station sends a second message to the terminal to stop energy consumption measurement and release the energy consumption measurement configuration information stored in the AS.

[0103] After a terminal enters the unconnected state and stops energy consumption measurement, if it re-enters the connected state, it first obtains the ID of the currently connected base station and cell. It then determines whether the base station ID and cell ID have changed. If they have not, the terminal proactively performs energy consumption measurement. If they have, the terminal monitors whether the base station has re-sent new network energy consumption measurement configuration information. Alternatively, if the terminal re-enters the connected state, it resumes energy consumption measurement in response to receiving an energy consumption measurement start indication carried in the network energy consumption configuration information sent by the base station.

[0104] In some embodiments, the terminal caches the generated network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0105] Exemplarily, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on the energy consumption measurement threshold carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the energy consumption measurement report whose total energy consumption exceeds the energy consumption measurement threshold is cached.

[0106] In another exemplary embodiment, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report whose network energy consumption measurement value is greater than the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report, and discards the network energy consumption measurement report whose network energy consumption measurement value is less than or equal to the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0107] In another exemplary embodiment, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the terminal preferentially caches the network energy consumption measurement report with a higher cache priority.

[0108] In another exemplary embodiment, the terminal may cache the network energy consumption measurement report according to the generation time of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, the terminal may preferentially cache the network energy consumption measurement report generated earlier.

[0109] In S103, a network energy consumption measurement report is sent.

[0110] In some embodiments, when the terminal is in a connected state, as shown in FIG4 , the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the base station.

[0111] In some other embodiments, when the terminal is in a non-connected state, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report, as shown in FIG5 , for example, which can be implemented as the following S201 and S202 .

[0112] In S201, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report indication message to the base station.

[0113] Exemplarily, the network energy consumption measurement report indication message is used to indicate that the terminal needs to send a network energy consumption measurement report. The network energy consumption measurement report indication message includes at least one of the following: an RRC reconfiguration complete message and an RRC recovery complete message.

[0114] In S202, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the base station.

[0115] The network energy consumption measurement report may be carried in uplink information. For example, the uplink information may be a signal, data, or request sent by the terminal to the base station.

[0116] It should be noted that when the terminal is in a non-connected state, the generated network energy consumption measurement report needs to be cached, for example, including at least one of the following: when the terminal's storage space is not full, the terminal directly caches the generated network energy consumption measurement report; when the terminal's storage space is full, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on the time when the network energy consumption measurement report is generated, for example, the network energy consumption measurement report with the shortest generation time will be cached to cover the network energy consumption measurement report with the longest generation time; when the terminal's storage space is full, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report, for example, the network energy consumption measurement report with a higher cache priority will be cached to cover the network energy consumption measurement report with a lower cache priority; when the terminal's storage space is full, the terminal's network energy consumption measurement report sending indication is automatically triggered, and the terminal automatically sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station; when the terminal's storage space is full, the terminal caches the network energy consumption measurement report based on the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, the network energy consumption measurement reports that occupy a space greater than the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement reports are cached and overwritten, and the network energy consumption measurement reports that occupy a space less than or equal to the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement reports are directly discarded without being cached.

[0117] In some embodiments, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report, for example, which can be implemented as any of the following: sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report and the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0118] For example, taking the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report as 20 minutes, the terminal sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the base station every 20 minutes.

[0119] As another example, when any one of the energy consumption value / energy efficiency threshold / renewable energy threshold / carbon emission threshold in the network energy consumption measurement report reaches the corresponding energy consumption threshold / energy efficiency threshold / renewable energy threshold / carbon emission threshold in the sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station.

[0120] In another exemplary embodiment, when the network energy consumption measurement configuration information carries a real-time sending instruction for the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal directly sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station after generating the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0121] In another example, the terminal sends an indication based on the periodicity of the network energy consumption measurement report, caches the generated network energy consumption measurement report according to the caching process of the network energy consumption measurement report above, and sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the base station according to the preset sending period.

[0122] In this way, the terminal can measure the energy consumption of the network based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the energy consumption measurement results, which is convenient for monitoring and managing the energy consumption of the network, thereby achieving the effect of saving energy.

[0123] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG6 , before the terminal obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the terminal sends measurement capability information (UE capability information) to the base station.

[0124] The measurement capability information characterizes the terminal's ability to perform energy consumption measurements. The measurement capability information indicates at least one of the following: whether energy consumption measurement is supported; whether energy consumption measurement in connected or disconnected states is supported; whether network energy consumption measurement reports sent via SRB4 or SRB5 are supported; whether service-type energy consumption measurement is supported; whether energy consumption measurement in dual-link scenarios is supported; and whether segmented network energy consumption measurement reports are supported.

[0125] Exemplarily, the measurement capability information sent by the terminal to the base station includes at least one of the following: the terminal supports energy consumption measurement; the terminal supports energy consumption measurement in a connected state or a non-connected state; the terminal supports sending network energy consumption measurement reports through SRB4 or SRB5; the terminal supports energy consumption measurement of DASH type, MTSI type, VR type, AR type, XR type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things service type, real-time communication service type, and location service service type respectively; the terminal supports energy consumption measurement in a dual link (dual connectivity, DC) scenario; the terminal supports segmented transmission network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0126] In this way, the base station can understand the energy consumption measurement capability of the terminal through the measurement capability information, so as to better configure the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and improve the efficiency of energy consumption measurement.

[0127] FIG7 shows a flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7 , the energy consumption measurement method is applied to a base station and includes the following S301 and S302 .

[0128] In S301, network energy consumption measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal.

[0129] In some embodiments, the base station sends a first message to the terminal.

[0130] The first message includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The first message is at least one of the following: a radio resource control (RRC) protocol reconfiguration message, and an RRC recovery message. The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identifier, protocol data unit (PDU) session identifier, quality of service (QoS) data flow, independent non-public network (SNPN) identifier, public land mobile network identifier, core network area identifier, energy consumption measurement priority, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement, pause sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segmented sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, cache priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

[0131] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information is a unique identifier for identifying the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and is composed of multiple identification information. The network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC), a tracking area code (TAC), a public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID), an identifier of the next generation node B identity (gNB ID), a location area code (LAC), and an identifier (ID) of the network energy consumption measurement reference information. The identifier (ID) of the network energy consumption measurement reference information is used to distinguish itself from other network energy consumption measurement reference information under the same conditions.

[0132] In some embodiments, the service type is used to characterize the service type of the network to be measured. The service type includes at least one of the following: dynamic adaptive streaming over http (DASH) type, multimedia telephony service for ims (MTSI) type, virtual reality (VR) type, augmented reality (AR) type, extended reality (XR) type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things service type, real-time communication service type, and location service type.

[0133] In some embodiments, the area range is used to represent the area range of the network to be measured. The area range includes at least one of the following: cell-based, timing advance (TA-based), tracking area identity (TAI-based), public land mobile network area (PLMN area-based), user plane positioning area (UPSA), user plane service area (UPSA), or a pre-set marker area range.

[0134] In some embodiments, slice information in the network to be measured is identified by an identifier of the network slice carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The identifier of the network slice can be a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) parameter or a network slice assistance information group ID (NSAG ID).

[0135] In some embodiments, a protocol data unit (PDU) session identifier (PDU session ID) is a numeric identifier used to identify a PDU session in a network to be measured. For example, PDU session ID (integer (0..255)) represents an integer in the range of 0 to 255 representing the identifier of a PDU session.

[0136] In some embodiments, the identifier of the QoS data flow is used to identify the QoS data flow in the network to be measured. For example, the quality of service identifier (QoS flow Identifier) ​​((INTEGER (0..63)) represents an integer in the range of 0 to 63 representing the identifier of the QoS data flow.

[0137] In some embodiments, the identifier of the SNPN may be a network identifier (NID), which is used to identify the SNPN in the network to be measured. The NID is completely independent of the PLMN ID.

[0138] In some embodiments, the identifier of the public land mobile network can be a content access gateway identifier (GAG ID), which is used to identify network access rights for public and private network users in the network to be measured. A GAG ID is a special access identifier possessed by non-standalone non-public network (PNI-NPN) devices.

[0139] In some embodiments, the identifier of the core network area is used to identify the core network area in the network to be measured. For example, the identifier of the core network area can be a number, a letter, a symbol, or a specific code.

[0140] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement priority is used to represent the priority or energy conservation level of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the higher the energy consumption measurement priority, the higher the energy conservation requirement for the measured network, and the higher the transmission priority of subsequent network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0141] In some embodiments, the energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement represents an upper limit on the energy consumption per unit time, a specific time period, or a specific space of a terminal or base station at a certain granularity. For example, the energy consumed per unit time is measured in watts, and the energy consumed in a specific time period or a specific space is measured in kilowatt-hours.

[0142] In some embodiments, the address of the higher-level entity is used to represent the address of the higher-level entity that receives the network energy consumption measurement report. The address of the higher-level entity may be an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the higher-level entity.

[0143] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement interval is used to represent the measurement interval when the terminal measures the energy consumption of the network to be measured. For example, if the energy consumption measurement interval is 5 minutes, it means that the terminal measures the energy consumption of the network to be measured once every 5 minutes and generates a corresponding network energy consumption measurement report.

[0144] In some embodiments, the measurement type of energy consumption measurement is used to characterize the type of the current energy consumption measurement and the network energy consumption measurement report. The measurement type of energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, and carbon emission type. For example, when the measurement type of energy consumption measurement includes energy consumption type, when the terminal performs energy consumption measurement on the network to be measured, the terminal measures the energy consumption of the network to be measured and generates a network energy consumption measurement report related to the energy consumption.

[0145] In some embodiments, the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report is used not only to indicate the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report, but also to indicate the measurement period of energy consumption measurement. The network energy consumption measurement report is configured by a higher layer entity.

[0146] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report transmission trigger indication is used to represent a trigger event for transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report. The network energy consumption measurement report transmission trigger indication includes at least one of the following: energy consumption threshold, energy efficiency threshold, renewable energy utilization threshold, and carbon emission threshold.

[0147] In some embodiments, the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the terminal to directly send the generated network energy consumption measurement report after completing one measurement within the measurement interval of the energy consumption measurement.

[0148] In some embodiments, the periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the terminal to transmit the network energy consumption measurement report based on the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, after the terminal generates the network energy consumption measurement report, it stores it locally, and after the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report is reached, the terminal transmits the locally stored network energy consumption measurement reports in batches.

[0149] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement start indication is used to instruct the terminal to start or resume energy consumption measurement.

[0150] In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement is used to indicate time information related to the energy consumption measurement. The measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: a start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, and a valid time of the energy consumption measurement.

[0151] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement suspension indication is used to instruct the terminal to stop performing energy consumption measurement, or to release corresponding network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0152] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report suspension transmission indication is used to instruct the terminal to stop transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0153] In some embodiments, the buffered number indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate the maximum number of buffered network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0154] In some embodiments, the segmented sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate whether the terminal supports segmented sending of the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0155] In some embodiments, the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate whether to store or discard the network energy consumption measurement report when the value is greater than or less than a preset threshold.

[0156] In some embodiments, the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to represent the priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0157] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: a radio access network (RAN) visible period of the network energy consumption measurement report, a number of RAN visible buffers of the network energy consumption measurement report, a signaling radio bearer (SRB) indication, and a generating entity of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0158] It should be noted that when the terminal moves and causes the terminal to switch from the source base station (gNB) to the target base station, and the target base station continues to instruct the terminal to perform energy consumption measurement, the source base station needs to send network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the target base station.

[0159] Based on this, in some embodiments, when the base station is a source base station of the terminal, network energy consumption measurement configuration information is sent to a target base station of the terminal.

[0160] Correspondingly, when the base station is the destination base station of the terminal, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the source base station of the terminal is received.

[0161] For example, as shown in Figure 8, the source base station sends a handover request message (handover request) to the target base station based on the communication interface (Xn). The handover request message is used to instruct the terminal to handover from the source base station to the target base station. The handover request message includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0162] In another exemplary embodiment, as shown in FIG9 , when the source base station sends a handover request message to the target base station based on the communication interface (Xn) or the connection interface (next generation, NG), the source base station may send the handover request message to the target base station through the AMF (Authentication Management Function) network element. For example, the handover request message may be a transparent container (source to target transparent container) information element or dedicated signaling. The handover request message includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0163] It should be noted that the terminal supports the application scenario of dual-link energy consumption measurement. The base station can determine whether the energy consumption measurement involves a single base station or dual base stations based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information configured by the higher-level entity.

[0164] For example, when the network energy consumption measurement configuration information indicates that the measurement target is a granularity such as a network slice, PDU session, or QoS, this energy consumption measurement is for monitoring a single base station. When the network energy consumption measurement configuration information indicates that the measurement target is a granularity such as a terminal or service, this energy consumption measurement involves monitoring two base stations. The two base stations to which the terminal is connected are called the terminal's master node (M (master) - gNB) and the terminal's secondary node (S (secondary) - gNB).

[0165] For the energy consumption measurement involving single base station monitoring, please refer to the relevant description above, which will not be described in detail in this disclosure. The following describes the energy consumption measurement involving two base station monitoring.

[0166] In some embodiments, the base station is a master node of the terminal and receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher layer entity or a secondary node of the terminal before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal.

[0167] Exemplarily, as shown in FIG10 , the master node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the high-level entity.

[0168] In another example, when the higher-layer entity sends the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the secondary node of the terminal, as shown in FIG11 , the primary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the secondary node of the terminal.

[0169] In some embodiments, the base station is a secondary node of the terminal and receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher layer entity or a primary node of the terminal before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal.

[0170] Exemplarily, as shown in FIG12 , the secondary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher-layer entity.

[0171] In another example, when the high-level entity sends the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the primary node of the terminal, as shown in FIG13 , the secondary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the primary node of the terminal.

[0172] It should be noted that the above-mentioned network energy consumption measurement configuration information can be carried in dedicated signaling. Exemplarily, the dedicated signaling can be an add node signaling (S-NODE ADDITION REQUEST) or a modification request signaling (S-NODE MODIFICATION REQUEST). Exemplarily, the high-level entity includes any of the following: an energy saving entity, an energy consumption measurement entity, an operation administration and maintenance (OAM) network element, and an authentication management function (AMF) network element.

[0173] In some embodiments, before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal, the base station receives measurement capability information sent by the terminal.

[0174] The measurement capability information characterizes the terminal's ability to perform energy consumption measurements. The measurement capability information indicates at least one of the following: whether energy consumption measurement is supported; whether energy consumption measurement in connected or disconnected state is supported; whether network energy consumption measurement reports sent via SRB4 or SRB5 are supported; whether service-type energy consumption measurement is supported; whether energy consumption measurement in dual-link scenarios is supported; and whether segmented network energy consumption measurement reports are supported.

[0175] In some embodiments, the base station sends a second message to the terminal.

[0176] The second message is used to instruct the terminal to stop energy consumption measurement or instruct the terminal to release network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The second message includes at least one of the following: an energy consumption measurement suspension instruction, a network energy consumption measurement configuration information release instruction, and an ID of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The second message is RRC release information.

[0177] In S302, a network energy consumption measurement report sent by a terminal is received.

[0178] The network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identifier, protocol data unit (PDU) session identifier, quality of service (QoS) data flow, independent non-public network (SNPN) identifier, public land mobile network identifier, core network area identifier, energy consumption measurement priority, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement, pause sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segmented sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, cache priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

[0179] In some embodiments, the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report to a higher-level entity.

[0180] In a single-link scenario, the node to which the terminal sending the network energy consumption measurement report is connected is determined based on the base stations involved.

[0181] Exemplarily, when the base station involved is the master node of the terminal, when the master node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal, it directly sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the higher-level entity.

[0182] In a dual-link scenario, the node that sends the network energy consumption measurement report is determined according to the node that receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0183] Exemplarily, the primary node of the terminal and the secondary node of the terminal each send their corresponding network energy consumption measurement reports to the higher-level entity and indicate the sending entity of the network energy consumption measurement report through indication information. Alternatively, the primary node of the terminal and the secondary node of the terminal each send their corresponding network energy consumption measurement reports to the higher-level entity based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and indicate the sending entity of the network energy consumption measurement report through indication information.

[0184] In another exemplary embodiment, when the primary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the higher-level entity, the secondary node of the terminal sends its own corresponding network energy consumption measurement report to the primary node of the terminal, and indicates through indication information that the sending subject included in the report is the secondary node of the terminal. Furthermore, after the primary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the secondary node of the terminal, it integrates the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the secondary node of the terminal and the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the primary node of the terminal, and sends them together to the higher-level entity, and indicates through indication information the sending subjects of the two network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0185] In another exemplary embodiment, when the secondary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the higher-level entity, the primary node of the terminal sends its own corresponding network energy consumption measurement report to the secondary node of the terminal, and indicates through indication information that the sending subject included in the report is the primary node of the terminal. Furthermore, after the secondary node of the terminal receives the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the primary node of the terminal, it integrates the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the primary node of the terminal and the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the secondary node of the terminal and sends them together to the higher-level entity, and indicates through indication information the sending subjects of the two network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0186] In this way, the base station sends network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal, so that the terminal can measure energy consumption based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the measurement results. Then, based on the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal analyzes the network energy consumption situation, further adjusts the relevant configuration, and reduces network energy consumption.

[0187] It is understandable that, in order to realize the above functions, the energy consumption measuring device includes hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. It should be easily appreciated by those skilled in the art that, in combination with the algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the present disclosure can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

[0188] The embodiment of the present disclosure can divide the energy consumption measurement device into functional modules according to the above-mentioned method embodiment. For example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one functional module. The above-mentioned integrated module can be implemented in the form of hardware or software. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiment of the present disclosure is schematic and is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation. The following is an example of dividing each functional module corresponding to each function.

[0189] FIG14 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an energy consumption measurement device applied to a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The energy consumption measurement device 140 can execute the energy consumption measurement method provided by the above method embodiment. As shown in FIG14 , the energy consumption measurement device 140 includes a communication module 1401 and a processing module 1402.

[0190] The communication module 1401 is used to obtain energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0191] The processing module 1402 is configured to generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0192] The communication module 1401 is further configured to send a network energy consumption measurement report.

[0193] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identification, protocol data unit (PDU) session identification, quality of service (QoS) data flow, independent non-public network (SNPN) identification, public land mobile network identification, core network area identification, energy consumption measurement priority, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of high-layer entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement, pause sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segmented sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, cache priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

[0194] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC), a tracking area code (TAC), a public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID), an identifier of a next generation base station (gNB ID), a location area code (LAC), and an identifier (ID) of the network energy consumption measurement reference information.

[0195] In some embodiments, the service type includes at least one of the following: dynamic adaptive bitrate streaming technology (DASH) type, multimedia telephony service (MTSI) type, virtual reality (VR) type, augmented reality (AR) type, extended reality (XR) type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things service type, real-time communication service type, and location service service type.

[0196] In some embodiments, the area range includes at least one of the following: cell based, timing advance based (TA based), tracking area identifier (TAi based), public land mobile network area, user plane positioning area, user plane service area (UPSA), and preset marked area range.

[0197] In some embodiments, the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, and carbon emission type.

[0198] In some embodiments, the triggering indication for sending the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: an energy consumption threshold, an energy efficiency threshold, a renewable energy utilization rate threshold, and a carbon emission threshold.

[0199] In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: a start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, and a valid time of the energy consumption measurement.

[0200] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: a radio access network (RAN) visible period of the network energy consumption measurement report, a number of RAN visible buffers of the network energy consumption measurement report, a signaling radio bearer (SRB) indication, and a generating entity of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0201] In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is configured to receive a first message sent by a base station, the first message including network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The first message is at least one of the following: a radio resource control (RRC) protocol reconfiguration message, or an RRC recovery message.

[0202] In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is further configured to receive a second message, wherein the second message is configured to instruct the terminal to stop performing energy consumption measurement or to instruct the terminal to release network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0203] In some embodiments, the second message includes at least one of the following: an indication of suspending energy consumption measurement, an indication of releasing network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and an ID of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The second message is RRC release information.

[0204] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type of the measured network, area range of the measured network, network slice in the measured network, identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, QoS data flow in the measured network, identifier of the SNPN in the measured network, identifier of the measured public land mobile network, identifier of the measured core network area, identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, segmented upload indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

[0205] In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is used, for example, to: send a network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; send a network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; send a network energy consumption measurement report based on the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; send a network energy consumption measurement report based on the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report and the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0206] In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is further configured to send measurement capability information, where the measurement capability information is used to characterize the capability of the terminal to perform energy consumption measurement.

[0207] In some embodiments, the measurement capability information is used to indicate at least one of the following: whether energy consumption measurement is supported; whether energy consumption measurement in a connected state or a non-connected state is supported; whether network energy consumption measurement reports are supported through SRB4 or SRB5; whether energy consumption measurement of service types is supported; whether energy consumption measurement under dual links is supported; and whether segmented sending of network energy consumption measurement reports is supported.

[0208] FIG15 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an energy consumption measurement device applied to a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The energy consumption measurement device 150 can execute the energy consumption measurement method provided by the above method embodiment. As shown in FIG15 , the energy consumption measurement device 150 includes a sending module 1501 and a receiving module 1502.

[0209] The sending module 1501 is configured to send network energy consumption measurement configuration information to a terminal.

[0210] The receiving module 1502 is configured to receive a network energy consumption measurement report sent by a terminal. The network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0211] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identification, protocol data unit (PDU) session identification, quality of service (QoS) data flow, independent non-public network (SNPN) identification, public land mobile network identification, core network area identification, energy consumption measurement priority, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement, pause sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache quantity indication of network energy consumption measurement report, segmented sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, cache threshold of network energy consumption measurement report, cache priority of network energy consumption measurement report.

[0212] In some embodiments, the base station is a master node of the terminal, and the receiving module 1502 is configured to receive network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher-level entity or a slave node of the terminal.

[0213] In some embodiments, the base station is a secondary node of the terminal, and the receiving module 1502 is configured to receive network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher-level entity or a primary node of the terminal.

[0214] In some embodiments, the high-level entity includes any one of the following: an energy saving entity, an energy consumption measurement entity, an operation administration and maintenance (OAM) network element, and an authentication management function (AMF) network element.

[0215] In some embodiments, the sending module 1501 is further configured to send the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the destination base station of the terminal when the base station is the source base station of the terminal.

[0216] In the case of implementing the functions of the above-mentioned integrated modules in hardware, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide another structure of the energy consumption measurement device involved in the above-mentioned embodiments. As shown in Figure 16, the energy consumption measurement device 160 includes: a processor 1602 and a bus 1604. In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement device 160 may also include a memory 1601. In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement device 160 may also include a communication interface 1603.

[0217] Processor 1602 may implement or execute the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Processor 1602 may be a central processing unit, a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application-specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof, and may implement or execute the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Processor 1602 may also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP (digital signal processor) and a microprocessor, and the like.

[0218] The communication interface 1603 is used to connect to other devices via a communication network, such as Ethernet, wireless access network, or wireless local area network (WLAN).

[0219] The memory 1601 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto.

[0220] As an implementation, the memory 1601 may exist independently of the processor 1602. The memory 1601 may be connected to the processor 1602 via a bus 1604 for storing instructions or program codes. When the processor 1602 calls and executes the instructions or program codes stored in the memory 1601, the energy consumption measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented.

[0221] In another implementation, the memory 1601 may also be integrated with the processor 1602 .

[0222] Bus 1604 can be an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, etc. Bus 1604 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, FIG16 shows only one thick line, but this does not mean that there is only one bus or only one type of bus.

[0223] Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-readable storage medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium), which stores computer program instructions. When the computer program instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes the energy consumption measurement method of any of the above embodiments.

[0224] Exemplarily, the above-mentioned computer-readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disks, floppy disks, or magnetic tapes), optical disks (e.g., compact disks (CDs), digital versatile disks (DVDs), etc.), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), cards, sticks, or key drives, etc.). The various computer-readable storage media described in the present disclosure may represent one or more devices and / or other machine-readable storage media for storing information. The term "machine-readable storage medium" may include, but is not limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and / or carrying instructions and / or data.

[0225] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program product comprising instructions. When the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the energy consumption measurement method described in any one of the above embodiments.

[0226] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal can measure the energy consumption of the network based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the energy consumption measurement results, so as to facilitate the monitoring and management of the network energy consumption and achieve the effect of saving energy.

[0227] The above is only a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in the present 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 energy consumption measurement method, applied to a terminal, comprising: Obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Sending the network energy consumption measurement report.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identifier of a network slice, identifier of a protocol data unit (PDU) session, quality of service (QoS) data stream, identifier of a standalone non-public network (SNPN), identifier of a public land mobile network, identifier of a core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of a higher-layer entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement, pause transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, cache quantity indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, segmented transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report, cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: mobile country code (MCC), mobile network code (MNC), tracking area code (TAC), public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID), identifier of a next-generation base station (gNB ID), location area code (LAC), identifier (ID) of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein The service type includes at least one of the following: dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) type, multimedia telephony service (MTSI) type, virtual reality (VR) type, augmented reality (AR) type, extended reality (XR) type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things (IoT) service type, real-time communication service type, location service type.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein The area range includes at least one of the following: cell-based, timing advance (TA)-based, tracking area identity (TAI)-based, PLMN area-based, user plane location area-based, user plane service area (UPSA)-based, preset marked area range-based.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein The measurement type of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, carbon emission type.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein The transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: energy consumption threshold, energy efficiency threshold, renewable energy threshold, carbon emission threshold.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein The measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: start timestamp of energy consumption measurement, stop timestamp of energy consumption measurement, duration of energy consumption measurement, effective time of energy consumption measurement.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein The network energy consumption measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following: the radio access network (RAN) visibility period of the network energy consumption measurement report, the RAN visibility cache quantity of the network energy consumption measurement report, the signaling radio bearer (SRB) indication, and the entity that generates the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein The obtaining of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes: Receiving a first message sent by a base station, where the first message includes the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; where the first message is at least one of the following: a radio resource control (RRC) protocol reconfiguration message, an RRC resume message.

11. The method according to claim 1, further includes: Receiving a second message, where the second message is used to instruct the terminal to stop performing energy consumption measurement or to instruct the terminal to release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein, The second message includes at least one of the following: a pause indication for the energy consumption measurement, a release indication for the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, an ID of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the second message is an RRC release information.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, the service type of the measured network, the regional scope of the measured network, network slices in the measured network, the identifier of a PDU session in the measured network, QoS data streams in the measured network, the identifier of an SNPN in the measured network, the identifier of the measured public land mobile network, the identifier of the measured core network area, the identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, a segmented upload indication for the network energy consumption measurement report, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The sending of the network energy consumption measurement report includes any one of the following: Sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Sending the network energy consumption measurement report based on the cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report and the cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein, Before obtaining the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the method further includes: Sending measurement capability information, where the measurement capability information is used to characterize the energy consumption measurement capability of the terminal.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein, The measurement capability information is used to indicate at least one of the following: Whether the energy consumption measurement is supported; Whether the energy consumption measurement in the connected state or the non-connected state is supported; Whether the network energy consumption measurement report can be sent through SRB4 or SRB5; Whether the energy consumption measurement of the service type is supported; Whether the energy consumption measurement in the dual-link scenario is supported; Whether the segmented sending of the network energy consumption measurement report is supported.

17. An energy consumption measurement method, applied to a base station, includes: Send network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal; Receive the network energy consumption measurement report sent by the terminal, where the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the terminal based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, regional scope, identifier of the network slice, identifier of the protocol data unit (PDU) session, quality of service (QoS) data stream, identifier of the standalone non-public network (SNPN), identifier of the public land mobile network, identifier of the core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of the target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report, transmission trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, real-time transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement, pause transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, cache quantity indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, segmented transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, cache threshold of the network energy consumption measurement report, cache priority of the network energy consumption measurement report.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein, The base station is the master node of the terminal. Before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further includes: Receiving network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher-layer entity or the secondary node of the terminal.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein The base station is the secondary node of the terminal. Before sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the terminal, the method further includes: Receiving network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a higher-layer entity or the master node of the terminal.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein The higher-layer entity includes any one of the following: energy-saving entity, energy consumption measurement entity, operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) network element, authentication management function (AMF) network element.

22. The method according to claim 17, further includes: In the case where the base station is the source base station of the terminal, sending the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the destination base station of the terminal.

23. An energy consumption measurement device, including a processor, wherein, When the processor executes the computer program, it implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 17 to 22.

24. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein, The computer-readable storage medium includes computer instructions; when the computer instructions are executed, it implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 17 to 22.

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