Measurement information reporting control methods, terminal devices and first network devices

Abstract

The present application relates to measurement information reporting control methods, terminal devices, first network devices, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program and a communication system. A method comprises: a terminal device determining measurement configuration information, which is used for controlling the terminal device to report a measurement result to a network device when a first predicted event is met, the measurement result including cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments, wherein a first part of information included in the measurement configuration information is obtained by means of receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device, and a second part of information included in the measurement configuration information is obtained in a default mode; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by means of receiving the dedicated signaling sent by the network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained in the default mode. The present application can improve the efficiency of a cell handover and effectively reduce the probability of a radio link failure caused by the mobility of the terminal device.

Description

Control method for reporting measurement information, terminal device, and first network device Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically, to a control method for reporting measurement information, a terminal device, a first network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program, and a communication system. Background Art

[0002] In mobile communication systems, a terminal device's serving cell changes as the device moves. This process is called cell handover. Generally, to help network equipment promptly detect the device's mobility, the network equipment configures measurement objects for the device in advance. When a measurement reporting event associated with a measurement object is met, the terminal device sends measurement results for one or more cells to the network equipment, facilitating cell handover decisions. Improving the efficiency of cell handovers is a key consideration.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] Embodiments of the present application provide a control method for reporting measurement information, a terminal device, a first network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program, and a communication system, which can improve the efficiency of cell switching.

[0005] The present application provides a method for controlling measurement information reporting, which is applied to a terminal device and includes:

[0006] Determine measurement configuration information; wherein the measurement configuration information is used to control the terminal device to report measurement results to the network device when the first predicted event is satisfied, and the measurement results include at least two cell-level measurement results associated with each other at the time;

[0007] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0008] An embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling measurement information reporting, which is applied to a first network device and includes:

[0009] Receiving a measurement result reported by a terminal device, the measurement result including at least two cell-level measurement results associated at each time point; wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal device based on the determined measurement configuration information and the terminal device triggers measurement result reporting when a first predicted event is satisfied;

[0010] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0011] An embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, including:

[0012] A first processing unit is configured to determine measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information is used to control the terminal device to report a measurement result to the network device when the first predicted event is satisfied, the measurement result including at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the time instant;

[0013] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0014] An embodiment of the present application provides a first network device, including:

[0015] a second communication unit, configured to receive a measurement result reported by a terminal device, the measurement result including at least two cell-level measurement results associated at a given moment; wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal device based on the determined measurement configuration information and the terminal device triggers measurement result reporting when a first predicted event is satisfied;

[0016] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0017] An embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, comprising: a transceiver, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store a computer program, the transceiver is configured to communicate with other devices, and the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to cause the terminal device to execute the aforementioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0018] An embodiment of the present application provides a first network device, comprising: a transceiver, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store a computer program, the transceiver is configured to communicate with other devices, and the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to cause the first network device to perform the aforementioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0019] An embodiment of the present application provides a chip for implementing the above-mentioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0020] Specifically, the chip includes: a processor, configured to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the above-mentioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0021] An embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a device, the device executes the above-mentioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0022] An embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions, which enable a computer to execute the above-mentioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0023] An embodiment of the present application provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the above-mentioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0024] An embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, including a terminal device and a first network device for implementing the above-mentioned control method for reporting measurement information.

[0025] In an embodiment of the present application, a terminal device determines measurement configuration information based on dedicated signaling and / or a default method sent by a network device. Based on the measurement configuration information, the terminal device reports a measurement result when a first predicted event is satisfied. The measurement result includes at least two cell-level measurement results associated with each other at a time. In this way, the network device can obtain sufficient cell-level measurement results in advance and make handover decisions based on them without having to wait until the measurement reporting event actually occurs. This improves the efficiency of cell handover and effectively reduces the probability of radio link failure caused by the mobility of the terminal device. The terminal device can also save some time domain measurement overhead. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0027] FIG2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling measurement information reporting according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0028] FIG3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling measurement information reporting according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0029] FIG4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling measurement information reporting according to yet another embodiment of the present application.

[0030] FIG5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling measurement information reporting according to yet another embodiment of the present application.

[0031] FIG6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling measurement information reporting according to yet another embodiment of the present application.

[0032] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0033] FIG8 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0034] FIG9 is a schematic block diagram of a first network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0035] FIG10 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0036] FIG11 is a schematic block diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0037] FIG12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

[0039] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: New Radio (NR) system, NR system evolution system, NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), fifth-generation communication (5G) system, sixth-generation communication (6G) system or other communication systems.

[0040] Generally speaking, traditional communication systems support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technology, mobile communication systems will not only support traditional communications, but will also support, for example, device-to-device (D2D) communication, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, etc. The embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these communication systems.

[0041] In one embodiment, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a carrier aggregation (CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (DC) scenario, and a standalone (SA) networking scenario.

[0042] In one embodiment, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to an unlicensed spectrum, wherein the unlicensed spectrum can also be considered as a shared spectrum; or, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can also be applied to an authorized spectrum, wherein the authorized spectrum can also be considered as an unshared spectrum.

[0043] The embodiments of the present application describe various embodiments in conjunction with network devices and terminal devices, wherein the terminal device may also be referred to as user equipment (UE), access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user device, etc.

[0044] The terminal device can be a station (STAION, ST) in a WLAN, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a next-generation communication system such as an NR network, or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, etc.

[0045] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted; it can also be deployed on the water surface (such as ships, etc.); it can also be deployed in the air (such as airplanes, balloons and satellites, etc.).

[0046] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, or a wireless terminal device in a smart home, etc.

[0047] As an example and not a limitation, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable devices may also be called wearable smart devices, which are a general term for wearable devices that are intelligently designed and developed using wearable technology for daily wear, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothes or accessories. Wearable devices are not only hardware devices, but also achieve powerful functions through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction. Broadly speaking, wearable smart devices include those that are fully functional, large in size, and can achieve complete or partial functions without relying on smartphones, such as smart watches or smart glasses, as well as those that only focus on a certain type of application function and need to be used in conjunction with other devices such as smartphones, such as various smart bracelets and smart jewelry for vital sign monitoring.

[0048] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device. The network device may be an access point (AP) in a WLAN, or a relay station or access point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device (gNB) in an NR network, or a network device in a future evolved PLMN network, or a network device in an NTN network, etc.

[0049] As an example and not a limitation, in an embodiment of the present application, the network device may have a mobile feature, for example, the network device may be a mobile device. Alternatively, the network device may be a satellite or a balloon station. For example, the satellite may be a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, a medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite, a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite, a high elliptical orbit (HEO) satellite, etc. Optionally, the network device may also be a base station set up in a location such as land or water.

[0050] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device can provide services for a cell, and the terminal device communicates with the network device through the transmission resources used by the cell (for example, frequency domain resources, or spectrum resources). The cell can be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station). The cell can belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell. The small cells here may include: metro cells, micro cells, pico cells, femto cells, etc. These small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-speed data transmission services.

[0051] FIG1 exemplarily illustrates a communication system 100. The communication system includes a network device 110 and two terminal devices 120. In one embodiment, the communication system 100 may include multiple network devices 110, and each network device 110 may include a different number of terminal devices 120 within its coverage area, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0052] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, a device having a communication function in a network / system may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system shown in Figure 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device and a terminal device having a communication function. The network device and the terminal device may be specific devices in the embodiments of the present application and will not be described in detail here. The communication device may also include other devices in the communication system, such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and other network entities, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0053] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and / or" is simply a description of an association between related objects, indicating that three possible relationships exist. For example, "A and / or B" can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, or B exists alone. Furthermore, the character " / " generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0054] It should be understood that the "indication" mentioned in the embodiments of this application can be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication of an association. For example, "A indicates B" can mean that A directly indicates B, for example, B can be obtained through A; it can also mean that A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can be obtained through C; it can also mean that there is an association between A and B.

[0055] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate a direct or indirect correspondence between the two, or an association relationship between the two, or a relationship between indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.

[0056] To facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the relevant technologies of the embodiments of the present application are described below. The following relevant technologies can be arbitrarily combined with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application as optional solutions, and they all fall within the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application.

[0057] In a mobile communication system, the service cell of a terminal device will change as the terminal device moves. The process of service cell change is called cell switching. Generally speaking, in order to assist the network device in timely sensing the mobile status of the terminal device, the network device will configure a measurement object for the terminal device in advance. When the measurement reporting event associated with the measurement object is met, the terminal device will send the measurement results of one or more cells to the network device. The network device selects one or more neighboring cells based on the measurement results reported by the terminal device and combines the additional information obtained locally (such as the load status of each neighboring cell, etc.) to initiate a switching request. After receiving the acceptance feedback, the current service cell of the terminal device will forward the switching command generated by the target switching cell to the terminal device (contained in the acceptance feedback information). After successfully receiving the switching command generated by the target cell, the terminal device initiates a connection establishment process to the target cell. The successful establishment of the connection completes the entire switching process.

[0058] Currently, when a measurement event is triggered, the cell-related measurement results reported by the terminal device are all obtained by the terminal device through the actual measurement process. Although this cell measurement reporting method is available, it may not be timely and is not energy-efficient because the terminal device needs to continue performing measurement tasks before the measurement reporting event is triggered.

[0059] Artificial intelligence (AI), a cutting-edge technology, is being explored and applied across various industries, including communications systems. In recent years, integrating AI with communications systems has been a hot topic in the communications field. With the close integration of AI and communications systems, it is possible to use AI models to optimize measurement reporting execution times, but currently no solution exists.

[0060] FIG2 is a schematic flow chart of a method for controlling measurement information reporting according to an embodiment of the present application. The method is applied to a terminal device, and optionally can be applied to the terminal device in the system shown in FIG1 , but is not limited thereto. The method includes:

[0061] S210. The terminal device determines measurement configuration information; wherein the measurement configuration information is used to control the terminal device to report measurement results to the network device when a first prediction event is met, and the measurement results include at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the time.

[0062] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0063] As an example and not a limitation, the above measurement configuration information may be obtained in one of the following ways:

[0064] Case 1: The measurement configuration information includes at least two parts of information, which include a first part of information and a second part of information. The two parts of information are obtained through dedicated signaling sent by the network device and obtained by default, respectively. Optionally, the above two parts of information can constitute all the information in the measurement configuration information, that is, a part of the information in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device, and the other part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default. Alternatively, in addition to the first part of information and the second part of information, the measurement configuration information may also include other information. For example, the measurement configuration information also includes a third part of information. The third part of information can be autonomously configured by the terminal device or obtained through dedicated signaling sent by the network device (for example: reusing relevant configuration parameters of the existing technology).

[0065] Case 2: All information included in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device.

[0066] Case 3: Part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device, and the other part is obtained by other means, such as autonomous configuration by the terminal device.

[0067] Case 4: All information included in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0068] Case 5: Part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default, and the other part is obtained by other means, such as autonomous configuration by the terminal device.

[0069] In an embodiment of the present application, the measurement configuration information is used to control the terminal device to report measurement results to the network device when the first predicted event is met, and the measurement results include at least two cell-level measurement results associated with each other at the time. Optionally, the measurement configuration information can be used to control the conditions for meeting the first predicted event. For example, the measurement configuration information may include relevant parameters of the first predicted event. The measurement configuration information can also be used to control the reporting content of the terminal device. For example, the measurement configuration information may include relevant parameters of the time associated with the cell-level measurement result.

[0070] In an embodiment of the present application, the first predicted event is an event determined based on a prediction. Optionally, the first predicted event may be associated with the first event. For example, the first predicted event may include a prediction that the first event will occur, or a prediction that the first event will be satisfied after a certain period of time. The first event may be a measurement reporting event, such as a real event used in the prior art to trigger a terminal device to report a cell measurement result. Optionally, the terminal device may use an AI / ML (machine learning) model to perform event prediction.

[0071] According to the above description, the terminal device determines the measurement configuration information based on the dedicated signaling and / or default method sent by the network device, and based on the measurement configuration information, reports the measurement result when the first prediction event is met. The measurement result includes at least two cell-level measurement results associated with each other. In this way, the efficiency of cell switching can be improved and the probability of radio link failure caused by mobility of the terminal device can be effectively reduced. The terminal device can also save a part of the time domain measurement overhead. Specifically, on the one hand, it is convenient for the network device to make a switching decision in advance, because the terminal device does not need to wait until the measurement reporting event actually occurs before sending the cell measurement result, but rather expects the measurement reporting event to occur a certain time from the current moment. When the first prediction event is met, the terminal device reports the cell measurement result, which is equivalent to the network device getting the measurement result in advance. It allows the network device to determine whether the switching conditions are met for the terminal device in advance. If the switching command can be issued in advance, the probability of radio link failure caused by mobility of the terminal device can be effectively reduced. On the other hand, if the switching command of the network device is issued to the terminal device before the actual occurrence of the measurement reporting event in the prior art, the terminal device can also save the measurement overhead from receiving the switching command to the time when the measurement reporting event is expected to occur.

[0072] Optionally, the cell-level measurement result in the embodiment of the present application may include one or more of the measurement quantities RSRP (Reference Signal Receiving Power), RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality), and SINR (Reference Signal Received Quality).

[0073] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time points include a cell-level measurement result associated with a triggering time point of the first predicted event and a cell-level measurement result associated with an expected occurrence time point of the first event associated with the first predicted event.

[0074] According to the above embodiment, the at least two time-associated cell-level measurement results include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement result at the expected occurrence time of the first event. This allows the network device to obtain the latest actual measurement result and the prediction information that triggers the reporting of the cell-level measurement result, thereby facilitating the network device's evaluation of whether a cell handover is required.

[0075] It should be noted that, as described above, the first predicted event can be a prediction that the associated first event will occur after a period of time or that the first event will be satisfied after a period of time. For example, the first event is that the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is higher than the signal measurement result of the primary cell (PCell) / primary secondary cell (PSCell), and the difference between the two is greater than or equal to an offset, that is, the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is one offset higher than the signal of the primary cell / primary secondary cell. Then the first predicted event can be a prediction that starting from the current moment, after a first period of time, the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is one offset higher than the signal of the primary cell / primary secondary cell. The expected time of occurrence of the first event is the moment after the current moment moves to the future moment by the first period of time. Therefore, the first event did not actually occur. Optionally, the cell-level measurement result associated with the first event can be a cell-level measurement result obtained by the terminal device through a prediction process (for example, a prediction process based on an AI / ML model).

[0076] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include a cell-level measurement result of each cell in a first cell set, wherein the first cell set includes one or more of the following:

[0077] One or more cells indicated by the network device through the dedicated signaling;

[0078] All (current) serving cells of the terminal device;

[0079] All cells included in the triggered cell list (cellsTriggeredList parameter) recorded in the temporary variable stored in the terminal device when the first prediction event is met;

[0080] The cell that triggers the first prediction event;

[0081] a co-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event;

[0082] The same-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each serving cell in all (current) serving cells of the terminal device.

[0083] According to the above embodiment, the cell range of the at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the time of reporting by the terminal is limited, thereby reducing the overhead of the terminal device reporting the at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the time of reporting. The following provides some examples of the cell range including one cell or multiple cells.

[0084] Exemplarily, the first cell set may include one or more cells indicated by the network device through the dedicated signaling. When the first prediction event is met, the terminal device reports at least two cell-level measurement results associated with each cell indicated by the dedicated signaling. The network device may control the cell range in which the terminal device reports the at least two cell measurement results associated with the cell at the time through the dedicated signaling, so that the network device obtains the cell-level measurement results corresponding to the cells necessary for making a handover decision.

[0085] Exemplarily, the first cell set may include all service cells of the terminal device. When the first prediction event is met, the terminal device reports at least two cell-level measurement results associated at each time point for each service cell of the terminal device. Optionally, the first cell set may also include the same-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell of the terminal device. When the first prediction event is met, the terminal device reports the cell-level measurement result for each service cell of the terminal device and the same-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell, so that the network device can determine a better target switching cell.

[0086] Exemplarily, the first cell set may include all cells included in the cellsTriggeredList parameter recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met. When the first prediction event is met, the terminal device reports at least two cell-level measurement results associated with each cell in the cellsTriggeredList parameter. For each measurement identifier (a measurement identifier is associated with a measurement target and a measurement reporting configuration, where the measurement reporting configuration includes parameters related to the first prediction event), if the first prediction event associated with the measurement identifier is triggered, the cell that triggered the first prediction event and its co-frequency neighboring cells are placed in the cellsTriggeredList parameter recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device. Exemplarily, the first cell set may include cells that triggered the first prediction event. When the first prediction event is met, the terminal device reports at least two cell-level measurement results associated with the cell that triggered the first prediction event. In most application scenarios (e.g., non-UAV scenarios), the number of cells that trigger the first prediction event is equal to 1; in a small number of application scenarios (e.g., UAV scenarios), the number of cells that trigger the measurement reporting prediction event may be greater than or equal to 1.

[0087] Exemplarily, the first cell set may include all service cells of the terminal device, the same-frequency neighboring cells with the best measurement results associated with each service cell of the terminal device, the cell that triggers the first prediction event, and the same-frequency neighboring cells of the cell that triggers the first prediction event. Assuming that the cell frequency associated with the cell that triggers the first prediction event is f1, the number of cells working on f1 reported in the measurement results cannot exceed the agreed number threshold to reduce the overhead of reporting cell-level measurement results associated at least two times. For example, the agreed number threshold is equal to 4 or 8 or 16. Among them, if the first prediction event is triggered by the service cell measurement object (measurement object, MO), the first cell set may only include all service cells of the terminal device and the same-frequency neighboring cells with the best measurement results associated with each service cell of the terminal device.

[0088] Exemplarily, the first cell set may include all serving cells of the terminal device, the cell that triggers the first prediction event, and the same-frequency neighboring cells of the cell that triggers the first prediction event.

[0089] It should be noted that, in actual applications, the cell range for which the terminal reports the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments may also be in other forms than the above examples, which may be determined according to scenario requirements, system conventions or protocol conventions and are not listed here separately.

[0090] Optionally, the terminal device can report cell-level measurement results of different types of moments. For example, the terminal device can report the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two of the triggering moment, historical moment and future moment of the first predicted event. The cell ranges involved in the cell-level measurement results associated with different types of moments may be different or the same. For example, for the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell range of the cell-level measurement results reported by the terminal device may include all service cells of the terminal device, the same-frequency neighboring area with the best measurement result associated with each service cell of the terminal device, the cell that triggers the first predicted event, and the same-frequency neighboring area of ​​the cell that triggers the first event, and all cell measurement results are reported; for historical moments and / or future moments, the cell range of the cell-level measurement results reported by the terminal device may only include all service cells of the terminal device, or include all service cells of the terminal device, the same-frequency neighboring area with the best measurement result associated with each service cell of the terminal device, the cell that triggers the first predicted event, and the same-frequency neighboring area of ​​the cell that triggers the first event, and all cell measurement results are reported.

[0091] It should be noted that the triggering moment of the above-mentioned first prediction event can be understood as the current moment when the terminal device executes the measurement result reporting or the moment when the terminal device determines that the first prediction event is satisfied. The triggering moment of the first prediction event can also be used as a reference moment for historical moments and future moments. Specifically, the historical moment is the moment before the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and the future moment is the moment after the triggering moment of the first prediction event. In addition, the cell-level measurement results associated with the historical moment and the cell-level measurement results at the triggering moment of the first prediction event can be the cell-level measurement results obtained by the terminal device through the actual measurement process; the cell-level measurement results associated with the future moment can be the cell-level measurement results obtained by the terminal device through a prediction process (for example, an AI / ML-based prediction process).

[0092] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following information (1) to (6):

[0093] (1) A second cell set, where the second cell set is used to indicate a cell range in which a terminal device is allowed to report at least two cell-level measurement results associated at a certain time.

[0094] Optionally, the second cell set can be the first cell set in the aforementioned embodiment, including one or more of the following: one or more cells indicated by the network device through the above-mentioned dedicated signaling, all service cells of the terminal device, all cells included in the triggered cell list (cellsTriggeredList parameter) recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met, the cell that triggers the first prediction event, the co-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event, and the co-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell in all service cells of the terminal device.

[0095] (2) First indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments when the first prediction event is satisfied.

[0096] (3) First quantity information, the first quantity information is used to indicate that the terminal device reports cell-level measurement results associated with a maximum of n historical moments when the first prediction event is satisfied, where n is a positive integer and is determined based on the first quantity information.

[0097] That is, the measurement configuration information can be used to instruct the terminal device to report the cell-level measurement results associated with the historical moments. On the one hand, the terminal device reporting the cell-level measurement results corresponding to several historical moments associated with some cells to the network device can assist the network device in secondary verification of whether the first predicted event is triggered within the measurement result prediction error range, thereby avoiding the network device from over-reliance on the terminal device's prediction results (model inference results, such as the first predicted event); on the other hand, after obtaining the cell-level measurement results corresponding to several historical moments associated with some cells reported by the terminal device, the network device can use this information to infer the appropriate cell handover timing, that is, to select the appropriate handover target cell at the appropriate time, thereby improving the communication system performance under mobility conditions, such as improving the cell handover success rate, reducing the service interruption delay caused by cell handover, and improving the system throughput during the cell handover process; on the other hand, after obtaining the cell-level measurement results corresponding to several historical moments associated with some cells reported by the terminal device, the network device can use this information to infer the cell-level measurement results corresponding to several future moments associated with these cells. If this information is sent to the handover target cell in advance, the handover target cell can also determine whether to accept the handover request sent by the source cell based on the cell-level measurement results predicted by the source cell, and which session resources to retain in the context of accepting the handover request.

[0098] Optionally, n is equal to the value of the first quantity information. Alternatively, n is the sum of the first quantity information and a preset first value. For example, if the preset first value is x, it indicates that the terminal device must report at least x cell-level measurement results associated with historical moments to ensure sufficient historical moment data. When the first quantity information is k, it indicates that the terminal device must report at least x cell-level measurement results associated with historical moments, and can report at most n = x + k cell-level measurement results associated with historical moments to ensure the accuracy of historical moment data.

[0099] (4) Second quantity information, the second quantity information is used to indicate that when the first prediction event is satisfied, the terminal device can report a maximum of m cell-level measurement results associated with the future time, where m is a positive integer and is determined based on the second quantity information.

[0100] In other words, the measurement configuration information can instruct the terminal device to report cell-level measurement results associated with future time points. The terminal device notifies the network device of the predicted / inferred cell-level measurement results corresponding to several future time points associated with the cell, allowing the network device to re-verify the accuracy of the terminal device's prediction / inference and consider whether to activate the terminal device's model inference function.

[0101] Optionally, m is equal to the value of the second quantity information. Alternatively, m is the sum of the second quantity information and a preset second value. For example, the preset second value is y, indicating that the terminal device must report at least y cell-level measurement results associated with future moments to ensure sufficient data at future moments. When the second quantity information value is z, it indicates that the terminal device must report at least y cell-level measurement results associated with future moments, and can report at most m=y+z cell-level measurement results associated with future moments to achieve accuracy verification of future moment data.

[0102] (5) Length configuration information associated with the first time window, where the length configuration information associated with the first time window is used to indicate the window length of the first time window; wherein the first time window is used to determine a range of up to n historical moments.

[0103] Optionally, the end time of the first time window is the trigger time of the first predicted event; the start time of the first time window is determined based on the end time of the first time window and the length configuration information associated with the first time window. Exemplarily, the start time of the first time window is the time corresponding to the trigger time of the first predicted event shifted in the time domain toward the historical moment (i.e., shifted before the trigger time) by the window length of the first time window.

[0104] Optionally, the length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to one or more of the following granularities:

[0105] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; band granularity; band combination granularity; and frequency range (FR) granularity.

[0106] Among them, configuration according to the granularity of the terminal device means that the terminal device can use the length configuration information associated with the first time window configured by the network device through dedicated signaling or by default without distinguishing between different scenarios. This implementation method has low complexity. Configuration according to the granularity of the frequency point means configuring different length configuration information associated with the first time window for different frequencies. Configuration according to the granularity of the frequency band means configuring different length configuration information associated with the first time window for different frequency bands. Configuration according to the granularity of the frequency band combination means configuring different length configuration information associated with the first time window for different frequency band combinations. Configuration according to the granularity of the frequency band range means configuring different length configuration information associated with the first time window for different frequency band ranges. The length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to the granularity of the frequency point, the frequency band, the frequency band combination granularity or the frequency band range granularity, which can realize the association of first time windows of different lengths in different scenarios, and has better configuration flexibility.

[0107] Optionally, if the measurement configuration information includes length configuration information associated with the first time window, any moment corresponding to the maximum n historical moments in the aforementioned embodiment belongs to the moment included in the first time window.

[0108] By indicating the length configuration information associated with the first time window through the measurement configuration information, the window length of the first time window can be limited, thereby limiting the range of the historical moment data reported by the terminal device. On the one hand, the terminal device reports to the network device the cell-level measurement results corresponding to several historical moments associated with some cells, which can assist the network device in secondary verification of whether the first predicted event is triggered within the measurement result prediction error range. With the above-mentioned limitation of the first time window, the accuracy of the terminal device's prediction of the first predicted event can be guaranteed to a certain extent, and the network device can also more accurately infer and judge the accuracy of the terminal device triggering the measurement and reporting of the predicted event, avoiding the network device from being too dependent on the terminal device's prediction results (such as model inference results). Generally speaking, the newer the historical data, the higher the accuracy of the measurement results corresponding to the predicted future moments.

[0109] (6) Prediction duration configuration information, the prediction duration configuration information is used to indicate the window length of the second time window, the second time window is associated with the first prediction event, and the window length of the second time window is the duration between the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first prediction event and the triggering time of the first prediction event.

[0110] In the case where the measurement configuration information includes prediction duration configuration information, the window length of the second time window is indicated by the prediction duration configuration information, thereby controlling the terminal device's prediction of how long it will take for the first event to be satisfied. According to an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device does not have to wait until the first event actually occurs before reporting the measurement result. By properly configuring the prediction duration configuration information, the terminal device can constrain the prediction range while reporting the measurement result in advance, thereby ensuring prediction accuracy.

[0111] Optionally, the start time of the second time window is the trigger time of the first predicted event; the end time of the second time window is determined based on the start time of the second time window and the prediction duration configuration information. Exemplarily, the end time of the second time window is the time corresponding to the trigger time of the first predicted event (i.e., the start time of the second time window) shifted in the time domain to the future (i.e., after the trigger time) by the window length indicated by the prediction duration configuration information.

[0112] Optionally, the prediction duration configuration information is configured according to one or more of the following granularities:

[0113] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0114] The different configuration granularities of the prediction duration configuration information match different scenarios, making the solution more flexible and more in line with different implementation requirements.

[0115] Optionally, any of the at most m future moments in the aforementioned embodiment is included in the second time window. This reduces the accuracy error of the cell-level measurement results inferred by the terminal device using the model, preventing the terminal device from blindly inferring cell-level measurement results corresponding to moments much later. Generally speaking, the longer the time interval between the inferred future moment and the current moment, the greater the accuracy error of the cell-level measurement results.

[0116] It should be noted that the measurement configuration information may include one or more of the above information (1) to (6). When the measurement configuration information includes one type of information, the information may be configured through dedicated signaling sent by the network device or by default. When the measurement configuration information includes multiple types of information, the multiple types of information may all be configured through dedicated signaling sent by the network device, or all be configured by default, or part of the information may be configured through dedicated signaling sent by the network device and the other part may be configured by default. For example, the second cell set and the predicted duration configuration may be configured by default, and the first quantity information and the second quantity information may be configured through dedicated signaling sent by the network device. In actual applications, the methods for obtaining various types of information may be set according to scenario requirements, protocol agreements or system agreements, which are not listed here one by one.

[0117] Exemplarily, the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information or the first quantity information and length configuration information associated with the first time window. Optionally, the measurement configuration information also includes a second cell set and / or first indication information.

[0118] Exemplarily, the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information or includes the second quantity information and the predicted duration configuration information. Optionally, the measurement configuration information also includes the second cell set and / or the first indication information.

[0119] Exemplarily, the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and predicted duration configuration information; or includes first quantity information, length configuration information associated with the first time window and predicted duration configuration information. Optionally, the measurement configuration information also includes a second cell set and / or first indication information.

[0120] Exemplarily, the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and second quantity information; or includes first quantity information, second quantity information and length configuration information associated with the first time window. Optionally, the measurement configuration information also includes a second cell set and / or first indication information.

[0121] Exemplarily, the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information, second quantity information and predicted duration configuration information; or includes first quantity information, second quantity information, length configuration information associated with the first time window and predicted duration configuration information. Optionally, the measurement configuration information also includes a second cell set and / or first indication information.

[0122] In cases where the measurement configuration information includes different types of information, the behavior of the terminal device in reporting the cell-level measurement result is also different. Correspondingly, the network device receives the cell-level measurement result reported by the terminal device. Specifically, in cases where the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and / or the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement result reported by the terminal device is different.

[0123] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first prediction event.

[0124] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0125] That is, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the terminal device sends the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments indicated by the first quantity information to the network device. Optionally, the terminal device may also send the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event to the network device.

[0126] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to m future moments, wherein the up to m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0127] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein the at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0128] Here, the maximum m future moments indicated by the second quantity information may include the expected time of occurrence of the first event or not include the expected time of occurrence of the first event. When the maximum m future moments indicated by the second quantity information include the expected time of occurrence of the first event, the cell-level measurement result reported by the terminal device may include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected time of occurrence of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most (m-1) future moments. When the maximum m future moments indicated by the second quantity information do not include the expected time of occurrence of the first event, the cell-level measurement result reported by the terminal device may include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected time of occurrence of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments.

[0129] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments and up to m future moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are moments before the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and the up to m future moments are moments after the triggering moment of the first prediction event.

[0130] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the up to m future moments or (m-1) future moments are moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0131] Here, the maximum m future moments indicated by the second quantity information may include the expected time of occurrence of the first event or not include the expected time of occurrence of the first event. When the maximum m future moments indicated by the second quantity information include the expected time of occurrence of the first event, the cell-level measurement result reported by the terminal device may include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected time of occurrence of the first event associated with the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with a maximum of n historical moments, and the cell-level measurement result associated with a maximum of (m-1) future moments. When the maximum m future moments indicated by the second quantity information do not include the expected time of occurrence of the first event, the cell-level measurement result reported by the terminal device may include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected time of occurrence of the first event associated with the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with a maximum of n historical moments, and the cell-level measurement result associated with a maximum of m future moments.

[0132] As described above, the first predicted event may be the prediction of the occurrence of the first event. Alternatively, the first predicted event may also be the prediction of the occurrence of the first event under specific conditions. Some optional embodiments are provided below.

[0133] In some embodiments, the first predicted event includes one of the following events 1-3.

[0134] Event 1: It is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after the first duration starting from the current moment.

[0135] The first predicted event includes event 1, which can save the measurement overhead of the terminal device, because the terminal device does not need to wait until the first event actually occurs to send the cell measurement result, but instead expects that the first event will occur after the first time period starting from the current moment. When this condition is met, the terminal device reports the cell measurement result, eliminating the cell measurement behavior within the first time period starting from the current moment. The first time period can be determined based on the predicted time period configuration information in the aforementioned embodiment, and can be specifically configured through dedicated signaling sent by the network device or configured by default.

[0136] Event 2: The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a second time period starting from the current moment.

[0137] The first predicted event includes event 2. On the one hand, it saves the measurement overhead of the terminal device, because the terminal device does not need to wait until the first event actually occurs to send the cell measurement result, but expects the first event to occur after the second time period from the current moment. When this condition is met, the terminal device reports the cell measurement result, eliminating the need for cell measurement behavior within the second time period from the current moment; on the other hand, reporting the measurement result only when the terminal device's current service cell signal measurement result is slightly lower can avoid invalid measurement reporting actions of the terminal device, thereby saving the terminal device measurement reporting overhead, because when the service cell signal measurement result is better, the network device is not in a hurry to switch the service cell for the terminal device. Under this condition, even if the terminal device reports the cell measurement result, the network device is likely to have no switching action. In such a scenario, the first predicted event further considers the current service cell signal measurement result, which can avoid invalid measurement reporting actions of the terminal device. Among them, the second time period can be determined based on the predicted time period configuration information in the aforementioned embodiment, and can be specifically configured through dedicated signaling sent by the network device or configured by default.

[0138] Event 3: The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third duration, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a fourth duration starting from the current moment.

[0139] The first prediction event includes event 3, which can trigger measurement reporting under the premise that the signal measurement results of the current service cell of the terminal device are relatively stable. It can effectively avoid the problem of false triggering of the first prediction event caused by short-term fluctuations in the service cell measurement results, and at the same time save the measurement overhead of the terminal device.

[0140] In some embodiments, the first event includes one or more of the following:

[0141] Event A1: The signal measurement result of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the third measurement threshold;

[0142] Event A2: The signal measurement result of the serving cell is less than or equal to the fourth measurement threshold;

[0143] Event A3: The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is greater than or equal to the first offset;

[0144] Event A4: The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the fifth measurement threshold;

[0145] Event A5: The signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is less than or equal to the sixth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell or secondary cell (SCell) is greater than or equal to the seventh measurement threshold.

[0146] Event A6: The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the signal measurement result of the SCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the SCell is greater than or equal to the second offset;

[0147] Event A7: The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to the first distance threshold, and the distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to the second distance threshold;

[0148] Event A8: The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to the third distance threshold;

[0149] Event A9: The distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to the fourth distance threshold;

[0150] Event A10: The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter-Radio Access Technology (Inter-RAT) is greater than or equal to the eighth measurement threshold.

[0151] Event A11: The signal measurement result of the PCell is less than or equal to the ninth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the tenth measurement threshold.

[0152] Event A12: Periodic measurement reporting timer times out;

[0153] Event A13: Time reaches the first absolute moment (i.e., the predetermined absolute moment, which can be recorded as absolute moment X);

[0154] Event A14: The fifth time period has elapsed since the successful receipt of the measurement configuration information.

[0155] It should be noted that, when the first event includes multiple events, the first predicted event may also include multiple of the above-mentioned events 1 to 3. For example, when the first event includes the A3 event and the A5 event, the first predicted event may include: it is predicted that the A3 event will be satisfied after the first duration starting from the current moment, and the signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the A5 event will be satisfied after the second duration starting from the current moment. For another example, when the first event includes the A3 event, the A5 event, and the A8 event, the first predicted event may include: it is predicted that the A3 event will be satisfied after the first duration starting from the current moment; the signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the A5 event will be satisfied after the second duration starting from the current moment; and the signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third duration, and it is predicted that the A8 event will be satisfied after the fourth duration starting from the current moment. It can be understood that, without causing any contradiction, the above-mentioned A1 event to A14 event can be arbitrarily combined with event 1 to event 3, and the resulting combination schemes are all covered by the protection scope of this application. For example, assuming that the first events associated with events 1 to 3 are all A3 or A5 events, in a measurement configuration information, it is allowed that different measurement identifiers associated with the same MO respectively contain configurations related to different first predicted events (any of events 1 to 3). For example: measurement identifier 1 and measurement identifier 2 are both associated with MO1, and measurement identifier 1 is associated with measurement reporting configuration 1, and measurement identifier 2 is associated with measurement reporting configuration 2, wherein measurement reporting configuration 1 contains configurations related to event 1 (i.e., measurement reporting configuration 1 is associated with event 1), and measurement reporting configuration 2 contains configurations related to event 3 (i.e., measurement reporting configuration 2 is associated with event 3); of course, it is also allowed that different measurement identifiers associated with different MOs respectively contain configurations related to different or the same first predicted events (any of events 1 to 3), which will not be repeated here.

[0156] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG3 , the method for controlling measurement information reporting further includes:

[0157] S310. The terminal device sends capability indication information to the network device. The capability indication information includes one or more of the following:

[0158] First capability information, the first capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event;

[0159] The second capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports reporting at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the same time in the same measurement reporting message.

[0160] The terminal device sends the above-mentioned capability indication information to the network device, which can facilitate the network device to determine all or part of the measurement configuration information so as to configure it through dedicated signaling.

[0161] Optionally, when the terminal device supports executing the measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event and supports reporting cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments in the same measurement reporting message, the terminal device determines the measurement configuration information and sends the measurement result when the first predicted event is met.

[0162] In some embodiments, the first capability information or the second capability information is indicated at one or more of the following granularities:

[0163] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0164] Among them, configuration according to the terminal device granularity means that the terminal device can report to the network device whether it supports executing the measurement reporting task based on the first prediction event and whether it supports reporting at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the same time in the same measurement reporting message, regardless of different scenarios. Configuration according to frequency point granularity / frequency band granularity / frequency band combination granularity / frequency band range granularity means that the terminal device reports separately for different frequencies / frequency bands / frequency band combinations / frequency band ranges whether it supports executing the measurement reporting task based on the first prediction event and whether it supports reporting at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the same time in the same measurement reporting message.

[0165] FIG4 is a schematic flow chart of a method for controlling measurement information reporting according to an embodiment of the present application. The method is applied to a first network device and can optionally be applied to the network devices in the system shown in FIG1 , but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least part of the following contents.

[0166] S410. The first network device receives a measurement result reported by the terminal device, where the measurement result includes at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the time instant; wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal device based on the determined measurement configuration information and the terminal device triggers measurement result reporting when a first predicted event is satisfied;

[0167] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0168] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned control method for reporting measurement information may further include:

[0169] The first network device receives capability indication information sent by the terminal device, where the capability indication information includes one or more of the following:

[0170] First capability information, the first capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event;

[0171] The second capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports reporting at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the same time in the same measurement reporting message.

[0172] For specific examples of the network device execution method of this embodiment, please refer to the corresponding description related to the network device in the terminal device execution method described above. The measurement results, measurement configuration information, capability indication information, etc. in the network device execution method can also be implemented with reference to the above embodiments. For the sake of brevity, they are not further described here.

[0173] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG5 , the method for controlling measurement information reporting may further include:

[0174] S510. The first network device sends dedicated signaling to the terminal device; wherein the dedicated signaling is used by the terminal device to determine all or part of the information in the measurement configuration information.

[0175] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG6 , the method for controlling measurement information reporting further includes:

[0176] S610. The first network device sends a switching preparation message to the second network device; wherein the second network device is a network device to which the target cell to which the terminal device switches belongs; the switching preparation message includes a cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell, and / or a cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell.

[0177] The cell-level measurement result at at least one historical moment is an actual measurement result. The cell-level measurement result at at least one future moment is a predicted result. By including at least one cell-level measurement result associated with the target cell at a historical moment and / or at least one cell-level measurement result associated with the target cell at a future moment in the handover preparation message, it is possible to facilitate the second network device in determining whether to accept the handover request and, if so, generating handover configuration information.

[0178] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell and / or the cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell in the handover preparation message come from the measurement result reported by the terminal device. Optionally, if the terminal device does not report the predicted cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment in the reported measurement result, the handover preparation message may still include the cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell. At this time, the cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell contained in the handover preparation message comes from the measurement prediction behavior of the first network device itself. For example, the first network device obtains the cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell by inferring the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event reported by the terminal device and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments. This application does not limit this.

[0179] It can be seen that according to the embodiments of the present application, on the one hand, it is convenient for network devices to make switching decisions in advance, because the terminal device does not have to wait until the measurement reporting event in the prior art actually occurs before sending the cell measurement results, but instead expects the measurement reporting event to occur a certain period of time from the current moment. When this condition is met, the terminal device reports the cell measurement results, which is equivalent to the network device obtaining the measurement results in advance, which allows the network device to determine whether the switching conditions are met for the terminal device in advance. If the switching command can be issued in advance, it can also effectively reduce the probability of wireless link failure caused by the mobility of the terminal device; on the other hand, if the switching command of the network device is issued to the terminal device before the traditional measurement reporting event actually occurs, the terminal device can also save part of the time domain measurement overhead (from the receipt of the switching command to the expected measurement reporting event).

[0180] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 700 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 700 may include:

[0181] A first processing unit 710 is configured to determine measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information is used to control the terminal device to report a measurement result to the network device when the first predicted event is satisfied, the measurement result including at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the time instant;

[0182] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving a dedicated signaling sent by the network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0183] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement results associated at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results of each cell in the first cell set; the first cell set includes one or more of the following: one or more cells indicated by the network device through dedicated signaling; all service cells of the terminal device; all cells included in the trigger cell list recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met; the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the co-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the co-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell in all service cells of the terminal device.

[0184] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following information:

[0185] A second cell set, where the second cell set is used to indicate a cell range in which the terminal device is allowed to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments;

[0186] First indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments when the first prediction event is met;

[0187] First quantity information, the first quantity information is used to indicate that the terminal device reports cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments when the first prediction event is satisfied, where n is a positive integer and n is determined based on the first quantity information;

[0188] Second quantity information, the second quantity information is used to indicate that the terminal device reports a maximum of m future associated cell-level measurement results when the first prediction event is satisfied, where m is a positive integer and is determined based on the second quantity information;

[0189] Length configuration information associated with a first time window, where the length configuration information associated with the first time window is used to indicate the window length of the first time window; wherein the first time window is used to determine a range of up to n historical moments;

[0190] Prediction duration configuration information, the prediction duration configuration information is used to indicate the window length of the second time window, the second time window is associated with the first predicted event, and the window length of the second time window is the duration between the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event and the triggering time of the first predicted event.

[0191] In some embodiments, the end time of the first time window is the triggering time of the first predicted event; the start time of the first time window is determined based on the end time of the first time window and the length configuration information associated with the first time window.

[0192] In some embodiments, the length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to one or more of the following granularities:

[0193] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0194] In some embodiments, the starting moment of the second time window is the triggering moment of the first predicted event; the ending moment of the second time window is determined based on the starting moment of the second time window and the predicted duration configuration information.

[0195] In some embodiments, the prediction duration configuration information is configured according to one or more of the following granularities:

[0196] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0197] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0198] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0199] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments and up to m future moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are moments before the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and the up to m future moments are moments after the triggering moment of the first prediction event.

[0200] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein at most n historical moments are moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0201] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to m future moments, wherein the up to m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0202] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein the at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0203] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes length configuration information associated with the first time window, any moment corresponding to at most n historical moments belongs to the moment included in the first time window.

[0204] In some embodiments, any moment corresponding to at most m future moments belongs to the moment included in the second time window.

[0205] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time points include a cell-level measurement result associated with a triggering time point of the first predicted event and a cell-level measurement result associated with an expected occurrence time point of the first event associated with the first predicted event.

[0206] In some embodiments, the first predicted event includes one of the following: it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a first time period starting from the current moment; the signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a second time period starting from the current moment; the signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third time period, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a fourth time period starting from the current moment; wherein the first event is associated with the first predicted event.

[0207] In some embodiments, the first event includes one or more of the following:

[0208] The signal measurement result of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a third measurement threshold;

[0209] The signal measurement result of the serving cell is less than or equal to a fourth measurement threshold;

[0210] The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than the signal measurement result of the primary cell (PCell) or the primary / secondary cell (PSCell), and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the PCell or the PSCell is greater than or equal to the first offset;

[0211] The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the fifth measurement threshold;

[0212] The signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is less than or equal to the sixth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell or secondary cell SCell is greater than or equal to the seventh measurement threshold;

[0213] The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the signal measurement result of the SCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the SCell is greater than or equal to the second offset;

[0214] The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a first distance threshold, and the distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a second distance threshold;

[0215] The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a third distance threshold;

[0216] The distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a fourth distance threshold;

[0217] A signal measurement result of a neighboring cell belonging to the inter-system radio access technology Inter RAT is greater than or equal to an eighth measurement threshold;

[0218] The signal measurement result of the PCell is less than or equal to the ninth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the tenth measurement threshold;

[0219] The periodic measurement reporting timer times out;

[0220] Time reaches the first absolute moment;

[0221] A fifth time period has elapsed since the measurement configuration information was successfully received.

[0222] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG8 , the terminal device 700 further includes:

[0223] The first communication unit 720 is configured to send capability indication information to the network device, where the capability indication information includes one or more of the following:

[0224] First capability information, the first capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event;

[0225] The second capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports reporting at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the same time in the same measurement reporting message.

[0226] In some embodiments, the first capability information or the second capability information is indicated at one or more of the following granularities:

[0227] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0228] The terminal device 700 of the embodiment of the present application can implement the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment. The processes, functions, implementation methods and beneficial effects corresponding to the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the terminal device 700 can be found in the corresponding descriptions in the above-mentioned method embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described by the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the terminal device 700 of the embodiment of the application can be implemented by different modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) or by the same module (sub-module, unit or component, etc.).

[0229] FIG9 is a schematic block diagram of a first network device 900 according to an embodiment of the present application. The first network device 900 may include:

[0230] The second communication unit 910 is configured to receive a measurement result reported by a terminal device, where the measurement result includes at least two cell-level measurement results associated at each time point; wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal device based on the determined measurement configuration information and the terminal device triggers measurement result reporting when a first predicted event is satisfied;

[0231] The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

[0232] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement results associated at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results of each cell in the first cell set; the first cell set includes one or more of the following: one or more cells indicated by the first network device through dedicated signaling; all service cells of the terminal device; all cells included in the trigger cell list recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met; the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the co-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the co-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell in all service cells of the terminal device.

[0233] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following information:

[0234] A second cell set, where the second cell set is used to indicate a cell range in which the terminal device is allowed to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments;

[0235] First indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments when the first prediction event is met;

[0236] First quantity information, the first quantity information is used to indicate that the terminal device reports cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments when the first prediction event is satisfied, where n is a positive integer and n is determined based on the first quantity information;

[0237] Second quantity information, the second quantity information is used to indicate that the terminal device reports a maximum of m future associated cell-level measurement results when the first prediction event is satisfied, where m is a positive integer and is determined based on the second quantity information;

[0238] Length configuration information associated with a first time window, where the length configuration information associated with the first time window is used to indicate the window length of the first time window; wherein the first time window is used to determine a range of up to n historical moments;

[0239] Prediction duration configuration information, the prediction duration configuration information is used to indicate the window length of the second time window, the second time window is associated with the first predicted event, and the window length of the second time window is the duration between the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event and the triggering time of the first predicted event.

[0240] In some embodiments, the end time of the first time window is the triggering time of the first predicted event; the start time of the first time window is determined based on the end time of the first time window and the length configuration information associated with the first time window.

[0241] In some embodiments, the length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to one or more of the following granularities:

[0242] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0243] In some embodiments, the starting moment of the second time window is the triggering moment of the first predicted event; the ending moment of the second time window is determined based on the starting moment of the second time window and the predicted duration configuration information.

[0244] In some embodiments, the prediction duration configuration information is configured according to one or more of the following granularities:

[0245] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0246] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0247] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0248] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments and up to m future moments, wherein the up to n historical moments are moments before the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and the up to m future moments are moments after the triggering moment of the first prediction event.

[0249] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes first quantity information and second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein at most n historical moments are moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0250] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement results associated with up to m future moments, wherein the up to m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0251] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement results associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein the at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

[0252] In some embodiments, if the measurement configuration information includes length configuration information associated with the first time window, any moment corresponding to at most n historical moments belongs to the moment included in the first time window.

[0253] In some embodiments, any moment corresponding to at most m future moments belongs to the moment included in the second time window.

[0254] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time points include a cell-level measurement result associated with a triggering time point of the first predicted event and a cell-level measurement result associated with an expected occurrence time point of the first event associated with the first predicted event.

[0255] In some embodiments, the first predicted event includes one of the following: it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a first time period starting from the current moment; the signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a second time period starting from the current moment; the signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third time period, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a fourth time period starting from the current moment; wherein the first event is associated with the first predicted event.

[0256] In some embodiments, the first event includes one or more of the following:

[0257] The signal measurement result of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a third measurement threshold;

[0258] The signal measurement result of the serving cell is less than or equal to a fourth measurement threshold;

[0259] The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than the signal measurement result of the primary cell (PCell) or the primary / secondary cell (PSCell), and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the PCell or the PSCell is greater than or equal to the first offset;

[0260] The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the fifth measurement threshold;

[0261] The signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is less than or equal to the sixth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell or secondary cell SCell is greater than or equal to the seventh measurement threshold;

[0262] The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the signal measurement result of the SCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the SCell is greater than or equal to the second offset;

[0263] The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a first distance threshold, and the distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a second distance threshold;

[0264] The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a third distance threshold;

[0265] The distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a fourth distance threshold;

[0266] A signal measurement result of a neighboring cell belonging to the inter-system radio access technology Inter RAT is greater than or equal to an eighth measurement threshold;

[0267] The signal measurement result of the PCell is less than or equal to the ninth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the tenth measurement threshold;

[0268] The periodic measurement reporting timer times out;

[0269] Time reaches the first absolute moment;

[0270] A fifth time period has elapsed since the measurement configuration information was successfully received.

[0271] In some embodiments, the second communication unit 910 is further configured to:

[0272] Receive capability indication information sent by the terminal device, which may include one or more of the following:

[0273] First capability information, the first capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event;

[0274] The second capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports reporting at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the same time in the same measurement reporting message.

[0275] In some embodiments, the first capability information or the second capability information is indicated at one or more of the following granularities:

[0276] Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

[0277] In some embodiments, the second communication unit 910 is further configured to:

[0278] Send a switching preparation message to a second network device; wherein the second network device is a network device to which a target cell to which the terminal device switches belongs; the switching preparation message includes a cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell, and / or a cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell.

[0279] In some embodiments, the cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell and / or the cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell in the handover preparation message are derived from the measurement results reported by the terminal device.

[0280] The first network device 900 of the embodiment of the present application can implement the corresponding functions of the first network device in the aforementioned method embodiment. The processes, functions, implementation methods and beneficial effects corresponding to the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the first network device 900 can be found in the corresponding descriptions in the above-mentioned method embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described in the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the first network device 900 of the embodiment of the application can be implemented by different modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) or by the same module (sub-module, unit or component, etc.).

[0281] Figure 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 1000 includes a processor 1010, which can call and execute a computer program from a memory to enable the communication device 1000 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0282] In one embodiment, the communication device 1000 may further include a memory 1020. The processor 1010 may call and execute a computer program from the memory 1020 to enable the communication device 1000 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0283] The memory 1020 may be a separate device independent of the processor 1010 , or may be integrated into the processor 1010 .

[0284] In one embodiment, the communication device 1000 may further include a transceiver 1030 , and the processor 1010 may control the transceiver 1030 to communicate with other devices. Specifically, the transceiver 1030 may send information or data to other devices, or receive information or data sent by other devices.

[0285] The transceiver 1030 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 1030 may further include an antenna, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

[0286] In one embodiment, the communication device 1000 may be the first network device of the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1000 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the first network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0287] In one embodiment, the communication device 1000 may be a terminal device of an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1000 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0288] 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 1100 according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip 1100 includes a processor 1110, which can call and execute a computer program from a memory to implement the method according to the embodiment of the present application.

[0289] In one embodiment, the chip 1100 may further include a memory 1120. The processor 1110 may call and execute a computer program from the memory 1120 to implement the method executed by the terminal device or the network device in the embodiment of the present application.

[0290] The memory 1120 may be a separate device independent of the processor 1110 , or may be integrated into the processor 1110 .

[0291] In one embodiment, the chip 1100 may further include an input interface 1130. The processor 1110 may control the input interface 1130 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

[0292] In one embodiment, the chip 1100 may further include an output interface 1140. The processor 1110 may control the output interface 1140 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may output information or data to other devices or chips.

[0293] In one embodiment, the chip can be applied to the first network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the first network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.

[0294] In one embodiment, the chip can be applied to the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0295] The chips used in the network device and the terminal device may be the same chip or different chips.

[0296] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0297] The processor mentioned above may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor mentioned above may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc.

[0298] The memory mentioned above may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM).

[0299] It should be understood that the above-mentioned memories are exemplary but not restrictive. For example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM RAM (DR RAM), etc. In other words, the memories in the embodiments of the present application are intended to include, but are not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memories.

[0300] FIG12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 1200 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication system 1200 includes a terminal device 700 and a first network device 900 .

[0301] The terminal device 700 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the above method, and the first network device 900 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the first network device in the above method. For the sake of brevity, they are not described here in detail.

[0302] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When software is used for implementation, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function in accordance with the embodiment of the present application is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from a website, computer, server or data center by wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode to another website, computer, server or data center. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrations. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0303] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0304] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0305] The above are only specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application should be included in the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for controlling measurement information reporting, applied to a terminal device, comprising: Determine measurement configuration information; wherein the measurement configuration information is used to control the terminal device to report measurement results to the network device when the first predicted event is met, and the measurement results include at least two cell-level measurement results associated with each other at the time; The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include a cell-level measurement result of each cell in a first cell set; the first cell set includes one or more of the following: One or more cells indicated by the network device through the dedicated signaling; All service cells of the terminal device; All cells included in the triggering cell list recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met; a cell that triggers the first predicted event; a co-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event; The same-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell in all service cells of the terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following information: a second cell set, where the second cell set is used to indicate a cell range in which the terminal device is allowed to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments; First indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments when the first prediction event is satisfied; First quantity information, where the first quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports cell-level measurement results associated with a maximum of n historical moments, where n is a positive integer and is determined based on the first quantity information; Second quantity information, where the second quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports a maximum of m future associated cell-level measurement results, where m is a positive integer and is determined based on the second quantity information; Length configuration information associated with a first time window, where the length configuration information associated with the first time window is used to indicate a window length of the first time window; wherein the first time window is used to determine a range of the maximum n historical moments; Prediction duration configuration information, the prediction duration configuration information is used to indicate the window length of the second time window, the second time window is associated with the first prediction event, and the window length of the second time window is the duration between the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first prediction event and the triggering time of the first prediction event.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The end time of the first time window is the triggering time of the first predicted event; the start time of the first time window is determined based on the end time of the first time window and the length configuration information associated with the first time window.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein: The length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to one or more of the following granularities: Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

6. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein: The starting moment of the second time window is the triggering moment of the first predicted event; the ending moment of the second time window is determined based on the starting moment of the second time window and the predicted duration configuration information.

7. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

8. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical time moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

9. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two time points include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time point of the first prediction event, cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical time points, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time points, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

10. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include a cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, a cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical time moments and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time moments or (m-1) future time moments, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

11. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two time points include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time point of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time points, wherein: The at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

12. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time moments or (m-1) future time moments, wherein: The at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

13. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 12, wherein if the measurement configuration information includes length configuration information associated with the first time window, any moment corresponding to the maximum n historical moments belongs to the moment included in the first time window.

14. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 13, wherein any moment corresponding to the at most m future moments belongs to a moment included in the second time window.

15. According to the method of any one of claims 1-14, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein The first predicted event includes one of the following: It is predicted that starting from the current moment, a first event will be satisfied after a first duration. The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after the second time period starting from the current moment; The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third duration, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a fourth duration starting from the current moment; The first event is associated with the first predicted event.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein The first event includes one or more of the following: The signal measurement result of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a third measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the serving cell is less than or equal to a fourth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than the signal measurement result of the primary cell (PCell) or the primary / secondary cell (PSCell), and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is greater than or equal to the first offset; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the fifth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is less than or equal to a sixth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell or secondary cell SCell is greater than or equal to a seventh measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the signal measurement result of the SCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the SCell is greater than or equal to the second offset; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a first distance threshold, and the distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a second distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a third distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a fourth distance threshold; A signal measurement result of a neighboring cell belonging to the inter-system radio access technology Inter RAT is greater than or equal to an eighth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell is less than or equal to the ninth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the tenth measurement threshold; The periodic measurement reporting timer times out; Time reaches the first absolute moment; A fifth time period has elapsed since the measurement configuration information was successfully received.

18. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein The method further comprises: Send capability indication information to the network device, where the capability indication information includes one or more of the following: first capability information, where the first capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event; Second capability information, where the second capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports reporting cell-level measurement results associated at least two times in the same measurement reporting message.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein The first capability information or the second capability information is indicated according to one or more of the following granularities: Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

20. A method for controlling measurement information reporting, applied to a first network device, comprising: Receiving a measurement result reported by a terminal device, the measurement result comprising at least two cell-level measurement results associated at a given moment; wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal device based on the determined measurement configuration information and the terminal device triggers reporting of the measurement result when a first predicted event is satisfied; The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein The cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include a cell-level measurement result of each cell in a first cell set; the first cell set includes one or more of the following: One or more cells indicated by the first network device through the dedicated signaling; All service cells of the terminal device; All cells included in the triggering cell list recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met; a cell that triggers the first predicted event; a co-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event; The same-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell in all service cells of the terminal device.

22. The method according to claim 20 or 21, wherein The measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following information: a second cell set, where the second cell set is used to indicate a cell range in which the terminal device is allowed to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments; First indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments when the first prediction event is satisfied; First quantity information, where the first quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports cell-level measurement results associated with a maximum of n historical moments, where n is a positive integer and is determined based on the first quantity information; Second quantity information, where the second quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports a maximum of m future associated cell-level measurement results, where m is a positive integer and is determined based on the second quantity information; Length configuration information associated with a first time window, where the length configuration information associated with the first time window is used to indicate a window length of the first time window; wherein the first time window is used to determine a range of the maximum n historical moments; Prediction duration configuration information, the prediction duration configuration information is used to indicate the window length of the second time window, the second time window is associated with the first prediction event, and the window length of the second time window is the duration between the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first prediction event and the triggering time of the first prediction event.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein The end time of the first time window is the triggering time of the first predicted event; the start time of the first time window is determined based on the end time of the first time window and the length configuration information associated with the first time window.

24. The method according to claim 22 or 23, wherein The length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to one or more of the following granularities: terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

25. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein The starting moment of the second time window is the triggering moment of the first predicted event; the ending moment of the second time window is determined based on the starting moment of the second time window and the predicted duration configuration information.

26. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

27. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical time moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

28. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two time points include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time point of the first prediction event, cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical time points, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time points, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

29. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical time moments and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time moments or (m-1) future time moments, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

30. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two time points include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time point of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time points, wherein: The at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

31. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and the cell-level measurement results associated with at most the m future time moments or (m-1) future time moments, wherein: The at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

32. The method according to any one of claims 22-31, wherein if the measurement configuration information includes length configuration information associated with the first time window, any moment corresponding to the maximum n historical moments belongs to the moment included in the first time window.

33. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 31, wherein any moment corresponding to the at most m future moments belongs to a moment included in the second time window.

34. According to the method according to any one of claims 20-33, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event.

35. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 34, wherein The first predicted event includes one of the following: It is predicted that starting from the current moment, a first event will be satisfied after a first duration. The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after the second time period starting from the current moment; The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third duration, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a fourth duration starting from the current moment; The first event is associated with the first predicted event.

36. The method according to claim 35, wherein The first event includes one or more of the following: The signal measurement result of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a third measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the serving cell is less than or equal to a fourth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is greater than or equal to the first offset; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the fifth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is less than or equal to a sixth measurement threshold and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell or SCell is greater than or equal to a seventh measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the signal measurement result of the SCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the SCell is greater than or equal to the second offset; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a first distance threshold, and the distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a second distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a third distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a fourth distance threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the eighth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell is less than or equal to the ninth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the tenth measurement threshold; The periodic measurement reporting timer times out; Time reaches the first absolute moment; A fifth time period has elapsed since the measurement configuration information was successfully received.

37. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 36, wherein The method further comprises: Receive capability indication information sent by the terminal device, where the capability indication information includes one or more of the following: First capability information, where the first capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event; Second capability information, where the second capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports reporting cell-level measurement results associated at least two times in the same measurement reporting message.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein: The first capability information or the second capability information is indicated according to one or more of the following granularities: Terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

39. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 38, wherein The method further comprises: Sending a switching preparation message to a second network device; wherein the second network device is a network device to which the target cell to which the terminal device switches belongs; the switching preparation message includes a cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell, and / or a cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein The cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell and / or the cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell in the handover preparation message come from the measurement results reported by the terminal device.

41. A terminal device comprising: A first processing unit is configured to determine measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information is used to control the terminal device to report a measurement result to the network device when a first predicted event is satisfied, the measurement result including at least two cell-level measurement results associated at the time instant; The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

42. The terminal device according to claim 41, wherein: The cell-level measurement results associated at at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results of each cell in the first cell set; the first cell set includes one or more of the following: one or more cells indicated by the network device through the dedicated signaling; all service cells of the terminal device; all cells included in the triggering cell list recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met; the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the same-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the same-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell in all service cells of the terminal device.

43. The terminal device according to claim 41 or 42, wherein: The measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following information: a second cell set, where the second cell set is used to indicate a cell range in which the terminal device is allowed to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments; First indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments when the first prediction event is satisfied; First quantity information, where the first quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports cell-level measurement results associated with a maximum of n historical moments, where n is a positive integer and is determined based on the first quantity information; Second quantity information, where the second quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports a maximum of m future associated cell-level measurement results, where m is a positive integer and is determined based on the second quantity information; Length configuration information associated with a first time window, where the length configuration information associated with the first time window is used to indicate a window length of the first time window; wherein the first time window is used to determine a range of the maximum n historical moments; Prediction duration configuration information, the prediction duration configuration information is used to indicate the window length of the second time window, the second time window is associated with the first prediction event, and the window length of the second time window is the duration between the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first prediction event and the triggering time of the first prediction event.

44. The terminal device according to claim 43, wherein: The end time of the first time window is the triggering time of the first predicted event; the start time of the first time window is determined based on the end time of the first time window and the length configuration information associated with the first time window.

45. The terminal device according to claim 43 or 44, wherein: The length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to one or more of the following granularities: terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

46. The terminal device according to any one of claims 43 to 45, wherein: The starting moment of the second time window is the triggering moment of the first predicted event; the ending moment of the second time window is determined based on the starting moment of the second time window and the predicted duration configuration information.

47. The terminal device according to any one of claims 43 to 46, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

48. According to any one of claims 43 to 46, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with up to n historical moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

49. The terminal device according to any one of claims 43 to 46, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

50. The terminal device according to any one of claims 43 to 46, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

51. The terminal device according to any one of claims 43 to 46, if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments, wherein: The at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

52. The terminal device according to any one of claims 43 to 46, if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments, wherein: The at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

53. According to the terminal device according to any one of claims 43-52, if the measurement configuration information includes the length configuration information associated with the first time window, then any moment corresponding to the maximum n historical moments belongs to the moment included in the first time window.

54. According to the terminal device according to any one of claims 43-53, any moment corresponding to the maximum m future moments belongs to the moment included in the second time window.

55. According to the terminal device according to any one of claims 41-54, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event.

56. The terminal device according to any one of claims 41 to 55, wherein: The first predicted event includes one of the following: It is predicted that starting from the current moment, a first event will be satisfied after a first duration. The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after the second time period starting from the current moment; The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third duration, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a fourth duration starting from the current moment; The first event is associated with the first predicted event.

57. The terminal device according to claim 56, wherein: The first event includes one or more of the following: The signal measurement result of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a third measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the serving cell is less than or equal to a fourth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is greater than or equal to the first offset; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the fifth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is less than or equal to a sixth measurement threshold and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell or SCell is greater than or equal to a seventh measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the signal measurement result of the SCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the SCell is greater than or equal to the second offset; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a first distance threshold, and the distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a second distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a third distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a fourth distance threshold; The signal measurement result of the Inter RAT neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the eighth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell is less than or equal to the ninth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the tenth measurement threshold; The periodic measurement reporting timer times out; Time reaches the first absolute moment; A fifth time period has elapsed since the measurement configuration information was successfully received.

58. The terminal device according to any one of claims 41 to 57, wherein: The terminal device further includes: A first communication unit is configured to send capability indication information to the network device, where the capability indication information includes one or more of the following: first capability information, where the first capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event; Second capability information, where the second capability information is used to indicate to the network device whether the terminal device supports reporting cell-level measurement results associated at least two times in the same measurement reporting message.

59. The terminal device according to claim 58, wherein: The first capability information or the second capability information is indicated according to one or more of the following granularities: terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

60. A first network device, comprising: a second communication unit, configured to receive a measurement result reported by a terminal device, the measurement result comprising at least two cell-level measurement results associated at a given moment; wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal device based on the determined measurement configuration information and the terminal device triggers reporting of the measurement result when a first predicted event is satisfied; The first part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device and the second part of the information contained in the measurement configuration information is obtained by default; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by receiving dedicated signaling sent by the first network device; or, the measurement configuration information is obtained by default.

61. The first network device according to claim 60, wherein: The cell-level measurement results associated at at least two moments include the cell-level measurement results of each cell in the first cell set; the first cell set includes one or more of the following: one or more cells indicated by the first network device through the dedicated signaling; all service cells of the terminal device; all cells included in the triggering cell list recorded in the temporary variable stored by the terminal device when the first prediction event is met; the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the same-frequency neighboring cell of the cell that triggers the first prediction event; the same-frequency neighboring cell with the best measurement result associated with each service cell in all service cells of the terminal device.

62. The first network device according to claim 60 or 61, wherein: The measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following information: a second cell set, where the second cell set is used to indicate a cell range in which the terminal device is allowed to report cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments; First indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments when the first prediction event is satisfied; First quantity information, where the first quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports cell-level measurement results associated with a maximum of n historical moments, where n is a positive integer and is determined based on the first quantity information; Second quantity information, where the second quantity information is used to indicate that when the first predicted event is satisfied, the terminal device reports a maximum of m future associated cell-level measurement results, where m is a positive integer and is determined based on the second quantity information; Length configuration information associated with a first time window, where the length configuration information associated with the first time window is used to indicate a window length of the first time window; wherein the first time window is used to determine a range of the maximum n historical moments; Prediction duration configuration information, the prediction duration configuration information is used to indicate the window length of the second time window, the second time window is associated with the first prediction event, and the window length of the second time window is the duration between the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first prediction event and the triggering time of the first prediction event.

63. The first network device according to claim 62, wherein: The end time of the first time window is the triggering time of the first predicted event; the start time of the first time window is determined based on the end time of the first time window and the length configuration information associated with the first time window.

64. The first network device according to claim 62 or 63, wherein: The length configuration information associated with the first time window is configured according to one or more of the following granularities: terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; frequency band range granularity.

65. The first network device according to any one of claims 62-64, wherein: The starting moment of the second time window is the triggering moment of the first predicted event; the ending moment of the second time window is determined based on the starting moment of the second time window and the predicted duration configuration information.

66. According to the first network device of any one of claims 62-65, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

67. According to the first network device of any one of claims 62 to 65, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event, the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical moments, wherein: The maximum n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

68. According to the first network device of any one of claims 62 to 65, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two time points include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time point of the first prediction event, cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical time points, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time points, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

69. The first network device according to any one of claims 62 to 65, if the measurement configuration information includes the first quantity information and the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include a cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, a cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most n historical time moments and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time moments or (m-1) future time moments, wherein: The at most n historical moments are all moments before the triggering moment of the first predicted event, and the at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

70. The first network device according to any one of claims 62 to 65, if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with at least two time points include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time point of the first prediction event and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time points, wherein: The at most m future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

71. The first network device according to any one of claims 62 to 65, if the measurement configuration information includes the second quantity information, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two time moments include a cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering time of the first predicted event, a cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence time of the first event associated with the first predicted event, and cell-level measurement results associated with at most m future time moments or (m-1) future time moments, wherein: The at most m future moments or (m-1) future moments are all moments after the triggering moment of the first predicted event.

72. According to the first network device according to any one of claims 62-71, if the measurement configuration information includes length configuration information associated with the first time window, then any moment corresponding to the maximum n historical moments belongs to the moment included in the first time window.

73. The first network device according to any one of claims 62-71, wherein any moment corresponding to the at most m future moments belongs to the moment included in the second time window.

74. According to the first network device according to any one of claims 60-73, the cell-level measurement results associated with the at least two moments include the cell-level measurement result associated with the triggering moment of the first predicted event and the cell-level measurement result associated with the expected occurrence moment of the first event associated with the first predicted event.

75. The first network device according to any one of claims 60 to 74, wherein: The first predicted event includes one of the following: It is predicted that starting from the current moment, a first event will be satisfied after a first duration. The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the first measurement threshold, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after the second time period starting from the current moment; The signal measurement result of the current serving cell is less than or equal to the second measurement threshold for a third duration, and it is predicted that the first event will be satisfied after a fourth duration starting from the current moment; The first event is associated with the first predicted event.

76. The first network device according to claim 75, wherein: The first event includes one or more of the following: The signal measurement result of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a third measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the serving cell is less than or equal to a fourth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is greater than or equal to the first offset; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the fifth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell or PSCell is less than or equal to a sixth measurement threshold and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell or SCell is greater than or equal to a seventh measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell is greater than or equal to the signal measurement result of the SCell, and the difference between the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell and the signal measurement result of the SCell is greater than or equal to the second offset; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a first distance threshold, and the distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a second distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the first reference point is greater than or equal to a third distance threshold; The distance between the terminal device and the second reference point is less than or equal to a fourth distance threshold; The signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the eighth measurement threshold; The signal measurement result of the PCell is less than or equal to the ninth measurement threshold, and the signal measurement result of the neighboring cell belonging to Inter RAT is greater than or equal to the tenth measurement threshold; The periodic measurement reporting timer times out; Time reaches the first absolute moment; A fifth time period has elapsed since the measurement configuration information was successfully received.

77. The first network device according to any one of claims 60 to 76, wherein: The second communication unit is further configured to: Receive capability indication information sent by the terminal device, where the capability indication information includes one or more of the following: First capability information, where the first capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports performing a measurement reporting task based on the first predicted event; Second capability information, where the second capability information is used to indicate to the first network device whether the terminal device supports reporting cell-level measurement results associated at least two times in the same measurement reporting message.

78. The first network device according to claim 77, wherein: The first capability information or the second capability information is indicated according to one or more of the following granularities: terminal device granularity; frequency point granularity; frequency band granularity; frequency band combination granularity; and frequency band range granularity.

79. The first network device according to any one of claims 60 to 78, wherein: The second communication unit is further configured to: Sending a switching preparation message to a second network device; wherein the second network device is a network device to which the target cell to which the terminal device switches belongs; the switching preparation message includes a cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell, and / or a cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell.

80. The first network device according to claim 79, wherein The cell-level measurement result of at least one historical moment associated with the target cell and / or the cell-level measurement result of at least one future moment associated with the target cell in the handover preparation message come from the measurement results reported by the terminal device.

81. A terminal device comprising: A transceiver, a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, the transceiver is used to communicate with other devices, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory so that the terminal device executes the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 19.

82. A first network device comprising: A transceiver, a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, the transceiver is used to communicate with other devices, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to enable the first network device to perform the method according to any one of claims 20 to 40.

83. A chip comprising: A processor, configured to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

84. A chip comprising: A processor, configured to call and execute a computer program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the method according to any one of claims 20 to 40.

85. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, which, when executed by a device, causes the device to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

86. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, which, when executed by a device, causes the device to perform the method according to any one of claims 20 to 40.

87. A computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

88. A computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 20 to 40.

89. A computer program causing a computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

90. A computer program causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 20 to 40.

91. A communication system comprising: A terminal device, configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19; A first network device, configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 20 to 40.

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