Measurement reporting method, apparatus and system

Abstract

Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a measurement reporting method, apparatus and system, which are used for clarifying a measurement reporting process based on L1 and L2 of a terminal device. The method comprises: on the basis of an event type, determining a first cell used for event evaluation; within a first time period, when the first cell meets an event entry condition, sending a measurement report, wherein the measurement report comprises a measurement result of the first cell; and setting the value of a first parameter to a first value, wherein the first value is used for indicating that the measurement report has been reported.

Description

Measurement reporting method, device and system

[0001] The present application claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 202411089167.X, filed on August 8, 2024, and entitled "Measurement reporting method, device and system", the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a measurement reporting method, device and system. BACKGROUND

[0003] Generally, the cell measurement and reporting procedure is based on the radio resource control (RRC) layer, i.e., layer (L) 3. However, the participation of the high layer (i.e., L3) involves signaling interaction between multiple layers (including L1, L2 and L3), thereby making the whole measurement reporting procedure more time-consuming and signaling overhead.

[0004] However, due to the different protocols supported by different layers and different message formats, the steps included in the measurement reporting procedure based on L3 are not applicable to the measurement reporting procedure based on L1 and L2. SUMMARY

[0005] Embodiments of the present application provide a measurement reporting method, device and system for clarifying the measurement reporting procedure based on L1 and L2 of a terminal device.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the embodiments of the present application adopt the following technical solutions:

[0007] In a first aspect, a measurement reporting method is provided. The device executing the measurement reporting method can be a terminal device, or a module applied in the terminal device, such as a chip or a chip system. The measurement reporting method is applied to layer L1 and L2 of the terminal device, and includes: determining a first cell for event evaluation according to an event type; in the case that the first cell satisfies an entering condition of the event within a first time period, sending a measurement report, the measurement report including a measurement result of the first cell; and setting a value of a first parameter to a first value, the first value being used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported.

[0008] In the measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the specific steps of the L1 and the L2 of the terminal device for event evaluation and measurement reporting are specified. In addition, the first value of the first parameter is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, so that the measurement result of the first cell can be avoided from being repeatedly reported in the same case. If the same case occurs subsequently, it indicates that the measurement result of the first cell is relatively stable, and repeated reporting multiple times will increase the signaling overhead and the processing load of the network device, and the network device does not obtain additional useful information.

[0009] In combination with the first aspect, in a possible implementation, the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, including: the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for entering condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that in the first time period, the measurement report is no longer sent in the case that the first cell meets the entering condition of the event. In this scheme, the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for entering condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is only used for exit condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is used for entering condition related event evaluation, but the terminal device no longer sends the measurement report in the case that the first cell meets the entering condition of the event.

[0010] In combination with the first aspect, in a possible implementation, in the case that the first cell meets the entering condition of the event in the first time period, the measurement report is sent, including: the L2 determines that the first cell meets the entering condition of the event in the first time period, and triggers to send the measurement report; or the L2 transmits indication information used to indicate that the L1 performs event evaluation to the L1; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell meets the entering condition of the event to the L2; the L2 triggers to send the measurement report in the case that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all meet. In this scheme, the entering condition related event evaluation can be performed by the L2 or the L1 of the terminal device.

[0011] In combination with the first aspect, in a possible implementation, the method further includes: in the case that the first cell meets the exit condition of the event in the first time period, the value of the first parameter is set from the first value to a second value, and the second value is used to indicate that the measurement report has not been reported; in the case that a second parameter is configured, the measurement report is sent, and the second parameter is used to allow the measurement report to be sent. In this scheme, the first parameter can also be referred to as a state variable, the first value can be reported, and the second value can be notReported. When the event is configured to take effect, the initial value of the first parameter can be the second value. The second parameter can be reportOnLeave.

[0012] With reference to the first aspect above, in a possible implementation, the second value is used to indicate that the measurement report is not reported, including: the second value is used to indicate that the first cell is used to enter the condition-related event evaluation. In this scheme, when the first parameter takes the second value, the first cell can be used to enter the condition-related event evaluation, and the terminal device can send the measurement report when the first cell meets the entering condition of the event.

[0013] With reference to the first aspect above, in a possible implementation, in the first time period, when the first cell meets the exiting condition of the event, the first parameter takes the second value from the first value, including: the L2 determines that the first cell meets the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, and sets the first parameter to take the second value from the first value; or, the L2 transmits indication information to the L1 to indicate that the L1 performs event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell meets the exiting condition of the event to the L2; the L2 sets the first parameter to take the second value from the first value when it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all meet. In this scheme, the exiting condition-related event evaluation can be performed by the L2 or the L1 of the terminal device.

[0014] With reference to the first aspect above, in a possible implementation, the first cell used for event evaluation is determined according to the event type, including: in the case that the event type is A1 or A2, the serving cell is determined as the first cell; or, in the case that the event type is one of A3 to A6, the serving cell and any candidate cell are determined as the first cell. In this scheme, when the event type is A1 or A2, the event evaluation only involves the signal quality of the serving cell; when the event type is one of A3 to A6, the event evaluation involves the signal quality of the candidate cell in addition to the signal quality of the serving cell.

[0015] In a possible implementation of the first aspect, the first cell is included in a second cell, and the method further includes: performing measurement on the second cell to obtain a measurement result of the second cell; the second cell includes a serving cell; the second cell further includes any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-central unit (CU) measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including an event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration; or, the second cell includes a serving cell; in a case where a measurement result of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold, the second cell further includes any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-CU measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including an event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration. In this solution, measurement is not performed on all candidate cells, thereby reducing unnecessary measurement and saving power consumption of the terminal device.

[0016] In a possible implementation of the first aspect, a plurality of resource sets exist in the second cell, and each of the plurality of resource sets includes a plurality of measurement resources; the measurement on the second cell to obtain the measurement result of the second cell includes: for each of the plurality of resource sets, performing the following method: performing measurement on the plurality of measurement resources respectively to obtain a plurality of measurement results; obtaining a measurement result of the each of the plurality of resource sets according to the plurality of measurement results; and averaging the measurement results of the plurality of resource sets to obtain the measurement result of the second cell. In this solution, measurement results corresponding to different resource sets can be combined into a measurement result of a cell, compared with the prior art in which a measurement result corresponding to one resource set is used as a measurement result of a cell, this solution can avoid the situation that a measurement result corresponding to one resource set is inaccurate or unstable, and the subsequent event evaluation result switches between meeting and not meeting, that is, the ping-pong effect.

[0017] In a second aspect, a measurement reporting method is provided. The device performing the measurement reporting method can be a terminal device, or a module, such as a chip or a chip system, applied in the terminal device. The measurement reporting method is applied to layers L1 and L2 of the terminal device, and includes: determining a first beam used for event evaluation according to an event type; in a case where the first beam meets an entering condition of the event within a first time period, sending a measurement report, the measurement report including a measurement result of the first beam; and setting a value of a first parameter to a first value, the first value being used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported.

[0018] In the measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application, for the scenario of event triggering of a beam, the specific steps of event evaluation and measurement reporting of L1 and L2 of the terminal device are specified. In addition, the first value of the first parameter is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, so that the measurement result of the first beam can be avoided from being repeatedly reported in the same case. If the same case occurs subsequently, it indicates that the measurement result of the first beam is relatively stable, and repeated reporting increases the signaling overhead and the processing load of the network device, and the network device does not obtain additional useful information.

[0019] In combination with the second aspect, in a possible implementation, the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, including: the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for entering condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that in the first time period, the first cell no longer sends the measurement report in the case that the first cell meets the entering condition of the event. In this scheme, the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for entering condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is only used for exit condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is used for entering condition related event evaluation, but the terminal device no longer sends the measurement report in the case that the first cell meets the entering condition of the event.

[0020] In combination with the second aspect, in a possible implementation, in the case that the first beam meets the entering condition of the event in the first time period, the measurement report is sent, including: the L2 determines that the first beam meets the entering condition of the event in the first time period, and triggers to send the measurement report; or the L2 transmits indication information to the L1 for indicating that the L1 performs event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam meets the entering condition of the event to the L2; the L2 triggers to send the measurement report in the case that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all meet. In this scheme, the entering condition related event evaluation can be performed by the L2 or the L1 of the terminal device.

[0021] In combination with the second aspect, in a possible implementation, the method further includes: in the case that the first beam meets the exit condition of the event in the first time period, the value of the first parameter is set from the first value to a second value, and the second value is used to indicate that the measurement report has not been reported; in the case that a second parameter is configured, the measurement report is sent, and the second parameter is used to allow the measurement report to be sent. In this scheme, the first parameter can also be referred to as a state variable, the first value can be reported, and the second value can be notReported. When the event is configured to take effect, the initial value of the first parameter can be the second value. The second parameter can be reportOnLeave.

[0022] With reference to the second aspect above, in a possible implementation, the second value is used to indicate that the measurement report is not reported, including: the second value is used to indicate that the first beam is used for entering the event evaluation related to the condition. In this solution, when the first parameter takes the second value, the first cell can be used for entering the event evaluation related to the condition, and the terminal device can send the measurement report when the first cell meets the entering condition of the event.

[0023] With reference to the second aspect above, in a possible implementation, in the case where the first beam meets the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, the first parameter takes the second value from the first value, including: the L2 determines that the first beam meets the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, and sets the first parameter to take the second value from the first value; or, the L2 transmits indication information to the L1 to indicate that the L1 performs the event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam meets the exiting condition of the event to the L2; the L2 sets the first parameter to take the second value from the first value in the case where one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all meet. In this solution, the event evaluation related to the exiting condition can be performed by the L2 or the L1 of the terminal device.

[0024] With reference to the second aspect above, in a possible implementation, the first beam used for the event evaluation is determined according to the event type, including: in the case where the event type is A1 or A2, one of the following beams of the serving cell is determined as the first beam: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current transmission channel information (TCI) state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relationship; or, in the case where the event type is one of A3 to A6, one of the following beams of the serving cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relationship, and one of the following beams of any candidate cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, a beam corresponding to a current spatial relationship, or a beam with the best signal quality is determined as the first beam. In this solution, when the event type is A1 or A2, the event evaluation only involves the signal quality of the beam of the serving cell; when the event type is one of A3 to A6, the event evaluation involves the signal quality of the beam of the candidate cell in addition to the signal quality of the beam of the serving cell.

[0025] In a third aspect, a measurement reporting method is provided. The measurement reporting method can be performed by a terminal device, or a module (e.g., a chip or a chip system) applied in the terminal device. The measurement reporting method is applied to layer L1 and L2 of the terminal device, and includes: determining a first cell for event evaluation according to an event type; sending a measurement report including a measurement result of the first cell, in a case where the first cell satisfies an entering condition of the event within a first time period; starting a timer, in a case where the first cell is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition during running of the timer, or in a case where the measurement report is no longer sent in a case where the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event; and using the first cell for the event evaluation related to the entering condition after the timer expires or stops.

[0026] In the measurement reporting method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the specific steps of L1 and L2 of the terminal device for event evaluation and measurement reporting are determined. In addition, during running of the timer, the measurement result of the first cell can be avoided from being repeatedly reported in the same case. If the same case occurs, it indicates that the measurement result of the first cell is relatively stable, and repeated reporting for multiple times increases signaling overhead and processing load of the network device, and the network device does not obtain additional useful information.

[0027] In combination with the third aspect, in a possible implementation, in a case where the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event within the first time period, sending the measurement report includes: the L2 determines that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event within the first time period, and triggers sending of the measurement report; or the L2 transmits indication information for indicating the L1 to perform event evaluation to the L1; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event to the L2; and the L2 triggers sending of the measurement report in a case where one or more determination results received from the L1 within the first time period are all satisfied. In this scheme, the event evaluation related to the entering condition can be performed by the L2 or the L1 of the terminal device.

[0028] In combination with the third aspect, in a possible implementation, the method further includes: stopping the timer in a case where the first cell satisfies an exiting condition of the event within the first time period, and the timer has not expired; and sending the measurement report in a case where a second parameter is configured, the second parameter being used for allowing sending of the measurement report. In this scheme, the second parameter can be reportOnLeave, for example.

[0029] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in the case that the first cell satisfies the exit condition of the event and the timer is not expired in the first time period, stopping the timer comprises: the L2 determines that the first cell satisfies the exit condition of the event and the timer is not expired in the first time period, and the L2 stops the timer; or the L2 transmits indication information to the L1 to instruct the L1 to perform event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the exit condition of the event to the L2; and the L2 stops the timer in the case that the L2 determines that all the one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are that the first cell satisfies the exit condition of the event and the timer is not expired. In this scheme, the event evaluation related to the exit condition can be performed by the L2 or the L1 of the terminal device.

[0030] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect, according to the event type, the first cell for event evaluation is determined, which comprises: in the case that the event type is A1 or A2, a serving cell is determined as the first cell; or in the case that the event type is one of A3 to A6, the serving cell and any candidate cell are determined as the first cell. In this scheme, when the event type is A1 or A2, the event evaluation only involves the signal quality of the serving cell; and when the event type is one of A3 to A6, the event evaluation involves the signal quality of the candidate cell in addition to the signal quality of the serving cell.

[0031] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the first cell is included in a second cell, and the method further comprises: performing measurement on the second cell to obtain a measurement result of the second cell; wherein the second cell comprises a serving cell; and the second cell further comprises any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-central unit (CU) measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including event trigger configuration in associated report configuration; or wherein the second cell comprises a serving cell; and in the case that the measurement result of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold, the second cell further comprises any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-CU measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including event trigger configuration in associated report configuration. In this scheme, measurement can not be performed on all candidate cells, thereby reducing unnecessary measurement to save power consumption of the terminal device.

[0032] In a possible implementation of the third aspect, the second cell has a plurality of resource sets, each of the plurality of resource sets including a plurality of measurement resources; and the measuring the second cell to obtain a measurement result of the second cell includes: for each of the plurality of resource sets, performing the following method: measuring the plurality of measurement resources respectively to obtain a plurality of measurement results; obtaining a measurement result of the each of the plurality of resource sets according to the plurality of measurement results; and averaging the measurement results of the plurality of resource sets to obtain the measurement result of the second cell. In this solution, the measurement results corresponding to different resource sets can be combined into the measurement result of the cell. Compared with the prior art in which the measurement result corresponding to one resource set is used as the measurement result of the cell, this solution can avoid the situation that the subsequent event evaluation result switches between meeting and not meeting due to the inaccuracy or instability of the measurement result corresponding to one resource set, that is, the ping-pong effect.

[0033] In a fourth aspect, a measurement reporting method is provided. The device performing the measurement reporting method can be a terminal device, or a module, such as a chip or a chip system, applied in the terminal device. The measurement reporting method is applied to layers L1 and L2 of the terminal device, and includes: determining a first beam used for event evaluation according to an event type; in a case where the first beam meets an entering condition of the event in a first time period, sending a measurement report, the measurement report including a measurement result of the first beam; starting a timer, during which the first beam is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition, or in a case where the first beam meets the entering condition of the event, the measurement report is no longer sent; and after the timer expires or stops, the first beam is used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition.

[0034] In the measurement reporting method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the specific steps of L1 and L2 of the terminal device for event evaluation and measurement reporting are specified in the scenario of event triggering of a beam. In addition, during the running of the timer, the measurement result of the first beam can be prevented from being repeatedly reported in the same case. If the same case occurs, it indicates that the measurement result of the first beam is relatively stable, and repeated reporting multiple times increases the signaling overhead and the processing load of the network device, and the network device does not obtain additional useful information.

[0035] In a possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in the case that the first beam meets the entering condition of the event in the first time period, the method further includes: the L2 determines that the first beam meets the entering condition of the event in the first time period, and triggers sending of the measurement report; or the L2 transmits, to the L1, indication information for instructing the L1 to perform event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits, to the L2, a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam meets the entering condition of the event; and the L2 triggers sending of the measurement report in the case that it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all meeting.

[0036] In a possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in the case that the first beam meets the exiting condition of the event in the first time period and the timer is not expired, the method further includes: stopping the timer; and in the case that a second parameter is configured, sending the measurement report, where the second parameter is used to allow sending of the measurement report. In this scheme, the second parameter can be reportOnLeave, for example.

[0037] In a possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in the case that the first beam meets the exiting condition of the event in the first time period and the timer is not expired, the method further includes: the L2 determines that the first beam meets the exiting condition of the event in the first time period and the timer is not expired, and the L2 stops the timer; or the L2 transmits, to the L1, indication information for instructing the L1 to perform event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits, to the L2, a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam meets the exiting condition of the event; and the L2 stops the timer in the case that it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all meeting and the timer is not expired. In this scheme, the event evaluation related to the exiting condition can be performed by the L2 or the L1 of the terminal device.

[0038] In a possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the first beam used for event evaluation is determined according to the event type, including: in a case where the event type is A1 or A2, one of the following beams of the serving cell is determined as the first beam: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current transmission channel information (TCI) state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation; or in a case where the event type is one of A3 to A6, one of the following beams of the serving cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, and one of the following beams of any candidate cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, or a beam with the best signal quality is determined as the first beam. In this scheme, when the event type is A1 or A2, the event evaluation only involves the signal quality of the beam of the serving cell; when the event type is one of A3 to A6, the event evaluation involves the signal quality of the beam of the candidate cell in addition to the signal quality of the beam of the serving cell.

[0039] In a fifth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided for implementing the method in the above aspects. The communication apparatus includes modules, units, or means corresponding to the modules, units, or means for implementing the method in the above aspects, which can be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing corresponding software with hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

[0040] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the communication apparatus includes a processing module and a transceiver module; the processing module is configured to determine a first cell used for event evaluation according to an event type; the transceiver module is configured to, in a case where the first cell satisfies an entering condition of the event in a first time period, send a measurement report, the measurement report including a measurement result of the first cell; and the processing module is further configured to set a value of a first parameter to a first value, the first value being used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported.

[0041] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, including: the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition, or the first value is used to indicate that, in a case where the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, the measurement report is no longer sent.

[0042] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the processing module is further configured to determine, by the L2, that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, and trigger sending of the measurement report; or the processing module is further configured to: transmit, by the L2, indication information indicating that the L1 performs event evaluation to the L1; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, to the L2, a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event; and trigger, by the L2, sending of the measurement report in a case where it is determined that one or more determination results from the L1 are all satisfied in the first time period.

[0043] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the processing module is further configured to, in a case where the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, set a value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value, the second value being used to indicate that the measurement report is not reported; and the sending module is further configured to, in a case where a second parameter is configured, send the measurement report, the second parameter being used to allow sending of the measurement report.

[0044] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the second value is used to indicate that the measurement report is not reported, including that the second value is used to indicate that the first cell is used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition.

[0045] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the processing module is configured to, in a case where the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, set a value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value, including: configured to determine, by the L2, that the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, and set the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value; or configured to: transmit, by the L2, indication information indicating that the L1 performs event evaluation to the L1; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, to the L2, a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event; and set, by the L2, the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value in a case where it is determined that one or more determination results from the L1 are all satisfied in the first time period.

[0046] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the processing module is configured to determine the first cell for event evaluation according to an event type, including: configured to, in a case where the event type is A1 or A2, determine a serving cell as the first cell; or configured to, in a case where the event type is one of A3 to A6, determine the serving cell and any candidate cell as the first cell.

[0047] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the first cell is included in a second cell, and the processing module is further configured to measure the second cell to obtain a measurement result of the second cell; the second cell includes a serving cell; the second cell further includes any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-central unit (CU) measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including an event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration; or, the second cell includes a serving cell; in a case where a measurement result of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold, the second cell further includes any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-CU measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including an event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration.

[0048] In a possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, a plurality of resource sets exist in the second cell, and each of the plurality of resource sets includes a plurality of measurement resources; the processing module is further configured to measure the second cell to obtain the measurement result of the second cell, including: for each of the plurality of resource sets, performing the following method: measuring the plurality of measurement resources respectively to obtain a plurality of measurement results; obtaining a measurement result of the each of the plurality of resource sets according to the plurality of measurement results; and averaging the measurement results of the plurality of resource sets to obtain the measurement result of the second cell.

[0049] The technical effects brought by the possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect can refer to the technical effects brought by the different implementation manners of the first aspect, which will not be described herein.

[0050] The sixth aspect provides a communication apparatus for implementing the above method. The communication apparatus includes modules, units, or means corresponding to the above method, which can be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

[0051] In a possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the communication apparatus includes a processing module and a transceiver module; the processing module is configured to determine a first beam for event evaluation according to an event type; the transceiver module is configured to, in a case where the first beam satisfies an entering condition of the event within a first time period, send a measurement report, the measurement report including a measurement result of the first beam; and the processing module is configured to set a value of a first parameter to a first value, the first value being used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported.

[0052] In a possible implementation of the sixth aspect, the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, including: the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition, or the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report is no longer sent in the case that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event within the first time period.

[0053] In a possible implementation of the sixth aspect, the processing module is further configured to determine, by the L2, that the first beam satisfies the entering condition of the event within the first time period, and trigger sending of the measurement report; or the processing module is further configured to: transmit, by the L2, indication information used to instruct the L1 to perform event evaluation to the L1; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, by the L1, a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam satisfies the entering condition of the event to the L2; and trigger, by the L2, sending of the measurement report in the case that it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 within the first time period are all satisfied.

[0054] In a possible implementation of the sixth aspect, the processing module is further configured to, in the case that the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event within the first time period, set a value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value, and the second value is used to indicate that the measurement report has not been reported; and the transceiver module is further configured to, in the case that a second parameter is configured, send the measurement report, and the second parameter is used to allow sending of the measurement report.

[0055] In a possible implementation of the sixth aspect, the second value is used to indicate that the measurement report has not been reported, including: the second value is used to indicate that the first beam is used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition.

[0056] In a possible implementation of the sixth aspect, the processing module is configured to, in the case that the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event within the first time period, set a value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value, including: configured to determine, by the L2, that the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event within the first time period, and set the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value; or configured to: transmit, by the L2, indication information used to instruct the L1 to perform event evaluation to the L1; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, by the L1, a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event to the L2; and set, by the L2, the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value in the case that it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 within the first time period are all satisfied.

[0057] In a possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the processing module is configured to determine, according to the event type, a first beam used for event evaluation, including: in a case where the event type is A1 or A2, determining one of the following beams of a serving cell as the first beam: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current transmission channel information (TCI) state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation; or in a case where the event type is one of A3 to A6, determining one of the following beams of the serving cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, and one of the following beams of any candidate cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, or a beam with the best signal quality, as the first beam.

[0058] The technical effects brought by any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect can refer to the technical effects brought by different implementation manners of the second aspect, which will not be repeated here.

[0059] The seventh aspect provides a communication apparatus for implementing the above method. The communication apparatus includes modules, units, or means corresponding to the above method, which can be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

[0060] In a possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, the communication apparatus includes a processing module and a transceiver module. The processing module is configured to determine, according to an event type, a first cell used for event evaluation. The transceiver module is configured to, in a case where the first cell satisfies an entering condition of the event within a first time period, send a measurement report including a measurement result of the first cell. The processing module is configured to start a timer. During the running of the timer, the first cell is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition, or in a case where the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event, the measurement report is no longer sent. After the timer expires or stops, the first cell is used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition.

[0061] With reference to the seventh aspect above, in a possible implementation manner, the processing module is configured to determine, by the L2, that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, and trigger sending of the measurement report; or the processing module is configured to: transmit, by the L2, indication information to the L1, the indication information being used to instruct the L1 to perform event evaluation; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, by the L1, a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event to the L2; and trigger, by the L2, sending of the measurement report in a case where it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all satisfied.

[0062] With reference to the seventh aspect above, in a possible implementation manner, the processing module is further configured to stop the timer in a case where the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, and the timer is not expired; and the transceiver module is further configured to send the measurement report in a case where a second parameter is configured, the second parameter being used to allow sending of the measurement report.

[0063] With reference to the seventh aspect above, in a possible implementation manner, the processing module is further configured to stop the timer in a case where the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, and the timer is not expired, including: configured to determine, by the L2, that the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, and the timer is not expired, and stop the timer by the L2; or configured to: transmit, by the L2, indication information to the L1, the indication information being used to instruct the L1 to perform event evaluation; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, by the L1, a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event to the L2; and stop, by the L2, the timer in a case where it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all satisfied, and the timer is not expired.

[0064] With reference to the seventh aspect above, in a possible implementation manner, the processing module is configured to determine the first cell for event evaluation according to an event type, including: configured to determine a serving cell as the first cell in a case where the event type is A1 or A2; or configured to determine the serving cell and any candidate cell as the first cell in a case where the event type is one of A3 to A6.

[0065] In a possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, the first cell is included in a second cell, and the processing module is further configured to measure the second cell to obtain a measurement result of the second cell; the second cell includes a serving cell; the second cell further includes any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-central unit (CU) measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including an event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration; or, the second cell includes a serving cell; in a case where a measurement result of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold, the second cell further includes any one of the following: a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-CU measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including an event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration.

[0066] In a possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, a plurality of resource sets exist in the second cell, and each of the plurality of resource sets includes a plurality of measurement resources; the processing module is further configured to measure the second cell to obtain a measurement result of the second cell, including: for each of the plurality of resource sets, performing the following method: measuring the plurality of measurement resources respectively to obtain a plurality of measurement results; obtaining a measurement result of the each of the plurality of resource sets according to the plurality of measurement results; and averaging the measurement results of the plurality of resource sets to obtain the measurement result of the second cell.

[0067] The technical effects brought by any possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect can refer to the technical effects brought by the different implementation manners of the third aspect, which will not be described herein.

[0068] An eighth aspect provides a communication apparatus for implementing the method described above. The communication apparatus includes modules, units, or means corresponding to the modules, units, or means for implementing the method described above, which can be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the functions described above.

[0069] In a possible implementation manner of the eighth aspect, the communication apparatus includes a processing module and a transceiver module; the processing module is configured to determine a first beam for event evaluation according to an event type; the transceiver module is configured to, in a case where the first beam satisfies an entering condition of the event in a first time period, send a measurement report including a measurement result of the first beam; the processing module is further configured to start a timer, and in a case where the first beam is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition during the running of the timer, or in a case where the measurement report is no longer sent in a case where the first beam satisfies the entering condition of the event, the first beam is used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition after the timer expires or stops.

[0070] With reference to the eighth aspect above, in a possible implementation, the processing module is further configured to determine, by the L2, that the first beam satisfies the entering condition of the event within the first time period, and trigger sending of the measurement report; or the processing module is further configured to: transmit, by the L2, indication information to the L1, the indication information being used to instruct the L1 to perform event evaluation; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, by the L1, to the L2, a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam satisfies the entering condition of the event; and trigger, by the L2, sending of the measurement report in a case where it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 within the first time period all satisfy the entering condition of the event.

[0071] With reference to the eighth aspect above, in a possible implementation, the processing module is further configured to stop the timer in a case where the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event within the first time period, and the timer has not expired; and the transceiver module is further configured to send the measurement report in a case where a second parameter is configured, the second parameter being used to allow sending of the measurement report.

[0072] With reference to the eighth aspect above, in a possible implementation, the processing module is further configured to stop the timer in a case where the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event within the first time period, and the timer has not expired, including: configured to determine, by the L2, that the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event within the first time period, and the timer has not expired, and stop the timer by the L2; or configured to transmit, by the L2, indication information to the L1, the indication information being used to instruct the L1 to perform event evaluation; receive, by the L1, the indication information, and transmit, by the L1, to the L2, a plurality of determination results of whether the first beam satisfies the exiting condition of the event; and stop, by the L2, the timer in a case where it is determined that one or more determination results received from the L1 within the first time period all satisfy the exiting condition of the event, and the timer has not expired.

[0073] With reference to the eighth aspect above, in a possible implementation, the processing module is configured to determine the first beam for event evaluation according to an event type, including: configured to, in a case where the event type is A1 or A2, determine one of the following beams of a serving cell as the first beam: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current transmission channel information (TCI) state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation; or configured to, in a case where the event type is one of A3 to A6, determine one of the following beams of the serving cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, and one of the following beams of any candidate cell: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, or a beam with the best signal quality, as the first beam.

[0074] The technical effects brought by any possible implementation manner of the eighth aspect can refer to the technical effects brought by the different implementation manners of the fourth aspect, which will not be described here.

[0075] In a ninth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, including: a processor; the processor is configured to couple with a memory and read computer instructions stored in the memory, and execute the method according to any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect after the instructions.

[0076] In combination with the ninth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus further includes a memory; the memory is configured to store the computer instructions.

[0077] In combination with the ninth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus further includes a communication interface; the communication interface is configured to enable the communication apparatus to communicate with other devices. For example, the communication interface can be a transceiver, an input / output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin, or related circuits.

[0078] In combination with the ninth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus can be a chip or a chip system. When the communication apparatus is a chip system, the communication apparatus can be composed of a chip or can include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0079] In combination with the ninth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, when the communication apparatus is a chip or a chip system, the communication interface can be an input / output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin, or related circuits on the chip or chip system. The processor can also be embodied as a processing circuit or a logic circuit.

[0080] In a tenth aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided, and the computer readable storage medium stores instructions. When the instructions are run on a computer, the computer can execute the method according to any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect.

[0081] In an eleventh aspect, a computer program product including instructions is provided, and when the instructions are run on a computer, the computer can execute the method according to any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect.

[0082] In a twelfth aspect, a chip is provided, and the chip includes: a processor, the processor is configured to run instructions, so that an apparatus including the chip executes the method according to any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect.

[0083] In combination with the twelfth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the chip further includes a memory, and the memory is configured to store the instructions.

[0084] In a thirteenth aspect, a communication system is provided, which includes a network device, and a terminal device configured to perform the method of any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect.

[0085] The technical effects brought by the possible implementation manners of the ninth aspect to the thirteenth aspect can refer to the technical effects brought by the different implementation manners of any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect, which will not be repeated here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0086] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of L3-based measurement configuration;

[0087] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applied;

[0088] FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a measurement reporting method provided by embodiments of the present application;

[0089] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a measurement reporting method provided by embodiments of the present application;

[0090] FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a measurement reporting method provided by embodiments of the present application;

[0091] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication apparatus provided by embodiments of the present application;

[0092] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication apparatus provided by embodiments of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0093] The measurement reporting procedure includes measurement configuration, measurement, event evaluation, and measurement reporting. The following introduces the L3-based measurement reporting procedure.

[0094] 1) Measurement configuration

[0095] FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of L3-based measurement configuration. The network device can configure a measurement identity (Meas ID) list, each measurement ID in the list is associated with a measurement object (MeasObject, MO) and a report configuration (reportConfig). For example, the measurement ID list includes measurement IDs 1 to 4, the measurement object list includes measurement objects 1 to 4, and the report configuration list includes report configurations 1 to 4. Measurement ID 1 is associated with measurement object 1 and report configuration 1; measurement ID 2 is associated with measurement object 2 and report configuration 1; measurement ID 3 is associated with measurement object 2 and report configuration 2; and measurement ID 4 is associated with measurement object 3 and report configuration 4.

[0096] Exemplarily, the measurement objects can include a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB) frequency, a SSB subcarrier spacing, a SSB measurement timing configuration (SMTC), a channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) frequency, a reference signal (RS) type, an absolute threshold SSB or CSI-RS consolidation (absThreshSS-Blocks / CSI-RS-Consolidation), a number of SSB or CSI-RS resources to average (nrofSS-Blocks / CSI-RS-ResourcesToAverage), allowed cells, and excluded cells.

[0097] Exemplarily, the reporting configuration can include an event triggered configuration and a periodic triggered configuration. The event triggered configuration can include, for example, a duration of an entry or exit condition, an event identity, a threshold or a bias, and a type of reference signal. The periodic triggered configuration can include, for example, a reporting period, a reporting quantity, and a type of reference signal.

[0098] For the event triggered configuration, different types of events are defined in the protocol, corresponding to different entry conditions and exit conditions, as shown in Table 1. Among them, Ms represents the measurement result of the serving cell; Hys represents the amplitude hysteresis of the measurement result; Thresh represents the threshold; TimeToTrigger represents the duration of continuously meeting the entry condition or the exit condition, i.e., TimeToTrigger represents the time hysteresis; Mn represents the measurement result of the neighbor cell (including inter-system neighbor cell); Ofn represents the frequency bias of the neighbor cell (including inter-system neighbor cell); Ocn represents the cell individual offset (CIO) of the neighbor cell (including inter-system neighbor cell); Ofs represents the frequency bias of the serving cell; Ocs represents the CIO of the serving cell; Off represents the bias; Thresh1 represents threshold 1, and Thresh2 represents threshold 2.

[0099] Table 1

[0100] 2), measurement.

[0101] The "measuring a cell" in the embodiments of the present application refers to "measuring the signal strength, signal quality, or energy of the cell", and the signal strength, signal quality, or energy of the cell can be represented by at least one of the following parameters: reference signal received power (RSRP), received signal strength indication (RSSI), signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), or reference signal receiving quality (RSRQ). Herein, the following will not be described in detail.

[0102] Currently, the protocol stipulates that the terminal device measures the serving cell associated with the MO. Optionally, the terminal device can also measure the neighbor cell. For example, when the measurement result of the serving cell is lower than a pre-set threshold value, the terminal device can measure the neighbor cell.

[0103] Currently, the protocol only stipulates how to obtain the measurement result of the cell to which the multiple measurement resources belong (or in which the multiple measurement resources are located) (i.e., a cell-level measurement result) from the multiple measurement results (i.e., multiple beam-level measurement results) obtained by respectively measuring the multiple measurement resources when the multiple measurement resources belong to the same resource set, for example, the multiple SSBs belong to the same SSB resource set (burst).

[0104] Specifically, the beam consolidation method is as follows: if there is a beam-level measurement result higher than a pre-set threshold value in the multiple beam-level measurement results, the cell-level measurement result is the linear average of the multiple beam-level measurement results higher than the pre-set threshold value, and the number of beam-level measurement results participating in the calculation of the linear average does not exceed a pre-set upper limit value. If there is a beam-level measurement result higher than a pre-set threshold value in the multiple beam-level measurement results, or there is no beam-level measurement result higher than a pre-set threshold value, the cell-level measurement result is the maximum measurement result in the multiple beam-level measurement results.

[0105] In the above beam consolidation method, the threshold value can be determined by absThreshSS-Blocks / CSI-RS-Consolidation, and the upper limit value can be determined by nrofSS-Blocks / CSI-RS-ResourcesToAverage.

[0106] 3) Event evaluation.

[0107] The current protocol specifies the applicable cell, i.e. the cell used for event evaluation. When the applicable cell meets the entering condition of the entering event within TimeToTrigger, the terminal device can report the measurement result of the applicable cell. But when the subsequent applicable cell meets the entering condition of the event again, the terminal device no longer reports the measurement result of the applicable cell. The specific implementation manner is as follows: after the terminal device reports the measurement result of the applicable cell, the cell is added to the cell trigger list (CellTriggeredList). The cell in the cell trigger list is no longer used for event evaluation related to the entering condition, but can only be used for event evaluation related to the exiting condition.

[0108] When the cell in the cell trigger list meets the exiting condition of the event within TimeToTrigger, the terminal device can remove the cell from the cell trigger list. At the same time, when the report on leave condition is configured to be met, the terminal device can report the measurement result of the cell.

[0109] 4) Measurement reporting.

[0110] The measurement reporting can refer to that the terminal device sends the measurement result of the cell to the network device. The measurement result of the cell can be carried in the RRC message.

[0111] The measurement result of the cell can include the measurement result of the serving cell. The cell measurement result can also include the measurement result of the best neighbor cell, or the cell measurement result can also include the measurement results of multiple neighbor cells. The number of multiple neighbor cells can be determined by the configured report quantity cell (reportQuantityCell). The measurement results of all neighbor cells can be sorted in descending order according to the degree of advantage and disadvantage, and the above-mentioned multiple neighbor cells can be the neighbor cells with better measurement results among all neighbor cells.

[0112] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, " / " represents an "or" relationship between the objects before and after it, for example, A / B can represent A or B; in the present application, "and / or" is only a description of the relationship between the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B, which can represent the following three cases: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. In addition, in the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "multiple" means two or more than two. "At least one of the following" or similar expressions means any combination of the items, including any combination of single item or multiple items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c can represent a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, where a, b, and c can be single or multiple. In addition, in order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, "first", "second", and the like are used to distinguish the same items or similar items with basically the same function and role. Those skilled in the art can understand that "first", "second", and the like do not limit the quantity and execution order, and "first", "second", and the like do not necessarily mean different.

[0113] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system to which the embodiments of the present application are applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the communication system includes a 5th generation (5G) core network (5G core, 5GC), a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN), and at least one terminal device (not shown in FIG. 2).

[0114] Among them, the 5GC can include, for example, an access and mobility management function (AMF) and a user plane function (UPF). The AMF is used for access authentication of the terminal device, mobility management, signaling interaction between various functional network elements, termination of non-access layer (NAS) layer signaling security, etc., such as: management of user registration state, reachability state, N1 / N2 interface signaling transmission, access authentication and authorization, user connection state, user registration into the network, tracking area update, cell handover user authentication, key security, etc. The UPF can be used for routing and forwarding of core network user plane data packets.

[0115] The NG-RAN can include a next generation-enhanced NodeB (ng-eNB) and a next generation NodeB (gNB).

[0116] The ng-eNB can be a device deployed in the NG-RAN to meet the 4th generation (4G) standard and provide a wireless communication function for a terminal device. The ng-eNB can be a macro base station, a micro base station (also referred to as a small station), a relay station, an access point, a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device. The ng-eNB can also be a transmission and reception point (TRP).

[0117] The gNB can be a device deployed in the NG-RAN to meet the 5G standard and provide a wireless communication function for a terminal device. The gNB can be a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay station, an access point, a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device. The gNB can also be a TRP, a transmission measurement function (TMF). The gNB can include a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU) integrated on the gNB. In the CU / DU separated architecture, the gNB can be a CU or a DU.

[0118] The NG-RAN can also be an open RAN (O-RAN or ORAN), a cloud radio access network (CRAN), or a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, and can also be a communication system in which two or more of the above systems are fused. The ORAN aims to realize an intelligent and open access network. The main feature of the ORAN architecture is the separation of software and hardware, thereby realizing the virtualization of network functions and the standardization of hardware. In addition, the ORAN also introduces artificial intelligence (AI).

[0119] Exemplarily, the ORAN includes the following network elements: a service management and orchestration framework (SMO), a non-real time RAN intelligent controller (Non-RT RIC or NRT RIC), a near-real time RAN intelligent controller (Near-RT RIC or nRT RIC), an O-enhanced nodeB (eNB), and an O-RAN cloud (O-Cloud). Detailed functions of the above network elements can refer to existing protocols.

[0120] The terminal device 120 can also be referred to as a terminal apparatus, a terminal, user equipment (UE), a mobile station, a mobile terminal, etc. The terminal device can be widely applied to various scenarios, such as device-to-device (D2D), vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), internet of things (IOT), virtual reality, augmented reality, industrial control, autonomous driving, remote medical treatment, smart power grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart transportation, smart city, etc. The terminal device can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a wearable device, a vehicle, a drone, a helicopter, an airplane, a ship, a robot, a mechanical arm, a smart home device, etc. Embodiments of the present application do not limit the device form of the terminal device.

[0121] The above FIG. 2 takes the 5G mobile communication system as an example to introduce the core network, the access network and the terminal device. Embodiments of the present application are also applicable to future communication networks, which are not limited by the present application.

[0122] In combination with FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application is specifically described.

[0123] FIG. 3 is a flowchart one of the measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application, which is applied to L1 and L2 of the terminal device, and includes the following steps:

[0124] In step S301, the terminal device determines a first cell for event evaluation according to an event type.

[0125] The first cell in the embodiments of the present application can be an applicable cell. Herein, the following will not be repeated.

[0126] The event evaluation in the embodiments of the present application can be understood as that the terminal device determines whether the first cell meets the entering condition or the exiting condition of the event in the first time period.

[0127] Optionally, the step S301 can include: determining the serving cell as the first cell in the case that the event type is A1 or A2; or determining the serving cell and any candidate cell as the first cell in the case that the event type is one of A3 to A6. In this scheme, the event evaluation involves only the signal quality of the serving cell in the case that the event type is A1 or A2; and the event evaluation involves the signal quality of the candidate cell in addition to the signal quality of the serving cell in the case that the event type is one of A3 to A6.

[0128] Exemplarily, the candidate cell in the embodiments of the present application can be an L1 / L2 triggered mobility (LTM) candidate cell configured by the network device or predefined by a protocol. The candidate cell or the LTM candidate cell can be understood as being included in a neighbor cell. Herein, the following will not be repeated.

[0129] The step S302 includes: in the case that the first cell meets the entering condition of the event in the first time period, the terminal device sends a measurement report to the network device, and the measurement report includes a measurement result of the first cell. Correspondingly, the network device receives the measurement report from the terminal device.

[0130] Exemplarily, the entering conditions corresponding to different types of events can be as shown in Table 1. The first time period can be TimeToTrigger.

[0131] Exemplarily, the measurement report can be carried in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) or uplink control information (UCI).

[0132] When a certain candidate ID, resource ID, measurement ID or report configuration ID is associated with an event triggering configuration, the event evaluation can be performed.

[0133] In a possible manner, the entering condition related event evaluation can be performed by L2 of the terminal device, for example, a MAC layer. That is, the terminal device sends the measurement report in the case that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, including: L2 determines that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, and triggers sending of the measurement report.

[0134] In another possible manner, the entering condition related event evaluation can be performed by L1 of the terminal device, for example, a physical (PHY) layer. That is, the terminal device sends the measurement report in the case that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, including: L2 transmits, to L1, indication information used to instruct L1 to perform the event evaluation; L1 receives the indication information, and transmits, to L2, a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event; and L2 triggers sending of the measurement report in the case that one or more determination results received from L1 in the first time period are all that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event.

[0135] In step S303, the terminal device sets a value of the first parameter to a first value, and the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported.

[0136] Exemplarily, the first parameter can also be referred to as a state variable, and the first value can be reported.

[0137] Optionally, the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, including: the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for the entering condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that the terminal device no longer sends the measurement report in the case that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event. In this scheme, the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for the entering condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is only used for the exiting condition related event evaluation, or the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is used for the entering condition related event evaluation, but the terminal device no longer sends the measurement report in the case that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event.

[0138] In the measurement reporting method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the specific steps of the L1 and the L2 of the terminal device for performing the event evaluation and the measurement reporting are specified. In addition, the first value of the first parameter is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, so that subsequent repeated reporting of the measurement result of the first cell in the same case can be avoided. If the same case occurs subsequently, it indicates that the measurement result of the first cell is relatively stable, and repeated reporting multiple times increases the signaling overhead and the processing load of the network device, and the network device does not obtain additional useful information.

[0139] Optionally, the method for reporting measurement provided by the embodiments of the present application further comprises: in the case that the first cell meets the exit condition of the event in the first time period, setting the value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value, the second value being used to indicate that the measurement report is not reported; in the case that a second parameter is configured, sending the measurement report, the second parameter being used to allow sending the measurement report.

[0140] Exemplarily, the first parameter can also be referred to as a state variable, and the second value can be notReported. When the event is configured to take effect, the initial value of the first parameter can be the second value.

[0141] Exemplarily, the second parameter can be reportOnLeave.

[0142] In one possible way, the event evaluation related to the exit condition can be performed by the L2 of the terminal device, for example, the MAC layer. That is, the terminal device sets the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value in the case that the first cell meets the exit condition of the event in the first time period, comprising: the L2 determines that the first cell meets the exit condition of the event in the first time period, and sets the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value.

[0143] In another possible way, the event evaluation related to the entry condition can be performed by the L1 of the terminal device, that is, the PHY layer. That is, the L2 transmits indication information to the L1, the indication information being used to instruct the L1 to perform the event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell meets the exit condition of the event to the L2; the L2 sets the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value in the case that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all meet.

[0144] Before event evaluation on the first cell, measurement on the first cell is needed, and measurement result of the first cell is obtained. In the embodiments of the present application, the cell measured by the terminal device, i.e., the second cell including the first cell, can be defined. Specifically, the measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application further includes: the terminal device performs measurement on the second cell to obtain the measurement result of the second cell; wherein the second cell includes the serving cell; the second cell further includes any one of the following: the candidate cell, the candidate cell related to the inter-CU measurement, the candidate cell related to the intra-CU measurement, or the candidate cell including the event trigger configuration in the associated report configuration; or, wherein the second cell includes the serving cell; in the case that the measurement result of the serving cell is lower than the preset threshold value, the second cell further includes any one of the following: the candidate cell, the candidate cell related to the inter-CU measurement, the candidate cell related to the intra-CU measurement, or the candidate cell including the event trigger configuration in the associated report configuration. In this scheme, measurement on all candidate cells can be avoided, thereby reducing unnecessary measurement to save the power consumption of the terminal device.

[0145] Exemplarily, the L3 can configure the measurement on the second cell, and transmit the configuration information to the L2. The configuration information, for example, includes the above-mentioned preset threshold value.

[0146] Exemplarily, the measurement on the second cell can be triggered by the L3 or the L2, and performed by the L1. For example, the L2 can transmit an instruction to the L1 to instruct the L1 to perform the measurement on the second cell, and the L1 can perform the measurement on the second cell after receiving the instruction.

[0147] When there are multiple resource sets in the second cell, and each of the multiple resource sets includes multiple measurement resources, the present application provides a merging method of the measurement result. Specifically, the terminal device performs measurement on the second cell to obtain the measurement result of the second cell, including: for each resource set, the terminal device performs the following method: respectively performs measurement on the multiple measurement resources to obtain multiple measurement results; obtains the measurement result of each resource set according to the multiple measurement results; and the terminal device averages the measurement results of the multiple resource sets to obtain the measurement result of the second cell. In this scheme, the measurement results corresponding to different resource sets can be merged into the measurement result of the cell, compared with the prior art in which the measurement result corresponding to one resource set is taken as the measurement result of the cell, this scheme can avoid the subsequent event evaluation result switching between meeting and not meeting due to the inaccurate or unstable measurement result corresponding to one resource set, i.e., the ping-pong effect.

[0148] Exemplarily, the measurement resource can be an SSB resource, and the resource set can be an SSB resource set; or, the measurement resource can be a CSI-RS resource, and the resource set can be a CSI-RS resource set.

[0149] Exemplarily, the average in the embodiments of the present application can be linear average, or can be mean square average, which is not limited.

[0150] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device obtains the measurement result of each resource set according to multiple measurement results. The beam combining method mentioned in the measurement part of the aforementioned L3 measurement reporting process can be referred to, and details are not described herein.

[0151] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device performs measurement on a certain measurement resource, and the obtained measurement result is a beam-level measurement result; the measurement result of the second cell is a cell-level measurement result.

[0152] Optionally, after obtaining the measurement result of each resource set, the terminal device can also combine the measurement results of multiple resource sets according to the beam combining method mentioned in the measurement part of the aforementioned L3 measurement reporting process, to obtain the measurement result of the cell. At this time, the configured absThreshRS-Consolidation and nrofRSsetToAverage are resource set (specifically, reference signal set) level, or are resource set granularity, wherein, absThreshRS-Consolidation is used to determine a pre-set threshold value, and nrofRSsetToAverage is used to determine the number of measurement results of resource sets participating in the calculation of linear average value.

[0153] In the embodiment shown in the above FIG. 3, the terminal device can determine the first cell for event evaluation according to the event type. In addition, the terminal device can also determine the first beam for event evaluation according to the event type. FIG. 4 is a flow chart II of a measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application, which is applied to L1 and L2 of the terminal device, and includes the following steps:

[0154] Step S401, the terminal device determines the first beam for event evaluation according to the event type.

[0155] The first beam in the embodiments of the present application can be an applicable beam, which is uniformly described herein and will not be described below.

[0156] The event evaluation in the embodiments of the present application can be understood as the terminal device determining whether the first beam meets the entering condition or the exiting condition of the event within the first time period.

[0157] Optionally, the step S401 can comprise: in a case that the event type is A1 or A2, determining one of the following beams of the serving cell as the first beam: a currently-in-use beam, a beam corresponding to a current transmission channel information (TCI) state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation; or in a case that the event type is one of A3 to A6, determining one of the following beams of the serving cell: a currently-in-use beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, and one of the following beams of any candidate cell: a currently-in-use beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, or a beam with the best signal quality, as the first beam. In this scheme, in a case that the event type is A1 or A2, the event evaluation only involves the signal quality of the beam of the serving cell; in a case that the event type is one of A3 to A6, the event evaluation involves the signal quality of the beam of the candidate cell in addition to the signal quality of the beam of the serving cell.

[0158] The description of the candidate cell can be referred to the description in the step S301, and will not be repeated here.

[0159] The step S402, in a case that the first beam satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, the terminal device sends a measurement report to the network device, and the measurement report comprises a measurement result of the first beam. Correspondingly, the network device receives the measurement report from the terminal device.

[0160] Exemplarily, the entering conditions corresponding to events of different types can be as shown in Table 1. For the event evaluation of the beam, the “serving cell” in Table 1 can be replaced by “beam of the serving cell”, and the “neighboring cell” can be replaced by “beam of the neighboring cell”.

[0161] Exemplarily, the measurement report can be carried in a MAC CE or a UCI.

[0162] When a certain candidate ID, resource ID, measurement ID, or report configuration ID is associated with the event triggering configuration, the event evaluation can be performed.

[0163] The event evaluation related to the entering condition can be performed by L2 or L1 of the terminal device, and the specific process can be referred to the description in the step S302, and the “first cell” in the description of the step S302 is replaced by “first beam”, and will not be repeated here.

[0164] The step S403, the terminal device sets a value of the first parameter as a first value, and the first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported.

[0165] The related description of the first parameter and the first value can be referred to the related description in step S303, and will not be described herein.

[0166] In the measurement reporting method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the specific steps of L1 and L2 of the terminal device for event evaluation and measurement reporting are specified in the scenario of event triggering of the beam. In addition, the first value of the first parameter is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, so that the measurement result of the first beam can be avoided from being repeatedly reported in the same case.

[0167] Optionally, the measurement reporting method provided in the embodiments of the present application further includes: in the case that the first beam satisfies the exit condition of the event in the first time period, setting the value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value, the second value being used to indicate that the measurement report has not been reported; in the case that the second parameter is configured, sending the measurement report, the second parameter being used to allow sending the measurement report.

[0168] The event evaluation related to the exit condition can be performed by L2 or L1 of the terminal device, and the specific process can be referred to the related description in step S303, and the "first cell" in the related description of step S303 is replaced by "first beam", and will not be described herein.

[0169] In a possible implementation, as described above, the terminal device can determine whether the first beam satisfies the entry condition (or the exit condition) of the event in the first time period. In another possible way, the terminal device can determine whether the cell where (or to which) the first beam belongs satisfies the entry condition (or the exit condition) of the event in the first time period. That is, in the description of the embodiment shown in the above FIG. 4, "whether the first beam satisfies the entry condition (or the exit condition) of the event" is replaced by "whether the cell where the first beam is located satisfies the entry condition (or the exit condition) of the event".

[0170] For A3, A4, A5 or A6 event, in the process of determining whether the first beam (or the cell where the first beam is located) satisfies the entry condition or the exit condition of the event in the first time period, if the beam of the candidate cell included in the first beam changes, in a possible implementation, the first time period is invalidated, and is restarted for counting, so that the terminal device judges in the next first time period. In other words, the terminal device can reset the counter or restart the MAC timer, which is used to count whether the first time period is reached. In another possible implementation, the first time period is not invalidated, and the terminal device continues to judge in the first time period. In other words, the counter or the MAC timer can continue to run.

[0171] In the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the value of the first parameter can be used to represent whether the first cell is used for entering the event evaluation related to the condition. In another possible implementation, whether the first cell is used for entering the event evaluation related to the condition can also be controlled by a timer. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application, which is applied to L1 and L2 of a terminal device, and includes the following steps:

[0172] In step S501, the terminal device determines the first cell (or the first beam) used for event evaluation according to the event type.

[0173] For the first cell, the related description of step S501 can be referred to step S301, and is not described herein. For the first beam, the related description of step S501 can be referred to step S401, and is not described herein.

[0174] In step S502, the terminal device sends a measurement report to a network device when the first cell (or the first beam) meets the entering condition of the event within a first time period, and the measurement report includes the measurement result of the first cell (or the first beam). Correspondingly, the network device receives the measurement report from the terminal device.

[0175] For the first cell, the related description of step S502 can be referred to step S302, and is not described herein. For the first beam, the related description of step S502 can be referred to step S402, and is not described herein.

[0176] In step S503, the terminal device starts a timer, and during the running of the timer, the first cell (or the first beam) is no longer used for entering the event evaluation related to the condition, or the terminal device no longer sends the measurement report when the first cell (or the first beam) meets the entering condition of the event. After the timer expires or stops, the first cell is used for entering the event evaluation related to the condition.

[0177] Exemplarily, the timer can be a prohibit timer.

[0178] In the measurement reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the specific steps of L1 and L2 of the terminal device for event evaluation and measurement reporting are determined. In addition, during the running of the timer, the measurement result of the first cell or the first beam can be avoided from being repeatedly reported under the same condition.

[0179] In other words, during the running of the timer, the first cell is only used for exiting the event evaluation related to the condition.

[0180] Optionally, the method for reporting measurement provided in the embodiments of the present application further comprises: the terminal device stops the timer in the case that the first cell (or the first beam) meets the exit condition of the event and the timer does not expire in the first time period; and in the case that the second parameter is configured, the terminal device sends the measurement report, the second parameter being used for allowing sending the measurement report.

[0181] Exemplarily, the second parameter can be reportOnLeave.

[0182] The event evaluation related to the exit condition can be performed by L1 or L2 of the terminal device, and the specific process can refer to the related description in the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, which will not be repeated here.

[0183] Optionally, the first cell can be included in the second cell, and the related description of the second cell can refer to the related description of the second cell in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, which will not be repeated here.

[0184] In the embodiments of the present application, “L1” can be replaced by “L1 entity”, and “L2” can be replaced by “L2 entity”.

[0185] It can be understood that the above functions can be network elements in hardware devices, software functions running on special hardware, or a combination of hardware and software, or virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (for example, a cloud platform).

[0186] For example, the related functions of the terminal device or the network device in the embodiments of the present application can be realized by the communication device 60 in FIG. 6.

[0187] FIG. 6 shows a structural schematic diagram of the communication device 60 provided in the embodiments of the present application. The communication device 60 comprises one or more processors 601, a communication line 602, and at least one communication interface (only an example of the communication interface 604 is shown in FIG. 6, and one processor 601 is taken as an example for description), and optionally further comprises a memory 603.

[0188] The processor 601 can be a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of programs of the present application.

[0189] The communication line 602 can comprise a channel for connecting different components.

[0190] The communication interface 604 can be a transceiver module for communicating with other devices or communication networks, such as an Ethernet, an access network, a wireless local area network (WLAN), etc. For example, the transceiver module can be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, etc. Alternatively, the communication interface 604 can also be a transceiver circuit within the processor 601 for realizing the signal input and signal output of the processor.

[0191] The memory 603 can be a device having a storage function. For example, the memory 603 can be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, a magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to this. The memory can exist independently and be connected to the processor via the communication line 602. The memory can also be integrated with the processor.

[0192] The memory 603 is configured to store computer-executed instructions for implementing the solutions of the present application, and the processor 601 is configured to control the execution of the computer-executed instructions. The processor 601 is configured to execute the computer-executed instructions stored in the memory 603, so as to implement the measurement reporting method provided in the embodiments of the present application.

[0193] Alternatively, in the embodiments of the present application, the processor 601 can execute the processing-related functions in the measurement reporting method provided in the embodiments of the present application, and the communication interface 604 is responsible for communicating with other devices or communication networks, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0194] The computer-executed instructions in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as application program codes, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0195] In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the processor 601 can include one or more CPUs, such as CPU0 and CPU1 in FIG. 6.

[0196] In a particular implementation, as an example, the communication apparatus 60 can include multiple processors, such as the processor 601 and the processor 607 in FIG. 6. Each of the processors can be a single-CPU processor or a multi-CPU processor. The processor herein can refer to one or more devices, circuits, and / or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

[0197] Optionally, the communication apparatus 60 can further include an output device 605 and an input device 606. The output device 605 communicates with the processor 601 and can display information in various ways.

[0198] It can be understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject can execute part or all of the steps in the embodiments of the present application, and these steps or operations are only examples, and the embodiments of the present application can also execute other operations or various modifications of the operations. In addition, each step can be executed in a different order from that presented in the embodiments of the present application, and it is possible that not all the operations in the embodiments of the present application are executed.

[0199] The above mainly introduces the scheme provided by the embodiments of the present application from the perspective of interaction between devices. It can be understood that, in order to implement the above functions, each device includes a hardware structure and / or a software module corresponding to the execution of each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that, in combination with the algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the present application can be realized in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a certain function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical scheme. Professional technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present application.

[0200] The embodiments of the present application can divide the functional modules of each device according to the above method examples, for example, each functional module can be divided according to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated in one processing module. The above integrated module can be realized in the form of hardware or software functional module. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiments of the present application is illustrative, and is only a logical function division. When actually implemented, there can be another division manner.

[0201] In the case of dividing each functional module according to corresponding functions, FIG. 7 shows a communication apparatus 70 including a transceiver module 701 and a processing module 702. The communication apparatus 70 is configured to implement the actions performed by the terminal device in the methods shown in FIGS. 3-5, and all relevant contents of the steps involved in the above method embodiments can be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and the technical effects that can be achieved can be referred to the above method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0202] In this embodiment, the communication apparatus 70 is in the form of dividing each functional module in an integrated manner. The "module" here can refer to a specific ASIC, a circuit, a processor and a memory executing one or more software or firmware programs, an integrated logic circuit, and / or other devices that can provide the above functions.

[0203] In a simple embodiment, those skilled in the art can conceive that the communication apparatus 70 can be in the form of the communication apparatus 60 shown in FIG. 6.

[0204] For example, the processor 601 and / or the processor 607 in the communication apparatus 60 shown in FIG. 6 can cause the communication apparatus 60 to perform the measurement reporting method in the above method embodiments by invoking the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 603. Specifically, part of the functions / implementation processes of the transceiver module 701 in FIG. 7 can be implemented by the communication module connected via the communication interface 604 in FIG. 6. Part of the functions / implementation processes of the processing module 702 in FIG. 7 can be implemented by the processor 601 and / or the processor 607 in the communication apparatus 60 shown in FIG. 6 invoking the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 603.

[0205] It should be noted that one or more of the above modules or units can be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of both. When any of the above modules or units is implemented in software, the software exists in the form of computer program instructions and is stored in the memory, and the processor can be used to execute the program instructions and implement the above method flow. The processor can be built in the SoC or ASIC, or be a separate semiconductor chip. The processor further includes a core for executing software instructions for operation or processing, and can further include necessary hardware accelerators, such as field programmable gate array (FPGA), programmable logic device (PLD), or logic circuit for implementing special logic operations.

[0206] When the above modules or units are implemented in hardware, the hardware can be any one or any combination of CPUs, microprocessors, digital signal processing (DSP) chips, microcontroller units (MCUs), artificial intelligence processors, ASICs, SoCs, FPGAs, PLDs, special purpose digital circuits, hardware accelerators, or non-integrated discrete devices, which can run necessary software or be independent of software to perform the above method flows.

[0207] Optionally, the embodiments of the present application further provide a chip system, comprising: at least one processor and an interface, the at least one processor is coupled with a memory through the interface, when the at least one processor executes a computer program or instructions in the memory, the method in any of the above method embodiments is executed. In a possible implementation manner, the communication device further comprises the memory. Optionally, the chip system can be composed of a chip, or can comprise a chip and other discrete devices, and the embodiments of the present application do not make specific limitation hereon.

[0208] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated. 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 one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center through wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode. The computer readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or data storage device including one or more servers, data centers, etc. integrated with the medium. The available medium can be a magnetic medium (such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (such as a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (such as a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0209] Although the application has been described in connection with the embodiments thereof with reference to the various drawings, it will be understood that other variations and modifications of the details, and specific embodiments disclosed can be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the application as set forth in the claims. In the claims, the article "a," "an" and "the" are used expansively and do not exclude plural or multiple claims. A processor or other unit can implement one or more functions recited in the claims. The various measures described in the dependent claims are not mutually exclusive and can be combined in other configurations, to the extent that the measures are not mutually exclusive, they naturally can be disposed in mutually exclusive product or process claims or in mutually exclusive subordinate product or process claims depending upon the capabilities of the patent office and other constraints.

[0210] Although the application has been described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that it is capable of modifications and alternative constructions and combinations of parts herein described, drawings and examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the application as set forth in the claims. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded simply as illustrative in nature and are not intended to be limiting as to the scope of the application. Obviously, many modifications and variations of the present application are possible in light of the above teachings. It is, therefore, to be understood that within the scope of the claims and their equivalents, the application can be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.

Claims

1. A measurement reporting method, characterized in that, The layer L1 and L2 applied to a terminal device, comprising: determining a first cell for event evaluation according to an event type; sending a measurement report in a case that the first cell satisfies an entering condition of the event in a first time period, the measurement report comprising a measurement result of the first cell; setting a value of a first parameter to a first value, the first value being used for indicating that the measurement report has been reported.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The first value being used for indicating that the measurement report has been reported comprises that the first value is used for indicating that the first cell is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition, or the first value is used for indicating that the measurement report is no longer sent in a case that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The sending of the measurement report in the case that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period comprises: the L2 determines that the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, and triggers the sending of the measurement report; or the L2 transmits indication information to the L1, the indication information being used for indicating that the L1 performs the event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event to the L2; the L2 triggers the sending of the measurement report in a case that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all satisfied.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, The method further comprises: setting the value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value in a case that the first cell satisfies an exiting condition of the event in the first time period, the second value being used for indicating that the measurement report has not been reported; sending the measurement report in a case that a second parameter is configured, the second parameter being used for allowing the sending of the measurement report.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, The second value being used for indicating that the measurement report has not been reported comprises that the second value is used for indicating that the first cell is used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that, The setting of the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value in the case that the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period comprises: the L2 determines that the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event in the first time period, and sets the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value; or the L2 transmits indication information to the L1, the indication information being used for indicating that the L1 performs the event evaluation; the L1 receives the indication information, and transmits a plurality of determination results of whether the first cell satisfies the exiting condition of the event to the L2; the L2 sets the value of the first parameter from the first value to the second value in a case that one or more determination results received from the L1 in the first time period are all satisfied.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The determining of the first cell for event evaluation according to the event type comprises: determining a serving cell as the first cell in a case that the event type is A1 or A2; or In a case where the event type is one of A3 to A6, a serving cell and any candidate cell are determined as the first cell.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, The first cell is included in a second cell, and the method further comprises: performing measurement on the second cell to obtain a measurement result of the second cell; wherein the second cell includes a serving cell; and the second cell further includes any one of a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-central unit (CU) measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration; or wherein the second cell includes a serving cell; and in a case where a measurement result of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold value, the second cell further includes any one of a candidate cell, a candidate cell related to inter-CU measurement, a candidate cell related to intra-CU measurement, or a candidate cell including event trigger configuration in an associated report configuration.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, There are a plurality of resource sets in the second cell, and each of the plurality of resource sets includes a plurality of measurement resources; and the performing measurement on the second cell to obtain the measurement result of the second cell comprises: for each of the plurality of resource sets, performing the following method: performing measurement on the plurality of measurement resources respectively to obtain a plurality of measurement results; and obtaining a measurement result of each of the plurality of resource sets according to the plurality of measurement results; averaging the measurement results of the plurality of resource sets to obtain the measurement result of the second cell.

10. A measurement reporting method, characterized by, application to layer 1 and layer 2 of a terminal device, comprising: determining a first beam for event evaluation according to an event type; in a case where the first beam satisfies an entering condition of the event in a first time period, sending a measurement report, the measurement report including a measurement result of the first beam; setting a value of a first parameter to a first value, the first value being used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, The first value is used to indicate that the measurement report has been reported, comprising: the first value is used to indicate that the first cell is no longer used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition, or the first value is used to indicate that in a case where the first cell satisfies the entering condition of the event in the first time period, the measurement report is no longer sent.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that, The method further comprises: in a case where the first beam satisfies an exiting condition of the event in the first time period, setting the value of the first parameter from the first value to a second value, the second value being used to indicate that the measurement report has not been reported; in a case where a second parameter is configured, sending the measurement report, the second parameter being used to allow sending the measurement report.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, The second value is used to indicate that the measurement report has not been reported, comprising: the second value is used to indicate that the first beam is used for the event evaluation related to the entering condition.

14. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that, The determining a first beam for event evaluation according to an event type comprises: in a case where the event type is A1 or A2, one of the following beams of a serving cell is determined as the first beam: a currently used beam, a beam corresponding to a current transmission channel information (TCI) state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relationship; or In a case where the event type is one of A3 to A6, one of the following beams of the serving cell: a currently-in-use beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, or a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, and one of the following beams of any candidate cell: a currently-in-use beam, a beam corresponding to a current TCI state, a beam corresponding to a current spatial relation, or a beam with the best signal quality is determined as the first beam.

15. A communications device, characterized by The communication apparatus includes: modules or units for implementing the method of any one of claims 1-9; or, modules or units for implementing the method of any one of claims 10-14.

16. A communications device, characterized by Comprising: a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the memory being configured to store a program, and the processor being configured to execute the program stored in the memory; when the communication apparatus is running, the processor executes the program, so that the communication apparatus executes the method of any one of claims 1-9; or, so that the communication apparatus executes the method of any one of claims 10-14.

17. A communication system, characterized by The communication system includes a network device, and a terminal device configured to execute the method of any one of claims 1-9; or, the communication system includes a network device, and a terminal device configured to execute the method of any one of claims 10-14.

18. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, A computer program is stored thereon, and when the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer program causes the computer to execute the method of any one of claims 1-9; or, when the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer program causes the computer to execute the method of any one of claims 10-14.

19. A computer program product, characterised in that, The computer program product includes computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed on a computer, the computer instructions cause the computer to execute the method of any one of claims 1-9; or, cause the computer to execute the method of any one of claims 10-14.

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