Triggered Cell Management for Lower Signaling Overhead
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Solution Overview
Problem
The conditional cell management manner in existing technologies involves complex operations.
Innovation Solution
A method for cell management that simplifies operations by allowing terminals to perform cell management only when specific trigger conditions are met, using configuration information to associate trigger conditions with measurement objects and control measurement reporting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conditional cell management is implemented with multiple candidate cells and management commands, then cell management capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates unnecessary measurement reporting steps from the conditional cell management process. By allowing the terminal to directly perform cell management operations based on pre-configured conditions without intermediate measurement reports, the solution reduces system complexity while preserving the adaptive cell management capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The network side device pre-configures multiple candidate cells and their corresponding management trigger conditions before the terminal needs to perform cell management. This preliminary configuration allows the terminal to autonomously execute cell management operations when conditions are met, reducing real-time processing complexity while maintaining versatile cell management functionality.
2Measurement precision
If measurement reporting is performed for each candidate cell, then cell selection accuracy is improved, but signaling overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the intermediate measurement reporting step from the cell management process. The terminal uses pre-configured measurement objects and trigger conditions to directly determine cell management operations without reporting measurements to the network side device, thereby eliminating signaling overhead while maintaining cell selection accuracy through the pre-configured criteria.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal autonomously performs cell management operations based on pre-configured conditions and measurement objects without requiring network side device intervention for measurement reporting. This self-service approach allows the terminal to independently make cell selection decisions, reducing signaling overhead while maintaining accurate cell selection through the pre-configured measurement criteria.
3Speed
If continuous measurement and reporting is performed, then cell management responsiveness is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements event-triggered measurement and operation where the terminal performs measurements and cell management operations only when predefined trigger conditions are met, rather than continuously. This periodic action based on condition fulfillment maintains cell management responsiveness by acting immediately when conditions change, while significantly reducing energy consumption by avoiding continuous measurement and reporting cycles.
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AI summary
A method for cell management, a terminal, and a network-side device are provided. The method for cell management applied to the terminal includes: receiving configuration information sent by the network-side device, where the configuration information includes trigger conditions for triggering a cell management operation and measurement objects; performing a measurement operation corresponding to a target trigger condition on a target measurement object, to obtain a measurement result; if the measurement result satisfies the target trigger condition, performing a management operation on a target cell, where the target measurement object is any one of the measurement objects included in the configuration information, and the target trigger condition is associated with the target measurement object.