WO2019183815A1 - Measurement method, terminal device, network device, and computer storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a measurement method, a terminal device, a network device, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring an idle state or inactive state measurement configuration and starting a timer, wherein the idle state or inactive state measurement configuration is directed to an area in which a terminal device is currently located, and an applicable area of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device comprises at least one cell; and the terminal device performing area update, and when the terminal device leaves a connected state, controlling the terminal device to avoid re-entry into the connected state to acquire the idle state or inactive state measurement configuration.

Description

Measurement method, terminal device, network device and computer storage medium Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of information processing technologies, and in particular, to a measurement method, a terminal device, a network device, and a computer storage medium.

Background technique

Carrier aggregation technology is an important technical feature introduced by LTE and will be supported in 5G NR. An important technical content of carrier aggregation is how to speed up the configuration of the secondary cell to the terminal, avoiding the situation that the cell configuration is slow, and more data needs to be transmitted through the primary cell. This is important for both authorized and unlicensed secondary cells. The purpose of this enhancement is to improve the utilization of the secondary cell, involving idle state terminals and connected state terminals. In the LTE system, the dedicated frequency priority can be configured when the RRC connection is released, and can be performed according to the RFSP (RAT and Frequency Selection Policy) configured by the network. To support this enhancement, 3GPP introduced a dedicated signaling configuration for idle state measurements while setting a timer. At the same time, it is not enough to rely solely on the timer. Because the RRC is associated with the frequency of the surrounding cells when configuring the idle state measurement, the number of potential secondary cells corresponding to different terminals is not necessarily uniform. Therefore, it needs to be introduced. The concept of the area.

The problem with the prior art is that the introduced region concept cannot be larger than TA and can only be smaller than TA, otherwise it is not beneficial for idle state measurement. Then, if another area is introduced, when the terminal performs TAU, it is necessary to discuss whether it is necessary to reacquire the idle state measurement configuration. One reason is that if the terminal does not leave the configured area and the timer does not overflow, the terminal does not need to reacquire the idle state measurement configuration, and the TAU should not be an exception. Another reason is that if TAU occurs, the terminal is no longer in an idle state and therefore needs to be released. However, this means that the terminal needs to obtain the measurement configuration again after entering the IDLE after completing the TAU. The prior art brings the above contradictions and needs to be resolved.

Summary of the invention

To solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement method, a terminal device, a network device, and a computer storage medium.

A measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a terminal device in an idle state or an inactive state, where the method includes:

Obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration and starting a timer; wherein the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is for a current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell ;

The terminal device performs area update. When the terminal device leaves the connected state, the terminal device is controlled to avoid re-entering the connected state to obtain an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration.

A measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a network device, where the method includes:

Configuring an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device;

The idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is configured for the current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell.

A measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to an idle state or an inactive terminal device, where the method includes:

When the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the current idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is released, or the connection request is initiated to enter the connected state, and the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is obtained from the network side;

If an area update occurs, the area configuration is updated, and the measurement configuration requiring an idle state or an inactive state is indicated to the network side.

A measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a network device, where the method includes:

When the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device when the connection request is initiated to enter the connection state;

If the terminal device has an area update, it is determined whether a measurement configuration of an idle state or an inactive state needs to be sent to the terminal device.

A terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes:

The first communication unit acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration and starts a timer; wherein the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is for a current location of the terminal device, and the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device is applicable. The area includes at least one cell;

The first processing unit performs an area update, and when leaving the connected state, the control avoids re-entering the connected state to obtain an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration.

A network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes:

a second communication unit configured to configure an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device;

The idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is configured for the current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell.

A terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes:

When the third processing unit leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the current idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is released, or the connection request is initiated by the third communication unit to enter the connected state to obtain the idle state or the inactive state from the network side. If the area update occurs, the third communication unit indicates to the network side that the measurement configuration needs to be in an idle state or an inactive state;

The third communication unit acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration from the network side, or indicates to the network side a measurement configuration that requires an idle state or an inactive state.

A network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes:

a fourth processing unit, when the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device when the connection request is initiated to enter the connection state; If the device is updated with a region, it is determined whether a measurement configuration of the idle state or the inactive state needs to be sent to the terminal device;

And a fourth communication unit that sends an updated idle state or inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device.

A terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on a processor,

Wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of the foregoing method when the computer program is run.

A network device provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on a processor,

Wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of the foregoing method when the computer program is run.

A computer storage medium is provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and the foregoing method steps are implemented when the computer executable instructions are executed.

The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention, after configuring the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration, the terminal can use the idle state or the inactive state measurement mechanism configured by the network in the regional update to reasonably process whether the terminal device reacquires The idle state or inactive state measurement configuration is clearly defined, thereby avoiding unnecessary re-acquisition of the measurement configuration.

DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram 2 of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiment 1

The embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement method, which is applied to a terminal device in an idle state or an inactive state. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes:

Step 101: Acquire an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration and start a timer. The idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is configured for a current location of the terminal device, and the applicable configuration area of the currently configured measurement configuration of the terminal device includes At least one cell;

Step 102: The terminal device performs area update. When the terminal device leaves the connected state, the terminal device is controlled to avoid re-entering the connected state to obtain an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration.

In this embodiment, the current location of the terminal device includes at least one cell that includes the cell where the terminal device is currently located.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a tracking area update of the TAU (Tracking Area Update), or may be a registration area update RAU (Registration Area Update), or may be an inactive NAB (RAN-based Notification Area Update). Wait, here is not exhaustive.

The terminal device of the embodiment of the present invention can effectively utilize the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

Specifically, the solution provided in this embodiment is separately described based on several scenarios:

scene 1,

The terminal device performs area update, such as tracking area update TAU processing. When the terminal device is in the connected state, and the customizer keeps timing, the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is not reacquired.

That is to say, if the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration acquired by the terminal is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the timer is still in progress even if the terminal enters the connected state.

When the area update is completed and the timer is not completed, if the terminal device does not enter the idle state or the inactive state, when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, the measurement configuration is directly requested in the connected state. When the idle state or inactive state measurement configuration is not required to be reacquired, the original measurement configuration for the idle state measurement is kept into the idle state for measurement.

That is, after the UE completes the TAU, if the idle state or the inactive state has not been entered before the timer timer expires, if the idle state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, the measurement configuration is directly requested in the connected state; if not, the original configuration is maintained. The configuration goes into an idle state or an inactive state to continue the measurement.

What needs to be circumvented here is that the terminal enters the idle state or the inactive state after the end of the TAU, but enters the connected state because it needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, because this will lead to frequent signaling.

When the timer expires, the idle state or inactive state measurement configuration is retained, and the idle state measurement configuration continues to be used after the terminal device enters the idle state. Here, in order to avoid unnecessary re-acquisition of configuration overhead, the configuration terminal in this scenario may also retain the measurement configuration after the timer terminates, and continue to use after entering the idle state.

When the terminal device enters the connected state and the timer is not ended, the terminal device does not perform idle state measurement. That is, if the UE is in the connected state, but the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration timer has not ended, the UE may not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement because the UE is in the connected state at this time. This scheme can coordinate the conflict between the timer scheme and the regional scheme, so that the terminal maintains the configuration validity period of the idle state or the inactive state measurement even when it is in the connected state, but does not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement, that is, does not require The connected state terminal performs the behavior of the idle state or the inactive state measurement.

Scene 2

When the terminal device enters the connected state, the timer is terminated.

And, after the terminal device completes the area update, and the terminal device enters the idle state or the inactive state again, the terminal device reacquires the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration, and reconfigures the timer.

That is to say, if the UE acquires a measurement configuration and is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the terminal enters the connection state to terminate the timer.

After the terminal completes the TAU, it must acquire the idle state or the inactive state configuration and reconfigure a timer. This scheme does not require the terminal to maintain the timer when a state transition occurs, but may result in unnecessary overhead in obtaining the measurement configuration.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a process that can be provided for the foregoing scenario is: when the terminal device is updated in the area, the terminal may indicate whether the network needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, or the network side performs the regional update after performing the regional update. When the terminal is returned to the idle state or the inactive state, it is determined whether the idle state inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reconfigured.

The embodiment is directed to the processing on the terminal device side, and the method may include: when performing the area update, the terminal device sends the indication information to the network side, where the indication information is used to indicate whether the network side needs to re- The terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing manner of performing the transmission of the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration may be through RRC dedicated signaling.

It can be seen that, by adopting the above scheme, after the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration can be configured, the terminal can properly process the idle state or the inactive state measurement mechanism of the network configuration in the area update, thereby whether the terminal device is re-established. Obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration is clearly defined, thereby avoiding unnecessary re-acquisition of the measurement configuration.

Embodiment 2

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement method, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes:

Configuring an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device;

The idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is configured for the current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a tracking area update of the TAU (Tracking Area Update), or may be a registration area update RAU (Registration Area Update), or may be an inactive NAB (RAN-based Notification Area Update).

The terminal device of the embodiment of the present invention can effectively utilize the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

Specifically, the solution provided in this embodiment is separately described based on several scenarios:

scene 1,

When the terminal device completes the area update and the timer is not ended, if the terminal device does not enter the idle state, when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, directly at the terminal device The connection state sends the measurement configuration.

That is to say, if the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration acquired by the terminal is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the timer is still in progress even if the terminal enters the connected state.

What needs to be circumvented here is that the terminal enters the idle state or the inactive state after the end of the TAU, but enters the connected state because it needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, because this will lead to frequent signaling.

To avoid unnecessary re-acquisition of configuration costs, the configuration terminal in this scenario can also retain the measurement configuration after the timer expires and continue to use after entering the idle state.

If the UE is in the connected state, but the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration timer has not ended, the UE may not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement because the UE is in the connected state at this time. This scheme can coordinate the conflict between the timer scheme and the regional update scheme, so that the terminal maintains the configuration validity period of the idle state or the inactive state measurement even when it is in the connected state, but does not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement, that is, The connected state terminal is required to perform the behavior of the idle state or the inactive state measurement.

Scene 2

After the terminal device completes the area update, and the terminal device enters the idle state again, the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is re-transmitted to the terminal device, and the timer is reconfigured.

That is to say, if the UE acquires a measurement configuration and is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the terminal enters the connection state to terminate the timer.

After the terminal completes the TAU, it must acquire the idle state or the inactive state configuration and reconfigure a timer. This scheme does not require the terminal to maintain the timer when a state transition occurs, but may result in unnecessary overhead in obtaining the measurement configuration.

It should be noted that the foregoing embodiment can provide a process for the foregoing scenario: when the terminal device is updated in the area, the terminal may indicate whether the network needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, or the network side performs the regional update (for example, After the terminal is returned to the idle state or the inactive state after TAU, RNAU, etc., it is determined whether the idle state inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reconfigured.

In this embodiment, for the processing on the network side, the method may include: when the terminal device is returned to the idle state or the inactive state after the execution of the RNAU, determining whether it is necessary to reconfigure the idle state to the terminal device or Inactive state measurement configuration.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing manner of performing the transmission of the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration may be through RRC dedicated signaling.

It can be seen that, by adopting the above scheme, after the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration can be configured, the terminal can properly process the idle state or the inactive state measurement mechanism of the network configuration in the area update, thereby whether the terminal device is re-established. Obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration is clearly defined, thereby avoiding unnecessary re-acquisition of the measurement configuration.

Embodiment 3

An embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement method, which is applied to a terminal device in an idle state or an inactive state, where the method includes:

When the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the current idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is released, or the connection request is initiated to enter the connected state, and the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is obtained from the network side;

If an area update occurs, the area configuration is updated, and the measurement configuration requiring an idle state or an inactive state is indicated to the network side.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a tracking area update of the TAU (Tracking Area Update), or may be a registration area update RAU (Registration Area Update), or may be an RAN-based Notification Area Update (RNA).

The terminal device of the embodiment of the present invention can effectively utilize the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

That is to say, when a TAU or an RNAU occurs, an indication can be made to the network side to obtain a corresponding updated idle state or inactive state measurement configuration in the new area.

Obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration from the network side, including:

Obtaining RRC signaling from the network side, and acquiring an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration based on the RRC signaling.

Embodiment 4

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement method, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes:

When the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device when the connection request is initiated to enter the connection state;

If the terminal device has an area update, it is determined whether a measurement configuration of an idle state or an inactive state needs to be sent to the terminal device.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a tracking area update of the TAU (Tracking Area Update), or may be a registration area update RAU (Registration Area Update), or may be an RAN-based Notification Area Update (RNA).

The terminal device of the embodiment of the invention is capable of effectively utilizing the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

The measuring configuration for transmitting the idle state or the inactive state to the terminal device includes:

The measurement configuration of the idle state or the inactive state is sent to the terminal device through RRC signaling.

Embodiment 5

The embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device in an idle state or an inactive state, as shown in FIG. 2, including:

The first communication unit 21 acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration and starts a timer; wherein the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is for a current location of the terminal device, and the currently configured measurement configuration of the terminal device The applicable area includes at least one cell;

The first processing unit 22 performs an area update. When leaving the connected state, the control avoids re-entering the connected state to obtain an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a tracking area update of the TAU (Tracking Area Update), or may be a registration area update RAU (Registration Area Update), or may be an RAN-based Notification Area Update (RNA).

The terminal device of the embodiment of the present invention can effectively utilize the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

Specifically, the solution provided in this embodiment is separately described based on several scenarios:

scene 1,

The first processing unit 22 performs an area update process, and when in the connected state, and the customizer keeps timing, does not reacquire the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration.

That is to say, if the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration acquired by the terminal is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the timer is still in progress even if the terminal enters the connected state.

The first processing unit 22, when the area update is completed, and the timer is not ended, if the terminal device does not enter the idle state or the inactive state, when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, directly The measurement configuration is requested in the connected state; when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is not required to be reacquired, the original measurement configuration for the idle state measurement is kept into the idle state for measurement.

The first processing unit 22, after performing the area update, if the idle state or the inactive state has not been entered before the timer timer ends, if the idle state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, the measurement configuration is directly requested in the connected state; , then keep the original configuration into idle state or inactive state to continue measurement.

What needs to be circumvented here is that the terminal enters the idle state or the inactive state after the end of the TAU, but enters the connected state because it needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, because this will lead to frequent signaling.

When the timer expires, the idle state or inactive state measurement configuration is retained, and the idle state measurement configuration continues to be used after the terminal device enters the idle state. Here, in order to avoid unnecessary re-acquisition of configuration overhead, the configuration terminal in this scenario may also retain the measurement configuration after the timer terminates, and continue to use after entering the idle state.

The first processing unit 22 does not perform idle state measurement when entering the connected state and the timer is not ended. That is, if the UE is in the connected state, but the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration timer has not ended, the UE may not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement because the UE is in the connected state at this time. This scheme can coordinate the conflict between the timer scheme and the regional scheme, so that the terminal maintains the configuration validity period of the idle state or the inactive state measurement even when it is in the connected state, but does not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement, that is, does not require The connected state terminal performs the behavior of the idle state or the inactive state measurement.

Scene 2

The first processing unit 22 terminates the timer when entering the connected state.

Moreover, the first processing unit 22 re-acquires the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration and reconfigures the timer when the area update is completed and the terminal device enters the idle state or the inactive state again.

That is to say, if the UE acquires a measurement configuration and is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the terminal enters the connection state to terminate the timer.

After the terminal completes the TAU, it must acquire the idle state or the inactive state configuration and reconfigure a timer. This scheme does not require the terminal to maintain the timer when a state transition occurs, but may result in unnecessary overhead in obtaining the measurement configuration.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a process that can be provided for the foregoing scenario is: when the terminal device is updated in the area, the terminal may indicate whether the network needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, or the network side performs the regional update after performing the regional update. When the terminal is returned to the idle state or the inactive state, it is determined whether the idle state inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reconfigured.

In this embodiment, for the processing on the terminal device side, the first communication unit sends the indication information to the network side when performing the area update, where the indication information is used to indicate whether the network side needs to re-route The terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing manner of performing the transmission of the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration may be through RRC dedicated signaling.

It can be seen that, by adopting the above scheme, after the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration can be configured, the terminal can properly process the idle state or the inactive state measurement mechanism of the network configuration in the area update, thereby whether the terminal device is re-established. Obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration is clearly defined, thereby avoiding unnecessary re-acquisition of the measurement configuration.

Embodiment 6

The embodiment of the invention provides a network device, including:

a second communication unit configured to configure an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device;

The idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is configured for the current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a tracking area update of the TAU (Tracking Area Update), or may be a registration area update RAU (Registration Area Update), or may be an RAN-based Notification Area Update (RNA).

The terminal device of the embodiment of the present invention can effectively utilize the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

Specifically, the solution provided in this embodiment is separately described based on several scenarios:

scene 1,

a second communication unit, when the terminal device completes the area update and the timer is not ended, if the terminal device does not enter the idle state, when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, directly The connected state of the terminal device sends a measurement configuration.

That is to say, if the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration acquired by the terminal is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the timer is still in progress even if the terminal enters the connected state.

What needs to be circumvented here is that the terminal enters the idle state or the inactive state after the end of the TAU, but enters the connected state because it needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, because this will lead to frequent signaling.

To avoid unnecessary re-acquisition of configuration costs, the configuration terminal in this scenario can also retain the measurement configuration after the timer expires and continue to use after entering the idle state.

If the UE is in the connected state, but the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration timer has not ended, the UE may not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement because the UE is in the connected state at this time. This scheme can coordinate the conflict between the timer scheme and the regional scheme, so that the terminal maintains the configuration validity period of the idle state or the inactive state measurement even when it is in the connected state, but does not perform the idle state or the inactive state measurement, that is, does not require The connected state terminal performs the behavior of the idle state or the inactive state measurement.

Scene 2

The second communication unit, after the terminal device completes the area update, and the terminal device enters the idle state again, re-transmits the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device, and reconfigures the timer.

That is to say, if the UE acquires a measurement configuration and is valid in one area (but the area is not defined by TA), when the TAU occurs, the terminal enters the connection state to terminate the timer.

After the terminal completes the TAU, it must acquire the idle state or the inactive state configuration and reconfigure a timer. This scheme does not require the terminal to maintain the timer when a state transition occurs, but may result in unnecessary overhead in obtaining the measurement configuration.

It should be noted that the foregoing embodiment can provide a process for the foregoing scenario: when the terminal device is updated in the area, the terminal may indicate whether the network needs to reacquire the measurement configuration, or the network side performs the terminal after performing the RNAU. When returning to the idle state or the inactive state, it is determined whether the idle state inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reconfigured.

In this embodiment, for the processing on the network side, the second communication unit determines whether it is necessary to reconfigure the idle state to the terminal device when the terminal device is returned to the idle state or the inactive state after the execution of the RNAU. Or inactive measurement configuration.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing manner of performing the transmission of the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration may be through RRC dedicated signaling.

It can be seen that, by adopting the above scheme, after the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration can be configured, the terminal can properly process the idle state or the inactive state measurement mechanism of the network configuration in the area update, thereby whether the terminal device is re-established. Obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration is clearly defined, thereby avoiding unnecessary re-acquisition of the measurement configuration.

Example VII.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device in an idle state or an inactive state, as shown in FIG. 3, including:

When the third processing unit 31 leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the current idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is released, or the connection request is initiated by the third communication unit to enter the connected state, and the idle state is obtained from the network side. The active state measurement configuration; if the region update occurs, the third communication unit indicates to the network side that the measurement configuration needs to be in an idle state or an inactive state;

The third communication unit 32 acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration from the network side, or indicates to the network side a measurement configuration that requires an idle state or an inactive state.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a tracking area update of the TAU (Tracking Area Update), or may be a registration area update RAU (Registration Area Update), or may be an RAN-based Notification Area Update (RNA).

The terminal device of the embodiment of the invention is capable of effectively utilizing the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

Further, the third communication unit acquires RRC signaling from the network side, and acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration based on the RRC signaling.

Example VIII.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, as shown in FIG. 4, including:

The fourth processing unit 41, when the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device when the connection request is initiated to enter the connection state; If the terminal device generates an area update, it is determined whether a measurement configuration of the idle state or the inactive state needs to be sent to the terminal device;

The fourth communication unit 42 transmits an updated idle state or inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device.

In the embodiment, the area update may be a Tracking Area Update (TAU) tracking area update, or may be a Registration Area Update (RAU) (Registration Area Update), or may be an RN-based Notification Area Update (RNA).

The terminal device of the embodiment of the present invention can effectively utilize the mechanism of idle state measurement of the network configuration by reasonably processing the TAU. The present invention is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also to the NR system, and is suitable for the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

The fourth communication unit 42 transmits a measurement configuration of an idle state or an inactive state to the terminal device through RRC signaling.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a hardware component architecture of the user equipment or the network device. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes at least one processor 51, a memory 52, and at least one network interface 53. The various components are coupled together by a bus system 54. It will be appreciated that bus system 54 is used to implement connection communication between these components. The bus system 54 includes, in addition to the data bus, a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as bus system 54 in FIG.

It is to be understood that the memory 52 in the embodiments of the present invention may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory.

In some embodiments, memory 52 stores elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or their extension set:

Operating system 521 and application 522.

The processor 51 is configured to be able to process the method steps of any one of the foregoing embodiments 1 to 4, and details are not described herein.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and when the computer executable instructions are executed, the method steps of any one of the foregoing embodiments 1 to 4 are implemented.

Embodiments of the Invention The above apparatus may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if it is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a standalone product. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of instructions. A computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) is caused to perform all or part of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read only memory (ROM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for purposes of illustration, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, and the scope of the invention should not be limited to the embodiments described above.

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A measurement method is applied to a terminal device in an idle state or an inactive state, the method comprising: Obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration and starting a timer; wherein the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is for a current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell ; The terminal device performs area update. When the terminal device leaves the connected state, the terminal device is controlled to avoid re-entering the connected state to obtain an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises: The terminal device performs an area update process, and when the terminal device is in a connected state, and the customizer keeps timing, the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is not reacquired. The method of claim 2, wherein the not reacquiring the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration further comprises: When the area update is completed and the timer is not over, If the terminal device does not enter the idle state or the inactive state, when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, the measurement configuration is directly requested in the connection state; the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is not required to be reacquired. At the time, the original measurement configuration for the idle state measurement is kept into the idle state for measurement. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: When the timer expires, the idle state or inactive state measurement configuration is retained, and the idle state measurement configuration continues to be used after the terminal device enters the idle state. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: When the terminal device enters the connected state and the timer is not ended, the terminal device does not perform idle state measurement. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the terminal device performs area update, the method further includes: When the terminal device enters the connected state, the timer is terminated. The method of claim 6 wherein the method further comprises: After the terminal device completes the area update, and the terminal device enters the idle state or the inactive state again, the terminal device reacquires the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration, and reconfigures the timer. The method of any of claims 1-7, wherein the method further comprises: When performing the area update, the terminal device sends the indication information to the network side, where the indication information is used to indicate whether the network side needs to resend the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device. A measurement method is applied to a network device, and the method includes: Configuring an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device; The idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is configured for the current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell. The method of claim 9 wherein the method further comprises: When the terminal device completes the area update and the timer is not ended, if the terminal device does not enter the idle state, when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration needs to be reacquired, directly at the terminal device The connection state sends the measurement configuration. The method of claim 9 wherein the method further comprises: After the terminal device completes the area update, and the terminal device enters the idle state again, the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is re-transmitted to the terminal device, and the timer is reconfigured. The method of any of claims 9-11, wherein the method further comprises: When the terminal device is returned to the idle state or the inactive state after the regional update is performed, it is determined whether it is necessary to reconfigure the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device. A measurement method for an idle state or an inactive state terminal device, the method comprising: When the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the current idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is released, or the connection request is initiated to enter the connected state, and the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is obtained from the network side; If an area update occurs, the area configuration is updated, and the measurement configuration requiring an idle state or an inactive state is indicated to the network side. The method of claim 13, wherein the obtaining an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration from the network side comprises: Obtaining RRC signaling from the network side, and acquiring an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration based on the RRC signaling. A measurement method is applied to a network device, and the method includes: When the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device when the connection request is initiated to enter the connection state; If the terminal device has an area update, it is determined whether a measurement configuration of an idle state or an inactive state needs to be sent to the terminal device. The method according to claim 15, wherein the transmitting the measurement configuration of the idle state or the inactive state to the terminal device comprises: The measurement configuration of the idle state or the inactive state is sent to the terminal device through RRC signaling. A terminal device comprising: The first communication unit acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration and starts a timer; wherein the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is for a current location of the terminal device, and the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device is applicable. The area includes at least one cell; The first processing unit performs an area update, and when leaving the connected state, the control avoids re-entering the connected state to obtain an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration. The terminal device according to claim 17, wherein the first processing unit performs an area update process, when the terminal device is in a connected state, and the customizer keeps timing, does not re-acquire idle state or inactive State measurement configuration. The terminal device according to claim 18, wherein the first processing unit, when the area update is completed, and the timer is not ended, if the idle state or the inactive state is not entered, the idle state needs to be reacquired. In the inactive state measurement configuration, the measurement configuration is requested directly in the connected state; when the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is not required to be reacquired, the original measurement configuration for the idle state measurement is kept into the idle state for measurement. The terminal device according to claim 19, wherein the first processing unit reserves an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration after the timer is terminated, and continues to use the idle state measurement configuration after entering an idle state. . The terminal device according to claim 19, wherein the first processing unit does not perform idle state measurement when entering a connected state and the timer is not ended. The terminal device according to claim 17, wherein said first processing unit terminates the timer when entering the connected state. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein the first processing unit reacquires the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration and reconfigures after completing the region update and entering the idle state or the inactive state again. Timer. The terminal device according to any one of claims 17 to 23, wherein the first communication unit sends the indication information to the network side when performing the area update; wherein the indication information is used to indicate Whether the network side needs to resend the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device. A network device, including: a second communication unit configured to configure an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device; The idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is configured for the current location of the terminal device, and the applicable region of the measurement configuration currently configured by the terminal device includes at least one cell. The network device according to claim 25, wherein said second communication unit, when said terminal device completes the area update, and said timer is not ended, if said terminal device does not enter an idle state, then When the idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is reacquired, the measurement configuration is directly sent in the connected state of the terminal device. The network device according to claim 25, wherein the second communication unit resends the idle state to the terminal device after the terminal device completes the area update and the terminal device enters the idle state again. Inactive state measures configuration and reconfigures the timer. The network device according to any one of claims 25 to 27, wherein the second communication unit determines whether it is needed when the terminal device is returned to the idle state or the inactive state after performing the area update. Reconfiguring the idle state or inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device. A terminal device comprising: When the third processing unit leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the current idle state or the inactive state measurement configuration is released, or the connection request is initiated by the third communication unit to enter the connected state to obtain the idle state or the inactive state from the network side. If the area update occurs, the third communication unit indicates to the network side that the measurement configuration needs to be in an idle state or an inactive state; The third communication unit acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration from the network side, or indicates to the network side a measurement configuration that requires an idle state or an inactive state. The terminal device according to claim 29, wherein the third communication unit acquires RRC signaling from the network side, and acquires an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration based on the RRC signaling. A network device, including: a fourth processing unit, when the terminal device leaves the current cell, if the area update does not occur, the terminal device sends an idle state or an inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device when the connection request is initiated to enter the connection state; If the device is updated with a region, it is determined whether a measurement configuration of the idle state or the inactive state needs to be sent to the terminal device; And a fourth communication unit that sends an updated idle state or inactive state measurement configuration to the terminal device. The network device according to claim 31, wherein the fourth communication unit transmits a measurement configuration of an idle state or an inactive state to the terminal device through RRC signaling. A terminal device includes: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program executable on the processor, Wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 1-9, 13, and 14 when the computer program is executed. A network device comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor, Wherein the processor is operative to perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 10, 11, 12, 15, and 16 when the computer program is executed. A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, implement the method steps of any of claims 1-16.

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