Method and apparatus for processing receive/transmit transition time of user equipment
In the present application, when the problem of co-channel interference between base stations is eliminated, normal neighboring cell measurement can still be performed on a second base station by delaying receive/transmit transition time of the user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, first indication information sent by a first base station; determining, by the user equipment according to the first indication information, receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed; determining, by the user equipment according to the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, a downlink time of performing neighboring cell measurement for a second base station, and performing, by the user equipment, neighboring cell measurement for the second base station at the downlink time. The present application is applicable to the field of wireless communications systems.
1. A method for processing receive/transmit transition time of a user equipment, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment, first indication information sent by a first base station;
determining, by the user equipment according to the first indication information, receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed;
determining, by the user equipment according to the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, a downlink time of performing neighboring cell measurement for a second base station; and
performing, by the user equipment, neighboring cell measurement for the second base station at the downlink time,
wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of an interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and configuration information of the first base station, and
wherein the determining, by the user equipment according to the first indication information, the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed comprises:
determining, according to the configuration information of the interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and the configuration information of the first base station, whether an uplink service exists at a first uplink time;
when the uplink service does not exist, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is not zero; and
when the uplink service exists, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is zero.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving, by the user equipment, the first indication information sent by the first base station comprises:
receiving, by the user equipment, the first indication information which is sent by the first base station through first signaling, wherein the first signaling comprises:
radio resource control RRC broadcast signaling, or RRC-specific signaling, or physical layer signaling.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first indication information comprises: information indicating whether the user equipment needs to delay the receive/transmit transition time, and/or information of specific delayed time for receive/transmit transition.
4. A method for processing receive/transmit transition time of a user equipment, comprising:
determining, by a first base station, first indication information needing to be sent to a user equipment; and
sending, by the first base station, the first indication information to the user equipment, so that the user equipment determines, according to the first indication information, receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, further determines, according to the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, a downlink time of performing neighboring cell measurement for a second base station, and performs neighboring cell measurement for the second base station at the downlink time,
wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of an interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and configuration information of the first base station, and
wherein the determining, by the user equipment according to the first indication information, the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed comprises:
determining, according to the configuration information of the interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and the configuration information of the first base station, whether an uplink service exists at a first uplink time;
when the uplink service does not exist, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is not zero; and
when the uplink service exists, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is zero.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the sending, by the first base station, the first indication information to the user equipment comprises: sending, by the first base station, the first indication information to the user equipment through first signaling, and the first signaling comprises:
radio resource control RRC broadcast signaling, or RRC-specific signaling, or physical layer signaling.
6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first indication information comprises: information indicating whether the user equipment needs to delay the receive/transmit transition time, and/or information of specific delayed time for receive/transmit transition.
7. A user equipment, comprising:
at least one memory comprising instructions and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions within the at least one memory to implement:
receiving first indication information sent by a first base station;
determining, according to the first indication information, receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, and determining, according to the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, a downlink time of performing neighboring cell measurement for a second base station; and
performing neighboring cell measurement for the second base station at the downlink time,
wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of an interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and configuration information of the first base station, and
wherein the at least one hardware processor executes the instructions within the at least one memory to implement:
determining, according to the configuration information of the interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and the configuration information of the first base station, whether an uplink service exists at a first uplink time;
when the uplink service does not exist, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is not zero; and
when the uplink service exists, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is zero.
8. The user equipment according to claim 7 , wherein the receiving the first indication information sent by the first base station is performed through first signaling, and the first signaling comprises:
radio resource control RRC broadcast signaling, or RRC-specific signaling, or physical layer signaling.
9. The user equipment according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information comprises:
information indicating whether the user equipment needs to delay the receive/transmit transition time, and/or information of specific delayed time for receive/transmit transition.
10. A base station, comprising:
at least one memory comprising instructions and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions within the at least one memory to implement:
determining first indication information needing to be sent to a user equipment; and
sending the first indication information to the user equipment, so that the user equipment determines, according to the first indication information, receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, further determines, according to the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed, a downlink time of performing neighboring cell measurement for a second base station, and performs neighboring cell measurement for the second base station at the downlink time,
wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of an interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and configuration information of the first base station, and
wherein the determining, by the user equipment according to the first indication information, the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed comprises:
determining, according to the configuration information of the interference coordination mechanism adopted by the first base station and the configuration information of the first base station, whether an uplink service exists at a first uplink time;
when the uplink service does not exist, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is not zero; and
when the uplink service exists, determining that the receive/transmit transition time needing to be delayed is zero.
11. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein the sending the first indication information to the user equipment is performed through first signaling, and the first signaling comprises:
radio resource control RRC broadcast signaling, or RRC-specific signaling, or physical layer signaling.
12. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein the first indication information comprises: information indicating whether the user equipment needs to delay the receive/transmit transition time, and/or information of specific delayed time for receive/transmit transition.