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Granted Patent B2
US 11,864,131 · App. 17/170,524 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Measurement configuration method and apparatus

Inventors: Lili Zheng (Shanghai, CN); Hongping Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Qinghai Zeng (Shanghai, CN); Le Yan (Shenzhen, CN); Xingxing Hu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W56/001H04W24/10H04W36/0058H04W36/08H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 11,864,131
App. No.
17/170,524
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a measurement configuration method and an apparatus. The method includes: determining that a serving cell changes from a first cell to a second cell; and updating or deleting a current measurement window configuration. The measurement window configuration is used to indicate a time domain position at which a terminal device measures a downlink reference signal. According to the solution provided in this application, when the serving cell of the terminal device changes, the current measurement window configuration of the terminal device is updated or deleted, so that a problem that the measurement window configuration of the terminal device is not applicable to measurement can be resolved to some extent.

Claims (30)

1. A communication method, comprising:

determining, by a first network device associated with a source cell, measurement timing configuration information, wherein the measurement timing configuration information comprises synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) information indicating an SSB to be measured in a measurement window, the SSB to be measured being indicated by a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC); and

sending, by the first network device and during a change of a terminal device from the source cell to a target cell, the measurement timing configuration information to a second network device associated with the target cell,

wherein the second network device determines new measurement timing configuration information for the terminal device using the measurement timing configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement timing configuration information is determined based on a timing of the first network device.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the timing of the first network device is a timing of the source cell belonging to the first network device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SSB information is represented using a bitmap.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a configuration parameter of the measurement window comprises a SMTC duration.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SSB information is ssb-ToMeasure.

7. A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a second network device associated with a target cell and during a change of a terminal device from a source cell to the target cell, measurement timing configuration information from a first network device associated with the source cell, wherein the measurement timing configuration information comprises synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) information indicating an SSB to be measured in a measurement window, the SSB to be measured being indicated by a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC);

performing, by the second network device, processing based on the SSB information to determine new measurement timing configuration information; and

sending, by the second network device, the new measurement timing configuration information to the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the measurement timing configuration information is based on a timing of the first network device.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the timing of the first network device is a timing of the source cell belonging to the first network device.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the SSB information is represented using a bitmap.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a configuration parameter of the measurement window comprises a SMTC duration.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the SSB information is ssb-ToMeasure.

13. A communications system, comprising a first network device and a second network device, wherein the first network device is associated with a source cell and configured to:

determine measurement timing configuration information, wherein the measurement timing configuration information comprises synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) information indicating an SSB to be measured in a measurement window, the SSB to be measured being indicated by a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC); and

send, during a change of a terminal device from the source cell to a target cell, the measurement timing configuration information to the second network device; and

the second network device is associated with the target cell and configured to:

receive the measurement timing configuration information;

perform processing based on the SSB information to determine new measurement timing configuration information; and

send the new measurement timing configuration information to the terminal device.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the measurement timing configuration information is determined based on a timing of the first network device.

15. The system according to claim 14 , wherein the timing of the first network device is a timing of the source cell belonging to the first network device.

16. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the SSB information is represented using a bitmap.

17. The system according to claim 13 , wherein a configuration parameter of the measurement window comprises a SMTC duration.

18. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the SSB information is ssb-ToMeasure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2021
From: ZHENG, LILI; ZHANG, HONGPING; ZENG, QINGHAI; YAN, LE; HU, XINGXING
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055433/0142 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810903721.1 · Aug 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019099704 · Aug 8, 2019
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