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US 12,028,818 · App. 17/402,924 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Measurement processing method, parameter configuration method, terminal, and network device

Inventors: Xiaodong Shen (Guangdong, CN); Kai Wu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
H04W56/001H04W24/10H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,028,818
App. No.
17/402,924
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for processing a measurement, a parameter configuration method, a terminal, and a network device. The method includes: receiving a QCL configuration parameter for measuring a neighboring cell, where the neighboring cell is a cell adjacent to a serving cell of the terminal; and obtaining a measurement result of the neighboring cell based on a measurement result of a first SSB and a measurement result of a second SSB, where the first SSB and the second SSB satisfy a QCL relationship corresponding to the QCL configuration parameter.

Claims (60)

1. A method for processing a measurement, performed by a terminal and comprising:

receiving a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration parameter for measuring a neighboring cell, wherein the neighboring cell is a cell adjacent to a serving cell of the terminal; and

obtaining a measurement result of the neighboring cell based on a measurement result of a first synchronization signal block (SSB) and a measurement result of a second SSB, wherein the first SSB and the second SSB satisfy a QCL relationship corresponding to the QCL configuration parameter;

wherein index information of the first SSB and index information of the second SSB satisfy the QCL relationship corresponding to the QCL configuration parameter;

wherein the QCL configuration parameter comprises a QCL modulus, and an operation result of the index information of the first SSB with respect to the QCL modulus matches an operation result of the index information of the second SSB with respect to the QCL modulus;

wherein an operation result of k mod q matches an operation result of i mod q, or an operation result of (k×n/2) mod q matches an operation result of (j×n/2) mod q, wherein

k is the index information of the first SSB, j is the index information of the second SSB, q is the QCL modulus, mod is a remainder function, and n is the number of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) of a preset type in a unit time-domain resource or the number of cell discovery reference signal (DRS) units in a unit time-domain resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the QCL configuration parameter further comprises the number of PDCCHs of the preset type in the unit time-domain resource or the number of DRS units in the unit time-domain resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are time synchronized and the terminal has obtained a to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB and the index information of the second SSB are determined through time synchronization; or

in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are time synchronized and the terminal has obtained no to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB and the index information of the second SSB are determined based on locations of the first SSB and the second SSB, where the locations are obtained through measurement; or

in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are not time synchronized and the terminal has obtained a to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB is determined based on a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the first SSB, and the index information of the second SSB is determined based on a PBCH DMRS of the second SSB; or

in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are not time synchronized and the terminal has obtained no to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB and the index information of the second SSB are determined based on a PBCH DMRS of the first SSB, a PBCH DMRS of the second SSB, and an index difference, wherein the index difference is an index difference that is determined based on locations of the first SSB and the second SSB, wherein the locations are obtained through measurement by the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the index information of the first SSB comprises an index of the first SSB or partial information of the index of the first SSB; and/or

the index information of the second SSB comprises an index of the second SSB or partial information of the index of the second SSB.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in a case that the terminal has obtained the to-be-measured SSB list,

the obtaining a measurement result of the neighboring cell based on a measurement result of a first SSB and a measurement result of a second SSB comprises:

obtaining the measurement result of the neighboring cell based on the measurement result of the first SSB and the measurement result of the second SSB under the condition that it is determined based on the QCL configuration parameter that in the to-be-measured SSB list there is a second SSB that satisfies the QCL relationship with the first SSB; and

after the receiving a QCL configuration parameter, the method further comprises:

discarding the measurement result of the first SSB under the condition that it is determined based on the QCL configuration parameter that in the to-be-measured SSB list there is no second SSB that satisfies the QCL relationship with the first SSB.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving a QCL configuration parameter for measuring a neighboring cell comprises:

receiving a system information block (SIB) or a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the SIB or the RRC message carries the QCL configuration parameter for measuring a neighboring cell.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the QCL configuration parameter is configured per cell, or the QCL configuration parameter is configured per frequency-domain resource.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a measurement result of the neighboring cell based on a measurement result of a first SSB and a measurement result of a second SSB comprises:

using the measurement result of the first SSB and the measurement result of the second SSB as samples of a same measurement for reference signal received power (RSRP) processing, to obtain the measurement result of the neighboring cell.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the RSRP processing comprises:

combining and averaging the measurement result of the first SSB and the measurement result of the second SSB.

10. A terminal, comprising a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program is executed by the processor to implement:

receiving a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration parameter for measuring a neighboring cell, wherein the neighboring cell is a cell adjacent to a serving cell of the terminal; and

obtaining a measurement result of the neighboring cell based on a measurement result of a first synchronization signal block (SSB) and a measurement result of a second SSB, wherein the first SSB and the second SSB satisfy a QCL relationship corresponding to the QCL configuration parameter;

wherein index information of the first SSB and index information of the second SSB satisfy the QCL relationship corresponding to the QCL configuration parameter;

wherein the QCL configuration parameter comprises a QCL modulus, and an operation result of the index information of the first SSB with respect to the QCL modulus matches an operation result of the index information of the second SSB with respect to the QCL modulus;

wherein an operation result of k mod q matches an operation result of i mod q, or an operation result of (k×n/2) mod q matches an operation result of (j×n/2) mod q, wherein

k is the index information of the first SSB, j is the index information of the second SSB, q is the QCL modulus, mod is a remainder function, and n is the number of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) of a preset type in a unit time-domain resource or the number of cell discovery reference signal (DRS) units in a unit time-domain resource.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the program is further executed by the processor to implement:

receiving a system information block SIB or a radio resource control RRC message, wherein the SIB or the RRC message carries the QCL configuration parameter for measuring a neighboring cell.

12. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the QCL configuration parameter is configured per cell, or the QCL configuration parameter is configured per frequency-domain resource.

13. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the program is further executed by the processor to implement:

using the measurement result of the first SSB and the measurement result of the second SSB as samples of a same measurement for reference signal received power RSRP processing, to obtain the measurement result of the neighboring cell.

14. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the QCL configuration parameter further comprises the number of PDCCHs of the preset type in the unit time-domain resource or the number of DRS units in the unit time-domain resource.

15. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are time synchronized and the terminal has obtained a to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB and the index information of the second SSB are determined through time synchronization; or

in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are time synchronized and the terminal has obtained no to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB and the index information of the second SSB are determined based on locations of the first SSB and the second SSB, where the locations are obtained through measurement; or

in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are not time synchronized and the terminal has obtained a to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB is determined based on a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the first SSB, and the index information of the second SSB is determined based on a PBCH DMRS of the second SSB; or

in a case that the serving cell and the neighboring cell are not time synchronized and the terminal has obtained no to-be-measured SSB list, the index information of the first SSB and the index information of the second SSB are determined based on a PBCH DMRS of the first SSB, a PBCH DMRS of the second SSB, and an index difference, wherein the index difference is an index difference that is determined based on locations of the first SSB and the second SSB, wherein the locations are obtained through measurement by the terminal.

16. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the index information of the first SSB comprises an index of the first SSB or partial information of the index of the first SSB; and/or

the index information of the second SSB comprises an index of the second SSB or partial information of the index of the second SSB.

17. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein in a case that the terminal has obtained the to-be-measured SSB list,

the obtaining a measurement result of the neighboring cell based on a measurement result of a first SSB and a measurement result of a second SSB comprises:

obtaining the measurement result of the neighboring cell based on the measurement result of the first SSB and the measurement result of the second SSB under the condition that it is determined based on the QCL configuration parameter that in the to-be-measured SSB list there is a second SSB that satisfies the QCL relationship with the first SSB; and

after the receiving a QCL configuration parameter, the method further comprises:

discarding the measurement result of the first SSB under the condition that it is determined based on the QCL configuration parameter that in the to-be-measured SSB list there is no second SSB that satisfies the QCL relationship with the first SSB.

18. The terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the RSRP processing comprises:

combining and averaging the measurement result of the first SSB and the measurement result of the second SSB.

19. A network device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program is executed by the processor to implement:

transmitting a QCL configuration parameter for measuring a neighboring cell to a terminal, wherein the neighboring cell is a cell adjacent to a serving cell of the terminal;

wherein a first synchronization signal block (SSB) and a second SSB satisfy a QCL relationship corresponding to the QCL configuration parameter, and a measurement result of the first SSB and a measurement result of the second SSB are used by the terminal to obtaining a measurement result of the neighboring cell;

wherein index information of the first SSB and index information of the second SSB satisfy the QCL relationship corresponding to the QCL configuration parameter;

wherein the QCL configuration parameter comprises a QCL modulus, and an operation result of the index information of the first SSB with respect to the QCL modulus matches an operation result of the index information of the second SSB with respect to the QCL modulus;

wherein an operation result of k mod q matches an operation result of i mod q, or an operation result of (k×n/2) mod q matches an operation result of (j×n/2) mod q, wherein

k is the index information of the first SSB, j is the index information of the second SSB, q is the QCL modulus, mod is a remainder function, and n is the number of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) of a preset type in a unit time-domain resource or the number of cell discovery reference signal (DRS) units in a unit time-domain resource.

20. The network device according to claim 19 , wherein the QCL configuration parameter is configured per cell, or the QCL configuration parameter is configured per frequency-domain resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: SHEN, XIAODONG; WU, KAI
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057188/0828 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910118202.9 · Feb 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
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