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US 12,641,457 · App. 18/250,145 · Granted May 26, 2026

Method and device for acquiring measurement information for terminal

Inventor: Xing Yang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W24/08H04W64/006
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Patent No.
US 12,641,457
App. No.
18/250,145
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a terminal to acquire measurement information is provided. The method is applied to the terminal, the method includes receiving configuration information for the terminal to acquire measurement information, and the configuration information is used for determining an acquisition period of the measurement information according to movement information of the terminal.

Claims (59)

1 . A method for acquiring measurement information, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal and from a non-terrestrial network (NTN) base station, configuration information for the terminal to acquire the measurement information;

determining, by the terminal and according to movement information of the terminal and the configuration information, an acquisition period of the measurement information,

wherein the configuration information comprises a mapping relationship between the movement information and the acquisition period.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition period comprises at least one of:

an acquisition period of geographic location information of the terminal; or

an acquisition period for the terminal to acquire a channel measurement result.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

a first period configuration comprising an initial value of the acquisition period; and

a first period scaling configuration comprising a reference distance and a scaling factor, wherein the scaling factor corresponds to the reference distance and is configured to scale the initial value.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the movement information comprises a first distance, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal, the first distance according to a magnitude relationship between an acquisition period in a previous acquisition of the measurement information and the initial value; and

determining, by the terminal and according to the first distance and the first period scaling configuration, an acquisition period corresponding to the first distance.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining, by the terminal, the first distance according to the magnitude relationship between the acquisition period in the previous acquisition of the measurement information and the initial value, comprises:

determining, by the terminal and in response to the acquisition period in the previous acquisition of the measurement information being the same as the initial value, that the first distance is a second distance, wherein the second distance is a distance of a current location of the terminal relative to a location of the terminal at the time of the previous acquisition of the measurement information, or a distance of the current location of the terminal relative to a location of a reference point in a cell in which the terminal is located; or

determining, by the terminal and in response to the acquisition period in the previous acquisition of the measurement information being different from the initial value, that the first distance is a distance obtained by scaling the second distance according to a distance scaling parameter, wherein the distance scaling parameter is a ratio of the acquisition period of the terminal at the time of the previous acquisition of the measurement information to the initial value.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

a first period configuration comprising an initial value of the acquisition period; and

a second period scaling configuration comprising a speed level and a scaling factor, wherein the scaling factor corresponds to the speed level and is configured to scale the initial value.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the movement information comprises a movement speed of the terminal, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal and according to a level corresponding to the movement speed of the terminal and the second period scaling configuration, an acquisition period corresponding to the movement speed of the terminal.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal, the movement speed of the terminal according to a second distance and an acquisition period corresponding to a previous acquisition of the measurement information, wherein the second distance is a distance of a current location of the terminal relative to a location of the terminal at the time of the previous acquisition of the measurement information.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration information further comprises a movement speed configuration, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal and according to the movement speed and the movement speed configuration, the level corresponding to the movement speed of the terminal, wherein the movement speed configuration comprises the movement speed and the level corresponding to the movement speed.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

a first period configuration comprising an initial value of the acquisition period; and

a third period scaling configuration comprising a signal strength and a scaling factor, wherein the scaling factor corresponds to the signal strength and is configured to scale the initial value.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the movement information comprises a signal strength of a reference signal received when the terminal moves, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal and according to the signal strength of the reference signal received and the third period scaling configuration, an acquisition period corresponding to the signal strength received.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

configuration information sent by the NTN base station via a broadcast message; and/or

configuration information sent by the NTN base station via a radio resource control (RRC) message.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:

after receiving the configuration information sent by the NTN base station via the RRC message, ignoring, by the terminal, the configuration information sent by the NTN base station via the broadcast message.

14 . A method for acquiring measurement information, comprising:

sending, by a NTN base station and to a terminal, configuration information for the terminal to acquire the measurement information,

wherein the configuration information is configured for the terminal to determine, according to movement information of the terminal, an acquisition period of the measurement information, and the configuration information comprises a mapping relationship between the movement information and the acquisition period.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the acquisition period comprises at least one of:

an acquisition period of geographic location information of the terminal; or

an acquisition period for the terminal to acquire a channel measurement result.

16 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

a first period configuration comprising an initial value of the acquisition period; and

a first period scaling configuration comprising a reference distance and a scaling factor, wherein the scaling factor corresponds to the reference distance and is configured to scale the initial value.

17 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

a first period configuration comprising an initial value of the acquisition period; and

a second period scaling configuration comprising a speed level and a scaling factor, wherein the scaling factor corresponds to the speed level and is configured to scale the initial value.

18 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

a first period configuration comprising an initial value of the acquisition period; and

a third period scaling configuration comprising a signal strength and a scaling factor, wherein the scaling factor corresponds to the signal strength and is configured to scale the initial value.

19 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the configuration information comprises:

broadcasting, by the NTN base station, the configuration information; and/or

sending, by the NTN base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message carrying the configuration information.

20 . A device for acquiring measurement information, applied to a terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that, when be executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute actions of:

receiving, from an NTN base station, configuration information for the terminal to acquire the measurement information,

determining, according to movement information of the terminal and the configuration information, an acquisition period of the measurement information,

wherein the configuration information comprises a mapping relationship between the movement information and the acquisition period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2023
From: YANG, XING
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063404/0840 →
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