Measurement method, terminal device, and access network device
This disclosure provides a measurement method, a terminal device, and an access network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first message sent by an access network device, where the first message includes measurement type information, the measurement type information is used to indicate a first measurement granularity, and the first measurement granularity is one of a cell measurement granularity or a beam measurement granularity; and obtaining, by the terminal device, a measured value of a measurement object corresponding to the first measurement granularity. In the embodiments of this disclosure, by introducing different measurement type information, measurement of different granularities may be implemented, so that the measurement granularity is more refined and measurement results are more accurate.
1. A measurement method comprising:
receiving a first message sent by an access network device, wherein the first message comprises measurement type information, the measurement type information is used to indicate a first measurement granularity, and the first measurement granularity is one of a cell measurement granularity or a beam measurement granularity; and
obtaining a measured value of a measurement object, the measurement object corresponding to the first measurement granularity,
wherein the first message farther comprises measurement report configuration information and a measurement identifier, wherein the measurement report configuration information includes reporting manner configuration information, wherein the measurement identifier is used to indicate a correspondence between a measurement object and the measurement report configuration information.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises a measurement threshold corresponding to the first measurement granularity.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first measurement granularity is a beam measurement granularity, the first message further comprises a beam identifier of one or more beams, the measurement object comprises a current serving beam and some or all of the one or more beams, and the measured value comprises a first measured value and a second measured value; and
obtaining the measured value of the measurement object corresponding to the first measurement granularity comprises:
measuring a reference signal of the current serving beam, to obtain the first measured value of the current serving beam; and
measuring a reference signal of some or all of the one or more beams if the first measured value is less than or equal to the measurement threshold, to obtain the second measured value.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the reference signal comprises one or more of the following: a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or a synchronization signal block (SS block).
5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first measurement granularity is a beam measurement granularity, the measurement object comprises a current serving beam, and the measured value comprises a first measured value; and
obtaining the measured value of the measurement object corresponding to the first measurement granularity comprises:
measuring a reference signal of the current serving beam, to obtain the first measured value of the current serving beam.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the obtaining the measured value of the measurement object corresponding to the first measurement granularity, the method further comprises:
sending a measurement report to the access network device, wherein
the measurement report comprises the measured value of each of N beams; or
the measurement report comprises a combined value, and the combined value is of the measured values of the N beams, wherein N is a positive integer; and
the measured value of each of the N beams is greater than or equal to a first threshold.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message is a media access control control element (MAC CE) message or a radio resource control (RRC) message.
8. A device comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to:
receive a first message sent by an access network device, wherein the first message comprises measurement type information for indicating a first measurement granularity, and the first measurement granularity is one of a cell measurement granularity or a beam measurement granularity; and
obtain a measured value of a measurement object, the measurement object corresponding to the first measurement granularity,
wherein the first message farther comprises measurement report configuration information and a measurement identifier, wherein the measurement report configuration information includes reporting manner configuration information, wherein the measurement identifier is used to indicate a correspondence between a measurement object and the measurement report configuration information.
9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the first message further comprises a measurement threshold corresponding to the first measurement granularity.
10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the first measurement granularity is a beam measurement granularity, the first message further comprises a beam identifier of one or more beams, the measurement object comprises a current serving beam and some or all of the one or more beams, and the measured value comprises a first measured value and a second measured value; and
the instructions further to:
measure a reference signal of the current serving beam, to obtain the first measured value of the current serving beam; and
measure a reference signal of some or all of the one or more beams if the first measured value is less than or equal to the measurement threshold, to obtain the second measured value.
11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the reference signal comprises one or more of the following: a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or a synchronization signal block (SS block).
12. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the first measurement granularity is a beam measurement granularity, the measurement object comprises a current serving beam, and the measured value comprises a first measured value; and the instructions further to:
measure a reference signal of the current serving beam, to obtain the first measured value of the current serving beam.
13. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the instructions further to send a measurement report to the access network device, wherein
the measurement report comprises the measured value of each of N beams; or
the measurement report comprises a combined value, and the combined value is of measured values of N beams, wherein N is a positive integer; and
the measured value of each of the N beams is greater than or equal to a first threshold.
14. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the first message is a media access control control element (MAC CE) message or a radio resource control (RRC) message.
15. A device, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to:
determine a first measurement granularity as a cell measurement granularity or a beam measurement granularity; and
send a first message to a terminal device, wherein the first message comprises measurement type information, and the measurement type information is used to indicate the first measurement granularity,
wherein the first message farther comprises measurement report configuration information and a measurement identifier, wherein the measurement report configuration information includes reporting manner configuration information, wherein the measurement identifier is used to indicate a correspondence between a measurement object and the measurement report configuration information.
16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the first message further comprises a measurement threshold corresponding to the first measurement granularity.
17. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the instructions further to:
receive a configuration request message sent by the terminal device, wherein the configuration request message is used to request the device to send information about another beam other than a current serving beam; and
send a second message to the terminal device, wherein the second message comprises an identifier of one or more beams, and the one or more beams are other beams other than the current serving beam.
18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the instructions further to receive a measurement report sent by the terminal device, wherein
the measurement report comprises the measured value of each of N beams; or
the measurement report comprises a combined value, and the combined value is of measured values of N beams, wherein N is a positive integer; and
the measured value of each of the N beams is greater than or equal to a first threshold.
19. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the first message further comprises measurement report configuration information, the measurement report configuration information instructs the terminal device to send a measured value of each of N beams in a measurement report, or the measurement report configuration information instructs the terminal device to send a combined value of measured values of a N beams in a measurement report, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.
20. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the first message is a media access control control element (MAC CE) message or a radio resource control (RRC) message.