IP Library Granted Patent US 12,519,587
Granted Patent B2
US 12,519,587 · App. 18/106,450 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Method for measuring reference signal, terminal, and network side device

Inventors: Ang Yang (Dongguan, CN); Peng Sun (Dongguan, CN); Yu Yang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04L5/0048H04L5/0035H04L5/0098
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Patent No.
US 12,519,587
App. No.
18/106,450
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for measuring a reference signal, a terminal, and a network side device are provided. The method includes: performing, by a terminal, L1 measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell or a neighboring Transmission and Reception Point (TRP) based on a measurement restriction condition to obtain a measurement result; and sending, by the terminal, the measurement result.

Claims (88)

1 . A method for measuring a reference signal, comprising:

performing, by a terminal, Layer 1 (L1) measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell based on a measurement restriction condition to obtain a measurement result; and

sending, by the terminal, the measurement result,

wherein the measurement restriction condition comprises:

when a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast CHannel (PBCH) Block (SSB) of a first cell conflicts with an SSB or a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) of a second cell, performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of the SSB of the first cell, the SSB of the second cell, or the CSI-RS of the second cell, wherein the SSB of the first cell is configured for L1 beam measurement,

wherein the first cell and the second cell meet at least one of the following:

the first cell is the neighboring cell, and the second cell is a current cell; or

the first cell is the neighboring cell, and the second cell is the neighboring cell, and

wherein the method further comprises:

when a signal of the first cell and a signal of the second cell are in a same time domain unit, determining, by the terminal, that the signal of the first cell conflicts with the signal of the second cell.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the performing, by a terminal, L1 measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell based on a measurement restriction condition, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal, indication information, wherein the indication information is configured for indicating a periodicity and a position of the reference signal.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing, by a terminal, L1 measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell based on a measurement restriction condition comprises:

performing, by the terminal, L1 measurement on the reference signal of the neighboring cell within a measurement time configuration of the reference signal; or

performing, by the terminal, L1 measurement on the reference signal of the neighboring cell within and outside a measurement time configuration of the reference signal.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the SSB of the first cell conflicts with the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell, performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of the SSB of the first cell, the SSB of the second cell, or the CSI-RS of the second cell comprises:

on a Frequency Range 1 (FR 1) frequency band, performing, by the terminal, measurement on the SSB of the first cell without a restriction condition;

on the Frequency Range 1 (FR 1) frequency band, performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of:

the SSB of the first cell, or

the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell; or on a Frequency Range 2 (FR 2) frequency band, performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of:

the SSB of the first cell, or

the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein on an FR 1 frequency band, the performing, by the terminal, measurement on the SSB of the first cell without a restriction condition is performed when at least one of the following is met:

the SSB of the first cell, and at least one of the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell have a same SubCarrier Spacing (SCS);

the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell meet a preset timing condition; or

the SSB of the first cell, and at least one of the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell have different SCSs, and the terminal supports receiving data and an SSB simultaneously under different parameter sets.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein on the FR 1 frequency band, the performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of the SSB of the first cell or the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell is performed when at least one of the following is met:

the SSB of the first cell, and at least one of the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell have a same SubCarrier Spacing (SCS), the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell do not meet a preset timing condition;

the SSB of the first cell, and at least one of the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell have different SCSs, the terminal supports receiving data and an SSB simultaneously under different parameter sets, the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell do not meet a preset timing condition;

the SSB of the first cell, and at least one of the SSB or the CSI-RS of the second cell have different SCSs, and the terminal does not support receiving data and an SSB simultaneously under different parameter sets; or

the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement restriction condition comprises: on a Frequency Range 1 (FR 1) frequency band, a CSI-RS of the first cell conflicts with the SSB of the second cell, and the SSB of the second cell is within an activated BandWidth Part (BWP):

when the SSB of the second cell and the CSI-RS of the first cell have a same SubCarrier Spacing (SCS), performing, by the terminal, measurement on the CSI-RS of the first cell without a restriction condition; or

when the SSB of the second cell and the CSI-RS of the first cell have different SCSs,

performing, by the terminal, measurement on the CSI-RS of the first cell without a restriction condition; or

performing, by the terminal, measurement on at least one of the CSI-RS of the first cell or the SSB of the second cell,

wherein the CSI-RS of the first cell is configured for L1 beam measurement, and at least one of the first cell or the second cell is the neighboring cell.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the SSB of the second cell and the CSI-RS of the first cell have a same SCS, the performing, by the terminal, measurement on the CSI-RS of the first cell without a restriction condition is performed when the following is met:

the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell meet a preset timing condition.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the SSB of the second cell and the CSI-RS of the first cell have different SCSs, the performing, by the terminal, measurement on the CSI-RS of the first cell without a restriction condition is performed when at least one of the following is met:

the terminal supports receiving data and an SSB simultaneously under different parameter sets; or

the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell meet a preset timing condition.

10 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the SSB of the second cell and the CSI-RS of the first cell have different SCSs, the performing, by the terminal, measurement on at least one of the CSI-RS of the first cell or the SSB of the second cell is performed when at least one of the following is met:

the terminal does not support receiving data and an SSB simultaneously under different parameter sets;

the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell do not meet a preset timing condition; or

the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement restriction condition comprises:

on a Frequency Range 1 (FR 1) frequency band, when a CSI-RS of the first cell conflicts with the CSI-RS of the second cell, performing, by the terminal, measurement on the CSI-RS of the first cell without a restriction condition, wherein

the CSI-RS of the first cell is configured for L1 beam measurement, and at least one of the first cell or the second cell is the neighboring cell.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first cell and the second cell belong to different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell meet a preset timing condition.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement restriction condition comprises:

on a Frequency Range 2 (FR 2) frequency band, when a CSI-RS of the first cell conflicts with the SSB of the second cell, performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of the CSI-RS of the first cell and the SSB of the second cell, wherein

the CSI-RS of the first cell is configured for L1 beam measurement, and at least one of the first cell or the second cell is the neighboring cell or the neighboring TRP.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement restriction condition comprises:

on a Frequency Range 2 (FR 2) frequency band, when a CSI-RS of the first cell conflicts with the CSI-RS of the second cell, performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of the CSI-RS of the first cell and a the SSB of the second cell when at least one of the following is met:

the first cell and the second cell are different cells, and timing information of the first cell and timing information of the second cell do not meet a timing condition; or

the first cell and the second cell are different cells,

wherein the CSI-RS of the first cell is configured for L1 beam measurement, and at least one of the first cell or the second cell is the neighboring cell.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal of the neighboring cell meets at least one of the following:

configuration information of a reference signal of the terminal is configured with cell identifier information of the neighboring cell;

a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI), spatial relation information, or Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) information of the terminal is associated with the reference signal of the neighboring cell;

Downlink Control Information (DCI), a Control REsource SET (CORESET), or a TCI of a control channel, spatial relation information, or QCL information for scheduling the reference signal is associated with the reference signal of the neighboring cell; or

DCI, a CORESET, or a control channel for scheduling the reference signal belongs to the neighboring cell.

16 . A method for measuring a reference signal, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a network side device, a measurement result, wherein the measurement result is obtained by a terminal performing Layer 1 (L1) measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell based on a measurement restriction condition,

wherein the measurement restriction condition comprises:

when a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast CHannel (PBCH) Block (SSB) of a first cell conflicts with an SSB or a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) of a second cell, the terminal performs measurement on one of the SSB of the first cell, the SSB of the second cell, or the CSI-RS of the second cell, wherein the SSB of the first cell is configured for L1 beam measurement,

wherein the first cell and the second cell meet at least one of the following:

the first cell is the neighboring cell, and the second cell is a current cell; or

the first cell is the neighboring cell, and the second cell is the neighboring cell, and

wherein when a signal of the first cell and a signal of the second cell are in a same time domain unit, the terminal determines that the signal of the first cell conflicts with the signal of the second cell.

17 . A network side device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor, the method for measuring a reference signal according to claim 16 is implemented.

18 . A terminal, comprising:

a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

performing Layer 1 (L1) measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell based on a measurement restriction condition to obtain a measurement result; and

sending the measurement result,

wherein the measurement restriction condition comprises:

when a Synchronization Signal (SS) and Physical Broadcast CHannel (PBCH) Block (SSB) of a first cell conflicts with an SSB or a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) of a second cell, performing, by the terminal, measurement on one of the SSB of the first cell, the SSB of the second cell, or the CSI-RS of the second cell, wherein the SSB of the first cell is configured for L1 beam measurement,

wherein the first cell and the second cell meet at least one of the following:

the first cell is the neighboring cell, and the second cell is a current cell; or

the first cell is the neighboring cell, and the second cell is the neighboring cell, and

wherein the operations further comprise:

when a signal of the first cell and a signal of the second cell are in a same time domain unit, determining, by the terminal, that the signal of the first cell conflicts with the signal of the second cell.

19 . The terminal according to claim 18 , wherein before the performing L1measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell based on a measurement restriction condition, the operations further comprise:

receiving indication information, wherein the indication information is configured for indicating a periodicity and a position of the reference signal.

20 . The terminal according to claim 18 , wherein the performing L1 measurement on a reference signal of a neighboring cell based on a measurement restriction condition comprises:

performing L1 measurement on the reference signal of the neighboring cell within a measurement time configuration of the reference signal; or performing L1 measurement on the reference signal of the neighboring cell within and outside a measurement time configuration of the reference signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: YANG, ANG; SUN, PENG; YANG, YU
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010785151.8 · Aug 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021110533 · Aug 4, 2021
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