Cell measurement method, measurement apparatus, terminal device, chip, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12349018-B2
Application number	US-202017756598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2020
Priority date	Nov 30, 2019
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

A cell measurement method. According to the method, a terminal device determines that a first cell as a camped cell of the terminal device; and then determines that the terminal device is in a target environment. The terminal device further obtains a signal strength of the first cell and performs a measurement on a second cell when the signal strength of the first cell is less than a first threshold and greater than a second threshold. The second cell determined by the terminal device based on the target environment. The terminal device switches the camped cell of the terminal device from the first cell to the second cell when a measurement result of the second cell meets a handover condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cell measurement method, wherein the method comprises:
determining, by a terminal device, a first cell as a camped cell of the terminal device;
determining, by the terminal device, that the terminal device is in a target environment;
obtaining, by the terminal device, a signal strength of the first cell;
performing, by the terminal device, a measurement on a second cell when the signal strength of the first cell is less than a first threshold and greater than a second threshold, wherein the second cell is determined by the terminal device based on the target environment; and
switching, by the terminal device, the camped cell of the terminal device from the first cell to the second cell when a measurement result of the second cell meets a cell handover condition, wherein the terminal device comprises a first processor and a second processor, wherein the first processor generates a target measurement policy and sends the target measurement policy to the second processor, wherein the second processor executes the target measurement policy.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the target measurement policy comprises at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, or cell information corresponding to the second cell; and
wherein the second threshold is less than the first threshold, and the cell information corresponding to the second cell comprises at least one of a frequency corresponding to the second cell or a cell identifier corresponding to the second cell.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device, that the terminal device is in the target environment comprises:
obtaining, by the terminal device, a first information; and
determining, by the terminal device, that the terminal device is in the target environment when the first information matches a second information;
wherein the second information is description information of the target environment, and the description information is determined by the terminal device based on the target environment.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the description information comprises at least one of a Wi-Fi name, an identifier of a serving cell, a signal strength of the serving cell, an identifier of a neighboring cell of the serving cell, or a signal strength of the neighboring cell.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
performing, by the terminal device, a measurement on a third cell when the signal strength of the first cell is less than the second threshold, wherein the third cell comprises a neighboring cell of the first cell; and
switching the camped cell of the terminal device from the first cell to the third cell when a measurement result of the third cell meets the cell handover condition.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the target measurement policy further comprises:
a measurement priority corresponding to the second cell; and
wherein the performing, by the terminal device, the measurement on the second cell comprises:
performing, by the terminal device, the measurement on the second cell based on the measurement priority corresponding to the second cell.

7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein when the target environment is a fixed place, the description information is information collected by the terminal device during a specified time period corresponding to the fixed place.

8. The method according to claim 3 , wherein when the target environment is a fixed route, the description information is information collected by the terminal device during a period from a moment at which the terminal device leaves a first fixed place to a moment at which the terminal device enters a second fixed place.

9. A terminal device, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, enable the terminal device to perform the following operations:
determining that a first cell as a camped cell of the terminal device;
determining that the terminal device is in a target environment;
obtaining a signal strength of the first cell;
performing a measurement on a second cell when the signal strength of the first cell is less than a first threshold and greater than a second threshold, wherein the second cell is determined by the terminal device based on the target environment; and
switching the camped cell of the terminal device from the first cell to the second cell when a measurement result of the second cell meets a cell handover condition, wherein the one or more processors comprise a first processor and a second processor, wherein the first processor generates a target measurement policy and sends the target measurement policy to the second processor, wherein the second processor executes the target measurement policy.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the target measurement policy comprises at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, or cell information corresponding to at least one second cell; and
wherein the second threshold is less than the first threshold, and the cell information corresponding to the second cell comprises at least one of a frequency corresponding to the second cell or a cell identifier corresponding to the second cell.

11. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the determining that the terminal device is in the target environment comprises:
obtaining a first information; and
determining that the terminal device is in the target environment when the first information matches a second information;
wherein the second information is description information of the target environment, and the description information is determined by the terminal device based on the target environment.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the description information comprises at least one of a Wi-Fi name, an identifier of a serving cell, a signal strength of the serving cell, an identifier of a neighboring cell of the serving cell, or a signal strength of the neighboring cell.

13. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the terminal device is further enabled to perform:
performing measurement on a third cell when the signal strength of the first cell is less than the second threshold, wherein the third cell comprises a neighboring cell of the first cell; and
switching the camped cell of the terminal device from the first cell to the third cell when a measurement result of the third cell meets the cell handover condition.

14. The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein
the target measurement policy further comprises: a measurement priority corresponding to the second cell; and
the performing the measurement on the second cell comprises:
performing the measurement on the second cell based on the measurement priority corresponding to the second cell.

15. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein when the target environment is a fixed place, the description information is information collected by the terminal device during a specified time period corresponding to the fixed place.

16. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein when the target environment is a fixed route, the description information is information collected by the terminal device during a period from a moment at which the terminal device leaves a first fixed place to a moment at which the terminal device enters a second fixed place.

17. A chip, wherein the chip is coupled to a memory in a terminal devi

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dou Fenghui
• Yang Rui
• Tan Zhengbin
• Jin Hui

Classifications

• H04W36/302

  due to low signal strength · CPC title

• H04W36/0061

  of neighbour cell information · CPC title

• H04W36/008375

  based on historical data · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title