Signal quality information obtaining method, device, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12483369-B2
Application number	US-202217883852-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2022
Priority date	Feb 10, 2020
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a signal quality information obtaining method, a device, and a system. One example method includes: a source network device obtains configuration information of an SRS of a terminal device and sends the configuration information of the SRS to a target network device and the terminal device. A first cell of the target network device monitors the SRS based on the configuration information of the SRS, and then the target network device sends, to the source network device, signal quality information of the SRS detected by the first cell. Correspondingly, the source network device receives, from the target network device, the signal quality information of the SRS detected by the first cell, where the first cell is a cell controlled by the target network device, the first cell is an energy-saving cell, and the energy-saving cell is a cell that does not send an SSB.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A source network device, comprising:
a transceiver; at least one processor; and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the source network device to: obtain configuration information of a sounding reference signal (SRS) of a terminal device; send the configuration information of the SRS to a target network device and the terminal device, wherein the configuration information of the SRS is for configuring a resource used by the terminal device to send the SRS, and is for configuring the target network device to monitor the SRS on the resource; receive signal quality information of the SRS detected by a first cell of the target network device from the target network device, wherein the first cell is a cell controlled by the target network device, the first cell is in an energy-saving state that is configured not to send a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB); and send a first message to the target network device, wherein the first message requests to hand over the terminal device to the first cell and the first message comprises indication information to indicate the target network device to send an SSB corresponding to the first cell.

2 . The source network device according to claim 1 , wherein the programming instructions further cause the source network device to:
determine the first cell as a target cell based on the signal quality information of the SRS detected by the first cell.

3 . The source network device according to claim 2 , wherein the programming instructions further cause the source network device to:
receive a second message from the target network device, wherein the second message indicates that the terminal device is allowed to hand over to the first cell.

4 . The source network device according to claim 3 , wherein the first message is a handover request message.

5 . The source network device according to claim 3 , wherein the second message is a handover request acknowledgment message.

6 . The source network device according to claim 1 , wherein the source network device is a next-generation evolved base station (ng-eNB) or a next-generation base station (gNB).

7 . The source network device according to claim 1 , wherein the source network device is a centralized unit (CU).

8 . A target network device, comprising:
a transceiver; at least one processor; and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the target network device to: receive configuration information of a sounding reference signal (SRS) of a terminal device from a source network device; to monitor the SRS based on the configuration information of the SRS by a first cell of the target network device, wherein the first cell is a cell controlled by the target network device, the first cell is in an energy-saving state that is configured not to send a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB); send, to the source network device, signal quality information of the SRS detected by the first cell; and receive a first message from the source network device, wherein the first message requests to hand over the terminal device to the first cell and the first message comprises indication information to indicate the target network device to send an SSB corresponding to the first cell.

9 . The target network device according to claim 8 , wherein the programming instructions further cause the target network device to:
send a second message to the source network device, wherein the second message indicates that the terminal device is allowed to hand over to the first cell.

10 . The target network device according to claim 9 , wherein the first message is a handover request message.

11 . The target network device according to claim 9 , wherein the second message is a handover request acknowledgment message.

12 . The target network device according to claim 9 , wherein the programming instructions further cause the target network device to:
send an SSB by the first cell of the target network device.

13 . The target network device according to claim 8 , wherein the target network device is a next-generation base station (gNB).

14 . The target network device according to claim 8 , wherein the target network device is a centralized unit (CU) or a distributed unit (DU).

15 . A system comprising a source network device and a target network device, wherein
the source network device, comprising:
a first transceiver;
at least one first processor; and
one or more first memories coupled to the at least one first processor and storing first programming instructions for execution by the at least one first processor to cause the source network device to:
obtain configuration information of a sounding reference signal (SRS) of a terminal device;
send the configuration information of the SRS to the target network device and the terminal device, wherein the configuration information of the SRS is for configuring a resource used by the terminal device to send the SRS, and is for configuring the target network device to monitor the SRS on the resource;
receive signal quality information of the SRS detected by a first cell of the target network device from the target network device, wherein the first cell is a cell controlled by the target network device, the first cell is in an energy-saving state that is configured not to send a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB); and
send a first message to the target network device, wherein the first message requests to hand over the terminal device to the first cell and the first message comprises indication information to indicate the target network device to send an SSB corresponding to the first cell; and wherein
the target network device, comprising:
a second transceiver;
at least one second processor; and
one or more second memories coupled to the at least one second processor and storing second programming instructions for execution by the at least one second processor to cause the target network device to:
receive configuration information of the SRS of the terminal device from the source network device;
to monitor the SRS based on the configuration information of the SRS by the first cell of the target network device while the first cell is in the energy-saving state; and
send, to the source network device, signal quality information of the SRS detected by the first cell.

16 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the first programming instructions further cause the source network device to:
determine the first cell as a target cell based on the signal quality information of the SRS detected by the first cell.

17 . The system according to claim 16 , wherein the first programming instructions further cause the source network device to:
receive a second message from the target network device, wherein the second message indicates that the terminal device is allowed to hand over to the first cell.

18 . The system according to claim 17 , wherein the first message is a handover request message.

19 . The system according to claim 17 , wherein the second message is a handover request acknowledgment message.

20 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the source network device is a next-generation evolved base station (ng-eNB) or a

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hao Jinping
• Jin Yinghao

Classifications

• H04W36/302

  due to low signal strength · CPC title

• H04W36/087

  between radio units of access points · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04L5/0023

  Time-frequency-space · CPC title