Cell reselection method and system, and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12501322-B2
Application number	US-202217807641-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2022
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a cell reselection method and system, and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving reselection configuration information from a network device, where the reselection configuration information includes reselection trigger information, the reselection trigger information is used to trigger measurement for cell reselection, and the reselection trigger information includes reselection trigger time information or reselection trigger indication information; and performing measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection configuration information. In embodiments of this application, the reselection configuration information including the reselection trigger information is introduced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving reselection configuration information from a network device, wherein the reselection configuration information comprises reselection time information and reselection target information, and the reselection target information indicates information about a target cell for reselection measurement; and performing measurement for cell reselection preferentially in the target cell based on the reselection target information, wherein a time for the measurement for cell reselection is moment determined based on the reselection time information; and performing reselection to the target cell when a quality of the target cell is available through the measurement and the quality of the target cell satisfies a first criterion.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving non-reselection configuration information from the network device; and determining, based on the non-reselection configuration information, whether to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the non-reselection configuration information comprises non-reselection condition information, and the non-reselection condition information comprises information about the target cell for reselection measurement; and
wherein determining, based on the non-reselection configuration information, whether to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information comprises:
determining not to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information when a quality of the target cell for reselection measurement is available through a prior measurement.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the non-reselection condition information further comprises a quality threshold; and
wherein determining not to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information when the quality of the target cell for reselection measurement is available through the prior measurement comprises: determining not to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information when the quality of the target cell for reselection measurement is available through the prior measurement and the quality of the target cell for reselection measurement available through the prior measurement is higher than the quality threshold.

5 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the non-reselection configuration information comprises non-reselection area information; and
wherein determining, based on the non-reselection configuration information, whether to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information comprises: determining not to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information reselection configuration information when a terminal device is located in an area indicated by the non-reselection area information.

6 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the non-reselection configuration information comprises non-reselection time range information; and
wherein determining, based on the non-reselection configuration information, whether to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information comprises: determining not to perform another the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection target information within a non-reselection time range indicated by the non-reselection time range information.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the network device is deployed in a non-terrestrial network.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the network device is deployed in a non-terrestrial network, and a terrestrial coverage area of the network device changes over time.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the target cell for reselection measurement comprises:
a frequency of the target cell; or a frequency and a physical cell identifier of the target cell.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the quality of the target cell not satisfying the first criterion, performing the measurement for cell reselection based on priority information of at least one frequency.

11 . An apparatus, comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions; and at least one processor; and wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive reselection configuration information from a network device, wherein the reselection configuration information comprises reselection time information and reselection target information, and the reselection target information indicates information about a target cell for reselection measurement; and
perform measurement for cell reselection preferentially in the target cell based on the reselection target information, wherein a time for the measurement for cell reselection is determined based on the reselection-time information; and
performing reselection to the target cell when a quality of the target cell is available through the measurement and the quality of the target cell satisfies a first criterion.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the network device is deployed in a non-terrestrial network.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the network device is deployed in a non-terrestrial network, and a terrestrial coverage area of the network device changes over time.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information about the target cell for reselection measurement comprises:
a frequency of the target cell; or a frequency and a physical cell identifier of the target cell.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to:
in response to the quality of the target cell not satisfying the first criterion, perform the measurement for cell reselection based on priority information of at least one frequency.

16 . A method, comprising:
determining reselection configuration information, wherein the reselection configuration information comprises and reselection target information, and the reselection target information indicates information about a target cell for reselection measurement; and sending the reselection configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the reselection configuration information is usable by the terminal device to perform measurement for cell reselection preferentially in the target cell based on the reselection target information, wherein a time for the measurement for cell reselection is determined based on the reselection time information, and reselection to the target cell is performed when a quality of the target cell is available through the measurement and the quality of the target cell satisfies a first criterion.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:
sending non-reselection configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the terminal device determines, based on the non-reselection configuration information, whether to perform the measurement for cell reselection based on the reselection configuration information.

18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the method is performed by a network device deployed in a non-terrestrial network.

19 . The m

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Geng Tingting
• Wu Yedan
• Yan Le

Classifications

• H04W36/0058 Primary

  Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports · CPC title

• H04W36/304

  due to measured or perceived resources with higher communication quality · CPC title

• H04W36/00838

  Resource reservation for handover · CPC title

• H04W36/083

  wherein at least one of the access points is a moving node · CPC title

• H04W36/0094

  Definition of hand-off measurement parameters · CPC title