Measurement method, terminal device, and network side device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12543136-B2
Application number	US-202217948201-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2022
Priority date	Mar 24, 2020
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

A measurement method, a terminal device, and a network side device are provided. The method includes: in a case that at least two transmission nodes are configured for a first serving frequency of a terminal device, performing system frame number and frame timing difference (SFTD) measurement according to a first measurement parameter to obtain an SFTD measurement result, where the first measurement parameter is used to instruct to perform at least one of the following: measuring an SFTD value between a specific transmission node of the first serving frequency and a first network node, or measuring a timing difference between different specific transmission nodes of the first serving frequency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A measurement method, performed by a terminal device, comprising:
when at least two specific transmission nodes including a first specific transmission node and a second specific transmission node are configured for a first serving frequency of the terminal device, performing system frame number and frame timing difference (SFTD) measurement according to a first measurement parameter to obtain an SFTD measurement result, comprising: measuring a first SFTD value between the first specific transmission node and a first network node, and measuring a first timing difference between the first specific transmission node and the second specific transmission node; calculating a second SFTD value between the second specific transmission node and the first network node according to the first SFTD value and the first timing difference; and reporting the first SFTD value and the second SFTD value to a network side device, or reporting the first SFTD value, the second SFTD value, and the first timing difference to the network side device, wherein the first measurement parameter is used to instruct to perform at least one of the following: measuring an SFTD value between a specific transmission node configured for the first serving frequency and the first network node, or measuring a timing difference between different specific transmission nodes configured for the first serving frequency; the first network node is configured for a second serving frequency, the second serving frequency comprises at least one of a neighboring serving frequency of the first serving frequency or a third serving frequency, and the third serving frequency is a serving frequency other than the first serving frequency in at least two serving frequencies of the terminal device; and both the SFTD value and the timing difference comprise at least one of a system frame number difference or a frame boundary difference.

2 . The measurement method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
reporting the first SFTD value and the first timing difference to the network side device.

3 . The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein a specific transmission node of a fourth serving frequency is configured by the network side device or predefined by a protocol, and the fourth serving frequency comprises at least one of the first serving frequency or the second serving frequency.

4 . The measurement method according to claim 3 , wherein when the specific transmission node of the fourth serving frequency is predefined by the protocol, the specific transmission node of the fourth serving frequency comprises one of the following:
all transmission nodes of the fourth serving frequency; a transmission node in an active state in all the transmission nodes of the fourth serving frequency; or a transmission node of a first type in all the transmission nodes of the fourth serving frequency, wherein the transmission node of the first type comprises at least one of a primary transmission node, an initial transmission node, or a default transmission node.

5 . The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein transmission node physical identifiers of different transmission nodes in the at least two specific transmission nodes are different,
wherein the transmission node physical identifier comprises at least one of the following: a physical serving frequency identifier; a reference signal identifier; a port number identifier corresponding to a reference signal: or a resource location identifier of a control channel.

6 . The measurement method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
reporting the SFTD measurement result and first information to the network side device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:
a transmission node physical identifier of a third specific transmission node;
a serving frequency identifier of a serving frequency corresponding to the third specific transmission node;
a type identifier of the serving frequency corresponding to the third specific transmission node: or
a measurement result of at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the third specific transmission node,
wherein the third specific transmission node comprises at least one of a specific transmission node of the first serving frequency or a specific transmission node of the second serving frequency.

7 . The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the first measurement parameter is configured by the network side device or predefined by a protocol.

8 . The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first serving frequency or the third serving frequency is a primary cell, and the other is a primary secondary cell.

9 . The measurement method according to claim 8 , wherein when one of the first serving frequency or the third serving frequency is a primary cell, and the other is a primary secondary cell, the first measurement parameter is further used to instruct to perform at least one of the following:
measuring an SFTD value between a specific transmission node of the third serving frequency and the first serving frequency; measuring an SFTD value between the specific transmission node of the third serving frequency and a neighboring serving frequency of the third serving frequency; or measuring a timing difference between different specific transmission nodes of the third serving frequency.

10 . A terminal device, comprising:
a memory storing a computer program, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer program to perform operations comprising: when at least two specific transmission nodes including a first specific transmission node and a second specific transmission node are configured for a first serving frequency of the terminal device, performing system frame number and frame timing difference (SFTD) measurement according to a first measurement parameter to obtain an SFTD measurement result, comprising:
measuring a first SFTD value between the first specific transmission node and a first network node, and measuring a first timing difference between the first specific transmission node and the second specific transmission node;
calculating a second SFTD value between the second specific transmission node and the first network node according to the first SFTD value and the first timing difference; and
reporting the first SFTD value and the second SFTD value to a network side device, or reporting the first SFTD value, the second SFTD value, and the first timing difference to the network side device,
wherein the first measurement parameter is used to instruct to perform at least one of the following: measuring an SFTD value between a specific transmission node configured for the first serving frequency and the first network node, or measuring a timing difference between different specific transmission nodes configured for the first serving frequency;
the first network node is configured for a second serving frequency, the second serving frequency comprises at least one of a neighboring serving frequency of the first serving frequency or a third serving frequency, and the third serving frequency is a serving frequency other than the first serving frequency in at least two serving frequencies of the terminal device; and
both the SFTD value and the timing difference comprise at least one of a system frame number difference or a frame boundary difference.

11 . The terminal device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
reporting the first SFTD value and the first timing dif

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Yumin

Classifications

• H04W56/0065 Primary

  using measurement of signal travel time · CPC title

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W24/10

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

• H04W56/001 Primary

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title