Communication method, device, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12598489-B2
Application number	US-202217656756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2022
Priority date	Sep 29, 2019
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, device, and system, to reduce energy consumption of a terminal device and accelerate reselection performed by the terminal device. In this solution, a network device determines a plurality of sub-areas, and sends area configuration information to the terminal device. The terminal device receives the area configuration information, determines a first sub-area based on the area configuration information, and performs measurement based on information about one or more neighboring frequencies corresponding to the first sub-area. A geographical area range including the plurality of sub-areas includes a coverage area of a first cell, the area configuration information indicates information about the plurality of sub-areas, and the first sub-area is a sub-area in which the terminal device is currently located in the plurality of sub-areas.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, applied for a terminal device, the method comprising:
receiving area configuration information from a network device, wherein the area configuration information indicates information about a plurality of sub-areas, and a geographical area range of the plurality of sub-areas overlaps a coverage area of a first cell, wherein the first cell is a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell in which the terminal device locates, and wherein the area configuration information comprises center location coordinate information of each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas and area radius information of each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas; determining a first sub-area based on the area configuration information, wherein the first sub-area is a sub-area in which the terminal device is currently located in the plurality of sub-areas; and performing measurement based on information about one or more terrestrial network (TN) neighboring frequencies corresponding to the first sub-area, wherein information about each neighboring frequency in the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies comprises an absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) of each neighboring frequency in the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the first sub-area based on the area configuration information comprises:
obtaining current geographical location information of the terminal device; and determining the first sub-area based on the current geographical location information of the terminal device and the area configuration information.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the current geographical location information of the terminal device is location coordinate information of a current geographical location of the terminal device.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending a request message to the network device, wherein the request message carries indication information of the first sub-area, and the request message requests the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies corresponding to the first sub-area.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein:
the indication information is a first preamble, and the first preamble corresponds to the first sub-area.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein:
the indication information is a first preamble and a first access resource, and both the first preamble and the first access resource correspond to the first sub-area.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies further comprises one or more of the following:
a physical cell identifier (PCI), a synchronization signal block-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC), an SMTC start offset, a network identifier corresponding to the ARFCN comprised in the information about each neighboring frequency, a type identifier corresponding to the ARFCN comprised in the information about each neighboring frequency, a network identifier corresponding to the PCI, a type identifier corresponding to the PCI, or a priority corresponding to the ARFCN comprised in the information about each neighboring frequency.

8 . A method, comprising:
determining a plurality of sub-areas, wherein a geographical area range of the plurality of sub-areas overlaps a coverage area of a first cell, wherein the first cell is a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell in which a terminal device locates; and sending area configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the area configuration information comprises center location coordinate information of each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas and area radius information of each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas; and wherein the area configuration information is usable for determining a first sub-area, and the first sub-area is a sub-area in which the terminal device is currently located and is in the plurality of sub-areas, and measurement is performed based on information about one or more terrestrial network (TN) neighboring frequencies corresponding to the first sub-area, and wherein information about each neighboring frequency in the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies comprises an absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) of each neighboring frequency in the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
sending the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies corresponding to the first sub-area to the terminal device.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a request message from the terminal device, wherein the request message carries indication information of the first sub-area, and the request message requests the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies corresponding to the first sub-area.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein:
the indication information is a first preamble, and the first preamble corresponds to the first sub-area.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein:
the indication information is a first preamble and a first access resource, and both the first preamble and the first access resource correspond to the first sub-area.

13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies further comprises one or more of the following:
a physical cell identifier (PCI), a synchronization signal block-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC), an SMTC start offset, a network identifier corresponding to the ARFCN comprised in the information about each neighboring frequency, a type identifier corresponding to the ARFCN comprised in the information about each neighboring frequency, a network identifier corresponding to the PCI, a type identifier corresponding to the PCI, or a priority corresponding to the ARFCN comprised in the information about each neighboring frequency.

14 . An apparatus, applied to a terminal device, the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor and non-transitory memory, wherein the memory stores a program to be executed by the at least one processor, the program including instructions for:
receiving area configuration information from a network device, wherein the area configuration information indicates information about a plurality of sub-areas, and a geographical area range of the plurality of sub-areas overlaps a coverage area of a first cell, and wherein the first cell is a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell in which the terminal device locates, and wherein the area configuration information comprises center location coordinate information of each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas and area radius information of each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas;
determining a first sub-area based on the area configuration information, wherein the first sub-area is a sub-area in which a terminal device is currently located in the plurality of sub-areas; and
performing measurement based on information about one or more terrestrial network (TN) neighboring frequencies corresponding to the first sub-area, and wherein information about each neighboring frequency in the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies comprises an absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) of each neighboring frequency in the information about the one or more TN neighboring frequencies.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein determining the

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Geng Tingting
• Wu Yedan
• Yan Le

Classifications

• H04W52/0209

  in terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W84/06

  Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W48/18

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title