Configuration method and apparatus, and terminal and network side device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12598540-B2
Application number	US-202318191999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2023
Priority date	Sep 29, 2020
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A configuration method includes: receiving, by a terminal, configuration information of a working area sent by a first network side device, where the working area is used for the terminal to perform a first operation; and performing, by the terminal, the first operation in the working area based on the configuration information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A configuration method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal, configuration information of a working area sent by a first network side device, wherein the working area is used for the terminal to perform a first operation; and performing, by the terminal, the first operation in the working area based on the configuration information; wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a frequency, resource location information of a reference signal corresponding to a frequency, a subcarrier spacing (SCS) corresponding to a frequency, transmission location information of a paging message, an identifier of a working area, or a correspondence relationship between an identifier of a working area and a target parameter; wherein the target parameter comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a frequency, resource location information of a reference signal, a subcarrier spacing corresponding to a frequency, or transmission location information of a paging message; wherein the first operation comprises at least one of the following: receiving a paging message, cell selection, cell reselection, camping, or cell measurement.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein during performing, by the terminal, the first operation in the working area based on the configuration information, the method further comprises:
stopping, by the terminal, performing the first operation outside the working area.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the correspondence relationship between the identifier of the working area and the target parameter comprises at least one of the following:
an identifier of one working area corresponds to an identifier or identifiers of one or more frequencies; an identifier of one working area corresponds to resource location information of one or more reference signals; an identifier of one working area corresponds to one or more SCSs; or an identifier of one working area corresponds to transmission location information of one or more paging messages.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is used for indicating the identifier of the working area.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the reference signal comprises a synchronization signal block (SSB) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission location information of the paging message and the resource location information of the reference signal have an association relationship, and the association relationship is configured by a network side device or specified in a protocol.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that a plurality of frequencies are provided, priorities corresponding to the plurality of frequencies are configured by a network side device or specified in a protocol.

8 . A configuration method, comprising:
sending, by a first network side device, configuration information of a working area to a terminal, wherein the working area is used for the terminal to perform a first operation; wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a frequency, resource location information of a reference signal corresponding to a frequency, a subcarrier spacing (SCS) corresponding to a frequency, transmission location information of a paging message, an identifier of a working area, or a correspondence relationship between an identifier of a working area and a target parameter; wherein the target parameter comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a frequency, resource location information of a reference signal, a subcarrier spacing corresponding to a frequency, or transmission location information of a paging message; wherein the first operation comprises at least one of the following: receiving a paging message, cell selection, cell reselection, camping, or cell measurement.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein before the sending, by the first network side device, configuration information of the working area to the terminal, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first network side device, the configuration information of the working area sent by a second network side device; or receiving, by the first network side device, first configuration information sent by the second network side device, wherein content of the first configuration information is content that the second network side device expects the first network side device to configure for the configuration information of the working area.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first network side device or the second network side device is any one of the following: a centralized unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a gNB, and a centralized control node of a core network service.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first network side device is a neighboring node of the second network side device; or the first network side device is a node for managing the working area.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the correspondence relationship between the identifier of the working area and the target parameter comprises at least one of the following:
an identifier of one working area corresponds to an identifier or identifiers of one or more frequencies; an identifier of one working area corresponds to resource location information of one or more reference signals; an identifier of one working area corresponds to one or more SCSs; or an identifier of one working area corresponds to transmission location information of one or more paging messages.

13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the reference signal is used for indicating the identifier of the working area.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the reference signal comprises a synchronization signal block (SSB) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

15 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the transmission location information of the paging message and the resource location information of the reference signal have an association relationship, and the association relationship is configured by a network side device; or
in a case that a plurality of frequencies are provided, priorities corresponding to the plurality of frequencies are configured by a network side device.

16 . A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to:
receive configuration information of a working area sent by a first network side device, wherein the working area is used for the terminal to perform a first operation; and perform the first operation in the working area based on the configuration information; wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a frequency, resource location information of a reference signal corresponding to a frequency, a subcarrier spacing (SCS) corresponding to a frequency, transmission location information of a paging message, an identifier of a working area, or a correspondence relationship between an identifier of a working area and a target parameter; wherein the target parameter comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a frequency, resource location information of a reference signal, a subcarrier spacing corresponding to a frequency, or tran

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Yumin

Classifications

• H04W48/16

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• H04W48/08 Primary

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