Radio Resource Management Information Measurement Method and Apparatus, and Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016013984-A1
Application number	US-201514866104-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 25, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2013
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio resource management (RRM) information measurement method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes determining at least one piece of configuration information used, by user equipment, for radio RRM measurement, where the configuration information includes at least one type of signal type information used for the RRM measurement, and signal combination information used for the RRM measurement, and sending the configuration information to the user equipment, so that the user equipment performs the RRM measurement according to the configuration information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
determining, by a base station, configuration information used by a user equipment for radio resource management (RRM) measurement, wherein the configuration information comprises signal type information used for the RRM measurement, the signal type information comprising at least one of a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a reduced cell-specific reference signal (RCRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a discovery reference signal (DRS), a broadcast channel (BCH) signal, an interference measurement resource (IMR), and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and wherein the RRM measurement comprises a type of reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement, received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement, and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) measurement; and sending the configuration information to the user equipment.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information used for RRM measurement is used for RRM measurement for different cells or different types of RRM measurement.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information further comprises RRM measurement type information that is configured to be used for instructing the user equipment to perform the RRM measurement, the RRM measurement type information comprising any one type of, or a combination of any several types of, carrier type information, the signal type information, signal combination information, and measurement item information; and
wherein the signal type information is configured to be used to indicate a type of a signal that needs to be used when the user equipment performs the RRM measurement, or to indicate the type of a signal and configuration information of the signal; and wherein the signal combination information is configured to be used to indicate a type of a group of signals that need to be used when the user equipment performs the RRM measurement and configuration information of the signals.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the RRM measurement type information comprises any one type of, or a combination of any several types of, a carrier type information, the signal type information or the signal combination information, measurement item information, time domain parameter information, frequency domain parameter information, and measurement value adjustment parameter information.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the RRM measurement type information or the signal type information has a corresponding index number and the sending the configuration information to the user equipment comprises:
sending the index number to the user equipment, so that the user equipment searches a correspondence table according to the index number to acquire the RRM measurement type information, or the signal type information corresponding to the index number, and measure the RRM, wherein the correspondence table comprises a correspondence between the index number and an information item comprised in the RRM measurement type information or the signal type information.

6 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the RRM measurement type information or the signal type information has a corresponding index number and the sending the configuration information to the user equipment comprises sending a correspondence table and the index number to the user equipment, so that the user equipment searches the correspondence table according to the index number to:
acquire the RRM measurement type information or the signal type information corresponding to the index number; and measure the RRM, wherein the correspondence table comprises a correspondence between the index number and an information item comprised in the RRM measurement type information or the signal type information.

7 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment, configuration information that is used for radio resource management (RRM) measurement, sent from a base station, the configuration information comprising signal type information used for the RRM measurement, the signal type information comprising a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a reduced cell-specific reference signal (RCRS), a primary synchronization signal, PSS, a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a discovery reference signal (DRS), a broadcast channel (BCH), signal, an interference measurement resource (IMR), and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), wherein the RRM measurement comprises a type of reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement, received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement, and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) measurement; and performing, by the user equipment, the RRM measurement according to one type of the signal type or according to a combination of the signal types.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration information used for the RRM measurement is used for RRM measurement for different cells or different types of RRM measurement.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration information further comprises RRM measurement type information that is configured to be used for instructing the user equipment to perform the RRM measurement, the RRM measurement type information comprising any one type of or a combination of any several types of carrier type information, the signal type information, signal combination information, and measurement item information;
wherein the signal type information is used to indicate a type of a signal that needs to be used when the user equipment performs the RRM measurement, or a type of a signal and configuration information of the signal, and wherein the signal combination information is used to indicate a type of a group of signals that need to be used when the user equipment performs the RRM measurement and configuration information of the signals.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the RRM measurement type information comprises any one type of, or a combination of any several types of, a carrier type, the signal type information or the signal combination information, measurement item information, time domain parameter information, frequency domain parameter information, and measurement value adjustment parameter information.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the RRM measurement type information and the signal type information has a corresponding index number, and the receiving, by user equipment, configuration information that is used for RRM measurement, sent from a base station, comprises receiving, by the user equipment, the index number sent by the base station; and
wherein the performing, by the user equipment, the RRM measurement according to one type of the signal type or according to combination of the signal types comprises searching, by the user equipment, a correspondence table according to the index number to:
acquire the RRM measurement type information or the signal type information corresponding to the index number; and
measure the RRM, wherein the correspondence table comprises a correspondence between the index number and an information item comprised in the RRM measurement type information or the signal type information.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the RRM measurement type information, or the signal type information, has a corresponding index number, and the receiving, by user equipment, configuration information that is used for RRM measurement, sent from a base station, comprises: receiving, by the user equipment, a correspondence table and the index numb

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Jingyuan
• Xue Lixia
• Mazzarese David Jean-Marie
• Ren Xiaotao
• Zhou Yongxing

Classifications

• H04W24/10

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

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04L41/0866 Primary

  Checking the configuration · CPC title

• H04W24/08 Primary

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