Measurement method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020068425-A1
Application number	US-201916674852-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	May 5, 2017
Publication date	Feb 27, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application discloses a measurement method and a device, to resolve the following problem: A collision occurs in a process of performing two measurement tasks by a terminal device, affecting measurement efficiency of the terminal device. In this method, after the terminal device simultaneously or successively receives measurement requests sent by devices initiating two measurement tasks, the terminal device may preferentially perform any one of the two measurement tasks, thereby ensuring completion quality of the measurement task. In this way, when devices initiating two measurement tasks instruct the terminal device to perform the two corresponding measurement tasks, a collision can be avoided in a process of performing the two measurement tasks by the terminal device, thereby ensuring measurement efficiency of the terminal device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A measurement method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, a first measurement request to initiate a first measurement task and a second measurement request to initiate a second measurement task, wherein the second measurement request is received at the same time as the first measurement request or is received after the first measurement request; and preferentially performing, by the terminal device, a first target measurement task, wherein the preferentially performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task comprises:
performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task, and skipping performing a second target measurement task; or
first performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task, and then performing the second target measurement task after the first target measurement task ends; or
performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task in a specified execution time of the first target measurement task, determining to prolong a specified execution time of the second target measurement task, and performing the second target measurement task in a time obtained after the execution time of the second target measurement task is prolonged; or
performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task in a time obtained after an execution time of the first target measurement task is prolonged by a first duration, and performing the second target measurement task in a time obtained after an execution time of the second target measurement task is prolonged by a second duration, wherein the second duration is greater than the first duration; or
performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task by using a resource allocated to the first target measurement task, and performing the second target measurement task by using a resource allocated to the second target measurement task, wherein the resource allocated to the first target measurement task is greater than the resource allocated to the second target measurement task, and the resource comprises at least one of the following: a computing resource, a storage resource, a communication resource, or a measurement gap, wherein
the first target measurement task is one of the first measurement task or the second measurement task, and the second target measurement task is the other one of the first measurement task or the second measurement task, the first target measurement task is initiated by a first device, and the second measurement task is initiated by a second device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the preferentially performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task, the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task, wherein the determining the first target measurement task comprises: when the terminal device determines that a time at which the first measurement request is received is earlier than a time at which the second measurement request is received, determining, by the terminal device, the first measurement task as the first target measurement task; or when the terminal device determines that a time at which the second measurement request is received is later than a time at which the first measurement request is received, determining, by the terminal device, the second measurement task as the first target measurement task; or determining, by the terminal device, a priority of the first measurement task and a priority of the second measurement task, and determining a measurement task with a higher priority as the first target measurement task based on the priority of the first measurement task and the priority of the second measurement task; or sending, by the terminal device, a first collision message to the first device initiating the first measurement task, wherein the first collision message indicates that the terminal device has received the second measurement request; receiving a first measurement configuration message returned by the first device initiating the first measurement task, wherein the first measurement configuration message is used to instruct the terminal device to preferentially perform the first target measurement task; and determining the first target measurement task based on the first measurement configuration message; or sending, by the terminal device, a second collision message to the second device initiating the second measurement task, wherein the second collision message indicates that the terminal device has received the first measurement request; receiving a second measurement configuration message returned by the second device initiating the second measurement task, wherein the second measurement configuration message is used to instruct the terminal device to preferentially perform the first target measurement task; and determining the first target measurement task based on the second measurement configuration message; or sending, by the terminal device, a third collision message to a base station serving the terminal device, wherein the third collision message indicates that the terminal device has received the first measurement request and the second measurement request; receiving a third measurement configuration message returned by the base station, wherein the third measurement configuration message is used to instruct the terminal device to preferentially perform the first target measurement task; and determining the first target measurement task based on the third measurement configuration message.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the first collision message further comprises the priority of the second measurement task; or the second collision message further comprises the priority of the first measurement task; or the third collision message further comprises the priority of the first measurement task and the priority of the second measurement task.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the determining, by the terminal device, a priority of the first measurement task comprises: determining, by the terminal device, the priority that is of the first measurement task and that is comprised in the first measurement request; or sending, by the terminal device, a priority request to the first device initiating the first measurement task, and receiving a priority response that carries the priority of the first measurement task and that is returned by the first device initiating the first measurement task; and the determining, by the terminal device, a priority of the second measurement task comprises: determining, by the terminal device, the priority that is of the second measurement task and that is comprised in the second measurement request; or sending, by the terminal device, a priority request to the second device initiating the second measurement task, and receiving a priority response that carries the priority of the second measurement task and that is returned by the second device initiating the second measurement task.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task comprises:
performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task in a first measurement gap.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein
the first measurement gap is configured for the terminal device for the first measurement task by the first device initiating the first measurement task or a base station serving the terminal device.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the first target measurement task is the second measurement task, before the performing, by the terminal device, the first target measurement task in a first measure

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Jiantao
• Han Jing

Classifications

• H04W74/085

  collision avoidance · CPC title

• H04W24/10 Primary

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

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W72/10

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W72/56

  based on priority criteria · CPC title