WO2024094067A1 - 传输测量结果的方法和装置 - Google Patents

传输测量结果的方法和装置 Download PDF

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WO2024094067A1
WO2024094067A1 PCT/CN2023/129086 CN2023129086W WO2024094067A1 WO 2024094067 A1 WO2024094067 A1 WO 2024094067A1 CN 2023129086 W CN2023129086 W CN 2023129086W WO 2024094067 A1 WO2024094067 A1 WO 2024094067A1
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  • the present application relates to the field of wireless communications, and more specifically, to a method and device for transmitting measurement results.
  • the terminal can measure the synchronization signal block (SSB) signal of the neighboring cell before switching the cell, and report the measurement results to the serving cell.
  • the serving cell requests random access resources from the neighboring cell based on the measurement results reported by the terminal.
  • the terminal initiates random access in the target neighboring cell based on the resource, establishes uplink synchronization, and obtains uplink timing.
  • the SSB beam is generally a wide beam.
  • the network equipment uses beam training to enable the network equipment to determine a narrow beam with better quality and the terminal to determine a receiving beam with better quality.
  • the present application provides a method and device for transmitting measurement results, which helps to reduce communication delay and improve user experience.
  • a method for transmitting measurement results comprising: a terminal device determines a first reference signal (RS) measurement result on a first cell, the first cell being a current service cell of the terminal device, and the first RS measurement result belongs to a subset of RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring cell; the terminal device switches the service cell from the first cell to a second cell, and sends the first RS measurement result to a second network device on the second cell.
  • RS reference signal
  • the first network device is located in the first cell
  • the second network device is located in the second cell
  • the first cell is the current service cell of the terminal device
  • it can also be interpreted as the first cell is the service cell of the terminal device before the cell switching
  • the second cell is the cell after the terminal device performs the cell switching.
  • the first RS measurement result belongs to a subset of the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell, and it can also be interpreted as: the first RS measurement result includes part or all of the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the terminal device switches the service cell from the first cell to the second cell, which can also be directly stated as the terminal device switches from the first cell to the second cell.
  • RS may include a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and CSI-RS may also be replaced by a synchronization signal block SSB, that is, the measurement result based on the SSB of the neighboring cell can also execute the above method and be inherited after the switch.
  • CSI-RS channel state information-reference signal
  • SSB synchronization signal block
  • the terminal device switches the service cell, there is no need to re-measure the neighboring cell of the current service cell, i.e., before the switch.
  • the measurement results of the neighboring cell beam before the switch are directly inherited, which helps to reduce communication delay and improve user experience.
  • the terminal device switches the service cell from the first cell to the second cell, including: the terminal device receives switching indication information from the first network device, and switches the service cell from the first cell to the second cell according to the switching indication information.
  • the terminal device determines the first RS measurement result on the first cell, including: the terminal device determines the first RS measurement result on the first cell according to the switching indication information.
  • the switching indication information may indicate an identifier of a certain cell, and the terminal device may determine the RS measurement result corresponding to the cell as the first RS measurement result according to the identifier.
  • the method before the terminal device determines the first RS measurement result on the first cell, the method further includes: the terminal device receives RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area from the first network device, and performs measurement on the first cell according to the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area to obtain the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area.
  • the terminal device determines the first RS measurement result on the first cell, including: the terminal device determines a second RS measurement result on the first cell according to the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area, the second RS measurement result being a subset of the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area, and the terminal device A first RS measurement result is determined according to the switching indication information and the second RS measurement result, where the first RS measurement result is a subset of the second RS measurement result.
  • the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell includes at least one of the following: an index of a synchronization signal block SSB associated with the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a power offset of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell relative to the SSB of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a scrambling identifier of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a bandwidth of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a frequency domain position of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, or a time domain position of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell may also include other information related to the RS measurement configuration information, for example, any resource measured by the RS may be associated with a cell identifier of a neighboring cell, or the RS resource is part of the preconfigured neighboring cell configuration information.
  • the terminal device determines the second RS measurement result, including: the terminal device determines the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result based on capability information of the terminal device; or, the terminal device determines the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result based on pre-configuration information.
  • the second RS measurement result is one or more RS measurement results greater than a first threshold value in at least one candidate neighboring RS measurement result, and the first threshold value is a preset value; or, the second RS measurement result is the first N RS measurement results in at least one candidate neighboring RS measurement result whose quality values are arranged in descending order, and N is a positive integer.
  • the specific values of the first threshold value and N can be configured to the terminal device by the first network device through measurement configuration information, switching indication information, or other configuration information carried by radio resource control (RRC), or indicated to the terminal device by indication information carried by a media access control (MAC) control element (CE).
  • RRC radio resource control
  • CE media access control element
  • the terminal device performs measurements on the first cell based on the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell to obtain the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell, including: the terminal device performs measurements on the first cell based on the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell within the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell to obtain the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the starting moment of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the moment when the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is received.
  • the ending moment of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the Xth time slot after the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is received, where X is a positive integer; or, the ending moment of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the Yth millisecond after the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is received, where Y is a positive integer; or, the ending moment of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the moment when the RS measurement configuration information of at least one reconfigured candidate neighboring cell is received.
  • the terminal device saves the second RS measurement result within the valid duration of the second RS measurement result; or, the terminal device saves the first RS measurement result within the valid duration of the first RS measurement result.
  • the starting moment of the effective duration of the first RS measurement result is the moment when the service cell of the terminal device is switched from the first cell to the second cell, or the moment when the terminal device obtains the first RS measurement result, or the moment when the terminal device reports the first RS measurement result in the first cell.
  • the end moment of the effective duration of the first RS measurement result is the Mth time slot after the first RS measurement result is obtained, M is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the effective duration of the first RS measurement result is the Nth millisecond after the first RS measurement result is obtained, N is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the effective duration of the first RS measurement result is the moment when the RS measurement is re-performed.
  • the starting moment of the effective duration of the second RS measurement result is the moment when the service cell of the terminal device is switched from the first cell to the second cell, or the moment when the terminal device obtains the second RS measurement result.
  • the end moment of the effective duration of the second RS measurement result is the Kth time slot after the second RS measurement result is obtained, K is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the effective duration of the second RS measurement result is the Lth millisecond after the second RS measurement result is obtained, L is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the effective duration of the second RS measurement result is the moment when the RS measurement is re-performed.
  • the valid durations of the first RS measurement result and the second RS measurement result may be the same or different.
  • a method for transmitting measurement results including: a first network device sends channel state information reference signal (RS) measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell on a first cell; a terminal device determines a first RS measurement result on the first cell based on the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell, and the first cell is the current service cell of the terminal device; the terminal device switches the service cell from the first cell to the second cell, and sends the first RS measurement result to a second network device on the second cell.
  • RS channel state information reference signal
  • the first network device is located in the first cell
  • the second network device is located in the second cell
  • the first cell is the current service cell of the terminal device
  • it can also be interpreted as the first cell is the service cell of the terminal device before the cell switching
  • the second cell is the cell after the terminal device performs the cell switching.
  • the first RS measurement result belongs to a subset of the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell, and it can also be interpreted as: the first RS measurement result includes part or all of the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the terminal device switches the service cell, there is no need to re-measure the neighboring cell of the current service cell, i.e., before the switch.
  • the measurement results of the neighboring cell beam before the switch are directly inherited, which helps to reduce communication delay and improve user experience.
  • the method further includes: the first network device sends switching indication information to the terminal device, the switching indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the terminal device determines a first RS measurement result on the first cell according to RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell, including: the terminal device determines a second RS measurement result according to RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell, the second RS measurement result being a subset of the RS measurement result of the at least one candidate neighboring cell; the terminal device determines a first RS measurement result according to the switching indication information and the second RS measurement result, the first RS measurement result being a subset of the second RS measurement result.
  • a method for transmitting measurement results includes: a terminal device receives an association relationship between a first reference signal RS measurement result from a first network device and a first beam on a first cell.
  • the first beam is a beam of a second cell, the first cell is a current service cell, the second cell is a cell after switching, and the second cell is one or more neighboring cells of the first cell; the terminal device determines, based on the association relationship, that the first beam is a beam of a second cell activated by the terminal device in the first cell.
  • the first network device is located in the first cell, the first beam may be one or more beams, and before the first network device sends the association relationship between the first RS measurement result and the first beam to the terminal device, the terminal device may send multiple RS measurement results to the first network device on the first cell, and the multiple RS measurement results include the first RS measurement result.
  • the terminal device needs to first send the multiple RS measurement results obtained by measurement to the first network device in the current service cell, the first network device screens the multiple RS measurement results to obtain the first RS measurement result, and associates the first RS measurement result with the beam of the cell after the terminal device switches in the future, and the first RS measurement result is part or all of the multiple RS measurement results.
  • the cell associated with the first RS measurement result may be one or more cells with good service quality, or the cell associated with the first RS measurement result may be a cell with service quality greater than a certain threshold.
  • RS may specifically include a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.
  • the first network device may also send indication information to the terminal device, where the indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate the beam after cell switching.
  • the first network device may also not send an association relationship or indication information to the terminal device, and directly activate the activation beam for the terminal device after the cell switching.
  • the first network device directly sends the neighboring cell transmission configuration indication (TCI) state configuration information to the terminal device.
  • TCI neighboring cell transmission configuration indication
  • the first network device sends an activation signaling to the terminal device based on the measurement result received from the terminal device, which is used to activate the beam or TCI state of the second cell (the cell after the cell switching) activated when the terminal device communicates in the first cell (the cell before the cell switching), wherein the activation signaling may include an identifier of the target cell for the activation beam and an identifier for activating the TCI, and the identifier for activating the TCI is an identifier of the TCI state configured for the target cell.
  • the method further includes: the terminal device receives switching indication information from the first network device, and after switching the service cell from the first cell to the second cell according to the switching indication information, determines the first beam as the activation beam.
  • the switching indication information may include the first beam. Determining the first beam as the activation beam specifically includes associating a code point with the first beam. For example, the first beam-associated code point is "000", and the second network device may further send downlink control information (DCI) signaling in the second cell, and the bit field for indicating the beam takes the value "000", which means that the receiving or transmitting beam of the terminal is determined to be the first beam.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • the terminal can receive a downlink signal or channel based on the first beam, or send an uplink signal or channel based on the first beam.
  • the first beam may be a transmission configuration indication TCI or a synchronization signal block SSB, or RS.
  • the activated beam includes at least one of the following: a code point associated with an activated TCI state; after the terminal device receives a beam indicating activation of the beam for a specific duration, the terminal device can receive or send data based on the indicated beam; or, the terminal device includes the measurement results of the reference signal associated with the TCI state in the measurement report.
  • the first beam includes the beam indicated by the above-mentioned switching indication information.
  • a method for transmitting measurement results includes: a first network device receives multiple channel state information reference signal RS measurement results from a terminal device on a first cell, determines and sends an association relationship between the first RS measurement result and a first beam to the terminal device.
  • the first beam is a beam of a second cell
  • the first cell is a current service cell
  • the second cell is a cell after switching
  • the second cell is one or more neighboring cells of the first cell.
  • the first network device is located in the first cell, and the first beam may be one or more beams.
  • the first network device measures multiple RSs. The results are filtered to obtain the first RS measurement result, and the first RS measurement result is associated with the beam of the cell after the terminal device is switched in the future.
  • the first RS measurement result is part or all of the multiple RS measurement results.
  • the cell associated with the first RS measurement result may be one or more cells with good service quality, or the cell associated with the first RS measurement result may be a cell with service quality greater than a certain threshold.
  • RS may specifically include a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS. In this way, by pre-configuring the neighboring cell beam, the terminal device can measure the corresponding reference signal before switching the cell, can track the activated beam of the target cell in advance, and reduce the delay of the beam indication after switching the cell.
  • the first network device may also send indication information to the terminal device, where the indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate the beam after cell switching.
  • the first network device may also not send an association relationship or indication information to the terminal device, and directly activate the activation beam for the terminal device after the cell switching.
  • the first network device directly sends the TCI state configuration information of the neighboring area to the terminal device.
  • the first network device sends an activation signaling to the terminal device based on the measurement result received from the terminal device, which is used to activate the beam or TCI state of the second cell (the cell after the cell switching) activated when the terminal device communicates in the first cell (the cell before the cell switching).
  • the terminal device maintains the TCI state of the activated second cell.
  • the terminal reports the activated TCI state to the second network device in the second cell, for example, at least one activated TCI state can be reported in the order of code points from small to large. Or explicitly report the code point and the TCI state associated with the code point.
  • the terminal device may also send a scheduling request message to the second network device to request reporting of uplink resources for the activated TCI state.
  • the first network device may indicate the TCI status of the second cell activated by the terminal device to the second network device through high-layer signaling (including but not limited to F1-AP signaling and Xn interface signaling).
  • the method further includes: the first network device sends switching indication information to the terminal device, instructing the terminal device to switch the service cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the first beam may be a transmission configuration indication TCI or a synchronization signal block SSB.
  • the activated beam includes at least one of the following: a code point associated with an activated TCI state; after the terminal device receives a beam indicating activation of the beam for a specific duration, the terminal device can receive or send data based on the indicated beam; or, the terminal device includes the measurement results of the reference signal associated with the TCI state in the measurement report.
  • the first beam includes the beam indicated by the above-mentioned switching indication information.
  • a method for transmitting measurement results includes: a terminal device receives measurement configuration information from a first network device on a first cell, the measurement configuration information includes at least one channel state information reference signal CSI-RS resource, the first cell is the current service cell of the terminal device, and the CSI-RS resource is associated with a first neighboring cell; according to the measurement configuration information, measurement is performed in the first cell to obtain a CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell; the service cell is switched from the first cell to a second cell, and the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is sent to the second network device on the second cell.
  • the measurement configuration information includes at least one channel state information reference signal CSI-RS resource, the first cell is the current service cell of the terminal device, and the CSI-RS resource is associated with a first neighboring cell; according to the measurement configuration information, measurement is performed in the first cell to obtain a CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell; the service cell is switched from the first cell to a second cell, and the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring
  • the configuration information may include multiple CSI-RS resources, the first neighboring area includes one or more neighboring areas, and the association of the CSI-RS resource with the first neighboring area may be interpreted as: one CSI-RS resource corresponds to one neighboring area, or multiple CSI-RS resources correspond to one neighboring area.
  • the first network device is located in the first cell, and the second network device is located in the second cell.
  • the terminal device can measure the neighboring CSI-RS according to the measurement configuration information, and determine the channel state information corresponding to the CSI-RS, including the transmission rank indication (RI), precoding matrix (PMI), downlink channel quality information (CQI), etc.
  • RI transmission rank indication
  • PMI precoding matrix
  • CQI downlink channel quality information
  • the configuration information also includes one or more of a transmission configuration indication TCI state, quasi-co-location (QCL) information, or reference signal information for reference.
  • TCI state information the quasi-co-location QCL information, and the reference signal information for reference are all associated with the first neighboring cell.
  • the association of TCI state information with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one TCI state information corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple TCI state information corresponds to multiple neighboring cells;
  • the association of QCL information with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one QCL information corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple QCL information corresponds to multiple neighboring cells;
  • the association of reference signal information for reference with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one reference signal information for reference corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple reference signal information for reference corresponds to multiple neighboring cells.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes N CSI measurement results, where N is a maximum number of CSIs that can be measured that is preconfigured or reported by the terminal device, and N is a positive integer.
  • the number of measurement results included in the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell should be less than or equal to the number preconfigured for the terminal device, or less than or equal to the maximum number of CSIs that can be measured that is reported by the terminal device. The maximum number of measurements that can be made.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes the CSI measurement results corresponding to the first M reference signals RS arranged from large to small according to the reference signal receiving power RSRP values reported by the terminal device for L1 or L3, where M is a positive integer.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes the first M best measurement results (such as reference signal receiving power (RSRP) values) reported by the terminal device most recently; or, the network device displays the configuration of the first M best measurement results (such as RSRP values) for a certain measurement resource set.
  • RSRP reference signal receiving power
  • the starting time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the time when the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained.
  • the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the Xth time slot after the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained, where X is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the Yth millisecond after the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained, where Y is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the starting time of the next CSI measurement cycle.
  • the terminal device before sending the CSI measurement results of the first neighboring cell to the second network device on the second cell, the terminal device also receives switching indication information from the first network device, which is used to instruct the terminal device to switch the service cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the terminal device before sending the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell on the second cell, the terminal device also sends uplink indication information on the second cell to indicate the first beam, and the first beam is associated with the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell within the effective duration.
  • a method for transmitting measurement results includes: a first network device determines measurement configuration information, the measurement configuration information includes a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS resource, the first cell is a current serving cell of the terminal device, and the CSI-RS resource is associated with a first neighboring cell; and sends the measurement configuration information to the terminal device.
  • a first network device determines measurement configuration information, the measurement configuration information includes a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS resource, the first cell is a current serving cell of the terminal device, and the CSI-RS resource is associated with a first neighboring cell; and sends the measurement configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the configuration information includes multiple CSI-RS resources, the first neighboring area includes one or more neighboring areas, and the association of the CSI-RS resource with the first neighboring area can be interpreted as: one CSI-RS resource corresponds to one neighboring area, or multiple CSI-RS resources correspond to one neighboring area.
  • the first network device is located in the first cell, and the second network device is located in the second cell.
  • the terminal device can determine the beam for which the neighboring cell CSI needs to be measured before switching cells, and actively report to the new cell after switching, which helps to reduce the delay of beam indication.
  • the configuration information also includes a transmission configuration indicating a TCI state, quasi-coordinated QCL information, or reference signal information for reference.
  • the TCI state information, the quasi-coordinated QCL information, and the reference signal information for reference are all associated with the first neighboring cell.
  • the association of TCI state information with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one TCI state information corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple TCI state information corresponds to multiple neighboring cells;
  • the association of QCL information with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one QCL information corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple QCL information corresponds to multiple neighboring cells;
  • the association of reference signal information for reference with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one reference signal information for reference corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple reference signal information for reference corresponds to multiple neighboring cells.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes N CSI measurement results, where N is a maximum number of CSIs that can be measured that is preconfigured or reported by the terminal device, and N is a positive integer.
  • the number of measurement results included in the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell should be less than or equal to the number preconfigured for the terminal device, or less than or equal to the maximum number of CSIs that can be measured that is reported by the terminal device.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes the CSI measurement results corresponding to the first M reference signals RS arranged from large to small in the reference signal received power RSRP values reported by the terminal device for L1 or L3, where M is a positive integer.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes the best first M (e.g., RSRP values) of the measurement results most recently reported by the terminal device; or, the network device displays the configuration of the best first M (e.g., RSRP values) of its measurement results for a certain measurement resource set.
  • the starting time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the time when the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained.
  • the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the Xth time slot after the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained, where X is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the Yth millisecond after the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained, where Y is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the starting time of the next CSI measurement cycle.
  • the first network device further sends switching indication information to the terminal device, for instructing the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the second network device receives, on the second cell, a CSI measurement result of a first neighboring cell from a terminal device. Before receiving the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell from the terminal device on the second cell, the second network device also receives uplink indication information from the network device on the second cell, which is used to indicate the first beam, and the first beam is associated with the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell within the effective time length.
  • a device for transmitting measurement results is provided.
  • the device is used to implement the function of the terminal device in the first aspect or is itself a terminal device.
  • the device includes: a processing unit, used to determine a first channel state information reference signal RS measurement result on a first cell, the first cell is the current service cell of the terminal device, and the first RS measurement result belongs to a subset of the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring cell; the processing unit is also used to switch the service cell from the first cell to the second cell; the transceiver unit is used to send the first RS measurement result to the second network device on the second cell.
  • the transceiver unit is further used to receive switching indication information from the first network device, and the processing unit is specifically used to switch the service cell from the first cell to the second cell according to the switching indication information.
  • the processing unit is specifically used to determine a first RS measurement result on the first cell according to the switching indication information.
  • the transceiver unit is also used to receive RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area from the first network device; the processing unit is specifically used to determine a second RS measurement result on the first cell based on the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area, and the second RS measurement result is a subset of the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area; the terminal device determines the first RS measurement result based on the switching indication information and the second RS measurement result, and the first RS measurement result is a subset of the second RS measurement result.
  • the processing unit is specifically used to determine the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result based on capability information of the terminal device; or, determine the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result based on pre-configuration information.
  • the processing unit is specifically used to perform measurements on the first cell according to the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area within the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area to obtain the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring area.
  • the processing unit is further used to save the second RS measurement result within the valid duration of the second RS measurement result; or, to save the first RS measurement result within the valid duration of the first RS measurement result.
  • a device for transmitting measurement results is provided.
  • the device is used to implement the function of the first network in the first aspect or is itself a first network device.
  • the device includes: a processing unit, used to determine RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell; a transceiver unit, used to send RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell on the first cell.
  • the transceiver unit is further used to send switching indication information to the terminal device, where the switching indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • a device for transmitting measurement results is provided.
  • the device is used to implement the function of the terminal device in the third aspect or is itself a terminal device.
  • the device includes: a transceiver unit, which is used to receive the association relationship between the first reference signal RS measurement result and the first beam from the first network device on the first cell; and a processing unit, which is used to determine that the first beam is the beam of the second cell activated by the terminal device in the first cell according to the association relationship.
  • the transceiver unit is also used to receive switching indication information from the first network device; the processing unit is also used to determine the first beam as the activated beam after switching the service cell from the first cell to the second cell according to the switching indication information.
  • a device for transmitting measurement results is provided.
  • the device is used to implement the function of the first network in the fourth aspect or is itself a first network device.
  • the device includes: a transceiver unit, which is used to receive multiple reference signal RS measurement results from a terminal device on a first cell; a processing unit, which is used to determine the association relationship between the first RS measurement result and the first beam; and the transceiver unit is also used to send the association relationship between the first RS measurement result and the first beam to the terminal device.
  • the transceiver unit is further used to send switching indication information to the terminal device, instructing the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • a device for transmitting measurement results is provided.
  • the device is used to implement the function of the terminal device in the fifth aspect or is itself a terminal device.
  • the device includes: a transceiver unit, used in a device for transmitting measurement results.
  • the device is used to implement the function of the terminal device in the first aspect or is itself a terminal device.
  • the device includes: a transceiver unit, used in; a processing unit, used to perform measurements in the first cell according to the measurement configuration information, obtain the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell, and switch the service cell from the first cell to the second cell; the transceiver unit is also used to send the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell to the second network device on the second cell.
  • the transceiver unit is further used to receive switching indication information from the first network device, used to instruct the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the transceiver unit is further configured to send a second cell to the second network device.
  • Uplink indication information is sent to indicate a first beam, where the first beam is associated with a CSI measurement result of a first neighboring cell within a valid duration.
  • a device for transmitting measurement results is provided.
  • the device is used to implement the function of the first network in the sixth aspect or is itself a first network device.
  • the device includes: a processing unit, used to determine measurement configuration information, the measurement configuration information includes CSI-RS resources; a transceiver unit, used to send the measurement configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the transceiver unit is further used to send switching indication information to the terminal device, for instructing the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • a communication device comprising a processor and an interface circuit, wherein the interface circuit is used to receive signals from other communication devices outside the communication device and transmit them to the processor or send signals from the processor to other communication devices outside the communication device, and the processor is used to implement the method in any possible implementation manner of the first to sixth aspects through logic circuits or execution code instructions.
  • a computer-readable storage medium in which a computer program or instruction is stored.
  • the method in any possible implementation manner of the first to sixth aspects is implemented.
  • a computer program product comprising instructions, which, when executed, implements the method in any possible implementation manner of the first to sixth aspects.
  • a computer program which includes codes or instructions. When the codes or instructions are executed, the method in any possible implementation manner of the first to sixth aspects is implemented.
  • a chip system comprising a processor and, optionally, a memory, for implementing the method in any possible implementation of the first to sixth aspects.
  • the chip system is composed of a chip and also includes a chip and other discrete devices.
  • a communication system comprising a terminal device, a first network device and a second network device.
  • the terminal device is used to implement the methods of each implementation method in the above-mentioned first aspect, third aspect or fifth aspect
  • the first network device is used to implement the methods of each implementation method in the above-mentioned fourth aspect and part of the implementation methods in the second aspect
  • the second network device is used to implement the methods of part of the implementation methods in the second aspect, fourth aspect or sixth aspect.
  • the communication system also includes other devices that interact with the terminal device, the first network device or the second network device in the solution provided in the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a mobile communication system used in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG2 is another schematic diagram of the architecture of a mobile communication system used in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a current neighbor cell switching method.
  • FIG4 is a flow chart of the first method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • FIG5 is a schematic diagram of an example of the first method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • FIG6 is a flow chart of a second method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an example of the second method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • FIG8 is a schematic flow chart of a third method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an example of a communication device provided in the present application.
  • FIG. 10 is another schematic diagram of a communication device provided in the present application.
  • FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a mobile communication system to which an embodiment of the present application is applied.
  • the communication system 100 may include one or more network devices, for example, the network device 101 shown in FIG1 .
  • the communication system 100 may also include one or more terminal devices, for example, the terminal device 102, the terminal device 103, and the terminal device 104 shown in FIG1 .
  • the communication system 100 may support sidelink communication technology, for example, sidelink communication between the terminal device 102 and the terminal device 103, sidelink communication between the terminal device 102 and the terminal device 104, etc.
  • Figure 1 is only a schematic diagram, and the communication system may also include other network devices, such as core network device 105 and wireless relay devices and wireless backhaul devices not shown in Figure 1.
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the number of network devices and terminal devices included in the mobile communication system.
  • the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application is a device with wireless transceiver function, which can send signals to network devices or receive signals from network devices.
  • the terminal device can also be called a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station, mobile terminal, etc.
  • the terminal can be widely used in various scenarios, for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), Internet of Things (IOT), virtual reality, augmented reality, industrial control, automatic driving, telemedicine, smart grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart transportation, smart city, etc.
  • D2D device-to-device
  • V2X vehicle to everything
  • MTC machine-type communication
  • IOT Internet of Things
  • virtual reality augmented reality
  • industrial control automatic driving
  • telemedicine smart grid
  • smart furniture smart office
  • smart wear smart transportation
  • smart city etc.
  • the terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a wearable device, a vehicle, an airplane, a ship, a robot, a mechanical arm, a smart home device, a customer terminal equipment (CPE), etc.
  • the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal.
  • the network device in the embodiment of the present application can be a wireless access device that a terminal accesses to a communication system by wireless means.
  • the network device can be a base station, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), a transmission reception point (TRP), a next generation base station (next generation NodeB, gNB) in a fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) mobile communication system, a next generation base station in a sixth generation (6th generation, 6G) mobile communication system, a base station in a future mobile communication system, or an access node in a WiFi system, etc.; it can also be a module or unit that completes part of the functions of a base station, for example, a centralized unit (CU) or a distributed unit (DU).
  • CU centralized unit
  • DU distributed unit
  • the CU completes the functions of the radio resource control (RRC) protocol and the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) of the base station, and can also complete the function of the service data adaptation protocol (SDAP);
  • the DU completes the functions of the radio link control layer and the medium access control (MAC) layer of the base station, and can also complete the functions of part of the physical layer or all of the physical layer.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • PDCP packet data convergence protocol
  • SDAP service data adaptation protocol
  • the DU completes the functions of the radio link control layer and the medium access control (MAC) layer of the base station, and can also complete the functions of part of the physical layer or all of the physical layer.
  • 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  • the network device can be a macro base station, a micro base station or an indoor station, a relay node or a donor node, etc.
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the network device.
  • the embodiments of the present application can be applied to downlink signal transmission or uplink signal transmission.
  • the sending device is a network device and the corresponding receiving device is a terminal.
  • the sending device is a terminal and the corresponding receiving device is a network device.
  • Network devices and terminals can communicate through authorized spectrum, can communicate through unlicensed spectrum, or can communicate through both authorized spectrum and unlicensed spectrum.
  • Network devices and terminals, as well as terminals and terminals can communicate through spectrum below 6 gigahertz (GHz), can communicate through spectrum above 6 GHz, or can communicate using spectrum below 6 GHz and spectrum above 6 GHz at the same time.
  • GHz gigahertz
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the spectrum resources used between network devices and terminals.
  • the functions of the network device may also be performed by a module (such as a chip) in the network device, or by a control subsystem including the network device function.
  • the control subsystem including the network device function here may be a control center in the above-mentioned application scenarios such as smart grid, industrial control, smart transportation, smart city, etc.
  • the functions of the terminal may also be performed by a module (such as a chip or a modem) in the terminal, or by a device including the terminal function.
  • the terminal device 102 includes a processor 121, a memory 122 and a transceiver 123.
  • the transceiver 123 includes a transmitter 1231, a receiver 1232 and an antenna 1233.
  • the network device 101 includes a processor 111, a memory 112 and a transceiver 113.
  • the transceiver 1103 includes a transmitter 1131, a receiver 1132 and an antenna 1133.
  • the receiver 1132 can be used to receive transmission control information through the antenna 1133, and the transmitter 1131 can be used to send transmission feedback information to the network device 101 through the antenna 1133.
  • the transmitter 1131 can be used to send transmission control information to the terminal device 102 through the antenna 1133, and the receiver 1132 can be used to receive the transmission feedback information sent by the terminal device 102 through the antenna 1133.
  • a beam is a communication resource.
  • a beam can be a wide beam, a narrow beam, or other types of beams.
  • the technology for forming a beam can be beamforming technology or other technical means. Beamforming technology can be specifically digital beamforming technology, analog beamforming technology, and hybrid digital/analog beamforming technology. Different beams can be considered as different resources. The same information or different information can be sent through different beams. Optionally, multiple beams with the same or similar communication characteristics can be regarded as a beam.
  • a beam can include one or more antenna ports for transmitting data channels, control channels, and detection signals.
  • a transmit beam can refer to the distribution of signal strength formed in different directions in space after the signal is transmitted by the antenna
  • a receive beam can refer to the signal strength distribution of the wireless signal received from the antenna in different directions in space.
  • one or more antenna ports that form a beam can also be regarded as an antenna port set.
  • a beam used to receive a signal may be referred to as a transmission beam (Tx beam), a spatial domain transmission filter, a spatial transmission filter, a spatial domain transmission parameter, a spatial transmission parameter, a spatial domain transmission setting, or a spatial transmission setting.
  • An uplink transmit beam may be indicated by any of a spatial relationship, a TCI-state, and a channel sounding reference signal (SRS) resource (indicating a transmit beam using the SRS). Therefore, an uplink transmit beam may also be replaced by an SRS resource.
  • SRS channel sounding reference signal
  • the beam used to receive the signal may be referred to as a reception beam (Rx beam), a spatial domain reception filter, a spatial reception filter, a spatial domain reception parameter or a spatial reception parameter, a spatial domain reception setting, or a spatial reception setting.
  • a reception beam Rx beam
  • a spatial domain reception filter a spatial domain reception filter
  • a spatial domain reception parameter or a spatial reception parameter a spatial domain reception setting
  • a spatial domain reception setting a spatial domain reception setting
  • signals can be sent omnidirectionally or through a wider angle.
  • an antenna array consisting of many antenna elements can be arranged at the transmitting and receiving ends.
  • the transmitting end sends the signal with a certain beamforming weight so that the transmitted signal forms a beam with spatial directivity.
  • the receiving end uses an antenna array with a certain beamforming weight for reception, which can increase the received power of the signal at the receiving end and combat path loss.
  • the co-location relationship is used to indicate that there are one or more identical or similar communication characteristics between multiple resources.
  • multiple resources with a co-location relationship the same or similar communication configuration can be adopted.
  • the large-scale characteristics may include: delay spread, average delay, Doppler spread, Doppler shift, average gain, receiving parameters, terminal device receiving beam number, transmit/receive channel correlation, receive arrival angle, receiver antenna spatial correlation, main arrival angle (angel-of-arrival, AoA), average arrival angle, AoA extension, etc.
  • the co-location indication is used to indicate whether the at least two groups of antenna ports have a co-location relationship: the co-location indication is used to indicate whether the channel state information reference signals sent by the at least two groups of antenna ports are from the same transmission point, or the co-location indication is used to indicate whether the channel state information reference signals sent by the at least two groups of antenna ports are from the same beam group.
  • uplink communication includes the transmission of uplink physical channels and uplink signals.
  • the uplink physical channels include physical random access channels (PRACH), uplink control channels (PUCCH), uplink data channels (PUSCH), etc.
  • uplink signals include sounding reference signals (SRS), uplink control channel demodulation reference signals (PUCCH de-modulation reference signals, PUCCH-DMRS), uplink data channel demodulation reference signals PUSCH-DMRS, uplink phase noise tracking signals (PTRS), uplink positioning signals (uplink positioning RS), etc.
  • Downlink communication includes the transmission of downlink physical channels and downlink signals.
  • the downlink physical channels include physical broadcast channel (PBCH), downlink control channel (PDCCH), downlink data channel (PDSCH), etc.
  • the downlink signals include primary synchronization signal (PSS)/secondary synchronization signal (SSS), downlink control channel demodulation reference signal PDCCH-DMRS, downlink data channel demodulation reference signal PDSCH-DMRS, phase noise tracking signal PTRS, channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS), cell signal (CRS) (NR does not have), time/frequency tracking reference signal (TRS) (LTE does not have), LTE and/or NR positioning signal (positioning RS), etc.
  • PSS primary synchronization signal
  • SSS secondary synchronization signal
  • PDCCH-DMRS downlink control channel demodulation reference signal
  • PDSCH-DMRS downlink data channel demodulation reference signal
  • phase noise tracking signal PTRS phase noise tracking signal
  • CSI-RS channel status information reference signal
  • CRS cell signal
  • TRS time/frequency tracking reference signal
  • LTE LTE and
  • TCI Transmission configuration indication
  • TCI Transmission Configuration Indicator
  • TCI is configured by RRC and is called TCI-state in the configuration signaling.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • the base station After RRC configuration, the base station sends MAC-CE to activate one or more TCI states.
  • the base station can further send DCI to indicate one of the multiple activated TCIs.
  • TCI includes one or two QCL relationships.
  • QCL represents a certain consistency relationship between the signal/channel to be received and a previously known reference signal.
  • the UE can inherit the reception or transmission parameters when a certain reference signal was previously received to receive or send the upcoming signal/channel. If the TCI state contains information marked as QCL Type-D, the TCI can be used to indicate the beam.
  • QCL Type-A/B/C is used to indicate information such as time domain and frequency domain offsets, and does not include spatial domain information. It is generally used to assist terminals in data reception and decoding. Tune.
  • TCI state configuration The network device configures multiple TCI states to the terminal device through RRC signaling. These TCI states all include a QCL-Info of type D. The network device can also configure TCI-states that do not include QCL-info of type D, but these TCI states are not used for data transmission beam indication, so they are not further explained here.
  • TCI state activation After the network device is configured with multiple TCI states, it is also necessary to activate 8 of the TCI states through MAC-CE. These 8 TCI states correspond one-to-one to the 8 values of the TCI field in the DCI. That is, the 8 values of the TCI field in the DCI correspond to which 8 TCI states, which is determined by MAC CE.
  • the network device indicates a specific TCI-state through the TCI field in the DCI.
  • the value of the TCI field in the DCI sent by the network device to the terminal device is 000, indicating that the data transmission beam adopts the TCI state corresponding to 000.
  • the reference signal contained in the QCL-Info of type D in the TCI state is the channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) with an index of #1, indicating that the beam used for data transmission is the same as the receiving beam corresponding to the CSI-RS with an index of #1.
  • the receiving beam corresponding to the CSI-RS with an index of #1 can be determined through the beam measurement process and is known to the terminal device. Therefore, through the specific value of the TCI field, the terminal device can determine the beam corresponding to the data transmission beam, and thus use the corresponding beam to send or receive data.
  • each channel uses a separate beam indication.
  • Each channel has its own corresponding beam.
  • a common beam is defined, which is used for multiple uplink and/or downlink channels at the same time.
  • Public beam The same beam used by multiple channels, multiple channels, multiple reference signals, and/or multiple reference signals.
  • Channels include but are not limited to at least one of: PDCCH, PDSCH, PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH.
  • Reference signals include but are not limited to at least one of: SSB, CSI-RS, DMRS, PTRS, TRS, SRS, etc.
  • Joint common beam used for transmission of at least one channel or at least one reference signal for both uplink and downlink.
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Control
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • Joint common beam can also be called uplink and downlink common beam.
  • Uplink common beam used for transmission of multiple uplink channels at the same time, and/or, used for transmission of multiple uplink channels at the same time, and/or, used for transmission of one or more uplink reference signals at the same time, for example, PUCCH, PUSCH and SRS.
  • Downlink common beam used for transmission of multiple downlink channels at the same time, and/or, used for transmission of multiple downlink channels at the same time, and/or, used for transmission of one or more downlink reference signals at the same time, such as PDCCH, PDSCH and CSI-RS.
  • the common beam can be a newly defined structure (different from the existing TCI-state).
  • the common beam includes relevant information of the beam indication, including but not limited to one or more of the following: common beam identifier (ID), logical cell identifier (cell ID), physical cell identifier, partial bandwidth identifier, reference signal resources for determining the beam, QCL type, uplink power control related parameters (such as path loss measurement reference signal resources, p0, closed loop index (closedLoopIndex)), path loss reference signal identifier.
  • Common beams can be at the cell level, that is, one common beam is used for the transmission of multiple channels within one cell.
  • Common beams can be at the bandwidth part (BWP) level, used for the transmission of multiple beams within one BWP.
  • Common beams can also be cross-cell, that is, used for the transmission of multiple channels in multiple cells.
  • the multiple cells can be multiple cells within a frequency band.
  • the multiple cells can also be multiple cells across frequency bands.
  • a beam may refer to a common beam, a downlink beam, and/or an uplink beam.
  • a beam may be indicated by a TCI state or RS.
  • the network device can send different measurement configurations to the terminal device, thereby instructing the terminal to perform measurements according to these different measurement configurations to obtain different measurement results.
  • the CSI-RS resource of CSI measurement has more ports (such as measuring 8-port MIMO channels).
  • the measurement configuration sent by the network device to the terminal device may be associated with different reporting configurations.
  • one part of the reporting configuration indicates measuring and reporting RSRP
  • another part of the reporting configuration indicates measuring and reporting CQI.
  • TCI-state and TCI state in this article can be interchangeable.
  • FIG3 shows a schematic diagram of a current neighbor cell handover method.
  • the terminal can measure the SSB signal of the neighbor cell before handover and report the measurement results.
  • the serving cell requests random access resources from the neighbor cell based on the measurement results reported by the terminal, which is used for the terminal to initiate random access in the target neighbor cell after handover, establish uplink synchronization, and obtain uplink timing.
  • the specific process can be shown as follows:
  • the terminal reports the neighboring cell measurement result to the serving cell.
  • the serving cell sends a random access resource request message to a neighboring cell.
  • the neighboring cell sends a random access resource response message to the serving cell.
  • S304 The serving cell sends neighboring cell random access resources to the terminal.
  • S305 The terminal sends a random access preamble code to a neighboring cell.
  • S306 The neighboring cell sends a random access response message to the terminal.
  • S307 The neighboring cell sends an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal.
  • the RRC reconfiguration message includes L1 measurement resources, which are used by the terminal to perform beam training.
  • S308 The terminal performs L1 measurement reporting.
  • the process of performing L1 measurement reporting on the neighboring cell by the terminal after switching the cell can be called the beam training process, which can specifically include the following three stages:
  • Phase 1 The terminal receives a fixed beam, and the receiving network device scans the wide beam sent to determine the downlink wide beam with better signal quality (such as the largest RSRP);
  • Phase 2 The network equipment uses multiple narrow beams to scan within the range of the wide beam with the best terminal quality.
  • the terminal determines the downlink narrow beam with better quality.
  • Phase 3 The network device uses a fixed downlink narrow beam to send a reference signal, and the terminal uses different narrow beams to perform receiving scans to determine a better receiving beam.
  • the network equipment after determining the beam, the network equipment often requires the terminal to perform channel measurement on the beam to obtain channel information.
  • the network equipment determines the precoding scheme based on the channel information to obtain the spatial division multiplexing gain of the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system.
  • MIMO multiple-input multiple-output
  • the neighboring cell indicates to the terminal to trigger the CSI (channel state information) measurement report. After a period of measurement (the terminal needs to measure the multi-port reference signal and obtain feedback content based on processing and calculation), the terminal reports the measurement results.
  • the neighboring cell indicates the beam according to the measurement result.
  • the terminal uses the determined beam in the neighboring cell to perform data communication with the network device.
  • the terminal after switching cells, the terminal needs to re-perform beam training and channel information acquisition in the switched cell, which may cause a long data transmission interruption time of the terminal and a poor user experience.
  • the present application proposes a method and device for transmitting measurement results, in the hope of reducing the delay in resuming data transmission after the terminal switches to a new cell, thereby improving user experience.
  • FIG4 shows a flow chart of the first method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • the terminal device after switching the service cell, the terminal device does not need to perform beam training, and can directly inherit the measurement results of the neighboring cell beam before switching.
  • the first network device is located in the first cell
  • the second network device is located in the second cell
  • the service cell also called the current service cell
  • the service cell after the terminal device performs cell switching is the second cell.
  • the terminal device can be any one of the terminal device 102, the terminal device 103 or the terminal device 104 shown in FIG1, the first network device can be the network device 101 shown in FIG1, and the second network device can be a network device not shown in FIG1, such as network device 106, etc.
  • a terminal device receives RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell from a first network device.
  • the first network device sends RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell to the terminal device.
  • At least one candidate neighboring cell is relative to the current service cell of the terminal device, that is, the first cell where the first network device is located.
  • At least one candidate neighboring cell includes a serving cell after the terminal device performs cell switching, for example, a second cell.
  • the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell includes one or more of the following: an index of a synchronization signal block SSB associated with the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a power offset of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell relative to the SSB of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a scrambling identifier of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a bandwidth of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, a frequency domain position of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell, or a time domain position of the RS of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell may also include other information related to the RS measurement configuration information, for example, any resource measured by the RS may be associated with a cell identifier of a neighboring cell, or the RS resource is part of the preconfigured neighboring cell configuration information.
  • S420 The terminal device performs measurement on the first cell according to RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell to obtain RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the specific process of the terminal device performing measurements on the current serving cell according to the RS measurement configuration information of the candidate neighboring cell to obtain the RS measurement results of the candidate neighboring cell can be referred to the current technology and will not be repeated here.
  • the terminal device performs measurement on the first cell according to the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell to obtain the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell, including: the terminal device performs measurement on the first cell according to at least one RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell within the effective time of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the RS measurement configuration information of a candidate neighboring cell is measured on the first cell to obtain the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the starting time of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the time when the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is received.
  • the ending time of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the Xth time slot after the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is received, where X is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the Yth millisecond after the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is received, where Y is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell is the time when the RS measurement configuration information of at least one reconfigured candidate neighboring cell is received.
  • the terminal device determines a second RS measurement result on the first cell according to the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the second RS measurement result is a subset of the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring area. Since the subset includes a true subset and a full set, in other words, when the second RS measurement result is a true subset of the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring area, the second RS measurement result includes part of the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring area; when the second RS measurement result is a full set of the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring area, the second RS measurement result includes all of the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring area.
  • the terminal device determines the second RS measurement result, including: the terminal device determines the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result based on capability information of the terminal device; or, the terminal device determines the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result based on pre-configuration information (such as protocol provisions or local configuration).
  • pre-configuration information such as protocol provisions or local configuration
  • the second RS measurement result is one or more RS measurement results greater than the first threshold value in at least one candidate neighboring RS measurement result, and the first threshold value is a preset value; or, the second RS measurement result is the first N RS measurement results in descending order of quality value in at least one candidate neighboring RS measurement result, and N is a positive integer.
  • the specific values of the first threshold value and N can be configured to the terminal device by the first network device through measurement configuration information, switching indication information, or other configuration information carried by the radio resource control RRC, or indicated to the terminal device by the indication information carried by the MAC CE.
  • the terminal device saves the second RS measurement result within the valid duration of the second RS measurement result.
  • the starting moment of the valid duration of the second RS measurement result is the moment when the service cell of the terminal device is switched from the first cell to the second cell, or the moment when the terminal device obtains the second RS measurement result, or the moment when the terminal device reports the first RS measurement result in the first cell.
  • the end moment of the valid duration of the second RS measurement result is the Kth time slot after the second RS measurement result is obtained, K is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the valid duration of the second RS measurement result is the Lth millisecond after the second RS measurement result is obtained, L is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the valid duration of the second RS measurement result is the moment when the RS measurement is re-performed.
  • the terminal device receives switching indication information from the first network device.
  • the first network device sends switching indication information to the terminal device.
  • the switching indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the switching indication information may include an identification ID of the second cell or an ID of another cell, which is used by the terminal device to identify the second cell and to finally determine the first RS measurement result according to the cell ID.
  • the terminal device determines a first RS measurement result in the first cell.
  • the terminal device may determine the first RS measurement result on the first cell in two ways. As a possible implementation, after executing the above step S430, the terminal device determines the first RS measurement result according to the second RS measurement result and the switching indication information, and the first RS measurement result is a subset of the second RS measurement result, that is, the first RS measurement result includes part or all of the second RS measurement result; as another possible implementation, when the above step S430 is not executed, the terminal device may determine the first RS measurement result according to the RS measurement results of multiple neighboring cells and the switching indication information, and the first RS measurement result is a subset of the RS measurement results of multiple neighboring cells, that is, the first RS measurement result includes part or all of the RS measurement results of multiple neighboring cells.
  • the terminal device saves the first RS measurement result within the valid duration of the first RS measurement result.
  • the starting moment of the valid duration of the first RS measurement result is the moment when the service cell of the terminal device is switched from the first cell to the second cell, or the moment when the terminal device obtains the first RS measurement result.
  • the end moment of the valid duration of the first RS measurement result is the Mth time slot after the first RS measurement result is obtained, where M is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the valid duration of the first RS measurement result is the Nth millisecond after the first RS measurement result is obtained, where N is a positive integer; or, the end moment of the valid duration of the first RS measurement result is the moment when the RS measurement is re-performed.
  • the validity period of the first RS measurement result and the second RS measurement result may be the same or different.
  • the terminal device switches the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the terminal device can switch the service cell according to the switching indication information with reference to the current technology, which will not be repeated here.
  • the terminal device switches the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell, which can also be expressed as the terminal device switches from the first cell to the second cell. To the second district.
  • the terminal device sends the first RS measurement result to the second network device in the second cell.
  • the second network device receives the first RS measurement result from the terminal device in the second cell.
  • the measurement resources and results of the local area may be PCI#0 RS set#0 results, and the measurement resources and results of the neighboring cells may be PCI#1 RS set#1 results, PCI#2 RS set#2 results, etc.
  • the measurement resources and results of the local area may be PCI#1 RS set#1 results, and the measurement resources and results of the neighboring cells may be PCI#0 RS set#0 results, PCI#2 RS set#2 results, etc.
  • the above-mentioned technical solution of the present application is described by taking the measurement result as the RS measurement result as an example, wherein the RS may include a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.
  • the measurement result may also be SSB.
  • the above-mentioned method may also be executed based on the measurement result of the SSB of the neighboring cell. After switching the service cell, there is no need to re-measure the current service cell, i.e., the neighboring cell before the switching, and the SSB measurement result of the neighboring cell beam before the switching may be directly inherited.
  • the terminal device switches the service cell, there is no need to re-measure the neighboring cell of the current service cell, i.e., before the switch.
  • the measurement results of the neighboring cell beam before the switch are directly inherited, which helps to reduce communication delay and improve user experience.
  • Figure 6 shows a flow chart of the second method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • the first network device preconfigures the neighboring cell beam so that the terminal device can measure the corresponding reference signal before performing a cell switch, and can track the activation beam of the target cell in advance.
  • the first network device is located in the first cell
  • the second network device is located in the second cell
  • the service cell also called the current service cell
  • the terminal device performs a cell switch
  • the terminal device can be any one of the terminal device 102, the terminal device 103 or the terminal device 104 shown in Figure 1, the first network device can be the network device 101 shown in Figure 1, and the second network device can be a network device not shown in Figure 1, such as network device 106, etc.
  • a terminal device receives RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell from a first network device.
  • the first network device sends RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell to the terminal device.
  • the RS may specifically include a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.
  • step 410 The specific process of this step may be referred to step 410 in FIG. 4 , and will not be described in detail here.
  • the terminal device sends the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell to the first network device.
  • the first network device receives the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device before the terminal device sends the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area to the first network device, it can perform measurements on the current service cell (first cell) according to the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area to obtain the RS measurement result of the candidate neighboring area.
  • the specific process can be referred to step S420 in Figure 4 and will not be repeated here.
  • the terminal device receives an association relationship between a first RS measurement result and a first beam from a first network device.
  • the first network device determines and sends the association relationship between the first RS measurement result and the first beam to the terminal device.
  • the first beam may be one or more beams.
  • the first network device may screen multiple RS measurement results to obtain a first RS measurement result, and associate the first RS measurement result with the beam of the cell after the terminal device switches in the future.
  • the first RS measurement result is part or all of the multiple RS measurement results.
  • the cell associated with the first RS measurement result may be one or more cells with good service quality, or the cell associated with the first RS measurement result may be a cell with service quality greater than a certain threshold.
  • the first beam may be a transmission configuration indication TCI or a synchronization signal block SSB, or RS.
  • the first network device may use N of the existing maximum 8 activatable TCIs to activate the beam TCI of the neighboring cell, each TCI corresponds to one neighboring cell or multiple TCIs correspond to one neighboring cell, and optionally, the beam of the neighboring cell may be a TRS receiving beam of a potential neighboring cell.
  • the first network device may separately configure a pre-activated TCI list (TCI state list) for the terminal device to track the TRS beam of the neighboring cell; or, the first network device may screen the neighboring cell TCIs that have been measured and reported by the terminal device to determine to configure a specific TCI for the terminal device.
  • TCI state list pre-activated TCI list
  • the first network device may also send indication information to the terminal device, where the indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate the beam after cell switching.
  • the first network device may also not send the association relationship or indication information to the terminal device, but directly activate the activation beam for the terminal device after the cell switching.
  • the first network device directly sends the TCI state configuration information of the neighboring cell to the terminal device.
  • the first network device sends an activation signaling to the terminal device based on the measurement result received from the terminal device, which is used to activate the beam or TCI state of the second cell (cell after cell switching) activated when the terminal device communicates in the first cell (cell before cell switching).
  • the activation signaling may include an identifier of the target cell for activating the beam and an identifier for activating TCI, and the identifier for activating TCI is an identifier of the TCI state configured for the target cell.
  • the terminal device after performing cell switching, the terminal device maintains the TCI state of the activated second cell.
  • the terminal reports the activated TCI state to the second network device in the second cell.
  • at least one activated TCI state may be reported in order of code points from small to large. Or the code points and the TCI states associated with the code points are explicitly reported.
  • the terminal device may also send a scheduling request message to the second network device to request reporting of uplink resources for the activated TCI state.
  • the first network device may indicate the TCI state of the activated second cell of the terminal device to the second network device through high-level signaling (including but not limited to F1-AP signaling, Xn interface signaling).
  • the terminal device receives switching indication information from the first network device.
  • the first network device sends switching indication information to the terminal device.
  • the switching indication information may include the first beam.
  • step 440 in FIG. 4 , which will not be described in detail here.
  • the terminal device determines, based on the association relationship, that the first beam is a beam of the second cell activated by the terminal device in the first cell.
  • S660 The terminal device switches the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell, and determines the first beam as the activated beam.
  • the terminal device determines the first beam as the activated beam, which can also be interpreted as: the terminal device deletes the original activated TCI state list and replaces it with the pre-activated first beam (or TCI).
  • the first beam includes the beam indicated by the above-mentioned switching indication information, and the beam indicated by the switching can be used as a unified TCI (unified TCI).
  • the beam indicated by the switching indication information is used as the activated beam, the beam may be activated and mapped to the smallest code point 000, or directly used as a common beam for communication in the new cell after the switching.
  • the first beam includes multiple measured beams, multiple beams are activated by default, and their code point mapping can be in the order reported by L1, or in the order indicated in the switching indication information.
  • the activated beam includes at least one of the following: a code point associated with an activated TCI state; after the terminal device receives a beam indicating activation of the beam for a specific duration, the terminal device can receive or send data based on the indicated beam; or, the terminal device includes the measurement results of the reference signal associated with the TCI state in the measurement report.
  • Determining the first beam as the activated beam may specifically include the first beam associated code point.
  • the first beam associated code point is "000”
  • the second network device may further send a DCI (downlink control information) signaling in the second cell, which is used to indicate that the bit field of the beam takes the value "000”, which means that the receiving or transmitting beam of the terminal is determined as the first beam.
  • the terminal can receive a downlink signal or channel based on the first beam, or send an uplink signal or channel based on the first beam.
  • the neighboring cell RS measurement result obtained by the terminal device through measurement in the first cell may include the measurement results of the reference signal associated physical cell identifier PCI#1 and PCI#2, wherein, as a possible implementation, the terminal device may report the pre-activated TCI state associated with PCI#1 to the first network device, so that the first network device can know that the terminal device activates the TCI state associated with the PCI#1 cell, including TCI 6. As another possible implementation, the terminal device may report one or more measurement results associated with PCI#1 to the first cell, including the first RS measurement result.
  • the terminal device may determine, based on the pre-configuration information, the TCI state associated with the one or more reference signals for which the measurement results are reported, and the TCI state is the TCI state of the second cell.
  • the terminal device determines, based on the reported measurement results, that at least one associated TCI state is an activated TCI state.
  • the serving cell network equipment within determines the currently activated neighboring cell TCI state of the terminal device, including TCI 6, based on the association between the reference signal and the neighboring cell TCI state included in the pre-configuration information sent to the terminal device, and the measurement results of the neighboring cell reference signal reported by the terminal device.
  • the terminal device can also determine the code point corresponding to the activated neighboring cell TCI state.
  • one possible method is to map the TCI state corresponding to the reference signal from small to large to the code point according to the reported measurement results of the reference signal of the neighboring cell, from the reference signal quality of the measurement result to the largest to the smallest.
  • the above method may also include that the terminal device maps the TCI state indicated in the switching indication information to the one with the smallest code point. For example, if the service cell (network equipment within) indicates TCI 6 to the terminal device through a switching command, the terminal device associates TCI 6 with code point 000, and other code points are associated from small to large with the TCI state corresponding to the reference signal with the measurement results from large to small. In this way, after the terminal device switches the cell, it can communicate in the beam indicated by TCI 6 in the new cell. The delay required for the new cell to reconfigure and activate the TCI state after the switch is saved.
  • the terminal device communicates data with the second network device in the second cell through the first beam.
  • the second network device communicates data with the terminal device through the first beam in the second cell.
  • the terminal device can measure the corresponding reference signal before cell switching, track the activation beam of the target cell in advance, and reduce the delay of beam indication after switching the cell.
  • FIG8 shows a flow chart of the third method for transmitting measurement results of the present application.
  • the first network device configures the measurement resources and the relationship between the measurement resources and the neighboring cells, so that the terminal device can determine the beam for measuring the CSI of the neighboring cells before performing the cell switching.
  • the terminal device measures the CSI-RS of the neighboring cells according to the measurement configuration information, and determines the channel state information corresponding to the CSI-RS, and the channel state information includes the transmission order (rank indication, RI), the precoding matrix (precoding matrix indicator, PMI), the downlink channel quality information (channel quality indicator, CQI), etc.
  • the first network device is located in the first cell
  • the second network device is located in the second cell
  • the service cell also called the current service cell
  • the first network device can be the network device 101 shown in FIG
  • the second network device can be a network device not shown in FIG1, such as the network device 106, etc.
  • the terminal device receives measurement configuration information from the first network device.
  • the first network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the measurement configuration information includes at least one CSI-RS resource, and the CSI-RS resource is associated with the first neighboring cell.
  • the configuration information includes multiple CSI-RS resources, the first neighboring cell includes one or more neighboring cells, and the CSI-RS resource is associated with the first neighboring cell, which can be interpreted as: one CSI-RS resource corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple CSI-RS resources correspond to one neighboring cell.
  • the configuration information also includes one or more of the transmission configuration indication TCI state, quasi-coordinated QCL information, or reference signal information for reference.
  • the TCI state information, the quasi-coordinated QCL information, and the reference signal information for reference are all associated with the first neighboring cell.
  • the association of TCI state information with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one TCI state information corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple TCI state information corresponds to multiple neighboring cells;
  • the association of QCL information with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one QCL information corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple QCL information corresponds to multiple neighboring cells;
  • the association of reference signal information for reference with the first neighboring cell can be interpreted as: one reference signal information for reference corresponds to one neighboring cell, or multiple reference signal information for reference corresponds to multiple neighboring cells.
  • the reference signal information for reference can be received as: the terminal device determines the spatial domain filter for receiving or sending other signals or data based on the spatial domain filter for receiving or sending a certain reference signal.
  • the terminal device performs measurement in the first cell according to the measurement configuration information, and obtains CSI measurement information of the first neighboring cell.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes N CSI measurement results, where N is a maximum number of CSIs that can be measured that is preconfigured or reported by the terminal device, and N is a positive integer.
  • the number of measurement results included in the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell should be less than or equal to the number preconfigured for the terminal device, or less than or equal to the maximum number of CSIs that can be measured that is reported by the terminal device.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes the CSI measurement results corresponding to the first M reference signals RS arranged from large to small in the reference signal received power RSRP values reported by the terminal device for L1 or L3.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell includes the first M best measurement results (such as RSRP values) of the terminal device's most recent measurement result report; or, the network device displays the configuration of the first M best measurement results (such as RSRP values) for a certain measurement resource set.
  • M is a positive integer.
  • the starting time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the time when the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained.
  • the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the Xth time slot after the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained, where X is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the Yth millisecond after the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is obtained, where Y is a positive integer; or, the ending time of the valid duration of the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell is the starting time of the next CSI measurement cycle.
  • the terminal device receives switching indication information from the first network device.
  • the first network device sends switching indication information to the terminal device.
  • the switching indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to switch the service cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • S840 The terminal cell switches the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • the terminal device sends uplink indication information to the second network device in the second cell.
  • the second network device receives uplink indication information from the terminal device in the second cell.
  • the uplink indication information is used to indicate the first beam, and the first beam is associated with the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring area within the effective duration.
  • the second network device defaults to the existence of an available CSI measurement result, and can further instruct the terminal device to report the CSI measurement result corresponding to the beam, wherein the measurement result includes channel state information, channel state information
  • the information may include transmission order (RI), precoding matrix (PMI), downlink channel quality information (CQI), etc.
  • the first network device may also send the indication information to the second network device, indicating the beam having the CSI measurement result.
  • the terminal device sends the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell to the second network device on the second cell.
  • the second network device receives the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell from the terminal device on the second cell.
  • the CSI measurement result of the first neighboring cell being sent is a measurement result within a validity period.
  • the terminal device may not send the measurement result.
  • the relationship between the measurement resources and the neighboring cells is configured by the first network device, so that the terminal device can determine the beam for which the neighboring cell CSI needs to be measured before cell switching, and actively report to the new cell after switching, which helps to reduce the delay of beam indication.
  • the network device and the terminal device include hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. It should be easily appreciated by those skilled in the art that, in combination with the units and method steps of each example described in the embodiments disclosed in this application, the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application scenario and design constraints of the technical solution.
  • Figures 9 and 10 are schematic diagrams of possible communication devices provided by embodiments of the present application. These communication devices can be used to implement the functions of the terminal device or network device in the above method embodiment, and thus can also achieve the beneficial effects possessed by the above method embodiment.
  • the communication device can be one of the terminals 102 to 104 as shown in Figure 1, or it can be the network device 101 as shown in Figure 1, or it can be a module (such as a chip) applied to a terminal or a network device.
  • the communication device 900 includes a processing unit 910 and a transceiver unit 920.
  • the transceiver unit 920 may specifically include a receiving unit and a sending unit, which are respectively used to implement the receiving and sending functions, and the processing unit 910 is used to implement other functions.
  • the communication device 900 is used to implement the functions of the terminal device or network device in the method embodiments shown in FIG4 , FIG6 and FIG8 above.
  • the processing unit 910 is used to determine the first channel state information reference signal RS measurement result on the first cell, the first cell is the current service cell of the terminal device, and the first RS measurement result belongs to a subset of the RS measurement results of at least one candidate neighboring cell; the processing unit 910 is also used to switch the service cell from the first cell to the second cell; the transceiver unit 920 is used to send the first RS measurement result to the second network device on the second cell.
  • the transceiver unit 920 is further configured to receive switching indication information from the first network device; the processing unit 910 is specifically configured to determine a first RS measurement result on the first cell according to the switching indication information.
  • the transceiver unit 920 is also used to receive RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area from the first network device; the processing unit 910 is specifically used to determine a second RS measurement result on the first cell based on the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area, the second RS measurement result is a subset of the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring area, and determine the first RS measurement result based on the switching indication information and the second RS measurement result, the first RS measurement result is a subset of the second RS measurement result.
  • the processing unit 910 is further configured to determine the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result according to capability information of the terminal device; or determine the number of cells associated with the second RS measurement result according to pre-configuration information.
  • the processing unit 910 is further configured to perform measurement on the first cell according to the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell within the effective duration of the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring cell to obtain the RS measurement result of at least one candidate neighboring cell.
  • the processing unit 910 is further configured to save the second RS measurement result within the valid time period of the second RS measurement result; or, the terminal device saves the first RS measurement result within the valid time period of the first RS measurement result.
  • the processing unit 910 is used to determine the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area; the transceiver unit 920 is used to send the RS measurement configuration information of at least one candidate neighboring area on the first cell.
  • the transceiver unit 920 is further used to send switching indication information to the terminal device, where the switching indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to switch the serving cell from the first cell to the second cell.
  • processing unit 910 and the transceiver unit 920 For a more detailed description of the processing unit 910 and the transceiver unit 920 , reference may be made to the relevant description in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the communication device 1000 includes a processor 1010 and an interface circuit 1020.
  • the processor 1010 and the interface circuit 1020 are coupled to each other.
  • the interface circuit 1020 may be a transceiver or an input/output interface, wherein the transceiver may specifically include a receiver and a transmitter, respectively, for implementing the receiving and transmitting functions.
  • the communication device 1000 may also include a memory 1030 for storing instructions executed by the processor 1010 or storing input data required by the processor 1010 to execute instructions or storing data generated after the processor 1010 executes instructions.
  • the processor 1010 is used to implement the function of the processing unit 910
  • the interface circuit 1020 is used to implement the function of the transceiver unit 920 .
  • the terminal chip When the above communication device is a chip applied to a terminal, the terminal chip implements the functions of the terminal in the above method embodiment.
  • the terminal chip receives information from other modules in the terminal (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna), and the information is sent by the network device to the terminal; or the terminal chip sends information to other modules in the terminal (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna), and the information is sent by the terminal to the network device.
  • the network device module implements the function of the network device in the above-mentioned method embodiment.
  • the network device module receives information from other modules in the network device (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna), and the information is sent by the terminal to the network device; or, the network device module sends information to other modules in the network device (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna), and the information is sent by the network device to the terminal.
  • the network device module here can be a baseband chip of the network device, or it can be a DU or other module.
  • the DU here can be a DU under the open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture.
  • OF-RAN open radio access network
  • processors in the embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (CPU), or other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof.
  • the general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor.
  • the method steps in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in hardware or in software instructions that can be executed by a processor.
  • the software instructions can be composed of corresponding software modules, and the software modules can be stored in random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, erasable programmable read-only memory, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, registers, hard disks, mobile hard disks, compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or any other form of storage medium known in the art.
  • An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor so that the processor can read information from the storage medium and write information to the storage medium.
  • the storage medium can also be a component of the processor.
  • the processor and the storage medium can be located in an ASIC.
  • the ASIC can be located in a network device or a terminal.
  • the processor and the storage medium can also exist in a network device or a terminal as discrete components.
  • the computer program product includes one or more computer programs or instructions.
  • the computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, a network device, a user device or other programmable device.
  • the computer program or instruction may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer program or instruction may be transmitted from one website site, computer, server or data center to another website site, computer, server or data center by wired or wireless means.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that integrates one or more available media.
  • the available medium may be a magnetic medium, for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a tape; it may also be an optical medium, for example, a digital video disc; it may also be a semiconductor medium, for example, a solid-state hard disk.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may be a volatile or nonvolatile storage medium, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile types of storage media.
  • “at least one” means one or more, and “more than one” means two or more.
  • “And/or” describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist.
  • a and/or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural.
  • the character “/” generally indicates that the previous and next associated objects are in an “or” relationship; in the formula of the present application, the character “/” indicates that the previous and next associated objects are in a “division” relationship.
  • “Including at least one of A, B and C” can mean: including A; including B; including C; including A and B; including A and C; including B and C; including A, B and C.

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Abstract

本申请提供了一种传输测量结果的方法和装置，可应用于终端设备切换服务小区场景。该方法包括：终端设备根据第一网络设备配置的至少一个候选邻区的参考信号RS测量配置信息在当前服务小区上进行测量，从而确定部分RS测量结果用于终端设备在切换后的小区上报给第二网络设备。这样做，在终端设备切换小区后，无需对当前服务小区即切换前的邻区重新进行测量，直接继承切换前邻区波束的测量结果，有助于减小通信时延，提升用户体验。

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传输测量结果的方法和装置
本申请要求在2022年11月04日提交中国国家知识产权局、申请号为202211378340.9的中国专利申请的优先权，发明名称为“传输测量结果的方法和装置”的中国专利申请的优先权，其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。
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本申请涉及无线通信领域，并且更具体地，涉及一种传输测量结果的方法和装置。
背景技术
在第五代(5th generation，5G)移动通信系统中，终端在进行小区切换前可以测量邻区的同步信号块(synchronization signal block，SSB)信号，并向服务小区上报测量结果。服务小区根据终端上报的测量结果，向邻区请求随机接入资源。终端根据该资源在目标邻区发起随机接入，建立上行同步，获取上行定时。然而在实际通信中，为了达到初始接入时，终端能够快速扫描到SSB，提升SSB覆盖区域，降低SSB发送开销等目的，SSB波束一般为一个宽波束。为了终端能够有更好的信号接收功率，网络设备通过波束训练使得网络设备能够确定出质量较好的窄波束、终端能够确定出质量较好的接收波束。
但是，在终端进行小区切换后，重新在新小区进行波束训练和信道信息获取会导致终端的数据传输中断时间较长，用户体验不佳。
发明内容
本申请提供一种传输测量结果的方法和装置，有助于减小通信时延，提升用户体验。
第一方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的方法，包括：终端设备在第一小区上确定第一参考信号(reference signal，RS)测量结果，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区，第一RS测量结果属于至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集；终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区，在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一RS测量结果。
其中，第一网络设备位于第一小区，第二网络设备位于第二小区，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区也可以解释为第一小区为终端设备进行小区切换前的服务小区，第二小区为终端设备进行小区切换后的小区。第一RS测量结果属于至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集，也可以解释为：第一RS测量结果包括至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果中的部分或者全部。终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区，也可以直接表述为终端设备由第一小区切换为第二小区。在本申请中，RS可以包括信道状态信息-参考信号(channel state information–reference signal，CSI-RS)，CSI-RS也可以被替换为同步信号块SSB，也就是说基于邻区的SSB的测量结果也可以执行上述方法，在切换后被继承。
根据本申请的技术方案，在终端设备切换服务小区后，无需对当前服务小区即切换前的邻区重新进行测量，直接继承切换前邻区波束的测量结果，有助于减小通信时延，提升用户体验。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区，包括：终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息，根据切换指示信息将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，终端设备在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果，包括：终端设备根据切换指示信息在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果。其中，切换指示信息可以指示某个小区的标识，终端设备可以根据该标识，将该小区对应的RS测量结果确定为第一RS测量结果。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，在终端设合并在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果之前，上述方法还包括：终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息，根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。终端设备在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果，包括：终端设备根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果在第一小区上确定第二RS测量结果，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集，终端设备 根据切换指示信息和第二RS测量结果确定第一RS测量结果，第一RS测量结果为第二RS测量结果的子集。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息包括以下至少一种：与至少一个候选邻区的RS相关联的同步信号块SSB的索引、至少一个候选邻区的RS相对于至少一个候选邻区的SSB的功率偏移、至少一个候选邻区的RS的加扰标识、至少一个候选邻区的RS的带宽、至少一个候选邻区的RS的频域位置、或者至少一个候选邻区的RS的时域位置。可选的，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息还可以包括与RS测量配置信息相关的其他信息，例如，任意一个RS测量的资源可以关联邻区的小区标识，或者，RS资源属于预配置的邻区配置信息的一部分。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，终端设备确定第二RS测量结果，包括：终端设备根据终端设备的能力信息确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量；或者，终端设备根据预配置信息确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区RS测量结果中大于第一阈值的一个或多个RS测量结果，第一阈值为预设值；或者，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区RS测量结果中质量值由大到小顺序排列的前N个RS测量结果，N为正整数。其中，上述第一阈值和N的具体数值可以是第一网络设备通过测量配置信息、切换指示信息或者其他无线资源控制(radio resource control，RRC)携带的配置信息向终端设备进行配置，或者媒体介入控制(media access control，MAC)控制元素(control element，CE)携带的指示信息向终端设备进行指示的。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，终端设备根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果，包括：终端设备在至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长内根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的起始时刻为接收到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的时刻。至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息之后的第X个时隙，X为正整数；或者，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息之后的第Y个毫秒，Y为正整数；或者，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到重配置的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的时刻。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，终端设备在第二RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第二RS测量结果；或者，终端设备在第一RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第一RS测量结果。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的某些实现方式中，第一RS测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为终端设备的服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区的时刻，或者终端设备获取到第一RS测量结果的时刻，或者终端设备在第一小区上报第一RS测量结果的时刻。第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一RS测量结果之后的第M个时隙，M为正整数；或者，第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一RS测量结果之后的第N个毫秒，N为正整数；或者，第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为重新进行RS测量的时刻。对应的，第二RS测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为终端设备的服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区的时刻，或者终端设备获取到第二RS测量结果的时刻。第二RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第二RS测量结果之后的第K个时隙，K为正整数；或者，第二RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第二RS测量结果之后的第L个毫秒，L为正整数；或者，第二RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为重新进行RS测量的时刻。其中，第一RS测量结果与第二RS测量结果的有效时长可以相同也可以不同。
第二方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的方法，包括：第一网络设备在第一小区上发送至少一个候选邻区的信道状态信息参考信号RS测量配置信息；终端设备在第一小区上根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息确定第一RS测量结果，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区；终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区，在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一RS测量结果。
其中，第一网络设备位于第一小区，第二网络设备位于第二小区，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区也可以解释为第一小区为终端设备进行小区切换前的服务小区，第二小区为终端设备进行小区切换后的小区。第一RS测量结果属于至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集，也可以解释为：第一RS测量结果包括至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果中的部分或者全部。
根据本申请的技术方案，在终端设备切换服务小区后，无需对当前服务小区即切换前的邻区重新进行测量，直接继承切换前邻区波束的测量结果，有助于减小通信时延，提升用户体验。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的某些实现方式中，上述方法还包括：第一网络设备向终端设备发送切换指示信息，切换指示信息用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。终端设备在第一小区上根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息确定第一RS测量结果，包括：终端设备根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息确定第二RS测量结果，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集；终端设备根据切换指示信息和第二RS测量结果确定第一RS测量结果，第一RS测量结果为第二RS测量结果的子集。
第三方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的方法。该方法包括：终端设备在第一小区上接收来自第一网络设备的第一参考信号RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系。第一波束为第二小区的波束，第一小区是当前的服务小区，第二小区是切换后的小区，第二小区为第一小区的邻区中的一个或多个；终端设备根据关联关系确定第一波束为终端设备在第一小区激活的第二小区的波束。
其中，第一网络设备位于第一小区，第一波束可以是一个或多个波束，第一网络设备向终端设备发送第一RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系之前，终端设备可以在第一小区上向第一网络设备发送多个RS测量结果，该多个RS测量结果包括第一RS测量结果。换句话说，终端设备需要先将测量得到的多个RS测量结果在当前的服务小区发送给第一网络设备，第一网络设备对多个RS测量结果进行筛选得到第一RS测量结果，并将第一RS测量结果与将来终端设备进行切换后的小区的波束相关联，第一RS测量结果为多个RS测量结果的部分或全部，例如，第一RS测量结果所关联的小区可以是服务质量较好的一个或多个小区，或者，第一RS测量结果所关联的小区可以是服务质量大于一定阈值的小区。其中，RS可以具体包括信道状态信息参考信号CSI-RS。这样做，通过预配置邻区波束，使得终端设备可以在进行小区切换前对相应的参考信号进行测量，可以提前跟踪目标小区的激活波束，切换小区后，降低波束指示的时延。
可选的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送的还可以是指示信息，该指示信息用于指示终端设备在进行小区切换后的激活波束。
可选的，第一网络设备还可以不向终端设备发送关联关系或者指示信息，直接为终端设备激活其进行小区切换后的激活波束。换句话说，第一网络设备向终端设备直接发送邻区的传输配置指示(transmission configuration indication，TCI)状态配置信息。例如，第一网络设备根据从终端设备接收到的测量结果，向终端设备发送激活信令，用于激活终端设备在第一小区(进行小区切换前的小区)通信时激活的第二小区(进行小区切换后的小区)的波束或者TCI状态，其中，该激活信令可以包括激活波束的目标小区的标识以及激活TCI的标识，激活TCI的标识为目标小区配置的TCI状态的标识。
结合第三方面，在第三方面的某些实现方式中，上述方法还包括：终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息，根据该切换指示信息将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区之后，将第一波束确定为激活波束。其中，切换指示信息可以包括第一波束。将第一波束确定为激活波束具体包括，为第一波束关联代码点。例如第一波束关联代码点“000”，第二网络设备在第二小区可以进一步发送下行控制信息(downlink control information，DCI)信令，用于指示波束的比特域取值“000”，即表示将终端的接收或发送波束确定为第一波束，终端在波束指示生效后，即可基于第一波束接收下行信号或信道，或者基于第一波束发送上行信号或信道。
结合第三方面，在第三方面的某些实现方式中，第一波束可以是传输配置指示TCI或者同步信号块SSB，或者RS。
结合第三方面，在第三方面的某些实现方式中，激活波束包括以下至少一种：激活的TCI状态所关联代码点；终端设备在接收到波束指示激活波束特定时长后，能够基于指示的波束接收或发送数据；或者，终端设备在测量上报中包括TCI状态关联的参考信号的测量结果。
结合第三方面，在第三方面的某些实现方式中，第一波束包括上述切换指示信息所指示的波束。
第四方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的方法。该方法包括：第一网络设备在第一小区上接收来自终端设备的多个信道状态信息参考信号RS测量结果，确定并向终端设备发送第一RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系。第一波束为第二小区的波束，第一小区是当前的服务小区，第二小区是切换后的小区，第二小区为第一小区的邻区中的一个或多个。
其中，第一网络设备位于第一小区，第一波束可以是一个或多个波束。第一网络设备对多个RS测量 结果进行筛选得到第一RS测量结果，并将第一RS测量结果与将来终端设备进行切换后的小区的波束相关联，第一RS测量结果为多个RS测量结果的部分或全部，例如，第一RS测量结果所关联的小区可以是服务质量较好的一个或多个小区，或者，第一RS测量结果所关联的小区可以是服务质量大于一定阈值的小区。其中，RS可以具体包括信道状态信息参考信号CSI-RS。这样做，通过预配置邻区波束，使得终端设备可以在进行小区切换前对相应的参考信号进行测量，可以提前跟踪目标小区的激活波束，切换小区后，降低波束指示的时延。
可选的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送的还可以是指示信息，该指示信息用于指示终端设备在进行小区切换后的激活波束。
可选的，第一网络设备还可以不向终端设备发送关联关系或者指示信息，直接为终端设备激活其进行小区切换后的激活波束。换句话说，第一网络设备向终端设备直接发送邻区的TCI状态配置信息。例如，第一网络设备根据从终端设备接收到的测量结果，向终端设备发送激活信令，用于激活终端设备在第一小区(进行小区切换前的小区)通信时激活的第二小区(进行小区切换后的小区)的波束或者TCI状态。可选的，终端设备在进行小区切换后，维持已激活的第二小区的TCI状态。可选的，终端在第二小区上向第二网络设备上报已激活的TCI状态，例如，可以按照代码点从小到大的顺序上报至少一个激活的TCI状态。或者显式上报代码点和代码点关联的TCI状态。在上报已激活的TCI状态之前，终端设备还可以向第二网络设备发送调度请求消息，用于请求上报激活TCI状态的上行资源。可选的，第一网络设备可以通过高层信令(包括但不限于F1-AP信令，Xn接口信令)向第二网络设备指示终端设备已激活的第二小区的TCI状态。
结合第四方面，在第四方面的某些实现方式中，上述方法还包括：第一网络设备向终端设备发送切换指示信息，指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
结合第四方面，在第四方面的某些实现方式中，第一波束可以是传输配置指示TCI或者同步信号块SSB。
结合第四方面，在第四方面的某些实现方式中，激活波束包括以下至少一种：激活的TCI状态所关联代码点；终端设备在接收到波束指示激活波束特定时长后，能够基于指示的波束接收或发送数据；或者，终端设备在测量上报中包括TCI状态关联的参考信号的测量结果。
结合第四方面，在第四方面的某些实现方式中，第一波束包括上述切换指示信息所指示的波束。
第五方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的方法。该方法包括：终端设备在第一小区上接收来自第一网络设备的测量配置信息，测量配置信息包括至少一个信道状态信息参考信号CSI-RS资源，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区，CSI-RS资源与第一邻区相关联；根据测量配置信息在第一小区进行测量，得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果；将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区，并在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一邻区的CSI测量结果。
其中，配置信息所包括的CSI-RS资源可以为多个，第一邻区包括一个或多个邻区，CSI-RS资源与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个CSI-RS资源对应于一个邻区，或者多个CSI-RS资源对应于一个邻区。第一网络设备位于第一小区，第二网络设备位于第二小区。
这样做，终端设备可以根据测量配置信息，测量邻区CSI-RS，并确定CSI-RS对应的信道状态信息，信道状态信息包括传输阶数(rank indication，RI)、预编码矩阵(precoding matrix indicator，PMI)、下行信道质量信息(channel quality indicator，CQI)等。使得终端设备在进行小区切换前可确定需测量邻区CSI的波束，并在切换后向新小区主动上报，有助于减小波束指示的时延。
结合第五方面，在第五方面的某些实现方式中，配置信息还包括传输配置指示TCI状态、准同位(quasi-co-location，QCL)信息或者用于参考的参考信号信息中的一种或多种。其中，TCI状态信息、准同位QCL信息以及用于参考的参考信号信息均与第一邻区相关联。TCI状态信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个TCI状态信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个TCI状态信息对应于多个邻区；QCL信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个QCL信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个QCL信息对应于多个邻区；用于参考的参考信号信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个用于参考的参考信号信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个用于参考的参考信号信息对应于多个邻区。
结合第五方面，在第五方面的某些实现方式中，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括N个CSI测量结果，N为预配置的或者终端设备上报的能够测量CSI的最大个数，N为正整数。换句话说，第一邻区的CSI测量结果所包括的测量结果的数量应小于等于为终端设备预配置的数量，或者小于等于终端设备上报的能 够测量的最大个数。
结合第五方面，在第五方面的某些实现方式中，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括终端设备进行L1或者L3上报的参考信号接收功率RSRP值由大到小排列前M个参考信号RS对应的CSI测量结果，M为正整数。或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括终端设备最近一次上报的测量结果中最好(例如参考信号接收功率(reference signal receiving power，RSRP)值)的前M个；或者，网络设备显示配置对某一测量资源集合，其测量结果中最好(例如RSRP值)的前M个。
结合第五方面，在第五方面的某些实现方式中，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果的时刻。第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果之后的第X个时隙，X为正整数；或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果之后的第Y个毫秒，Y为正整数；或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为下一次CSI测量周期的起始时刻。
结合第五方面，在第五方面的某些实现方式中，在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一邻区的CSI测量结果之前，终端设备还接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息，用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
结合第五方面，在第五方面的某些实现方式中，在第二小区上发送第一邻区的CSI测量结果之前，终端设备还在第二小区上发送上行指示信息，用于指示第一波束，第一波束与有效时长内的第一邻区的CSI测量结果相关联。
第六方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的方法。该方法包括：第一网络设备确定测量配置信息，测量配置信息包括信道状态信息参考信号CSI-RS资源，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区，CSI-RS资源与第一邻区相关联；向终端设备发送测量配置信息。
其中，配置信息所包括的CSI-RS资源为多个，第一邻区包括一个或多个邻区，CSI-RS资源与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个CSI-RS资源对应于一个邻区，或者多个CSI-RS资源对应于一个邻区。第一网络设备位于第一小区，第二网络设备位于第二小区。
这样做，使得终端设备在进行小区切换前可确定需测量邻区CSI的波束，并在切换后向新小区主动上报，有助于减小波束指示的时延。
结合第六方面，在第六方面的某些实现方式中，配置信息还包括传输配置指示TCI状态、准同位QCL信息或者用于参考的参考信号信息。其中，TCI状态信息、准同位QCL信息以及用于参考的参考信号信息均与第一邻区相关联。TCI状态信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个TCI状态信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个TCI状态信息对应于多个邻区；QCL信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个QCL信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个QCL信息对应于多个邻区；用于参考的参考信号信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个用于参考的参考信号信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个用于参考的参考信号信息对应于多个邻区。
结合第六方面，在第六方面的某些实现方式中，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括N个CSI测量结果，N为预配置的或者终端设备上报的能够测量CSI的最大个数，N为正整数。换句话说，第一邻区的CSI测量结果所包括的测量结果的数量应小于等于为终端设备预配置的数量，或者小于等于终端设备上报的能够测量的最大个数。
结合第六方面，在第六方面的某些实现方式中，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括终端设备进行L1或者L3上报的参考信号接收功率RSRP值由大到小排列前M个参考信号RS对应的CSI测量结果，M为正整数。或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括终端设备最近一次上报的测量结果中最好(例如RSRP值)的前M个；或者，网络设备显示配置对某一测量资源集合，其测量结果中最好(例如RSRP值)的前M个。
结合第六方面，在第六方面的某些实现方式中，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果的时刻。第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果之后的第X个时隙，X为正整数；或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果之后的第Y个毫秒，Y为正整数；或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为下一次CSI测量周期的起始时刻。
结合第六方面，在第六方面的某些实现方式中，第一网络设备还向终端设备发送切换指示信息，用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
结合第六方面，在第二网络设备在第二小区上接收来自终端设备的第一邻区的CSI测量结果。在第 二小区上接收来自终端设备的第一邻区的CSI测量结果之前，第二网络设备还在第二小区上接收来自网络设备的上行指示信息，用于指示第一波束，第一波束与有效时长内的第一邻区的CSI测量结果相关联。
第七方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的装置。该装置用于实现第一方面中终端设备的功能或者本身即为终端设备。该装置包括：处理单元，用于在第一小区上确定第一信道状态信息参考信号RS测量结果，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区，第一RS测量结果属于至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集；处理单元还用于，将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区；收发单元用于在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一RS测量结果。
结合第七方面，在第七方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元还用于接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息，处理单元具体用于根据切换指示信息将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
结合第七方面，在第七方面的某些实现方式中，处理单元具体用于根据切换指示信息在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果。
结合第七方面，在第七方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元还用于接收来自第一网络设备的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息；处理单元具体用于根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果在第一小区上确定第二RS测量结果，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集，终端设备根据切换指示信息和第二RS测量结果确定第一RS测量结果，第一RS测量结果为第二RS测量结果的子集。
结合第七方面，在第七方面的某些实现方式中，处理单元具体用于根据终端设备的能力信息确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量；或者，根据预配置信息确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量。
结合第七方面，在第七方面的某些实现方式中，处理单元具体用于在至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长内根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。
结合第七方面，在第七方面的某些实现方式中，处理单元还用于在第二RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第二RS测量结果；或者，在第一RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第一RS测量结果。
第八方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的装置。该装置用于实现第一方面中第一网络的功能或者本身即为第一网络设备。该装置包括：处理单元，用于确定至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息；收发单元，用于在第一小区上发送至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息。
结合第八方面，在第八方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元还用于向终端设备发送切换指示信息，切换指示信息用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
第九方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的装置。该装置用于实现第三方面中终端设备的功能或者本身即为终端设备。该装置包括：收发单元，用于在第一小区上接收来自第一网络设备的第一参考信号RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系；处理单元，用于根据关联关系确定第一波束为终端设备在第一小区激活的第二小区的波束。
结合第九方面，在第九方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元还用于接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息；处理单元还用于根据该切换指示信息将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区之后，将第一波束确定为激活波束。
第十方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的装置。该装置用于实现第四方面中第一网络的功能或者本身即为第一网络设备。该装置包括：收发单元，用于在第一小区上接收来自终端设备的多个参考信号RS测量结果；处理单元，用于确定第一RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系；收发单元，还用于向终端设备发送第一RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系。
结合第十方面，在第十方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元，还用于向终端设备发送切换指示信息，指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
第十一方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的装置。该装置用于实现第五方面中终端设备的功能或者本身即为终端设备。该装置包括：收发单元，用于在一种传输测量结果的装置。该装置用于实现第一方面中终端设备的功能或者本身即为终端设备。该装置包括：收发单元，用于在；处理单元，用于根据测量配置信息在第一小区进行测量，得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果，将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区；收发单元，还用于在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一邻区的CSI测量结果。
结合第十一方面，在第十一方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元还用于接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息，用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
结合第十一方面，在第十一方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元还用于在第二小区上向第二网络设备 发送上行指示信息，用于指示第一波束，第一波束与有效时长内的第一邻区的CSI测量结果相关联。
第十二方面，提供了一种传输测量结果的装置。该装置用于实现第六方面中第一网络的功能或者本身即为第一网络设备。该装置包括：处理单元，用于确定测量配置信息，测量配置信息包括CSI-RS资源；收发单元，用于向终端设备发送测量配置信息。
结合第十二方面，在第十二方面的某些实现方式中，收发单元还用于还向终端设备发送切换指示信息，用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
第十三方面，提供了一种通信装置，包括处理器和接口电路，接口电路用于接收来自该通信装置之外的其它通信装置的信号并传输至该处理器或将来自该处理器的信号发送给该通信装置之外的其它通信装置，该处理器通过逻辑电路或执行代码指令用于实现前述第一方面至第六方面中的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十四方面，提供了一种计算机可读存储介质，该计算机可读存储介质中存储有计算机程序或指令，当该计算机程序或指令被执行时，实现前述第一方面至第六方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十五方面，提供了一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，当该指令被运行时，实现前述第一方面至第六方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十六方面，提供了一种计算机程序，该计算机程序包括代码或指令，当该代码或指令被运行时，实现前述第一方面至第六方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十七方面，提供一种芯片系统，该芯片系统包括处理器，可选的，还包括存储器，用于实现前述第一方面至第六方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。该芯片系统由芯片构成，也包含芯片和其他分立器件。
第十八方面，提供了一种通信系统，包括终端设备、第一网络设备和第二网络设备。
其中，终端设备用于实现上述第一方面、第三方面或第五方面中的各实现方式的方法，第一网络设备用于实现上述第四方面中各实现方式中以及第二方面中的部分实现方式的方法，第二网络设备用于实现第二方面、第四方面或第六方面中部分实现方式中的方法。
在一种可能的设计中，该通信系统还包括本申请实施例提供的方案中与终端设备、第一网络设备或第二网络设备进行交互的其他设备。
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如图1所示，该通信系统100可以包括一个或多个网络设备，例如，图1所示的网络设备101。该通信系统100还可以包括一个或多个终端设备，例如，图1所示的终端设备102、终端设备103以及终端设备104等。其中，通信系统100可以支持侧行链路(sidelink)通信技术，例如，终端设备102和终端设备103之间的侧行通信，终端设备102和终端设备104之间的侧行通信等。
应理解，图1只是示意图，该通信系统中还可以包括其它网络设备，如还可以包括核心网设备105以及在图1中未画出的无线中继设备和无线回传设备。本申请的实施例对该移动通信系统中包括的网络设备和终端设备的数量不做限定。
本申请实施例中的终端设备是具有无线收发功能的设备，可以向网络设备发送信号，或接收来自网络设备的信号。终端设备也可以称为终端、用户设备(user equipment，UE)、移动台、移动终端等。终端可以广泛应用于各种场景，例如，设备到设备(device-to-device，D2D)、车物(vehicle to everything，V2X)通信、机器类通信(machine-type communication，MTC)、物联网(internet of things，IOT)、虚拟现实、增强现实、工业控制、自动驾驶、远程医疗、智能电网、智能家具、智能办公、智能穿戴、智能交通、智慧城市等。终端可以是手机、平板电脑、带无线收发功能的电脑、可穿戴设备、车辆、飞机、轮船、机器人、机械臂、智能家居设备、客户终端设备(customer-premises equipment，CPE)等。本申请的实施例对终端所采用的具体技术和具体设备形态不做限定。
本申请实施例中的网络设备可以是终端通过无线方式接入到通信系统中的无线接入设备。网络设备可以是基站(base station)、演进型基站(evolved NodeB，eNodeB)、发送接收点(transmission reception point，TRP)、第五代(5th generation，5G)移动通信系统中的下一代基站(next generation NodeB，gNB)、第六代(6th generation，6G)移动通信系统中的下一代基站、未来移动通信系统中的基站或WiFi系统中的接入节点等；也可以是完成基站部分功能的模块或单元，例如，可以是集中式单元(central unit，CU)，也可以是分布式单元(distributed unit，DU)。这里的CU完成基站的无线资源控制(radio resource control,RRC)协议和分组数据汇聚层协议(packet data convergence protocol，PDCP)的功能，还可以完成业务数据适配协议(service data adaptation protocol，SDAP)的功能；DU完成基站的无线链路控制层和介质访问控制(medium access control，MAC)层的功能，还可以完成部分物理层或全部物理层的功能，有关上述各个协议层的具体描述，可以参考第三代合作伙伴计划(3rd generation partnership project，3GPP)的相关技术规范。网络设备可以是宏基站，也可以是微基站或室内站，还可以是中继节点或施主节点等。本申请的实施例对网络设备所采用的具体技术和具体设备形态不做限定。
本申请的实施例可以适用于下行信号传输，也可以适用于上行信号传输。对于下行信号传输，发送设备是网络设备，对应的接收设备是终端。对于上行信号传输，发送设备是终端，对应的接收设备是网络设备。
网络设备和终端之间以及终端和终端之间可以通过授权频谱进行通信，也可以通过免授权频谱进行通信，也可以同时通过授权频谱和免授权频谱进行通信。网络设备和终端之间以及终端和终端之间可以通过6千兆赫(gigahertz，GHz)以下的频谱进行通信，也可以通过6GHz以上的频谱进行通信，还可以同时使用6GHz以下的频谱和6GHz以上的频谱进行通信。本申请的实施例对网络设备和终端之间所使用的频谱资源不做限定。
在本申请的实施例中，网络设备的功能也可以由网络设备中的模块(如芯片)来执行，也可以由包含有网络设备功能的控制子系统来执行。这里的包含有网络设备功能的控制子系统可以是智能电网、工业控制、智能交通、智慧城市等上述应用场景中的控制中心。终端的功能也可以由终端中的模块(如芯片或调制解调器)来执行，也可以由包含有终端功能的装置来执行。
图1所示的通信系统中网络设备101和终端设备102之间的通信还可以用另一种形式来表示，如图2所示，终端设备102包括处理器121、存储器122和收发器123，收发器123包括发射机1231、接收机1232和天线1233。网络设备101包括处理器111、存储器112和收发器113，收发器1103包括发射机1131、接收机1132和天线1133。接收机1132可以用于通过天线1133接收传输控制信息，发射机1231可以用于通过天线1133向网络设备101发送传输反馈信息。发射机1131可以用于通过天线1133向终端设备102发送传输控制信息，接收机1132可以用于通过天线1133接收终端设备102发送的传输反馈信息。
为了更好的介绍本申请的实施方式，在介绍本申请实施例之前，首先介绍本申请实施例相关的概念。
1、波束(beam)
波束是一种通信资源。波束可以是宽波束，或者窄波束，或者其他类型波束。形成波束的技术可以是波束成形技术或者其他技术手段。波束成形技术可以具体为数字波束成形技术，模拟波束成形技术，混合数字/模拟波束成形技术。不同的波束可以认为是不同的资源。通过不同的波束可以发送相同的信息或者不同的信息。可选的，可以将具有相同或者类似的通信特征的多个波束视为是一个波束。一个波束内可以包括一个或多个天线端口，用于传输数据信道，控制信道和探测信号等，例如，发射波束可以是指信号经天线发射出去后在空间不同方向上形成的信号强度的分布，接收波束可以是指从天线上接收到的无线信号在空间不同方向上的信号强度分布。可以理解的是，形成一个波束的一个或多个天线端口也可以看作是一个天线端口集。
用于接收信号的波束可以称为接收波束(transmission beam，Tx beam)，空域发送滤波器(spatial domain transmission filter)，空间发送滤波器(spatial transmission filter)，空域发送参数(spatial domain transmission parameter)，空间发送参数(spatial transmission parameter)，空域发送设置(spatial domain transmission setting)，或者空间发送设置(spatial transmission setting)。上行发送波束可以通过空间关系、TCI-state、信道探测信号(sounding reference signal，SRS)资源(表示使用该SRS的发送波束)中任一种来指示。因此，上行发送波束还可以替换为SRS资源。
用于接收信号的波束可以称为接收波束(reception beam，Rx beam)，空域接收滤波器(spatial domain reception filter)，空间接收滤波器(spatial reception filter)，空域接收参数(spatial domain reception parameter)或者空间接收参数(spatial reception parameter)，空域接收设置(spatial domain reception setting)，或者空间接收设置(spatial reception setting)。
在使用低频或中频频段时，可以全向发送信号或者通过一个较宽的角度来发送信号，而在使用高频频段时，得益于高频通信系统较小的载波波长，可以在发送端和接收端布置很多天线阵子构成的天线阵列，发送端以一定波束赋形权值发送信号，使发送信号形成具有空间指向性的波束，同时在接收端用天线阵列以一定波束赋形权值进行接收，可以提高信号在接收端的接收功率，对抗路径损耗。
2、准同位(quasi-co-location，QCL)
同位关系用于表示多个资源之间具有一个或多个相同或者相类似的通信特征，对于具有同位关系的多个资源，可以采用相同或者类似的通信配置。例如，如果两个天线端口具有同位关系，那么一个端口传送一个符号的信道大尺度特性可以从另一个端口传送一个符号的信道大尺度特性推断出来。大尺度特性可以包括：延迟扩展，平均延迟，多普勒扩展，多普勒频移，平均增益，接收参数，终端设备接收波束编号，发射/接收信道相关性，接收到达角，接收机天线的空间相关性，主到达角(angel-of-arrival，AoA)，平均到达角，AoA的扩展等。具体地，所述同位指示用于指示所述至少两组天线端口是否具有同位关系为：所述同位指示用于指示所述至少两组天线端口发送的信道状态信息参考信号是否来自相同的传输点，或所述同位指示用于指示所述至少两组天线端口发送的信道状态信息参考信号是否来自相同的波束组。
3、参考信号(Reference Signal)
根据LTE和/或NR的协议，在物理层，上行通信包括上行物理信道和上行信号的传输。其中上行物理信道包括物理随机接入信道(physical random access channel，PRACH)，上行控制信道(physical uplink control channel，PUCCH)，上行数据信道(physical uplink shared channel，PUSCH)等，上行信号包括信道探测信号(sounding reference signal，SRS)，上行控制信道解调参考信号(PUCCH de-modulation reference signal，PUCCH-DMRS)，上行数据信道解调参考信号PUSCH-DMRS，上行相位噪声跟踪信号(phase noise tracking reference signal，PTRS)，上行定位信号(uplink positioning RS)等等。下行通信包括下行物理信道和下行信号的传输。其中下行物理信道包括广播信道(physical broadcast channel，PBCH)，下行控制信道(physical downlink control channel，PDCCH)，下行数据信道(physical downlink shared channel，PDSCH)等，下行信号包括主同步信号(primary synchronization signal，PSS)/辅同步信号(secondary synchronization signal，SSS)，下行控制信道解调参考信号PDCCH-DMRS，下行数据信道解调参考信号PDSCH-DMRS，相位噪声跟踪信号PTRS，信道状态信息参考信号(channel status information reference signal，CSI-RS)，小区信号(Cell reference signal，CRS)(NR没有)，精同步信号(time/frequency tracking reference signal，TRS)(LTE没有)，LTE和/或NR定位信号(positioning RS)等。
4、传输配置指示(transmission configuration indication，TCI)
协议中高层通过TCI-State来配置QCL，TCI-State的参数用于在一到两个下行参考信号和PDSCH的DMRS之间配置准共址关系，TCI意即Transmission Configuration Indicator，是DCI中用于指示PDSCH天线端口准共址的字段。TCI由RRC配置，在配置信令中称为TCI-state。RRC配置后，由基站发送MAC-CE激活一个或多个TCI状态。基站可以进一步发送DCI指示多个被激活TCI中的一个。TCI包括一个或者两个QCL关系，QCL表征了当前将要接收的信号/信道，与之前已知的某参考信号之间的某种一致性关系。若存在QCL关系，UE可以继承之前接收某参考信号时的接收或发送参数，来接收或发送将要到来的信号/信道。如果TCI状态中包含标识为QCL Type-D的信息，则该TCI可以用于指示波束。QCL Type-A/B/C用于指示时域与频域偏移等信息，不包括空域信息，一般用于辅助终端进行数据接收解 调。
下面介绍TCI状态的配置，激活和指示。
TCI状态配置：网络设备通过RRC信令向终端设备配置多个TCI状态。这些TCI状态均包括一个类型为typeD的QCL-Info。网络设备也可以配置不包括类型为typeD的QCL-info的TCI-state，不过这些TCI状态不是用于数据传输波束的指示，故此处不进一步阐述。
TCI状态激活：网络设备配置多个TCI状态后，还需要通过MAC-CE激活其中8个TCI状态。这8个TCI状态与DCI中的TCI字段的8个值是一一对应的。即，DCI的TCI字段的8个值对应的是哪8个TCI状态，是通过MAC CE来确定的。
TCI状态指示：网络设备通过DCI中的TCI字段来指示一个具体的TCI-state。例如，网络设备发送给终端设备的DCI中的TCI字段的值为000，表示数据传输波束采用的000对应的TCI状态。该TCI状态内的类型为typeD的QCL-Info所包含的参考信号是索引为#1的信道状态信息-参考信号(channel state information–reference signal，CSI-RS)，表示数据传输采用的波束与索引为#1的CSI-RS对应的接收波束是相同的。索引为#1的CSI-RS对应的接收波束可通过波束测量流程来确定，对终端设备来说是已知的。因此，通过TCI字段的具体取值，终端设备就可以确定数据传输波束对应的波束，从而采用相应的波束来发送或接收数据。
5、公共波束：目前每个信道都采用单独的波束指示。每个信道都有自己对应的波束。在本申请中，定义一种公共波束，同时用于上行和/或下行的多个信道。
公共波束：多个信道、多种信道、多个参考信号、和/或、多种参考信号共同采用的同一个波束。信道包括但不限于至少一种：PDCCH、PDSCH、PUCCH、PUSCH、PRACH。参考信号包括但不限于至少一种：SSB、CSI-RS、DMRS、PTRS、TRS、SRS等。
联合(joint)公共波束：同时用于上行和下行的至少一个信道或至少一个参考信号的传输。例如，PDCCH，PDSCH，PUCCH和PUSCH。联合公共波束也可以称为上下行公共波束。
上行公共波束：同时用于上行的多个信道的传输，和/或，同时用于上行的多种信道的传输，和/或，同时用于上行的一个或多个参考信号的传输。例如，PUCCH、PUSCH和SRS。
下行公共波束：同时用于下行的多个信道的传输，和/或，同时用于下行的多种信道的传输，和/或，同时用于下行的一个或多个参考信号的传输。例如PDCCH、PDSCH和CSI-RS。
公共波束的形式：公共波束可以是一种新定义的结构(不同于现有的TCI-state)。例如，公共波束中包括波束指示的相关信息，包括但不限于以下一种或多种：公共波束标识(identifier，ID)，逻辑小区标识(cell ID)，物理小区标识，部分带宽标识，确定波束的参考信号资源，QCL类型，上行功控相关参数(如路损测量参考信号资源，p0，闭环索引(closedLoopIndex)等)，路径损耗参考信号的标识。
公共波束的应用范围：公共波束可以是小区级的，即一个公共公波束用于一个小区内多个信道的传输。公共波束可以是带宽部分(bandwidth part，BWP)级的，用于一个BWP内多个波束的传输。公共波束也可以是跨小区的，即用于多个小区的多个信道的传输。所述多个小区可以是一个频段(band)内的多个小区。所述多个小区也可以是跨频段的多个小区。
在本申请中，除非特别说明，波束可以指公共波束，也可以指下行波束和/或上行波束。波束可以通过TCI state或RS来进行指示。
应理解，在本申请中，网络设备可以向终端设备发送不同的测量配置，从而指示终端根据这些不同的测量配置进行测量得到不同的测量结果。例如，相比于CSI-RS测量，CSI测量的CSI-RS资源拥有更多的端口数(比如测量8port MIMO信道)。
还应理解，在本申请中，网络设备向终端设备发送的测量配置可以关联不同的上报配置。例如，一部分上报配置指示测量并上报RSRP，另一部分上报配置指示测量并上报CQI等。
需要说明的是，本文中TCI-state和TCI状态两个描述方式可以互相替换。
图3示出了当前一种邻区切换方法的流程示意图。当前技术中，终端在切换前可以测量邻区的SSB信号，并上报测量结果。服务小区(serving cell)根据终端上报的测量结果，向邻区(neighbor cell)请求随机接入资源，用于终端在切换后在目标邻区发起随机接入，建立上行同步、获取上行定时。其具体过程可如下所示：
S301，终端向服务小区上报邻区测量结果。
S302，服务小区向邻区发送随机接入资源请求消息。
S303，邻区向服务小区发送随机接入资源响应消息。
S304，服务小区向终端发送邻区随机接入资源。
S305，终端向邻区发送随机接入前导码。
S306，邻区向终端发送随机接入响应消息。
S307，邻区向终端发送RRC重配置消息。
其中，在该RRC重配置消息中包括L1测量资源，该测量资源用于终端进行波束训练。
S308，终端进行L1测量上报。
其中，终端在切换小区后(由服务小区切换至邻区)在邻区上进行L1测量上报的过程即可称为波束训练的过程，该过程可以具体包括如下三个阶段：
阶段1：终端固定接收波束，接收网络设备扫描发送的宽波束，确定信号质量较好(如RSRP最大)的下行宽波束；
阶段2：网络设备在终端质量最佳的宽波束的范围内，使用多个窄波束进行扫描。终端确定质量较好的下行窄波束。
阶段3：网络设备固定下行窄波束发送参考信号，终端使用不同的窄波束进行接收扫描，确定较好的接收波束。
此外，在确定波束后网络设备往往还需要终端在该波束上进行信道测量，获得信道信息。网络设备根据信道信息来确定预编码方案，以此获得多输入多输出(multiple-input multiple-out-put，MIMO)系统的空分复用增益。在协议中体现为邻区向终端指示触发CSI(信道状态信息)测量上报。终端经过一段时间的测量(终端需要测量多端口参考信号，并基于处理和计算得到反馈内容)，再上报测量结果。
S309，邻区根据测量结果指示波束。
S310，终端在邻区上使用确定好的波束与网络设备进行数据通信。
由上可知，在当前技术中，终端在切换小区后，需要在切换后的小区上重新进行波束训练和信道信息获取，可能会导致终端的数据传输中断时间较长，用户体验不佳。
基于此，本申请提出一种传输测量结果的方法和装置，以期望能够减小终端切换到新小区后恢复数据传输的时延，提升用户体验。
图4示出了本申请第一种传输测量结果方法的流程示意图。在该实施例中，终端设备在切换服务小区后，无需进行波束训练，可以直接继承切换前邻区波束的测量结果。其中，第一网络设备位于第一小区，第二网络设备位于第二小区，终端设备进行小区切换前的服务小区(也称为当前的服务小区)为第一小区，终端设备进行小区切换后的服务小区为第二小区。终端设备可以是图1中所示的终端设备102、终端设备103或者终端设备104中的任意一个，第一网络设备可以是图1中所示的网络设备101，第二网络设备可以是图1中未示出的网络设备，例如网络设备106等等。
S410，终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息。
对应的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息。
其中，至少一个候选邻区是相对于终端设备当前的服务小区，也就是第一网络设备所在的第一小区而言的。
可选的，至少一个候选邻区包括终端设备进行小区切换后的服务小区，例如，第二小区。
其中，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息包括以下一个或多个：与至少一个候选邻区的RS相关联的同步信号块SSB的索引、至少一个候选邻区的RS相对于至少一个候选邻区的SSB的功率偏移、至少一个候选邻区的RS的加扰标识、至少一个候选邻区的RS的带宽、至少一个候选邻区的RS的频域位置、或者至少一个候选邻区的RS的时域位置。可选的，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息还可以包括与RS测量配置信息相关的其他信息，例如，任意一个RS测量的资源可以关联邻区的小区标识，或者，RS资源属于预配置的邻区配置信息的一部分。
S420，终端设备根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。
其中，终端设备根据候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在当前的服务小区上进行测量得到候选邻区的RS测量结果的具体过程可参照当前技术，在此不再赘述。
可选的，终端设备根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果，包括：终端设备在至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长内根据至少 一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。其中，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的起始时刻为接收到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的时刻。至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息之后的第X个时隙，X为正整数；或者，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息之后的第Y个毫秒，Y为正整数；或者，至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到重配置的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的时刻。
S430，终端设备根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果在第一小区上确定第二RS测量结果。
该步骤为可选的步骤。其中，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集，由于子集包括真子集和全集，换句话说，当第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的真子集时，第二RS测量结果包括至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果中的部分测量结果；当第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的全集时，第二RS测量结果包括至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果中的全部测量结果。
可选的，终端设备确定第二RS测量结果，包括：终端设备根据终端设备的能力信息确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量；或者，终端设备根据预配置信息(例如协议规定或者本地配置)确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量。
可选的，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区RS测量结果中大于第一阈值的一个或多个RS测量结果，第一阈值为预设值；或者，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区RS测量结果中质量值由大到小顺序排列的前N个RS测量结果，N为正整数。其中，上述第一阈值和N的具体数值可以是第一网络设备通过测量配置信息、切换指示信息或者其他无线资源控制RRC携带的配置信息向终端设备进行配置，或者MAC CE携带的指示信息向终端设备进行指示的。
可选的，终端设备在第二RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第二RS测量结果。其中，第二RS测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为终端设备的服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区的时刻，或者终端设备获取到第二RS测量结果的时刻，或者终端设备在第一小区上报第一RS测量结果的时刻。第二RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第二RS测量结果之后的第K个时隙，K为正整数；或者，第二RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第二RS测量结果之后的第L个毫秒，L为正整数；或者，第二RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为重新进行RS测量的时刻。
S440，终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息。
对应的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送切换指示信息。
其中，切换指示信息用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。可选的，切换指示信息可以包括第二小区的标识ID或者其他小区的ID，用于终端设备识别第二小区，还用于终端设备根据小区的ID最终确定第一RS测量结果。
S450，终端设备在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果。
其中，终端设备在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果可以包括两种方式。作为一种可能的实现方式，在执行了上述步骤S430后，终端设备根据第二RS测量结果和切换指示信息确定第一RS测量结果，第一RS测量结果为第二RS测量结果的子集，也就是说第一RS测量结果包括第二RS测量结果中的部分或者全部；作为另一种可能的实现方式，当不执行上述步骤S430时，终端设备可以根据多个邻区的RS测量结果和切换指示信息确定第一RS测量结果，第一RS测量结果为多个邻区的RS测量结果的子集，也就是说第一RS测量结果包括多个邻区的RS测量结果中的部分或者全部。
可选的，终端设备在第一RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第一RS测量结果。其中，第一RS测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为终端设备的服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区的时刻，或者终端设备获取到第一RS测量结果的时刻。第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一RS测量结果之后的第M个时隙，M为正整数；或者，第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一RS测量结果之后的第N个毫秒，N为正整数；或者，第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为重新进行RS测量的时刻。
可选的，第一RS测量结果与第二RS测量结果的有效时长可以相同也可以不同。
S460，终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
其中，终端设备根据切换指示信息进行服务小区的切换可参照当前技术，在此不再赘述。
可选的，终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区，也可以表述为终端设备由第一小区切换 至第二小区。
S470，终端设备在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一RS测量结果。
对应的，第二网络设备在第二小区上接收来自终端设备的第一RS测量结果。
如图5所示，示例性的，在该实施例中，终端设备在进行切换服务小区(从第一小区切换至第二小区)之前，本区(第一小区)测量资源和结果可以是PCI#0 RS set#0 results，邻区测量资源和结果可以是PCI#1 RS set#1 results，PCI#2 RS set#2 results等等。在终端设备进行切换服务小区(从第一小区切换至第二小区)之后，本区(第二小区)测量资源和结果可以是PCI#1 RS set#1 results，邻区测量资源和结果可以是PCI#0 RS set#0 results，PCI#2 RS set#2 results等等。这样做，在切换服务小区后，无需进行对当前服务小区即切换前的邻区重新进行测量，可以直接继承切换前邻区波束的测量结果，例如测量结果PCI#1 RS set#1 results。
需要说明的是，上述以测量结果为RS测量结果为例对本申请的技术方案进行了说明，其中，RS可以包括信道状态信息参考信号CSI-RS。但本领域人员可知，测量结果还可以是SSB。换句话说，基于邻区的SSB的测量结果也可以执行上述方法，在切换服务小区后，无需对当前服务小区即切换前的邻区重新进行测量，可以直接继承切换前邻区波束的SSB测量结果。
根据本申请的技术方案，在终端设备切换服务小区后，无需对当前服务小区即切换前的邻区重新进行测量，直接继承切换前邻区波束的测量结果，有助于减小通信时延，提升用户体验。
图6示出了本申请第二种传输测量结果方法的流程示意图。在本实施例中，通过第一网络设备预配置邻区波束，使得终端设备可以在进行小区切换前对相应的参考信号进行测量，可以提前跟踪目标小区的激活波束。其中，第一网络设备位于第一小区，第二网络设备位于第二小区，终端设备进行小区切换前的服务小区(也称为当前的服务小区)为第一小区，终端设备进行小区切换后的服务小区为第二小区。终端设备可以是图1中所示的终端设备102、终端设备103或者终端设备104中的任意一个，第一网络设备可以是图1中所示的网络设备101，第二网络设备可以是图1中未示出的网络设备，例如网络设备106等等。
S610，终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息。
对应的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息。
其中，RS可以具体包括信道状态信息参考信号CSI-RS。
其中，该步骤的具体过程可参照图4中步骤410，在此不再赘述。
S620，终端设备向第一网络设备发送至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。
对应的，第一网络设备接收来自终端设备的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。
其中，终端设备向第一网络设备发送至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果之前，可以根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在当前的服务小区(第一小区)上进行测量得到候选邻区的RS测量结果，其具体过程可参照图4中步骤S420，在此不再赘述。
S630，终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的第一RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系。
对应的，第一网络设备确定并向终端设备发送第一RS测量结果与第一波束的关联关系。
其中，第一波束可以是一个或多个波束。第一网络设备可以对多个RS测量结果进行筛选得到第一RS测量结果，并将第一RS测量结果与将来终端设备进行切换后的小区的波束相关联，第一RS测量结果为多个RS测量结果的部分或全部，例如，第一RS测量结果所关联的小区可以是服务质量较好的一个或多个小区，或者，第一RS测量结果所关联的小区可以是服务质量大于一定阈值的小区。
可选的，第一波束可以是传输配置指示TCI或者同步信号块SSB，或者RS。其中，当不改变终端设备的能力要求时，第一网络设备可将现有可激活最大的8个TCI中的N个用于激活邻区的波束TCI，每个TCI对应一个邻区或者多个TCI对应一个邻区，可选的，邻区的波束可以为潜在邻区的TRS接收波束。或者，第一网络设备可以为终端设备单独配置预激活的TCI列表(TCI state list)，用于跟踪邻区的TRS波束；或者，第一网络设备可以根据终端设备已测量并上报的邻区TCI进行筛选，从而确定为终端设备配置特定的TCI。
可选的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送的还可以是指示信息，该指示信息用于指示终端设备在进行小区切换后的激活波束。
可选的，第一网络设备还可以不向终端设备发送关联关系或者指示信息，直接为终端设备激活其进行小区切换后的激活波束。换句话说，第一网络设备向终端设备直接发送邻区的TCI状态配置信息。例 如，第一网络设备根据从终端设备接收到的测量结果，向终端设备发送激活信令，用于激活终端设备在第一小区(进行小区切换前的小区)通信时激活的第二小区(进行小区切换后的小区)的波束或者TCI状态。其中，该激活信令可以包括激活波束的目标小区的标识以及激活TCI的标识，激活TCI的标识为目标小区配置的TCI状态的标识。
可选的，终端设备在进行小区切换后，维持已激活的第二小区的TCI状态。可选的，终端在第二小区上向第二网络设备上报已激活的TCI状态，例如，可以按照代码点从小到大的顺序上报至少一个激活的TCI状态。或者显式上报代码点和代码点关联的TCI状态。在上报已激活的TCI状态之前，终端设备还可以向第二网络设备发送调度请求消息，用于请求上报激活TCI状态的上行资源。可选的，第一网络设备可以通过高层信令(包括但不限于F1-AP信令，Xn接口信令)向第二网络设备指示终端设备已激活的第二小区的TCI状态。
S640，终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息。
对应的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送切换指示信息。
其中，切换指示信息可以包括第一波束。
其中，该步骤的具体过程可参照图4中步骤440，在此不再赘述。
S650，终端设备根据关联关系确定第一波束为终端设备在第一小区激活的第二小区的波束。
S660，终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区，将第一波束确定为激活波束。
其中，在进行小区切换后，终端设备将第一波束确定为激活波束也可以解释为：终端设备将原有激活TCI state list删除，替换成预激活的第一波束(或者TCI)。可选的，第一波束包括上述切换指示信息所指示的波束，切换指示的波束可以作为统一TCI(unified TCI)。当切换指示信息所指示的波束作为激活波束后，该波束可能激活并映射到最小的代码点000，或者，直接作为切换后新小区通信的公共波束。当第一波束包括多个测量过的波束时，则默认激活多个波束，其代码点(codepoint)映射可按照L1上报的顺序，或者按照切换指示信息中指示的顺序。
可选的，激活波束包括以下至少一种：激活的TCI状态所关联代码点；终端设备在接收到波束指示激活波束特定时长后，能够基于指示的波束接收或发送数据；或者，终端设备在测量上报中包括TCI状态关联的参考信号的测量结果。
将第一波束确定为激活波束具体可以包括为第一波束关联代码点。例如第一波束关联代码点“000”，第二网络设备在第二小区可以进一步发送DCI(下行控制信息)信令，用于指示波束的比特域取值“000”，即表示将终端的接收或发送波束确定为第一波束，终端在波束指示生效后，即可基于第一波束接收下行信号或信道，或者基于第一波束发送上行信号或信道。
如图7所示，示例性的，在该实施例中，终端设备在第一小区进行测量获得的邻区RS测量结果中可以包括参考信号关联物理小区标识为PCI#1以及PCI#2的测量结果，其中，作为一种可能的实现方式，终端设备可以关联PCI#1的预激活的TCI状态上报至第一网络设备，从而第一网络设备可以获知终端设备将PCI#1小区关联的TCI状态激活，其中包括TCI 6。作为另一种可能的实现方式，终端设备可以将关联了PCI#1的一个或多个测量结果上报给第一小区，其中包括第一RS测量结果。终端设备可以根据预配置信息，确定上报了测量结果的一个或多个参考信号所关联的TCI状态，该TCI状态为第二小区的TCI状态。终端设备根据上报的测量结果，确定关联的至少一个TCI状态为激活的TCI状态。同时，服务小区(内的网络设备)根据发送给终端设备的预配置信息所包括的参考信号与邻区TCI状态的关联关系，以及终端设备上报的邻区的参考信号的测量结果，确定终端设备当前激活的邻区TCI状态，其中包括TCI 6。
终端设备还可以确定激活的邻区TCI状态对应的代码点。其中，一种可能的方法是根据上报的邻区的参考信号的测量结果，由测量结果的参考信号质量大到小的将参考信号对应的TCI状态由小到大映射到代码点。上述方法还可以包括，终端设备将切换指示信息中所指示的TCI状态映射到代码点最小的一个。例如服务小区(内的网络设备)通过切换命令向终端设备指示TCI 6，则终端设备将TCI 6关联到代码点000，其他代码点由小到大关联测量结果由大到小的参考信号所对应TCI状态。这样，终端设备在进行小区切换后，在新小区下可以TCI 6所指示的波束进行通信。节省了在切换后，新小区重新配置、激活TCI状态所需要的时延。
S670，终端设备在第二小区上通过第一波束与第二网络设备进行数据通信。
对应的，第二网络设备在第二小区上通过第一波束与终端设备进行数据通信。
根据本申请的技术方案，通过预配置邻区波束，使得终端设备可以在进行小区切换前对相应的参考信号进行测量，可以提前跟踪目标小区的激活波束，切换小区后，降低波束指示的时延。
图8示出了本申请第三种传输测量结果方法的流程示意图。在本实施例中，通过第一网络设备配置测量资源以及测量资源与邻区的关系，使得终端设备在进行小区切换前可确定需测量邻区CSI的波束。终端设备根据测量配置信息，测量邻区CSI-RS，并确定CSI-RS对应的信道状态信息，信道状态信息包括传输阶数(rank indication，RI)、预编码矩阵(precoding matrix indicator，PMI)、下行信道质量信息(channel quality indicator，CQI)等。其中，第一网络设备位于第一小区，第二网络设备位于第二小区，终端设备进行小区切换前的服务小区(也称为当前的服务小区)为第一小区，终端设备进行小区切换后的服务小区为第二小区。终端设备可以是图1中所示的终端设备102、终端设备103或者终端设备104中的任意一个，第一网络设备可以是图1中所示的网络设备101，第二网络设备可以是图1中未示出的网络设备，例如网络设备106等等。
S810，终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的测量配置信息。
对应的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送测量配置信息。
其中，测量配置信息包括至少一个CSI-RS资源，CSI-RS资源与第一邻区相关联。配置信息所包括的CSI-RS资源为多个，第一邻区包括一个或多个邻区，CSI-RS资源与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个CSI-RS资源对应于一个邻区，或者多个CSI-RS资源对应于一个邻区。
可选的，配置信息还包括传输配置指示TCI状态、准同位QCL信息或者用于参考的参考信号信息中的一个或多个。其中，TCI状态信息、准同位QCL信息以及用于参考的参考信号信息均与第一邻区相关联。TCI状态信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个TCI状态信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个TCI状态信息对应于多个邻区；QCL信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个QCL信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个QCL信息对应于多个邻区；用于参考的参考信号信息与第一邻区相关联可以解释为：一个用于参考的参考信号信息对应于一个邻区，或者多个用于参考的参考信号信息对应于多个邻区。用于参考的参考信号信息可以接收为：终端设备根据接收或发送某个参考信号的空域滤波器，确定接收或发送其他信号或数据的空域滤波器。
S820，终端设备根据测量配置信息在第一小区进行测量，得到第一邻区的CSI测量信息。
可选的，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括N个CSI测量结果，N为预配置的或者终端设备上报的能够测量CSI的最大个数，N为正整数。换句话说，第一邻区的CSI测量结果所包括的测量结果的数量应小于等于为终端设备预配置的数量，或者小于等于终端设备上报的能够测量的最大个数。
可选的，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括终端设备进行L1或者L3上报的参考信号接收功率RSRP值由大到小排列前M个参考信号RS对应的CSI测量结果。或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果包括终端设备最近一次上报的测量结果中最好(例如RSRP值)的前M个；或者，网络设备显示配置对某一测量资源集合，其测量结果中最好(例如RSRP值)的前M个。其中，M为正整数。
可选的，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果的时刻。第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果之后的第X个时隙，X为正整数；或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到第一邻区的CSI测量结果之后的第Y个毫秒，Y为正整数；或者，第一邻区的CSI测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为下一次CSI测量周期的起始时刻。
S830，终端设备接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息。
对应的，第一网络设备向终端设备发送切换指示信息。
其中，切换指示信息用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
S840，终端小区将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
S850，终端设备在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送上行指示信息。
对应的，第二网络设备在第二小区上接收来自终端设备的上行指示信息。
其中，上行指示信息用于指示第一波束，第一波束与有效时长内的第一邻区的CSI测量结果相关联。
可选的，如果提前配置了CSI测量的波束是切换准备请求随机接入信道(random access channel，RACH)资源的波束，或者提前配置了CSI测量的波束是切换命令所指示的波束，又或者提前配置了CSI测量的波束是随机接入请求消息所关联的波束，则第二网络设备默认为存在可用的CSI测量结果，进一步可以指示终端设备上报所述波束对应的CSI测量结果，所述测量结果包括信道状态信息，信道状态信 息可以包括传输阶数(RI)、预编码矩阵(PMI)、下行信道质量信息(CQI)等。
可选的，第一网络设备也可以向第二网络设备发送该指示信息，指示具有CSI测量结果的波束。
S860，终端设备在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一邻区的CSI测量结果。
对应的，第二网络设备在第二小区上接收来自终端设备的第一邻区的CSI测量结果。
可选的，被发送的第一邻区的CSI测量结果为处于有效期内的测量结果，当第一邻区的CSI测量结果不处于有效期内时，终端设备可以不发送该测量结果。
根据本申请的技术方案，通过第一网络设备配置测量资源与邻区的关系，使得终端设备在进行小区切换前可确定需测量邻区CSI的波束，并在切换后向新小区主动上报，有助于减小波束指示的时延。
可以理解的是，为了实现上述实施例中功能，网络设备和终端设备包括了执行各个功能相应的硬件结构和/或软件模块。本领域技术人员应该很容易意识到，结合本申请中所公开的实施例描述的各示例的单元及方法步骤，本申请能够以硬件或硬件和计算机软件相结合的形式来实现。某个功能究竟以硬件还是计算机软件驱动硬件的方式来执行，取决于技术方案的特定应用场景和设计约束条件。
图9和图10为本申请的实施例提供的可能的通信装置的结构示意图。这些通信装置可以用于实现上述方法实施例中终端设备或网络设备的功能，因此也能实现上述方法实施例所具备的有益效果。在本申请的实施例中，该通信装置可以是如图1所示的终端102至104中的一个，也可以是如图1所示的网络设备101，还可以是应用于终端或网络设备的模块(如芯片)。
如图9所示，通信装置900包括处理单元910和收发单元920，收发单元920可以具体包括接收单元和发送单元，分别用于实现接收和发送功能，处理单元910用于实现其他功能。通信装置900用于实现上述图4、图6和图8中所示的方法实施例中终端设备或网络设备的功能。
当通信装置900用于实现图4所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时：处理单元910，用于在第一小区上确定第一信道状态信息参考信号RS测量结果，第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区，第一RS测量结果属于至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集；处理单元910还用于，将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区；收发单元920，用于在第二小区上向第二网络设备发送第一RS测量结果。
可选的，收发单元920还用于接收来自第一网络设备的切换指示信息；处理单元910具体用于根据切换指示信息在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果。
可选的，收发单元920还用于接收来自第一网络设备的至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息；处理单元910具体用于根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果在第一小区上确定第二RS测量结果，第二RS测量结果为至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集，根据切换指示信息和第二RS测量结果确定第一RS测量结果，第一RS测量结果为第二RS测量结果的子集。
可选的，处理单元910还用于根据终端设备的能力信息确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量；或者，根据预配置信息确定第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量。
可选的，处理单元910还用于在至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长内根据至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在第一小区上进行测量得到至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。
可选的，处理单元910还用于在第二RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第二RS测量结果；或者，终端设备在第一RS测量结果的有效时长内保存第一RS测量结果。
当通信装置900用于实现图4所示的方法实施例中第一网络设备的功能时：处理单元910，用于确定至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息；收发单元920，用于在第一小区上发送至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息。
可选的，收发单元920还用于向终端设备发送切换指示信息，切换指示信息用于指示终端设备将服务小区由第一小区切换为第二小区。
有关上述处理单元910和收发单元920更详细的描述可以参考图4所示的方法实施例中相关描述。
如图10所示，通信装置1000包括处理器1010和接口电路1020。处理器1010和接口电路1020之间相互耦合。可以理解的是，接口电路1020可以为收发器或输入输出接口，其中，收发器可以具体包括接收器和发送器，分别用于实现接收和发送功能。可选的，通信装置1000还可以包括存储器1030，用于存储处理器1010执行的指令或存储处理器1010运行指令所需要的输入数据或存储处理器1010运行指令后产生的数据。
当通信装置1000用于实现图4所示的方法时，处理器1010用于实现上述处理单元910的功能，接口电路1020用于实现上述收发单元920的功能。
当上述通信装置为应用于终端的芯片时，该终端芯片实现上述方法实施例中终端的功能。该终端芯片从终端中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)接收信息，该信息是网络设备发送给终端的；或者，该终端芯片向终端中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)发送信息，该信息是终端发送给网络设备的。
当上述通信装置为应用于网络设备的模块时，该网络设备模块实现上述方法实施例中网络设备的功能。该网络设备模块从网络设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)接收信息，该信息是终端发送给网络设备的；或者，该网络设备模块向网络设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)发送信息，该信息是网络设备发送给终端的。这里的网络设备模块可以是网络设备的基带芯片，也可以是DU或其他模块，这里的DU可以是开放式无线接入网(open radio access network，O-RAN)架构下的DU。
可以理解的是，本申请的实施例中的处理器可以是中央处理单元(central processing unit，CPU)，还可以是其它通用处理器、数字信号处理器(digital signal processor，DSP)、专用集成电路(application specific integrated circuit，ASIC)、现场可编程门阵列(field programmable gate array，FPGA)或者其它可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件，硬件部件或者其任意组合。通用处理器可以是微处理器，也可以是任何常规的处理器。
本申请的实施例中的方法步骤可以在硬件中实现，也可以在可由处理器执行的软件指令中实现。软件指令可以由相应的软件模块组成，软件模块可以被存放于随机存取存储器、闪存、只读存储器、可编程只读存储器、可擦除可编程只读存储器、电可擦除可编程只读存储器、寄存器、硬盘、移动硬盘、只读光盘(compact disc read-only memory，CD-ROM)或者本领域熟知的任何其它形式的存储介质中。一种示例性的存储介质耦合至处理器，从而使处理器能够从该存储介质读取信息，且可向该存储介质写入信息。存储介质也可以是处理器的组成部分。处理器和存储介质可以位于ASIC中。另外，该ASIC可以位于网络设备或终端中。处理器和存储介质也可以作为分立组件存在于网络设备或终端中。
在上述实施例中，可以全部或部分地通过软件、硬件、固件或者其任意组合来实现。当使用软件实现时，可以全部或部分地以计算机程序产品的形式实现。所述计算机程序产品包括一个或多个计算机程序或指令。在计算机上加载和执行所述计算机程序或指令时，全部或部分地执行本申请实施例所述的流程或功能。所述计算机可以是通用计算机、专用计算机、计算机网络、网络设备、用户设备或者其它可编程装置。所述计算机程序或指令可以存储在计算机可读存储介质中，或者从一个计算机可读存储介质向另一个计算机可读存储介质传输，例如，所述计算机程序或指令可以从一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心通过有线或无线方式向另一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心进行传输。所述计算机可读存储介质可以是计算机能够存取的任何可用介质或者是集成一个或多个可用介质的服务器、数据中心等数据存储设备。所述可用介质可以是磁性介质，例如，软盘、硬盘、磁带；也可以是光介质，例如，数字视频光盘；还可以是半导体介质，例如，固态硬盘。该计算机可读存储介质可以是易失性或非易失性存储介质，或可包括易失性和非易失性两种类型的存储介质。
在本申请的各个实施例中，如果没有特殊说明以及逻辑冲突，不同的实施例之间的术语和/或描述具有一致性、且可以相互引用，不同的实施例中的技术特征根据其内在的逻辑关系可以组合形成新的实施例。
本申请中，“至少一个”是指一个或者多个，“多个”是指两个或两个以上。“和/或”，描述关联对象的关联关系，表示可以存在三种关系，例如，A和/或B，可以表示：单独存在A，同时存在A和B，单独存在B的情况，其中A,B可以是单数或者复数。在本申请的文字描述中，字符“/”，一般表示前后关联对象是一种“或”的关系；在本申请的公式中，字符“/”，表示前后关联对象是一种“相除”的关系。“包括A，B和C中的至少一个”可以表示：包括A；包括B；包括C；包括A和B；包括A和C；包括B和C；包括A、B和C。
可以理解的是，在本申请的实施例中涉及的各种数字编号仅为描述方便进行的区分，并不用来限制本申请的实施例的范围。上述各过程的序号的大小并不意味着执行顺序的先后，各过程的执行顺序应以其功能和内在逻辑确定。

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  1. 一种传输测量结果的方法，其特征在于，包括：
    终端设备在第一小区上确定第一参考信号RS测量结果，所述第一小区为终端设备当前的服务小区，所述第一RS测量结果属于至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集；
    所述终端设备将服务小区由所述第一小区切换为第二小区，在所述第二小区上发送所述第一RS测量结果。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其特征在于，所述终端设备将服务小区由所述第一小区切换为第二小区，包括：
    所述终端设备接收切换指示信息；
    所述终端设备根据所述切换指示信息将服务小区由所述第一小区切换为所述第二小区。
  3. 根据权利要求2所述的方法，其特征在于，所述终端设备在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果，包括：
    所述终端设备根据所述切换指示信息在所述第一小区上确定所述第一RS测量结果。
  4. 根据权利要求2所述的方法，其特征在于，在所述终端设备在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果之前，所述方法还包括：
    所述终端设备接收至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息；
    所述终端设备根据所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在所述第一小区上进行测量得到所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果；
    所述终端设备在第一小区上确定第一RS测量结果，包括：
    所述终端设备根据所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果在所述第一小区上确定第二RS测量结果，所述第二RS测量结果为所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集；
    所述终端设备根据所述切换指示信息和所述第二RS测量结果确定所述第一RS测量结果，所述第一RS测量结果为所述第二RS测量结果的子集。
  5. 根据权利要求1至4中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息包括以下至少一种：
    与所述至少一个候选邻区的RS相关联的同步信号块SSB的索引、所述至少一个候选邻区的RS相对于所述至少一个候选邻区的SSB的功率偏移、所述至少一个候选邻区的RS的加扰标识、所述至少一个候选邻区的RS的带宽、所述至少一个候选邻区的RS的频域位置、或者所述至少一个候选邻区的RS的时域位置。
  6. 根据权利要求4所述的方法，其特征在于，所述终端设备确定第二RS测量结果，包括：
    所述终端设备根据所述终端设备的能力信息确定所述第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量；或者，
    所述终端设备根据预配置信息确定所述第二RS测量结果所关联小区的数量。
  7. 根据权利要求4所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第二RS测量结果为所述至少一个候选邻区RS测量结果中大于第一阈值的一个或多个RS测量结果；或者，
    所述第二RS测量结果为所述至少一个候选邻区RS测量结果中质量值由大到小顺序排列的前N个RS测量结果，所述N为正整数。
  8. 根据权利要求4至7中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述终端设备根据所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在所述第一小区上进行测量得到所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果，包括：
    所述终端设备在所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长内根据所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息在所述第一小区上进行测量得到所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果。
  9. 根据权利要求8所述的方法，其特征在于，所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的起始时刻为接收到所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的时刻，
    所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息之后的第X个时隙，所述X为正整数；或者，
    所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息之后的第Y个毫秒，所述Y为正整数；或者，
    所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的有效时长的终止时刻为接收到重配置的所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息的时刻。
  10. 根据权利要求4至9中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    所述终端设备在所述第一RS测量结果的有效时长内保存所述第一RS测量结果。
  11. 根据权利要求10所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一RS测量结果的有效时长的起始时刻为所述终端设备的服务小区由所述第一小区切换为所述第二小区的时刻，
    所述第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到所述第一RS测量结果之后的第M个时隙，所述M为正整数；或者，
    所述第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为得到所述第一RS测量结果之后的第N个毫秒，所述N为正整数；或者，
    所述第一RS测量结果的有效时长的终止时刻为重新进行RS测量的时刻。
  12. 一种传输测量结果的方法，其特征在于，包括：
    第一网络设备在第一小区上发送至少一个候选邻区的信道状态信息参考信号RS测量配置信息；
    终端设备在所述第一小区上根据所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息确定第一RS测量结果，所述第一小区为所述终端设备当前的服务小区；
    所述终端设备将服务小区由所述第一小区切换为第二小区，在所述第二小区上向第二网络设备发送所述第一RS测量结果。
  13. 根据权利要求12所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    所述第一网络设备向所述终端设备发送切换指示信息，所述切换指示信息用于指示所述终端设备将服务小区由所述第一小区切换为所述第二小区，
    所述终端设备在所述第一小区上根据所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息确定第一RS测量结果，包括：
    所述终端设备根据所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量配置信息确定第二RS测量结果，所述第二RS测量结果为所述至少一个候选邻区的RS测量结果的子集；
    所述终端设备根据所述切换指示信息和所述第二RS测量结果确定所述第一RS测量结果，所述第一RS测量结果为所述第二RS测量结果的子集。
  14. 一种通信装置，其特征在于，包括处理器，用于执行存储器中存储的计算机程序或指令，使得所述通信装置执行如权利要求1至11中任一项所述的方法。
  15. 根据权利要求14所述的通信装置，其特征在于，所述通信装置还包括所述存储器，用于存储所述计算机程序或指令。
  16. 一种计算机可读存储介质，其特征在于，其上存储有计算机程序或指令，所述计算机程序或指令被通信装置执行时，使得如权利要求1至11中任一项所述方法被执行。
  17. 一种芯片系统，其特征在于，包括：处理器，用于从存储器中调用并运行计算机程序或指令，使得安装有所述芯片系统的通信装置实现如权利要求1至11中任一项所述的方法。
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