Patent Description:
The long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system introduces a carrier aggregation technology and a fast carrier activation and deactivation function. A method in LTE for fast carrier activation and deactivation is: A network-side device indicates, in a system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB5) and/or an RRC connection release (RRC Connection Release) message, measurement configuration information for a terminal in a non-connected state (which may be an idle state (idle state) or an inactive state (inactive state)). The network-side device indicates, in a system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB2), that the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. When the terminal determines presence of a non-connected-state measurement result and the SIB2 indicates that the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, the terminal reports to the network-side device that a non-connected-state measurement result is available. The network-side device can quickly configure and activate a carrier for the terminal based on the non-connected-state measurement result that is reported by the terminal.

However, in some cases, the network-side device indicates to the terminal the measurement configuration information for a non-connected state but the SIB2 does not contain the above indication information, or the SIB2 indicates that the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, but no relevant solution is available for how the terminal should control a terminal behavior. This may cause the terminal to be unable to control the terminal behavior, making communications performance relatively poor. 3GPP contribution from <NPL>.

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a measurement control method, a terminal, and a network-side device to resolve a problem of relatively poor communications performance because a terminal is unable to control a terminal behavior in the foregoing cases. The scope of the present invention is determined only by the scope of the appended claims.

To resolve the foregoing technical problem, this disclosure is implemented as follows:
In one aspect, the present invention provides a measurement control method according to claim <NUM> and further detailed in the dependent claims referring back to this claim. A corresponding terminal is provided in claim <NUM>.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a measurement control method according to claim <NUM> and further detailed in the dependent claims referring back to this claim. A corresponding base station is provided in claim <NUM>.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium according to claim <NUM>.

In this way, in the embodiments of this disclosure, the network-side device sends a system message to the terminal, so that the terminal can control the measurement configuration information, measurement validity timer, measurement behavior, or measurement result based on the system message. Because the terminal can control the terminal behavior, communications performance of a communications system can be improved.

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this disclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments of this disclosure. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of this disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of this disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are some rather than all of the embodiments of this disclosure. Based on the embodiments of this disclosure, all other embodiments derived by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of this disclosure.

In the specification and claims of this disclosure, the term "include" and any other variants thereof are intended to cover the non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, a method, a system, a product, or a device that includes a list of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those expressly listed steps or units, but may include other steps or units not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, system, product, or device. In addition, "and/or" used in the specification and claims represents at least one of the associated objects. For example, A and/or B may represent the following three cases: only A, both A and B, and only B.

In the embodiments of this disclosure, terms, such as "illustrative" or "for example", are used to indicate an example, an illustration, or an explanation. Any embodiment or design scheme described by "illustrative" or "for example" in the embodiments of this disclosure should not be explained as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. To be precise, the terms, such as "illustrative" or "for example", are intended to present a related concept in a specific manner.

The following introduces the embodiments of this disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. The measurement control method, terminal, and network-side device according to the embodiments of this disclosure may be applied in a wireless communications system. The wireless communications system may be a <NUM> system, an evolved long term evolution (Evolved Long Term Evolution, eLTE) system, or a later evolved communications system.

<FIG> is a structural diagram of a measurement system according to an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the measurement system includes a terminal (User Equipment, UE) <NUM> and a network-side device <NUM>. The terminal <NUM> may be a mobile communications terminal, for example, a terminal-side device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA for short), a mobile internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), or a wearable device (Wearable Device). It should be noted that the terminal <NUM> is not limited to any specific type in this embodiment of this disclosure. The network-side device <NUM> may be a <NUM> network-side device (for example, a next generation node base station (next generation node base station, gNB) or a <NUM> new radio node base station (<NUM> new radio node base station, <NUM> NR NB)), a <NUM> network-side device (for example, an evolved node base station (evolved node base station, eNB)), a <NUM> network-side device (for example, a node base station (node base station, NB)), a network-side device in a later evolved communications system, or the like. It should be noted that the network-side device <NUM> is not limited to any specific type in this embodiment of this disclosure.

In the eLTE and <NUM> NR systems, in addition to a connected state and an idle state, an independent Radio Resource Control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) state called inactive state is further introduced. The idle state and inactive state can be referred to as non-connected states herein. Therefore, the embodiments of this disclosure can be applied to idle-state or inactive-state terminals in an eLTE or <NUM> NR system.

At present, the LTE enhanced carrier aggregation (Enhancing CA Utilization, EuCA) project is working on an enhancement to carrier aggregation and has introduced a fast activation and deactivation function. Fast activation and deactivation may refer to fast activation and deactivation of carriers that is applicable to eLTE or <NUM> NR systems, fast activation and deactivation of secondary cells (Secondary Cell, SCell) that is applicable to eLTE or <NUM> NR systems, or fast activation and deactivation of bandwidth parts (Bandwidth Part, BWP) that is applicable to <NUM> NR systems.

Currently, the following method is provided for fast activation and deactivation of carriers.

A network-side device indicates, in a system broadcast message system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIBS) and/or an RRC connection release (RRC Connection Release) message, a measurement configuration for a terminal in an idle state and/or an inactive state. The network-side device indicates, in a system broadcast message system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB2), that the network-side device is capable of receiving an idle-state and/or an inactive-state measurement result of the terminal. When the terminal determines presence of an idle-state or inactive-state measurement result and the system broadcast message SIB2 indicates that the network-side device is capable of receiving an idle-state and/or an inactive-state measurement result of the terminal, the terminal reports to the network-side device that an idle-state or inactive-state measurement result is available. The network-side device quickly configures and activates a carrier for the terminal based on the idle-state or inactive-state measurement result that is reported by the terminal.

However, the foregoing method for fast activation and deactivation of carriers does not provide a technical solution how the terminal should control a terminal behavior when the network-side device indicates to the terminal the measurement configuration information for a non-connected state but the SIB2 does not contain the above indication information, or the SIB2 indicates that the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal.

Based on this, the embodiments of this disclosure are intended to provide a measurement control system shown in <FIG> and provide a measurement control method applied to the measurement control system. Details are as follows.

In a case that a terminal is configured with measurement configuration information for a non-connected state, the terminal obtains a first system message sent by a network-side device. The terminal controls at least one of the measurement configuration information, a measurement validity timer, a measurement behavior, and a measurement result based on the first system message.

The first system message may meet, but is not limited to meeting, any one of the following conditions:.

<FIG> is a flowchart of a measurement control method according to an embodiment of this disclosure.

The measurement control method according to this embodiment of this disclosure is applied to a terminal, and the terminal is configured with measurement configuration information for a non-connected state.

In this embodiment of this disclosure, the terminal may be understood as a terminal that has a measurement capability in a non-connected state. In a <NUM> NR system, for example, a non-connected state of a terminal may be an idle state or an inactive state. The terminal is a terminal that has a measurement capability in an idle state and/or an inactive state. Before the terminal changes to a network-side device B (the network-side device in the embodiments of this disclosure may be understood as the network-side device B) from a network-side device A, the terminal is configured with measurement configuration information for an idle state and/or an inactive state, where the measurement configuration information may be configured by the network-side device for the terminal through an SIBS and/or an RRC Connection Release.

As shown in <FIG>, the measurement control method includes steps <NUM> and202.

Step <NUM>: Obtain a first system message sent by the network-side device.

In this step, the terminal can obtain the first system message sent by the network-side device.

The first system message sent by the network-side device may meet, but is not limited to meeting, any one of the following conditions:.

In this embodiment of this disclosure, the first system message may be a system broadcast message sent by the network-side device to the terminal through broadcasting, such as an SIB2 or remaining minimum system information (Remaining Minimum System Information, RMSI).

Step <NUM>: Control at least one of the measurement configuration information, a measurement validity timer, a measurement behavior, and a measurement result based on the first system message.

In this step, in a case that the terminal has received the first system message sent by the network-side device, if the first system message meets any one of the foregoing conditions, the terminal may control at least one of these terminal behaviors: the measurement configuration information, measurement validity timer, measurement behavior, and measurement result.

The following describes in detail, through the following embodiments, how the terminal controls the foregoing terminal behaviors.

Embodiment <NUM>: The terminal may control the measurement configuration information.

In this embodiment, the measurement configuration information may include at least one of a measurement duration, a measured frequency, a measured bandwidth (Bandwidth) or bandwidth part (Bandwidth part), a valid measurement area or target measurement area, a measurement type, and a measurement report threshold.

The valid measurement area may include, for example, a cell ID list, a physical cell ID (Physical Cell Identity, PCI) list, a radio access network notification area (RAN Notification Area, RNA) ID list or a subset thereof, and a core network tracking area (Tracking Area, TA) ID list or a subset thereof.

The target measurement area may include, for example, a cell ID list, a PCI LIST, an RNA ID list or a subset thereof, and a TA ID list or a subset thereof.

The measurement type may include, for example, any one or combination of reference signal received power (Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP), reference signal received quality (Reference Signal Received Quality, RSRQ), and signal to interference plus noise ratio (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio, SINR).

The measurement report threshold may include any one or combination of an RSRP-based threshold, an RSRQ threshold, and an SINR threshold.

In this embodiment, the controlling the measurement configuration information by the terminal may include but is not limited to any one of the following:.

In this embodiment, a current cell does not support a carrier aggregation enhancement function or a fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. Therefore, the terminal can directly release the measurement configuration information to stop a measurement behavior that is based on the measurement configuration information, thereby saving power consumption of the terminal.

In addition, in consideration of system message changes, after a period of time after the system message indicates that the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, the network-side device may change the indication through a system message, for example, the system message indicates that the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. For another example, in consideration of mobility of the terminal, although the current cell does not support the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, a neighboring cell may support the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in a neighboring cell, a network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. Therefore, the terminal may retain the measurement configuration information, allowing the terminal to report a current available measurement result without the need for the network-side device to reconfigure the measurement configuration information when the system message changes, or when the terminal moves to a cell that supports the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or when the terminal moves to a cell in which a network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, so as to shorten an entire measurement report time and help the network-side device perform fast carrier activation.

In this embodiment, if the terminal has an available measurement result while the terminal retains the measurement configuration information, the terminal can also release the available measurement result to simplify a measurement report behavior of the terminal because in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal.

The measurement result may include any one of the following:.

Embodiment <NUM>: The terminal may control a measurement validity timer that is running.

In this embodiment, the controlling a measurement validity timer that is running by the terminal may include but is not limited to any one of the following:.

In this embodiment, a current cell does not support a carrier aggregation enhancement function or a fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. Therefore, the terminal can consider the measurement validity timer to have expired, stop the measurement validity timer, or suspend the measurement validity timer, so as to stop a measurement behavior that is based on the measurement configuration information, thereby saving power consumption of the terminal.

That the terminal considers the measurement validity timer to have expired may be understood as that the terminal can ignore the measurement validity timer even if the measurement validity timer is running, or the terminal does not respond to the measurement validity timer even if the measurement validity timer is running, or the terminal abandons the measurement validity timer that is running.

In addition, in consideration of system message changes, after a period of time after the system message indicates that the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, the network-side device may change the indication through a system message, for example, the system message indicates that the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. For another example, in consideration of mobility of the terminal, although the current cell does not support the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, a neighboring cell may support the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in a neighboring cell, a network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. Therefore, the terminal may suspend the measurement validity timer, allowing the terminal to continue to run the measurement validity timer and report a current available measurement result without the need for the network-side device to reconfigure the measurement timer when the system message changes, or when the terminal moves to a cell that supports the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or when the terminal moves to a cell in which the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, so as to shorten an entire measurement report time and help the network-side device perform fast carrier activation.

Specifically, in a case that the terminal has suspended the measurement validity timer that is running, if the terminal obtains a second system message sent by the network-side device, the terminal may continue to run the suspended measurement validity timer.

The second system message contains fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, or is used to indicate that a cell supports a carrier aggregation enhancement function or a fast carrier activation and deactivation function.

Embodiment <NUM>: The terminal may control an ongoing measurement behavior.

In this embodiment, the controlling an ongoing measurement behavior by the terminal may include but is not limited to any one of the following:.

In this embodiment, a current cell does not support a carrier aggregation enhancement function or a fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. Therefore, the terminal can directly stop the measurement behavior of the terminal in the current non-connected state to save power consumption of the terminal.

In addition, considering that the measurement behavior of the terminal is a control based on the measurement duration of the terminal, the terminal may continue the measurement in the current non-connected state until the measurement validity timer that the terminal is running expires.

Embodiment <NUM>: The terminal may control a measurement result.

In this embodiment, the controlling a measurement result by the terminal may include but is not limited to any one of the following:.

In this embodiment, a current cell does not support a carrier aggregation enhancement function or a fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. Therefore, the terminal can release the current non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, so as to simplify a measurement report behavior of the terminal.

In addition, in consideration of system message changes, after a period of time after the system message indicates that the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, the network-side device may change the indication through a system message, for example, the system message indicates that the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. For another example, in consideration of mobility of the terminal, although the current cell does not support the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in the current cell, the network-side device is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, a neighboring cell may support the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or in a neighboring cell, a network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal. Therefore, the terminal may retain a non-connected-state measurement result, allowing the terminal to report the non-connected-state measurement result to the network-side device when the system message changes, or when the terminal moves to a cell that supports the carrier aggregation enhancement function or fast carrier activation and deactivation function, or when the terminal moves to a cell in which the network-side device is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal, so as to shorten an entire measurement report time and help the network-side device perform fast carrier activation.

In this way, in this embodiment of this disclosure, the network-side device sends a system message to the terminal, so that the terminal can control the measurement configuration information, measurement validity timer, measurement behavior, or measurement result based on the system message. Because the terminal can control the terminal behavior, communications performance of a communications system can be improved.

<FIG> is a flowchart of another measurement control method according to an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the measurement control method is applied to a network-side device and includes the following steps.

Step <NUM>: Send a first system message to a terminal, where the terminal is configured with measurement configuration information for a non-connected state, and the first system message is used for the terminal to control at least one of the measurement configuration information, a measurement validity timer, a measurement behavior, and a measurement result.

Optionally, the first system message meets any one of the following conditions:.

Optionally, the measurement control method further includes:
sending a second system message to the terminal, where in a case that the terminal has suspended the measurement validity timer, the second system message is used for the terminal to continue to run the measurement validity timer.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information includes at least one of a measurement duration, a measured frequency, a measured bandwidth or bandwidth part, a valid measurement area or target measurement area, a measurement type, and a measurement report threshold.

Optionally, the non-connected state includes at least one of an idle state and an inactive state.

It should be noted that for specific implementations of this embodiment of this disclosure as an embodiment of the network-side device corresponding to the embodiment shown in <FIG>, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions about the embodiment shown in <FIG>, and the same beneficial effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

<FIG> is a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the terminal <NUM> includes:.

Optionally, the control module <NUM> is specifically configured to control the measurement configuration information, including:.

Optionally, the control module <NUM> is specifically configured to control the measurement validity timer, including:.

Optionally, as shown in <FIG>, in a case that the control module <NUM> is configured to suspend the measurement validity timer, the terminal <NUM> further includes:.

Optionally, the control module <NUM> is specifically configured to control the measurement behavior, including:.

Optionally, the control module <NUM> is specifically configured to control the measurement result, including:.

It should be noted that the terminal <NUM> in this embodiment of this disclosure may be a terminal in any implementation of the method embodiments. Any implementation of the terminal in the method embodiments can be implemented by the terminal <NUM> in this embodiment of this disclosure, and the same beneficial effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

Referring to <FIG> is a structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the network-side device <NUM> includes:
a first sending module <NUM>, configured to send a first system message to a terminal, where the terminal is configured with measurement configuration information for a non-connected state, and the first system message is used for the terminal to control at least one of the measurement configuration information, a measurement validity timer, a measurement behavior, and a measurement result.

Optionally, as shown in <FIG>, the network-side device <NUM> further includes:
a second sending module <NUM>, configured to send a second system message to the terminal, where in a case that the terminal has suspended the measurement validity timer, the second system message is used for the terminal to continue to run the measurement validity timer.

It should be noted that the network-side device <NUM> in this embodiment of this disclosure may be a network-side device in any implementation of the method embodiments. Any implementation of the network-side device in the method embodiments can be implemented by the network-side device <NUM> in this embodiment of this disclosure, and the same beneficial effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

Referring <FIG> is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal that implements the embodiments of this disclosure. The terminal <NUM> includes but is not limited to components such as a radio frequency unit <NUM>, a network module <NUM>, an audio output unit <NUM>, an input unit <NUM>, a sensor <NUM>, a display unit <NUM>, a user input unit <NUM>, an interface unit <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, a processor <NUM>, and a power supply <NUM>. A person skilled in the art can understand that the structure of UE shown in <FIG> does not constitute any limitation on the UE, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than those shown in the figure, or a combination of some of the components, or a different arrangement of the components. In the embodiments of this disclosure, the terminal includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, an in-vehicle terminal, a wearable device, or a pedometer.

The terminal is configured with measurement configuration information for a non-connected state. The processor <NUM> is configured to:.

Optionally, controlling the measurement configuration information by the processor <NUM> includes:.

Optionally, controlling the measurement validity timer by the processor <NUM> includes:.

Optionally, in a case that the processor <NUM> has suspended the measurement validity timer, the processor <NUM> is further configured to:.

Optionally, controlling the measurement behavior by the processor <NUM> includes:.

Optionally, controlling the measurement result by the processor <NUM> includes:.

In this embodiment of this disclosure, the network-side device sends a system message to the terminal, so that the terminal can control the measurement configuration information, measurement validity timer, measurement behavior, or measurement result based on the system message. Because the terminal can control the terminal behavior, communications performance of a communications system can be improved.

It should be understood that in this embodiment of this disclosure, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may be configured to receive and send signals during an information receiving and sending process or a call process. Specifically, the radio frequency unit <NUM> receives downlink data from a base station and delivers the downlink data to the processor <NUM> for processing; and in addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> sends uplink data to the base station. Typically, the radio frequency unit <NUM> includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may further communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides wireless broadband internet access for a user by using the network module <NUM> and helps the user to, for example, send or receive an email, browse a webpage, or access streaming media.

The audio output unit <NUM> may convert audio data that is received by the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM> or that is stored in the memory <NUM> into an audio signal and outputs the audio signal as a sound. In addition, the audio output unit <NUM> may further provide audio output related to a specific function (for example, a call signal received sound and a message received sound) executed by the terminal <NUM>. The audio output unit <NUM> includes a loudspeaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit <NUM> is configured to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit <NUM> may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) <NUM> and a microphone <NUM>. The graphics processing unit <NUM> processes image data in a static picture or video obtained by an image capturing apparatus (for example, a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. A processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit <NUM>. The image frame obtained after processing by the graphics processing unit <NUM> may be stored in the memory <NUM> (or other storage media) or sent by the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM>. The microphone <NUM> may receive a sound and is capable of processing the sound as audio data. The processed audio data may be converted, in a phone service mode, into a format that can be sent by the radio frequency <NUM> to a mobile communication base station.

The terminal <NUM> may further include at least one sensor <NUM>, for example, a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor. The ambient light sensor may adjust luminance of a display panel <NUM> based on brightness of ambient light, and the proximity sensor may turn off the display panel <NUM> and backlighting when the terminal <NUM> moves to an ear. As a type of motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor can detect a value of an acceleration in each direction (usually, there are three axes), can detect a magnitude and a direction of gravity when the terminal is static, and may be configured for terminal posture recognition (for example, screen switching between landscape and portrait, a related game, and magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (for example, pedometer and knocking), and the like. The sensor <NUM> may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, or the like.

The user input unit <NUM> may be configured to receive input digit or character information, and generate a key signal input related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit <NUM> may include a touch control panel <NUM> and other input devices <NUM>. The touch panel <NUM>, also referred to as a touchscreen, may capture a touch operation of a user on or near the touch panel <NUM> (for example, an operation performed by the user by using any appropriate object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus on the touch panel <NUM> or near the touch panel <NUM>). The touch panel 8071may include two parts: a touch detection apparatus and a touch controller. The touch detection apparatus detects a touch orientation of the user, detects a signal brought by the touch operation, and transfers the signal to the touch controller. The touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection apparatus, converts the touch information into touch coordinates, and transmits the touch coordinates to the processor <NUM>, and receives and executes a command sent by the processor <NUM>. In addition, the touch panel <NUM> may be implemented in various types, for example, a resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave touch panel. The user input unit <NUM> may include other input devices <NUM> in addition to the touch panel <NUM>. Specifically, the other input devices <NUM> may include but are not limited to a physical keyboard, a function key (such as a volume control key or a power on/off key), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, or the like.

Further, the touch panel <NUM> may cover the display panel <NUM>. After detecting a touch operation on or near the touch panel <NUM>, the touch panel <NUM> transfers the touch operation to the processor <NUM> for determining a touch event type. Subsequently, the processor <NUM> provides corresponding visual output on the display panel <NUM> based on the touch event type. In <FIG>, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> are used as two separate components to implement input and output functions of the terminal. However, in some embodiments, the touch panel <NUM> may be integrated with the display panel <NUM> to implement the input and output functions of the terminal. This is not specifically limited herein.

The interface unit <NUM> is an interface for an external apparatus to connect to the terminal <NUM>. For example, the external apparatus may include a wired or wireless headphone port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting an apparatus having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit <NUM> may be configured to receive input (such as data information and electricity) from the external apparatus and transmits the received input to one or more elements in the terminal <NUM> or may be configured to transmit data between the terminal <NUM> and the external apparatus.

The memory <NUM> may be configured to store software programs and various types of data. The memory <NUM> may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound play function and an image play function), and the like. The data storage area may store data created based on use of the mobile phone (such as audio data and a phone book), and the like. In addition, the memory <NUM> may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory such as at least one disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The processor <NUM> is a control center of the terminal that connects various parts of the entire terminal by using various interfaces or lines. The processor <NUM> performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory <NUM> and calling data stored in the memory <NUM>, so as to perform overall monitoring on the terminal. The processor <NUM> may include one or more processing units. Optionally, an application processor and a modem processor may be integrated into the processor <NUM>. The application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, application program, and the like. The modem processor mainly processes wireless communication. It can be understood that the modem processor may alternatively not be integrated into the processor <NUM>.

The terminal <NUM> may further include the power supply <NUM> (for example, a battery) that supplies power to the components. Optionally, the power supply <NUM> may be logically connected to the processor <NUM> through a power supply management system. In this way, functions such as charging management, discharging management, and power consumption management are implemented by the power supply management system.

In addition, the terminal <NUM> includes some function modules that are not shown.

Optionally, an embodiment of this disclosure further provides a terminal, including: a processor <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, and a computer program stored in the memory <NUM> and capable of running on the processor <NUM>. When the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, the procedures in the foregoing embodiments of the measurement control method are implemented, with the same technical effect achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

Referring to <FIG> is a structural diagram of another network-side device according to an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, the network-side device <NUM> includes a processor <NUM>, a transceiver <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, and a bus interface.

The transceiver <NUM> is configured to:
send a first system message to a terminal, where the terminal is configured with measurement configuration information for a non-connected state, and the first system message is used for the terminal to control at least one of the measurement configuration information, a measurement validity timer, a measurement behavior, and a measurement result.

Optionally, the transceiver <NUM> is further configured to:
send a second system message to the terminal, where in a case that the terminal has suspended the measurement validity timer, the second system message is used for the terminal to continue to run the measurement validity timer.

In <FIG>, a bus architecture may include any quantity of interconnected buses and bridges that are specifically connected by using various circuits of one or more processors represented by the processor <NUM> and a memory represented by the memory <NUM>. The bus architecture may further connect various other circuits such as peripheral device, voltage stabilizer, and power management circuits. These are well known in the art, and therefore are not further described in this specification. The bus interface provides interfaces. The transceiver <NUM> may be a plurality of components, including a transmitter and a receiver, and provides units for communicating with various other apparatuses on a transmission medium. For different user equipments, the bus interface may further include interfaces capable of connecting necessary external and internal devices. The devices connected include but are not limited to a keypad, a display, a loudspeaker, a microphone, and a joystick.

The processor <NUM> is responsible for management of the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory <NUM> may store data for use by the processor <NUM> during an operation.

It should be noted that the network-side device <NUM> in this embodiment may be a network-side device in any implementation of the method embodiments of this disclosure. Any implementation of the network-side device in the method embodiments of this disclosure can be implemented by the network-side device <NUM> in this embodiment, and the same beneficial effect can be achieved.

An embodiment of this disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the procedures in the foregoing embodiments of the measurement control method corresponding to a network-side device or a terminal are implemented with the same technical effect achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again. The computer-readable storage medium may be a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM for short), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM for short), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

It should be noted that in this specification, the terms "include", "comprise", or any of their variants are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, a method, an article, or an apparatus that includes a list of elements not only includes those elements but also includes other elements which are not expressly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. In absence of more constraints, an element preceded by "includes a. " does not preclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element.

According to the foregoing description of the implementations, a person skilled in the art may clearly understand that the method in the foregoing embodiments may be implemented by using software in combination with a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly may alternatively be implemented by using hardware, while the former is a more preferred implementation in most cases. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of this disclosure essentially, or the part contributing to the prior art may be implemented in a form of a software product. The software product is stored in a storage medium (such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disc), and includes several instructions for instructing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a personal computer, a server, an air conditioner, a network device, or the like) to perform the methods described in the embodiments of this disclosure.

Claim 1:
A measurement control method, performed by a terminal, wherein the terminal is configured with measurement configuration information in a non-connected state, and the non-connected state comprises an idle state and/or an inactive state, and the measurement control method comprises:
obtaining a first system message sent by a base station, wherein the first system message is an SIB2 message; and
performing at least one of following:
controlling the measurement configuration information based on the first system message;
controlling a measurement validity timer based on the first system message;
stopping measurement by the terminal in a current non-connected state based on the first system message; and
controlling a measurement result based on the first system message;
characterized in that the first system message meets any one of the following conditions:
the first system message does not contain first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that the base station is capable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal;
the first system message contains third indication information, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate that the base station is incapable of receiving a non-connected-state measurement result of the terminal.