Patent Description:
In the related art, a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) enhancing carrier aggregation utilization (Enhancing CA Utilization, EuCA) project plans to enhance a carrier aggregation technology, and a rapid activation and deactivation function of a carrier is introduced. To be specific, a method includes the following steps.

A network side device sends measurement configuration information for an idle (IDLE) state to a user equipment (UE) via a system broadcast message system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB5) and/or a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) connection release (RRC Connection Release) message.

Next, the network side device indicates, via a system broadcast message SIB2, that a network side wants to receive a measurement result of the UE in an IDLE state.

When the UE determines that there is the measurement result in the IDLE state and the system broadcast message system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB2) indicates that the network side wants to receive the measurement result of the UE in the IDLE state, the UE reports to a network that the measurement result in the IDLE state is available.

The network side device rapidly configures and activates a carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation, CA) carrier for the UE in accordance with the measurement result in the IDLE state reported by the UE.

In an LTE system, the UE in the IDLE state starts a measurement validity timer and performs the measurement only when the measurement configuration information of the RRC connection release message including a measurement valid time has been received from the network side device, so it is adverse to an acceleration of an activation process of the CA carrier for the terminal.

<NPL>) aims at describing the full functionality of IDLE mode measurements: How UE measures, what does it report, how long that takes and how the UE reports, and addressing any remaining open issues with the features. <NPL>) discusses various mechanisms and proposals to enable UE IDLE mode measurement and quick reporting to assist eNB with quick SCell configuration and activation procedure. <NPL>) discusses the special case in which idle mode measurement can be performed even if validity timer has expired.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, a terminal and a system comprising the terminal and a network side device, so as to solve the problem that it is adverse to the acceleration of the activation process of the CA carrier for the terminal when the UE in the IDLE state starts the measurement validity timer and performs the measurement only upon the receipt of the measurement configuration information of the RRC connection release message including the measurement valid time from the network side device.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is agreed that the terminal in the non-connected state may trigger the unsolicited measurement when the predetermined condition has been met, so the terminal may immediately report the indication indicating that there is the available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to the network side device when entering a connected state. As a result, it is able for the network side device to rapidly configure and activate a CA carrier for the UE in accordance with the measurement result reported by the UE in the non-connected state, thereby to improve the communication efficiency.

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the detailed description of optional embodiments below. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating optional embodiments and are not to be considered as limiting the present disclosure. Moreover, the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same components. In the figures:.

In particular, the embodiments referring to <FIG> are not related to the invention and are present for illustration purposes only. The technical solutions of embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings of embodiments of the present disclosure, apparently, the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present disclosure, but are not all the embodiments. Based on embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments derived by a person of ordinary skill in the art without any creative efforts shall fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms "comprise" in the specification and the claims of the present application and any variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, for example, a process, a method, a system, a product, or a device that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products or devices. In addition, the term "and / or" in the specification and claims indicates at least one of connected objects, for example, A and/or B may represent that, there is only A, there are both A and B, and there is only B.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, terms such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to represent examples, illustrations, or explanations. In embodiments of the present disclosure, any embodiment or design solution described as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as being more preferable or advantageous than other embodiments or design solutions. Rather, use of terms such as "illustrative" or "for example" is intended to present concepts in a concrete manner.

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. A measurement method and a terminal involved in an embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a wireless communications system. The wireless communication system may be a <NUM> system, an evolved long term evolution (Evolved Long Term Evolution, eLTE) system, or a subsequently-evolved communications system.

Referring to <FIG>, architecture of a wireless communications system provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure is illustrated. As shown in <FIG>, the wireless communications system may include a network side device <NUM> and a terminal <NUM>, and the terminal <NUM> may be connected to the network side device <NUM>. In actual use, the devices may be connected to each other in a wireless manner. A solid line is adopted in <FIG>, so as to conveniently and intuitively show a connection relationship between the devices. A communication system comprising a network side device and a terminal, is claimed.

It should be appreciated that, the communications system may include a plurality of terminals <NUM>, and the network side device may communicate with the plurality of terminals <NUM> (for transmission of a signaling or data).

The network side device <NUM> provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure may be a base station. The base station may be a commonly-used base station, an evolved node base station (evolved node base station, eNB), a network side device in a <NUM> system (e.g., a next generation node base station (next generation node base station, gNB) or a transmission and reception point (transmission and reception point, TRP)), a cell, or a network side device in a subsequently-evolved communications system. The names of the base station shall not be construed as limitation.

The terminal <NUM> provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, an ultra-mobile personal computer (Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a netbook, or a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), etc. It should be appreciated that, the names of the terminal shall not be construed as limitation.

Referring to <FIG> is a flow chart of a measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, and the measurement method is performed by a terminal and includes Step <NUM>.

Step <NUM>: in a non-connected state, triggering an unsolicited measurement when a predetermined condition is met. This is claimed.

The so-called automatic measurement may refer to a measurement performed by the terminal unsolicitedly, no matter whether measurement configuration information for the non-connected state has been received in advance from a network side device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is agreed that the terminal in the non-connected state may trigger the unsolicited measurement when the predetermined condition has been met, so the terminal may immediately report an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to the network side device when entering a connected state. As a result, it is able for the network side device to rapidly configure and activate a CA carrier for the UE in accordance with the measurement result reported by the UE in the non-connected state, thereby to improve the communication efficiency.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a wireless communications system where the UE is located is an eLTE system, the UE may be in two states, i.e., an RRC CONNECTED (CONNECTED) state and an RRC IDLE state, and the non-connected state may be the RRC IDLE state. When the wireless communications system where the UE is located is a <NUM> system or a subsequently-evolved communications system, apart from the RRC CONNECTED state and the RRC IDLE state, the UE may also be in an RRC INACTIVE (INACTIVE) state, and the RRC IDLE state and the RRC INACTIVE state may be collectively called as non-connected state.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the predetermined condition may include at least one of the follows.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, capability information about the terminal may be stored in the terminal, and the capability information may be, e.g., information indicating that the terminal has the capability of performing the measurement in the non-connected state, or information indicating that the terminal has a capability of performing the measurement and reporting in the non-connected state.

In a claimed embodiment of the present disclosure, the predetermined uplink service may be an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service, or a service where a <NUM> Quality-of-Service identifier (<NUM> QoS Identifier, 5QI) satisfies a predetermined value. The 5QI is a QoS feature of the service. Generally, the eMBB service may be a service with a relatively large data volume, so it is necessary to transmit the eMBB service in a carrier aggregation mode.

<NUM>) A frequency point of a serving cell or neighboring cell of the terminal is included in a frequency point for carrier aggregation supported by the terminal.

<NUM>) A measurement validity timer of the terminal has expired or stopped, and the measurement validity timer starts after the terminal has received an RRC connection release message.

<NUM>) An RRC reestablishment procedure initiated by the terminal fails and the terminal enters the non-connected state.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a radio link failure (RLF) or a handover failure (HOF) occurs for the terminal in the connected state, a reestablishment procedure may be triggered. When the reestablishment procedure fails, the terminal may enter the idle state, and the measurement in the connected state may be stopped. At this time, the terminal in the idle state may automatically trigger a measurement configuration for the non-connected state before the RLF or an agreed measurement configuration for the non-connected state, and this is also an appropriate trigger occasion for the terminal to unsolicitedly trigger the measurement in the non-connected state.

<NUM>) A pre-configuration or an access stratum context stored in the terminal includes the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state.

<NUM>) The terminal has received predetermined indication information. The predetermined indication information may be sent by the network side device via first system information, and the predetermined indication information may be indication information indicating that the network side device is capable of receiving a measurement result of the terminal in the non-connected state, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a carrier aggregation enhancement function, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a rapid carrier activation and deactivation function.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the first system information may be a system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB1), a system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB2) or remaining minimum system information (Remaining Minimum System Information, RMSI).

<NUM>) The terminal has received the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state, and the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state may be transmitted via second system information.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the second system information may be a system information block type <NUM> (System Information Block Type <NUM>, SIB5) or SIBX, where X is a positive integer not equal to <NUM>. The SIBX may be a system information block type newly introduced for a <NUM> system or a subsequently-evolved communications system, and it may carry the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state.

The above <NUM>) to <NUM>) are conditions for a terminal side, and <NUM>) and <NUM> are conditions for a network side.

As shown in <FIG> is a flow chart of a measurement method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and the measurement method is performed by a terminal and includes the following steps.

Step <NUM>: in a non-connected state, triggering an unsolicited measurement when a predetermined condition is met.

Step <NUM>: receiving, when the terminal is in an RRC connection setup procedure, an RRC connection resume procedure or in a connected state, measurement configuration information for the non-connected state from a network side device.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state may be sent by the network side device via a fourth message (msg4) or RRC dedicated signaling.

The msg4 may be an RRC connection setup (RRC setup) message, an RRC connection resume (RRC resume) message, an RRC connection reject (RRC reject) message, an RRC connection release (RRC release) message, or RRC dedicated signaling (e.g., RRC reconfiguration).

Step <NUM>: reporting to the network side device an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or reporting to the network side device an available measurement result when a measurement content unsolicitedly measured by the terminal is partially or completely the same as a measurement content in the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state configured by the network side device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the measurement content may include at least one of the followings.

A cell or area measured by the terminal needs to be within the active measurement area. When the cell or area measured by the terminal is not within the active measurement area, a measurement result of the cell or area measured by the terminal may be invalid, and the terminal may not record the measurement result.

The active region may be, e.g., a cell ID list, a physical cell identity (Physical Cell Identity, PCI) list, a subset or universal set of a radio access network notification Area (RAN Notification Area, RNA) ID list, or a subset or universal set of a core network tracking area (Tracking Area, TA) ID list.

The target measurement area may refer to a cell or area to be measured by the terminal.

The target measurement area may be a cell ID List, a PCI list, a subset or universal set of an RNA ID list, or a subset or universal set of a TA ID list.

The measurement type may include, e.g., at least one of: reference signal receiving power (Reference Signal Receiving Power, RSRP), reference signal receiving quality (Reference Signal Receiving Quality, RSRQ) or signal to interference plus noise ratio (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio, SINR).

The measurement report threshold may include, e.g., at least one of: an RSRP threshold, an RSRQ threshold or an SINR threshold.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal may report the indication indicating that there is the available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to the network side device via a fifth message (msg5) or RRC dedicated signaling.

The msg5 may be, e.g., an RRC connection setup complete (RRC setup Complete) message, or an RRC connection resume complete (RRC Resume Complete) message. The RRC dedicated signaling may be, e.g., an RRC reconfiguration complete (RRC Reconfiguration Complete) message.

As shown in <FIG>, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a measurement method, and the method is performed by a network side device and incudes Step <NUM>.

Step <NUM>: receiving an indication reported by a terminal and indicating that there is an available measurement result, or receiving an available measurement result, where the measurement result is acquired through an unsolicited measurement performed by the terminal in a non-connected state when a predetermined condition is met. This is claimed.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network side device may receive the measurement result acquired through the unsolicited measurement performed by the terminal in the non-connected state when the predetermined condition has been met. As a result, it is able for the network side device to rapidly configure and activate a CA carrier for the terminal in accordance with the measurement result reported by the terminal in the non-connected state, thereby to improve the communication efficiency.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the terminal may report an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report an available measurement result, to the network side device via an msg5 or RRC dedicated signaling.

The msg5 may be, e.g., an RRC connection setup complete (RRC setup Complete) message or an RRC connection resume complete (RRC Resume Complete) message. The RRC dedicated signaling may be, e.g., an RRC reconfiguration complete (RRC Reconfiguration Complete) message.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, prior to receiving the indication indicating that there is the available measurement result reported by the terminal or receiving the available measurement result, the measurement method may further include: sending measurement configuration information for the non-connected state to the terminal, and the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state may be sent via at least one of second system information, an msg4 or RRC dedicated signaling.

Optionally, the second system information may be a system information block type <NUM> or a system information block type X, where X is a positive integer not equal to <NUM>.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, prior to receiving the indication indicating that there is the available measurement result reported by the terminal or receiving the available measurement result, the measurement method may further include: sending predetermined indication information to the terminal via first system information. The predetermined indication information may be indication information indicating that a measurement result of the terminal in the non-connected state is capable of being received, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a carrier aggregation enhancement function, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a rapid carrier activation and deactivation function.

Optionally, the first system information may be a system information block type <NUM>, a system information block type <NUM> or remaining minimum system information.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network side device for sending system information (the first system information or the second system information) to the terminal may be the same as, or different from, the network side device for receiving the measurement result of the terminal in the non-connected state. Due to mobility of the terminal, the network side device from which the system information is received by the terminal may be different from the network side device to which the terminal initiates the RRC connection setup procedure and the RRC connection resume procedure.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, subsequent to receiving the indication reported by the terminal and indicating that there is the available measurement result, the measurement method may further include Step <NUM> and Step <NUM>.

Step <NUM>: indicating the terminal to report the available measurement result.

Step <NUM>: receiving the available measurement result reported by the terminal.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, upon the receipt of the available measurement result reported by the terminal, the network side device may configure and activate a carrier aggregation carrier for the terminal in accordance with the available measurement result reported by the terminal, so as to improve the communication efficiency.

As shown in <FIG>, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal <NUM>, and the terminal <NUM> includes a measurement module <NUM> configured to trigger an unsolicited measurement in a non-connected state when a predetermined condition is met.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is agreed that the terminal in the non-connected state may trigger the unsolicited measurement when the predetermined condition has been met, so the terminal may immediately report an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to a network side device when entering a connected state. As a result, it is able for the network side device to rapidly configure and activate a CA carrier for the UE in accordance with the measurement result reported by the UE in the non-connected state, thereby to improve the communication efficiency.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the non-connected state may be an idle state or an inactive state.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the predetermined condition includes at least one of: a condition where the terminal has a capability of performing measurement in the non-connected state; a condition where a predetermined uplink service has arrived at the terminal; a condition where there is no available measurement result for the terminal; a condition where a frequency point of a serving cell or neighboring cell of the terminal is included in a frequency point for carrier aggregation supported by the terminal; a condition where a measurement validity timer of the terminal has expired or stopped and the measurement validity timer starts after the terminal has received an RRC connection release message; a condition where an RRC reestablishment procedure initiated by the terminal fails and the terminal enters the non-connected state; a condition where a pre-configuration or an access stratum context stored in the terminal includes measurement configuration information for the non-connected state; a condition where the terminal has received predetermined indication information, the predetermined indication information being sent by the network side device via first system information, and the predetermined indication information including indication information indicating that the network side device is capable of receiving a measurement result of the terminal in the non-connected state, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a carrier aggregation enhancement function, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a rapid carrier activation and deactivation function; or a condition where the terminal has received the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state sent by the network side device via the second system information.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the predetermined uplink service is an eMBB type service, or a service whose 5QI satisfies a predetermined value.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the first system information may be an SIB <NUM>, an SIB2 or RMSI.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the second system information may be an SIB5 or SIBX, where X is a positive integer not equal to <NUM>.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the terminal <NUM> may further include: a reception module configured to, when the terminal is in an RRC connection setup procedure or RRC connection resume procedure or enters a connected state, receive the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state from the network side device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state may be sent by the network side device via an msg4 or RRC dedicated signaling.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the terminal <NUM> may further include: a reporting module configured to, when a measurement content unsolicitedly measured by the terminal is partially or completely the same as a measurement content in the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state configured by the network side device, report an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report an available measurement result, to the network side device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the measurement content may include at least one of: a measurement frequency point, a measurement bandwidth or bandwidth part, an active measurement area, a target measurement area, a measurement type, or a measurement reporting threshold.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the terminal may report the indication indicating that there is the available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to the network side device via an msg5 or RRC dedicated signaling.

Referring to <FIG>, an embodiment of present disclosure further provides a network side device <NUM>, and the network side device <NUM> includes: a reception module <NUM> configured to receive an indication reported by a terminal and indicating that there is an available measurement result, or receive an available measurement result. The measurement result is acquired through an unsolicited measurement performed by the terminal in a non-connected state when a predetermined condition is met.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network side device may receive the measurement result unsolicitedly measured by the terminal in the non-connected state when the predetermined condition has been met. As a result, it is able for the network side device to rapidly configure and activate a CA carrier for the terminal in accordance with the measurement result reported by the terminal in the non-connected state, thereby to improve the communication efficiency.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the network side device may further include: a first sending module configured to send the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state to the terminal, and the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state may be sent via at least one of second system information, an msg4 or RRC dedicated signaling.

Optionally, the second system information may be an SIB5 or SIBX, where X is a positive integer not equal to <NUM>.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the network side device may further include: a second transmission module configured to transmit predetermined indication information to the terminal via first system information. The predetermined indication information may be indication information indicating that the network side device is capable of receiving a measurement result of the terminal in the non-connected state, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a carrier aggregation enhancement function, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a rapid carrier activation and deactivation function.

Optionally, the first system information may be an SIB1, an SIB2 or RMSI.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the network side device may further include: a prompt module configured to indicate the terminal to report the available measurement result; and a reception module configured to receive the available measurement result reported by the terminal.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the network side device may further include: an activation module configured to configure and activate a carrier aggregation carrier for the terminal in accordance with the available measurement result reported by the terminal.

Referring to <FIG> is a structural schematic view showing a terminal according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal <NUM> includes, but not limited to, 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>. Those skilled in the art may understand that, the structure of the terminal shown in <FIG> shall not be construed as limiting the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components, or some components may be combined, or the components may be arranged in different modes. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal may include, but not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a car terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor <NUM> is configured to trigger an unsolicited measurement in a non-connected state when a predetermined condition is met.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is agreed that the terminal in the non-connected state may trigger the unsolicited measurement when the predetermined condition has been met. There is no need to receive measurement configuration information for the non-connected state sent by the network side device, in advance, so the terminal may directly report an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to a network side device when initiating an RRC connection setup process or an RRC connection reuse process or when entering a connected state. As a result, it is able for the network side device to rapidly configure and activate a CA carrier for the UE in accordance with the measurement result reported by the UE in the non-connected state, thereby to improve the communication efficiency.

It should be appreciated that, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may be used to transmit and receive signals during the information transmission or phone call. To be specific, the radio frequency unit may, upon the receipt of downlink data from a base station, transmit the downlink data to the processor <NUM> for subsequent treatment. In addition, the radio frequency unit may transmit uplink data to the base station. Usually, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may include, but not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier and a duplexer, etc. In addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may communicate with a network and the other devices via a wireless communications system.

The network module <NUM> is configured to enable a user to access the broadband Internet in a wireless manner, e.g., help the user to receive and send an e-mail, browse a web or access a streaming media.

The audio output unit <NUM> is configured to convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM>, or audio data stored in the memory <NUM>, into an audio signal and output the audio signal as a sound. In addition, the audio output unit <NUM> is further configured to provide an audio output related to a specific function executed by the terminal <NUM> (e.g., a sound occurring when a calling signal or a message has been received). The audio output unit <NUM> may include a loudspeaker, a buzzer and a receiver, etc..

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> is configured to process image data of a static image or video acquired by an image collection unit (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode, and a processed image frame may be displayed by the display unit <NUM>. The image frame processed by the graphics processing unit <NUM> may be stored in the memory <NUM> (or any other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit <NUM> or network module <NUM>. The microphone <NUM> is configured to receive a sound, and convert the sound into audio data. In a call mode, the processed audio data may be converted into data in a format capable of being transmitted by the radio frequency unit <NUM> to a mobile communications base station.

The terminal <NUM> further includes at least one sensor <NUM>, such as a light sensor, a movement sensor and the other sensors. To be specific, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor or a proximity sensor. The ambient light sensor is configured to adjust a brightness value of a display panel <NUM> in accordance with ambient light. The proximity sensor is configured to turn off the display panel <NUM> and/or a backlight source in a case that the terminal <NUM> is moved close to an ear. As one of the movement sensors, an accelerometer may detect acceleration in various directions (usually a three-axis accelerometer), and detect a level and a direction of a gravity force when in a static state, to identify a posture of the electronic device (e.g., perform a switching operation between portrait and landscape orientations, play relevant games, and calibrate a posture of a magnetometer), and perform vibration-related functions (e.g., count steps and strikes). The sensor <NUM> may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecule sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer or an infrared sensor, which will not be particularly defined herein.

The display unit <NUM> is configured to display information inputted by the user or provided to the user. The display unit <NUM> may include the display panel <NUM>, the display panel <NUM> may be configured as a form of a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED) or the like.

The user input unit <NUM> is configured to receive digital or character information inputted by the user, and generate a key signal input related to user settings and function control of the terminal. To be specific, the user input unit <NUM> may include a touch panel <NUM> and other input devices <NUM>. The touch panel <NUM>, also called as touch screen, may collect the user's touch operations thereon or nearby (such as the user's operation on the touch panel <NUM> or near the touch panel <NUM> using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus). The touch panel <NUM> may include two parts, namely a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch orientation of the user, and detects a signal generated by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection device, converts the touch information into a coordinate of a touch point, transmits the coordinate to the processor <NUM>, and may receive and execute a command from the processor <NUM>. In addition, the touch panel <NUM> may be of a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared type or a surface acoustic wave type. In addition to the touch panel <NUM>, the user input unit <NUM> may further include other input devices <NUM>. Specifically, the other input devices <NUM> may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, a function button (such as a volume control button, a switch button, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, and details thereof are not described herein again.

Further, the touch panel <NUM> may cover the display panel <NUM>, in a case that the touch panel <NUM> detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch operation is transmitted to the processor <NUM> to determine the type of the touch event, then the processor <NUM> provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel <NUM> based on the type of the touch event. Although in <FIG>, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> are implemented as two independent components to implement input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, which are not limited here.

The interface unit <NUM> is an interface through which an external device is connected to the terminal <NUM>. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a storage card port, a port for connecting a device with an identification module, and an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, or a headphone port, etc. The interface unit <NUM> may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from the external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal <NUM> or may be used to transmit data between the terminal <NUM> and the external device.

The memory <NUM> may be used to store software programs and various data. The memory <NUM> may mainly include a memory program area and a memory data area, wherein the memory program area may store an operating system, an application program (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like; the memory data area may store data (such as audio data, a phone book, etc.) created based on the use of a mobile phone 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 magnetic disk memory device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state memory device.

The processor <NUM> is a control center of the terminal, and uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire terminal. By running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory <NUM> and calling data stored in the memory <NUM>, various functions of the terminal and processing data are performed, so that the overall monitoring of the terminal is performed. The processor <NUM> may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor <NUM> may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and an application program, etc. The modem processor mainly handles wireless communication. It could be understood that the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor <NUM>.

The terminal <NUM> may further include a power supply <NUM> (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. Optionally, the power supply <NUM> may be logically connected to the processor <NUM> through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as management of charging, management of discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system.

In addition, the terminal <NUM> includes some functional modules that are not shown, and details are not described herein again.

Referring to <FIG> is a structural schematic view showing a terminal according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal <NUM> further includes a processor <NUM> and a memory <NUM>. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal <NUM> may further include: a computer program stored in the memory <NUM> and executed by the processor <NUM>. The computer program is executed by the processor <NUM> so as to trigger unsolicited measurement in a non-connected state when a predetermined condition is met.

The processor <NUM> is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory <NUM> may store data used by the processor <NUM> when performing operations.

Optionally, the non-connected state may be an idle state or an inactive state.

The predetermined condition includes at least one of: a condition where the terminal has a capability of performing measurement in the non-connected state; a condition where a predetermined uplink service has arrived at the terminal; a condition where there is no available measurement result for the terminal; a condition where a frequency point of a serving cell or neighboring cell of the terminal is included in a frequency point for carrier aggregation supported by the terminal; a condition where a measurement validity timer of the terminal has expired or stopped and measurement validity timer starts after the terminal has received an RRC connection release message; a condition where a terminal's RRC reestablishment procedure and the terminal enters the non-connected state; a condition where a pre-configuration or an access stratum context stored in the terminal includes the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state; a condition where the terminal has received predetermined indication information, the predetermined indication information being transmitted by the network side device via first system information, and the predetermined indication information including indication information indicating that the network side device is capable of receiving a measurement result of the terminal in the non-connected state, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a carrier aggregation enhancement function, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a rapid carrier activation and deactivation function; or a condition where the terminal has received the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state transmitted by the network side device via the second system information.

The predetermined uplink service is an eMBB type service, or an eMBB type service whose 5QI exceeds a predetermined value.

Optionally, the first system information may be an SIB2 or RMSI.

Optionally, the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, so as to, after the unsolicited measurement has been triggered and when the terminal is in an RRC connection setup procedure or RRC connection resume procedure or enters a connected state, receive the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state from the network side device.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state may be sent by the network side device via an msg4 or RRC dedicated signaling.

Optionally, the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, so as to, after the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state has been received from the network side device and when a measurement content unsolicitedly measured by the terminal is partially or completely the same as a measurement content in the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state configured by the network side device, report an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to the network side device.

Optionally, the measurement content may include at least one of: a measurement frequency point, a measurement bandwidth or bandwidth part, a measurement validity area, a measurement target area, a measurement type, or a measurement reporting threshold.

Optionally, the terminal may report the indication indicating that there is the available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to the network side device via an msg5 or RRC dedicated signaling.

Referring to <FIG> is a structural schematic view showing a network side device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and the network side device <NUM> includes a processor <NUM> and a memory <NUM>. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network side device <NUM> may further include a computer program stored in the memory <NUM> and executed by the processor <NUM>. The computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, so as to receive an indication reported by a terminal and indicating that there is an available measurement result, or receive the available measurement result. The measurement result is acquired through an unsolicited measurement performed by the terminal in a non-connected state when a predetermined condition is met.

The processor <NUM> may take charge of managing bus architecture as well as general processings. The memory <NUM> may store therein data for the operation of the processor <NUM>.

Optionally, the terminal may report the indication indicating that there is the available measurement result, or report the available measurement result, to the network side device through an msg5 or RRC dedicated signaling.

Optionally, the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, so as to, before receiving the indication reported by the terminal and indicating that there is the available measurement result or receiving the available measurement result, send the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state to the terminal, and the measurement configuration information for the non-connected state may be sent via at least one of second system information, an msg4 or RRC dedicated signaling.

Optionally, the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, so as to, before receiving the indication reported by the terminal and indicating that there is the available measurement result or receiving the available measurement result, send predetermined indication information to the terminal via first system information. The predetermined indication information may be indication information indicating that the network side device is capable of receiving a measurement result of the terminal in the non-connected state, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a carrier aggregation enhancement function, or indication information indicating that the network side device supports a rapid carrier activation and deactivation function.

Optionally, the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM> so as to, after receiving the indication reported by the terminal and indicating that there is the available measurement result, indicate the terminal to report the available measurement result, and receive the available measurement result reported by the terminal.

Optionally, the computer program is executed by the processor <NUM>, so as to configure and activate a carrier aggregation carrier for the terminal in accordance with the available measurement result reported by the terminal.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium storing therein a computer program. The computer program is executed by a processor, so as to implement the above-mentioned measurement methods with a same technical effect, which will not be particularly defined herein. The computer-readable storage medium may be, e.g., a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc..

It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "including" or "having" or any other variations thereof are intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device that includes a plurality of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements that are inherent to such a process, method, article, or device. An element after a phrase "comprising a. " does not exclude presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or device that comprises the element, without further limitation.

Claim 1:
A measurement method, performed by a terminal, comprising:
in a non-connected state, triggering (<NUM>) an unsolicited measurement when a predetermined condition is met;
characterized in that,
the predetermined condition comprises a condition where a predetermined uplink service has arrived at the terminal;
wherein the predetermined uplink service is an enhanced Mobile Broadband, eMBB, type service, or a service whose <NUM>th generation, <NUM>, Quality-of-Service Identifier, 5QI, satisfies a predetermined value.