Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a wireless communication method in a wireless communication system. The electronic device of the present disclosure comprises one or more processing circuits, configured to: acquire scenario identification information, comprising first link information that indicates the quality of a link between the electronic device and a user equipment, second link information that indicates the quality of a link between the electronic device and a base station, serving cell received power change rate information, and neighboring cell received power change rate information; and determine scenario information based on the scenario identification information, to inform the user equipment, so as to assist the user equipment to execute a relay reselection process, or to assist the electronic device to execute a relay selection process. By using the electronic device and the wireless communication method of the present disclosure, a remote user equipment is enabled to acquire a scenario in which the electronic device is located, so that the remote user equipment can better perform relay reselection or that the electronic device can better execute relay selection, thereby increasing the system performance and reducing overheads of an X2 interface.
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1. An electronic device in a wireless communication system, comprising:
one or more processing circuits configured to
acquire scenario identification information, the scenario identification information comprising first link information indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a user equipment in the wireless communication system, second link information indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a base station in a serving cell for providing a service for the electronic device in the wireless communication system, received serving cell power change rate information and received neighbor cell power change rate information; and
determine, based on the scenario identification information, scenario information on a scenario where the electronic device is located to inform the user equipment, so as to assist the user equipment to perform a relay reselection process or assist the electronic device to perform a relay selection process.', 'one or more processing circuits configured to
acquire scenario identification information, the scenario identification information comprising first link information indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a user equipment in the wireless communication system, second link information indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a base station in a serving cell for providing a service for the electronic device in the wireless communication system, received serving cell power change rate information and received neighbor cell power change rate information; and
determine, based on the scenario identification information, scenario information on a scenario where the electronic device is located to inform the user equipment, so as to assist the user equipment to perform a relay reselection process or assist the electronic device to perform a relay selection process.', 'acquire scenario identification information, the scenario identification information comprising first link information indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a user equipment in the wireless communication system, second link information indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a base station in a serving cell for providing a service for the electronic device in the wireless communication system, received serving cell power change rate information and received neighbor cell power change rate information; and', 'determine, based on the scenario identification information, scenario information on a scenario where the electronic device is located to inform the user equipment, so as to assist the user equipment to perform a relay reselection process or assist the electronic device to perform a relay selection process.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing circuits generate relay reselection trigger information to instruct the user equipment to perform the relay reselection process when the second link information indicates that the quality of the link between the electronic device and the base station is less than a second threshold.
3. The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing circuits determine that the electronic device is to perform a handover process when the first link information indicates that the quality of the link between the electronic device and the user equipment is greater than a first threshold, the second link information indicates that the quality of the link between the electronic device and the base station is less than the second threshold, and a difference between a change rate of the received power of a neighbor cell indicated by the received neighbor cell power change rate information and a change rate of the received power of the serving cell indicated by the received serving cell power change rate information is greater than a third threshold.
4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire Time To Trigger TTT length information indicating a length of TTT of a running event A3 or received neighbor cell signal quality information;
determine candidate target cells for the user equipment based on the TTT length information or the received neighbor cell signal quality information; and
set a bias value for each of the candidate target cells to assist the user equipment to select, from the candidate target cells, a final target cell for providing a service for the user equipment.', 'acquire Time To Trigger TTT length information indicating a length of TTT of a running event A3 or received neighbor cell signal quality information;', 'determine candidate target cells for the user equipment based on the TTT length information or the received neighbor cell signal quality information; and', 'set a bias value for each of the candidate target cells to assist the user equipment to select, from the candidate target cells, a final target cell for providing a service for the user equipment.
5. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
perform the handover process; and
generate handover indication information to instruct the user equipment to select a final relay link connection, the handover indication information indicating a result of performing the handover process.', 'perform the handover process; and', 'generate handover indication information to instruct the user equipment to select a final relay link connection, the handover indication information indicating a result of performing the handover process.
6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein, in a case that the handover indication information indicates a failure to perform the handover process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire a cell ID of the final target cell for providing a service for the user equipment after performing the relay reselection process;
determine that the final target cell has caused the Time To Trigger TTT of the running event A3 to inform the base station of the failure to perform the handover process and the cell ID of the final target cell; and
perform a radio link recovery process when the Time To Trigger TTT of the running event A3 caused by the final target cell expires, so that the electronic device is connected to the final target cell.', 'acquire a cell ID of the final target cell for providing a service for the user equipment after performing the relay reselection process;', 'determine that the final target cell has caused the Time To Trigger TTT of the running event A3 to inform the base station of the failure to perform the handover process and the cell ID of the final target cell; and', 'perform a radio link recovery process when the Time To Trigger TTT of the running event A3 caused by the final target cell expires, so that the electronic device is connected to the final target cell.
7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing circuits determine that the electronic device is to perform a relay selection process when the first link information indicates that the quality of the link between the electronic device and the user equipment is greater than the first threshold, the second link information indicates that the quality of the link between the electronic device and the base station is less than the second threshold, and a difference between a change rate of the received power of the neighbor cell indicated by the received neighbor cell power change rate information and a change rate of the received power of the serving cell indicated by the received serving cell power change rate information is greater than a third threshold.
8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein
the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire target relay information on a target relay user equipment obtained after the user equipment performs the relay reselection process; and
perform the relay selection process, and
when performing the relay selection process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
monitor a discovery message of the target relay user equipment indicated by the target relay information with a priority;
determine that the quality of the link between the target relay user equipment and the electronic device is greater than a predetermined threshold; and
establish a relay connection between the target relay user equipment and the electronic device.', 'the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire target relay information on a target relay user equipment obtained after the user equipment performs the relay reselection process; and
perform the relay selection process, and', 'acquire target relay information on a target relay user equipment obtained after the user equipment performs the relay reselection process; and', 'perform the relay selection process, and', 'when performing the relay selection process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
monitor a discovery message of the target relay user equipment indicated by the target relay information with a priority;
determine that the quality of the link between the target relay user equipment and the electronic device is greater than a predetermined threshold; and
establish a relay connection between the target relay user equipment and the electronic device.', 'monitor a discovery message of the target relay user equipment indicated by the target relay information with a priority;', 'determine that the quality of the link between the target relay user equipment and the electronic device is greater than a predetermined threshold; and', 'establish a relay connection between the target relay user equipment and the electronic device.', '9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein, before determining that the quality of the link between the target relay user equipment and the electronic device is greater than the predetermined threshold, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
determine that load factors of the target relay user equipment which is indicated by the target relay information are less than a predetermined number, the load factors representing the number of remote user equipments accessing to the target relay user equipment.', 'determine that load factors of the target relay user equipment which is indicated by the target relay information are less than a predetermined number, the load factors representing the number of remote user equipments accessing to the target relay user equipment.', '10. An electronic device in a wireless communication system, comprising:
one or more processing circuits configured to
monitor a quality of a link between the electronic device and a relay user equipment for providing a relay service for the electronic device in the wireless communication system;
acquire scenario information on a scenario where the relay user equipment is located; and
perform a relay reselection process based on the scenario information,
wherein, in a case that the scenario information indicates that the relay user equipment is to perform a handover process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire cell IDs of candidate target cells and a bias value set for each of the candidate target cells; and
determine a target relay user equipment from the candidate target cells based on the bias value.', 'one or more processing circuits configured to
monitor a quality of a link between the electronic device and a relay user equipment for providing a relay service for the electronic device in the wireless communication system;
acquire scenario information on a scenario where the relay user equipment is located; and
perform a relay reselection process based on the scenario information,', 'monitor a quality of a link between the electronic device and a relay user equipment for providing a relay service for the electronic device in the wireless communication system;', 'acquire scenario information on a scenario where the relay user equipment is located; and', 'perform a relay reselection process based on the scenario information,', 'wherein, in a case that the scenario information indicates that the relay user equipment is to perform a handover process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire cell IDs of candidate target cells and a bias value set for each of the candidate target cells; and
determine a target relay user equipment from the candidate target cells based on the bias value.', 'acquire cell IDs of candidate target cells and a bias value set for each of the candidate target cells; and', 'determine a target relay user equipment from the candidate target cells based on the bias value.', '11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the scenario information is determined based on scenario identification information, the scenario identification information comprises first link information indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and the relay user equipment, second link information indicating a quality of a link between the relay user equipment and a base station in a serving cell for providing a service for the electronic device in the wireless communication system, and received serving cell power change rate information and received neighbor cell power change rate information received by the relay user equipment.', '12. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
set a priority of the candidate target cells in accordance with a size of the bias values; and
perform the relay reselection process on a candidate target relay user equipment in the candidate target cells in accordance with the priority of the candidate target cells, until the target relay user equipment is determined.', 'set a priority of the candidate target cells in accordance with a size of the bias values; and', 'perform the relay reselection process on a candidate target relay user equipment in the candidate target cells in accordance with the priority of the candidate target cells, until the target relay user equipment is determined.', '13. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein, in the process of performing the relay reselection process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire a link quality value indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a candidate target relay user equipment in the candidate target cells;
add the bias value corresponding to the candidate target cell to the link quality value corresponding to the candidate target relay user equipment in the candidate target cells to obtain an adjusted link quality value; and
perform the relay reselection process based on the adjusted link quality value.', 'acquire a link quality value indicating a quality of a link between the electronic device and a candidate target relay user equipment in the candidate target cells;', 'add the bias value corresponding to the candidate target cell to the link quality value corresponding to the candidate target relay user equipment in the candidate target cells to obtain an adjusted link quality value; and', 'perform the relay reselection process based on the adjusted link quality value.', '14. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire a speed adjustment factor of the relay user equipment; and
adjust a hysteresis parameter based on the speed adjustment factor.', 'acquire a speed adjustment factor of the relay user equipment; and', 'adjust a hysteresis parameter based on the speed adjustment factor.', '15. The electronic device according to claim 10, further comprising:
a timer configured to start timing when a connection is established between the electronic device and the target relay user equipment,
wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
when the timer expires, generate a command to disconnect the electronic device from the target relay user equipment or disconnect the electronic device from the relay user equipment.', 'a timer configured to start timing when a connection is established between the electronic device and the target relay user equipment,', 'wherein the one or more processing circuits are further configured to', 'when the timer expires, generate a command to disconnect the electronic device from the target relay user equipment or disconnect the electronic device from the relay user equipment.', '16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein, when the transceiver receives, from the relay user equipment, handover indication information indicating a success of the handover process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
acquire a cell ID of a target cell of the relay user equipment;
compare the cell ID of the target cell of the relay user equipment with a cell ID of a serving cell of the target relay user equipment;
when the cell IDs are different, disconnect the electronic device from the relay user equipment immediately;
when the cell IDs are the same,
acquire updated first link information in a duration prior to the expiration of the timer; and
when the updated first link information indicates that the updated quality of link between the electronic device and the relay user equipment is always greater than a predetermined threshold, disconnect the electronic device from the target relay user equipment after the timer expires.', 'acquire a cell ID of a target cell of the relay user equipment;', 'compare the cell ID of the target cell of the relay user equipment with a cell ID of a serving cell of the target relay user equipment;', 'when the cell IDs are different, disconnect the electronic device from the relay user equipment immediately;', 'when the cell IDs are the same,
acquire updated first link information in a duration prior to the expiration of the timer; and
when the updated first link information indicates that the updated quality of link between the electronic device and the relay user equipment is always greater than a predetermined threshold, disconnect the electronic device from the target relay user equipment after the timer expires.', 'acquire updated first link information in a duration prior to the expiration of the timer; and', 'when the updated first link information indicates that the updated quality of link between the electronic device and the relay user equipment is always greater than a predetermined threshold, disconnect the electronic device from the target relay user equipment after the timer expires.', '17. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein, when the transceiver receives, from the relay user equipment, handover indication information indicating a failure of the handover process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
instruct the transceiver to send to the relay user equipment the cell ID of the serving cell of the target relay user equipment, so that the relay user equipment performs a radio link recovery process to connect to the serving cell of the target relay user equipment.', 'instruct the transceiver to send to the relay user equipment the cell ID of the serving cell of the target relay user equipment, so that the relay user equipment performs a radio link recovery process to connect to the serving cell of the target relay user equipment.', '18. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein, when the scenario information indicates that the relay user equipment is to perform the relay selection process, the one or more processing circuits are further configured to
instruct the transceiver to send to the relay user equipment the target relay information on the target relay user equipment obtained after performing the relay reselection process, so as to assist the relay user equipment to perform the relay selection process.', 'instruct the transceiver to send to the relay user equipment the target relay information on the target relay user equipment obtained after performing the relay reselection process, so as to assist the relay user equipment to perform the relay selection process.', '19. A method for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system, comprising:
acquiring scenario identification information, the scenario identification information comprising first link information indicating a quality of a link between a relay user equipment in the wireless communication system and a remote user equipment in the wireless communication system, second link information indicating a quality of a link between the relay user equipment and a base station in a serving cell for providing a service for the relay user equipment in the wireless communication system, received serving cell power change rate information and received neighbor cell power change rate information; and
determining, based on the scenario identification information, scenario information on a scenario where the relay user equipment is located to inform the remote user equipment, so as to assist the remote user equipment to perform a relay reselection process or assist the relay user equipment to perform a relay selection process.', 'acquiring scenario identification information, the scenario identification information comprising first link information indicating a quality of a link between a relay user equipment in the wireless communication system and a remote user equipment in the wireless communication system, second link information indicating a quality of a link between the relay user equipment and a base station in a serving cell for providing a service for the relay user equipment in the wireless communication system, received serving cell power change rate information and received neighbor cell power change rate information; and', 'determining, based on the scenario identification information, scenario information on a scenario where the relay user equipment is located to inform the remote user equipment, so as to assist the remote user equipment to perform a relay reselection process or assist the relay user equipment to perform a relay selection process.']
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