# US 11,445,399 B2 · Indication method for measurement result, terminal, and base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,399 B2 - Document ID: US11445399B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/042,475 - Filed: 2020-09-28 - Published: 2021-01-28 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-28 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xiaodong Yang; Wei Bao; Ran Yue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445399B2 ## CPC - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An indication method for a measurement result, a terminal and a base station are provided. The method includes: performing measurement in a non-connected state to obtain a measurement result; transmitting an uplink message to a base station, the uplink message being at least used to indicate that the measurement result is valid; wherein the uplink message is an uplink message in a connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station, or the uplink message is an uplink message transmitted after the connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station is completed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An indication method for a measurement result, operable by a terminal, comprising: performing measurement in a non-connected state to obtain the measurement result; transmitting an uplink message to a base station, the uplink message being at least used to indicate that the measurement result is valid; wherein the uplink message is an uplink message in a connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station, or the uplink message is an uplink message transmitted after the connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station is completed, wherein, after the transmitting the link message to the base station, the method further comprises: in a case that a measurement result report indication transmitted by the base station is received, reporting to the base station a measurement result anions the measurement results that corresponds to the measurement result ort indication, wherein the measurement result report indication is used to indicate a reporting object, and the reporting object comprises at least one radio access technology. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The indication method according to claim 1, wherein the reporting to the base station the measurement result among the measurement results that corresponds to the measurement result report indication comprises: reporting to the base station a measurement result of the reporting object that is comprised in the measurement results. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The indication method according to claim 2, wherein the reporting to the base station the measurement result of the reporting object that is comprised in the measurement results comprises: in a case that the measurement results comprise the measurement result of the reporting object, reporting to the base station the measurement result of the reporting object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The indication method according to claim 3, wherein the measurement result report indication is further used to indicate at least one of: a radio access technology of at least one frequency, a radio access technology of at least one cell, a frequency of the at least one radio access technology, or a cell of the at least one radio access technology. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The indication method according to claim 2, wherein the reporting object comprises at least one of: a frequency whose measurement result is top-N ranked, a cell whose measurement result is top-N ranked, a frequency whose measurement result is higher than a specific threshold, or a cell whose measurement result is higher than the specific threshold, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The indication method according to claim 5, wherein the frequency whose measurement result is top-N ranked comprises: a frequency top-N ranked according to an average value for each frequency, wherein the average value for each frequency is an average value of measurement results of M cells on the frequency, the M cells are cells on the frequency whose measurement results are top-M ranked, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; or, a frequency top-N ranked according to a measurement result of a cell whose measurement result is the best for each frequency. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The indication method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink message is further used to indicate at least one of: a frequency corresponding to the measurement result, a cell corresponding to the measurement result, a measurement value of the measurement result, or a radio access technology corresponding to the measurement result; wherein the measurement value comprises at least one of: a maximum value or a minimum value of the measurement results. ### Claim 8 A terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and used to be executed by the processor, wherein the processor is used to execute the computer program to: perform measurement in a non-connected state to obtain a measurement result; transmit an uplink message to a base station, the uplink message being at least used to indicate that the measurement result is valid; wherein the uplink message is an uplink message in a connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station, or the uplink message is an uplink message transmitted after the connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station is completed, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: after transmitting the uplink message to the base station, in a case that a measurement result report indication transmitted by the station is received, report to the base station a measurement result among the measurement results that corresponds to the measurement result report indication, wherein the measurement result report indication is used to indicate a reporting oject, and the reporting Object comprises at least one radio access technology. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: report to the base station a measurement result of the reporting object that is comprised in the measurement results. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: in a case that the measurement results comprise the measurement result of the reporting object, report to the base station the measurement result of the reporting object. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the measurement result report indication is further used to indicate at least one of: a radio access technology of the at least one frequency, a radio access technology of at least one cell, a frequency of the at least one radio access technology, or a cell of the at least one radio access technology. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the reporting object comprises at least one of: a frequency whose measurement result is top-N ranked, a cell whose measurement result is top-N ranked, a frequency whose measurement result is higher than a specific threshold, or a cell whose measurement result is higher than the specific threshold, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the frequency whose measurement result is top-N ranked comprises: a frequency top-N ranked according to an average value for each frequency, wherein the average value for each frequency is an average value of measurement results of M cells on the frequency, the M cells are cells on the frequency whose measurement results are top-M ranked, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; or, a frequency top-N ranked according to a measurement result of a cell whose measurement result is the best for each frequency. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the uplink message is further used to indicate at least one of: a frequency corresponding to the measurement result, a cell corresponding to the measurement result, a measurement value of the measurement result, or a radio access technology corresponding to the measurement result; wherein the measurement value comprises at least one of: a maximum value or a minimum value of the measurement results. ### Claim 15 A base station, comprising: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and used to be executed by the processor, wherein the processor is used to execute the computer program to: receive an uplink message transmitted by a terminal, the uplink message being at least used to indicate that a measurement result is valid; wherein the measurement result is obtained by the terminal by performing measurement in a non-connected state, the uplink message is an uplink message in a connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station, or the uplink message is an uplink message transmitted after the connection establishment procedure between the terminal and the base station is completed, the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: after receiving the uplink message transmitted by the terminal, transmit a measurement result report indication to the terminal; receive a measurement result among the measurement results that is reported by the terminal and corresponds to the measurement result report indication, wherein the measurement result report indication is used to indicate a reporting object, and the reporting object comprises at least one radio access technology. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The base station according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: receive a measurement result of the reporting object that is reported by the terminal and comprised in the measurement results. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The base station according to claim 16, wherein the processor is further used to execute the computer program to: in a case that the measurement results comprise the measurement result of the reporting object, receive the measurement result of the reporting object reported by the terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 3) The indication method according to claim 3, wherein the reporting object further comprises at least one of: at least one frequency, or at least one cell. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the reporting object further comprises at least one of: at least one frequency, or at least one cell. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The base station according to claim 17, wherein the reporting object further comprises at least one of: at least one frequency, or at least one cell.