CN113228552A

CN113228552A - Beam measurement method, device, communication equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN113228552A
Application number: CN202180000950.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗星熠
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-29
Filing date: 2021-03-29
Publication date: 2021-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 2041-03-29
Also published as: CN113228552B; WO2022204889A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes: issuing downlink control information DCI; wherein the DCI is at least used for: the method comprises the steps that a terminal in a trigger terminal group carries out beam measurement based on an aperiodic channel state information reference signal AP-CSI-RS; a set of terminals comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not receiving the periodic CSI-RS.

Description

Beam measurement method, device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, but not limited to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for beam measurement, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

Wireless communication over unlicensed spectrum requires the use of Listen Before Talk (LBT) channel access mechanisms. Channel detection by LBT is required before sending information, which can only be sent after confirming that the channel is idle. When LBT detection fails, it may cause that a periodic Channel-state-information reference signal (CSI-RS) for beam management cannot be transmitted, and thus a beam measurement result cannot be updated in time. At this time, beam measurement based on Aperiodic channel state information reference signals (AP-CSI-RS) can be triggered to make up.

In the related art, when the beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS is triggered, a large amount of time-frequency domain resources are occupied, resulting in waste of the time-frequency domain resources.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method and a device for beam measurement, communication equipment and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, the method including:

issuing downlink control information DCI;

wherein the DCI is at least to: the method comprises the steps that a terminal in a trigger terminal group carries out beam measurement based on an aperiodic channel state information reference signal AP-CSI-RS; the terminal group, comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not to receive the periodic CSI-RS.

In an embodiment, the issuing the downlink control information DCI includes:

responding to the measurement interval which is larger than or equal to the sending period of the AP-CSI-RS, and issuing the DCI;

wherein the measurement interval is a time interval between a time when the listen before talk LBT detection is successful and a time of a previous beam measurement.

In one embodiment, the DCI includes: a CSI request field; wherein the CSI request field indicates: a reporting mode that the terminal in the terminal group reports the measurement result of the beam measurement; wherein, the reporting mode comprises:

a first reporting mode, which indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement result of each AP-CSI-RS set and meets the predetermined condition;

a second reporting mode, which indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets and meets the predetermined condition; wherein each AP-CSI-RS comprises a plurality of AP-CSI-RSs.

In one embodiment of the present invention,

responding to the determination that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result by adopting the first reporting mode, wherein the CSI request field indicates a first value;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and in response to determining that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting mode, the CSI request field indicates a second value.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

responding to the determination that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in a first reporting mode, and configuring different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal to associate different CSI report configuration parameters;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

responding to the determination that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in a second reporting mode, and configuring CSI report configuration parameters which are used by the terminal and have the same association with different AP-CSI-RS sets; the first reporting mode indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of each AP-CSI-RS set and meets the preset condition; the second reporting mode is used for indicating the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets and meets the preset condition; wherein each AP-CSI-RS comprises a plurality of AP-CSI-RSs.

In an embodiment, in response to the terminal reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement through a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, the DCI includes: a resource indication field; wherein the resource indication field indicates: and the terminal in the terminal group is used for reporting the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH of the measurement result.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

responding to the measurement result of the beam measurement reported by the terminal through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and sending time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUCCH, which is used for reporting the measurement result, of the terminal in the terminal group by using a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

In one embodiment, the DCI includes: a state field; wherein the state field indicates an aperiodic trigger state; wherein each of the aperiodic trigger state is associated with at least one of the AP-CSI-RS sets; the number of the AP-CSI-RSs contained in each AP-CSI-RS set is smaller than a number threshold value; the quantity threshold is greater than a predetermined value.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

sending aperiodic channel state information radio network temporary identifier AP-CSI-RNTI using radio resource control RRC messages；

The AP-CSI-RNTIs of the terminals configured to perform beam measurement by using the same periodic CSI-RS are the same.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, the method including:

receiving DCI;

wherein the DCI is at least to: the terminal in the trigger terminal group carries out beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS; the terminal group, comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not to receive the periodic CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

in response to receiving the DCI, performing beam measurements based on the AP-CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

responding to the CSI request field to indicate a first value, and reporting the measurement result by adopting the first reporting mode;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and reporting the measurement result by adopting the second reporting mode in response to the CSI request field indicating the second value.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

responding to different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal to associate different CSI report configuration parameters, and reporting the measurement result by adopting a first reporting mode;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

responding to the same CSI report configuration parameters associated with different aperiodic CSI-RS sets used by the terminal, and reporting the measurement result by adopting a second reporting mode; the first reporting mode indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of each AP-CSI-RS set and meets the preset condition; the second reporting mode is used for indicating the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets and meets the preset condition; wherein each AP-CSI-RS comprises a plurality of AP-CSI-RSs.

In one embodiment, the DCI includes: a resource indication field; wherein the resource indication field indicates: time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information; and the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH, which is used for reporting the measurement result by the terminal in the terminal group.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement on the PUSCH based on the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving information of time domain resources and/or frequency domain resources sent by using RRC messages;

the information of the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource is the information of the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource of the PUCCH used for reporting the measurement result by the terminal in the terminal group.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement on the PUCCH based on the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

In one embodiment, the DCI includes: a state field; wherein the state field indicates an aperiodic trigger state; wherein each aperiodic trigger state is associated with at least one AP-CSI-RS set; the number of the AP-CSI-RSs contained in each AP-CSI-RS set is smaller than a number threshold value; the quantity threshold is greater than a predetermined value.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving an RRC message carrying the AP-CSI-RNTI;

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a beam measurement apparatus, which is applied to a base station, the apparatus including a distribution module, wherein,

the issuing module is configured to issue DCI;

wherein the DCI is at least to: triggering a terminal AP-CSI-RS in a terminal group to carry out beam measurement; the terminal group, comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not to receive the periodic CSI-RS.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a beam measuring apparatus, applied to a terminal, the apparatus including a receiving module; wherein,

the receiving module configured to receive DCI;

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when the executable instructions are executed, the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium storing a computer-executable program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, downlink control information DCI is issued; wherein the DCI is at least to: the terminal in the trigger terminal group carries out beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS; the terminal group, comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not to receive the periodic CSI-RS. Here, the DCI may trigger the terminals in the terminal group to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS, that is, the DCI may trigger all the terminals in the terminal group to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS at one time, which may save time-frequency domain resources for transmitting the DCI compared to a manner in which the DCI may trigger only a single terminal to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS.

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Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating beam measurements according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating beam measurements according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating beam measurements according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating beam measurements according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating reporting of measurement results according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating reporting of measurement results according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a diagram illustrating reporting of measurement results according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 16 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 17 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 18 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 19 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 20 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 21 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 22 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 23 is a flow chart illustrating a method of beam measurement according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 24 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus shown in accordance with an example embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 26 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 27 is a block diagram illustrating a base station in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the disclosed embodiments, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

For the purposes of brevity and ease of understanding, the terms "greater than" or "less than" are used herein when characterizing a size relationship. But it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the term "greater than" also covers the meaning of "greater than or equal to," and "less than" also covers the meaning of "less than or equal to.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of user equipments 110 and a number of base stations 120.

User device 110 may refer to, among other things, a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 110 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and the user equipment 110 may be an internet of things user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone, and a computer having the internet of things user equipment, and may be a fixed, portable, pocket, handheld, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted device, for example. For example, a Station (STA), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber Station (subscriber Station), a mobile Station (mobile), a remote Station (remote Station), an access point, a remote user equipment (remote), an access user equipment (access terminal), a user equipment (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), a user equipment (user device), or a user equipment (user equipment). Alternatively, user device 110 may also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user device 110 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a vehicle computer with a wireless communication function, or a wireless user device externally connected to the vehicle computer. Alternatively, the user device 110 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

The base station 120 may be a network side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) system, which is also called a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, which is also called a new air interface system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next-generation system of a 5G system. Among them, the Access Network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, New Generation Radio Access Network).

The base station 120 may be an evolved node b (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link layer Control Protocol (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer are provided in the central unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is disposed in the distribution unit, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation manner of the base station 120.

The base station 120 and the user equipment 110 may establish a radio connection over a radio air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or the wireless air interface is based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between user devices 110. Scenarios such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure) communication, and V2P (vehicle to vehicle) communication in vehicle networking communication (V2X).

Here, the user equipment described above may be regarded as the terminal equipment of the following embodiments.

In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 130.

Several base stations 120 are connected to the network management device 130, respectively. The network Management device 130 may be a Core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network Management device 130 may be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the Network management device may also be other core Network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), or the like. The implementation form of the network management device 130 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In order to facilitate understanding of technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality of embodiments are listed in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments provided in the present disclosure can be implemented alone, or in combination with other embodiments of the methods in the present disclosure, or in combination with some methods in other related technologies; the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto.

In order to better understand the technical solution described in any embodiment of the present disclosure, first, an AP-CSI-RS application scenario in the related art is explained:

referring to fig. 2, when the LBT detection is successful, the terminal detects the periodic CSI-RS to obtain a periodic CSI-RS detection result, so that the beam measurement result can be updated based on the periodic CSI-RS.

Referring to fig. 3, when LBT detection fails, periodic CSI-RS for beam management may be caused to fail to transmit. At this time, since the terminal cannot detect the periodic CSI-RS, the CSI-RS detection result cannot be obtained, thereby causing failure to update the beam measurement result. Due to the mobility of the terminal, the channel quality deteriorates, and eventually a large loss in the throughput of the terminal may result.

In one embodiment, when the periodic CSI-RS cannot transmit, the AP-CSI-RS based beam measurement may be triggered through the DCI.

In one embodiment, the reporting scheme based on the beam measurement and measurement results of the AP-CSI-RS has a limit on the number of beams. For example, only one AP-CSI-RS set can be triggered for beam measurement at a time, and each AP-CSI-RS set can only associate with 64 beams at most. For 52.6 to 71GHz, the corresponding number of beams is likely to be more than 64, which is not sufficient.

In one embodiment, the AP-CSI-RS based beam measurement and reporting cannot be triggered in a group-based manner, but only by a single terminal. As such, triggering of DCI requires occupying a large amount of time-frequency domain resources.

In one embodiment, please refer to fig. 4, for the terminals that use the same periodic CSI-RS for beam measurement, e.g., UE1 and UE2 in Group1, UE3 and UE4 in Group 2. For UE1 and UE2 in Group1, both UE1 and UE2 could not make beam measurements due to failure of LBT detection and failure to send periodic CSI-RS. In this case, one trigger of AP-CSI-RS based beam measurements for UE1 and UE2 is needed at the a position to obtain the latest beam measurement results. At this time, it may be considered to trigger together in a group manner to save resources.

In one embodiment, the measurement and reporting of the beam based on the AP-CSI-RS is triggered by DCI format0_ 1 or DCI format0_ 2. Meanwhile, the DCI also schedules a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource for reporting the measurement result. There is a CSI request information field in DCI format0_ 1 and DCI format0_2, and each value indicated by the information field corresponds to an aperiodic trigger state (aperiodic trigger state). One aperiodic trigger state configures one or more AP-CSI-RS sets and reports configuration corresponding to each reference signal set. In an embodiment, after receiving DCI format0_ 1 or DCI format0_2 including a CSI request information field, a terminal performs beam measurement, and reports a measurement result on a PUSCH scheduled by DCI format0_ 1 or DCI format0_2 according to a reporting configuration.

As shown in fig. 5, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 51, sending down downlink control information DCI;

wherein the DCI is at least used for: the method comprises the steps that terminals in a trigger terminal group measure beams based on aperiodic channel state information reference signals AP-CSI-RS; a set of terminals comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not receiving the periodic CSI-RS.

Here, the terminal may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a Road Side Unit (RSU), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensing device, and/or a medical device. In one embodiment, the terminal may be a Redcap terminal.

Here, the base station may be an access device of the terminal access network. Here, the base station may be various types of base stations, for example, a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

Here, the base station may issue DCI to the terminal. Here, the DCI may be DCI format0_ 1 or DCI format0_ 2.

In one embodiment, the DCI is issued in response to the terminal needing to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the base station determines whether beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS is required according to a measurement interval between a time when LBT detection is successful and a time of a previous beam measurement.

In one embodiment, it may be that the periodic CSI-RS cannot be transmitted when the base station LBT detection fails. It should be noted that, when the base station is not able to transmit the periodic CSI-RS, the terminal does not receive the periodic CSI-RS, and therefore, the periodic CSI-RS cannot be measured.

In one embodiment, in response to a measurement interval between a time when the LBT detection is successful and a time of a previous beam measurement being greater than or equal to a transmission period of the AP-CSI-RS, the base station determines that beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS is required.

In one embodiment, the base station determines that beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS is not required in response to a measurement interval between a time when the LBT detection is successful and a time of a previous beam measurement being less than or equal to a transmission period of the AP-CSI-RS.

For example, referring to fig. 6, in example 1 and example 2 of fig. 6, the base station is at position a, and the LBT detection fails; at position B, the LBT test was successful. Wherein T1 is a period for transmitting the periodic CSI-RS in example 1; t2 is the period for transmitting the periodic CSI-RS in example 2. t1 is the interval between the time of the last successful LBT detection in example 1 and the time of the previous beam measurement; t2 is the interval between the time of the last successful LBT-based detection in example 2 and the time of the previous beam measurement. Wherein T1 is greater than T1 and T2 is less than T2. Then in example 1T 1 is greater than T1, it is determined that beam measurements based on the AP-CSI-RS are needed. In example 2, T2 is less than T2, determining that beam measurements based on the AP-CSI-RS are not needed. Of course, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the case that T2 is equal to T2 may be according to the method of example 1 or according to the method of example 2, and will not be described again.

In one embodiment, beam measurements are made using the same periodic CSI-RS, including: the same periodic CSI-RS set is used for beam measurements. Here, each periodic CSI-RS set contains a plurality of periodic CSI-RSs. In one embodiment, if different terminals are terminals in the same terminal group, the different terminals are all configured to perform beam measurement using the same periodic CSI-RS set. For example, terminal 1 and terminal 2 belong to terminal group a, then terminal 1 and terminal 2 are both configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS set. Of course, in all embodiments of the present disclosure, terminals configured to make beam measurements using the same periodic CSI-RS set may be considered as one terminal group. Of course, the terminals having the same periodic CSI-RS set for beam measurement may be divided into one group, or may be divided into two or more groups, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, there may be a plurality of terminal groups, and the same periodic CSI-RS parameter of each terminal group may be the same or different; in this way, further introduction of other parameters or variables may be facilitated.

In an embodiment, the beam measurement may be that the terminal measures multiple periodic CSI-RSs, and determines, according to a measurement result, a transmission condition for sending a beam corresponding to the periodic CSI-RS, so that the base station determines, according to the transmission condition, a beam used for data transmission from the multiple beams. For example, the terminal may measure 3 periodic CSI-RSs, where the 3 periodic CSI-RSs are CSI-RS1, CSI-RS2, and CSI-RS3, each periodic CSI-RS corresponds to a beam in a different direction, and is sequentially beam 1, beam 2, and beam 3, and if the detection result indicates that the channel quality of CSI-RS3 is the best, beam 3 may be selected for data transmission.

In one embodiment, the DCI triggers all terminals within the terminal group to make beam measurements based on the AP-CSI-RS. Here, compared with a mode that only a single terminal can be triggered to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS by the DCI, occupied time domain and frequency domain resources can be saved.

In one embodiment, the DCI may trigger all terminals within the corresponding terminal group to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS in a unit triggered by the terminal group.

In one embodiment, the terminal does not receive the periodic CSI-RS in response to the base station being unable to transmit the periodic CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the DCI includes a CSI request field, and each value indicated by the CSI request field corresponds to an aperiodic trigger state. Wherein each aperiodic trigger state indicates one or more AP-CSI-RS sets. Here, the AP-CSI-RS in the one or more sets of AP-CSI-RS are used for the terminal to make AP-CSI-RS measurements. For example, the CSI request field indicates a first aperiodic trigger state, and the first aperiodic trigger state indicates a first AP-CSI-RS set, that is, after the terminal is triggered to perform beam measurement based on the aperiodic AP-CSI-RS, the terminal may perform beam measurement using the AP-CSI-RS in the first AP-CSI-RS set.

In one embodiment, the aperiodic trigger state may further indicate a reporting configuration for reporting the result of the beam measurement for each AP-CSI-RS set. For example, if the CSI request field indicates the second aperiodic trigger state, the second aperiodic trigger state indicates the second reporting configuration. Here, the reporting configuration may include at least one of: the reported measurement quantity, the reported quantity and the codebook configuration parameters. After determining the reporting configuration, the terminal may report the measurement result of the beam measurement based on the reporting configuration.

In one embodiment, the mapping relationship between the aperiodic trigger state and the AP-CSI-RS set indicated by the aperiodic trigger state may be stored in the terminal in advance. As such, the set of AP-CSI-RSs may be determined in response to the terminal determining the aperiodic trigger state.

In an embodiment, the mapping relationship between the aperiodic trigger state and the reporting configuration may be stored in the terminal in advance. In this way, in response to the terminal determining the aperiodic trigger state, the reporting configuration can be determined.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, downlink control information DCI is issued; wherein the DCI is at least to: the terminal in the trigger terminal group carries out beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS; wherein, the terminal group includes: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not receiving the periodic CSI-RS. The DCI can trigger the terminals in the terminal group to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS, namely the DCI can trigger all the terminals in the terminal group to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS at one time, and compared with a mode that the DCI can only trigger a single terminal to perform beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS, the time-frequency domain resource for sending the DCI can be saved.

It should be noted that, as can be understood by those skilled in the art, the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in the related art.

As shown in fig. 7, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 71, responding to the measurement interval being greater than or equal to the sending period of the AP-CSI-RS, and issuing DCI;

wherein, the measurement interval is a time interval between the time when the LBT detection is successful and the time of the previous beam measurement.

Wherein the DCI is at least used for: the method comprises the steps that terminals in a trigger terminal group measure beams based on aperiodic channel state information reference signals AP-CSI-RS; a set of terminals comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not receiving the periodic CSI-RS. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal configured to perform beam measurement using the same periodic CSI-RS set may be considered as one terminal group. Of course, the terminals having the same periodic CSI-RS set for beam measurement may be divided into one group, or may be divided into two or more groups, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, there may be a plurality of terminal groups, and the same periodic CSI-RS parameter of each terminal group may be the same or different; in this way, further introduction of other parameters or variables may be facilitated.

In one embodiment, the periodic CSI-RS cannot be transmitted in response to a previous LBT detection failure by the base station. It should be noted that, when the base station is not able to transmit the periodic CSI-RS, the terminal does not receive the periodic CSI-RS, and therefore, the periodic CSI-RS cannot be measured.

For example, referring again to example 1 of fig. 6, the base station fails the LBT detection at position a and succeeds the LBT detection at position B. Where T1 is the period for transmitting the periodic CSI-RS. t1 is the interval between the time the current LBT detection was successful and the time of the previous beam measurement. Wherein T1 is greater than T1. Then in example 1 the base station determines that beam measurements based on the AP-CSI-RS are required in response to T1 being greater than T1.

In one embodiment, the periodicity of the periodic CSI-RS configured for the terminal is determined according to a beam change rate of the terminal. In one embodiment, in response to the beam change rate of the terminal being less than a change rate threshold, determining that a periodicity of the periodic CSI-RS is greater than a periodicity threshold; and determining that the periodicity of the periodic CSI-RS is less than a periodicity threshold in response to the beam change rate of the terminal being greater than a change rate threshold. As such, the periodicity of the periodic CSI-RS may be adapted to the beam change rate of the terminal.

In one embodiment, the DCI includes at least: a CSI request field; wherein, the CSI request field indicates: reporting mode of terminal in terminal group to report measurement result of beam measurement; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes:

That is, the terminal may be instructed to report in the first reporting mode, or the terminal may be instructed to report in the second reporting mode.

In one embodiment, in response to the CSI request field indicating that a terminal in the terminal group reports a measurement result of beam measurement in a first reporting manner, the terminal reports the measurement result in the first reporting manner; and responding to the CSI request field to indicate the terminal in the terminal group to report the measurement result of the beam measurement in a second reporting mode, and reporting the measurement result by the terminal in the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the measurement result satisfying the predetermined condition may be one of:

indicated measurements of the set of AP-CSI-RSs for which the measured AP-CSI-RS signal strength is greater than a strength threshold.

And indicated measurement results of the AP-CSI-RS set with N top ranked AP-CSI-RS signal strengths measured. Here, N is a positive integer greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the first reporting mode indicates terminals in the terminal group to report a measurement result satisfying a predetermined condition, which is determined from measurement results of each measured AP-CSI-RS set.

For example, please refer to fig. 8, the CSI request field indicates the terminal to report the measurement result in the second reporting manner. After receiving the DCI, the terminal respectively and sequentially measures a first set of AP-CSI-RS set1, a second set of AP-CSI-RS set2 and a third set of AP-CSI-RS set3, and the obtained measurement results are a first measurement result, a second measurement result and a third measurement result in sequence. Wherein the first set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-1, the AP-CSI-RS1-2 and the AP-CSI-RS1-3 comprise 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the first measurement result correspondingly comprises the following steps: results A, results B and results C. The measurement result satisfying the predetermined condition is a result B. The second set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-4, AP-CSI-RS1-5 and AP-CSI-RS1-6 have 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the second measurement result correspondingly comprises: results D, results E and results F. The measurement result satisfying the predetermined condition is a result D. The third set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-7, AP-CSI-RS1-8 and AP-CSI-RS1-9 total 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the third measurement result correspondingly comprises: results G, results H and results I. The measurement results satisfying the predetermined condition are a result G and a result I. The terminal reports the result B, the result D, the result G and the result I on the PUSCH resource in sequence. Namely: the terminal can report the best measurement result and also can report the best N measurement results; or a combination of both.

In an embodiment, the second reporting mode indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result satisfying the predetermined condition, which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets.

For example, please refer to fig. 9, the terminal is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting manner in response to the CSI request field. After receiving the DCI, the terminal respectively measures a first set of AP-CSI-RS set1, a second set of AP-CSI-RS set2 and a third set of AP-CSI-RS set3, and the obtained measurement results are a first measurement result, a second measurement result and a third measurement result in sequence. Wherein the first set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-1, the AP-CSI-RS1-2 and the AP-CSI-RS1-3 comprise 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the first measurement result correspondingly comprises the following steps: results A, results B and results C. The second set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-4, AP-CSI-RS1-5 and AP-CSI-RS1-6 have 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the second measurement result correspondingly comprises: results D, results E and results F. The third set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-7, AP-CSI-RS1-8 and AP-CSI-RS1-9 total 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the third measurement result correspondingly comprises: results G, results H and results I. The terminal determines that result a, result D, result E, and result I satisfy the predetermined condition based on the measurement results of all AP-CSI-RS1 in the 3 sets. The terminal reports the result a, the result D, the result E and the result I on the PUSCH resource in sequence. Namely: the terminal can report the best measurement result and also can report the best N measurement results; or a combination of both.

For another example, please refer to fig. 10, where the terminal is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting manner in response to the CSI request field. After receiving the DCI, the terminal respectively measures a first set of AP-CSI-RS set1, a second set of AP-CSI-RS set2 and a third set of AP-CSI-RS set3, and the obtained measurement results are a first measurement result, a second measurement result and a third measurement result in sequence. Wherein the first set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-1, the AP-CSI-RS1-2 and the AP-CSI-RS1-3 comprise 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the first measurement result correspondingly comprises the following steps: results A, results B and results C. The second set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-4, AP-CSI-RS1-5 and AP-CSI-RS1-6 have 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the second measurement result correspondingly comprises: results D, results E and results F. The third set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-7, AP-CSI-RS1-8 and AP-CSI-RS1-9 total 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the third measurement result correspondingly comprises: results G, results H and results I. The terminal determines that result a, result D, result E, and result I satisfy a predetermined condition based on the measurement results of all AP-CSI-RS1 in the 3 sets. The terminal reports the result a, the result D, the result E and the result I on the PUCCH resource in sequence.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in the first reporting mode, the CSI request field instructs the first value. Or, in response to determining that the terminal in the indication terminal group reports the measurement result in the second reporting mode, the CSI request field indicates the second value.

In one embodiment, the CSI request field includes a plurality of bits, and values of some bits in the plurality of bits are used to indicate a reporting mode in which the terminal reports the measurement result.

In an embodiment, in response to determining that a terminal in a terminal group is instructed to report a measurement result in a first reporting manner, a value of a bit (for example, one bit, it may be stated that a plurality of bits) in a CSI request field is configured to be a first value, for example, the first value is "1"; and responding to the first value indicated by the CSI request field, and reporting the measurement result by the terminal in a first reporting mode.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting manner, the value of the bit in the CSI request field is configured to be a second value, for example, the first value is "0"; and responding to the second value indicated by the CSI request field, and reporting the measurement result by the terminal in a second reporting mode.

As shown in fig. 11, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 111, responding to the determination that the terminal in the indication terminal group reports the measurement result by adopting a first reporting mode, and configuring different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal to associate different CSI report configuration parameters;

and the first reporting mode indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of each AP-CSI-RS set and meets the preset condition.

Wherein, the terminal group includes: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not receiving the periodic CSI-RS. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal configured to perform beam measurement using the same periodic CSI-RS set may be considered as one terminal group. Of course, the terminals having the same periodic CSI-RS set for beam measurement may be divided into one group, or may be divided into two or more groups, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, there may be a plurality of terminal groups, and the same periodic CSI-RS parameter of each terminal group may be the same or different; in this way, further introduction of other parameters or variables may be facilitated.

Here, the report configuration parameter may include at least one of: the reported measurement quantity, the reported quantity and the codebook configuration parameters of the reported measurement results.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that a terminal in a terminal group is instructed to report a measurement result in a first reporting mode, a base station configures different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal to associate different CSI report configuration parameters; and responding to different CSI report configuration parameters associated with different AP-CSI-RS sets determined to be used by the terminal, and determining to report the measurement result by adopting a first reporting mode.

As shown in fig. 12, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 121, in response to determining that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting mode, configuring the same CSI report configuration parameters associated with different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal;

the second reporting mode indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets and meets the preset condition; wherein each AP-CSI-RS comprises a plurality of AP-CSI-RSs.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting mode, the base station configures the same CSI report configuration parameters associated with different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal; and in response to the fact that the terminal determines that the same CSI report configuration parameters are associated with different AP-CSI-RS sets, determining to report the measurement result by adopting a second reporting mode.

The present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

responding to a measurement result of beam measurement reported by a terminal through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and issuing Downlink Control Information (DCI); wherein the DCI comprises: a resource indication field; wherein the resource indication field is used for indicating: and the terminal in the terminal group is used for reporting the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH of the measurement result.

In one embodiment, the terminal reports the measurement result on the corresponding PUSCH resource according to the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH indicated by the resource indication domain.

In one embodiment, the resource parameter indicated by the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is carried in a resource indication field. The terminal may obtain the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information directly from the resource indication field.

In another embodiment, the identification information of the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is carried in the resource indication field. The terminal may determine the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information based on the identification information and the mapping relationship between the identification information field and the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information. In one embodiment, the base station may previously transmit the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information to the terminal through an RRC message. The base station may also send information of the mapping relationship between the identification information field and the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information to the terminal through an RRC message in advance.

As shown in fig. 13, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

and step 131, responding to the measurement result of the beam measurement reported by the terminal through the physical uplink control channel PUCCH, and sending the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUCCH used for reporting the measurement result by the terminal in the terminal group by using the radio resource control RRC message.

In one embodiment, the terminal reports the measurement result on the PUCCH according to the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUCCH indicated by the RRC message.

In one embodiment, the resource parameters indicated by the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information are carried in an RRC message. The terminal may obtain the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information directly from the RRC message.

In another embodiment, the identification information of the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is carried in the RRC message. The terminal may determine the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information based on the identification information and the mapping relationship between the identification information field and the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information.

In one embodiment, the base station may previously transmit the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information to the terminal through an RRC message. The base station may also send information of the mapping relationship between the identification information field and the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information to the terminal through an RRC message in advance.

In any of the above embodiments, the DCI comprising: a state field; wherein, the state field indicates the non-periodic trigger state; wherein each aperiodic trigger state is associated with at least one AP-CSI-RS set; the number of the AP-CSI-RSs contained in each AP-CSI-RS set is smaller than a number threshold value; the quantity threshold is greater than a predetermined value.

In one embodiment, the quantity threshold is determined based on the communication bandwidth. In one embodiment, the quantity threshold is determined to be greater than a first value in response to the communication bandwidth being greater than a bandwidth threshold. In response to the communication bandwidth being less than the bandwidth threshold, determining that the number of AP-CSI-RSs in each AP-CSI-RS set is less than a first value. As such, the number of AP-CSI-RSs in each AP-CSI-RS set may be adapted to the communication bandwidth.

In one embodiment, the predetermined value is 64.

In one embodiment, the terminal may determine the AP-CSI-RS set that the terminal may use according to the aperiodic trigger state indicated by the state field and a mapping relationship between the aperiodic trigger state and the AP-CSI-RS set. And the AP-CSI-RS set is utilized to measure the AP-CSI-RS.

In an embodiment, the mapping relationship further includes an AP-CSI-RS set that the terminal of the aperiodic trigger state indication can use and a configuration parameter for reporting the measurement result. In this way, the terminal may report the measurement result based on the configuration parameters of the reported measurement result.

As shown in fig. 14, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

step 141, sending aperiodic channel state information radio network temporary identifier AP-CSI-RNTI by using a radio resource control RRC message;

the AP-CSI-RNTIs of the terminals in the terminal group configured to perform beam measurement by using the same periodic CSI-RS are the same.

In one embodiment, the base station may scramble the DCI with the AP-CSI-RNTI; and responding to the fact that the obtained RNTI is the same as the AP-CSI-RNTI when the terminal descrambles the DCI, and triggering the terminal in the terminal group to carry out beam measurement based on the aperiodic channel state information reference signal AP-CSI-RS. And responding to the fact that the obtained RNTI is different from the AP-CSI-RNTI when the terminal descrambles the DCI, and the DCI is not the DCI which triggers the terminal in the terminal group to carry out beam measurement based on the aperiodic channel state information reference signal AP-CSI-RS.

In one embodiment, the AP-CSI-RNTIs configured by the terminals in the terminal group are the same. Therefore, the terminals in the terminal group can receive the DCI triggering the terminals in the terminal group to carry out beam measurement based on the aperiodic channel state information reference signal AP-CSI-RS. And therefore, the terminal in the terminal group is triggered to carry out beam measurement based on the aperiodic channel state information reference signal AP-CSI-RS.

As shown in fig. 15, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 151, receiving DCI;

wherein the DCI is at least used for: the terminal in the trigger terminal group carries out beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS; a set of terminals comprising: at least one terminal configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS and not receiving the periodic CSI-RS.

Here, the terminal may receive DCI transmitted by the base station.

In one embodiment, in response to being unable to transmit the periodic CSI-RS and a measurement interval between a time when LBT detection is successful and a time of a previous beam measurement being less than or equal to a transmission period of the AP-CSI-RS, the base station determines that beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS is not required.

In one embodiment, beam measurements are made using the same periodic CSI-RS, including: the same periodic CSI-RS set is used for beam measurements. Here, each periodic CSI-RS set contains a plurality of periodic CSI-RSs. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality means two or more. In one embodiment, if different terminals are terminals in the same terminal group, the different terminals are all configured to perform beam measurement using the same periodic CSI-RS set. For example, terminal 1 and terminal 2 belong to terminal group a, then terminal 1 and terminal 2 are both configured to make beam measurements with the same periodic CSI-RS set.

As shown in fig. 16, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

and 161, responding to the received DCI, and performing beam measurement based on the AP-CSI-RS.

In all embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal configured to perform beam measurement using the same periodic CSI-RS set may be considered as one terminal group. Of course, the terminals having the same periodic CSI-RS set for beam measurement may be divided into one group, or may be divided into two or more groups, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, there may be a plurality of terminal groups, and the same periodic CSI-RS parameter of each terminal group may be the same or different; in this way, further introduction of other parameters or variables may be facilitated.

In one embodiment, the DCI comprises: a CSI request field; wherein, the CSI request field indicates: reporting mode of terminal in terminal group to report measurement result of beam measurement; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes:

For example, please refer to fig. 8 again, the CSI request field indicates the terminal to report the measurement result in the second reporting manner. After receiving the DCI, the terminal respectively measures a first set of AP-CSI-RS set1, a second set of AP-CSI-RS set2 and a third set of AP-CSI-RS set3, and the obtained measurement results are a first measurement result, a second measurement result and a third measurement result in sequence. Wherein the first set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-1, the AP-CSI-RS1-2 and the AP-CSI-RS1-3 comprise 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the first measurement result correspondingly comprises the following steps: results A, results B and results C. The measurement result satisfying the predetermined condition is a result B. The second set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-4, AP-CSI-RS1-5 and AP-CSI-RS1-6 have 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the second measurement result correspondingly comprises: results D, results E and results F. The measurement result satisfying the predetermined condition is a result D. The third set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-7, AP-CSI-RS1-8 and AP-CSI-RS1-9 total 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the third measurement result correspondingly comprises: results G, results H and results I. The measurement results satisfying the predetermined condition are a result G and a result I. The terminal reports the result B, the result D, the result G and the result I on the PUSCH resource in sequence. Namely: the terminal can report the best measurement result and also can report the best N measurement results; or a combination of both.

For example, please refer to fig. 9 again, the terminal is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting manner in response to the CSI request field. After receiving the DCI, the terminal respectively and sequentially measures a first set of AP-CSI-RS set1, a second set of AP-CSI-RS set2 and a third set of AP-CSI-RS set3, and the obtained measurement results are a first measurement result, a second measurement result and a third measurement result in sequence. Wherein the first set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-1, the AP-CSI-RS1-2 and the AP-CSI-RS1-3 comprise 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the first measurement result correspondingly comprises the following steps: results A, results B and results C. The second set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-4, AP-CSI-RS1-5 and AP-CSI-RS1-6 have 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the second measurement result correspondingly comprises: results D, results E and results F. The third set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-7, AP-CSI-RS1-8 and AP-CSI-RS1-9 total 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the third measurement result correspondingly comprises: results G, results H and results I. The terminal determines that result a, result D, result E, and result I satisfy a predetermined condition based on the measurement results of all AP-CSI-RS1 in the 3 sets. The terminal reports the result a, the result D, the result E and the result I on the PUSCH resource in sequence. Namely: the terminal can report the best measurement result and also can report the best N measurement results; or a combination of both. For another example, please refer to fig. 10 again, and the terminal is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting manner in response to the CSI request field. After receiving the DCI, the terminal respectively and sequentially measures a first set of AP-CSI-RS set1, a second set of AP-CSI-RS set2 and a third set of AP-CSI-RS set3, and the obtained measurement results are a first measurement result, a second measurement result and a third measurement result in sequence. Wherein the first set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-1, the AP-CSI-RS1-2 and the AP-CSI-RS1-3 comprise 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the first measurement result correspondingly comprises the following steps: results A, results B and results C. The second set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-4, AP-CSI-RS1-5 and AP-CSI-RS1-6 have 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the second measurement result correspondingly comprises: results D, results E and results F. The third set includes: the AP-CSI-RS1-7, AP-CSI-RS1-8 and AP-CSI-RS1-9 total 3 AP-CSI-RSs, and the third measurement result correspondingly comprises: results G, results H and results I. The terminal determines that result a, result D, result E, and result I satisfy a predetermined condition based on the measurement results of all AP-CSI-RS1 in the 3 sets. The terminal reports the result a, the result D, the result E and the result I on the PUCCH resource in sequence. Namely: the terminal can report the best measurement result and also can report the best N measurement results; or a combination of both.

As shown in fig. 17, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 171, reporting the measurement result by adopting a first reporting mode in response to the first value indicated by the CSI request field;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and reporting the measurement result by adopting a second reporting mode in response to the CSI request field indicating the second value.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that a terminal in a terminal group is instructed to report a measurement result in a first reporting mode, a CSI request field indicates a first value;

in one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting mode, the CSI request field indicates the second value.

As shown in fig. 18, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

181, responding to different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal to associate different CSI report configuration parameters, and reporting a measurement result by adopting a first reporting mode;

In one embodiment, in response to determining that a terminal in a terminal group is instructed to report a measurement result in a first reporting mode, the terminal configures different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal to associate different CSI report configuration parameters; and responding to different CSI report configuration parameters associated with different AP-CSI-RS sets determined to be used by the terminal, and determining to report the measurement result by adopting a first reporting mode.

As shown in fig. 19, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 191, responding to the same CSI report configuration parameters associated with different aperiodic CSI-RS sets used by the terminal, and reporting the measurement result by adopting a second reporting mode; the second reporting mode indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets and meets the preset condition; wherein each AP-CSI-RS comprises a plurality of AP-CSI-RSs.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal in the terminal group is instructed to report the measurement result in the second reporting mode, the terminal configures the same CSI report configuration parameters associated with different AP-CSI-RS sets used by the terminal; and in response to the fact that the terminal determines that the same CSI report configuration parameters are associated with different AP-CSI-RS sets, determining to report the measurement result by adopting a second reporting mode.

In one embodiment, the DCI comprises: a resource indication field; wherein, the resource indication field indicates: time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information; and the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH used for reporting the measurement result by the terminal in the terminal group.

In one embodiment, the terminal reports the measurement result on the PUSCH according to the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH indicated by the resource indication domain.

In another embodiment, the identification information of the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is carried in the resource indication field. The terminal may determine the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information based on the identification information and the mapping relationship between the identification information field and the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information.

In one embodiment, the terminal may receive the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information transmitted by the base station through the RRC message in advance. The terminal may also receive information of the mapping relationship between the identification information field and the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information sent by the base station through the RRC message in advance.

As shown in fig. 20, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 201, reporting a measurement result of beam measurement on a PUSCH based on time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

Wherein the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is part of a DCI, and the DCI is for terminals within a terminal group. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal configured to perform beam measurement using the same periodic CSI-RS set may be considered as one terminal group. Of course, the terminals having the same periodic CSI-RS set for beam measurement may be divided into one group, or may be divided into two or more groups, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, there may be a plurality of terminal groups, and the same periodic CSI-RS parameter of each terminal group may be the same or different; in this way, further introduction of other parameters or variables may be facilitated.

In one embodiment, the resource parameter indicated by the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is carried in a resource indication field. The terminal can directly obtain the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information from the resource indication domain; and reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement on the PUSCH based on the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

In another embodiment, the identification information of the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is carried in the resource indication field. The terminal may determine the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information based on the identification information and the mapping relationship between the identification information domain and the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information; and reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement on the PUSCH based on the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

As shown in fig. 21, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 211, receiving information of time domain resources and/or frequency domain resources sent by using RRC message;

wherein the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is part of an RRC, and the RRC is for a terminal within the terminal group. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal configured to perform beam measurement using the same periodic CSI-RS set may be considered as one terminal group. Of course, the terminals having the same periodic CSI-RS set for beam measurement may be divided into one group, or may be divided into two or more groups, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, there may be a plurality of terminal groups, and the same periodic CSI-RS parameter of each terminal group may be the same or different; in this way, further introduction of other parameters or variables may be facilitated.

As shown in fig. 22, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

and step 221, reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement on the PUCCH based on the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

In one embodiment, the resource parameters indicated by the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information are carried in an RRC message. The terminal can directly obtain the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information from the RRC message; and reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement on the PUCCH based on the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

In another embodiment, the identification information of the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is carried in the RRC message. The terminal may determine the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information based on the identification information and the mapping relationship between the identification information domain and the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource information; and reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement on the PUCCH based on the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information.

In any of the above embodiments, the DCI comprises a status field; wherein, the state field is used for indicating the non-periodic trigger state; wherein each aperiodic trigger state is associated with at least one AP-CSI-RS set; the number of the AP-CSI-RSs contained in each AP-CSI-RS set is smaller than a number threshold value; the quantity threshold is greater than a predetermined value.

In one embodiment, the predetermined value is 64.

As shown in fig. 23, the present embodiment provides a beam measurement method, where the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

step 231, receiving an RRC message carrying the AP-CSI-RNTI;

As shown in fig. 24, the beam measuring apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, and the apparatus includes a sending module 241, wherein,

the issuing module 241 is configured to issue the DCI;

As shown in fig. 25, the present embodiment of the disclosure provides a beam measuring apparatus, which is applied to a terminal, and the apparatus includes a receiving module 251; wherein,

the receiving module 251 configured to receive DCI;

The disclosed embodiment provides a communication device, which includes:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when used to execute executable instructions, implement the methods applied to any embodiment of the present disclosure.

The processor may include, among other things, various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media capable of continuing to remember the information stored thereon after a power loss to the communication device.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like for reading the executable program stored on the memory.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and the executable program, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

As shown in fig. 26, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

Referring to fig. 26, the present embodiment of the terminal 800 provides a terminal 800, which may be embodied as a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 26, terminal 800 can include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the terminal 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing components 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on terminal 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power components 806 provide power to the various components of terminal 800. Power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for terminal 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the terminal 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

Sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for terminal 800. For example, sensor assembly 814 can detect the open/closed state of device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of terminal 800, sensor assembly 814 can also detect a change in position of terminal 800 or a component of terminal 800, the presence or absence of user contact with terminal 800, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of terminal 800, and a change in temperature of terminal 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between terminal 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The terminal 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, communications component 816 further includes a Near Field Communications (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the terminal 800 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

As shown in fig. 27, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 may be provided as a network side device. Referring to fig. 27, base station 900 includes a processing component 922 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, e.g., applications, that are executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the base station.

The base station 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The base station 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server (TM), Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of beam measurement, wherein the method is performed by a base station, the method comprising:

issuing downlink control information DCI;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending down the DCI comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the DCI comprises: a CSI request field; wherein the CSI request field indicates: a reporting mode that the terminal in the terminal group reports the measurement result of the beam measurement; wherein, the reporting mode comprises:

a second reporting mode, which indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets and meets the predetermined condition; wherein each AP-CSI-RS comprises a plurality of the AP-CSI-RSs.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein,

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the DCI comprises, in response to the terminal reporting the measurement result of the beam measurement via a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH): a resource indication field; wherein the resource indication field indicates: and the terminal in the terminal group is used for reporting the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH of the measurement result.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the DCI comprises: a state field; wherein the state field indicates an aperiodic trigger state; wherein each of the aperiodic trigger state is associated with at least one of the AP-CSI-RS sets; the number of the AP-CSI-RSs contained in each AP-CSI-RS set is smaller than a number threshold value; the quantity threshold is greater than a predetermined value.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending an aperiodic channel state information radio network temporary identifier AP-CSI-RNTI by utilizing a radio resource control RRC message;

10. A method of beam measurement, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving DCI;

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the DCI comprises: a CSI request field; wherein the CSI request field indicates: a reporting mode that the terminal in the terminal group reports the measurement result of the beam measurement; wherein, the reporting mode comprises:

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

responding to the same CSI report configuration parameters associated with different aperiodic CSI-RS sets used by the terminal, and reporting the measurement result by adopting a second reporting mode;

the first reporting mode indicates the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of each AP-CSI-RS set and meets the preset condition; the second reporting mode is used for indicating the terminals in the terminal group to report the measurement result which is determined from the measurement results of the plurality of AP-CSI-RS sets and meets the preset condition; wherein each AP-CSI-RS comprises a plurality of AP-CSI-RSs.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the DCI comprises: a resource indication field; wherein the resource indication field indicates: time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information; and the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information is the time domain resource and/or frequency domain resource information of the PUSCH, which is used for reporting the measurement result by the terminal in the terminal group.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the DCI comprises: a state field; wherein the state field indicates an aperiodic trigger state; wherein each aperiodic trigger state is associated with at least one AP-CSI-RS set; the number of the AP-CSI-RSs contained in each AP-CSI-RS set is smaller than a number threshold value; the quantity threshold is greater than a predetermined value.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an RRC message carrying the AP-CSI-RNTI;

21. A beam measuring device, which is applied to a base station, comprises a sending module, wherein,

the issuing module is configured to issue DCI;

22. A beam measuring device is applied to a terminal and comprises a receiving module; wherein,

the receiving module configured to receive DCI;

23. A communication device, comprising:

an antenna;

a memory;

a processor, coupled to the antenna and the memory, respectively, configured to control transceiving of the antenna by executing computer-executable instructions stored on the memory, and capable of implementing the method provided by any of claims 1 to 9, or 10 to 18.

24. A computer storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, are capable of implementing the method provided by any one of claims 1 to 9, or 10 to 18.