WO2025194459A1 - Communication method, communication device, communication system, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a communication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving configuration information, the configuration information being used for configuring a first resource, the first resource being used for a terminal to send a first signal, and the first signal being used for indicating that the terminal will send a beam report. The method of the present disclosure can reduce resource waste, ensures the resource use efficiency, and can improve the transmission efficiency.

Description

Communication method, communication device, communication system, and storage medium Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

Background Art

In communication systems, to ensure coverage, channels and/or signals are typically transmitted and received based on beams. Optionally, to ensure the quality of beam-based communication, a terminal typically performs beam measurement and reports a beam report to a network device based on the beam measurement results. The network device can then schedule a beam with higher beam quality for channel and/or signal transmission and reception based on the beam measurement results in the beam report.

Summary of the Invention

The present disclosure provides a communication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is proposed, which is executed by a terminal and includes:

Configuration information is received, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for a terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, which is performed by a network device. The method includes:

Send configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided for use in a communication system, the communication system including a terminal and a network device, the method including:

The network device sends configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for a terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report;

The terminal receives configuration information.

According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including:

The transceiver module is used to receive configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, including:

The transceiver module is used to send configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, including:

one or more processors;

The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the communication method described in any one of the first aspect to the second aspect.

According to the seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, characterized in that it includes a terminal and a network device, wherein the network device is configured to implement the communication method described in the first aspect, and the terminal is configured to implement the communication method described in the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions, and is characterized in that when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method as described in any one of the first to second aspects.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily understood from the following description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of some communication systems provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG2A is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3A is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3B is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4A is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4B is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG5 is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG6A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG7B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is executed by a terminal. The method includes:

Configuration information is received, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for a terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

In the above embodiment, the network device configures a first resource for sending a first signal to the terminal, wherein the first signal can be used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report. It can be seen that the present disclosure provides a method for configuring a first resource for sending a first signal to the terminal. On this basis, when the terminal needs to send a beam report, the terminal can send the first signal through the first resource, and when the network device receives the first signal, it can be known that the terminal will send a beam report, so that resources for sending a beam report can be configured or reserved for the terminal, so that the terminal can successfully send a beam report based on the resource; and when the network device does not receive the first signal, it determines that the terminal does not need to send a beam report. At this time, the network device can schedule the resources used to send the beam report for other transmissions, thereby reducing resource waste, ensuring resource utilization efficiency, and improving transmission efficiency.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first signal is further used for at least one of the following:

Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent;

Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report;

Indicates a sending method of the beam report;

Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report;

Indicates whether the beam report includes second information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal;

The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following:

One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1;

One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2;

One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource includes: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel PUCCH resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel CG PUSCH resource;

The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report is sent in the form of uplink control information UCI; and/or

When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following:

Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP;

Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR;

Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal;

Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the form of the first signal includes at least one of the following:

Random access preamble RA preamble;

A first scheduling request SR;

Positive indication;

The format is PUCCH format 0 signal;

The signal format is PUCCH format 1.

In the above embodiment, the relevant characteristics of the first signal are limited so that after the network device receives the first signal, it can The first signal successfully determines the terminal's specific intention to send a beam report, so that the network device can accurately perform the corresponding resource configuration or reservation operation, thereby ensuring the successful sending of the beam report and avoiding resource waste.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

When the terminal meets at least one triggering event, it determines that the first signal needs to be sent; wherein, the triggering event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report, the triggering event is agreed upon by the protocol, and/or the triggering event is configured by the network device.

In the above embodiment, a method for determining the timing of sending the first signal is provided, which is used by the terminal to determine under what specific circumstances the first signal needs to be sent, so that the terminal can send the first signal at an appropriate time. At the same time, in the method disclosed herein, the terminal triggers the sending of the beam report based on a trigger event. By flexibly setting the specific trigger conditions of the trigger event, the terminal can report the beam report in a timely and accurate manner at an appropriate time, avoiding the situation where "the beam report interval configured by the network device is too short, which may make the best beams reported twice the same and unchanged, thereby wasting signaling, and the beam report interval configured by the network device is too long, which may cause the beam quality to change. The beam report is not sent because the reporting time has not arrived, thereby affecting the communication quality." This can reduce signaling overhead and ensure that when the beam quality changes, it can be reported in a timely manner to ensure communication quality.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

When it is necessary to send the first signal, determine whether the first resource overlaps with a second resource, where the second resource is used to send a second SR, and the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource;

The first resource and the second resource overlap in the time domain, and it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determining to send the first signal and/or the second SR includes at least one of the following:

The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine to send the first signal and the second SR;

The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine to send the first signal;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUCCH resources for sending the beam report, and determine to send the first signal and the second SR;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UCI, and determines to send the first signal;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE, determining whether to send the first signal or the second SR.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

When it is determined to send the first signal, sending the first signal;

When it is determined to send the first signal or the second SR, sending the first signal or the second SR;

When it is determined to send the first signal and the second SR, the first signal and the second SR are sent.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, sending the first signal and the second SR includes:

Determine a first bitmap, where the first bitmap includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value;

The first bitmap is sent using the first resource and/or the second resource.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes at least one of the following:

When it is determined to send the first signal and the first resource overlaps with a resource of a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ of PUCCH format 0 in the time domain, sending the HARQ of PUCCH format 0;

When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 0, and the first resource overlaps with a HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1;

When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 1, and the first resource overlaps with the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1;

When it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR, and the first resource and/or the second resource overlaps with the resource of the second signal of the first format in the time domain, a second bitmap is sent, where the second bitmap includes a third bit value and the second bit value. The figure includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal of the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal of the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first format includes at least one of the following:

PUCCH format 2;

PUCCH format 3;

PUCCH format 4; and/or

The second signal includes at least one of the following:

HARQ;

Channel State Information CSI.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second SR includes at least one of the following:

Scheduling request resource identification ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell;

Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell.

In the above embodiment, a method is provided for determining whether the terminal sends the first signal when the first resource corresponding to the first signal overlaps with other resources, and a method is provided for multiplexing the first signal with other uplink transmissions when the first resource overlaps with other resources, thereby improving the transmission mechanism of the first signal, so that the first signal can be successfully compatible with the communication system, and ensuring the successful transmission of the first signal.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, different trigger events correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the trigger event is met, the first resource corresponding to the trigger event is used to send the first signal.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the triggering event includes at least one of the following:

The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first beam includes at least one of the following:

The best beam from the last beam report;

The beam most recently indicated by the network device;

All beams from the last beam report;

The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or

The second beam includes at least one of the following:

Non-optimal beams from the last beam report;

beams other than those in the last beam report;

beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device;

Beams other than the first beam.

In the above embodiment, the specific content of the triggering event is defined so that the terminal can successfully determine when the first signal needs to be sent based on the triggering event, thereby achieving successful sending of the first signal.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is performed by a network device. The method includes:

Configuration information is sent, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

In the above embodiment, the network device configures a first resource for sending a first signal to the terminal, wherein the first signal can be used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report. It can be seen that the present disclosure provides a method for configuring a first resource for sending a first signal to the terminal. On this basis, when the terminal needs to send a beam report, the terminal can send the first signal through the first resource, and when When the network device receives the first signal, it can know that the terminal will send a beam report, and thus can configure or reserve resources for the terminal for sending the beam report so that the terminal can successfully send the beam report based on the resources; and when the network device does not receive the first signal, it determines that the terminal does not need to send the beam report. At this time, the network device can schedule the resources used to send the beam report for other transmissions, thereby reducing resource waste, ensuring resource utilization efficiency, and improving transmission efficiency.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first signal is further used for at least one of the following:

Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent;

Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report;

Indicates a sending method of the beam report;

Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report;

Indicates whether the beam report includes second information.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal;

The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following:

One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1;

One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2;

One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource includes: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel PUCCH resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel CG PUSCH resource;

The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report is sent in the form of uplink control information UCI; and/or

When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following:

Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP;

Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR;

Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal;

Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the form of the first signal includes at least one of the following:

Random access preamble RA preamble;

A first scheduling request SR;

Positive indication;

The format is PUCCH format 0 signal;

The signal format is PUCCH format 1.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes any one of the following:

receiving the first signal and a second SR, where the first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUCCH resource for sending the beam report; and the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource;

receiving a first signal, where the first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after a first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUSCH resource for sending the beam report and indicates that the beam report is to be sent in the form of UCI;

Receive a first signal or a second SR, where the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE; the second SR is used to request PUSCH resources.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, receiving the first signal and the second SR includes:

A first bit map is received, where the first bit map includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, and the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, and the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes any one of the following:

Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 0;

Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 1;

A second bit map is received, where the second bit map includes a third bit value, and the second bit map includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, where the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal in the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal in the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to a second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first format includes at least one of the following:

PUCCH format 2;

PUCCH format 3;

PUCCH format 4; and/or

The second signal includes at least one of the following:

HARQ;

Channel State Information CSI.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second SR includes at least one of the following:

Scheduling request resource identification ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell;

Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

A trigger event is configured, where the trigger event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report.

In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, different trigger events correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the trigger event is met, the first resource corresponding to the trigger event is used to send the first signal.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the triggering event includes at least one of the following:

The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first beam includes at least one of the following:

The best beam from the last beam report;

The beam most recently indicated by the network device;

All beams from the last beam report;

The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or

The second beam includes at least one of the following:

Non-optimal beams from the last beam report;

beams other than those in the last beam report;

beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device;

Beams other than the first beam.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method for a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a terminal and a network device, and the method includes:

The network device sends configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, and the first resource is used by the terminal to send a first signal. The first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report;

The terminal receives configuration information.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including:

The transceiver module is used to receive configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first signal is further used for at least one of the following:

Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent;

Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report;

Indicates a sending method of the beam report;

Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report;

Indicate whether the beam report includes second information.

With reference to some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal;

The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following:

One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1;

One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2;

One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource includes: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel PUCCH resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel CG PUSCH resource;

The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources.

In combination with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report is sent in the form of uplink control information UCI; and/or

When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following:

Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP;

Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR;

Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal;

Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the form of the first signal includes at least one of the following:

Random access preamble RA preamble;

A first scheduling request SR;

Positive indication;

The format is PUCCH format 0 signal;

The signal format is PUCCH format 1.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal is further configured to:

When the terminal meets at least one triggering event, it determines that the first signal needs to be sent; wherein, the triggering event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report, the triggering event is agreed upon by the protocol, and/or the triggering event is configured by the network device.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal is further configured to:

When it is necessary to send the first signal, determine whether the first resource overlaps with a second resource, where the second resource is used to send a second SR, and the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource;

The first resource and the second resource overlap in the time domain, and it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the determining to send the first signal and/or the second SR includes at least one of the following:

The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on the PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine the the first signal and the second SR;

The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine to send the first signal;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUCCH resources for sending the beam report, and to determine to send the first signal and the second SR;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UCI, and determines to send the first signal;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE, determining whether to send the first signal or the second SR.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal is further configured to:

When it is determined to send the first signal, sending the first signal;

When it is determined to send the first signal or the second SR, sending the first signal or the second SR;

When it is determined to send the first signal and the second SR, the first signal and the second SR are sent.

With reference to some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, sending the first signal and the second SR includes:

Determine a first bitmap, where the first bitmap includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value;

The first bitmap is sent using the first resource and/or the second resource.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal is further used for at least one of the following:

When it is determined to send the first signal and the first resource overlaps with a resource of a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ of PUCCH format 0 in the time domain, sending the HARQ of PUCCH format 0;

When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 0, and the first resource overlaps with a HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1;

When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 1, and the first resource overlaps with the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1;

When it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR, and the first resource and/or the second resource overlap with the resource of the second signal of the first format in the time domain, a second bit map is sent, the second bit map includes a third bit value, and the second bit map includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal of the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal of the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first format includes at least one of the following:

PUCCH format 2;

PUCCH format 3;

PUCCH format 4; and/or

The second signal includes at least one of the following:

HARQ;

Channel State Information CSI.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the second SR includes at least one of the following:

Scheduling request resource identification ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell;

Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, different triggering events correspond to the same first resource, or different triggering events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the triggering event is satisfied, the first resource corresponding to the triggering event is used to send the First signal.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the triggering event includes at least one of the following:

The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first beam includes at least one of the following:

The best beam from the last beam report;

The beam most recently indicated by the network device;

All beams from the last beam report;

The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or

The second beam includes at least one of the following:

Non-optimal beams from the last beam report;

beams other than those in the last beam report;

beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device;

Beams other than the first beam.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including:

The transceiver module is used to send configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first signal is further used for at least one of the following:

Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent;

Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report;

Indicates a sending method of the beam report;

Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report;

Indicate whether the beam report includes second information.

With reference to some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal;

The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following:

One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1;

One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2;

One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first uplink resource includes: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel PUCCH resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel CG PUSCH resource;

The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources.

In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report is sent in the form of uplink control information UCI; and/or

When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following:

Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP;

Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR;

Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal;

Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the form of the first signal includes at least one of the following:

Random access preamble RA preamble;

A first scheduling request SR;

Positive indication;

The format is PUCCH format 0 signal;

The signal format is PUCCH format 1.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the network device is further used for any of the following:

receiving the first signal and a second SR, where the first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUCCH resource for sending the beam report; and the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource;

receiving a first signal, where the first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after a first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUSCH resource for sending the beam report and indicates that the beam report is to be sent in the form of UCI;

Receive a first signal or a second SR, where the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE; the second SR is used to request PUSCH resources.

With reference to some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, receiving the first signal and the second SR includes:

A first bit map is received, where the first bit map includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, and the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, and the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the network device is further used for any of the following:

Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 0;

Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 1;

A second bit map is received, where the second bit map includes a third bit value, and the second bit map includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, where the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal in the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal in the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to a second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first format includes at least one of the following:

PUCCH format 2;

PUCCH format 3;

PUCCH format 4; and/or

The second signal includes at least one of the following:

HARQ;

Channel State Information CSI.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the second SR includes at least one of the following:

Scheduling request resource identification ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell;

Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the network device is further configured to:

A trigger event is configured, where the trigger event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report.

In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, different trigger events correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the trigger event is met, the first resource corresponding to the trigger event is used to send the first signal.

With reference to some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the triggering event includes at least one of the following:

The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value.

In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first beam includes at least one of the following:

The best beam from the last beam report;

The beam most recently indicated by the network device;

All beams from the last beam report;

The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or

The second beam includes at least one of the following:

Non-optimal beams from the last beam report;

beams other than those in the last beam report;

beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device;

Beams other than the first beam.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, which includes: one or more processors; one or more memories for storing instructions; wherein the processor is used to call the instructions so that the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes: a terminal and a network device; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the first aspect and the optional implementation of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to execute the method described in the second aspect and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, and computer programs are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

The present disclosure provides invention titles. In some embodiments, the terms "communication method" and "information processing method," "information sending method," and "information receiving method" are interchangeable; the terms "communication device" and "information processing device," "information sending device," and "information receiving device" are interchangeable; and the terms "information processing system," "communication system," "information sending system," and "information receiving system" are interchangeable.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and/or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, the terms “at least one of,” “at least one of,” “at least one of,” “one or more,” “a plurality of,” “multiple,” etc. may be used interchangeably.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, descriptions such as “at least one of A, B, C…”, “A and/or B and/or C…”, etc. include A, The situation where any one of B, C... exists alone also includes the situation where any multiple of A, B, C... exist in any combination, and each situation can exist alone; for example, "at least one of A, B, C" includes the situation where A exists alone, B exists alone, C exists alone, the combination of A and B, the combination of A and C, the combination of B and C, and the combination of A, B and C; for example, A and/or B includes the situation where A exists alone, B exists alone, and the combination of A and B.

In some embodiments, descriptions such as "in one case A, in another case B," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B," may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: executing A independently of B (in some embodiments, A); executing B independently of A (in some embodiments, B); selectively executing A and B (in some embodiments, selecting between A and B); and executing both A and B (in some embodiments, A and B). The same applies when there are more branches, such as A, B, and C.

The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

In some embodiments, the terms “access network device (AN device)”, “radio access network device (RAN device)”, “base station (BS)”, “radio base station”, “fixed station”, “node”, “access point”, “transmission point (TP)”, “reception point (RP)”, “transmission/reception point (TRP)”, “panel”, “antenna panel”, “antenna array”, “cell”, “macro cell”, “small cell”, “femto cell”, “pico cell”, “sector”, “cell group”, “carrier”, “component carrier”, “bandwidth part (BWP)” and the like may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, the access network device, core network device, or network device may be replaced by a terminal. For example, the communication between the access network device, core network device, or network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, also referred to as device-to-device communication). The embodiments of the present disclosure may also be applied to structures such as device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc. In this case, it may also be configured such that the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, the terms "uplink" and "downlink" may be replaced with terms corresponding to inter-terminal communication (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channel, downlink channel, etc. may be replaced with side channel, and uplink, downlink, etc. may be replaced with side link.

In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

The correspondences shown in the tables of the present disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are merely examples and can be configured to other values, which are not limited by the present disclosure. When configuring the correspondences between information and parameters, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, in the tables of the present disclosure, the correspondences shown in certain rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate deformation adjustments can be made based on the above tables, such as splitting, merging, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables may also adopt other names that can be understood by the communication device, and the values or representations of the parameters may also adopt other values or representations that can be understood by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures may also be used, such as arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear lists, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables or hash tables, etc.

The predefined in the present disclosure may be understood as defined, predefined, stored, pre-stored, pre-negotiated, pre-configured, solidified, or pre-burned.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1, the communication system 100 may include a terminal and a network device. Optionally, the network device may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

In some embodiments, the terminal includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved Node B (eNB), a next generation evolved Node B (ng-eNB), a next generation Node B (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved node B (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure may be applicable to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may become internal interfaces of Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces may be implemented through software or programs.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU may also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure may be used to split the protocol layers of the access network device, with some functions of the protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the remaining functions of some or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

In some embodiments, the core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or device groups, each including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC). Alternatively, the core network device may also be a location management function network element. For example, the location management Functional network elements include a location server, which can be implemented as any of the following: Location Management Function (LMF), Enhanced Serving Mobile Location Centre (E-SMLC), Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) and Secure User Plane Location Platform (SUPLLP).

It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in Figure 1, or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in Figure 1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in Figure 1, or may include other entities outside of Figure 1. The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationship between the entities is illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), Future Radio Access (FRA), New Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX ), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA 2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark)), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)) networks, Device to Device (D2D) systems, Machine to Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle to Everything (V2X), systems using other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on them, etc. Furthermore, combinations of multiple systems (for example, combinations of LTE or LTE-A with 5G) may also be applied.

Optionally, in a communication system, when a terminal reports a beam report to a network device, the network device typically first configures the reporting timing for the beam report for the terminal, and the terminal then reports the beam report based on the reporting timing configured by the network device. Optionally, the network device typically configures the terminal to report beam reports periodically, semi-persistently, or aperiodically. However, in reality, changes in beam quality are most readily known to the terminal, and the reporting timing configured by the network device (such as the periodic reporting period or the aperiodic reporting period) may not be optimal. For example, if the reporting interval is too short, the optimal beam reported twice may be the same, without change, resulting in wasted signaling. If the reporting interval is too long, a situation may occur where "beam quality changes but the reporting timing has not yet arrived," thereby affecting communication quality. Currently, event-triggered beam reporting has been proposed to address this issue. Specifically, the terminal determines whether a triggering event is met based on its own beam quality. When the triggering event is met, the terminal triggers the reporting of the beam report, thereby achieving timely and accurate reporting of beam reports.

At the same time, in some embodiments, in order to reduce latency, periodic or semi-persistent resources for beam reporting are usually configured for the terminal. When the terminal needs a beam report, it can directly send the beam report based on the periodic or semi-persistent resources without requesting resources from the network device, thereby reducing latency and signaling overhead. However, if these periodic or semi-persistent resources are always reserved for beam reporting, then when the terminal does not have a beam report, these resources will be wasted. Therefore, in order to reduce resource waste, it is considered to introduce an uplink indication (UL indication), wherein when the terminal is about to send a beam report, the terminal sends the uplink indication to the network device to inform the network device that the terminal will send a beam report on the next resource. The network device can then reserve the next resource in advance for the beam report, and when the terminal does not send the uplink indication to the network device, the network device can schedule these resources for other transmissions, thereby reducing resource waste.

However, how to design this uplink indication (UL indication) is a technical problem that needs to be solved at present.

FIG2A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

Step 2101: A network device configures a triggering event.

Optionally, the network device may configure the trigger event for the terminal, and the terminal may receive the trigger event configured by the network device.

In some embodiments, the trigger event can be used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report, wherein when the terminal satisfies the trigger event or satisfies the trigger condition of the trigger event (such as an entering condition or a leaving condition), the terminal can send a beam report.

Optionally, the above mentioned concepts of "triggering the terminal to send a beam report" and "terminal sending a beam report" are different. Specifically, "triggering the terminal to send a beam report" means that the terminal determines that it will send a beam report, but the beam report has not yet been generated, or the beam report has been generated but not yet sent. In other words, the terminal only knows that it will send a beam report, but has not yet executed the action of "sending the beam report", but is about to execute the action of "sending the beam report". "Terminal sending a beam report" means that the terminal is executing the action of "sending the beam report".

Optionally, in some embodiments, the triggering event may include one or more of the following:

A first event, wherein the first event is: a beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value;

The second event is: the beam quality of the second beam is higher than the second threshold value;

The third event is: the beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the entry condition corresponding to the first event may include: the beam quality of the first beam plus the first value is less than a third threshold value;

Optionally, in some embodiments, the exit condition corresponding to the first event may include: the beam quality of the first beam minus the second value is greater than a fourth threshold value.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the entry condition corresponding to the second event may include: the beam quality of the second beam minus the third value is greater than a fifth threshold value;

Optionally, in some embodiments, the exit condition corresponding to the second event may include: the beam quality of the second beam plus the fourth value is less than a sixth threshold value.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the entry condition corresponding to the third event may include: a value obtained by subtracting the fifth value from the beam quality of the second beam is greater than a value obtained by adding the first offset value to the beam quality of the first beam;

Optionally, in some embodiments, the exit condition corresponding to the third event may include: a value obtained by adding the sixth value to the beam quality of the second beam is less than a value obtained by adding the second offset value to the beam quality of the first beam.

Optionally, the first value, second value, third value, fourth value, fifth value, sixth value, first threshold value, second threshold value, third threshold value, fourth threshold value, fifth threshold value, sixth threshold value, first offset value, second offset value, and preset offset value may be configured by the network device, or may be agreed upon by a protocol. Furthermore, the first value, second value, third value, fourth value, fifth value, and sixth value may be the same or different, the first threshold value, second threshold value, third threshold value, fourth threshold value, fifth threshold value, and sixth threshold value may be the same or different, and the first offset value, second offset value, and preset offset value may be the same or different.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the first beam may include at least one of the following:

The best beam in the last beam report, that is, the beam with the best beam quality in the last beam report;

The beam most recently indicated by the network device;

All beams from the last beam report;

The worst beam in the last beam report, that is, the beam with the worst beam quality in the last beam report.

Optionally, the beam most recently indicated by the network device may include at least one of the following:

The transmission configuration indication (TCI) status of the channel last indicated by the network device:

The TCI status corresponding to the reference signal last indicated by the network device;

The TCI status corresponding to the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) most recently indicated by the network device;

The TCI status corresponding to the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) most recently indicated by the network device;

The TCI status corresponding to the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) last indicated by the network device;

The TCI status corresponding to the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) most recently indicated by the network device;

The channel-state information reference signal (CSI-RS) most recently indicated by the network device Corresponding TCI status;

The TCI status corresponding to the sounding reference signal (SRS) most recently indicated by the network device.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the beam most recently indicated by the network device may be the TCI state indicated by the Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) signaling, for example, the TCI state corresponding to a codepoint activated by MACCE, that is, the beam most recently indicated by the network device is the TCI state corresponding to a codepoint activated by MACCE; or, in other embodiments, the beam most recently indicated by the network device may be: after the TCI states corresponding to multiple codepoints are activated by MAC CE signaling, one of the codepoints indicated by the downlink control information (DCI) signaling, that is, the beam most recently indicated by the network device may be the TCI state corresponding to the codepoint indicated by the DCI signaling.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the beam most recently indicated by the network device may be the TCI state activated by MACCE, for example, MACCE activates the TCI state corresponding to each of multiple codepoints, that is, the beam most recently indicated by the network device is the TCI state corresponding to each of multiple codepoints activated by MACCE.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the beam most recently indicated by the network device may be an indicated TCI state (indicated TCI state) or a unified transmission configuration indication state (unified TCI state) applicable to at least two channels and/or at least two reference signals; or, in other embodiments, the beam most recently indicated by the network device may also be a TCI state independently indicated for one channel and/or one reference signal. The TCI state may include at least one of a joint transmission configuration indication state (joint TCI state), a downlink transmission configuration indication state (DL TCI state), and an uplink transmission configuration indication state (UL TCI state). Optionally, in some embodiments, the second beam may include at least one of the following:

Non-optimal beams from the last beam report;

beams other than those in the last beam report;

beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device;

Beams other than the first beam.

Optionally, the beam report may include at least one of the following:

At least one first identifier, where the first identifier may be used to indicate a reference signal resource corresponding to the beam report;

The beam quality of the reference signal resource corresponding to the beam report;

The terminal's sounding reference signal (SRS) port support capability; for example, the maximum number of SRS ports supported by the terminal.

Power headroom of the terminal;

The power backoff amount corresponding to the terminal's maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) power;

The uplink transmission power (UL transmission power) of the terminal; optionally, the uplink transmission power may be the difference between the power headroom and the power backoff amount;

A second identifier, where the second identifier is used to indicate a triggering event for triggering a beam report;

The third identifier is used to indicate a report configuration identifier, and the report configuration identifier is associated with the second identifier; optionally, the third identifier may implicitly indicate the above-mentioned second identifier.

Optionally, the "reference signal resources corresponding to the beam report" indicated by the above-mentioned first identifier can be understood as, for example: the reference signal resources corresponding to the beam reported in the beam report, that is, the reference signal resources transmitted on the beam reported in the beam report; optionally, the beam reported in the beam report can be a beam that meets the trigger conditions corresponding to the above-mentioned trigger event.

For example, in some embodiments, the first identifier may be a synchronization signal block (SSB) index, which may be used to indicate an SSB identifier; or, the first identifier may be a CSI-RS resource ID, which may be used to indicate a CSI-RS resource.

Optionally, the above-mentioned "beam quality of the reference signal resource corresponding to the beam report" may be: the beam quality of the beam reported in the beam report, which may include, for example, at least one of the following: Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP), Layer 1 Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (L1-SINR), and uplink transmit power.

Furthermore, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned “beam” is only an exemplary name of the present disclosure, and it may also be other names. For example, beam can be called: beam, spatial Rx parameter, quasi-co location Type (QCL Type) Type D, spatial setting, spatial reception filter, spatial transmission filter, spatial domain filter, TCI state, joint TCI state, DL TCI state, UL TCI state, unified TCI state, Common Transmission Configuration Indicator state (common TCI state), spatial relationship information (spatialrelationinfo), etc.

Step 2102: The network device sends configuration information.

Optionally, the network device may send configuration information to the terminal, and the terminal may receive the configuration information.

Optionally, the configuration information can be used to configure a first resource, the first resource can be used for the terminal to send a first signal, the first signal can be used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report, and the first signal can also be called UL indication or other names, which is not specifically limited here.

In some embodiments, when the terminal meets the above-mentioned triggering event, it may be considered that the terminal will send a beam report. At this time, the first signal can be sent by the terminal to the network device, so that the network device can configure or reserve resources for the terminal based on the first signal for sending the beam report.

In some embodiments, different trigger events may correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events may correspond to different first resources. When the trigger event or the trigger condition corresponding to the trigger event is met, the terminal may use the first resource corresponding to the trigger event to send a first signal.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the first signal may be used for at least one of the following:

Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time t1; wherein the first time may be a time at which the first signal is sent;

Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending a beam report;

Indicates how beam reports are sent;

Indicates the number of beams included in the beam report;

Indicates whether the beam report contains the second information.

Optionally, the first uplink resource may be pre-configured to the terminal, and the first uplink resource may be, for example, a periodic resource. For example, the first uplink resource may include: a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a periodically occurring configured grant (CG) PUSCH resource. In addition, the first uplink resource appearing after the above-mentioned first moment t1 may include at least one of the following: one or more first uplink resources appearing after the first time period T1 from the first moment t1 (such as the first first uplink resource appearing after the first time period T1 from the first moment t1), one or more first uplink resources appearing after the first moment t1 and before the second moment t2 (such as the first first uplink resource appearing after the first moment t1 and before the second moment t2), and one or more first uplink resources appearing in the second time period T2 after the first moment t1 (such as the first first uplink resource appearing in the second time period T2 after the first moment t1); wherein, t2 is a non-negative number, t2 may be configured by the network device and/or agreed upon by the protocol, and the above-mentioned first time period and second time period may be configured by the network device and/or agreed upon by the protocol, for example, the network device may configure and/or the protocol may agree upon at least two of the starting point, end point, and length of the first time period, and/or the network device may configure and/or the protocol may agree upon at least two of the starting point, end point, and length of the second time period.

Optionally, the above-mentioned second uplink resources may include, for example, dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources, wherein the dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources may be configured by the network device to the terminal through DCI signaling.

Optionally, the above-mentioned beam report may be sent in the form of uplink control information (UCI) and/or uplink medium access control element (UL MAC CE). Optionally, in some embodiments, when the beam report is sent on periodic PUCCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources, the beam report may be sent in the form of UCI; when the beam report is sent on periodic CG PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUSCH resources, the beam report may be sent in the form of UCI and/or UL MAC CE.

Optionally, the second information may include at least one of the following:

L1-RSRP;

L1-SINR;

Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of SRS ports supported by the terminal;

MPE information.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the MPE information may include at least one of the following: a power headroom value corresponding to a reference signal resource, a power backoff value corresponding to the reference signal resource, and a difference between the power headroom value and the power backoff value. Optionally, the power backoff value may be used to satisfy the MPE.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the first signal may include at least one of the following:

a random access preamble (RA preamble); optionally, the RA preamble may be, for example, a dedicated RA preamble, and when the dedicated RA preamble is sent on the first resource, may indicate that the terminal will send a beam report;

First Scheduling Request (SR);

Positive indication; Optionally, the positive indication may be, for example: a shock wave signal, similar to positiveSR;

Signals in PUCCH format 0;

The signal format is PUCCH format (format) 1.

Step 2103: The terminal determines at least one triggering event.

For a detailed introduction to the triggering events, please refer to the above step description.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the terminal may determine at least one triggering event based on a protocol agreement; in other embodiments, the terminal may receive at least one triggering event configured by a network device.

Step 2104: When the terminal meets at least one triggering event, the terminal determines that a first signal needs to be sent.

Optionally, since the trigger event is used to trigger the beam report, when the terminal satisfies at least one trigger event, it indicates that the terminal is about to send a beam report. At this time, the terminal determines that it needs to send a first signal to inform the network device that the terminal is about to send a beam report, so that the network device can configure or reserve uplink resources for the beam report (i.e., the aforementioned first uplink resources and/or second uplink resources) for the terminal, so that the terminal can subsequently successfully send the beam report on the first uplink resource and/or second uplink resource.

Step 2105: The terminal determines whether to send the first signal based on the overlap between the first resource and other resources.

Optionally, when the terminal determines that the first signal needs to be sent, the terminal also needs to first determine whether the first resource used to send the first signal overlaps with other resources, and further determine whether to send the first signal based on the determination result.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned other resources may include, for example, at least one of the second resources, Hybrid Automatic Repeat request Acknowledgement (HARQ) resources of PUCCH format 0, HARQ resources of PUCCH format 1, and resources of the second signal of the first format.

Optionally, the second resource may be a resource for sending a second SR, the second resource may be configured by the network device to the terminal, the second SR may be an SR other than the first SR, and the second SR may be used to request PUSCH resources. In some embodiments, the second SR may include at least one of the following:

Scheduling request resource identifier (identity, ID), namely: schedulingRequestResourceId;

a schedulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-BFR-SCell;

a schedulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-BFR;

A scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with a scheduling request resource ID; that is, a schedulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-BFR2; optionally, when the terminal has the capability of providing two link recovery requests (LRR), the second SR includes "a scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with a scheduling request resource ID".

a schedulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-LBT-Scell.

Optionally, the first format may include at least one of the following:

PUCCH format 2;

PUCCH format 3;

PUCCH format 4.

Optionally, the second signal may include at least one of the following:

HARQ;

Channel State Information (CSI).

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the terminal determines that the first resource and the second resource overlap in the time domain (for example, at least one symbol corresponding to the first resource and the second resource is the same), if the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, the terminal determines to send the first signal and the second SR. Optionally, "sending the first signal and the second SR" herein can be understood as, for example, multiplexing the first signal and the second SR, wherein a detailed description of this part will be described later.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the terminal determines that the first resource overlaps with the above-mentioned second resource in the time domain, if the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report on the CG PUSCH resource that appears after the first moment, it is determined to send the first signal, and there is no need to send the second SR; optionally, the reason why the second SR is not sent here is because: the second SR is used to request PUSCH, and CG PUSCH will appear after the first moment, so there is no need to send the second SR.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the terminal determines that the first resource overlaps with the above-mentioned second resource in the time domain, if the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUCCH resources for sending beam reports, it is determined to send the first signal and the second SR.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the terminal determines that the first resource overlaps with the above-mentioned second resource in the time domain, if the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending beam reports, and indicates that the sending method of the beam report is: sending in the form of UCI, it is determined to send the first signal instead of sending the second SR; optionally, the reason why the second SR is not sent here is because: although in theory the first signal and the second SR are both used to request PUSCH, PUSCH can be requested regardless of whether the first signal or the second SR is sent, but since the first signal is also used to indicate that the sending method of the beam report is: sending in the form of UCI, when the terminal sends information to the network device in the form of UCI, the terminal usually needs to inform the network device in advance that the sending form of the terminal is: sending in the form of UCI, so that the network device knows that the sending form of the terminal is: sending in the form of UCI, the network device can use the decoding method corresponding to the UCI to correctly decode the information sent by the terminal. For this reason, the terminal can only send the first signal at this time. Because, if the terminal sends the second SR, but the second SR cannot inform the network device that the terminal's beam report is sent in the form of UCI, it will cause the network device to fail to decode the beam report, resulting in failure to send the beam report. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, the terminal needs to send the first signal at this time.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the terminal determines that the first resource overlaps with the second resource in the time domain, if the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for transmitting a beam report and indicates that the beam report is to be transmitted in the form of a UL MAC CE, the terminal determines to transmit the first signal or the second SR. Optionally, when the terminal transmits information to the network device in the form of a UL MAC CE, the network device can successfully decode the information transmitted in the form of a UL MAC CE even if it is unaware of the terminal's transmission form. Therefore, in this case, transmitting either the first signal or the second SR can achieve the purpose of requesting a PUSCH.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when it is determined to send a first signal and the first resource overlaps with the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 0 in the time domain, it is determined to send HARQ of PUCCH format 0.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when it is determined to send a first signal, which is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 0, and the first resource overlaps with the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, it is determined to send HARQ of PUCCH format 1.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when it is determined to send a first signal, which is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 1, and the first resource overlaps with the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, it is determined to send HARQ of PUCCH format 1.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR, and the first resources and/or the second resources overlap with the resources of the second signal of the first format in the time domain, it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR together with the second signal of the first format.

Step 2106: The terminal performs uplink transmission based on the determination result of step 2105.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the determination result of step 2105 is: determining to send the first signal, the terminal may send the first signal to the network device on the first resource.

Optionally, in some other embodiments, when the determination result of step 2105 is: determining to send the first signal or the second SR, the terminal may send the first signal to the network device on the first resource or send the second SR to the network device on the second resource.

Optionally, in some further embodiments, when the result of the determination of step 2105 is: determining to send the first signal and the second SR, the terminal may send the first signal and the second SR to the network device. Optionally, the method for the terminal to send the first signal and the second SR to the network device may be, for example, determining a first bit map, and sending the first bit map using the first resource and/or the second resource. Optionally, the first bit map may include a first bit value and a second bit value, the first bit value may be a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value may be used to indicate the first signal, for example, the first bit value may indicate different meanings when taking different values, such as: when the first bit value takes the seventh value (such as 1), the indicated first signal may indicate: the terminal will send a beam report; when the first bit value takes the eighth value (such as 0), the indicated first signal may indicate: the terminal does not send a beam report. Optionally, the second bit value may be a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value may be used For indicating the second SR, for example, the second bit value can be used to indicate the schedulingRequestResourceId in the second SR, etc. Optionally, in some embodiments, the first bit value can be located before or after the second bit value.

Optionally, in some further embodiments, when the determination result of step 2105 is: determining to send HARQ of PUCCH format 0, the terminal may send HARQ of PUCCH format 0 to the network device.

Optionally, in some further embodiments, when the determination result of step 2105 is: determining to send HARQ of PUCCH format 1, the terminal may send HARQ of PUCCH format 1 to the network device.

Optionally, in some further embodiments, when the result of the determination in step 2105 is: determining to send the first signal and/or the second SR together with the second signal in the first format, the terminal may send the first signal and/or the second SR together with the second signal in the first format to the network device. Optionally, the method for the terminal to send the first signal and/or the second SR together with the second signal in the first format to the network device may be, for example: the terminal determines a second bitmap and sends the second bitmap on at least one of the first resource, the second resource, and the resource of the second signal in the first format. Optionally, the second bitmap may include a third bit value, and the second bitmap may include the first bit value and/or the second bit value. Optionally, the third bit value may be a bit value corresponding to the second signal in the first format, and the third bit value may be used to indicate the second signal in the first format. In some embodiments, the first bit value and/or the second bit value may be located after the third bit value.

Step 2107: The network device configures and/or reserves resources for the terminal based on the transmission of the terminal.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the network device receives a first signal sent by the terminal, and the first signal indicates that the terminal will send a beam report on the CG PUSCH resources that appear after the first moment, the network device may reserve the CG PUSCH resources that appear after the first moment for the terminal.

Optionally, in some other embodiments, when the network device receives a first signal sent by the terminal, and the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending beam reports, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UCI, then the network device can configure PUSCH resources for the terminal. For example, the network device can configure PUSCH resources for the terminal through DCI signaling.

Optionally, in some further embodiments, when the network device receives the first signal and the second SR (i.e., the network device receives the first bit map, or the network device receives the second bit map including the first bit value and the second bit value), and the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report on the PUCCH resources that appear after the first moment, the network device can reserve the PUCCH resources that appear after the first moment for the terminal, and can configure the PUSCH resources requested by the second SR for the terminal.

Optionally, in some further embodiments, when the network device receives a first signal and a second SR, and the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUCCH resources for sending beam reports, the network device can configure PUCCH resources for the terminal, and can configure the PUSCH resources requested by the second SR for the terminal.

Optionally, in some further embodiments, when the network device receives the first signal or the second SR, and the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending beam reports, and the first signal also indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE, the network device can configure PUSCH for the terminal.

Step 2108: The terminal sends a beam report based on the network device configuration and/or reserved resources.

Optionally, for the terminal, the resources configured by the network device here may be sent by the network device to the terminal, and the resources reserved by the network device here may be determined by the terminal based on the first signal sent by it. For example, the resources reserved by the network device may be: the resources that need to be reserved as indicated by the first signal (that is, the first uplink resources that appear after the first moment as indicated by the aforementioned first signal).

In the above embodiment, the network device will configure a first resource for sending a first signal to the terminal, wherein the first signal can be used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report. It can be seen that the present disclosure provides a method for configuring a first resource for sending a first signal to the terminal. On this basis, when the terminal needs to send a beam report, the terminal can send the first signal through the first resource, and when the network device receives the first signal, it can be known that the terminal will send a beam report, so that the terminal can be configured or reserved for sending a beam report. Resources, so that the terminal can successfully send a beam report based on the resource; and when the network device does not receive the first signal, it is determined that the terminal does not need to send a beam report. At this time, the network device can schedule the resources used to send the beam report for other transmissions, thereby reducing resource waste and improving transmission efficiency.

The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 2101 to 2108. For example, step 2101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 2103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 2101+step 2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

FIG3A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a terminal, the method comprising:

Step 3101: Receive a trigger event for network device configuration.

Step 3102: Receive configuration information sent by the network device.

Step 3103: Determine at least one triggering event.

Step 3104: When the terminal meets at least one triggering event, it is determined that a first signal needs to be sent.

Step 3105: Determine whether to send the first signal based on the overlap between the first resource and other resources.

Step 3106: Send uplink based on the determination result of step 3105.

Step 3107: Determine the network device configuration and/or reserved resources.

Step 3108: Send a beam report based on the network device configuration and/or reserved resources.

For a detailed description of steps 3101-3108, please refer to the above embodiment description.

The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 3101 to 3108. For example, step 3101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 3102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 3103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 3101+S3102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

FIG3B is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a terminal, the method comprising:

Step 3201: Receive configuration information.

Optionally, the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, and the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

Optionally, the first signal is further used for at least one of the following:

Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent;

Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report;

Indicates a sending method of the beam report;

Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report;

Indicate whether the beam report includes second information.

Optionally, the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal;

The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following:

One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1;

One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2;

One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1.

Optionally, the first uplink resource includes: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel PUCCH resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel CG PUSCH resource;

The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources.

Optionally, when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of uplink control information (UCI); and/or

When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE.

Optionally, the second information includes at least one of the following:

Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP;

Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR;

Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal;

Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information.

Optionally, the first signal may be in a form of at least one of the following:

Random access preamble RA preamble;

A first scheduling request SR;

Positive indication;

The format is PUCCH format 0 signal;

The signal format is PUCCH format 1.

Optionally, the method further includes:

When the terminal meets at least one triggering event, it determines that the first signal needs to be sent; wherein, the triggering event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report, the triggering event is agreed upon by the protocol, and/or the triggering event is configured by the network device.

Optionally, the method further includes:

When it is necessary to send the first signal, determine whether the first resource overlaps with a second resource, where the second resource is used to send a second SR, where the second SR is an SR other than the first SR, and where the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource;

The first resource and the second resource overlap in the time domain, and it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR.

Optionally, the determining to send the first signal and/or the second SR includes at least one of the following:

The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine to send the first signal and the second SR;

The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine to send the first signal;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUCCH resources for sending the beam report, and to determine to send the first signal and the second SR;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UCI, and determines to send the first signal;

The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE, determining whether to send the first signal or the second SR.

Optionally, the method further includes:

When it is determined to send the first signal, sending the first signal;

When it is determined to send the first signal or the second SR, sending the first signal or the second SR;

When it is determined to send the first signal and the second SR, the first signal and the second SR are sent.

Optionally, the sending the first signal and the second SR includes:

Determine a first bitmap, where the first bitmap includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value;

The first bitmap is sent using the first resource and/or the second resource.

Optionally, the method further includes at least one of the following:

When it is determined to send the first signal and the first resource overlaps with a resource of a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ of PUCCH format 0 in the time domain, sending the HARQ of PUCCH format 0;

When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 0, and the first resource overlaps with a HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1;

When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 1, and the first resource overlaps with the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1;

When it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR, and the first resource and/or the second resource overlap with the resource of the second signal of the first format in the time domain, a second bit map is sent, the second bit map includes a third bit value, and the second bit map includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal of the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal of the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value.

Optionally, the first format includes at least one of the following:

PUCCH format 2;

PUCCH format 3;

PUCCH format 4; and/or

The second signal includes at least one of the following:

HARQ;

Channel State Information CSI.

Optionally, the second SR includes at least one of the following:

Scheduling request resource identification ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell;

Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell.

Optionally, different trigger events correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the trigger event is met, the first resource corresponding to the trigger event is used to send the first signal.

Optionally, the triggering event includes at least one of the following:

The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value.

Optionally, the first beam includes at least one of the following:

The best beam from the last beam report;

The beam most recently indicated by the network device;

All beams from the last beam report;

The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or

The second beam includes at least one of the following:

Non-optimal beams from the last beam report;

beams other than those in the last beam report;

beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device;

Beams other than the first beam.

For a detailed description of step 3201, please refer to the above embodiment description.

In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

FIG4A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a network device, the method comprising:

Step 4101: Configure trigger events.

Step 4102: Send configuration information.

Step 4103: Receive the uplink transmission from the terminal.

Step 4104: Configure and/or reserve resources for the terminal based on the transmission of the terminal.

Step 4105: Receive the beam report sent by the terminal.

For a detailed description of steps 4101-4105, please refer to the above embodiment description.

The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 4101 to 4105. For example, step 4101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 4102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 4103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 4101+step 4102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

FIG4B is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a network device, the method comprising:

Step 4201: Send configuration information.

Optionally, the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, and the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

Optionally, the first signal is further used for at least one of the following:

Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent;

Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report;

Indicates a sending method of the beam report;

Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report;

Indicate whether the beam report includes second information.

Optionally, the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal;

The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following:

One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1;

One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2;

One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1.

Optionally, the first uplink resource includes: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel PUCCH resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel CG PUSCH resource;

The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources.

Optionally, when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of uplink control information (UCI); and/or

When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE.

Optionally, the second information includes at least one of the following:

Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP;

Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR;

Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal;

Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information.

Optionally, the first signal may be in a form of at least one of the following:

Random access preamble RA preamble;

A first scheduling request SR;

Positive indication;

The format is PUCCH format 0 signal;

The signal format is PUCCH format 1.

Optionally, the method further includes any one of the following:

receiving the first signal and a second SR, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUCCH resource for sending the beam report; and the second SR is an SR other than the first SR, and the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource;

receiving a first signal, where the first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after a first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUSCH resource for sending the beam report and indicates that the beam report is to be sent in the form of UCI;

Receive a first signal or a second SR, where the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE; the second SR is an SR in addition to the first SR, and the second SR is used to request PUSCH resources.

Optionally, the receiving the first signal and the second SR includes:

A first bit map is received, where the first bit map includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, and the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, and the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value.

Optionally, the method further includes any one of the following:

Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 0;

Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 1;

A second bit map is received, where the second bit map includes a third bit value, and the second bit map includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, where the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal in the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal in the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to a second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value.

Optionally, the first format includes at least one of the following:

PUCCH format 2;

PUCCH format 3;

PUCCH format 4; and/or

The second signal includes at least one of the following:

HARQ;

Channel State Information CSI.

Optionally, the second SR includes at least one of the following:

Scheduling request resource identification ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell;

Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID;

Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell.

Optionally, the method further includes:

A trigger event is configured, where the trigger event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report.

Optionally, different trigger events correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the trigger event is met, the first resource corresponding to the trigger event is used to send the first signal.

Optionally, the triggering event includes at least one of the following:

The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value;

The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value.

Optionally, the first beam includes at least one of the following:

The best beam from the last beam report;

The beam most recently indicated by the network device;

All beams from the last beam report;

The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or

The second beam includes at least one of the following:

Non-optimal beams from the last beam report;

beams other than those in the last beam report;

beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device;

Beams other than the first beam.

For a detailed description of step 4201, please refer to the above embodiment description.

In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

Figure 5 is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a communication system including a terminal and a network device. The method includes at least one of the following:

Step 5101: The network device sends configuration information.

Step 5102: The terminal receives configuration information.

Optional implementations of steps 5101 and 5102 may refer to the description of the above embodiments.

In some embodiments, the above method may include the method described in the above embodiments of the communication system side, the first device side, the network device side, etc., which will not be repeated here.

The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 5101 to 5102. For example, step 5101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 5102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

The following is an exemplary introduction to the above method.

Optional Example 1: A terminal receives configuration information, where the configuration information is used to indicate a UL indication configuration. The UL indication is used to inform a network device that the terminal will send a beam report.

Optional Example 2. Based on Optional Example 1, the UL indication includes an RA preamble or an SR;

Optional Example 3. Based on Optional Example 2, the SR includes a first SR for UE-initiated beam reporting;

Optional example 4. UL indication includes at least one of Positive UL indication, negative UL indication, PUCCH format 0 based UL indication and PUCCH format 1 base UL indication.

Optional Example 5. Multiplexing between the UL indication and the second SR

a) If the UL indication is used to indicate that the terminal will send a UE-initiated beam report on the PUCCH that appears after time t1 and/or before time t2, then if the UL indication overlaps with the second SR, then both the UL indication and the second SR need to be sent because the SR is for obtaining PUSCH resources.

i. That is, the PUCCH resource is a periodic resource

ii. Here the beam report can be sent in the form of UCI

iii. The second SR includes the following

1.schedulingRequestResourceId,a schedulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-BFR-SCell,a schedulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-BFR,a sch edulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-BFR2 if the UE provides twoLRRcapability, and a schedulingRequestResourceId associated with schedulingRequestID-LBT-Scell

2. When both UL indication and second SR are sent, should the UL indication bit be sent first or last?

b) If the UL indication is used to indicate that the terminal will send a UE-initiated beam report on the CG PUSCH that appears after time t1 and/or before time t2, then if the UL indication overlaps with the SR, then the UL indication is sent and the SR does not need to be sent, because there will be CG PUSCH resources next, and the purpose of the SR is to obtain PUSCH resources.

i. Here, the beam report can be sent in the form of UCI or UL MAC CE

c) If the UL indication is used to request the base station to dynamically configure PUCCH resources to send UE-initiated beam reports, then if the UL indication overlaps with the SR, both the UL indication and the SR need to be sent because the SR is for requesting PUSCH resources.

i. Bit position is the same as before

d) If the UL indication is used to request the base station to dynamically configure PUSCH resources to send UE-initiated beam reports and the beam reports are sent in the form of UCI, then if the UL indication overlaps with the SR, then the UL indication is sent (i.e., its priority is higher than other SRs), because the UL indication is to request PUSCH resources and inform the base station that UCI will be sent on PUSCH, while the SR mainly requests PUSCH.

e) If the UL indication is used to request the base station to dynamically configure PUSCH resources to send a UE-initiated beam report, and the beam report is sent in the form of a UL MAC CE, then if the UL indication overlaps with an SR, then either the UL indication or the SR shall be sent (i.e., its priority shall be higher or lower than that of the other SR), because only the PUSCH resources requested are required.

Optional Example 6: If there are multiple events used to trigger UE initiated, the resources of UL indication are shared by multiple events or the resources of UL indication are different resources corresponding to different events.

Optional Example 7. Based on any one of Optional Examples 1-3, the priority of the UL indication and HARQ-ACK

a) UL indication and PUCCH format 0 HARQ are in the same resource, transmitting HARQ

b) When the UL indication of PUCCH format 0 and the HARQ of PUCCH format 1 are in the same slot, the HARQ

c) When the UL indication of PUCCH format 1 and the HARQ of PUCCH format 1 are in the same slot, the HARQ

d) When at least one UL indication and/or SR is in the same slot as HARQ of PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3, or PUCCH format 4, at least one UL indication and/or SR is placed after the HARQ bits.

Optional Example 8. Based on any one of Optional Examples 1-3, the UL indication and CSI multiplexing

a) When CSI of PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3, or PUCCH format 4 is in the same slot, at least one UL indication and/or SR is placed after the CSI bits, same as HARQ

Optional Example 9. Based on Optional Example 3, the triggering event includes at least one of the following:

a) The current beam is below the threshold

i. The current beam is defined as:

1. The best beam in the last report, or the beam most recently indicated by the base station, or all beams in the last report, or the worst beam in the last report

b) The candidate beam is above the threshold

i. Candidate beams are defined as: non-optimal beams in the last report, beams other than the beams included in the last report, or beams other than the beams most recently indicated by the base station

c) The candidate beam is one offset higher than the current beam

The definitions of current beam and candidate beam are the same as above.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is only a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity, or they can be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and instructions are stored in the memory. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules may be implemented by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits may be understood as one or more processors. For example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the above-mentioned units or modules may be implemented by designing the logical relationship between the components in the circuit. For another example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it may include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits may be configured through a configuration file, thereby implementing the functions of some or all of the above-mentioned units or modules. All units or modules of the above-mentioned devices may be implemented entirely by the processor calling software, or entirely by hardware circuits, or partially by the processor calling software, and the remaining part by hardware circuits.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP); in another implementation, the processor may implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit, and the logical relationship of the above hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable, such as a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document to implement the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit ( Network Processing Unit (NPU), Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Deep Learning Processing Unit (DPU), etc.

FIG6A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6A , it includes:

The transceiver module is used to receive configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to execute the steps related to "transmitting and receiving" executed by the terminal in any of the above methods. The above-mentioned terminal also includes a processing module, which is used to execute the steps related to "processing" executed by the terminal in any of the above methods.

FIG6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of the network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6B , it includes:

The transceiver module is used to send configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report.

Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to execute the steps related to "transmitting and receiving" performed by the network device in any of the above methods, and the above-mentioned network device also includes a processing module, which is used to execute the steps related to "processing" performed by the network device in any of the above methods.

Figure 7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 7100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device or the first device described above), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device in implementing any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal in implementing any of the above methods. Communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

As shown in Figure 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The processor 7101 is used to call instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 7102 may be located outside the communication device 7100.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are performed by the transceiver 7103, and the other steps are performed by the processor 7101.

In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

Optionally, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more interface circuits 7104, which are connected to the memory 7102. The interface circuits 7104 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7104 may read instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send the instructions to the processor 7101.

The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7a. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201 , and the processor 7201 is used to call instructions so that the chip 7200 executes any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202, which are connected to the memory 7203. The interface circuits 7202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 7203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 7203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7202 can read instructions stored in the memory 7203 and send the instructions to the processor 7201. Optionally, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7203 may be located outside the chip 7200.

The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center by wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

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A communication method, characterized in that it is executed by a terminal, the method comprising: Configuration information is received, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for a terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first signal is further used for at least one of the following: Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent; Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report; Indicates a sending method of the beam report; Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report; Indicate whether the beam report includes second information. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal; The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following: One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1; One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2; One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the first uplink resource comprises: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel (CG) (PUSCH) resource; The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report is sent in the form of uplink control information (UCI); and/or When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the second information includes at least one of the following: Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP; Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR; Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal; Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first signal comprises at least one of the following: Random access preamble RA preamble; A first scheduling request SR; Positive indication; The format is PUCCH format 0 signal; The signal format is PUCCH format 1. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: When the terminal meets at least one triggering event, it determines that the first signal needs to be sent; wherein, the triggering event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report, the triggering event is agreed upon by the protocol, and/or the triggering event is configured by the network device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising: When it is necessary to send the first signal, determine whether the first resource overlaps with a second resource, where the second resource is used to send a second SR, and the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource; The first resource and the second resource overlap in the time domain, and it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR. The method according to claim 9, wherein the determining to send the first signal and/or the second SR comprises at least one of the following: The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine to send the first signal and the second SR; The first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after the first moment, and to determine to send the first signal; The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUCCH resources for sending the beam report, and to determine to send the first signal and the second SR; The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UCI, and determines to send the first signal; The first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE, determining whether to send the first signal or the second SR. The method according to claim 10, further comprising: When it is determined to send the first signal, sending the first signal; When it is determined to send the first signal or the second SR, sending the first signal or the second SR; When it is determined to send the first signal and the second SR, the first signal and the second SR are sent. The method according to claim 11, wherein sending the first signal and the second SR comprises: Determine a first bitmap, where the first bitmap includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value; The first bitmap is sent using the first resource and/or the second resource. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the method further comprises at least one of the following: When it is determined to send the first signal and the first resource overlaps with a resource of a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ of PUCCH format 0 in the time domain, sending the HARQ of PUCCH format 0; When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 0, and the first resource overlaps with a HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1; When it is determined to send the first signal, the first signal is a signal transmitted based on PUCCH format 1, and the first resource overlaps with the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1 in the time domain, sending the HARQ resource of PUCCH format 1; When it is determined to send the first signal and/or the second SR, and the first resource and/or the second resource overlap with the resource of the second signal of the first format in the time domain, a second bit map is sent, the second bit map includes a third bit value, and the second bit map includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal of the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal of the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value. The method of claim 13, wherein the first format comprises at least one of the following: PUCCH format 2; PUCCH format 3; PUCCH format 4; and/or The second signal includes at least one of the following: HARQ; Channel State Information CSI. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein the second SR includes at least one of the following: Scheduling request resource identification ID; Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell; Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID; Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID; Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell. The method as claimed in claims 8-15 is characterized in that different trigger events correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the trigger event is met, the first resource corresponding to the trigger event is used to send the first signal. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 16, wherein the triggering event includes at least one of the following: The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value; The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value; The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value. The method of claim 17, wherein the first beam comprises at least one of the following: The best beam from the last beam report; The beam most recently indicated by the network device; All beams from the last beam report; The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or The second beam includes at least one of the following: Non-optimal beams from the last beam report; beams other than those in the last beam report; beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device; Beams other than the first beam. A communication method, characterized in that it is executed by a network device, the method comprising: Configuration information is sent, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report. The method of claim 19, wherein the first signal is further used for at least one of the following: Instructing the terminal to send a beam report on a first uplink resource that appears after a first time instant t1; wherein the first time instant is a time instant at which the first signal is sent; Requesting the network device to configure a second uplink resource for sending the beam report; Indicates a sending method of the beam report; Indicate the number of beams included in the beam report; Indicate whether the beam report includes second information. The method according to claim 20, wherein the first uplink resource is pre-configured to the terminal; The first uplink resource appearing after the first moment includes at least one of the following: One or more first uplink resources appearing after a first time period T1 starting from a first moment t1; One or more first uplink resources that appear after the first time instant t1 and before the second time instant t2; One or more first uplink resources appearing in a second time period T2 after the first time instant t1. The method according to claim 20 or 21, wherein the first uplink resource comprises: a periodically occurring physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and/or a periodically occurring configuration grant physical uplink shared channel (CG) (PUSCH) resource; The second uplink resources include: dynamically configured PUSCH resources and/or dynamically configured PUCCH resources. The method of claim 22, wherein when a beam report is sent on a periodically occurring PUCCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUCCH resource, the beam report is sent in the form of uplink control information (UCI); and/or When a beam report is sent on a periodically appearing CG PUSCH resource and/or a dynamically configured PUSCH resource, the beam report may be sent in the form of a UCI or an uplink media access control layer control element UL MAC CE. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein the second information includes at least one of the following: Layer 1 reference signal received strength L1-RSRP; Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio L1-SINR; Indication information corresponding to the maximum number of sounding reference signal SRS ports supported by the terminal; Maximum permissible radiation exposure (MPE) information. The method according to any one of claims 19 to 24, wherein the first signal comprises at least one of the following: Random access preamble RApreamble; A first scheduling request SR; Positive indication; The format is PUCCH format 0 signal; The signal format is PUCCH format 1. The method according to any one of claims 19 to 25, further comprising: receiving the first signal and a second SR, where the first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a PUCCH resource that appears after the first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUCCH resource for sending the beam report; and the second SR is used to request a PUSCH resource; receiving a first signal, where the first signal is used to instruct the terminal to send a beam report on a CG PUSCH resource that appears after a first moment, or the first signal is used to request the network device to configure a PUSCH resource for sending the beam report and indicates that the beam report is to be sent in the form of UCI; Receive a first signal or a second SR, where the first signal is used to request the network device to configure PUSCH resources for sending the beam report, and indicates that the beam report is sent in the form of UL MAC CE; the second SR is used to request PUSCH resources. The method of claim 26, wherein receiving the first signal and the second SR comprises: A first bit map is received, where the first bit map includes a first bit value and a second bit value, where the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, and the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second SR, and the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value is located before or after the second bit value. The method according to any one of claims 19 to 27, further comprising: Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 0; Receive HARQ of PUCCH format 1; A second bit map is received, where the second bit map includes a third bit value, and the second bit map includes a first bit value and/or a second bit value, where the third bit value is a bit value corresponding to the second signal in the first format, the third bit value is used to indicate the second signal in the first format, the first bit value is a bit value corresponding to the first signal, the first bit value is used to indicate the first signal, the second bit value is a bit value corresponding to a second SR, the second bit value is used to indicate the second SR, and the first bit value and/or the second bit value are located after the third bit value. The method of claim 28, wherein the first format comprises at least one of the following: PUCCH format 2; PUCCH format 3; PUCCH format 4; and/or The second signal includes at least one of the following: HARQ; Channel State Information CSI. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 29, wherein the second SR includes at least one of the following: Scheduling request resource identification ID; Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - beam failure recovery BFR - secondary cell SCell; Scheduling request ID-BFR associated with the scheduling request resource ID; Scheduling request ID-BFR2 associated with the scheduling request resource ID; Scheduling request ID associated with the scheduling request resource ID - Listen before send LBT-Scell. The method according to any one of claims 19 to 30, further comprising: A trigger event is configured, where the trigger event is used to trigger the terminal to send a beam report. The method as claimed in claim 31 is characterized in that different trigger events correspond to the same first resource, or different trigger events correspond to different first resources, wherein when the trigger event is met, the first resource corresponding to the trigger event is used to send the first signal. The method according to claim 31 or 32, wherein the triggering event includes at least one of the following: The beam quality of the first beam is lower than a first threshold value; The beam quality of the second beam is higher than a second threshold value; The beam quality of the second beam is higher than the beam quality of the first beam by a preset offset value. The method of claim 33, wherein the first beam comprises at least one of the following: The best beam from the last beam report; The beam most recently indicated by the network device; All beams from the last beam report; The worst beam in the last beam report; and/or The second beam includes at least one of the following: Non-optimal beams from the last beam report; beams other than those in the last beam report; beams other than the beam most recently indicated by the network device; Beams other than the first beam. A communication method is used in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a terminal and a network device, and the method includes: The network device sends configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for a terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report; The terminal receives configuration information. A terminal, comprising: The transceiver module is used to receive configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report. A network device, comprising: The transceiver module is used to send configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure a first resource, where the first resource is used for the terminal to send a first signal, where the first signal is used to indicate that the terminal will send a beam report. A communication device, comprising: one or more processors; A memory coupled to the processor, wherein instructions are stored in the memory, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 18 or claims 19 to 34. A communication system, characterized in that it includes a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 18, and the network device is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 19 to 34. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 18 or claims 19 to 34.