Resource determination method and network device

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of communications. Provided is a resource determination method. The specific implementation solution involves: firstly, determining a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an ith sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of a terminal; when the terminal is a reduced-capability terminal, determining a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal; and then determining a target index of the starting PRB of the ith SRS resource of the terminal on the basis of the first index and the reference index. Thus, on the basis of the reference index of the SRS resource of the reduced-capability terminal and a first index of a starting PRB of each SRS resource, the absolute position of each SRS resource in all bandwidths is determined, thereby ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the determined position of each SRS resource, ensuring that the reduced-capability terminal can reliably send an SRS resource, and providing a condition for realizing reliable communication of the reduced-capability terminal.

Description

Resource determination method and network device

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application is based on the Chinese patent application with application number 202311483289.2 and application date of November 8, 2023, and claims the priority of the Chinese patent application. The entire content of the Chinese patent application is incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a resource determination method, network equipment, device and storage medium. Background Art

[0004] 5G lightweight terminals are proposed in the New Radio (NR) system. While ensuring service requirements and performance, terminal tailoring aims to reduce terminal costs, minimize size, and reduce power consumption, thereby promoting the large-scale application of 5G terminals. However, due to the different capabilities of lightweight (Redcap) terminals and non-lightweight non-Redcap terminals, some functions and capabilities of Redcap terminals are reduced. Therefore, base stations need to consider supporting Redcap functions by adjusting the overall bandwidth part (BWP) and corresponding radio channel resource planning, and configure a BWP with appropriate bandwidth when Redcap terminals access. In addition, in the physical layer Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) module, because SRS transmission is divided into time domain hopping and frequency domain hopping, how to accurately determine the hopping position of each SRS resource of lightweight terminals in the frequency domain hopping mode is currently an urgent problem that needs to be solved.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] The first embodiment of the present application provides a resource determination method, including:

[0007] Determine a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of a terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of SRS resources associated with the terminal;

[0008] In a case where the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determining a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal;

[0009] Determine a target index of a starting PRB of an i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

[0010] In some embodiments, determining a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal includes:

[0011] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, determining the second index as the reference index; or

[0012] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

[0013] In some embodiments, determining a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of a terminal includes:

[0014] When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or

[0015] When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

[0016] In some embodiments, the resource determination method further comprises:

[0017] The target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource among the n SRS resources of the terminal is sent to the terminal.

[0018] In some embodiments, the resource determination method further comprises:

[0019] Determining a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of the nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource;

[0020] When the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, characteristic values ​​are assigned to PRBs between the first end PRB and the second end PRB in the BWP based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB.

[0021] A second aspect of the present application provides a network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; the memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transmit and receive data under the control of the processor; and the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0022] Determine a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of a terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of SRS resources associated with the terminal;

[0023] In a case where the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determining a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal;

[0024] Determine a target index of a starting PRB of an i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

[0025] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to:

[0026] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, determining the second index as the reference index; or

[0027] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

[0028] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to:

[0029] When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or

[0030] When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

[0031] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to:

[0032] The target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource among the n SRS resources of the terminal is sent to the terminal.

[0033] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to:

[0034] Determining a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of the nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource;

[0035] When the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, characteristic values ​​are assigned to PRBs between the first end PRB and the second end PRB in the BWP based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB.

[0036] The third embodiment of the present application provides a resource determination device, including:

[0037] A first determining module is configured to determine a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of a terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of the SRS resource associated with the terminal;

[0038] A second determining module is configured to determine a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal when the terminal is a lightweight terminal;

[0039] The third determining module is configured to determine a target index of a starting PRB of an i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

[0040] In some embodiments, the second determining module is specifically configured to:

[0041] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, determining the second index as the reference index; or

[0042] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

[0043] In some embodiments, the first determining module is specifically configured to:

[0044] When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or

[0045] When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

[0046] In some embodiments, the resource determining means further comprises:

[0047] The sending module is configured to send a target index of a starting PRB of each SRS resource among the n SRS resources of the terminal to the terminal.

[0048] In some embodiments, the resource determining means further comprises:

[0049] a fourth determining module, configured to determine a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of the nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource;

[0050] an assignment module, configured to assign characteristic values ​​to PRBs between the first end RPB and the second end PRB in the BWP based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB, when the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal.

[0051] The fourth aspect of the present application provides a processor-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. The computer program is used to enable the processor to execute the resource determination method described in the above embodiment.

[0052] The fifth embodiment of the present application proposes a computer program product, which includes executable instructions. When the instructions are executed by a processor, the processor executes the resource determination method described in the first embodiment.

[0053] The sixth aspect of the present application provides a computer program, including computer program code. When the computer program code runs on a computer, the computer executes the resource determination method described in the first aspect of the present application.

[0054] It should be understood that the content described in this section is not intended to identify the key or important features of the embodiments of the present application, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the present application. Other features of the present application will become easily understood through the following description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0055] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and easily understood from the following description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0056] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a resource determination method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0057] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of determining the position of a physical resource block (PRB) in a bandwidth according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0058] FIG3 is a flow chart of a resource determination method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0059] FIG4 is a flow chart of a resource determination method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0060] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of assigning values ​​to spare physical resource blocks (PRBs) according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0061] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0062] FIG7 is a schematic structural diagram of a resource determination device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0063] The following describes in detail embodiments of the present application, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present application, and should not be construed as limiting the present application.

[0064] In the 3rd Generation Partnership Project Long Term Evolution (3GPP LTE) system, to assist the evolutionary Node B (eNodeB) in uplink channel measurement, the base station configures terminals within its cell to transmit sounding reference signals (SRS) on specific time-frequency resources. Based on the received SRS measurement results, the base station can perform frequency-domain scheduling on the terminal's Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission and determine the modulation and coding scheme used for uplink traffic channel transmission, thereby improving uplink spectrum utilization.

[0065] The resource determination method, network device, apparatus, and storage medium of the embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0066] FIG1 is a flow chart of a resource determination method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0067] The resource determination method of the embodiment of the present application can be applied to network equipment, such as access network equipment or core network equipment.

[0068] The access network device is exemplified by a base station. A base station may include multiple cells that provide services to terminal devices. Depending on the specific application scenario, a base station may also be referred to as an access point, or may be a device in the access network that communicates with wireless terminal devices over the air interface through one or more sectors, or may be referred to by other names. The access network device can be used to convert received air frames into and out of Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communications network. The access network device also coordinates attribute management of the air interface. For example, the access network device involved in the embodiments of the present application may be an access network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), an access network device (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolutionary access network device (eNB or e-NodeB) in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in the 5G network architecture (next generation system), a home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc. In some network structures, a base station may include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the centralized unit and the distributed unit may also be geographically separated.

[0069] A core network device can be a single device that includes one or more network elements, or it can be multiple devices or device groups that each include all or part of one or more of the aforementioned network elements. A network element can be virtual or physical. The core network, for example, includes at least one of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), the 5G Core Network (5GCN), and the Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0070] The terminal device may be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with wireless connection capabilities, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The names of terminal devices may vary in different systems. For example, in a 5G system, a terminal device may be referred to as a user equipment (UE). A wireless terminal device may communicate with one or more core network (CN) devices via a radio access network (RAN). A wireless terminal device may be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device. For example, a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in, or vehicle-mounted mobile device may exchange voice and / or data with a radio access network. Examples include personal communication service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, user device, etc., which may be selected according to actual needs.

[0071] As shown in FIG1 , the resource determination method includes the following steps 101 to 103 .

[0072] Step 101: determine a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of a terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is the number of frequency hopping times of the SRS resource associated with the terminal.

[0073] Here, SRS is the abbreviation of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and PRB is the abbreviation of Physical Resource Block (PRB).

[0074] The first index is the position index of the starting physical resource block of the i-th SRS resource in the terminal.

[0075] In some possible implementation forms, when i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency-domain PRB may be determined as the first index.

[0076] In the present application, when i is 1, the corresponding SRS resource can be considered as the first SRS resource of the terminal. At this time, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB can be determined as the index of the starting physical resource block.

[0077] In some possible implementations, when i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the i-1th SRS resource can be updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

[0078] The frequency domain length of the SRS resource is the number of PRBs to which the SRS resource is mapped.

[0079] The third index is the position index of the starting PRB of the configured (i-1)th SRS resource.

[0080] In the present application, when i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, when the third index of the starting PRB of the i-1th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource, the first index can be determined by calculating the sum of the third index and the frequency domain length of the i-1th SRS resource.

[0081] Step 102: When the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determine a reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal.

[0082] The reference index is the position index of the frequency hopping reference point of the SRS resource of the terminal.

[0083] In some possible implementation forms, when the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency-domain PRB, the second index may be determined as the reference index.

[0084] Among them, BWP is the abbreviation of Bandwidth Part (BWP).

[0085] The second index is the position index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal in the entire bandwidth.

[0086] In this application, the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal Greater than the offset n of the SRS resource in the frequency domain PRB shift In this case, the reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal can be considered to be the position of the starting position subcarrier of the current BWP. At this time, the second index can be determined as the reference index.

[0087] In some possible implementation forms, when the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index can also be determined as the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

[0088] In this application, the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal Less than or equal to the offset n of the SRS resource in the frequency domain PRB shift In this case, the reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal can be considered as the position of the starting subcarrier of the common resource block. At this time, the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block can be determined as the reference index.

[0089] Step 103: Determine the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

[0090] The target index is the absolute position index of the starting PRB of the SRS resource of the terminal in the entire bandwidth.

[0091] In the present application, after obtaining the first index and the reference index, the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource corresponding to the terminal can be determined by calculating the sum of the first index and the reference index.

[0092] For example, as shown in Figure 2, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of determining the position of the physical resource block PRB in the bandwidth provided by an embodiment of the present application, wherein Redcap is the abbreviation of reduced-capability (Redcap). Taking 100M bandwidth and 30KHZ subcarrier as an example, there are 273 PRBs in total, and the entire bandwidth is divided into 3 BWPs, of which bwp-2 is allocated to the Redcap terminal, which occupies a total of 51 PRBs. When the Redcap terminal sends the first SRS resource, the first index of its corresponding starting PRB is 0, and the reference index of the SRS resource is 50. At this time, it can be determined that the target index of the starting PRB of the first SRS resource of the terminal is 0+50=50.

[0093] It should be noted that this application calculates the target index of the starting PRB of the SRS resource of the terminal based on the relevant definition of the mapping part of the SRS module and frequency domain resources in the Release 17 protocol (R17).

[0094] In an embodiment of the present application, the first index of the starting physical resource block (PRB) of the i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of the terminal is first determined. If the terminal is a lightweight terminal, the reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal is determined. Then, based on the first index and the reference index, the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal is determined. Thus, by determining the absolute position of each SRS resource in the entire bandwidth based on the reference index of the SRS resource of the lightweight terminal and the first index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource, the accuracy and reliability of the determined position of each SRS resource are guaranteed, ensuring that the lightweight terminal can reliably send the SRS resource, and providing conditions for achieving reliable communication of the lightweight terminal.

[0095] FIG3 is a flow chart of a resource determination method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0096] As shown in FIG3 , the resource determination method includes the following steps 301 to 304 .

[0097] Step 301: determine the first index of the starting physical resource block (PRB) of the i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of the terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is the number of frequency hopping times of the SRS resource associated with the terminal.

[0098] Step 302: When the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determine a reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal.

[0099] Step 303: Determine the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

[0100] Among them, the specific implementation forms of steps 301 to 303 can refer to the detailed description of other embodiments of the present application and will not be repeated here.

[0101] Step 304: Send the target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource among the n SRS resources of the terminal to the terminal.

[0102] In the present application, after determining the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal, and the target index of the starting PRB of each of the n SRS resources of the terminal, the corresponding target index may be sent to the terminal.

[0103] In an embodiment of the present application, the first index of the starting physical resource block (PRB) of the i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of the terminal is first determined. If the terminal is a lightweight terminal, the reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal is determined. Then, based on the first index and the reference index, the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal is determined. Finally, the target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource of the terminal's n SRS resources is sent to the terminal. Thus, by determining the absolute position of each SRS resource in the entire bandwidth based on the reference index of the SRS resource of the lightweight terminal and the first index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource, and sending it to the terminal, it is ensured that the lightweight terminal can reliably send the SRS resource, providing conditions for achieving reliable communication of the lightweight terminal.

[0104] FIG4 is a flow chart of a resource determination method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0105] As shown in FIG4 , the resource determination method includes the following steps 401 to 404 .

[0106] Step 401: determine the first index of the starting physical resource block (PRB) of the i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of the terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is the number of frequency hopping times of the SRS resource associated with the terminal.

[0107] Step 402: When the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determine a reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal.

[0108] Step 403: Determine the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

[0109] The specific implementation of steps 401 to 403 can refer to the detailed description of other embodiments of the present application and will not be repeated here.

[0110] Step 404 : Determine a fourth index of a first end PRB of the n th SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of the n th SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource.

[0111] The first ending PRB is the last PRB in the frequency domain of the nth SRS resource.

[0112] The fourth index is the absolute position of the last PRB in the frequency domain of the n-th SRS resource in the entire bandwidth.

[0113] For example, the target index of a certain SRS resource of the terminal is PRB#0, and the frequency domain length of the SRS resource is 48 PRBs. Then the fourth index of the first end PRB of the SRS resource is PRB#47.

[0114] Furthermore, the resource determination method also includes step 405, when the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB, the PRB between the first end RPB and the second end PRB in the BWP is assigned a characteristic value.

[0115] The second end PRB is the last PRB included in the BWP associated with the terminal.

[0116] The fifth index is the absolute position of the last PRB included in the BWP associated with the terminal in the entire bandwidth.

[0117] Taking the above example as an example, the BWP associated with the terminal includes PRBs PRB#0 to PRB#50, the fourth index is PRB#47, and the fifth index is PRB#50. The fourth index is less than the fifth index. At this time, based on the characteristic value of the PRB corresponding to index PRB#47, the PRBs corresponding to index PRB#48, index PRB#49, and index PRB#50 can be assigned values ​​respectively. As shown in Figure 5, Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of assigning values ​​to spare physical resource blocks PRBs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0118] In an embodiment of the present application, the first index of the starting physical resource block PRB of the i-th sounding reference signal SRS resource of the terminal is first determined. When the terminal is a lightweight terminal, the reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal is determined. Then, based on the first index and the reference index, the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal is determined. Then, based on the target index of the starting PRB of the n-th SRS resource of the terminal and the frequency domain length of each SRS resource, the fourth index of the first ending PRB of the n-th SRS resource is determined. When the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second ending PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, based on the characteristic value of the first ending PRB, the PRB between the first ending RPB and the second ending PRB in the BWP is assigned a characteristic value. Thus, when the index of the ending PRB corresponding to the SRS resource is less than the index of the ending PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, the characteristic value of the adjacent PRB is assigned to the PRB without a characteristic value in the BWP, thereby providing conditions for improving the communication effect of the lightweight terminal.

[0119] In order to implement the above embodiment, the embodiment of the present application further proposes a network device. FIG6 is a structural diagram of a network device provided by the embodiment of the present application.

[0120] As shown in FIG6 , the network device 600 includes: a transceiver 601 , a processor 602 , and a memory 603 ;

[0121] The transceiver 601 is configured to send and receive data under the control of the processor 602 .

[0122] In FIG6 , the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking together various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 602 and memory represented by memory 603. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and are therefore not further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 601 may be a plurality of components, i.e., a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, such as a wireless channel, a wired channel, an optical cable, or the like. The processor 602 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 603 may store data used by the processor 602 when performing operations.

[0123] The processor 602 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0124] The processor 602 is configured to call a computer program stored in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0125] Determine a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of the terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of the SRS resource associated with the terminal;

[0126] In the case where the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determining a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal;

[0127] A target index of a starting PRB of an i-th SRS resource of the terminal is determined according to the first index and the reference index.

[0128] In some embodiments, the processor 602 is further configured to:

[0129] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the second index is determined as the reference index; or

[0130] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

[0131] In some embodiments, the processor 602 is specifically configured to:

[0132] When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or

[0133] When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

[0134] In some embodiments, the processor 602 is specifically configured to:

[0135] Determine, based on a target index of a start PRB of an nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource, a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource;

[0136] When the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, characteristic values ​​are assigned to the PRBs between the first end PRB and the second end PRB in the BWP based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB.

[0137] It should be noted here that the network device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiments of Figures 1, 3, and 4 above, and can achieve the same technical effects. The parts and beneficial effects of this embodiment that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0138] In order to implement the above embodiment, the present application further proposes a resource determination device. FIG7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a resource determination device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0139] As shown in FIG7 , the resource determination device 700 includes:

[0140] A first determining module 701 is configured to determine a first index of a starting physical resource block (PRB) of an i-th sounding reference signal (SRS) resource of a terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of SRS resources associated with the terminal;

[0141] A second determining module 702 is configured to determine a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal when the terminal is a lightweight terminal;

[0142] The third determining module 703 is configured to determine a target index of a starting PRB of an i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

[0143] In some embodiments, the second determining module 702 is specifically configured to:

[0144] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the second index is determined as the reference index; or

[0145] When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

[0146] In some embodiments, the first determining module 701 is specifically configured to:

[0147] When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or

[0148] When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

[0149] In some embodiments, the resource determination device 700 further includes:

[0150] The sending module (not shown in the figure) is used to send the target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource in the n SRS resources of the terminal to the terminal.

[0151] In some embodiments, the resource determination device 700 further includes:

[0152] A fourth determination module (not shown in the figure) is configured to determine a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of the nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource;

[0153] An assignment module (not shown in the figure) is used to assign characteristic values ​​to the PRBs between the first end RPB and the second end PRB in the BWP based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB when the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal.

[0154] It should be noted here that the resource determination device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiments of Figures 1, 3, and 4 above, and can achieve the same technical effects. The parts and beneficial effects of this embodiment that are the same as those of the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0155] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present application is schematic and is merely a logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present application may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into a single unit. The aforementioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.

[0156] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer program / software product is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network side device, etc.) or a processor to execute all or part of the steps of the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0157] It should be noted here that the above-mentioned device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented in the above-mentioned method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. The parts and beneficial effects of this embodiment that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0158] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application further provides a processor-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and the computer program is used to enable the processor to execute the steps of all method embodiments of the present application.

[0159] Among them, the above-mentioned processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (such as floppy disks, hard disks, tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO)), optical storage (such as CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor storage (such as ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drives (SSDs)), etc.

[0160] In the description of this specification, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood to indicate or imply relative importance or implicitly specify the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, a feature specified as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of such features. In the description of this application, "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically defined.

[0161] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it can be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and cannot be understood as limitations on the present application. Ordinary technicians in this field can change, modify, replace and modify the above embodiments within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A resource determination method, comprising: Determine a first index of a starting physical resource block PRB of an i-th sounding reference signal SRS resource of a terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of SRS resources associated with the terminal; In the case where the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determining a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal; A target index of a starting PRB of an i-th SRS resource of the terminal is determined according to the first index and the reference index.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein: The determining a reference index of the SRS resource of the terminal includes: When the second index of the start PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource in the frequency domain PRB, the second index is determined as the reference index; or, When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein: The determining a first index of a starting physical resource block PRB of an i-th sounding reference signal SRS resource of a terminal includes: When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or, When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: The target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource among the n SRS resources of the terminal is sent to the terminal.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: Determine a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of an nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource; When the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, characteristic values ​​are assigned to the PRBs between the first end RPB and the second end PRB in the BWP based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB.

6. A network device comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; Memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver, for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; A processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Determine a first index of a starting physical resource block PRB of an i-th sounding reference signal SRS resource of a terminal, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of SRS resources associated with the terminal; In the case where the terminal is a lightweight terminal, determining a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal; A target index of a starting PRB of an i-th SRS resource of the terminal is determined according to the first index and the reference index.

7. The network device according to claim 6, wherein: The processor is further configured to perform the following operations: When the second index of the start PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource in the frequency domain PRB, the second index is determined as the reference index; or, When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

8. The network device according to claim 6, wherein: The processor is further configured to perform the following operations: When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or, When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

9. The network device according to claim 6, wherein: The processor is further configured to perform the following operations: The target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource among the n SRS resources of the terminal is sent to the terminal.

10. The network device according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein: The processor is further configured to perform the following operations: Determine a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of an nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource; In a case where the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal, based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB, the PRBs between the first end RPB and the second end PRB in the BWP are Assign feature values.

11. A resource determination device, comprising: A first determination module, configured to determine a first index of a starting physical resource block PRB of an i-th sounding reference signal SRS resource of a terminal, wherein i is a positive integer less than or equal to n, and n is a frequency hopping number of SRS resources associated with the terminal; A second determining module, configured to determine a reference index of an SRS resource of the terminal when the terminal is a lightweight terminal; The third determination module is used to determine the target index of the starting PRB of the i-th SRS resource of the terminal according to the first index and the reference index.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein: The second determining module is specifically used to: When the second index of the start PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is greater than the offset of the SRS resource in the frequency domain PRB, the second index is determined as the reference index; or, When the second index of the starting PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal is less than or equal to the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB, the reference index is determined to be the index of the starting PRB of the common resource block.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein: The first determining module is specifically configured to: When i is 1, the offset of the SRS resource on the frequency domain PRB is determined as the first index; or, When i is greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, the third index of the starting PRB of the (i-1)th SRS resource is updated based on the frequency domain length of each SRS resource of the terminal to obtain the first index.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising: The sending module is used to send the target index of the starting PRB of each SRS resource in the n SRS resources of the terminal to the terminal.

15. The apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 14, further comprising: A fourth determination module, configured to determine a fourth index of a first end PRB of the nth SRS resource based on a target index of a start PRB of the nth SRS resource of the terminal and a frequency domain length of each SRS resource; an assignment module, configured to assign a value to the first end RPB to the second end PRB in the BWP based on the characteristic value of the first end PRB when the fourth index is less than the fifth index of the second end PRB of the BWP associated with the terminal The PRBs between the PRBs perform characteristic value assignment. 16 . A processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to cause the processor to execute the method according to claim 1 .

17. A computer program product, comprising executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

18. A computer program, comprising computer program code, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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