Method and apparatus for determining beam, communication device and computer storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and device for determining a beam, a communication device and a computer storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of wireless communication. The method comprises: extracting multicast control information from a multicast control information sending resource; and determining a beam corresponding to the multicast control information according to an association relationship between the multicast control information sending resource and the beam. Thus, the reliability of user equipment receiving multicast control information under multiple beams can be effectively improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a method, apparatus, communication device, and computer storage medium for determining a beam. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, network devices (e.g., base stations) can transmit downlink beam signals at different times and in different directions to increase coverage when transmitting downlink signals. For example, SSB (Synchronization Signal Block) 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 signals can be transmitted in different directions within time slots 1 / 2 / 3 / 4, where SSB1 / 2 / 3 / 4 are used to identify different beams. In related technologies, network devices can also transmit downlink signals using multiple beams. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This disclosure provides a method, apparatus, communication device, and computer storage medium for determining a beam.

[0004] The first aspect of this disclosure provides a beam determination method applied to a terminal, comprising: extracting multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources; and determining the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam.

[0005] Optionally, the above beam determination method further includes: obtaining configuration information of the multicast control information transmission resource; and determining the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam based on the configuration information.

[0006] Optionally, the configuration information is the configuration identifier of the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

[0007] Optionally, the above beam determination method further includes: obtaining the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource; and determining the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam based on the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource.

[0008] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources are grouped in an interleaved manner according to time sequence, or in consecutive groups.

[0009] Optionally, after determining the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam, the method further includes: if there are multiple determined beams, then determining a target beam from among the multiple determined beams; and monitoring the multicast control information transmission resource corresponding to the target beam to obtain the multicast control information transmitted by the target beam.

[0010] Optionally, determining the target beam from the determined plurality of beams includes: acquiring the signal quality of the plurality of beams; and selecting the target beam based on the signal quality.

[0011] Optionally, determining the target beam from the determined plurality of beams includes: acquiring the signal quality of the plurality of beams; selecting beams from the plurality of beams whose signal quality is greater than a quality threshold as candidate beams; and selecting the target beam from the plurality of candidate beams.

[0012] Optionally, the above method for determining the beam further includes: acquiring the spatial information of the beam, wherein the spatial information is used for receiving multicast control information.

[0013] Optionally, the spatial information includes at least one of Doppler translation information, Doppler propagation information, average delay information, delay spread information, and spatial receiver parameter information.

[0014] Optionally, the multicast control information includes at least one of multicast control channel information and multicast control channel change indication.

[0015] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0016] The second aspect of this disclosure proposes another beam determination method applied to the network side, comprising: acquiring multicast control information to be transmitted; acquiring multicast control information transmission resources; and determining a beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on the association relationship between the multicast control information transmission resources and a beam; and transmitting the multicast control information transmission resources through the beam, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources carry the multicast control information.

[0017] Optionally, the above beam determination method further includes: generating configuration information based on the association between the transmission resources and the beam according to the multicast control information; and transmitting the configuration information through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

[0018] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0019] A third aspect of this disclosure provides a beam determination apparatus, comprising: an extraction module for extracting multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources; and a first determination module for determining the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam.

[0020] Optionally, the beam determination device further includes: a first acquisition module, configured to acquire configuration information of the multicast control information transmission resource; and a second determination module, configured to determine the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam based on the configuration information.

[0021] Optionally, the configuration information is the configuration identifier of the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

[0022] Optionally, the beam determination device further includes: a second acquisition module, used to acquire the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource; and a third determination module, used to determine the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam based on the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource.

[0023] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources are grouped in an interleaved manner according to time sequence, or in consecutive groups.

[0024] Optionally, the first determining module includes: a determining unit, configured to determine a target beam from among the multiple determined beams if there are multiple determined beams; and an acquiring unit, configured to monitor the multicast control information transmission resources corresponding to the target beam to acquire the multicast control information transmitted by the target beam.

[0025] Optionally, the determining unit is specifically used to: acquire the signal quality of the plurality of beams; and select the target beam based on the signal quality.

[0026] Optionally, the determining unit is specifically configured to: acquire the signal quality of the plurality of beams; select a beam from the plurality of beams whose signal quality is greater than a quality threshold as a candidate beam; and select the target beam from the plurality of candidate beams.

[0027] Optionally, the beam determination device further includes a third acquisition module for acquiring spatial information of the beam, wherein the spatial information is used for receiving multicast control information.

[0028] Optionally, the spatial information includes at least one of Doppler translation information, Doppler propagation information, average delay information, delay spread information, and spatial receiver parameter information.

[0029] Optionally, the multicast control information includes at least one of multicast control channel information and multicast control channel change indication.

[0030] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0031] A fourth aspect of this disclosure provides another beam determination apparatus, comprising: an acquisition module for acquiring multicast control information to be transmitted; a determination module for acquiring multicast control information transmission resources and determining a beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and a beam; and a first transmission module for transmitting the multicast control information transmission resources through the beam, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources carry the multicast control information.

[0032] Optionally, the beam determination device further includes: a generation module, configured to generate configuration information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam; and a second transmission module, configured to transmit the configuration information via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

[0033] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0034] A fifth aspect of this disclosure provides a communication device, including: a transceiver; a memory; and a processor, respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory, configured to control the wireless signal transmission and reception of the transceiver by executing computer-executable instructions on the memory, and capable of implementing the beam determination method proposed in the first aspect of this disclosure, or implementing the beam determination method proposed in the second aspect of this disclosure.

[0035] A sixth aspect of this disclosure provides a computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions; when executed by a processor, the computer-executable instructions can implement the beam determination method proposed in the first aspect of this disclosure, or implement the beam determination method proposed in the second aspect of this disclosure.

[0036] A seventh aspect of this disclosure provides a computer program product, including a computer program that, when executed by a processor in a communication device, implements the beam determination method proposed in a first aspect of this disclosure, or implements the beam determination method proposed in a second aspect of this disclosure.

[0037] The beam determination method, apparatus, communication device, and computer storage medium provided in this disclosure extract multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources by the user equipment, and determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. This effectively improves the reliability of the user equipment in receiving multicast control information under multi-beam conditions.

[0038] Additional aspects and advantages of this disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of this disclosure. Attached Figure Description

[0039] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of this disclosure will become apparent and readily understood from the following description of the embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0040] Figure 1 A schematic diagram illustrating the control channel transmission and update methods;

[0041] Figure 2 A schematic flowchart illustrating a beam determination method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0042] Figure 3 A schematic flowchart illustrating another beam determination method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0043] Figure 4 A schematic flowchart illustrating another beam determination method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0044] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of a multicast control information transmission resource association method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0045] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of another multicast control information transmission resource association method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0046] Figure 7 A schematic flowchart illustrating another beam determination method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0047] Figure 8 A block diagram illustrating a beam-determining device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0048] Figure 9 A block diagram illustrating another beam determination method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0049] Figure 10 A block diagram of a user equipment provided in an embodiment of this disclosure; and

[0050] Figure 11This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0051] Exemplary embodiments will now be described in detail, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description relates to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numerals in different drawings denote the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with those of this disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with some aspects of the embodiments of this disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

[0052] The terminology used in this disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. The singular forms “a” and “the” as used in this disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term “and / or” as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0053] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc., may be used to describe various information in embodiments of this disclosure, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from one another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information without departing from the scope of embodiments of this disclosure, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information. Depending on the context, the words “if” and “suppose” as used herein may be interpreted as “when”, “when”, or “in response to a determination”.

[0054] Embodiments of this disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and intended to explain this disclosure, and should not be construed as limiting this disclosure.

[0055] In related technologies, MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service) or MBS (Multicast Broadcast Service) is described as follows:

[0056] In 5G NR (New RAT (Radio Access Technology) systems, MBS services can be transmitted via the PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) channel, which is scheduled by the PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel). This PDCCH, which schedules MBS services, can be indicated by a scheduling identifier specific to MBS services (e.g., M-RNTI (MBS Radio Network Temporary Identity)).

[0057] MBS services can be identified by the following "MBS service identifier":

[0058] ① TMGI (Temporary Mobile Group Identity);

[0059] ② MBS Session ID;

[0060] ③ MBS QoS flow ID (MBS service flow identifier).

[0061] The transmission modes of MBS services can include the following two:

[0062] Transmission Mode 1: The UE needs to enter the connected state to receive the transmission configuration information of the MBS service in order to receive the MBS service;

[0063] Transmission Mode 2: The UE can receive the transmission configuration information of MBS service and receive MBS service in IDLE (idle mode) or INACTIVE (inactive mode) state.

[0064] In the aforementioned transmission mode 2, the network device (e.g., the base station) will send the transmission configuration information of the MBS service to the UE by combining system information and multicast control channel (e.g., MCCH (Multicast Control Channel)) information.

[0065] The system information mentioned above provides the MCCH transmission configuration information. For example, in a 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) SC-PTM (Single Cell Point-to-Multipoint) system, network equipment (e.g., base stations) provides SC-MCCH (Single Cell–MCCH) channel configuration information in System Information Block 20 (SIB20), which may include:

[0066] ① The repetition period of the SC-MCCH channel (e.g., sc-mcch-RepetitionPeriod). Figure 1 20 wireless frames);

[0067] ② The system frame transmission time offset of the SC-MCCH channel (e.g., sc-mcch-Offset). Figure 1 , 1 radio frame), where SFN mod sc-mcch-RepetitionPeriod=sc-mcch-Offset, where, System Frame Number (SFN) is abbreviated as "SFN";

[0068] ③ The first subframe of the SC-MCCH channel (e.g., sc-mcch-FirstSubframe). Figure 1 (1st subframe)

[0069] ④ The duration of continuous scheduling of the SC-MCCH channel (e.g., sc-mcch-duration). Figure 1 (4 subframes), the continuous scheduling time starting from the subframe position indicated by sc-mcch-FirstSubframe;

[0070] ⑤ The change cycle of the SC-MCCH channel (e.g.) Figure 1 40 radio frames. The control signaling content transmitted through this SC-MCCH channel is the same during this change cycle.

[0071] When the information content of the multicast control channel changes, the network device (e.g., a base station) indicates the change in the information content of the multicast control channel in the first subframe of the repetition period of the multicast control channel (e.g., ...). Figure 1In subframe 1, the SC-MCCH channel information is indicated to have changed. When the UE receives this change indication, it can immediately re-receive the changed multicast control channel information (e.g., ...) from the subframe in which the change indication was received. Figure 1 After the UE receives the SC-MCCH channel information change indication in subframe 1, the UE receives the SC-MCCH channel information content in subframe 1.

[0072] The multicast control channel provides the transmission configuration information for the data channel of multicast services (e.g., MTCH (Multicast Traffic Channel)). For example, in a 4G LTE SC-PTM system, network equipment (e.g., base stations) provides the multicast traffic channel (SC-MTCH (Single Cell–MTCH)) configuration of its own cell and MBS service information of neighboring cells in the SC-MCCH control signaling, which may include:

[0073] ① The multicast service channel configuration InfoList for this cell (e.g., sc-mtch-InfoList);

[0074] ② NeighbourCellList of MBS services in neighboring cells (e.g., sc-ptm-NeighbourCellList).

[0075] Among them, ① "Multicast service channel configuration of this cell" may include:

[0076] 1. MBS session information (e.g., service identifier (e.g., TMGI-1) and session identifier (e.g., session-1));

[0077] 2. Scheduling identifier (e.g., the identifier G-RNTI-1 of the PDCCH used to schedule this MBS service);

[0078] 3. SC-MTCH scheduling information (e.g., sc-mtch-schedulingInfo, including: DRX (Discontinuous Reception) discontinuous scheduling time information for a specific MBS service (e.g., reception period and start offset (i.e., schedulingPeriodStartOffsetSCPTM); service reception duration within the period (i.e., onDurationTimerSCPTM))).

[0079] The following description, with reference to the accompanying drawings, details the beam determination method, apparatus, communication equipment, and computer storage medium provided in this disclosure.

[0080] Figure 2 This is a flowchart illustrating a beam determination method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, which can be applied to a terminal (i.e., user equipment), such as a mobile terminal like a mobile phone or tablet computer.

[0081] The beam determination method of this disclosure can also be executed by the beam determination device provided in this disclosure. The device can be configured in a communication device (e.g., a user equipment) to extract multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources and determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information according to the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, thereby effectively improving the reliability of the user equipment in receiving multicast control information under multiple beams.

[0082] like Figure 2 As shown, the method for determining the beam may include:

[0083] Step 201: Extract multicast control information from the multicast control information sending resources.

[0084] In this embodiment, multicast control information transmission resources can be transmitted by a base station. It should be noted that the base station described in this embodiment may include multiple cells providing services to user equipment. Depending on the specific application, a base station may also be called an access point, or a device in an access network that communicates with wireless user equipment (e.g., a mobile terminal) via one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The base station can be a network device.

[0085] In one embodiment of this disclosure, the multicast control information may include at least one of multicast control channel information and multicast control channel change indication.

[0086] In another embodiment of this disclosure, the multicast control information transmission resource may include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resource, multicast control information data transmission resource, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resource.

[0087] Specifically, the base station can transmit multicast control information transmission resources via a beam. After receiving the multicast control information transmission resources, the user equipment can parse them to obtain the multicast control channel information within the resources. It should be noted that the beam described in this embodiment can be a downlink beam signal.

[0088] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the base station can transmit multicast control information transmission resources through multiple beams. The multiple beams can be all the beams in the base station that can be used to transmit the multicast control information transmission resources, or at least one beam among all the beams that can be used to transmit the multicast control information transmission resources, determined by the base station according to a preset association relationship.

[0089] Step 202: Determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between multicast control information transmission resources and beams.

[0090] It should be noted that the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam described in this embodiment can be pre-stored in the user equipment's storage space for easy retrieval and use. This storage space is not limited to physical storage space, such as a hard drive; it can also be the storage space of a server connected to the electronic device (e.g., a hospital server) (cloud storage space). The association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam described in this embodiment can be generated within the base station and pre-sent to the user terminal via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, or it can be an association agreed upon by the base station and the user terminal (e.g., an agreement on beam number and multicast control information transmission resources), which can be automatically generated by the base station and the user terminal respectively, without any limitations here.

[0091] Specifically, after the user equipment extracts the multicast control channel information from the multicast control information transmission resources, it can retrieve the association relationship between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam from its own storage space, and determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association relationship.

[0092] In this embodiment, multicast control information is first extracted from multicast control information transmission resources, and the beam corresponding to the multicast control information is determined based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. This effectively improves the reliability of user equipment receiving multicast control information under multi-beam conditions.

[0093] To clearly illustrate the previous embodiment, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the base station can obtain multicast control information to be sent and obtain multicast control information transmission resources, and send the multicast control information transmission resources through multiple beams, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources carry multicast control information, and the multiple beams can be all beams in the base station that can be used to send the multicast control information transmission resources.

[0094] Specifically, the base station can provide "multicast control channel information transmission resources". (For example, multicast control information is sent to the UE through the MCCH channel in the logical channel, and the MCCH signaling is sent to the UE through the PDSCH of the PDCCH scheduling (e.g., the PDCCH identified by MC-RNTI). The base station provides listening resources for the PDCCH that transmits the MCCH signaling through the SIB15 (System Information Block 15) system information (e.g., CORESET (control resource set)-1 (i.e., frequency domain resources) and / or SearchSpace-1 (i.e., time domain resources (e.g., transmission period))).

[0095] The “multicast control channel information transmission resources” may include scheduling control signaling transmission resources (e.g., PDCCH transmission resources, used to schedule the transmission of MCCH signaling), that is, the aforementioned multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources; and data transmission resources (e.g., PDSCH resources, used to transmit MCCH signaling), that is, the aforementioned multicast control information data transmission resources.

[0096] Furthermore, the base station can also provide "multicast control channel change indication transmission resources." (For example, the multicast control channel change indication is sent to the UE via the DCI (Downlink Control Information) in the PDCCH (e.g., the PDCCH identified by N-RNTI). The base station can provide listening resources (e.g., CORESET-2 and / or SearchSpace-2) for the PDCCH that transmits the "multicast control channel change indication" through SIB15 system information.)

[0097] Therefore, it can be seen that the base station can provide "multicast control information transmission resources", which may include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0098] Then, the base station can obtain the multicast control information to be sent, put the multicast control information to be sent into the corresponding multicast control information transmission resource, and send the multicast control information transmission resource through multiple beams.

[0099] Furthermore, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station can obtain multicast control information to be transmitted, obtain multicast control information transmission resources, determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources according to the association relationship between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, and then transmit the multicast control information transmission resources through the beam, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources carry multicast control information.

[0100] Specifically, the base station can provide "multicast control information transmission resources," acquire the multicast control information to be transmitted, and place the multicast control information to be transmitted into the corresponding multicast control information transmission resources. Then, the base station obtains the association relationship between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, and determines the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on this association relationship. This association relationship can be agreed upon through a protocol. For example, if the base station provides listening resources for the PDCCH used to transmit MCCH signaling (e.g., CORESET-1 and / or SearchSpace-1) through SIB15 system information, then for multiple PDCCH resources in the MCCH signaling transmission cycle, the protocol stipulates that the x-th PDCCH resource (or all PDCCH resources) can be used to transmit "multicast control information transmission resources," where x can be a positive integer, without any limitation. Finally, the multicast control information transmission resources are transmitted through the determined beam.

[0101] In one embodiment of this disclosure, such as Figure 3 As shown, the method for determining the beam may further include:

[0102] Step 301: Obtain the configuration information of the multicast control information transmission resources. The configuration information may be the configuration identifier of the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), which may be the search space.

[0103] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the configuration information can be sent from the base station to the user equipment via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The base station can generate the configuration information based on the association between multicast control information transmission resources and beams, and the association can be directly specified by the base station. For example, the base station can specify the association between beam numbers and multicast control information transmission resources.

[0104] Specifically, the base station can directly designate certain beams for transmitting multicast control information resources as needed, and establish and save the association between the beam numbers of these beams and the multicast control information transmission resources for later retrieval. For example, the base station configures a PDCCH resource configuration SearchSpace-1 for MCCH signaling transmission, and for this SearchSpace-1, the base station designates its associated beam-1 (e.g., SSB-1). (For example, if the base station configures a PDCCH resource configuration SearchSpace-1 for MCCH signaling transmission, and this SearchSpace-1 configuration indicates that there are 2 PDCCH resources (i.e., PDCCH-1 and PDCCH-2) for every 10 slots, then the base station can indicate that PDCCH-1 corresponds to SSB-1, and PDCCH-2 corresponds to SSB-2.)

[0105] Simultaneously, the base station can generate configuration information based on this association and send this configuration information to the user equipment via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The user equipment receives the multicast control information sent by the base station, which contains the configuration information for the transmission resources.

[0106] Step 302: Determine the association between multicast control information transmission resources and beams based on the configuration information.

[0107] Specifically, after receiving the configuration information of the multicast control information transmission resources sent by the base station, the user equipment can parse the configuration information to determine the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. For example, the base station configures the PDCCH resource configuration SearchSpace-1 for the transmission of MCCH signaling, and for this SearchSpace-1, the base station specifies its associated beam-1 (e.g., SSB-1). (For example, if the base station configures the PDCCH resource configuration SearchSpace-1 for the transmission of MCCH signaling, and this SearchSpace-1 configuration indicates that there are 2 PDCCH resources (i.e., PDCCH-1 and PDCCH-2) for every 10 slots, then the base station can indicate that PDCCH-1 corresponds to SSB-1, and PDCCH-2 corresponds to SSB-2.)

[0108] In one embodiment of this disclosure, such as Figure 4 As shown, the method for determining the beam may further include:

[0109] Step 401: Obtain the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource.

[0110] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the group number can be a group number agreed upon in the protocol, wherein the protocol can stipulate that "multicast control information transmission resources with specific numbers" correspond to "beams with specific numbers". The "multicast control information transmission resources" are grouped according to the "number of beams corresponding to the transmission resources", and the group number corresponding to the "multicast control information transmission resource" corresponds to the specific beam number. The beam identification information may include at least one of the following: CSI-RS (Channel State Information-Reference Signal) identifier (e.g., CSI-RS-1), SSB identifier (e.g., SSB-1), etc.

[0111] Step 402: Determine the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beams based on the group numbers of the multicast control information transmission resources. The multicast control information transmission resources can be grouped in an interleaved manner according to time sequence or in consecutive groups. The total number of these groups can be determined by the total number of beams. For example, if the total number of beam numbers (e.g., SSB numbers) obtained by the user equipment from system information is 'a', then the total number of groups for the multicast control information transmission resources is also 'a', and the SSB numbers are the same as the group numbers of the multicast control information transmission resources. Here, 'a' can be a positive integer.

[0112] Specifically, after extracting the multicast control channel information from the multicast control information transmission resources, the user equipment can obtain the protocol-defined packet number (i.e., the packet number of the multicast control information transmission resources), and can interleave the "multicast control information transmission resources" according to the packet number in chronological order. For example, see [link to relevant documentation]. Figure 5 In one MCCH information transmission cycle, there are 8 PDCCH transmission resources (i.e., 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 and 6 / 7 / 8 / 9). The system information SIB-1 indicates that the cell has 4 beams (i.e., SSB-1 / 2 / 3 / 4). These 8 PDCCHs are divided into 4 beam groups, where PDCCH-1 / 6 can correspond to beam-1 (i.e., SSB-1), PDCCH-2 / 7 can correspond to beam-2 (i.e., SSB-2), PDCCH-3 / 8 can correspond to beam-3 (i.e., SSB-3), and PDCCH-4 / 9 can correspond to beam-4 (i.e., SSB-4).

[0113] Alternatively, the "Multicast Control Information Transmission Resources" can be grouped consecutively according to the group number, i.e., divided into the same group, for example, see [link to relevant documentation]. Figure 6 In one MCCH information transmission cycle, there are 8 PDCCH transmission resources (i.e., 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 and 6 / 7 / 8 / 9). The system information SIB-1 indicates that the cell has 2 beams (i.e., SSB-1 / 2). These 8 PDCCHs are then divided into 2 beam groups, where PDCCH-1 / 2 / 3 / 4 correspond to beam-1 (i.e., SSB-1), and PDCCH-6 / 7 / 8 / 9 correspond to beam-2 (i.e., SSB-2).

[0114] Therefore, the user equipment can determine the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam based on the aforementioned group number, and determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association, wherein the beam can be at least one.

[0115] Furthermore, in one embodiment of this disclosure, after determining the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam, the method may further include, if there are multiple determined beams, determining a target beam from among the multiple determined beams, and monitoring the multicast control information transmission resource corresponding to the target beam to obtain the multicast control information transmitted by the target beam.

[0116] It should be noted that the defined beams described in this embodiment are multiple, which means that these multiple beams can all be used to carry multicast control information transmission resources, and the user terminal can obtain multicast control information transmission resources from any one of these multiple beams.

[0117] Specifically, after determining the multiple beams corresponding to the multicast control information, the user equipment can select at least one beam from these beams and monitor its content. The user equipment can select at least one beam (i.e., the target beam) from the multiple beams according to a preset selection strategy, which can be calibrated according to actual conditions. Then, the user equipment monitors the multicast control information transmission resources corresponding to the at least one beam to obtain the multicast control information transmitted by that at least one beam.

[0118] Furthermore, assuming that the multicast control information received by the user equipment is a multicast control channel change indication, after receiving the multicast control channel change indication, the user equipment can control the multicast control channel to change according to the multicast control channel change indication. When making the change, the user equipment can determine the beam associated with the multicast control channel change indication and receive the multicast control channel information through the "multicast control channel information transmission resource" associated with the beam.

[0119] To clearly illustrate the previous embodiment, in one embodiment of this disclosure, determining a target beam from a plurality of defined beams may include acquiring the signal quality of the plurality of beams and selecting the target beam based on the signal quality.

[0120] Specifically, after determining the multiple beams corresponding to the multicast control information, the user equipment can detect the signal quality of each of the multiple beams, take the beam with the best signal quality as the target beam, and listen to the multicast control information transmission resources corresponding to the target beam to obtain the multicast control channel change indication sent by the target beam.

[0121] To clearly illustrate the previous embodiment, in another embodiment of this disclosure, determining the target beam from a plurality of defined beams may include acquiring the signal quality of the plurality of beams, selecting beams with signal quality greater than a quality threshold as candidate beams, and selecting the target beam from the plurality of candidate beams. The quality threshold can be calibrated according to actual conditions; for example, the quality threshold may be a quality threshold agreed upon in a protocol, or a quality threshold specified in the aforementioned configuration information.

[0122] Specifically, after determining the multiple beams corresponding to the multicast control information, the user equipment can detect the signal quality of each of the multiple beams, and select the beams whose signal quality is greater than the quality threshold as candidate beams. Then, it can randomly select at least one beam from the candidate beams as the target beam and listen to the content carried by it.

[0123] For example, see Figure 5 If the user equipment detects that the signal quality of SSB-1 is good (e.g., the RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) measurement result of SSB-1 is greater than or equal to the quality threshold), then the user equipment may only listen to PDCCH-1 / 6. See also Figure 6 If the user equipment detects that the signal quality of SSB-1 is good, the user equipment can listen to PDCCH-1 / 2 / 3 / 4 only.

[0124] Furthermore, in one embodiment of this disclosure, the above-described beam determination method may further include acquiring spatial information of the beam, wherein the spatial information is used for receiving multicast control information, and the spatial information may include at least one of Doppler translation information, Doppler propagation information, average delay information, delay spread information, and spatial receiver parameter information.

[0125] It should be noted that the spatial information described in this embodiment may be the spatial information of the signal on the beam, and the beam may be the target beam mentioned above.

[0126] Specifically, the user equipment can acquire the spatial information of the signal on the received beam (e.g., the target beam) and use this spatial information for the physical channel associated with that beam for transmitting "multicast control information". For example, if the PDCCH resource-1 corresponding to the MCCH information reception is associated with SSB-1, then the spatial information of SSB-1 can be used for receiving the PDCCH channel of that PDCCH resource-1. As another example, if the PDCCH resource-1 corresponding to the MCCH information reception is associated with SSB-1, then the spatial information of SSB-1 can be used for receiving the PDSCH channel scheduled by that PDCCH resource-1.

[0127] Furthermore, in embodiments of this disclosure, when the "multicast control channel change indication transmission resource" is included in the "multicast control channel information transmission resource," the "multicast control channel change indication transmission resource" can be allocated according to the following allocation method:

[0128] When the aforementioned association is a relationship agreed upon by the base station and user terminal protocol, and the "multicast control channel information transmission resources" are grouped in an interleaved manner according to time sequence, the "multicast control channel change indication transmission resources" can be the "multicast control channel information transmission resources" corresponding to y consecutive beams in the xth group. For example, see Figure 5 In one MCCH information transmission cycle, there are 8 PDCCH transmission resources (i.e., 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 and 6 / 7 / 8 / 9). The system information SIB-1 indicates that the cell has 4 beams (i.e., SSB-1 / 2 / 3 / 4). These 8 PDCCHs can be divided into 4 beam groups, where PDCCH-1 / 6 corresponds to beam-1 (i.e., SSB-1), PDCCH-2 / 7 corresponds to beam-2 (i.e., SSB-2), PDCCH-3 / 8 corresponds to beam-3 (i.e., SSB-3), and PDCCH-4 / 9 corresponds to beam-4 (i.e., SSB-4). PDCCH-1 / 2 / 3 / 4 correspond to consecutive beams-1 / 2 / 3 / 4, so they are numbered as group 1. PDCCH-6 / 7 / 8 / 9 correspond to consecutive beams-1 / 2 / 3 / 4, so they are numbered as group 2. Then the PDCCH-1 / 2 / 3 / 4 of the first group is "Multicast Control Channel Change Indicator Transmission Resource".

[0129] When the aforementioned association is the association agreed upon by the base station and user terminal protocol, and the "multicast control information transmission resources" are continuously grouped (divided into the same group), the "multicast control channel change indication transmission resource" is the x-th resource in the resources corresponding to each beam. For example, see... Figure 6 In one MCCH information transmission cycle, there are 8 PDCCH transmission resources (i.e., 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 and 6 / 7 / 8 / 9). System information SIB-1 indicates that the cell has 2 beams (i.e., SSB-1 / 2). These 8 PDCCHs can be divided into 2 beam groups, where PDCCH-1 / 2 / 3 / 4 correspond to beam-1 (i.e., SSB-1), and PDCCH-6 / 7 / 8 / 9 correspond to beam-2 (i.e., SSB-2). The first resource of beam-1 and beam-2 (i.e., PDCCH-1 / 6) is the "Multicast Control Channel Change Indication Transmission Resource".

[0130] According to the beam determination method of this disclosure, multicast control information is extracted from multicast control information transmission resources, and the beam corresponding to the multicast control information is determined based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. This ensures that user equipment can receive multicast control information under different beams, thereby effectively improving the reliability of user equipment receiving multicast control information under multiple beams.

[0131] Figure 7 This is a flowchart illustrating another beam determination method provided in this embodiment, applicable to the network side, such as a base station. It should be noted that the base station described in this embodiment may include multiple cells providing services to user equipment. Depending on the specific application, a base station may also be called an access point, or a device in an access network that communicates with wireless user equipment (e.g., a mobile terminal) via one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The base station can be a network device.

[0132] The beam determination method of this disclosure can also be executed by the beam determination device provided in this disclosure. The device can be configured in a communication device (e.g., a base station) to acquire multicast control information to be transmitted, acquire multicast control information transmission resources, determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources according to the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, and then transmit the multicast control information transmission resources through the beam, thereby effectively improving the reliability of user equipment receiving multicast control information under multiple beams.

[0133] like Figure 7 As shown, the method for determining the beam may include:

[0134] Step 701: Obtain the multicast control information to be sent. The multicast control information may include at least one of multicast control channel information and multicast control channel change indication.

[0135] Step 702: Obtain multicast control information transmission resources, and determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. The multicast control information transmission resources may include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0136] Step 703: Send multicast control information transmission resources via beam, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources carry multicast control information.

[0137] Specifically, the base station can provide "multicast control channel information transmission resources". (For example, multicast control information is sent to the UE through the MCCH channel in the logical channel, and the MCCH signaling is sent to the UE through the PDSCH of the PDCCH scheduling (e.g., the PDCCH identified by MC-RNTI). The base station provides listening resources for the PDCCH that transmits the MCCH signaling through the SIB15 (System Information Block 15) system information (e.g., CORESET (control resource set)-1 (i.e., frequency domain resources) and / or SearchSpace-1 (i.e., time domain resources (e.g., transmission period))).

[0138] The “multicast control channel information transmission resources” may include scheduling control signaling transmission resources (e.g., PDCCH transmission resources, used to schedule the transmission of MCCH signaling), that is, the aforementioned multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources; and data transmission resources (e.g., PDSCH resources, used to transmit MCCH signaling), that is, the aforementioned multicast control information data transmission resources.

[0139] Furthermore, the base station can also provide "multicast control channel change indication transmission resources." (For example, the multicast control channel change indication is sent to the UE via the DCI (Downlink Control Information) in the PDCCH (e.g., the PDCCH identified by N-RNTI). The base station can provide listening resources (e.g., CORESET-2 and / or SearchSpace-2) for the PDCCH that transmits the "multicast control channel change indication" through SIB15 system information.)

[0140] Therefore, it can be seen that the base station can provide "multicast control information transmission resources", which may include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0141] Then, the base station can obtain the multicast control information to be sent and place it into the corresponding multicast control information transmission resource. The base station can then obtain the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam, and determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resource based on this association. This association can be agreed upon through a protocol. For example, if the base station provides listening resources for the PDCCH used to send MCCH signaling (e.g., CORESET-1 and / or SearchSpace-1) through SIB15 system information, then for multiple PDCCH resources in the MCCH signaling transmission cycle, the protocol stipulates that the x-th PDCCH resource (or all PDCCH resources) can be used to send the "multicast control information transmission resource," where x can be a positive integer, without any limitation. Finally, the multicast control information transmission resource is sent through the determined beam.

[0142] The base station can also directly specify the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam.

[0143] In this embodiment, multicast control information to be transmitted is first acquired, and multicast control information transmission resources are acquired. The beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources is determined based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. Then, the multicast control information transmission resources are transmitted through the beam. This effectively improves the reliability of user equipment receiving multicast control information under multi-beam conditions.

[0144] Furthermore, in one disclosed embodiment, the above-mentioned beam determination method further includes generating configuration information based on the association between multicast control information transmission resources and beams, and transmitting the configuration information through radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

[0145] Specifically, the base station can directly designate certain beams for transmitting multicast control information resources as needed, and establish and save the association between the beam numbers of these beams and the multicast control information transmission resources for later retrieval. For example, the base station configures a PDCCH resource configuration SearchSpace-1 for MCCH signaling transmission, and for this SearchSpace-1, the base station designates its associated beam-1 (e.g., SSB-1). (For example, if the base station configures a PDCCH resource configuration SearchSpace-1 for MCCH signaling transmission, and this SearchSpace-1 configuration indicates that there are 2 PDCCH resources (i.e., PDCCH-1 and PDCCH-2) for every 10 slots, then the base station can indicate that PDCCH-1 corresponds to SSB-1, and PDCCH-2 corresponds to SSB-2.)

[0146] Simultaneously, the base station can generate configuration information based on this association and send this configuration information to the user equipment via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The user equipment receives the multicast control information sent by the base station, which contains the configuration information for the transmission resources.

[0147] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0148] It should be noted that the above refers to... Figures 2 to 6 The explanation of the provided beam determination method embodiment also applies to the beam determination method of this embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

[0149] According to the beam determination method of this disclosure, firstly, multicast control information to be transmitted is acquired, and multicast control information transmission resources are acquired. Then, the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources is determined based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. Finally, the multicast control information transmission resources are transmitted through the beam. This ensures that the user equipment can receive multicast control information under different beams, thereby effectively improving the reliability of the user equipment receiving multicast control information under multiple beams.

[0150] Figure 8 This is a block diagram illustrating a beam-determining device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The device can be applied to a terminal (i.e., a user equipment), such as a mobile terminal like a mobile phone or tablet.

[0151] The beam determination apparatus of this disclosure can be configured in a communication device (e.g., a user equipment) to extract multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources and determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, thereby effectively improving the reliability of the user equipment in receiving multicast control information under multi-beam conditions.

[0152] like Figure 8 As shown, the beam determination device 800 may include an extraction module 810 and a first determination module 820.

[0153] The extraction module 810 is used to extract multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources.

[0154] The first determining module 820 is used to determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam.

[0155] Optionally, the beam determination device 800 further includes a first acquisition module and a second determination module.

[0156] The first acquisition module is used to acquire the configuration information of the multicast control information sending resources.

[0157] The second determining module is used to determine the association between multicast control information transmission resources and beams based on the configuration information.

[0158] Optionally, the configuration information is the configuration identifier of the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

[0159] Optionally, the beam determination device 800 may further include a second acquisition module and a third determination module.

[0160] The second acquisition module is used to acquire the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource.

[0161] The third determination module is used to determine the association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam based on the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource.

[0162] Optionally, multicast control information transmission resources can be interleaved or grouped sequentially.

[0163] Optionally, the first determining module 820 may include a determining unit and an acquiring unit.

[0164] The determining unit is used to determine the target beam from among the multiple determined beams if there are multiple determined beams.

[0165] The acquisition unit is used to monitor the multicast control information transmission resources corresponding to the target beam in order to obtain the multicast control channel change indication sent by the target beam.

[0166] Optionally, the determining unit is specifically used to: acquire the signal quality of multiple beams and select a target beam based on the signal quality.

[0167] Optionally, the determining unit is specifically used to: acquire the signal quality of multiple beams, select beams with signal quality greater than a quality threshold from the multiple beams as candidate beams, and select a target beam from the multiple candidate beams.

[0168] Optionally, the beam determination device 800 may further include a third acquisition module, wherein the third acquisition module is used to acquire spatial information of the beam, wherein the spatial information is used for receiving multicast control information.

[0169] Optionally, the spatial information includes at least one of Doppler translation information, Doppler propagation information, average delay information, delay spread information, and space receiver parameter information.

[0170] Optionally, the multicast control information includes at least one of multicast control channel information and multicast control channel change indication.

[0171] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0172] It should be noted that the above refers to... Figures 2 to 6 The explanation of the provided beam determination method embodiment also applies to the beam determination device of this embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

[0173] The beam determination apparatus of this disclosure extracts multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources through an extraction module, and determines the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam through a first determination module. This ensures that user equipment can receive multicast control information under different beams, thereby effectively improving the reliability of user equipment receiving multicast control information under multiple beams.

[0174] Figure 9 This is a block diagram of another beam-determining apparatus provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. The apparatus can be applied to the network side, for example, a base station.

[0175] The beam determination apparatus of this disclosure can be configured in a communication device (e.g., a base station) to acquire multicast control information to be transmitted, acquire multicast control information transmission resources, determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources according to the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, and then transmit the multicast control information transmission resources through the beam, thereby effectively improving the reliability of user equipment receiving multicast control information under multiple beams.

[0176] like Figure 9 As shown, the beam determination device 900 may include: an acquisition module 910, a determination module 920, and a first transmission module 930.

[0177] The acquisition module 910 is used to acquire the multicast control information to be sent.

[0178] The determination module 920 is used to acquire multicast control information transmission resources and determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam.

[0179] The first transmitting module 930 is used to transmit multicast control information transmission resources via beam, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources carry multicast control information.

[0180] Optionally, the beam determination device 900 may further include: a generation module and a second transmission module.

[0181] The generation module is used to generate configuration information based on the association between multicast control information transmission resources and beams.

[0182] The second transmitting module is used to transmit configuration information via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

[0183] Optionally, the multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

[0184] It should be noted that the above refers to... Figures 2 to 6 The explanation of the provided beam determination method embodiment also applies to the beam determination device of this embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

[0185] The beam determination apparatus of this disclosure acquires multicast control information to be transmitted through an acquisition module, acquires multicast control information transmission resources through a determination module, and determines the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. Then, the first transmission module 9 transmits the multicast control information transmission resources through the beam. This ensures that the user equipment can receive multicast control information under different beams, thereby effectively improving the reliability of the user equipment receiving multicast control information under multiple beams.

[0186] To implement the above embodiments, this disclosure also proposes a communication device.

[0187] The communication device provided in this disclosure includes a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein the processor executes the aforementioned method when running the executable program.

[0188] The communication device can be the aforementioned network device or terminal device.

[0189] The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media capable of continuing to store information after the communication device loses power. Here, the communication device includes a base station or a terminal.

[0190] The processor can be connected to the memory via a bus or similar means to read executable programs stored in the memory, for example, such as... Figures 2 to 7 At least one of them.

[0191] To implement the above embodiments, this disclosure also proposes a computer storage medium.

[0192] The computer storage medium provided in this embodiment stores an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the aforementioned method, for example, as... Figures 2 to 7 At least one of them.

[0193] Figure 10 This is a block diagram of a user equipment 1000 provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. For example, the user equipment 1000 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0194] Reference Figure 10 User equipment 1000 may include at least one of the following components: processing component 1002, memory 1004, power supply component 1006, multimedia component 1008, audio component 1010, input / output (I / O) interface 1012, sensor component 1014, and communication component 1016.

[0195] Processing component 1002 typically controls the overall operation of user equipment 1000, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communication, camera operation, and recording. Processing component 1002 may include at least one processor 1020 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Furthermore, processing component 1002 may include at least one module to facilitate interaction between processing component 1002 and other components. For example, processing component 1002 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 1008 and processing component 1002.

[0196] Memory 1004 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation of user equipment 1000. Examples of this data include instructions for any application or method operating on user equipment 1000, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. Memory 1004 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic storage, flash memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0197] The power supply component 1006 provides power to various components of the user equipment 1000. The power supply component 1006 may include a power management system, at least one power supply, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to the user equipment 1000.

[0198] Multimedia component 1008 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the user equipment 1000 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touchscreen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes at least one touch sensor to sense touch, swipe, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or swipe action but also detect the wake-up time and pressure associated with the touch or swipe operation. In some embodiments, multimedia component 1008 includes a front-facing camera and / or a rear-facing camera. When the user equipment 1000 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front-facing camera and / or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front-facing camera and rear-facing camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0199] Audio component 1010 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, audio component 1010 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when user equipment 1000 is in an operating mode, such as call mode, recording mode, and voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in memory 1004 or transmitted via communication component 1016. In some embodiments, audio component 1010 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0200] I / O interface 1012 provides an interface between processing component 1002 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to, home buttons, volume buttons, power buttons, and lock buttons.

[0201] Sensor assembly 1014 includes at least one sensor for providing status assessments of various aspects of user equipment 1000. For example, sensor assembly 1014 may detect the on / off state of user equipment 1000, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of user equipment 1000, changes in position of user equipment 1000 or a component of user equipment 1000, the presence or absence of contact between the user and user equipment 1000, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of user equipment 1000, and temperature changes of user equipment 1000. Sensor assembly 1014 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. Sensor assembly 1014 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, sensor assembly 1014 may also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0202] Communication component 1016 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between user equipment 1000 and other devices. User equipment 1000 can access wireless networks based on communication standards, such as WiFi, 2G, or 3G, or combinations thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, communication component 1016 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, communication component 1016 also includes a near-field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0203] In an exemplary embodiment, the user equipment 1000 may be implemented by at least one application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing device (DSPD), programmable logic device (PLD), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or other electronic component for performing the above-described functions. Figures 2 to 6 The method shown.

[0204] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 1004 including instructions, which can be executed by a processor 1020 of a user equipment 1000 to perform the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage device, etc.

[0205] like Figure 11The diagram shown is a structural schematic of a base station provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. The base station can be provided as a network device. (Refer to...) Figure 11 The base station 1100 includes a processing component 1122, which further includes at least one processor, and memory resources represented by memory 1132 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 1122, such as application programs. The application programs stored in memory 1132 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. Furthermore, the processing component 1122 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above applied to the base station, such as... Figure 7 The method shown.

[0206] Base station 1100 may also include a power supply component 1126 configured to perform power management of base station 1100, a wired or wireless network interface 1150 configured to connect base station 1100 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 1158. Base station 1100 may operate on an operating system stored in memory 1132, such as Windows Server™, MacOS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or similar.

[0207] Other embodiments of the invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention that follow the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The specification and examples are to be considered exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of this disclosure are indicated by the following claims.

[0208] It should be understood that this disclosure is not limited to the precise structures described above and shown in the accompanying drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from its scope. The scope of this disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A beam determination method, applied to a terminal, characterized in that, include: Multicast control information is extracted from multicast control information transmission resources, wherein the multicast control information includes multicast control channel (MCCH) information; The beam corresponding to the multicast control information is determined based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. The method further includes: Obtain the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource; The association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam is determined based on the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource; The multicast control information transmission resources are grouped in an interleaved manner according to time sequence, or in consecutive groups.

2. The method as described in claim 1, characterized in that, After determining the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, the method further includes: If there are multiple determined beams, then the target beam is determined from among the multiple determined beams; The multicast control information transmission resource corresponding to the target beam is monitored to obtain the multicast control information transmitted by the target beam.

3. The method as described in claim 2, characterized in that, Determining the target beam from the determined plurality of beams includes: Obtain the signal quality of the multiple beams; The target beam is selected based on the signal quality.

4. The method as described in claim 2, characterized in that, Determining the target beam from the determined plurality of beams includes: Obtain the signal quality of the multiple beams; Select a beam whose signal quality is greater than a quality threshold from the plurality of beams as a candidate beam; Select the target beam from the plurality of candidate beams.

5. The method as described in claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: Acquire the spatial information of the beam, wherein the spatial information is used for receiving multicast control information.

6. The method as described in claim 5, characterized in that, The spatial information includes at least one of Doppler translation information, Doppler propagation information, average delay information, delay spread information, and space receiver parameter information.

7. The method as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The multicast control information also includes a multicast control channel change indication.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that, The multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

9. A beam determination method, applied to the network side, characterized in that, include: Acquire the multicast control information to be sent, the multicast control information including multicast control channel (MCCH) information; Acquire multicast control information transmission resources, and determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam, wherein the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam is determined based on the group number of the multicast control information transmission resources; The multicast control information transmission resource is transmitted via the beam, wherein the multicast control information transmission resource carries the multicast control information, and wherein the multicast control information transmission resource is grouped in an interleaved or consecutive manner according to time sequence.

10. The method as described in claim 9, characterized in that, The multicast control information transmission resources include one or more of the following: multicast control information scheduling control signaling transmission resources, multicast control information data transmission resources, and multicast control channel change indication transmission resources.

11. A beam-determining device, characterized in that, include: An extraction module is used to extract multicast control information from multicast control information transmission resources, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources are grouped in an interleaved or continuous manner according to time order, and the multicast control information includes multicast control channel (MCCH) information. The first determining module is used to determine the beam corresponding to the multicast control information based on the association between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam. The first determining module is also used for: Obtain the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource; The association between the multicast control information transmission resource and the beam is determined based on the group number of the multicast control information transmission resource.

12. A beam-determining device, characterized in that, include: The acquisition module is used to acquire the multicast control information to be sent, wherein the multicast control information includes multicast control channel (MCCH) information; A determination module is used to acquire multicast control information transmission resources and determine the beam carrying the multicast control information transmission resources based on the association relationship between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam; wherein the association relationship between the multicast control information transmission resources and the beam is determined based on the group number of the multicast control information transmission resources, wherein the multicast control information transmission resources are grouped alternately or consecutively in chronological order; The first transmitting module is configured to transmit the multicast control information transmission resource via the beam, wherein the multicast control information transmission resource carries the multicast control information.

13. A communication device, wherein, include: transceiver; Memory; processor; The processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory respectively, and is configured to control the wireless signal transmission and reception of the transceiver by executing computer-executable instructions on the memory, and to implement the beam determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 or 9 to 10.

14. A computer storage medium, wherein, The computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; when executed by a processor, the computer-executable instructions can implement the beam determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 or 9 to 10.

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