Communication method and device

Abstract

The present application provides a communication method and apparatus, which enables a terminal device to activate a first configuration after receiving a first message, and simultaneously activate or deactivate a third configuration. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the third configuration no longer depends on the message sent by the network device for activating or deactivating the third configuration, thereby improving the flexibility of activation and deactivation of the channel detection configuration.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a communication method and device. Background Art

[0002] In wireless communication technology, the transmitter can use detected wireless channel information to assist in transmission. Wireless channel information can be acquired in a variety of ways, but regardless of the method used, the transmitter or receiver must measure specific reference signals to estimate the characteristics of the wireless channel. This process of estimating wireless channel characteristics is called channel sounding. For downlink and uplink channels, channel sounding types include downlink channel sounding and uplink channel sounding, respectively. Downlink channel sounding and uplink channel sounding are performed based on corresponding channel sounding configurations.

[0003] However, the current activation or deactivation method of the channel detection configuration is not flexible enough and cannot meet the requirements of the terminal device for flexibly adjusting the channel detection method. Summary of the Invention

[0004] Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and apparatus for more flexibly implementing activation or deactivation of a channel sounding configuration.

[0005] In a first aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may be performed by a first communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required by the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the first communication device is a terminal device, or a chip provided in the terminal device for implementing the functions of the terminal device, or other component for implementing the functions of the terminal device. The following description uses the example of the first communication device being a terminal device.

[0006] The method includes: a terminal device receiving a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, the first configuration including a channel state information configuration and the second configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration; or the first configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration including a channel state information configuration. The terminal device may also receive first information for activating the first configuration. The terminal device may activate the first configuration and a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration, or the terminal device may activate the first configuration and deactivate the third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration.

[0007] By adopting this method, the terminal device can activate the first configuration after receiving the first information, and activate or deactivate the third configuration at the same time. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the third configuration no longer depends on the message sent by the network device for activating or deactivating the third configuration. It can improve the flexibility of activation and deactivation of the channel detection configuration and reduce signaling overhead.

[0008] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The terminal device may activate the third configuration based on the third configuration information, or deactivate the third configuration based on the third configuration information. This design enables flexible indication of the third configuration.

[0009] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, after the third configuration is activated, the terminal device may not perform channel state information measurement and / or may not report the channel state information. In other words, when the third configuration includes the specific channel state information configuration, the terminal device disables channel state information reporting to reduce power consumption and save energy.

[0010] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the terminal device may not perform channel state information measurement and / or may not report the channel state information. In other words, when the first configuration includes the specific channel state information configuration, the terminal device disables channel state information reporting to reduce power consumption and save energy.

[0011] In one possible design, the first information is carried in radio resource control (RRC) signaling (or RRC message), a media access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE), or downlink control information (DCI). This design enables flexible transmission of the first information and is therefore applicable to periodic, semi-persistent, and aperiodic CSI measurements, CSI reporting, and SRS measurements.

[0012] In a second aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may be performed by a second communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required for the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the second communication device is a network device (such as a base station), or a chip provided in the network device for implementing the functions of the network device, or other components for implementing the functions of the network device. In the following introduction, the second communication device is taken as an example to be explained as a network device.

[0013] The method includes: a network device sending a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The network device may also send first information, wherein the first information is used by a terminal device to activate the first configuration.

[0014] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the terminal device and the network device both default that the terminal device activates the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information, or the terminal device and the network device both default that the terminal device deactivates the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the first information may carry indication information such that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration, or the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration.

[0015] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0016] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the network device may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0017] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration, the network device does not send CSI resources and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device. Determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration is, for example, determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information.

[0018] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the network device does not send CSI resources and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0019] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0020] The beneficial effects of the method shown in the above second aspect and its possible design can refer to the beneficial effects in the first aspect and its possible design.

[0021] In a third aspect, a communication method is provided. This method may be performed by a first communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required by the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the first communication device is a terminal device, or a chip provided in the terminal device for implementing the functions of the terminal device, or other component for implementing the functions of the terminal device. The following description uses the example of the first communication device being a terminal device.

[0022] The method includes: a terminal device receiving a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, the first configuration including a channel state information configuration and the second configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration; or the first configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration including a channel state information configuration. The terminal device further receives first information, the first information being used to deactivate the first configuration. The terminal device may deactivate the first configuration and deactivate a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration, or the terminal device may deactivate the first configuration and activate a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration.

[0023] By adopting this method, the terminal device can deactivate the first configuration after receiving the first information, and activate or deactivate the third configuration at the same time. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the third configuration no longer depends on the message sent by the network device for activating or deactivating the third configuration. It can improve the flexibility of activation and deactivation of the channel detection configuration and reduce signaling overhead.

[0024] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The terminal device may activate the third configuration based on the third configuration information, or deactivate the third configuration based on the third configuration information. This design enables flexible indication of the third configuration.

[0025] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the terminal device may not perform channel state information measurement and / or may not report the channel state information. In other words, when the third configuration includes the specific channel state information configuration, the terminal device disables channel state information reporting to reduce power consumption and save electricity.

[0026] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE, or DCI. This design allows for flexible transmission of the first information, and is therefore applicable to periodic, semi-persistent, and aperiodic CSI measurements, CSI reporting, and SRS measurements.

[0027] In a fourth aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may be performed by a second communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required for the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the second communication device is a network device (such as a base station), or a chip provided in the network device for implementing the functions of the network device, or other components for implementing the functions of the network device. In the following introduction, the second communication device is taken as an example of a network device.

[0028] The method includes: a network device sending a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The network device may also send first information, wherein the first information is used by a terminal device to deactivate the first configuration.

[0029] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the terminal device and the network device both default that the terminal device activates the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information, or the terminal device and the network device both default that the terminal device deactivates the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the first information may carry indication information such that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration, or the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration.

[0030] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0031] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the network device may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0032] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration, the network device does not send CSI resources and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device. Determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration is, for example, determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information.

[0033] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0034] The beneficial effects of the method shown in the fourth aspect and its possible design can refer to the beneficial effects in the third aspect and its possible design.

[0035] In a fifth aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may be performed by a first communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required by the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the first communication device is a terminal device, or a chip provided in the terminal device for implementing the functions of the terminal device, or other components for implementing the functions of the terminal device. In the following description, the first communication device is described as a terminal device.

[0036] The method includes: a terminal device determining second information, where the second information is used to indicate a channel sounding configuration preference of the terminal device, and the terminal device sending the second information to a network device.

[0037] Using the above method, the terminal device can report its own preference for channel detection configuration to the network device as auxiliary information to help the network device configure the channel detection configuration of the terminal device, so that the channel detection configuration determined by the network device is more reasonable and better matches the current status of the terminal device.

[0038] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration, so that the second information can be reported flexibly and efficiently.

[0039] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting, so that the second information can be reported flexibly and efficiently.

[0040] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device, so that the second information can be flexibly and efficiently reported at different granularities.

[0041] In one possible design, the terminal device can determine the second information through artificial intelligence learning to obtain the second information more accurately and efficiently.

[0042] In one possible design, the terminal device may determine the second information based on some or all of the following information: a historical configuration of the terminal device's sounding reference signal configuration; or a historical configuration of the terminal device's channel state information configuration; or the terminal device's state information. This design enables the terminal device to more accurately obtain the second information.

[0043] In one possible design, the terminal device status information includes some or all of the following information: capability information of the terminal device; mobility information of the terminal device; movement speed of the terminal device; or channel quality of the terminal device. This design enables the terminal device to obtain the second information more accurately.

[0044] In a sixth aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may be performed by a second communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required for the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the second communication device is a network device (such as a base station), or a chip provided in the network device for implementing the functions of the network device, or other components for implementing the functions of the network device. In the following introduction, the second communication device is taken as an example of a network device.

[0045] The method includes: a network device receiving second information, the second information being used to indicate a channel sounding configuration preference of a terminal device, and the network device determining the channel sounding configuration of the terminal device according to the second information.

[0046] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration.

[0047] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting.

[0048] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device.

[0049] The beneficial effects of the method shown in the sixth aspect and its possible design can refer to the beneficial effects in the fifth aspect and its possible design.

[0050] In a seventh aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may be performed by a first communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required by the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the first communication device is a terminal device, or a chip provided in the terminal device for implementing the functions of the terminal device, or other components for implementing the functions of the terminal device. In the following description, the first communication device is described as a terminal device.

[0051] The method includes: a terminal device receives third information, where the third information is used to activate or deactivate measurement and / or reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0052] In one possible design, the third information is used to activate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0053] In one possible design, the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0054] In one possible design, if the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the terminal device sends a channel state information report to the network device according to the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0055] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the measurement of periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the terminal device does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0056] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the terminal device does not send a channel state information report to the network device according to the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0057] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the terminal device does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information, and does not send a channel state information report to the network device based on the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0058] By adopting the above method, the terminal device can flexibly perform resource configuration of periodic channel state information and / or activation and deactivation of reporting configuration to meet the demand for flexible execution of downlink channel detection.

[0059] In an eighth aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may be performed by a second communication device, which may be a communication device or a communication device capable of supporting the communication device to implement the functions required for the method, such as a chip. Exemplarily, the second communication device is a network device (such as a base station), or a chip provided in the network device for implementing the functions of the network device, or other components for implementing the functions of the network device. In the following introduction, the second communication device is taken as an example of a network device.

[0060] The method includes: the network device sends third information, where the third information is used to activate or deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0061] In one possible design, the third information is used to activate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0062] In one possible design, the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0063] The beneficial effects of the method shown in the above eighth aspect and its possible design can refer to the beneficial effects in the seventh aspect and its possible design.

[0064] In a ninth aspect, a communication device is provided, for example, the communication device is the first communication device described above. The first communication device is configured to perform the methods described in the first, third, fifth, and seventh aspects, or any possible implementations thereof. Specifically, the first communication device may include modules configured to perform the methods described in the first, third, fifth, and seventh aspects, or any possible implementations thereof, such as a processing module and a transceiver module. Exemplarily, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and a receiving module. The transmitting module and the receiving module may be different functional modules, or may be the same functional module but capable of performing different functions. Exemplarily, the first communication device is a communication device, or a chip or other component provided in a communication device. Exemplarily, the communication device is a terminal device. Below, the first communication device is taken as an example of a terminal device. For example, the transceiver module may be implemented by a transceiver, and the processing module may be implemented by a processor. Alternatively, the transmitting module may be implemented by a transmitter, and the receiving module may be implemented by a receiver. The transmitter and receiver may be different functional modules, or may be the same functional module but capable of performing different functions. If the first communication device is a communication device, the transceiver may be implemented, for example, by an antenna, feeder, codec, etc. in the communication device. Alternatively, if the first communication device is a chip provided in a communication device, then the transceiver (or transmitter and receiver) is, for example, a communication interface in the chip, which is connected to a radio frequency transceiver component in the communication device to transmit and receive information via the radio frequency transceiver component. In the description of the ninth aspect, the first communication device is still described as a terminal device, and the processing module and the transceiver module are used as examples.

[0065] When executing the method described in the first aspect above, the transceiver module receives a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module may also receive first information, where the first information is used to activate the first configuration. The processing module may activate the first configuration and a third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration, or the processing module may activate the first configuration and deactivate the third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0066] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The processing module may activate the third configuration based on the information about the third configuration, or deactivate the third configuration based on the information about the third configuration.

[0067] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processing module may not perform channel state information measurement, and / or the transceiver module may not report channel state information. In other words, when the third configuration includes the specific channel state information configuration, the processing module disables channel state information reporting.

[0068] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processing module may not perform channel state information measurement, and / or may not report the channel state information through the transceiver module.

[0069] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0070] When executing the method shown in the first aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the first aspect and its possible designs.

[0071] In which, when executing the method shown in the third aspect above, the transceiver module receives a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, the first configuration including a channel state information configuration, and the second configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration, and the second configuration including a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module also receives first information, and the first information is used to deactivate the first configuration. The processing module may deactivate the first configuration and deactivate a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration, or the terminal device may deactivate the first configuration and activate a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration.

[0072] In one possible design, when a first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The processing module may activate or deactivate the third configuration based on the third configuration information. This design enables flexible indication of the third configuration.

[0073] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processing module may not perform channel state information measurement, and / or may not report the channel state information through the transceiver module.

[0074] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0075] When executing the method shown in the third aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the third aspect and its possible designs.

[0076] When executing the method of the fifth aspect, the processing module determines second information, where the second information is used to indicate a channel sounding configuration preference of the terminal device, and the transceiver module is used to send the second information to the network device.

[0077] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration.

[0078] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting.

[0079] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device.

[0080] In one possible design, the processing module may determine the second information through artificial intelligence learning.

[0081] In one possible design, the processing module may determine the second information based on part or all of the following information: the historical configuration of the detection reference signal configuration of the terminal device; or the historical configuration of the channel state information configuration of the terminal device; or the state information of the terminal device.

[0082] In one possible design, the status information of the terminal device includes part or all of the following information: capability information of the terminal device; or mobility information of the terminal device; or moving speed of the terminal device; or channel quality of the terminal device.

[0083] When executing the method shown in the fifth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the fifth aspect and its possible designs.

[0084] In which, when executing the method shown in the above-mentioned seventh aspect, the transceiver module can receive third information, and the third information is used to activate or deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0085] In one possible design, the third information is used to activate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0086] In one possible design, the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0087] In one possible design, if the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processing module sends a channel state information report to the network device according to the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information, and / or the transceiver module sends the channel state information report according to the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0088] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the measurement of periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processing module does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0089] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the transceiver module does not send a channel state information report to the network device according to the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0090] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processing module does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information, and the transceiver module does not send a channel state information report to the network device based on the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0091] When executing the method shown in the seventh aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the seventh aspect and its possible designs.

[0092] In a tenth aspect, a communication device is provided, for example, the second communication device as described above. The second communication device is configured to perform the method of the second, fourth, sixth, or eighth aspects, or any possible implementation thereof. Specifically, the second communication device may include modules for performing the method of the second, fourth, sixth, or eighth aspects, or any possible implementation thereof, such as a processing module and a transceiver module. Exemplarily, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and a receiving module. The transmitting module and the receiving module may be different functional modules, or the same functional module but capable of performing different functions. Exemplarily, the second communication device is a communication device, or a chip or other component provided in the communication device. Exemplarily, the communication device is a network device. Below, the second communication device is used as an example of a network device, for example, the network device described above. For example, the transceiver module may be implemented by a transceiver, and the processing module may be implemented by a processor. Alternatively, the transmitting module may be implemented by a transmitter, and the receiving module may be implemented by a receiver. The transmitter and receiver may be different functional modules, or the same functional module but capable of performing different functions. If the second communication device is a communication device, the transceiver is implemented, for example, by an antenna, feeder, and codec in the communication device. Alternatively, if the second communication device is a chip provided in the communication device, the transceiver (or, transmitter and receiver) is, for example, a communication interface in the chip, which is connected to a radio frequency transceiver component in the communication device to transmit and receive information via the radio frequency transceiver component. In the introduction to the tenth aspect, the second communication device is still described as a network device, and the processing module and the transceiver module are used as examples.

[0093] When executing the method described in the second aspect above, the transceiver module may be configured to transmit a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module may also transmit first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to activate the first configuration. Optionally, the first configuration, the at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, and the first information may be determined by the processing module.

[0094] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the processing module defaults to the terminal device activating the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information, or the processing module defaults to the terminal device deactivating the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the processing module may carry instruction information in the first information, so that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration, or so that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration.

[0095] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0096] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the transceiver module may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0097] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, the processing module does not send CSI resources and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device. The processing module determines that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, for example, by determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information, or by including indication information in the first information to indicate that the terminal device also needs to activate the third configuration.

[0098] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the transceiver module may not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or may not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0099] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0100] When executing the method shown in the second aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the first aspect and its possible designs.

[0101] When executing the method described in the fourth aspect, the transceiver module transmits a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module may also transmit first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to deactivate the first configuration. Optionally, the first configuration, the at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, and the first information may be determined by the processing module.

[0102] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the processing module defaults to the terminal device activating the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information, or the processing module defaults to the terminal device deactivating the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the first information carries instruction information such that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration, or the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration.

[0103] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0104] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the transceiver module may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0105] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, the processing module does not send CSI resources through the transceiver module and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device. The processing module determines that the terminal device activates the third configuration, for example, by determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information, or by carrying indication information in the first information to indicate that the terminal device also needs to activate the third configuration.

[0106] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0107] When executing the method shown in the fourth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the third aspect and its possible designs.

[0108] When executing the method of the sixth aspect, the transceiver module receives second information indicating a channel sounding configuration preference of the terminal device, and the processing module determines the channel sounding configuration of the terminal device according to the second information.

[0109] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration.

[0110] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting.

[0111] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device.

[0112] When executing the method shown in the sixth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the fifth aspect and its possible designs.

[0113] In which, when executing the method shown in the above-mentioned eighth aspect, the transceiver module can be used to send third information, and the third information is used to activate or deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0114] In one possible design, the third information is used to activate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0115] In one possible design, the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0116] When executing the method shown in the eighth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the seventh aspect and its possible designs.

[0117] In an eleventh aspect, a communication device is provided, for example, the first communication device described above. The communication device includes a processor. Optionally, it may also include a memory for storing computer instructions. The processor and memory are coupled to implement the methods described in the first, third, fifth, and seventh aspects, or any possible implementations thereof. Alternatively, the first communication device may not include a memory; the memory may be located externally to the first communication device. Optionally, the first communication device may also include a communication interface for communicating with other devices or equipment. The processor, memory, and communication interface are coupled to implement the methods described in the first, third, fifth, and seventh aspects, or any possible implementations thereof. For example, when the processor executes the computer instructions stored in the memory, the first communication device executes the methods described in the first, third, fifth, and seventh aspects, or any possible implementations thereof. Exemplarily, the first communication device is a communication device, or a chip or other component disposed in a communication device. Exemplarily, the communication device is a terminal device.

[0118] If the first communication device is a communication device, the communication interface is implemented, for example, by a transceiver (or transmitter and receiver) in the communication device, for example, the transceiver is implemented by an antenna, a feeder, and a codec in the communication device. Alternatively, if the first communication device is a chip provided in the communication device, the communication interface is, for example, an input / output interface of the chip, such as an input / output pin, etc., which is connected to a radio frequency transceiver component in the communication device to implement information transmission and reception through the radio frequency transceiver component.

[0119] When executing the method described in the first aspect, the communication interface receives a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The communication interface may also receive first information for activating the first configuration. The processor may activate the first configuration and a third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration, or the processor may activate the first configuration and deactivate the third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0120] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The processor may activate the third configuration based on the information about the third configuration, or deactivate the third configuration based on the information about the third configuration.

[0121] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processor may not perform channel state information measurement and / or may not report channel state information through the transceiver. In other words, when the third configuration includes the specific channel state information configuration, the processor disables channel state information reporting.

[0122] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processor may not perform channel state information measurement and / or may not report the channel state information through the communication interface.

[0123] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0124] When executing the method shown in the first aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the first aspect and its possible designs.

[0125] In the method of the third aspect, the communication interface receives a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The communication interface also receives first information, wherein the first information is used to deactivate the first configuration. The processor may deactivate the first configuration and deactivate a third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration. Alternatively, the terminal device may deactivate the first configuration and activate a third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0126] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The processor may activate the third configuration based on the third configuration information, or deactivate the third configuration based on the third configuration information. This design enables flexible indication of the third configuration.

[0127] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processor may not perform channel state information measurement and / or may not report the channel state information through the communication interface.

[0128] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0129] When executing the method shown in the third aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the third aspect and its possible designs.

[0130] When executing the method of the fifth aspect, the processor determines second information, where the second information is used to indicate a channel sounding configuration preference of the terminal device, and the communication interface is used to send the second information to the network device.

[0131] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration.

[0132] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting.

[0133] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device.

[0134] In one possible design, the processor may determine the second information through artificial intelligence learning.

[0135] In one possible design, the processor may determine the second information based on part or all of the following information: the historical configuration of the detection reference signal configuration of the terminal device; or the historical configuration of the channel state information configuration of the terminal device; or the state information of the terminal device.

[0136] In one possible design, the status information of the terminal device includes part or all of the following information: capability information of the terminal device; or mobility information of the terminal device; or moving speed of the terminal device; or channel quality of the terminal device.

[0137] When executing the method shown in the fifth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the fifth aspect and its possible designs.

[0138] In which, when executing the method shown in the seventh aspect above, the communication interface may receive third information, and the third information is used to activate or deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0139] In one possible design, if the third information is used to activate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processor sends a channel state information report to the network device according to the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information, and / or the communication interface sends the channel state information report according to the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0140] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processor does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0141] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the communication interface does not send a channel state information report to the network device according to the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0142] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration and reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processor does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information, and the communication interface does not send a channel state information report to the network device based on the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0143] When executing the method shown in the seventh aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the seventh aspect and its possible designs.

[0144] In a twelfth aspect, a communication device is provided, such as the second communication device described above. The communication device includes a processor. Optionally, it may also include a memory for storing computer instructions. The processor and memory are coupled to implement the method described in the second, fourth, sixth, or eighth aspects, or any possible implementation thereof. Alternatively, the second communication device may not include a memory; the memory may be located externally. Optionally, the second communication device may also include a communication interface for communicating with other devices or equipment. The processor, memory, and communication interface are coupled to implement the method described in the second, fourth, sixth, or eighth aspects, or any possible implementation thereof. For example, when the processor executes the computer instructions stored in the memory, the second communication device executes the method described in the second, fourth, sixth, or eighth aspects, or any possible implementation thereof. Exemplarily, the second communication device is a communication device, or a chip or other component disposed in a communication device. Exemplarily, the communication device is a network device, such as the network device described above.

[0145] If the second communication device is a communication device, the communication interface is implemented, for example, by a transceiver (or transmitter and receiver) in the communication device, for example, the transceiver is implemented by an antenna, a feeder, and a codec in the communication device. Alternatively, if the second communication device is a chip provided in the communication device, the communication interface is, for example, an input / output interface of the chip, such as an input / output pin, etc., which is connected to a radio frequency transceiver component in the communication device to implement information transmission and reception through the radio frequency transceiver component.

[0146] When executing the method described in the second aspect, the communication interface may be configured to transmit a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The communication interface may also transmit first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to activate the first configuration.

[0147] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the processor defaults to the terminal device activating the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information, or the processor defaults to the terminal device deactivating the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the processor may carry indication information in the first information, so that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration, or so that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration.

[0148] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0149] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the communication interface may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0150] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, the processor does not send CSI resources and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device. The processor determines that the terminal device activates the third configuration, for example, by determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information, or by including indication information in the first information to indicate that the terminal device also needs to activate the third configuration.

[0151] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the transceiver module may not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or may not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0152] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0153] When executing the method shown in the second aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the second aspect and its possible designs.

[0154] When executing the method described in the fourth aspect, the communication interface transmits a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The communication interface may also transmit first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to deactivate the first configuration.

[0155] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the processor defaults to the terminal device activating the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information, or the processor defaults to the terminal device deactivating the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the first information carries indication information such that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration, or the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration.

[0156] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0157] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the communication interface may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0158] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, the processor does not send CSI resources through the communication interface and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device. The processor determines that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, for example, by determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information, or by including indication information in the first information to indicate that the terminal device also needs to activate the third configuration.

[0159] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0160] When executing the method shown in the fourth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the fourth aspect and its possible designs.

[0161] When executing the method of the sixth aspect, the communication interface receives second information indicating a channel probing configuration preference of the terminal device, and the processor determines the channel probing configuration of the terminal device according to the second information.

[0162] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration.

[0163] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting.

[0164] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device.

[0165] When executing the method shown in the sixth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the sixth aspect and its possible designs.

[0166] In which, when executing the method shown in the above-mentioned eighth aspect, the transceiver module can be used to send third information, and the third information is used to activate or deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0167] When executing the method shown in the eighth aspect above, the beneficial effects of the communication device can refer to the beneficial effects in the seventh aspect and its possible designs.

[0168] In the thirteenth aspect, a communication system is provided, which includes the communication device described in the ninth aspect or the communication device described in the eleventh aspect, and includes the communication device described in the tenth aspect or the communication device described in the twelfth aspect.

[0169] In the fourteenth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is used to store computer instructions. When the computer instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes the method described in the above-mentioned first to eighth aspects or any possible embodiment thereof.

[0170] In the fifteenth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is used to store computer instructions. When the computer instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes the method described in the above-mentioned first to eighth aspects or any possible embodiment thereof.

[0171] In the sixteenth aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided, wherein the computer program product is used to store computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are run on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the method described in the above-mentioned first to eighth aspects or any possible embodiment thereof.

[0172] In the seventeenth aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided, wherein the computer program product is used to store computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are run on a computer, the computer executes the method described in the above-mentioned first to eighth aspects or any possible embodiment thereof. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0173] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0174] Figure 2a A schematic diagram of the architecture of another communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0175] Figure 2b A schematic diagram of the architecture of another communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0176] Figure 3 A flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0177] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the corresponding relationship between the first configuration and the second configuration provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0178] Figure 5 A flowchart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0179] Figure 6 A flowchart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0180] Figure 7 A flowchart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0181] Figure 8 A schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0182] Figure 9 A schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0183] Figure 10 A schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0184] Figure 11 A schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0185] Figure 12 A schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0186] Figure 13 A schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0187] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of this application more clear, the application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The specific operation methods in the method embodiments can also be applied to the device embodiments or system embodiments.

[0188] like Figure 1 As shown, the measurement feedback method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a wireless communication system, which may include a terminal device 101 and a network device 102.

[0189] It should be understood that the above wireless communication system is applicable to both low-frequency scenarios (sub 6G) and high-frequency scenarios (above 6G). Application scenarios of wireless communication systems include but are not limited to fifth-generation systems, new radio (NR) communication systems, or future evolved public land mobile networks (PLMN) systems.

[0190] The terminal device 101 shown above may be user equipment (UE), terminal, access terminal, terminal unit, terminal station, mobile station (MS), remote station, remote terminal, mobile terminal, wireless communication device, terminal agent, or terminal device, etc. The terminal device 101 may have wireless transceiver functions, and may communicate (e.g., wirelessly) with one or more network devices of one or more communication systems and receive network services provided by the network devices, where the network devices include but are not limited to the illustrated network device 102.

[0191] Among them, the terminal device 101 can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network, or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

[0192] In addition, the terminal device 101 can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; the terminal device 101 can also be deployed on the water (such as a ship); the terminal device 101 can also be deployed in the air (such as an airplane, a balloon, and a satellite). The terminal device 101 can specifically be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in smart city, a wireless terminal in smart home, etc. The terminal device 101 can also be a communication chip with a communication module, or a vehicle with communication function, or an on-board device (such as an on-board communication device, an on-board communication chip), etc.

[0193] The network device 102 may be an access network device (or access network point). An access network device refers to a device that provides network access functionality, such as a radio access network (RAN) base station. The network device 102 may specifically include a base station (BS), or a base station and a radio resource management device for controlling the base station. The network device 102 may also include a relay station (relay device), an access point, a base station in a future 5G network, a base station in a future evolved PLMN network, or an NR base station. The network device 102 may be a wearable device or an in-vehicle device. The network device 102 may also be a communication chip with a communication module.

[0194] For example, the network device 102 includes, but is not limited to, a next-generation base station (g nodeB, gNB) in 5G, an evolved node B (eNB) in an LTE system, a radio network controller (RNC), a wireless controller under a CRAN system, a base station controller (BSC), a home base station (e.g., home evolved nodeB, or home nodeB, HNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a transmission point (TRP), a transmitting point (TP), or a mobile switching center, etc. The network device 102 may also include a base station in a future 6G or newer mobile communication system.

[0195] In addition, if Figure 2a As shown, in the embodiment of the present application, the network device can also transmit data or control signaling to a single or multiple terminal devices, or as shown in FIG. Figure 2b As shown, multiple network devices can transmit data or control signaling to a single terminal device. Figure 2a or Figure 2b For the description of the terminal device and the network device shown, reference can be made to the description of the aforementioned terminal device 101 and the network device 102 .

[0196] Below Figure 1 The system shown is taken as an example to illustrate the channel detection method in the prior art.

[0197] Typical downlink channel detection is based on the downlink channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), that is, the terminal device 101 measures the CSI-RS signal sent by the network device 102 according to the CSI resource configuration sent by the network device 102 to obtain the downlink channel characteristics, and the terminal device 101 reports the downlink channel characteristics to the network device 102 according to the CSI report configuration sent by the network device 102.

[0198] CSI-RS resources can be divided into three types according to their time domain characteristics, namely periodic, semi-persistent (SP) and aperiodic.

[0199] For periodic CSI-RS resources, the terminal device 101 believes that the transmission of CSI-RS will be repeated every N time units (time unit i). The following explanation is based on the time unit being a time slot (slot). Among them, the minimum value of N can be 4, that is, the network device 102 sends a CSI-RS once every 4 time slots. The maximum value of N can be 640, that is, the network device 102 sends a CSI-RS once every 640 time slots. In addition to the period, the terminal device 101 also needs to know a specific offset (offset) to find the time domain position of the CSI-RS. Taking the offset as a time slot offset (slot offset) as an example, in order to determine the time domain position of the CSI-RS, the terminal device 101 needs to know how many time slots the CSI-RS transmission moment is offset within a period.

[0200] For the CSI-RS resources of the SP, the network device 102 will configure the transmission period and offset of the CSI-RS of the SP. In addition, the semi-continuously transmitted CSI-RS is controlled by the media access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) related to the activation / deactivation of the SP CSI resource set, that is, the MAC CE can activate / deactivate the transmission of the CSI-RS resources of the SP. After the network device 102 activates the CSI-RS resources of the SP through the MAC CE, the terminal device 101 will believe that the CSI-RS resources of the SP are periodically transmitted according to the configured parameters until it is deactivated by the MAC CE. After the network device 102 deactivates the CSI-RS resources of the SP through the MAC CE, the terminal device 101 will believe that the network device 102 no longer transmits the CSI-RS resources of the SP.

[0201] For aperiodic CSI-RS, network device 102 does not configure the CSI-RS transmission period or offset. Network device 102 triggers the transmission of CSI-RS resources through downlink control information (DCI). That is, network device 102 notifies the UE through DCI before each CSI-RS resource transmission.

[0202] The terminal device 101 can perform different CSI measurements based on the configuration of the network device 102. For most measurements, the terminal device 101 needs to report the measurement results to the network device 102. In this case, the network device 102 configures how the UE sends CSI reports through the CSI reporting configuration.

[0203] It should be understood that reporting CSI (or reporting CSI) in this application includes the terminal device sending a CSI report to the network device. Subsequently, reporting CSI or reporting CSI can be used to indicate that the terminal device sends a CSI report to the network device.

[0204] Similar to the time domain characteristics of CSI-RS resources, CSI reporting can be divided into periodic reporting, semi-continuous reporting and aperiodic reporting.

[0205] For periodic CSI reporting, the network device 102 needs to configure a certain reporting period for the terminal device 101. The periodic reporting is carried by the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), that is, the periodic CSI report is sent on the PUCCH.

[0206] For SP CSI reporting, network device 102 configures a specific reporting period. Furthermore, SP CSI reporting is controlled by the MAC CE or DCI related to SP CSI reporting activation / deactivation. When network device 102 activates SP CSI reporting via a MAC CE, terminal device 101 sends a CSI report on the PUCCH. When network device 102 triggers SP CSI reporting via a DCI, terminal device 101 sends a CSI report on the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

[0207] For aperiodic CSI reporting, network device 102 triggers aperiodic CSI reporting via DCI, more precisely, via the CSI-request field in the DCI. Aperiodic reporting is carried over the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), meaning that aperiodic CSI reports are sent on the PUSCH.

[0208] The report quantity in the CSI report includes but is not limited to the following: Channel quality indicator (CQI), used to indicate the coding and modulation method recommended by the terminal device 101. Precoding matrix indicator (PMI), used to indicate the best precoding matrix recommended by the terminal device 101. CSI reference signal resource indicator (CSI-RS resource indicator, CRI). SSB resource indicator (SS / PBCH block resource indicator, SSBRI). Layer indicator (LI), used to indicate the strongest layer. Rank indicator (RI), used to indicate the best number of layers for downlink transmission recommended by the terminal device 101. Layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP).

[0209] Uplink channel sounding is generally performed based on uplink sounding reference signal (SRS), that is, the network device 102 sends SRS configuration to the terminal device 101, the terminal device 101 sends SRS according to the SRS configuration, and the network device 102 measures the SRS sent by the UE to obtain uplink channel characteristics.

[0210] SRS is divided into three types, namely periodic, semi-continuous and non-periodic.

[0211] For periodically transmitted SRS, the network device 102 configures the period of the SRS and the offset within the period. The terminal device 102 periodically transmits the SRS to the network device 102 according to the configuration.

[0212] For the SRS transmitted by the SP, network device 102 configures the SRS transmission period and offset. Furthermore, the SRS transmitted by the SP is controlled by the SP SRS activation / deactivation-related MAC CE. This means that the MAC CE can activate / deactivate the transmission of the SP's SRS. After network device 102 activates the SP's SRS via a MAC CE, terminal device 101 periodically transmits the SRS according to the configured parameters until it is deactivated by the MAC CE. After network device 102 deactivates the SP's SRS via a MAC CE, the UE ceases to transmit the SP's SRS.

[0213] For non-periodically transmitted SRS, the network device 102 triggers the transmission of the SRS through DCI, that is, before each SRS needs to be transmitted, the network device 102 notifies the terminal device 101 to transmit the SRS through DCI.

[0214] In this application, CSI resource configuration and / or CSI reporting configuration may be referred to as CSI configuration. CSI configuration and SRS configuration may be referred to as channel sounding configuration.

[0215] In the prior art, the network device 102 needs to provide the terminal device 101 with a channel sounding configuration through a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message (RRC reconfiguration message) to activate the channel sounding; or, in addition to providing a set of channel sounding configurations through the RRC reconfiguration message, the network device also needs to indicate the activation of the channel sounding configuration through a separate signaling, so that the terminal device 101 implements CSI-RS-based downlink channel measurement or SRS-based uplink channel measurement according to the channel sounding configuration. When the network device wants the terminal device 101 to stop executing a certain channel sounding configuration, the network device 102 also needs to indicate the terminal device 101 to delete the channel sounding configuration through the RRC reconfiguration message, or the network device needs to indicate the deactivation of a set of channel sounding configurations through a separate signaling.

[0216] Therefore, the current activation and deactivation scheme of the channel detection configuration relies on RRC messages. Since the RRC message is a high-level signaling, the activation and deactivation method of the channel detection configuration is not flexible enough, and there are problems of high overhead and high latency, which cannot meet the terminal equipment's demand for flexible configuration of channel detection.

[0217] In order to optimize the activation and deactivation scheme of the channel detection configuration, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method. The communication method can be executed by a terminal device and a network device. The terminal device includes Figure 1 The terminal device 101 shown, the network device may include Figure 1 Network device 102 is shown.

[0218] like Figure 3 As shown, the communication method may include the following steps:

[0219] S101: A network device sends a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration to a terminal device.

[0220] The first configuration includes a CSI configuration, and the second configuration includes an SRS configuration; or the first configuration includes an SRS configuration, and the second configuration includes a CSI configuration.

[0221] Exemplarily, the first configuration and the at least one second configuration may be carried in the same message, or the first configuration and the at least one second configuration may be carried in different messages. In addition, the network device may indicate the correspondence between the first configuration and the at least one second configuration in an explicit or implicit manner.

[0222] For example, when the correspondence between the first configuration and the second configuration is indicated in an explicit manner, the network device may send indication information (or a correspondence mapping table) to the terminal device to explicitly indicate the correspondence between the first configuration and the second configuration. For example, the indication information is used to indicate that the first configuration with an index (or number, identifier) ​​of index 1 corresponds to the second configuration with an index of index 2; or the indication information is used to indicate that the configuration information included in the first configuration corresponds to the configuration information included in the second configuration.

[0223] When the correspondence between the first configuration and the second configuration is indicated in an implicit manner, the network device may carry the first configuration (and / or information such as the index of the first configuration) and the second configuration (and / or information such as the index of the second configuration) in the same information element (or field or message) to indicate the correspondence between the first configuration and the second configuration. Alternatively, the network device may carry the first configuration (and / or information such as the index of the first configuration) and the second configuration (and / or information such as the index of the second configuration) in adjacent information elements (or fields). For example, when the information element in which the first configuration is located is located earlier and the information element in which the second configuration is located is located later, the first configuration and the second configuration correspond to each other. In addition, the correspondence between the first configuration and the second configuration may also be indicated by carrying indication information (such as a specific field or a specific value) in the information element (or field or message) including the first configuration (and / or information such as the index of the first configuration) and carrying the same indication information in the information element (or field or message) including the second configuration (and / or information such as the index of the second configuration).

[0224] For example Figure 4 As shown, through S101, the terminal device can obtain the corresponding relationship between CSI configuration 1 and SRS configuration 1, and the corresponding relationship between CSI configuration 2, SRS configuration 2, and SRS configuration 3 based on the configuration of the network device. It can be understood that CSI configuration 1 can be used as the first configuration and SRS configuration 1 as the second configuration, or SRS configuration 1 can be used as the first configuration and CSI configuration 1 as the second configuration. In addition, if CSI configuration 2 is used as the first configuration, SRS configuration 2 and SRS configuration 3 can be used as the second configuration, or if SRS configuration 2 (or SRS) is used as the first configuration, CSI configuration 1 can be used as the second configuration.

[0225] Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first configuration and receives at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration.

[0226] S102: The network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to activate a first configuration.

[0227] The first information here can be carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI to improve configuration flexibility.

[0228] Accordingly, the terminal device receives the first information. In response to the first information, the terminal device may execute one of steps S103 or S104.

[0229] S103: The terminal device activates the first configuration and the third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0230] For example Figure 4 As shown, when the first information is used to activate CSI configuration 1, the terminal device may activate CSI configuration 1, and thus may measure and / or report CSI according to CSI configuration 1, and at the same time, the terminal device activates SRS configuration 1, and thus sends SRS according to the SRS configuration 1. Alternatively, when the first information is used to activate SRS configuration 1, the terminal device may activate SRS configuration 1, and thus send SRS according to the SRS configuration 1, and at the same time, the terminal device activates CSI configuration 1, and thus may measure and / or report CSI according to CSI configuration 1.

[0231] S104: The terminal device activates the first configuration and deactivates the third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0232] For example Figure 4 As shown, when the first information is used to activate CSI configuration 1, the terminal device may activate CSI configuration 1, and thus may measure and / or report CSI according to CSI configuration 1, and at the same time the terminal device deactivates SRS configuration 1, and thus no longer sends SRS according to SRS configuration 1. Alternatively, when the first information is used to activate SRS configuration 1, the terminal device may activate SRS configuration 1, and thus send SRS according to SRS configuration 1, and at the same time the terminal device deactivates CSI configuration 1, and thus no longer measures and reports CSI according to CSI configuration 1, or no longer reports CSI according to CSI configuration 1.

[0233] By adopting the above process, the terminal device can activate the first configuration after receiving the first information, and activate or deactivate the third configuration at the same time. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the third configuration no longer depends on the message sent by the network device for activating or deactivating the third configuration, which can improve the flexibility of activation and deactivation of the channel detection configuration.

[0234] In addition, if Figure 5 As shown, another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

[0235] S201: A network device sends a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration to a terminal device.

[0236] The first configuration includes a CSI configuration, and the second configuration includes an SRS configuration; or the first configuration includes an SRS configuration, and the second configuration includes a CSI configuration.

[0237] The sending methods of the first configuration and the second configuration mentioned above may refer to the description in S101.

[0238] Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration.

[0239] S202: The network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to deactivate the first configuration.

[0240] Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first information.

[0241] In response to the first information, the terminal device may execute one of steps S103 or S104.

[0242] S203: The terminal device deactivates the first configuration and activates a third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0243] Still Figure 4 Taking the corresponding relationship shown as an example, when the first information is used to deactivate CSI configuration 1, the terminal device may deactivate CSI configuration 1, and thus no longer measure and report CSI according to CSI configuration 1, or no longer report CSI according to CSI configuration 1, and at the same time the terminal device activates SRS configuration 1, and thus sends SRS according to SRS configuration 1. Alternatively, when the first information is used to deactivate SRS configuration 1, the terminal device may deactivate SRS configuration 1, and thus no longer send SRS according to SRS configuration 1, and at the same time the terminal device may activate CSI configuration 1, and thus may measure and / or report CSI according to CSI configuration 1.

[0244] S204: The terminal device deactivates the first configuration and deactivates the third configuration, where the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0245] For example Figure 4As shown, when the first information is used to deactivate CSI configuration 1, the terminal device may deactivate CSI configuration 1, and thus no longer measure and report CSI according to CSI configuration 1, or no longer report CSI according to CSI configuration 1, and at the same time, the terminal device deactivates SRS configuration 1, and thus no longer sends SRS according to the SRS configuration 1. Alternatively, when the first information is used to deactivate SRS configuration 1, the terminal device may deactivate SRS configuration 1, and thus no longer send SRS according to the SRS configuration 1, and at the same time, the terminal device deactivates CSI configuration 1, and thus no longer measure and report CSI according to CSI configuration 1, or no longer reports CSI according to CSI configuration 1.

[0246] By adopting the above process, the terminal device can deactivate the first configuration after receiving the first information, and activate or deactivate the third configuration at the same time. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the third configuration no longer depends on the RRC message sent by the network device for the third configuration, which can improve the flexibility of activation and deactivation of the channel detection configuration.

[0247] In the above Figure 3 and / or Figure 5 In the process shown, if the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may also include information of the third configuration, so the terminal device can activate or deactivate the third configuration according to the information of the third configuration.

[0248] For example, the information of the third configuration may include the index of the third configuration. For example, the first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, N is a positive integer and N is greater than 1, and according to the order of configuring the second configurations, the index of each second configuration is #0, #1...#N-1. When the first information includes the index #0, the terminal device 101 can determine that the third configuration is the first second configuration configured by the network device. The configuration order, for example, when multiple second configurations are indicated in the same message, the order in which the information elements of the second configurations are arranged, or when multiple second configurations are indicated through different messages, the order in which the messages containing the second configurations are sent.

[0249] For another example, the information of the third configuration may further include an identifier of the third configuration. For example, when the network device indicates at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration to the terminal device, it carries an identifier for each second configuration, and subsequently carries the identifier of the third configuration in the first information.

[0250] Optionally, when the third configuration includes a specific CSI configuration, the terminal device no longer performs CSI measurement and / or reporting after activating the third configuration.

[0251] Accordingly, when the third configuration includes a specific CSI configuration and the terminal device activates the third configuration, the network device may not receive CSI reports from the terminal device. For example, the network device assumes that the terminal device will activate the third configuration after receiving the first information, or in other words, the first information is also used to activate the third configuration corresponding to the first configuration. If the first information includes instruction information for instructing the terminal device to activate the third configuration, the network device will not receive CSI reports from the terminal device.

[0252] If multiple terminal devices served by the network device are in a state of not performing CSI measurement and reporting CSI, for example, the third configuration activated by multiple terminal devices served by the network device are all the specific CSI configuration, then the network device may not send CSI resources, or in other words, the network device may not send CSI-RS, and the CSI resources are used for the terminal devices served by the network device to determine the CSI.

[0253] Among them, the specific CSI configuration is, for example, an empty CSI configuration, or a CSI configuration with parameters set to specific values, or a CSI configuration carrying a specific field. For example, there is a field in the CSI configuration indicating whether the configuration is a specific CSI configuration or not. If a field indicating "is a specific CSI configuration" appears in the CSI configuration, it indicates that the CSI configuration is a specific CSI configuration.

[0254] The specific CSI configuration may be configured by the terminal device through pre-configuration, or may be configured by the network device through high-layer signaling, etc.

[0255] For another example, when the uplink and downlink channels are reciprocal, the network device can allow the terminal device to activate an SRS configuration with a smaller SRS period. At the same time, this SRS configuration corresponds to an empty CSI configuration (i.e., a specific CSI configuration). Therefore, the terminal device can activate this empty CSI configuration and no longer perform CSI measurements and / or reports. In this way, the terminal device mainly relies on sending SRS to allow the network device to monitor channel quality, and the terminal device no longer needs to perform CSI measurements and reports, thereby reducing power consumption.

[0256] Similarly, when the first configuration includes a specific CSI configuration, the terminal device no longer performs CSI measurement and / or reporting after activating the first configuration.

[0257] The embodiment of the present application provides another communication method, in which a terminal device can report a channel detection configuration preference to a network device to assist the network device in configuring the channel detection configuration. Figure 6 As shown, the method may include the following steps:

[0258] S301: The terminal device sends second information to the network device.

[0259] The second information is used to indicate the channel detection configuration preference of the terminal device.

[0260] Before sending the second information, the terminal device may determine the second information.

[0261] It should be understood that the above channel sounding configuration includes CSI configuration and / or SRS configuration.

[0262] S302: The network device receives the second information.

[0263] By adopting the above method, the terminal device can report its own preference for channel detection configuration to the network device as auxiliary information to help the network device configure the channel detection configuration of the terminal device, thereby improving the configuration efficiency of the channel detection configuration.

[0264] Optionally, the network device determines the channel detection configuration of the terminal device based on the second information.

[0265] If the network device determines the channel sounding configuration of the terminal device according to the second information, the network device may send the channel sounding configuration to the terminal device, where the channel sounding configuration is determined according to the second information.

[0266] Several possible implementations of the second information are described below by way of examples.

[0267] In one possible implementation, the second information may indicate a channel sounding type preferred by the terminal device. The channel sounding type preferred by the terminal device may include: sending only SRS (or, not performing CSI measurement and reporting, or downlink channel sounding), performing only CSI measurement and reporting (or, not performing SRS measurement, or uplink channel sounding), and sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting (or, uplink channel sounding and downlink channel sounding).

[0268] Among them, "only sending SRS" means that the terminal device sends SRS without measuring and reporting CSI, and there is no specific limitation on whether the terminal device performs operations other than sending SRS. "Only performing CSI measurement and reporting" means that the terminal device measures and reports CSI without sending SRS, and there is no specific limitation on whether the terminal device performs operations other than CSI measurement and reporting. "Sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting" means that the terminal device performs CSI measurement and reporting and sends SRS.

[0269] Optionally, the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device can be determined by the terminal device based on its own historical configuration, its own power saving requirements, and service quality requirements. When determined based on its own historical configuration, for example, the channel detection configuration most recently configured by the network device to the terminal device is to only perform CSI measurement and reporting without sending SRS, then the terminal device can determine the preferred channel detection type to be only CSI measurement and reporting. When determined based on its own power saving requirements, for example, the power consumption required for the terminal device to send SRS is lower than the power consumption required for CSI measurement and reporting, if the terminal device wants to save power, it can report the second information indicating that the terminal device prefers to "only send SRS". When determined based on its own power saving requirements, if the quality of service (QoS) requirements of the terminal device's current service are high, and the terminal device hopes to have more timely monitoring of the channel quality, the terminal device can report the second information indicating that the terminal device prefers to "send SRS and perform CSI measurement and reporting".

[0270] Optionally, the terminal device may determine a preferred channel detection type based on its own capabilities, mobility, moving speed, or channel quality information.

[0271] For example, when the terminal device has high mobility or a high speed, the frequency and degree of channel state changes may be relatively large. The terminal device can report second information indicating that the terminal device prefers to "send SRS and perform CSI measurement and reporting" or to "only perform CSI measurement and reporting." This allows the terminal device to monitor the downlink channel quality itself, so that the terminal device and network equipment can obtain more real-time channel state information and perceive the communication quality in a timely manner. Conversely, when the terminal device has low mobility or a low speed, the frequency and degree of channel state changes may be relatively small. The terminal device can report second information indicating that the terminal device prefers to "only send SRS." Therefore, the terminal device can only send SRS and save power.

[0272] For another example, when the current channel quality is determined to be poor based on parameters such as reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ) and / or signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), the terminal device can report a second information indicating that the terminal device prefers to "send SRS and perform CSI measurement and reporting" or "only perform CSI measurement and reporting", so that the terminal device monitors the downlink channel quality by itself, so that the terminal device and the network can obtain more real-time channel status information and perceive the communication quality in a timely manner. Conversely, if the channel quality is good, the terminal device can report a second information indicating that the terminal device prefers to "only send SRS", so that the terminal device can only send SRS and save power.

[0273] For another example, the terminal device determines whether it is currently capable of performing CSI measurement reporting and / or sending SRS based on its real-time terminal device capabilities.

[0274] It should be understood that the terminal device can comprehensively consider information such as its own capabilities, mobility, moving speed and channel quality to comprehensively determine its preferred channel detection type. The specific method can refer to the above example.

[0275] Optionally, the terminal device may learn a preferred channel detection type through artificial intelligence (AI) based on historical channel detection configurations, its own capabilities, mobility, moving speed, or current channel quality.

[0276] In another possible example, the second information may indicate at least one of the CSI configuration preferred by the terminal device (including the preferred CSI resource configuration and / or the preferred CSI reporting configuration) or the preferred SRS configuration.

[0277] Optionally, the preferred CSI configuration or preferred SRS configuration may be determined by the terminal device based on its historical configuration. For example, the terminal device's preferred CSI configuration may be determined based on the terminal device's historical CSI configuration, such as using the terminal device's most recently used CSI resource configuration as the preferred CSI resource configuration. For another example, the terminal device's preferred SRS configuration may be determined based on the terminal device's historical SRS configuration.

[0278] Optionally, the terminal device can evaluate its power consumption under different CSI and / or SRS configurations, i.e., it can determine which configurations have higher power consumption and which configurations have lower power consumption. If the terminal device needs to save power, it can select the configuration that it has historically used to reduce power consumption as its preferred configuration and report this via the second information.

[0279] Optionally, the terminal device may determine at least one of a preferred CSI resource configuration, a preferred CSI reporting configuration, or a preferred SRS configuration based on its own capabilities, mobility, mobile speed, or current channel quality information.

[0280] For example, when the terminal device has high mobility or a high mobile speed, the frequency and degree of channel state changes may be relatively large. The terminal device can report a CSI resource configuration with a smaller resource period or reporting period as the preferred CSI configuration, or an SRS configuration with a smaller reporting period as the preferred SRS configuration, so that the terminal device and the network can obtain more real-time channel state information and perceive communication quality in a timely manner. Conversely, when the terminal device has low mobility or a low mobile speed, the terminal device can report a CSI configuration with a larger resource period or reporting period as the preferred CSI configuration, or an SRS configuration with a larger reporting period as the preferred SRS configuration, so that the terminal device can save power.

[0281] For example, when a terminal device determines that the channel quality is poor, the terminal device may report a CSI configuration with a shorter resource period or reporting period as the preferred CSI configuration, or an SRS configuration with a shorter reporting period as the preferred SRS configuration, so that the terminal device and the network can obtain more real-time channel state information and perceive the communication quality in a timely manner. Conversely, if the channel quality is good, the terminal device may report a CSI configuration with a longer resource period or reporting period as the preferred CSI configuration, or an SRS configuration with a longer reporting period as the preferred SRS configuration, so that the terminal device can save power.

[0282] For another example, the terminal device may determine, based on its real-time terminal device capabilities, the CSI configuration it can currently accept and report as the preferred CSI configuration, and / or determine the SRS configuration it can currently accept and report as the preferred SRS configuration.

[0283] It should be understood that the terminal device can comprehensively consider its own capabilities, mobility, mobile speed, channel quality and other information to comprehensively determine its own preferred CSI configuration and / or SRS configuration. The specific method can refer to the above examples.

[0284] Optionally, the terminal device may learn at least one of the preferred CSI resource configuration, preferred CSI reporting configuration or preferred SRS configuration through artificial intelligence based on historical channel detection configuration, its own capabilities, mobility, mobile speed or current channel quality information.

[0285] It should be understood that the implementation of the second information is not limited to the above examples, and may also be implemented by combining or simply modifying the above examples. For example, the second information includes information indicating the channel sounding type preferred by the terminal device, and also includes at least one of the preferred CSI resource configuration, the preferred CSI reporting configuration, or the preferred SRS configuration.

[0286] like Figure 7 As shown, in another communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application, the network device can control the terminal device to activate (or enable) or deactivate (or disable) periodic CSI measurement and / or reporting through third information. The method may include the following steps:

[0287] S401: The network device sends third information to the terminal device, where the third information is used to activate or deactivate periodic CSI measurement and / or reporting of the terminal device.

[0288] Optionally, the third information may be used to activate or deactivate periodic CSI resource configuration and / or periodic CSI reporting configuration.

[0289] Optionally, the third information may be carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE signaling or DCI.

[0290] S402: The terminal device receives the third information.

[0291] If the third information is used to activate periodic CSI measurement and / or reporting of the terminal device, the terminal device may perform CSI measurement and reporting in response to the third information. The CSI configuration based on which the CSI measurement and reporting are performed may be configured independently by the network device, or may adopt a previous CSI measurement and reporting configuration.

[0292] If the third information is used to deactivate periodic CSI measurement and / or reporting of the terminal device, the terminal device may no longer measure and report CSI, or no longer report CSI, in response to the third information.

[0293] This method can flexibly implement periodic CSI activation, reducing the signaling overhead and latency when activating the periodic CSI of a terminal device. It can also implement a flexible periodic CSI deactivation solution, reducing the signaling overhead and latency when deactivating the periodic CSI of a terminal device.

[0294] Exemplarily, if the third information is used to activate the CSI resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the terminal device, the third information is used to activate periodic CSI measurement and / or reporting of the terminal device. For example, if the third information is used to activate the CSI resource configuration of the terminal device, the third information can be used to activate CSI measurement.

[0295] If the third information is used to deactivate the CSI resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the terminal device, the third information is used to deactivate the periodic CSI measurement and / or reporting of the terminal device. For example, if the third information is used to deactivate the CSI resource configuration of the terminal device, the third information can be used to deactivate CSI measurement.

[0296] Optionally, when the third information is used to activate periodic CSI measurement and / or reporting of the terminal device, the terminal device may send a channel state information report to the network device according to the CSI resource configuration and / or reporting configuration.

[0297] Optionally, when the third information is used to deactivate the CSI measurement of the terminal device, the terminal device does not determine the channel state information based on the CSI resource configuration.

[0298] When the third information is used to deactivate the CSI reporting of the terminal device, the terminal device does not send a channel state information report to the network device according to the CSI reporting configuration.

[0299] When the third information is used to deactivate the CSI measurement and reporting of the terminal device, the terminal device does not determine the channel state information according to the CSI resource configuration, and does not send a channel state information report to the network device according to the CSI reporting configuration.

[0300] Optionally, if the third information is carried by MAC CE, the third information may be carried in a specific MAC CE, and the specific MAC CE may be used to activate (or deactivate) the CSI resources of the SP, and / or to activate (or deactivate) the CSI reporting of the SP.

[0301] Furthermore, specific information may be carried in the specific MAC CE to indicate that the third information carried in the specific MAC CE is used to enable or disable periodic CSI rather than SP CSI. For example, the specific information may occupy reserved bits in the specific MAC CE or reuse other existing (or defined) bits. In addition, the specific information may also occupy newly added bits (or newly added information elements) in the specific MAC CE, where the newly added bits are added to carry the specific information.

[0302] Optionally, the third information may be carried by a newly defined RRC message, MAC CE signaling or DCI.

[0303] The following describes the communication device used to implement the above method in the embodiment of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings. Therefore, the above contents can be used in subsequent embodiments, and repeated contents will not be repeated.

[0304] Figure 8 Schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. For example, the communication device is Figure 8 The terminal device 800 is shown.

[0305] The terminal device 800 includes a processing module 810 and a transceiver module 820. Exemplarily, the terminal device 800 may be a network device, or a chip used in a terminal device, or other combined devices, components, etc. having the above-mentioned terminal device functions. When the terminal device 800 is a terminal device, the transceiver module 820 may be a transceiver, which may include an antenna and a radio frequency circuit, etc., and the processing module 810 may be a processor, such as a baseband processor, which may include one or more central processing units (CPUs). When the terminal device 800 is a component having the above-mentioned terminal device functions, the transceiver module 820 may be a radio frequency unit, and the processing module 810 may be a processor, such as a baseband processor. When the terminal device 800 is a chip system, the transceiver module 820 may be the input and output interface of the chip (such as a baseband chip), and the processing module 810 may be the processor of the chip system, which may include one or more central processing units. It should be understood that the processing module 810 in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by a processor or processor-related circuit components, and the transceiver module 820 may be implemented by a transceiver or transceiver-related circuit components.

[0306] For example, the processing module 810 can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 All operations except the transceiver operations performed by the terminal device in any of the illustrated embodiments, such as S103, S104, S203 and S204, and / or other processes for supporting the technology described herein, such as generating messages, information and / or signaling sent by the transceiver module 820, and processing messages, information and / or signaling received by the transceiver module 820, such as activating and deactivating CSI measurement and / or CS reporting configuration, and performing CSI measurement according to the CSI configuration. The transceiver module 820 can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figure 5-Figure 7All receiving and sending operations performed by the terminal device in any of the illustrated embodiments, such as S101, S102, S201, S202, S301, S402, and / or other processes used to support the technology described herein, such as sending a CSI report according to a CSI reporting configuration, or not sending a CSI report.

[0307] In addition, the transceiver module 820 may be a functional module that can perform both sending and receiving operations. For example, the transceiver module 820 may be used to perform Figure 3 or Figure 5-Figure 7 In any of the embodiments shown, all sending operations and receiving operations performed by the terminal device, for example, when performing a sending operation, the transceiver module 820 can be considered as a sending module, and when performing a receiving operation, the transceiver module 820 can be considered as a receiving module; or, the transceiver module 820 can also be two functional modules, and the transceiver module 820 can be regarded as a general term for the two functional modules, which are a sending module and a receiving module, respectively. The sending module is used to complete the sending operation, for example, the sending module can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figure 5-Figure 7 In any of the embodiments shown, the receiving module is used to perform all the sending operations performed by the terminal device, for example, the receiving module can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figure 5-Figure 7 All receiving operations performed by the terminal device in any embodiment.

[0308] Among them, in the implementation Figure 3 When performing the method shown, the transceiver module 820 may receive a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, the first configuration including a channel state information configuration and the second configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration; or the first configuration including a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration including a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module 820 may also receive first information for activating the first configuration. The processing module 810 may activate the first configuration and a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration, or the processing module 810 may activate the first configuration and deactivate the third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration.

[0309] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The processing module 810 may activate the third configuration based on the information about the third configuration, or deactivate the third configuration based on the information about the third configuration.

[0310] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processing module 810 may not perform channel state information measurement and / or may not report the channel state information through the transceiver module 820. In other words, when the third configuration includes the specific channel state information configuration, the processing module 810 disables channel state information reporting.

[0311] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processing module 810 may not perform channel state information measurement, and / or may not report the channel state information through the transceiver module 820.

[0312] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0313] Among them, when executing the above Figure 5 When performing the method shown, the transceiver module 820 receives a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module 820 also receives first information, wherein the first information is used to deactivate the first configuration. The processing module 810 may deactivate the first configuration and deactivate a third configuration, wherein the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration, or the terminal device may deactivate the first configuration and activate a third configuration, wherein the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration.

[0314] In one possible design, when a first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information about the third configuration. The processing module 810 may activate the third configuration based on the third configuration information, or deactivate the third configuration based on the third configuration information. This design enables flexible indication of the third configuration.

[0315] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the processing module 810 may not perform channel state information measurement, and / or may not report the channel state information through the transceiver module 820.

[0316] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0317] Among them, when executing the above Figure 6 In the method shown, the processing module 810 determines second information, where the second information is used to indicate a channel sounding configuration preference of the terminal device. The transceiver module 820 is used to send the second information to the network device.

[0318] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration.

[0319] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting.

[0320] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device.

[0321] In one possible design, the processing module 810 may determine the second information through artificial intelligence learning.

[0322] In one possible design, the processing module 810 may determine the second information based on part or all of the following information: the historical configuration of the detection reference signal configuration of the terminal device; or the historical configuration of the channel state information configuration of the terminal device; or the state information of the terminal device.

[0323] In one possible design, the status information of the terminal device includes part or all of the following information: capability information of the terminal device; or mobility information of the terminal device; or moving speed of the terminal device; or channel quality of the terminal device.

[0324] Among them, when executing the above Figure 7 When the method shown is used, the transceiver module 820 can receive third information, and the third information is used to activate or deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0325] In one possible design, the third information is used to activate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0326] In one possible design, the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0327] In one possible design, if the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processing module 810 sends a channel state information report to the network device according to the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information, and / or the transceiver module 820 sends a channel state information report according to the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0328] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the measurement of periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processing module 810 does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0329] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the transceiver module 820 does not send a channel state information report to the network device according to the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0330] In one possible design, if the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, the processing module 810 does not determine the channel state information based on the resource configuration of the periodic channel state information, and the transceiver module 820 does not send a channel state information report to the network device based on the reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information.

[0331] Figure 9 This is a schematic block diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0332] The network device 900 may include a processing module 910 and a transceiver module 920. Exemplarily, the network device 900 may be the aforementioned network device, or may be a chip used in a network device, or other combined device, component, etc. having the aforementioned network device functions. When the network device 900 is a network device, the transceiver module 920 may be a transceiver, which may include an antenna and a radio frequency circuit, etc., and the processing module 910 may be a processor, which may include one or more CPUs. When the network device 900 is a component having the aforementioned network device functions, the transceiver module 920 may be a radio frequency unit, and the processing module 910 may be a processor, such as a baseband processor. When the network device 900 is a chip system, the transceiver module 920 may be the input and output interface of the chip (e.g., a baseband chip), and the processing module 910 may be the processor of the chip system, which may include one or more central processing units. It should be understood that the processing module 910 in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by a processor or processor-related circuit components, and the transceiver module 920 may be implemented by a transceiver or transceiver-related circuit components.

[0333] For example, the processing module 910 can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 All operations performed by the network device in any of the embodiments shown except for the transceiver operations, such as executing S302, generating messages, information and / or signaling sent by the transceiver module 820, and / or processing messages, information and / or signaling received by the transceiver module 920, and / or other processes used to support the technology described herein. The transceiver module 920 can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 All receiving operations performed by the network device in any of the embodiments shown, such as S101, S102, S201, S202, S301 and S401, and / or other processes used to support the technology described in this document, such as receiving CSI reports from terminal devices.

[0334] In addition, the transceiver module 920 may be a functional module that can perform both sending and receiving operations. For example, the transceiver module 920 may be used to perform Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 In any embodiment shown, all sending operations and receiving operations performed by the network device, for example, when performing a sending operation, the transceiver module 920 can be considered as a sending module, and when performing a receiving operation, the transceiver module 920 can be considered as a receiving module; or, the transceiver module 920 can also be two functional modules, and the transceiver module 920 can be regarded as a general term for the two functional modules, which are a sending module and a receiving module respectively. The sending module is used to complete the sending operation, for example, the sending module can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 In any embodiment shown, the receiving module is used to perform all the sending operations performed by the network device, for example, the receiving module can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 In the illustrated embodiment, all receive operations are performed by the network device.

[0335] Among them, when executing the above Figure 3 When performing the method shown, the transceiver module 920 may be configured to transmit a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, where the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module 920 may also transmit first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to activate the first configuration. Optionally, the first configuration, the at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, and the first information may be determined by the processing module 910.

[0336] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the processing module 910 defaults to the terminal device activating the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information, or the processing module 910 defaults to the terminal device deactivating the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the processing module 910 may carry indication information in the first information, so that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration, or so that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to activating the first configuration.

[0337] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0338] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the transceiver module 920 may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0339] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, the processing module 910 does not send CSI resources and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device. The processing module 910 determines that the terminal device activates the third configuration, for example, by determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information, or by including indication information in the first information to indicate that the terminal device also needs to activate the third configuration.

[0340] In one possible design, when the first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the transceiver module 920 may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0341] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0342] Among them, when executing the above Figure 5 When performing the method shown, the transceiver module 920 transmits a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; alternatively, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration. The transceiver module 920 may also transmit first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to deactivate the first configuration. Optionally, the first configuration, the at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, and the first information may be determined by the processing module 910.

[0343] Optionally, the first information is used by the terminal device to activate or deactivate a third configuration after receiving it, where the third configuration is one of the second configurations. For example, the processing module 910 defaults to the terminal device activating the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information, or the processing module 910 defaults to the terminal device deactivating the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration according to the first information. Alternatively, the first information carries indication information such that the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration, or the terminal device needs to activate the third configuration in addition to deactivating the first configuration.

[0344] In one possible design, when the first configuration corresponds to multiple second configurations, the first information may further include information of the third configuration.

[0345] In one possible design, when the third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration, the transceiver module 920 may also not send CSI resources, where the CSI resources are used to determine the channel state information, and / or not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

[0346] Optionally, after determining that the terminal device has activated the third configuration, the processing module 910 does not send CSI resources and / or does not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device through the transceiver module 920. The processing module 910 determines that the terminal device activates the third configuration, for example, by determining that the terminal device activates the third configuration by default after receiving the first information, or by including indication information in the first information to indicate that the terminal device also needs to activate the third configuration.

[0347] In one possible design, the first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

[0348] Among them, when executing the above Figure 6 In the method shown, the transceiver module 920 receives second information indicating a channel sounding configuration preference of the terminal device. The processing module 910 may determine the channel sounding configuration of the terminal device according to the second information.

[0349] In one possible design, the channel sounding configuration includes a channel state information configuration and / or a sounding reference signal configuration.

[0350] In one possible design, the second information is used to indicate the channel detection type preferred by the terminal device, and the preferred channel detection type includes: only sending SRS; or, only performing CSI measurement and reporting; or, sending SRS and performing CSI measurement and reporting.

[0351] In one possible design, the second information includes at least one of the channel state information resource configuration preferred by the terminal device, the channel state information reporting configuration preferred by the terminal device, or the detection reference signal configuration preferred by the terminal device.

[0352] Among them, when executing the above Figure 7 When the method is shown, the transceiver module 920 can be used to send third information, and the third information is used to activate or deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0353] In one possible design, the third information is used to activate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to activate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0354] In one possible design, the third information is used to deactivate the resource configuration and / or reporting configuration of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device, and the third information is used to deactivate the measurement and / or reporting of the periodic channel state information of the terminal device.

[0355] The present application also provides a communication device, which can be a terminal device or a circuit, and can be used to execute the actions executed by the terminal device in the above method embodiment.

[0356] When the communication device is a terminal device, Figure 10 The following is a simplified schematic diagram of the terminal device. Figure 10 In this article, the terminal device is a mobile phone. Figure 10 As shown, the terminal device includes a processor, a memory, a radio frequency circuit, an antenna, and input and output devices. The processor is mainly used to process communication protocols and communication data, as well as to control the terminal device, execute software programs, process software program data, etc. The memory is mainly used to store software programs and data. The radio frequency circuit is mainly used to convert baseband signals into radio frequency signals and process radio frequency signals. The antenna is mainly used to transmit and receive radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves. Input and output devices, such as touch screens, displays, keyboards, etc., are mainly used to receive data input by users and output data to users. It should be noted that some types of terminal devices may not have input and output devices.

[0357] When data needs to be sent, the processor performs baseband processing on the data to be sent and outputs the baseband signal to the RF circuit. The RF circuit performs RF processing on the baseband signal and then transmits the RF signal to the outside in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the terminal device, the RF circuit receives the RF signal through the antenna, converts the RF signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor. The processor converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data. For the sake of explanation, Figure 10 Only one memory and processor are shown. In actual terminal device products, one or more processors and one or more memories may exist. Memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or storage device. The memory may be provided independently of the processor or integrated with the processor, and this is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0358] In the embodiment of the present application, the antenna and radio frequency circuit with transceiver functions can be regarded as the transceiver unit of the terminal device (the transceiver unit can be a functional unit that can realize the sending function and the receiving function; or the transceiver unit can also include two functional units, namely a receiving unit that can realize the receiving function and a sending unit that can realize the sending function), and the processor with processing function can be regarded as the processing unit of the terminal device. Figure 10 As shown, the terminal device includes a transceiver unit 1010 and a processing unit 1020. The transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, transceiver, or transceiver device. The processing unit may also be referred to as a processor, processing board, processing module, or processing device. Optionally, the device in the transceiver unit 1010 that implements the receiving function may be considered a receiving unit, and the device in the transceiver unit 1010 that implements the transmitting function may be considered a transmitting unit, i.e., the transceiver unit 1010 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit. The transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, transceiver, or transceiver circuit. The receiving unit may also be referred to as a receiver, receiver, or receiving circuit. The transmitting unit may also be referred to as a transmitter, transmitter, or transmitting circuit.

[0359] It should be understood that the transceiver unit 1010 is used to perform the sending and receiving operations of the terminal device in the above method embodiment, and the processing unit 1020 is used to perform other operations except the sending and receiving operations on the terminal device in the above method embodiment.

[0360] For example, in one implementation, the processing unit 1020 may be configured to execute Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7All operations except the transceiver operations performed by the terminal device in any of the embodiments shown, such as S103, S104, S203 and S204, and / or other processes for supporting the technology described herein, such as generating messages, information and / or signaling sent by the transceiver unit 1010, and processing messages, information and / or signaling received by the transceiver unit 1010, such as activating and deactivating CSI measurement and / or CS reporting configuration, and performing CSI measurement according to the CSI configuration. The transceiver unit 1010 can be used to perform Figure 3 or Figure 5-Figure 7 All receiving and sending operations performed by the terminal device in any of the illustrated embodiments, such as S101, S102, S201, S202, S301, S402, and / or other processes used to support the technology described herein, such as sending a CSI report according to a CSI reporting configuration, or not sending a CSI report.

[0361] Illustratively, the processing unit 1020 may perform actions similar to those performed by the processing module 810, or in other words, the processing unit 1020 includes the processing module 810. The transceiver unit 1010 may perform actions similar to those performed by the transceiver module 820, or in other words, the transceiver unit 1010 includes the transceiver module 820.

[0362] When the communication device is a chip-type device or circuit, the device may include a transceiver unit and a processing unit, wherein the transceiver unit may be an input / output circuit and / or a communication interface; and the processing unit may be an integrated processor, microprocessor, or integrated circuit.

[0363] When the communication device in this embodiment is a terminal device, you can refer to Figure 11 As an example, the device can perform similar Figure 8 The function of the processing module 810 is Figure 11 The device includes a processor 1110, a sending data processor 1120, and a receiving data processor 1130. The processing module 810 in the above embodiment can be Figure 11 The processor 1110 in the embodiment can be used to perform the corresponding functions; the transceiver module 820 in the embodiment can be used to perform the corresponding functions; Figure 11 The sending data processor 1120 and / or receiving data processor 1130 in the embodiment of the present invention can complete the corresponding functions. Figure 11 A channel encoder and a channel decoder are shown in FIG. 1 , but it can be understood that these modules do not constitute a limitative description of this embodiment and are merely illustrative.

[0364] Figure 12Another form of this embodiment is shown. The processing device 1200 includes modules such as a modulation subsystem, a central processing subsystem, and a peripheral subsystem. The communication device in this embodiment can serve as the modulation subsystem therein. Specifically, the modulation subsystem may include a processor 1203 and an interface 1204. The processor 1203 performs the functions of the above-mentioned processing module 810, and the interface 1204 performs the functions of the above-mentioned transceiver module 820. As another variation, the modulation subsystem includes a memory 1206, a processor 1203, and a program stored on the memory 1206 and executable on the processor. When the processor 1203 executes the program, the method on the terminal device side in the above-mentioned method embodiment is implemented. It should be noted that the memory 1206 may be non-volatile or volatile, and may be located inside the modulation subsystem or in the processing device 1200, as long as the memory 1206 can be connected to the processor 1203.

[0365] When the device in the embodiment of the present application is a network device, the device can be as follows Figure 13 As shown. The device 1300 includes one or more radio frequency units, such as a remote radio unit (RRU) 1310 and one or more baseband units (BBU) (also called digital units, DU) 1320. The RRU 1310 can be called a transceiver module, which can include a sending module and a receiving module, or the transceiver module can be a module that can realize the sending and receiving functions. The transceiver module can be connected to Figure 9 The RRU 1310 corresponds to the transceiver module 920 in the base station, that is, the transceiver module performs the actions performed by the transceiver module 920. Optionally, the transceiver module can also be called a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, or a transceiver, etc., which may include at least one antenna 1311 and a radio frequency unit 1312. The RRU 1310 part is mainly used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals and converting radio frequency signals into baseband signals, for example, for sending indication information to terminal devices. The BBU 1320 part is mainly used for baseband processing, controlling the base station, etc. The RRU 1310 and BBU 1320 can be physically set together or physically separated, that is, a distributed base station.

[0366] The BBU 1320 is the control center of the base station, which can also be called a processing module. Figure 9The processing module 910 in the embodiment corresponds to the baseband processing module 910, and is mainly used to perform baseband processing functions such as channel coding, multiplexing, modulation, and spread spectrum. In addition, the processing module can execute the actions performed by the processing module 910. For example, the BBU (processing module) can be used to control the base station to execute the operation process of the network device in the above method embodiment, for example, to execute S302, or to generate the above first configuration and at least one second configuration, first information, or third information corresponding to the first configuration.

[0367] In one example, the BBU 1320 can be composed of one or more single boards, and multiple single boards can jointly support a wireless access network with a single access standard (such as an LTE network), or can separately support wireless access networks with different access standards (such as an LTE network, a 5G network, or other networks). The BBU 1320 also includes a memory 1321 and a processor 1322. The memory 1321 is used to store necessary instructions and data. The processor 1322 is used to control the base station to perform necessary actions, such as controlling the base station to execute the operation process of the network device in the above method embodiment. The memory 1321 and the processor 1322 can serve one or more single boards. That is, a memory and a processor can be set separately on each single board. Alternatively, multiple single boards can share the same memory and processor. In addition, necessary circuits can also be set on each single board.

[0368] The embodiment of the present application provides a communication system. The communication system may include the above Figure 1 、 Figure 2a or Figure 2b The terminal device involved in the embodiment shown, and Figure 1 、 Figure 2a or Figure 2b The network device involved in the embodiment shown. Optionally, the terminal device and the network device in the communication system can execute Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 Any of the communication methods described above.

[0369] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer can implement the method provided in the embodiment of the above method. Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 The process related to the terminal device in any of the embodiments shown.

[0370] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer can implement the method provided in the embodiment of the method. Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7A process related to a network device in any of the embodiments shown.

[0371] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, which is used to store a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer can implement the method provided in the embodiment of the above method. Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 A process related to a network device in any of the embodiments shown.

[0372] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, which is used to store a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer can implement the method provided in the embodiment of the above method. Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 The process related to the terminal device in any of the embodiments shown.

[0373] The embodiment of the present application also provides a chip or chip system, which may include a processor, which may be used to call a program or instruction in a memory to execute the method provided in the embodiment above. Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 The chip system may include the chip and other components such as memory or transceiver.

[0374] The embodiment of the present application also provides a chip or chip system, which may include a processor, which may be used to call a program or instruction in a memory to execute the method provided in the embodiment above. Figure 3 or Figures 5 to 7 The process related to the network device in any of the embodiments shown in FIG. The chip system may include the chip and other components such as memory or transceiver.

[0375] It should be understood that the processor mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a CPU, or may be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc.

[0376] It should also be understood that the memory mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM).

[0377] It should be noted that when the processor is a general-purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, the memory (storage module) is integrated into the processor.

[0378] It should be noted that the memory described herein is intended to include, but not be limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0379] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0380] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

[0381] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0382] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely schematic. For example, the division of the units is merely a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0383] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of these units may be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0384] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0385] If the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or the part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example and not limitation, computer-readable media may include random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), universal serial bus flash disk, mobile hard disk, or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer.

[0386] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, and such changes or substitutions should be included in the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present application should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: include: receiving a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; receiving first information, where the first information is used to activate the first configuration; activating the first configuration and a third configuration, wherein the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration; or, activating the first configuration and deactivating a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the first information further includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to a configuration order of the third configuration; Activating the first configuration and the third configuration includes: activating the third configuration according to the index; The activating the first configuration and deactivating the third configuration includes: The third configuration is deactivated according to the index.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The method further comprises: Not performing channel state information measurement; and / or, No channel status information reporting is performed.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein The first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The method further comprises: Not performing channel state information measurement; and / or, No channel status information reporting is performed.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MACCE or DCI.

5. A communication method, characterized in that: include: Sending a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; Sending first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to activate the first configuration; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The first information also includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to the configuration order of the third configuration. The third configuration is one of the N second configurations.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The method further comprises: Not sending CSI resources, the CSI resources being used to determine channel state information; and / or Do not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein The first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The method further comprises: Not sending CSI resources, the CSI resources being used to determine channel state information; and / or Do not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

8. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein: The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MACCE or DCI.

9. A communication method, characterized in that: include: receiving a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; receiving first information, where the first information is used to deactivate the first configuration; deactivating the first configuration and deactivating a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration; or, deactivating the first configuration and activating a third configuration, the third configuration being one of the at least one second configuration; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the first information further includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to a configuration order of the third configuration; Deactivating the first configuration and deactivating the third configuration includes: deactivating the third configuration according to the index; The deactivating the first configuration and activating the third configuration includes: The third configuration is activated according to the index.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The method further comprises: Not performing channel state information measurement; and / or, No channel status information reporting is performed.

11. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 10, wherein: The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

12. A communication method, characterized in that: include: Sending a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, where the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; Sending first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to deactivate the first configuration; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The first information also includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to the configuration order of the third configuration. The third configuration is one of the N second configurations.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The method further comprises: Not sending CSI resources, the CSI resources being used to determine channel state information; and / or Do not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein: The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

15. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a transceiver module, configured to receive a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; and receive first information, wherein the first information is used to activate the first configuration; a processing module, configured to activate the first configuration and a third configuration, wherein the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration; or, a processing module, configured to activate the first configuration and deactivate a third configuration, wherein the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the first information further includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to a configuration order of the third configuration; The processing module is used for: Activate the third configuration according to the index; or, The processing module is used for: The third configuration is deactivated according to the index.

16. The communication device according to claim 15, wherein: The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The processing module is further configured to: Not performing channel state information measurement; and / or, The transceiver module is also used for: No channel status information reporting is performed.

17. The communication device according to claim 15, wherein: The first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The processing module is further configured to: Not performing channel state information measurement; and / or, No channel status information reporting is performed.

18. The communication device according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein: The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

19. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a processing module, configured to determine a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, and determine first information; the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration, and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration, and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; the first information is used by a terminal device to activate the first configuration; a transceiver module, configured to send the first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration; The transceiver module is further configured to send the first information, where the first information is used by the terminal device to activate the first configuration; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The first information also includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to the configuration order of the third configuration. The third configuration is one of the N second configurations.

20. The communication device according to claim 19, wherein The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The transceiver module is also used for: Not sending CSI resources, the CSI resources being used to determine channel state information; and / or Do not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

21. The communication device according to claim 19, wherein The first configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The transceiver module is also used for: Not sending CSI resources, the CSI resources being used to determine channel state information; and / or Do not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

22. The communication device according to any one of claims 19 to 21, characterized in that: The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

23. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a transceiver module, configured to receive a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; and receiving first information, where the first information is used to deactivate the first configuration; a processing module, configured to deactivate the first configuration and deactivate a third configuration, wherein the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration; or, a processing module, configured to deactivate the first configuration and activate a third configuration, wherein the third configuration is one of the at least one second configuration; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the first information further includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to a configuration order of the third configuration; The processing module is used for: Deactivate the third configuration according to the index; or, The processing module is used for: The third configuration is activated according to the index.

24. The communication device according to claim 23, wherein: The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The processing module is used for: Not performing channel state information measurement; and / or, The transceiver module is used for: No channel status information reporting is performed.

25. The communication device according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

26. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a determination module, configured to determine a first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration, and determine first information, wherein the first configuration includes a channel state information configuration, and the second configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration; or, the first configuration includes a sounding reference signal configuration, and the second configuration includes a channel state information configuration; the first information is used by a terminal device to deactivate the first configuration; a transceiver module, configured to send the first configuration and at least one second configuration corresponding to the first configuration; The transceiver module is further configured to send the first information; The first configuration corresponds to N second configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The first information also includes an index of the third configuration in the N second configurations, where the index is determined according to the configuration order of the third configuration. The third configuration is one of the N second configurations.

27. The communication device according to claim 26, wherein: The third configuration includes a specific channel state information configuration; The transceiver module is also used for: Not sending CSI resources, the CSI resources being used to determine channel state information; and / or Do not receive a channel state information report from the terminal device.

28. The communication device according to claim 26 or 27, wherein: The first information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.

29. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a memory for storing instructions; A processor, configured to call and execute the instruction from the memory, so that the communication device performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

30. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a memory for storing instructions; A processor, configured to call and execute the instruction from the memory, so that the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 5 to 8.

31. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a memory for storing instructions; A processor, configured to call and execute the instructions from the memory, so that the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 9 to 11.

32. A communication device, characterized in that: include: a memory for storing instructions; A processor, configured to call and execute the instructions from the memory, so that the communication device performs the method according to any one of claims 12 to 14.

33. A communication system, characterized in that: The communication device comprises the communication device according to any one of claims 15-18 or 29 and the communication device according to any one of claims 19-22 or 30, or the communication device according to any one of claims 23-25 ​​or 31 and the communication device according to any one of claims 26-28 or 32.

34. A computer storage medium, characterized in that The computer storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are called and executed on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

35. A computer program product, characterized in that When the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is caused to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

36. A circuit, characterized in that The circuit is coupled to a memory, and is configured to read and execute a program stored in the memory to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

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