Sensing method, apparatus, and communication device

Abstract

The application discloses a sensing method, device and communication equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method of the application comprises the following steps: a first terminal performs sensing measurement to obtain a sensing measurement result, the first terminal is a terminal in an idle state or an inactivated state; and the first terminal reports the sensing measurement result.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a sensing method, apparatus, and communication device. Background Technology

[0002] Future mobile communication systems will possess sensing capabilities in addition to communication capabilities. Sensing capabilities refer to the ability of one or more devices to perceive information such as the location, distance, and speed of target objects through the transmission and reception of wireless signals, or to detect, track, identify, and image target objects, events, or the environment. Currently, the specific sensing process for idle or inactive terminals is not yet clear. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This application provides a sensing method, apparatus, and communication device that can solve the problem of how terminals in idle or inactive states can perform sensing.

[0004] Firstly, a perception method is provided, including:

[0005] The first terminal performs sensing measurements and obtains the sensing measurement results. The first terminal is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0006] The first terminal reports the sensing measurement results.

[0007] Secondly, a perception method is provided, including:

[0008] The network device acquires the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, which is a terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0009] Thirdly, a sensing device is provided, comprising:

[0010] The first measurement module is used to perform sensing measurements based on the first terminal and obtain sensing measurement results. The first terminal is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0011] The first reporting module is used to report the sensing measurement results.

[0012] Fourthly, a sensing device is provided, comprising:

[0013] The acquisition module is used to acquire the perception measurement results reported by the first terminal, which is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0014] Fifthly, a communication device is provided, the communication device including a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first or second aspect.

[0015] In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to perform sensing measurements and obtain sensing measurement results when a first terminal is in an idle or inactive state; the communication interface is configured to report the sensing measurement results. Alternatively, the communication interface is configured to acquire sensing measurement results reported by a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0016] In a seventh aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0017] Eighthly, a chip is provided, the chip including a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to run programs or instructions to implement the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the method as described in the second aspect.

[0018] A ninth aspect provides a computer program / program product stored in a non-transient storage medium, the program / program product being executed by at least one processor to perform the steps of the method as described in the first or second aspect.

[0019] In this embodiment of the application, a first terminal in an idle or inactive state performs sensing measurement, obtains the sensing measurement result, and reports the sensing measurement result, thereby achieving the purpose of sensing by the terminal in an idle or inactive state. Attached Figure Description

[0020] Figure 1 This diagram illustrates the structure of a communication system to which embodiments of this application can be applied.

[0021] Figure 2 One of the flowcharts illustrating the sensing method of this application embodiment;

[0022] Figure 3 A second schematic flowchart illustrating the sensing method according to an embodiment of this application;

[0023] Figure 4 One of the schematic diagrams of a sensing device according to an embodiment of this application;

[0024] Figure 5A structural block diagram illustrating a communication device according to an embodiment of this application;

[0025] Figure 6 A structural block diagram illustrating the terminal in an embodiment of this application;

[0026] Figure 7 This is the second schematic diagram of the sensing device in the embodiments of this application;

[0027] Figure 8 This is a structural block diagram illustrating a network device according to an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0028] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0029] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in the specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and not to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be used interchangeably where appropriate so that embodiments of this application can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same class, not limited in number; for example, a first object can be one or more. Furthermore, in the specification and claims, "and / or" indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0030] It is worth noting that the technologies described in this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technologies can be used in the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as in other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes New Radio (NR) systems for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description. These technologies can also be applied to applications beyond NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) radio systems. th Generation 6G communication system.

[0031] Figure 1This diagram illustrates a structural diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of this application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. In this context, terminal 11 can also be referred to as a terminal device or user equipment (UE). Terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) device, robot, wearable device, vehicle-mounted device (VUE), pedestrian terminal (PUE), smart home (home devices with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), etc. Wearable devices include: smartwatches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart chains, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, game consoles, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of terminal 11 is not limited in this application embodiment. Network-side equipment 12 can be a base station or core network equipment. The base station can be referred to as a node B, evolved node B, access point, base transceiver station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, basic service set (BSS), extended service set (ESS), B node, evolved B node (eNB), home B node, home evolved B node, WLAN access point, WiFi node, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), or any other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The base station is not limited to specific technical terms.

[0032] To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the embodiments of this application, the following description is provided first.

[0033] Communication and sensing integration refers to the integrated design of communication and sensing functions within the same system through spectrum sharing and hardware sharing. While transmitting information, the system can sense information such as location, distance, and speed, and detect, track, and identify target devices or events. The communication system and the sensing system complement each other, thereby improving overall performance and bringing a better service experience.

[0034] Future mobile communication systems, such as B5G or 6G systems, will possess sensing capabilities in addition to communication capabilities. Sensing capabilities refer to the ability of one or more devices to sense the location, distance, and speed of target objects through the transmission and reception of wireless signals, or to detect, track, identify, and image target objects, events, or environments. With the deployment of small base stations using high-frequency, high-bandwidth technologies such as millimeter waves and terahertz waves in 6G networks, the resolution of sensing will be significantly improved compared to centimeter waves, enabling 6G networks to provide more refined sensing services.

[0035] The integration of communication and radar is a typical application of communication-sensing fusion. In the past, radar systems and communication systems were strictly separated due to different research objects and focuses, and in most scenarios, the two systems were studied separately. In fact, radar and communication systems are both typical methods of information transmission, acquisition, processing, and exchange, and they share many similarities in terms of working principles, system architecture, and frequency bands. The design of integrated communication and radar is highly feasible, mainly in the following aspects: First, both communication and sensing systems are based on electromagnetic wave theory, using the transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves to complete information acquisition and transmission; second, both communication and sensing systems have structures such as antennas, transmitters, receivers, and signal processors, resulting in significant overlap in hardware resources; with technological advancements, their operating frequency bands also increasingly overlap; furthermore, they share similarities in key technologies such as signal modulation and reception detection, and waveform design. The integration of communication and radar systems can bring many advantages, such as cost savings, size reduction, power consumption reduction, improved spectral efficiency, and reduced mutual interference, thereby improving the overall system performance.

[0036] Currently, there has been considerable research on the integrated design of radar and communication systems. Typical joint designs include spectrum coexistence, where the two systems operate independently, allowing information exchange to reduce mutual interference; receiver sharing, where the transmitting ends of the two systems send their own signal waveforms, and the waveforms of the two systems need to be orthogonal so as not to affect their respective reception and detection; transmitter sharing, where the transmitting end transmits a joint waveform of radar and communication; and transmitter-receiver sharing, where the transmitting and receiving ends of the two systems share resources, which also requires the use of joint waveforms or waveforms with orthogonal relationships.

[0037] Sensing can be conducted in two modes: single-site and multi-site. Single-site sensing transmits a sensing signal and receives and analyzes the echo signal to extract sensing parameters. For example, a base station acts as both the transmitter and receiver, while a terminal or other object acts as the sensing target. Alternatively, dual-site or multi-site sensing can be used. Single-site transmitting and receiving are not co-located; other receivers receive and analyze the signal to extract sensing parameters. For example, base station 1 acts as the transmitter, while a terminal or base station 2 acts as the receiver. Similarly, in single-site or multi-site sensing, the transmitter can also be a terminal.

[0038] The perception method provided in this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and through some embodiments and application scenarios.

[0039] like Figure 2 As shown, this application provides a sensing method, including:

[0040] Step 201: The first terminal performs a sensing measurement and obtains the sensing measurement result. The first terminal is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0041] Here, the first terminal can perform sensing measurements based on the received sensing signals to obtain the sensing measurement results.

[0042] The sensing signal in this application embodiment may specifically be a signal used to acquire information such as the orientation, distance, and speed of a target object, or a signal used to detect, track, identify, and image a target object, event, or environment.

[0043] The sensing signal includes at least one of the following:

[0044] The demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the paging PDCCH, the DMRS of the paging PDSCH, the first reference signal; data symbols in the data channel PDSCH, etc.

[0045] The first reference signal may include a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS), a phase-tracking reference signal (PTRS), a positioning reference signal (PRS), a tracking reference signal (TRS), a DMRS of the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), etc.

[0046] Step 202: The first terminal reports the sensing measurement results.

[0047] The sensing method of this application embodiment performs sensing measurement on a first terminal in an idle or inactive state, obtains the sensing measurement result, and reports the sensing measurement result, thereby achieving the purpose of sensing by the terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0048] Optionally, the first terminal performs sensing measurements to obtain sensing measurement results, including:

[0049] The first terminal receives first indication information, which includes at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity;

[0050] The first terminal receives the sensing signal according to the configuration information of the sensing signal;

[0051] The first terminal performs sensing measurement on the sensing signal based on the sensing measurement quantity to obtain the sensing measurement result.

[0052] Optionally, the configuration information of the sensing signal includes at least one of the following:

[0053] The waveform of the sensed signal, for example, OFDM, Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS), Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW), pulse signal, etc.

[0054] The subcarrier spacing of the sensing signal, for example, is 30 kHz in an OFDM system;

[0055] The guard interval of the sensing signal is the time interval between the end of signal transmission and the moment when the latest echo signal of the signal is received; this parameter is proportional to the maximum sensing distance; for example, it can be calculated by 2dmax / c, where dmax is the maximum sensing distance, for example, for a self-transmitting and self-receiving sensing signal, dmax represents the maximum distance from the sensing signal transmission point to the signal transmission point; in some cases, the OFDM signal cyclic prefix CP can serve as the minimum guard interval; c is the speed of light;

[0056] The bandwidth of the sensing signal, which is inversely proportional to the distance resolution, can be obtained by c / (2*delta_d), where delta_d is the distance resolution (related to sensing requirements).

[0057] The burst duration of the sensed signal is inversely proportional to the rate resolution (which is a requirement for sensing). This parameter represents the time span of the sensed signal and is mainly used to calculate the Doppler frequency offset. This parameter can be calculated using c / (2*delta_v*fc), where delta_v is the rate resolution and fc is the center frequency of the signal.

[0058] The time-domain interval of the sensing signal can be calculated by c / (2*fc*v_range); where v_range is the maximum speed minus the minimum speed (related to sensing requirements); this parameter is the time interval between two adjacent sensing signals; and fc is the carrier frequency of the signal.

[0059] The transmission power of the sensing signal, for example, is taken in intervals of 2dBm from -20dBm to 23dBm;

[0060] The signal format of the sensing signal, such as a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), DMRS, PRS, or other predefined signals, as well as related sequence format information;

[0061] The signal direction of the sensed signal, for example, the direction of the sensed signal or beam information;

[0062] The time resources of the sensing signal, for example, the time slot index or the symbol index of the time slot where the sensing signal is located; wherein, the time resources are divided into two types: one is a one-time time resource, such as one symbol sending an omnidirectional first signal; the other is a non-one-time time resource, such as multiple sets of periodic time resources or discontinuous time resources (which may include start time and end time), each set of periodic time resources sends a target signal in the same direction, and the beam direction on different sets of periodic time resources is different;

[0063] The frequency resources of the sensed signal include the center frequency, bandwidth, RB and / or subcarrier of the target signal;

[0064] The quasi-co-located QCL relationship of the sensed signal, for example, the target signal includes multiple resources, each resource is associated with an SSB QCL, and the QCL includes Type A, B, C or D;

[0065] The antenna information of the sensed signal refers to the signal transmitting antenna and / or the signal receiving antenna.

[0066] Optionally, the sensed measurement includes at least one of the following:

[0067] Raw channel information;

[0068] Signal strength information;

[0069] Spectral information;

[0070] Multipath information;

[0071] Angle information;

[0072] Differences in signals corresponding to different antennas;

[0073] Target parameter information determined based on raw channel information.

[0074] The original channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0075] Channel matrix H;

[0076] Channel State Information (CSI) includes, for example, the amplitude / sum of squares and / or phase of the frequency domain channel response, or the I-channel and Q-channel signal characteristics of the frequency domain channel response, such as the amplitude / squaring of the I-channel and Q-channel signals.

[0077] The signal strength information includes at least one of the following:

[0078] RSRP;

[0079] RSRI.

[0080] The spectral information includes at least one of the following:

[0081] Channel power delay spectrum (PDP);

[0082] Doppler power spectrum;

[0083] Power angular spectrum (PAS).

[0084] The multipath information includes at least one of the following:

[0085] The power of each path in a multipath channel (including at least the first-arrival path, the LOS path, the first-order reflection path, and the multiple-order reflection paths);

[0086] The time delay of each path in a multipath channel;

[0087] The angle of each path in a multipath channel.

[0088] The differences in signals corresponding to different antennas include at least one of the following:

[0089] The quotient or conjugate product of the frequency domain channel responses of the first antenna and the second antenna;

[0090] The amplitude ratio or amplitude difference of the received signals from the first antenna and the second antenna;

[0091] The phase difference between the signals from the first antenna and the second antenna;

[0092] The time delay difference between the first antenna and the second antenna signal.

[0093] The target parameter information determined based on the raw channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0094] Doppler extension;

[0095] Doppler shift;

[0096] Maximum delay spread;

[0097] Angle expansion;

[0098] Coherent bandwidth;

[0099] Coherence time.

[0100] Angle information includes at least one of the following:

[0101] Angle of arrival;

[0102] Leave the corner.

[0103] This angle information includes the UE-side angle information, the base station-side angle information, and the reflection point angle information.

[0104] Optionally, the first terminal performs sensing measurements, including:

[0105] The first terminal receives second indication information, the second indication information including a terminal identifier list, wherein the terminal identifier list corresponds to a terminal with sensing and measurement capabilities;

[0106] If the terminal identifier of the first terminal is included in the terminal identifier list, the first terminal performs sensing measurements.

[0107] In this embodiment of the application, the terminal identifier can be the identifier of a terminal group. The terminal identifier list can be determined by the network function or network element of the core network (such as the sensing network function or sensing network element). The first terminal matches its own ID with the ID in the terminal identifier list. If the ID of the first terminal is an ID in the list, it is determined to be a sensing associated terminal, and then sensing measurement is performed.

[0108] The aforementioned terminal identifier can be a terminal core network identifier, such as a 5G globally unique temporary UE identity (5G-GUTI), a 5G-S-temporary mobile subscriber identity (5G-S-TMSI), a 5G-TMSI, a Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI), etc., or it can be a UE radio access network identifier, such as an inactive radio network temporary identifier (I-RNTI), a RAN UE NG application protocol (NGAP) ID, etc.

[0109] Optionally, the terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier list is a terminal with a first sensing capability type, where the first sensing capability type is the sensing capability type corresponding to the sensing measurement.

[0110] In other words, the first sensing capability type mentioned above is the sensing capability type corresponding to this sensing service, such as the echo detection capability type.

[0111] Optionally, the first terminal reports the sensing measurement results, including:

[0112] The first terminal receives third indication information, which includes at least one of the following: the method of reporting the sensing measurement results, the time of reporting the sensing measurement results, and the number of times the sensing measurement results are reported;

[0113] The first terminal reports the sensing measurement results according to the third instruction information.

[0114] The reporting time of the aforementioned sensing measurement results can be a time point, a reporting period, and / or the latest reporting time (associated with sensing QoS).

[0115] The reporting cycle for the aforementioned sensing measurement results can be the same as the DRX cycle, that is, the downlink sensing signal is sent by paging, and the result is reported after each measurement is completed upon receiving the paging signal.

[0116] Optionally, the method in this application embodiment further includes:

[0117] The amount of data reported for the sensing measurement results is related to the amount of data reported for the sensing measurement results.

[0118] The specific methods for reporting data volume may include at least one of the following:

[0119] The UE initiates SDT and reports it via MSG1 (either through a special preamble or through a special RO resource).

[0120] The UE initiates SDT and reports it via MSG3;

[0121] After the UE initiates SDT and sends an RRC resume request via MSG 3, a time window is opened. Within the time window, the UE can receive PUSCH scheduled by PDCCH and report via PUSCH.

[0122] The UE initiates random access and enters the connected state, reporting via PUCCH or PUSCH.

[0123] Here, the amount of data from the sensing measurement results is reported to the network device so that the network device can determine the appropriate reporting method for the sensing measurement results based on the amount of data.

[0124] Specifically, when the amount of data of the sensing measurement result is less than or equal to the first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported in the first reporting method.

[0125] If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported using a second reporting method.

[0126] The first reporting method is to report by initiating Small Data Transmission (SDT);

[0127] The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

[0128] In this embodiment of the application, when instructing to report in the first reporting method described above, it may also instruct SDT configuration or CG-SDT.

[0129] Among them, reporting through the first reporting method mentioned above includes:

[0130] Reporting via MSG1 (e.g., when the data volume is small, it is represented by a special preamble or by a special physical random access channel transmission opportunity RO resource representation);

[0131] Alternatively, the UE can initiate SDT and report via MSG3 or MSG A (or MSG2 can schedule more resources, schedule multiple PUSCH resources, and report via the scheduled PUSCH resources).

[0132] Alternatively, after sending the RRC resume request via MSG 3, the network side and / or the terminal open a time window (or timer). Within the time window, the UE can receive the PDCCH to schedule the PUSCH and report through the PUSCH.

[0133] The length of the time window, the size of the scheduled PUSCH resources (number of RBs, number of symbols) or the number of PUSCHs are related to the size of the sensing measurement result data. The size of the sensing measurement result data can be calculated by the core network functions or network elements (such as sensing network functions / sensing network elements) and / or the base station according to the sensing requirements, or it can be reported by the UE after completing the sensing measurement.

[0134] Among them, reporting through the second reporting method mentioned above includes:

[0135] The UE initiates random access and enters the connected state, reporting via PUCCH or PUSCH.

[0136] Optionally, when the UE initiates SDT or random access, MSG1 or MSG A contains target indication information. The target indication information is represented by a special preamble or by a special RO resource, and is used to indicate that the SDT or random access procedure is used for reporting the sensing measurement results.

[0137] Optionally, the first terminal receives target indication information, including:

[0138] Target indication information is received through at least one of the following methods, wherein the target indication information includes at least one of a first indication information, a second indication information, and a third indication information;

[0139] First Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH);

[0140] The first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is scheduled by the first PDCCH.

[0141] System Information Block (SIB) messages, for example, target indication information that indicates some common sensing signals via SIB;

[0142] Radio Resource Control (RRC) release messages, for example, PDCCH carries a limited amount of information, so configuration can be considered in the RRC release message and activated through PDCCH (Paging PDCCH field size is limited, several sensing signal configuration types are agreed upon in advance, different sensing signal configuration types and corresponding specific configurations are issued by RRC release, and PDCCH uses fewer bits to indicate the sensing signal configuration type).

[0143] Messages during the random access procedure, including but not limited to Msg2, Msg4, and MsgB;

[0144] PDCCH scrambled with the temporary identifier C-RNTI of the cell wireless network;

[0145] PDSCH scheduled by PDCCH scrambling with C-RNTI.

[0146] Specifically, target indication information update indication can be carried in the PDCCH scrambled by C-RNTI, and target indication information can be carried in the PDSCH scheduled by the PDCCH.

[0147] It should be noted that the first instruction information, the second instruction information, and the third instruction information in the embodiments of this application can be sent through the same message or through different messages.

[0148] Optionally, the first terminal receives target indication information via the first PDCCH, including:

[0149] The first terminal receives target indication information based on the bit positions of the short message in the first PDCCH;

[0150] Alternatively, the first terminal receives target indication information based on the reserved bit in the first PDCCH;

[0151] Alternatively, the first terminal receives at least one first target PDCCH based on the target PDCCH information indicated by the first PDCCH, wherein the first target PDCCH carries the target indication information.

[0152] Optionally, the target PDCCH information includes at least one of the following:

[0153] Index of the control resource set of the first target PDCCH;

[0154] The search space index for the first target PDCCH;

[0155] The first target PDCCH monitoring time;

[0156] The first target is the frequency domain resources of the PDCCH, such as BWP information and carrier information.

[0157] Optionally, the time interval between the first target PDCCH and the first PDCCH is defined by the protocol or configured by the network.

[0158] Specifically, the first target PDCCH reuses the control resource set (CORESET) or search space (SS) of the first PDCCH, or reuses a dedicated CORESET or SS of the first PDCCH. Optionally, the time interval (gap) between the first PDCCH and the first target PDCCH is agreed upon by the protocol or configured by the network, for example, 2ms.

[0159] Optionally, the first PDCCH is determined according to the indication of the second PDCCH.

[0160] In this embodiment, the second PDCCH can instruct the first terminal to receive at least one first PDCCH, and the PDSCH scheduled by the first PDCCH carries the aforementioned target indication information. In this method, coarse or stable information can be scheduled through the first-level DCI (the DCI in the second PDCCH), and the listening period of the first-level DCI can be set to be longer. More refined information can be scheduled through the second-level DCI (the DCI in the first PDCCH), effectively reducing the overhead of the PDCCH.

[0161] Optionally, the DCI of the first PDCCH mentioned above is DCI 1_0 scrambled using P-RNTI.

[0162] Optionally, the first terminal receives the target indication information via a first PDSCH scheduled by a first PDCCH, including:

[0163] Obtain the first information indicated by the first PDCCH, wherein the first information is used to indicate the bearer information of the first PDSCH;

[0164] If it is determined from the first information that the first PDSCH carries target indication information, the target indication information is received from the first PDSCH.

[0165] Optionally, the carrying information includes at least one of the following:

[0166] Target indication information;

[0167] Paging message.

[0168] Optionally, obtaining the first information indicated by the first PDCCH includes:

[0169] The first information is obtained based on the bits of the short message in the first PDCCH;

[0170] Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the reserved bits of the first PDCCH;

[0171] Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the first RNTI, where the first RNTI is an RNTI that scrambles the first PDCCH;

[0172] Wherein, the first RNTI is associated with the sensing service, or the first RNTI is associated with both the sensing service and paging.

[0173] In this embodiment of the application, if the UE does not support sensing capability and receives a paging DCI, and the DCI is a sensing-related DCI, then the UE will not receive the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI.

[0174] Optionally, the terminal identifier list associated with sensing can reuse the UE ID list in the PDSCH of the DCI 1_0 schedule scrambled by P-RNTI. Optionally, the UE ID list in the PDSCH can be followed by an indication of whether the UE ID is associated with sensing, paging, or both.

[0175] The sensing method of this application embodiment performs sensing measurement on a first terminal in an idle or inactive state, obtains the sensing measurement result, and reports the sensing measurement result, thereby achieving the purpose of sensing by the terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0176] like Figure 3 As shown in the embodiments of this application, a sensing method is also provided, including:

[0177] Step 301: The network device obtains the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, which is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0178] The sensing method of this application embodiment involves a network device acquiring the aforementioned sensing measurement results of a first terminal. These sensing measurement results are obtained after the terminal in an idle or inactive state performs sensing measurements, thereby achieving the purpose of sensing by the terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0179] Optionally, before the network device obtains the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, it further includes:

[0180] Send a first instruction message, which includes at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity.

[0181] Optionally, before the network device obtains the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, it further includes:

[0182] Send a second instruction message, which includes a list of terminal identifiers, wherein the terminals corresponding to the terminal identifier list are terminals with sensing and measurement capabilities.

[0183] Optionally, the terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier list is a terminal with a first sensing capability type, where the first sensing capability type is the sensing capability type corresponding to the sensing measurement.

[0184] Before the network device obtains the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, it also includes:

[0185] Send a third instruction message, which includes at least one of the following: the method of reporting the sensing measurement results, the time of reporting the sensing measurement results, and the number of times the sensing measurement results are reported.

[0186] Optionally, before sending the third indication information, the method further includes:

[0187] The amount of data obtained from the sensing measurement results;

[0188] The reporting method for the sensing measurement results is determined based on the amount of data in the sensing measurement results.

[0189] The first instruction information, the second instruction information, and the third instruction information have been described in detail in the above-described terminal-side method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0190] Optionally, the reporting method of the sensing measurement results is determined based on the amount of data in the sensing measurement results, including:

[0191] If the amount of data of the sensing measurement result is less than or equal to a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result reporting method is determined to be the first reporting method;

[0192] If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result reporting method is determined to be the second reporting method;

[0193] The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission.

[0194] The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

[0195] Optionally, the configuration information of the sensing signal includes at least one of the following:

[0196] The waveform of the sensed signal;

[0197] The subcarrier spacing of the sensed signal;

[0198] The protection interval of the sensing signal;

[0199] The bandwidth of the sensed signal;

[0200] The duration of the burst of the sensed signal;

[0201] The time-domain interval of the sensed signal;

[0202] The power of the transmitted signal of the sensing signal;

[0203] The signal format of the sensed signal;

[0204] The signal direction of the sensed signal;

[0205] The time resources of the sensed signal;

[0206] The frequency resources of the sensed signal;

[0207] The quasi-co-address QCL relationship of the sensing signals;

[0208] The antenna information of the sensed signal.

[0209] Optionally, the sensed measurement includes at least one of the following:

[0210] Raw channel information;

[0211] Signal strength information;

[0212] Spectral information;

[0213] Multipath information;

[0214] Angle information;

[0215] Differences in signals corresponding to different antennas;

[0216] Target parameter information determined based on raw channel information.

[0217] The original channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0218] Channel matrix H;

[0219] Channel State Information (CSI) includes, for example, the amplitude / sum of squares and / or phase of the frequency domain channel response, or the I-channel and Q-channel signal characteristics of the frequency domain channel response, such as the amplitude / squaring of the I-channel and Q-channel signals.

[0220] The signal strength information includes at least one of the following:

[0221] RSRP;

[0222] RSRI.

[0223] The spectral information includes at least one of the following:

[0224] Channel power delay spectrum (PDP);

[0225] Doppler power spectrum;

[0226] Power angular spectrum (PAS).

[0227] The multipath information includes at least one of the following:

[0228] The power of each path in a multipath channel (including at least the first-arrival path, the LOS path, the first-order reflection path, and the multiple-order reflection paths);

[0229] The time delay of each path in a multipath channel;

[0230] The angle of each path in a multipath channel.

[0231] The differences in signals corresponding to different antennas include at least one of the following:

[0232] The quotient or conjugate product of the frequency domain channel responses of the first antenna and the second antenna;

[0233] The amplitude ratio or amplitude difference of the received signals from the first antenna and the second antenna;

[0234] The phase difference between the signals from the first antenna and the second antenna;

[0235] The time delay difference between the first antenna and the second antenna signal.

[0236] The target parameter information determined based on the raw channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0237] Doppler extension;

[0238] Doppler shift;

[0239] Maximum delay spread;

[0240] Angle expansion;

[0241] Coherent bandwidth;

[0242] Coherence time.

[0243] Angle information includes at least one of the following:

[0244] Angle of arrival;

[0245] Leave the corner.

[0246] This angle information includes the UE-side angle information, the base station-side angle information, and the reflection point angle information.

[0247] The sensing method of this application embodiment involves a network device acquiring the aforementioned sensing measurement results of a first terminal. These sensing measurement results are obtained after the terminal in an idle or inactive state performs sensing measurements, thereby achieving the purpose of sensing by the terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0248] It should be noted that the sensing method provided in this application can be executed by a sensing device, or by a control module within the sensing device for executing the sensing method. This application uses the example of a sensing device executing a sensing method to illustrate the sensing device provided in this application.

[0249] like Figure 4 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a sensing device 400, including:

[0250] The first measurement module 401 is used to perform sensing measurements when the first terminal is in an idle or inactive state, and obtain the sensing measurement results.

[0251] The first reporting module 402 is used to report the sensing measurement results.

[0252] Optionally, the first measurement module includes:

[0253] The first receiving submodule is configured to receive first indication information, the first indication information including at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity;

[0254] The second receiving submodule is used to receive the sensing signal according to the configuration information of the sensing signal;

[0255] The first measurement submodule is used to perform sensing measurement on the sensing signal according to the sensing measurement quantity, and obtain the sensing measurement result.

[0256] Optionally, the first measurement module includes:

[0257] The third receiving submodule is used to receive second indication information, the second indication information including a terminal identifier list, wherein the terminal identifier list corresponds to a terminal with sensing and measurement capabilities;

[0258] The second measurement submodule is used to perform perception measurement when the terminal identifier list includes the terminal identifier of the first terminal.

[0259] Optionally, the terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier list is a terminal with a first sensing capability type, where the first sensing capability type is the sensing capability type corresponding to the sensing measurement.

[0260] Optionally, the first reporting module includes:

[0261] The fourth receiving submodule is used to receive third indication information, which includes at least one of the following: the method of reporting the sensing measurement results, the time of reporting the sensing measurement results, and the number of times the sensing measurement results are reported;

[0262] The reporting submodule is used to report the sensing measurement results according to the third indication information.

[0263] Optionally, the apparatus in this application embodiment further includes:

[0264] The second reporting module is used to report the amount of data of the sensing measurement results. The reporting method of the sensing measurement results is related to the amount of data of the sensing measurement results.

[0265] Optionally, if the amount of data of the sensing measurement result is less than or equal to a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported in the first reporting method.

[0266] If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported using a second reporting method.

[0267] The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission.

[0268] The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

[0269] Optionally, the receiving module is configured to receive target indication information through at least one of the following, wherein the target indication information includes at least one of first indication information, second indication information, and third indication information, and the receiving module includes at least one of the first receiving module, third receiving module, and fourth receiving submodule;

[0270] First Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH);

[0271] The first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is scheduled by the first PDCCH.

[0272] System Information Block (SIB) messages;

[0273] Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message;

[0274] Messages during the random access procedure;

[0275] PDCCH scrambled with the temporary identifier C-RNTI of the cell wireless network;

[0276] PDSCH scheduled by PDCCH scrambling with C-RNTI.

[0277] Optionally, the receiving module is configured to receive target indication information based on the bit positions of the short message in the first PDCCH;

[0278] Alternatively, receive target indication information based on the reserved bits in the first PDCCH;

[0279] Alternatively, at least one first target PDCCH is received based on the target PDCCH information indicated by the first PDCCH, wherein the first target PDCCH carries the target indication information.

[0280] Optionally, the target PDCCH information includes at least one of the following:

[0281] Index of the control resource set of the first target PDCCH;

[0282] The search space index for the first target PDCCH;

[0283] The first target PDCCH monitoring time;

[0284] The first target is the frequency domain resources of the PDCCH.

[0285] Optionally, the time interval between the first target PDCCH and the first PDCCH is defined by the protocol or configured by the network.

[0286] Optionally, the first PDCCH is determined according to the indication of the second PDCCH.

[0287] Optionally, the receiving module includes:

[0288] The first acquisition submodule is used to acquire the first information indicated by the first PDCCH, wherein the first information is used to indicate the bearer information of the first PDSCH;

[0289] The fifth receiving submodule is configured to receive the target indication information according to the first PDSCH when it is determined from the first information that the first PDSCH carries target indication information.

[0290] Optionally, the carrying information includes at least one of the following:

[0291] Target indication information;

[0292] Paging message.

[0293] Optionally, the first acquisition submodule is used to acquire the first information based on the bit positions of the short message in the first PDCCH;

[0294] Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the reserved bits of the first PDCCH;

[0295] Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the first RNTI, where the first RNTI is an RNTI that scrambles the first PDCCH;

[0296] Wherein, the first RNTI is associated with the sensing service, or the first RNTI is associated with both the sensing service and paging.

[0297] Optionally, the configuration information of the sensing signal includes at least one of the following:

[0298] The waveform of the sensed signal;

[0299] The subcarrier spacing of the sensed signal;

[0300] The protection interval of the sensing signal;

[0301] The bandwidth of the sensed signal;

[0302] The duration of the burst of the sensed signal;

[0303] The time-domain interval of the sensed signal;

[0304] The power of the transmitted signal of the sensed signal;

[0305] The signal format of the sensed signal;

[0306] The signal direction of the sensed signal;

[0307] The time resources of the sensed signal;

[0308] The frequency resources of the sensed signal;

[0309] The quasi-co-address QCL relationship of the sensing signals;

[0310] The antenna information of the sensed signal.

[0311] Optionally, the sensed measurement includes at least one of the following:

[0312] Raw channel information;

[0313] Signal strength information;

[0314] Spectral information;

[0315] Multipath information;

[0316] Angle information;

[0317] Differences in signals corresponding to different antennas;

[0318] Target parameter information determined based on raw channel information.

[0319] In this embodiment, a first terminal in an idle or inactive state performs sensing measurements, obtains sensing measurement results, and reports the sensing measurement results, thereby achieving the purpose of sensing by a terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0320] The sensing device in this application embodiment can be a device, a device or electronic device with an operating system, or a component, integrated circuit, or chip in a terminal. The device or electronic device can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, a mobile terminal can include, but is not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, while a non-mobile terminal can be a server, network attached storage (NAS), personal computer (PC), television (TV), ATM, or self-service machine, etc. This application embodiment does not impose specific limitations.

[0321] The apparatus provided in this application embodiment can achieve... Figure 2 The various processes implemented in the method embodiment achieve the same technical effect, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0322] Optional, such as Figure 5 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a communication device 500, including a processor 501, a memory 502, and a program or instructions stored in the memory 502 and executable on the processor 501. For example, when the communication device 500 is a first terminal, the program or instructions executed by the processor 501 implement the various processes of the above-described sensing method embodiment applied to the first terminal, and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 500 is a network device, the program or instructions executed by the processor 501 implement the various processes of the above-described sensing method embodiment applied to the network device, and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, further details are omitted here.

[0323] This application embodiment also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface. The processor is used to: perform sensing measurements and obtain sensing measurement results when the first terminal is in an idle state or an inactive state; the communication interface is used to: report the sensing measurement results.

[0324] This terminal embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned terminal-side method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the aforementioned method embodiments can be applied to this terminal embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, Figure 6To realize the hardware structure diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of this application, the terminal 600 includes, but is not limited to, at least some of the following components: radio frequency unit 601, network module 602, audio output unit 603, input unit 604, sensor 605, display unit 606, user input unit 607, interface unit 608, memory 609, and processor 610.

[0325] Those skilled in the art will understand that the terminal 600 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 610 through a power management system, thereby enabling functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Figure 6 The terminal structure shown does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0326] It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the input unit 604 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 6041 and a microphone 6042. The GPU 6041 processes image data of still images or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in video capture mode or image capture mode. The display unit 606 may include a display panel 6061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 607 includes a touch panel 6071 and other input devices 6072. The touch panel 6071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 6071 may include a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 6072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control buttons, power buttons, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be described in detail here.

[0327] In this embodiment, the radio frequency unit 601 receives downlink data from the network-side device and processes it for the processor 610; additionally, it sends uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 601 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0328] The memory 609 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 609 may primarily include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. The program or instruction storage area may store the operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.). Furthermore, the memory 609 may include high-speed random access memory and non-volatile memory, wherein the non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. For example, at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage device.

[0329] Processor 610 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 610 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles the operating system, user interface, and applications or instructions, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the aforementioned modem processor may also not be integrated into processor 610.

[0330] The processor 610 is used to perform sensing measurements and obtain sensing measurement results; the radio frequency unit 601 is used to report the sensing measurement results.

[0331] The processor 610 is further configured to: receive first indication information, the first indication information including at least one of configuration information of the sensing signal and sensing measurement quantity;

[0332] The sensing signal is received according to the configuration information of the sensing signal;

[0333] The sensing signal is sensed and measured based on the sensed measurement quantity to obtain the sensed measurement result.

[0334] The processor 610 is also used for:

[0335] Receive second instruction information, the second instruction information including a terminal identifier list, wherein the terminal identifier list corresponds to a terminal with sensing and measurement capabilities;

[0336] If the terminal identifier of the first terminal is included in the terminal identifier list, the first terminal performs sensing measurements.

[0337] Optionally, the terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier list is a terminal with a first sensing capability type, where the first sensing capability type is the sensing capability type corresponding to the sensing measurement.

[0338] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 601 is configured to receive third indication information, the third indication information including at least one of the following: sensing measurement result reporting method, sensing measurement result reporting time, and sensing measurement result reporting frequency; and to report the sensing measurement result according to the third indication information.

[0339] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 601 is further configured to:

[0340] The amount of data reported for the sensing measurement results is related to the amount of data reported for the sensing measurement results.

[0341] Optionally, if the amount of data of the sensing measurement result is less than or equal to a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported in the first reporting method.

[0342] If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported using a second reporting method.

[0343] The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission.

[0344] The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

[0345] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 601 is configured to receive target indication information through at least one of the following, wherein the target indication information includes at least one of first indication information, second indication information, and third indication information;

[0346] First Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH);

[0347] The first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is scheduled by the first PDCCH.

[0348] System Information Block (SIB) messages;

[0349] Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message;

[0350] Messages during the random access procedure;

[0351] PDCCH scrambled with the temporary identifier C-RNTI of the cell wireless network;

[0352] PDSCH scheduled by PDCCH scrambling with C-RNTI.

[0353] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 601 is used for the first terminal to receive target indication information according to the bit positions of the short message in the first PDCCH;

[0354] Alternatively, the first terminal receives target indication information based on the reserved bits in the first PDCCH;

[0355] Alternatively, the first terminal receives at least one first target PDCCH based on the target PDCCH information indicated by the first PDCCH, wherein the first target PDCCH carries the target indication information.

[0356] Optionally, the target PDCCH information includes at least one of the following:

[0357] Index of the control resource set of the first target PDCCH;

[0358] The search space index for the first target PDCCH;

[0359] The first target PDCCH monitoring time;

[0360] The first target is the frequency domain resources of the PDCCH.

[0361] Optionally, the time interval between the first target PDCCH and the first PDCCH is defined by the protocol or configured by the network.

[0362] Optionally, the first PDCCH is determined according to the indication of the second PDCCH.

[0363] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 601 is configured to acquire first information indicated by the first PDCCH, the first information being used to indicate the bearer information of the first PDSCH; the processor 610 is configured to receive the target indication information according to the first PDSCH when it is determined that the first PDSCH carries target indication information according to the first information.

[0364] Optionally, the carrying information includes at least one of the following:

[0365] Target indication information;

[0366] Paging message.

[0367] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 601 is used to obtain the first information based on the bit positions of the short message in the first PDCCH;

[0368] Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the reserved bits of the first PDCCH;

[0369] Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the first RNTI, where the first RNTI is an RNTI that scrambles the first PDCCH;

[0370] Wherein, the first RNTI is associated with the sensing service, or the first RNTI is associated with both the sensing service and paging.

[0371] Optionally, the configuration information of the sensing signal includes at least one of the following:

[0372] The waveform of the sensed signal;

[0373] The subcarrier spacing of the sensed signal;

[0374] The protection interval of the sensing signal;

[0375] The bandwidth of the sensed signal;

[0376] The duration of the burst of the sensed signal;

[0377] The time-domain interval of the sensed signal;

[0378] The power of the transmitted signal of the sensed signal;

[0379] The signal format of the sensed signal;

[0380] The signal direction of the sensed signal;

[0381] The time resources of the sensed signal;

[0382] The frequency resources of the sensed signal;

[0383] The quasi-co-address QCL relationship of the sensing signals;

[0384] The antenna information of the sensed signal.

[0385] Optionally, the sensed measurement includes at least one of the following:

[0386] Raw channel information;

[0387] Signal strength information;

[0388] Spectral information;

[0389] Multipath information;

[0390] Angle information;

[0391] Differences in signals corresponding to different antennas;

[0392] Target parameter information determined based on raw channel information.

[0393] In this embodiment, a terminal in an idle or inactive state performs sensing measurements, obtains sensing measurement results, and reports the sensing measurement results, thereby achieving the purpose of sensing by a terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0394] like Figure 7 As shown, this application embodiment provides a sensing device 700, including:

[0395] The acquisition module 701 is used to acquire the perception measurement results reported by the first terminal, which is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0396] Optionally, the apparatus in this application embodiment further includes:

[0397] The first sending module is configured to send first indication information before the acquisition module acquires the sensing measurement result reported by the first terminal. The first indication information includes at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity. The sensing measurement result is obtained based on the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity.

[0398] Optionally, the apparatus in this application embodiment further includes:

[0399] The second sending module is used to send second indication information before the acquisition module acquires the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal. The second indication information includes a terminal identifier list, and the terminals corresponding to the terminal identifier list are terminals with sensing measurement capabilities.

[0400] Optionally, the terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier list is a terminal with a first sensing capability type, where the first sensing capability type is the sensing capability type corresponding to the sensing measurement.

[0401] Optionally, the apparatus in this application embodiment further includes:

[0402] The third sending module is used to send third indication information before the acquisition module acquires the perception measurement results reported by the first terminal. The third indication information includes at least one of the following: perception measurement result reporting method, perception measurement result reporting time, and perception measurement result reporting number.

[0403] Optionally, the apparatus in this application embodiment further includes:

[0404] The second acquisition submodule is used to acquire the amount of data of the sensing measurement result before the third sending module sends the third indication information;

[0405] The determination submodule is used to determine the reporting method of the sensing measurement results based on the amount of data in the sensing measurement results.

[0406] Optionally, the determining submodule is used for:

[0407] If the amount of data of the sensing measurement result is less than or equal to a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result reporting method is determined to be the first reporting method;

[0408] If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result reporting method is determined to be the second reporting method;

[0409] The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission.

[0410] The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

[0411] Optionally, the configuration information of the sensing signal includes at least one of the following:

[0412] The waveform of the sensed signal;

[0413] The subcarrier spacing of the sensed signal;

[0414] The protection interval of the sensing signal;

[0415] The bandwidth of the sensed signal;

[0416] The duration of the burst of the sensed signal;

[0417] The time-domain interval of the sensed signal;

[0418] The power of the transmitted signal of the sensed signal;

[0419] The signal format of the sensed signal;

[0420] The signal direction of the sensed signal;

[0421] The time resources of the sensed signal;

[0422] The frequency resources of the sensed signal;

[0423] The quasi-co-address QCL relationship of the sensing signals;

[0424] The antenna information of the sensed signal.

[0425] Optionally, the sensed measurement includes at least one of the following:

[0426] Raw channel information;

[0427] Signal strength information;

[0428] Spectral information;

[0429] Multipath information;

[0430] Angle information;

[0431] Differences in signals corresponding to different antennas;

[0432] Target parameter information determined based on raw channel information.

[0433] In this embodiment of the application, the network device obtains the above-mentioned perception measurement results of the first terminal. These perception measurement results are obtained after the terminal in an idle or inactive state performs perception measurement, thereby achieving the purpose of perception by the terminal in an idle or inactive state.

[0434] This application also provides a network device, including a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is used to acquire sensing measurement results reported by a first terminal, which is a terminal in an idle or inactive state. This network device embodiment corresponds to the network device method embodiment described above. All implementation processes and methods of the above method embodiments can be applied to this network device embodiment and achieve the same technical effects.

[0435] Specifically, embodiments of this application also provide a network device. For example... Figure 8 As shown, the network device 800 includes an antenna 801, a radio frequency (RF) device 802, and a baseband device 803. The antenna 801 is connected to the RF device 802. In the uplink direction, the RF device 802 receives information through the antenna 801 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 803 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 803 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the RF device 802. The RF device 802 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 801.

[0436] The aforementioned frequency band processing device can be located in the baseband device 803. The method executed by the network device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 803, which includes a processor 804 and a memory 805.

[0437] The baseband device 803 may, for example, include at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are disposed, such as... Figure 8 As shown, one of the chips, for example, is a processor 804, which is connected to a memory 805 to call the program in the memory 805 and execute the operation of the network device shown in the above method embodiment.

[0438] The baseband device 803 may also include a network interface 806 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 802, such as a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0439] Specifically, the network device in this embodiment of the invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in memory 805 and executable on processor 804, wherein processor 804 calls the instructions or programs in memory 805 to execute... Figure 7 The methods executed by each module shown achieve the same technical effect, and to avoid repetition, they will not be described in detail here.

[0440] This application also provides a readable storage medium storing a program or instructions. When the program or instructions are executed by a processor, they implement the various processes of the above-described sensing method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be described again here.

[0441] The processor mentioned above is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0442] This application embodiment also provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-described sensing method embodiments and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0443] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of this application may also be referred to as a system-on-a-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-a-chip, etc.

[0444] This application also provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a non-transient storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-described sensing method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0445] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes that element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0446] Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms. Of course, they can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a computer software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes several instructions to cause a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

[0447] The embodiments of this application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this application is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other forms under the guidance of this application without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, and all of these forms are within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A sensing method, characterized in that, include: The first terminal performs sensing measurements and obtains the sensing measurement results. The first terminal is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state. The first terminal reports the sensing measurement results; Wherein, when the amount of data of the perception measurement result is less than or equal to the first preset threshold, the perception measurement result is reported in the first reporting method; If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported using a second reporting method. The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission SDT. The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first terminal performs sensing measurements and obtains the sensing measurement results, including: The first terminal receives first indication information, which includes at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity; The first terminal receives the sensing signal according to the configuration information of the sensing signal; The first terminal performs sensing measurement on the sensing signal based on the sensing measurement quantity to obtain the sensing measurement result.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The first terminal performs sensing measurements, including: The first terminal receives second indication information, the second indication information including a terminal identifier list, wherein the terminal identifier list corresponds to a terminal with sensing and measurement capabilities; If the terminal identifier of the first terminal is included in the terminal identifier list, the first terminal performs sensing measurements.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier list is a terminal with a first sensing capability type, and the first sensing capability type is the sensing capability type corresponding to the sensing measurement.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first terminal reports the sensing measurement results, including: The first terminal receives third indication information, which includes at least one of the following: the method of reporting the sensing measurement results, the time of reporting the sensing measurement results, and the number of times the sensing measurement results are reported; The first terminal reports the sensing measurement results according to the third instruction information.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, Also includes: The amount of data reported for the sensing measurement results is related to the amount of data reported for the sensing measurement results.

7. The method according to claim 2 or 5, characterized in that, The first terminal receives target indication information, including: The first terminal receives target indication information through at least one of the following, wherein the target indication information includes at least one of first indication information, second indication information, and third indication information; First Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); The first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is scheduled by the first PDCCH. System Information Block (SIB) messages; Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message; Messages during the random access procedure; PDCCH scrambled with the temporary identifier C-RNTI of the cell wireless network; PDSCH scheduled by PDCCH scrambling with C-RNTI.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The first terminal receives target indication information via the first PDCCH, including: The first terminal receives target indication information based on the bit positions of the short message in the first PDCCH; Alternatively, the first terminal receives target indication information based on the reserved bits in the first PDCCH; Alternatively, the first terminal receives at least one first target PDCCH based on the target PDCCH information indicated by the first PDCCH, wherein the first target PDCCH carries the target indication information.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, The target PDCCH information includes at least one of the following: Index of the control resource set of the first target PDCCH; The search space index for the first target PDCCH; The first target PDCCH monitoring time; The first target is the frequency domain resources of the PDCCH.

10. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, The time interval between the first target PDCCH and the first PDCCH is defined by the protocol or configured by the network.

11. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The first PDCCH is determined according to the instruction of the second PDCCH.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The first terminal receives the target indication information via a first PDSCH scheduled by a first PDCCH, including: Obtain the first information indicated by the first PDCCH, wherein the first information is used to indicate the bearer information of the first PDSCH; If it is determined from the first information that the first PDSCH carries target indication information, the target indication information is received from the first PDSCH.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The information carried includes at least one of the following: Target indication information; Paging message.

14. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, Obtaining the first information indicated by the first PDCCH includes: The first information is obtained based on the bits of the short message in the first PDCCH; Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the reserved bits of the first PDCCH; Alternatively, the first information can be obtained based on the first RNTI, where the first RNTI is an RNTI that scrambles the first PDCCH; Wherein, the first RNTI is associated with the sensing service, or the first RNTI is associated with both the sensing service and paging.

15. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The configuration information of the sensing signal includes at least one of the following: The waveform of the sensed signal; The subcarrier spacing of the sensed signal; The protection interval of the sensing signal; The bandwidth of the sensed signal; The duration of the burst of the sensed signal; The time-domain interval of the sensed signal; The power of the transmitted signal of the sensing signal; The signal format of the sensed signal; The signal direction of the sensed signal; The time resources of the sensed signal; The frequency resources of the sensed signal; The quasi-co-address QCL relationship of the sensing signals; The antenna information of the sensed signal.

16. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The sensed measurement includes at least one of the following: Raw channel information; Signal strength information; Spectral information; Multipath information; Angle information; Differences in signals corresponding to different antennas; Target parameter information determined based on raw channel information.

17. A sensing method, characterized in that, include: The network device acquires the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, which is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state; Wherein, when the amount of data of the perception measurement result is less than or equal to the first preset threshold, the perception measurement result is reported in the first reporting method; If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported using a second reporting method. The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission SDT. The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that, Before the network device obtains the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, it also includes: Send a first indication message, which includes at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity, wherein the sensing measurement result is obtained based on the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity.

19. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that, Before the network device obtains the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, it also includes: Send a second instruction message, which includes a list of terminal identifiers, wherein the terminals corresponding to the terminal identifier list are terminals with sensing and measurement capabilities.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that, The terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier list is a terminal with a first sensing capability type, and the first sensing capability type is the sensing capability type corresponding to the sensing measurement.

21. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that, Before the network device obtains the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal, it also includes: Send a third instruction message, which includes at least one of the following: the method of reporting the sensing measurement results, the time of reporting the sensing measurement results, and the number of times the sensing measurement results are reported.

22. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that, Before sending the third indication information, the method further includes: The amount of data obtained from the sensing measurement results; The reporting method for the sensing measurement results is determined based on the amount of data in the sensing measurement results.

23. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that, The configuration information of the sensing signal includes at least one of the following: The waveform of the sensed signal; The subcarrier spacing of the sensed signal; The protection interval of the sensing signal; The bandwidth of the sensed signal; The duration of the burst of the sensed signal; The time-domain interval of the sensed signal; The power of the transmitted signal of the sensing signal; The signal format of the sensed signal; The signal direction of the sensed signal; The time resources of the sensed signal; The frequency resources of the sensed signal; The quasi-co-address QCL relationship of the sensing signals; The antenna information of the sensed signal.

24. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that, The sensed measurement includes at least one of the following: Raw channel information; Signal strength information; Spectral information; Multipath information; Angle information; Differences in signals corresponding to different antennas; Target parameter information determined based on raw channel information.

25. A sensing device, characterized in that, include: The first measurement module is used to perform sensing measurements when the first terminal is in an idle or inactive state, and to obtain the sensing measurement results. The first reporting module is used to report the sensing measurement results; Wherein, when the amount of data of the perception measurement result is less than or equal to the first preset threshold, the perception measurement result is reported in the first reporting method; If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported using a second reporting method. The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission SDT. The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, characterized in that, The first measurement module includes: The first receiving submodule is configured to receive first indication information, the first indication information including at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity; The second receiving submodule is used to receive the sensing signal according to the configuration information of the sensing signal; The first measurement submodule is used to perform sensing measurement on the sensing signal according to the sensing measurement quantity, and obtain the sensing measurement result.

27. A sensing device, characterized in that, include: The acquisition module is used to acquire the perception measurement results reported by the first terminal, which is a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state. Wherein, when the amount of data of the perception measurement result is less than or equal to the first preset threshold, the perception measurement result is reported in the first reporting method; If the amount of data in the sensing measurement result is greater than a first preset threshold, the sensing measurement result is reported using a second reporting method. The first reporting method is to report by initiating a small data transmission SDT. The second reporting method is to report by initiating random access.

28. The apparatus according to claim 27, characterized in that, Also includes: The first sending module is configured to send first indication information before the acquisition module acquires the sensing measurement results reported by the first terminal. The first indication information includes at least one of the configuration information of the sensing signal and the sensing measurement quantity.

29. A communication device, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the sensing method as described in any one of claims 1 to 16, or implement the steps of the sensing method as described in any one of claims 17 to 24.

30. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, The readable storage medium stores a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the sensing method as described in any one of claims 1 to 16, or implement the steps of the sensing method as described in any one of claims 17 to 24.

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