Beam adaptive adjustment method and device, base station equipment and storage medium
By receiving beam measurement reports from user devices and adjusting the millimeter wave beam width, the problem of weak coverage outside the beam direction is solved, adaptive adjustment of wide and narrow beams is achieved, and signal coverage and user experience are improved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202111405116.X
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2021-11-24
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-10
- Estimated Expiration
- 2041-11-24
AI Technical Summary
In the prior art, there is a problem of weak coverage or even zero coverage outside the beam direction, resulting in the user equipment being unable to receive high-quality wireless signals.
By receiving the beam measurement report from the user equipment, the width of the millimeter wave beam is adjusted to achieve adaptive adjustment of wide and narrow beams to meet the signal coverage requirements in different scenarios.
The signal coverage of the multi-antenna array is improved, ensuring that user devices can obtain effective signal coverage in different directions, improving user experience and system performance.
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Abstract
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Technical Field
[0001] The present application relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a beam adaptive adjustment method, apparatus, base station equipment, and storage medium. Background Art
[0002] With the explosive growth of data services in modern mobile communications, traditional communication frequency bands are no longer able to meet the gigabit data rates and millisecond latency requirements of fifth-generation mobile communications (5G). Millimeter-wave frequency bands offer abundant spectrum resources, making millimeter-wave communications a core technology for 5G. Another core technology for 5G communications is Large Scale Multiple Input Multiple Output (LS-MIMO). LS-MIMO utilizes multi-antenna arrays with 256 or even 512 antenna elements, using high-gain beams to segment the space, thereby improving spectrum utilization and reducing interference.
[0003] In current research and application, multi-antenna arrays typically use beamforming technology to focus wireless signal energy, forming a narrow, directional beam. Generally, a narrower beam increases signal gain and allows for longer coverage. Beam tracking technology allows user devices to be positioned within the narrow beam's direction, providing high-quality communication services.
[0004] However, there are often multiple user devices within the coverage area of a single base station. If the user device deviates from the direction of the narrow beam, the user device will not receive high-quality wireless signals, that is, there is a problem of weak coverage or even zero coverage outside the beam direction. Therefore, how to provide high-quality signal coverage for user devices outside the beam direction has become an urgent problem to be solved. Summary of the Invention
[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a beam adaptive adjustment method, apparatus, base station device and storage medium to address the defects of weak or even zero coverage outside the beam pointing in the prior art, and to achieve coordinated scheduling of wide and narrow beams in the entire system, thereby improving signal coverage.
[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a beam adaptive adjustment method, applied to a base station, comprising:
[0007] receiving a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes one or more first parameter values, where the first parameter values are used to indicate a signal quality of a millimeter wave beam measured by a user equipment;
[0008] Millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment is performed based on the first beam measurement report, where the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam.
[0009] Optionally, the method for beam adaptive adjustment according to an embodiment of the present application, the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report comprises:
[0010] In the case that the first beam measurement report comprises first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting a millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value in the first parameter values as a first millimeter wave beam;
[0011] adjusting a width of the first millimeter wave beam from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0012] Optionally, the method for beam adaptive adjustment according to an embodiment of the present application, the first beam measurement report further comprises:
[0013] a second parameter value for indicating a signal quality of a non-millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment.
[0014] Optionally, the method for beam adaptive adjustment according to an embodiment of the present application, the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report comprises:
[0015] In the case that the first parameter value is less than a first threshold, and the second parameter value is greater than a second threshold, the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value in the first parameter values as a first millimeter wave beam;
[0016] adjusting a width of the first millimeter wave beam from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0017] Optionally, the method for beam adaptive adjustment according to an embodiment of the present application, the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report comprises:
[0018] In the case that the first parameter value is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and the second parameter value is less than or equal to a second threshold, adapting a second millimeter wave beam, fixing a direction and a width of the second millimeter wave beam; wherein the second millimeter wave beam is used to cover the user equipment.
[0019] Optionally, the method for beam adaptive adjustment according to an embodiment of the present application further comprises:
[0020] receiving a second beam measurement report, the second beam measurement report comprising a third parameter value for indicating a signal quality measured by the user equipment;
[0021] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam are fixed.
[0022] Optionally, the beam adaptive adjustment method according to an embodiment of the present application further includes:
[0023] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a first threshold, the width of the millimeter wave beam is restored to an initial width.
[0024] Optionally, according to the beam adaptive adjustment method of an embodiment of the present application, the first parameter value and the third parameter value include at least one of the following:
[0025] Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ), Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR). Optionally, according to the beam adaptive adjustment method of an embodiment of the present application, the second parameter value includes at least one of the following:
[0026] Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
[0027] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a base station device, comprising: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;
[0028] A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:
[0029] receiving a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes a first parameter value indicating a signal quality measured by a user equipment;
[0030] Perform millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report; wherein, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam.
[0031] Optionally, according to a base station device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0032] When the first beam measurement report includes first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0033] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0034] Optionally, according to the base station device of one embodiment of the present application, the first beam measurement report further includes:
[0035] A second parameter value used to indicate the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment.
[0036] Optionally, according to a base station device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0037] When the first parameter value is less than a first threshold value and the second parameter value is greater than a second threshold value, the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values is used as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0038] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0039] Optionally, according to a base station device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0040] When the first parameter value is greater than or equal to a first threshold and the second parameter value is less than or equal to a second threshold, adapt the second millimeter wave beam and fix the direction and width of the second millimeter wave beam; wherein the second millimeter wave beam is used to cover the user equipment.
[0041] Optionally, the base station device according to an embodiment of the present application further performs the following operations:
[0042] receiving a second beam measurement report, where the second beam measurement report includes a third parameter value indicating a signal quality measured by the user equipment;
[0043] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam are fixed.
[0044] Optionally, the base station device according to an embodiment of the present application further performs the following operations:
[0045] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a first threshold, the width of the millimeter wave beam is restored to an initial width.
[0046] Optionally, according to the base station device of one embodiment of the present application, the first parameter value and the third parameter value include at least one of the following:
[0047] Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
[0048] Optionally, according to a base station device in one embodiment of the present application, the second parameter value includes at least one of the following:
[0049] Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
[0050] In a third aspect, the embodiment of the present application further provides a device, applied to a base station, comprising
[0051] a receiving unit, configured to receive a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes a first parameter value for indicating signal quality measured by a user equipment;
[0052] A beam adjustment unit is configured to perform millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report; wherein the performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam.
[0053] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a processor-readable storage medium, wherein the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is used to enable the processor to execute the steps of the beam adaptive adjustment method described in the first aspect above.
[0054] The beam adaptive adjustment method, device, base station equipment and storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application adjust the millimeter wave beam width according to the beam measurement report reported by the terminal, thereby achieving adaptive adjustment of wide and narrow beams and improving the signal coverage of the multi-antenna array. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0055] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief introduction will be given below to the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.
[0056] Figure 1 This is one of the flow charts of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application;
[0057] Figure 2 This is one of the schematic diagrams of beam coverage of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0058] Figure 3 This is a second schematic diagram of beam coverage of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0059] Figure 4 This is the third schematic diagram of beam coverage of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0060] Figure 5 This is a second schematic diagram of a flow chart of a beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0061] Figure 6 This is the third schematic diagram of the flow chart of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application;
[0062] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
[0063] Figure 8 It is a structural diagram of a beam adaptive adjustment device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0064] In the embodiments of this application, the term "and / or" describes the association relationship between associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three situations: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.
[0065] In the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar.
[0066] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of this application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of this application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of this application.
[0067] In order to facilitate a clearer understanding of the various embodiments of the present application, some relevant technical knowledge is first introduced as follows.
[0068] The technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application can be applicable to a variety of systems, especially 5G systems. For example, the applicable system can be a global system of mobile communication (GSM) system, a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) general packet radio service (GPRS) system, a long term evolution (LTE) system, a LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, a LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, an advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system, a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), a world-wide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) system, a 5G new air interface (NR) system, etc. These various systems include terminal equipment and network equipment. The system may also include a core network part, such as an evolved packet system (EPS), a 5G system (5GS), etc.
[0069] The terminal device involved in the embodiments of the present application may be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. In different systems, the name of the terminal device may also be different. For example, in a 5G system, the terminal device may be called a user equipment (UE). A wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CN) via a radio access network (RAN). The wireless terminal device can be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device. For example, it can be a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device that exchanges language and / or data with a radio access network. For example, personal communication service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other devices. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal device, an access terminal device, a user terminal device, a user agent, or a user device, but is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
[0070] The network device involved in the embodiments of the present application may be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application scenario, the base station may also be called an access point, or may be a device in an access network that communicates with a wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on an air interface, or may be named otherwise. The network device may be used to interchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, wherein the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network device involved in the embodiments of the present application may be a network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), or a network device (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), or an evolutionary network device (eNB or e-NodeB) in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in the 5G network architecture (next generation system), or a home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), etc., and is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In some network structures, the network device may include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the centralized unit and the distributed unit may also be geographically separated.
[0071] Network devices and terminal devices can each use one or more antennas for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission can be either Single User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Multi User MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the configuration and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO, or Massive-MIMO. It can also use diversity transmission, precoding, or beamforming.
[0072] In the current 5G era, millimeter waves utilize hybrid beams, and these large-scale antenna arrays also enable the emergence of narrow beams with wide coverage. Their ultra-low beamwidth also enables them to distinguish even closer targets, providing better directionality for point-to-point communications. Currently, millimeter waves are widely discussed for narrow-beam point-to-point communications and narrow-beam tracking in V2X (Vehicle to Everything) and high-speed rail. Examples include V2X beam directional scanning communications and beam tracking. In high-speed rail scenarios, a method for narrow-beam point-to-point communication and narrow-beam beam tracking is as follows: given a target data rate as a reference rate, the difference between the average rate within the coverage area of each transmit beam and the given target data rate is minimized, thereby stabilizing the data transmission rate near the target rate. Base stations at different locations use transmit beams of different widths to provide services to user devices carried by the high-speed rail. When the distance between the base station and the high-speed rail is long, a wide beam with low beamforming gain is used to provide wider coverage. When the distance between the base station and the high-speed rail is close, a narrow beam with high beamforming gain is used to compensate for the path loss caused by the long distance. This ensures that the high-speed rail is within the signal coverage area during its travel, ensuring the stability of wireless communication data transmission on the high-speed rail.
[0073] However, current technologies focus on narrow-beam point-to-point communication and narrow-beam beam tracking, ignoring the problems of zero coverage and weak coverage between narrow beams. There is a lack of beam width adjustment solutions for fixed directions, and the capacity advantages of millimeter waves and the advantages of analog beam width that are easy to change and control are not fully utilized.
[0074] The embodiments of the present application use beamforming technology for multi-antenna arrays, so that narrow beams with extremely low width can cover longer distances. However, as the beams become rapidly narrower and their directionality increases, there are application scenarios with zero coverage and weak coverage between the beams of the millimeter wave system.
[0075] Figure 1This is one of the flow charts of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application, which is applied to a base station, such as Figure 1 As shown, the method includes the following steps:
[0076] Step 110: Receive a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes one or more first parameter values, where the first parameter values are used to indicate a signal quality of a millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment;
[0077] Specifically, the beam management process involves a beam measurement step, in which the UE (User Equipment) measures the quality and characteristics of the received reference signal to identify the optimal beam. Following the beam measurement step, there is a beam reporting step, in which the UE reports the beam measurement results. In one embodiment, the millimeter wave system configures multiple initial narrow beams. Users detect and report millimeter wave beam information and report the signal status of the measured beam to the base station.
[0078] Step 120: Perform millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report, where the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam.
[0079] Specifically, in order to ensure that sufficient signal gain is ultimately obtained, the beam generated by the large-scale antenna array will usually become very narrow and have strong directivity. Outside the direction of the beam, the user equipment cannot obtain effective signal coverage. In order to make the user within the direction of the beam, beam alignment is required, and the base station needs to use multiple narrow beams to ensure that users in any direction within the cell can be effectively covered. However, after beam alignment, user equipment in a certain direction may not all fall completely within the direction of the beam. There may be one or more user equipment that is close to the direction of a beam and can obtain coverage from the beam, but is slightly offset and has poor signal quality. At the same time, it is far away from other beams and cannot obtain coverage from other beams. In this case, the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application can adjust the width of the beam so that the above-mentioned one or more user equipment fall within the direction of the beam, thereby improving the signal quality.
[0080] The beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application adjusts the millimeter wave beam width according to the beam measurement report reported by the terminal, thereby achieving adaptive adjustment of wide and narrow beams and improving the signal coverage of large-scale antenna arrays.
[0081] Figure 2 This is one of the schematic diagrams of beam coverage of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 2As shown, the scenario of this embodiment includes an independently networked base station and multiple user equipments, and the independently networked base station uses a large-scale antenna array to transmit millimeter waves.
[0082] Optionally, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0083] When the first beam measurement report includes first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0084] Specifically, in the SA (Standalone, independent networking) scenario, the user equipment detects the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam in the beam measurement step, and accordingly reports the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam in the beam reporting step.
[0085] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0086] Specifically, the base station needs to cover multiple user devices. To ensure that the user devices receive sufficient signal quality, the base station needs to use multiple narrow beams to aim at the user devices. However, some user devices may be close to the base station but slightly deviate from the direction of the beam. Therefore, the measured signal quality will be less than the predetermined threshold, and the user experience will be poor. Figure 2 As shown, one or more user devices have deviated from the direction of the beam. In this case, the user device can receive two or more millimeter-wave beams, but does not completely fall within the direction of any millimeter-wave beam. Therefore, the signal quality of the measured millimeter-wave beams is less than a predetermined threshold. After the base station receives the beam measurement report reported by the user device, it selects the millimeter-wave beam with the best signal quality among the millimeter-wave beams reported by the user device as the first millimeter-wave beam, adjusts the first millimeter-wave beam from a narrow beam to a wide beam, so that the user device falls within the direction of the first millimeter-wave beam, and improves the signal quality measured by the user device.
[0087] The adaptive beam adjustment method provided in this embodiment of the application compensates for the shortcomings of narrow-beam transmission used by large-scale antenna arrays by adjusting the beam width while maintaining a fixed beam direction based on beam measurement reports submitted by user devices. This allows UEs that have an advantage in distance but not in direction to be covered or better covered. By increasing signal coverage by adjusting the beam width in a fixed direction, the performance of the entire millimeter wave system can be optimized.
[0088] Figure 3This is a second schematic diagram of beam coverage of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 3 As shown, the scenario of this embodiment includes a base station of heterogeneous frequency networking and multiple user equipments, and the base station of heterogeneous frequency networking transmits millimeter waves and non-millimeter waves.
[0089] Optionally, the first beam measurement report further includes:
[0090] A second parameter value used to indicate the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment.
[0091] Specifically, in heterogeneous frequency networking scenarios such as NSA (Non-Standalone) or NRDC (New Radio Dual Connectivity), the user equipment detects the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam and the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam in the beam measurement step, and accordingly reports the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam and the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam in the beam reporting step.
[0092] The 3GPP standard for 5G primarily includes two frequency bands: the low- to medium-frequency FR1, also known as the Sub-6 GHz band, also known as the centimeter wave band; and the high-frequency FR2, often referred to as millimeter wave because of its millimeter wavelength. In one embodiment, when a user device is dual-connected to Sub-6 and millimeter wave, it detects the signal quality of both the millimeter wave beam and the centimeter wave beam during the beam measurement step and, accordingly, reports the signal quality of both the millimeter wave beam and the centimeter wave beam during the beam reporting step.
[0093] Optionally, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0094] When the first parameter value is less than a first threshold value and the second parameter value is greater than a second threshold value, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0095] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0096] Specifically, the shorter the wavelength, the worse the penetration ability, so centimeter waves have stronger penetration ability than millimeter waves, but millimeter waves have larger bandwidth and faster transmission speeds. Therefore, in the scenario of heterogeneous frequency networking, the signal coverage of centimeter waves emitted by the base station is higher, and the signal quality of centimeter waves received by the UE is more stable, but the signal coverage of millimeter waves is lower, and the UE may not be within the coverage of the millimeter wave signal. The UE will expect to be within the coverage range of the millimeter wave and experience higher data transmission speeds. Figure 3 As shown, the user equipment may be completely within the coverage of a non-millimeter wave beam, but deviate from the direction of the millimeter wave beam. Therefore, the measured signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam is greater than a predetermined threshold, while the measured signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a predetermined threshold. After receiving the beam measurement report reported by the user equipment, the base station selects the millimeter wave beam with the best signal quality as the first millimeter wave beam reported by the user equipment based on the beam measurement report, and adjusts the first millimeter wave beam from a narrow beam to a wide beam, so that the user equipment falls within the direction of the first millimeter wave beam, thereby improving the millimeter wave signal quality measured by the user equipment.
[0097] The beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application adjusts the millimeter wave beam width in the scenario of heterofrequency networking, so that the user equipment covered by the low-frequency beam can be covered by the high-frequency millimeter wave beam in the case of poor experience, such as when the user equipment is at the edge of the low-frequency beam coverage area or there are too many user equipment in the low-frequency beam coverage area, thereby improving the millimeter wave beam coverage rate and enhancing the user experience quality.
[0098] Figure 4 This is a third schematic diagram of beam coverage of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 4 As shown, the scenario of this embodiment includes a base station of heterogeneous frequency networking and multiple user equipments, and the base station of heterogeneous frequency networking transmits millimeter waves and non-millimeter waves.
[0099] Optionally, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0100] When the first parameter value is greater than or equal to a first threshold and the second parameter value is less than or equal to a second threshold, adapt the second millimeter wave beam and fix the direction and width of the second millimeter wave beam; wherein the second millimeter wave beam is used to cover the user equipment.
[0101] Specifically, in the beam management process, there is a beam scanning step, which means that within a specific period or time period, a beam is sent or received in a pre-set manner to cover a specific spatial area. Some UEs may deviate from the direction of the non-millimeter wave beam, but can fall into the coverage of the millimeter wave beam. Figure 4 As shown, there is a UE at the edge of the coverage range of the non-millimeter wave beam. The signal quality of the millimeter wave beam measured by the UE is greater than the predetermined threshold, and the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam is less than the predetermined threshold. After receiving the beam measurement report reported by the user equipment, the base station can adapt a millimeter wave beam, that is, adapt a narrow beam to transmit a signal directionally, so that the UE falls into the coverage range of the millimeter wave beam, and fix the direction and width of the millimeter wave beam, thereby ensuring the stability of the UE's signal quality.
[0102] Specifically, in another scenario, some UEs may fall within the coverage of the millimeter wave beam, and the base station system learns through other means that it needs to adapt a millimeter wave beam for the UE to ensure that the signal quality of the UE is greater than a predetermined threshold. For example, the base station knows that there is a special user and needs to provide long-term millimeter wave beam coverage for the special user. Regardless of whether the non-millimeter wave beam signal quality measured by the user is greater than the predetermined threshold, the base station can adapt a narrow beam in the direction of the special user. After receiving the beam measurement report reported by the user equipment, the base station can adapt a millimeter wave beam, that is, adapt a narrow beam to transmit a directional signal, so that the UE falls within the coverage of the millimeter wave beam, and fix the direction and width of the millimeter wave beam, thereby ensuring the stability of the UE's signal quality.
[0103] The beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application can ensure that the user equipment can be covered by the millimeter wave narrow beam by adapting a narrow beam directional transmission signal in the scenario of heterogeneous frequency networking, regardless of the quality of the low-frequency signal, thereby providing millimeter wave dedicated coverage and millimeter wave optimal coverage in scenarios of heterogeneous frequency networking such as millimeter wave and sub-6.
[0104] Figure 5 This is a second flow chart of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. Figure 5 As shown, the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following steps:
[0105] Step 130: Receive a second beam measurement report, where the second beam measurement report includes a third parameter value indicating signal quality measured by the user equipment;
[0106] Specifically, in the beam management process, after performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment, the UE performs beam measurement again and reports the beam measurement result again.
[0107] Step 140: When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a first threshold, restore the width of the millimeter wave beam to an initial width.
[0108] Specifically, it may happen that the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application does not make the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam greater than or equal to the first threshold, that is, after the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment is performed, the UE is not completely within the coverage of the millimeter wave beam. In this case, a beam recovery step is required. In the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the width of the millimeter wave beam needs to be restored to the initial width, and then other steps such as beam scanning can be continued to provide signal coverage for the user. For example, a hierarchical scanning strategy can be adopted, that is, scanning from wide to narrow. The first stage is a coarse scan, in which the base station uses a small number of wide beams to cover the entire cell and scans the directions aligned with each wide beam in turn. The second stage is a fine scan, in which the base station uses multiple narrow beams to scan one by one the directions covered by the wide beam in the first stage. In summary, after the width of the millimeter wave beam is restored to the initial width, it is basically the same as the case where the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application is not adopted. Therefore, various existing or future invented beam management methods can be used to provide signal coverage for users.
[0109] Step 150: When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is greater than or equal to a first threshold, fix the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam.
[0110] Specifically, there is a situation where the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in an embodiment of the present application makes the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam greater than or equal to a first threshold, that is, after the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment is performed, the UE is within the coverage of the millimeter wave beam. In this case, the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam are fixed so that stable signal coverage can be provided to the user.
[0111] Optionally, the first parameter value, the second parameter value, and the third parameter value include at least one of the following:
[0112] Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
[0113] Specifically, common measurement parameters related to signal status, such as RSRP (Reference Signal Receiving Power), RSRQ (Reference Signal Receiving Quality), and SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio), can all be used as parameter values for indicating the signal quality measured by the user equipment.
[0114] Figure 6This is a flowchart of the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application. Figure 6 As shown, the beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiment of the present application includes the following steps:
[0115] Step 600: configuring initial millimeter-wave narrow beams in multiple directions;
[0116] Specifically, the millimeter wave system is configured with multiple initial narrow beams, and the networking mode is detected and reported after the user accesses.
[0117] Step 601: Perform beam scanning;
[0118] Specifically, after beam scanning, the networking scenario is determined. If it is a standalone (SA) scenario, the user only detects and reports the millimeter wave beam information and reports the signal status of the measured beam to the base station, and then proceeds to step 606.
[0119] If it is an NSA / NRDC networking scenario, the user needs to detect and report the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave system and the signal quality of the millimeter wave system, and then proceed to step 602.
[0120] Specifically, in the heterogeneous frequency networking scenario:
[0121] Step 602: Receive millimeter wave and non-millimeter wave beam measurement reports;
[0122] Specifically, the base station receives the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave system and the signal quality of the millimeter wave system reported by the user.
[0123] When the user feedback information satisfies that the non-millimeter wave system signal quality is greater than the set value and the millimeter wave system signal quality is lower than the set value (for example, using RSRP as the reference signal), the process proceeds to step 603;
[0124] If in the heterofrequency networking NSA / NRDC networking scenario, the base station receives a user report that the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave system is lower than the set value and the signal quality of the millimeter wave system beam is greater than the set value, or if it is known before the system is deployed that a narrow beam needs to be fixed in a certain direction to cover special users, then proceed to step 607.
[0125] Step 603: Adjust the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the maximum parameter value to a wide beam;
[0126] Specifically, the base station selects the beam with the best signal quality reported by the user and adapts it to the wide beam.
[0127] Step 604: Receive a millimeter wave beam measurement report;
[0128] Specifically, after adapting to the wide beam, the user reports the millimeter wave beam signal quality again;
[0129] When the base station receives a beam signal quality report from the user that is greater than the set threshold, the existing beam scene is maintained and the process proceeds to step 605 ; until the beam signal quality does not meet the reporting threshold, the initial state of the beam is restored and the process proceeds to step 608 .
[0130] Step 605: Fixing the millimeter wave beam width and / or beam direction;
[0131] Specifically, when the beam information reported by the user detected and received by the base station is greater than a set threshold, the beam width and beam direction are fixed.
[0132] Step 608: Restoring the millimeter wave beam to an initial state;
[0133] Specifically, after adapting to the wide beam, if the user reports again that the millimeter wave beam signal quality does not meet the reporting threshold, the initial state of the beam is restored.
[0134] Step 607: Adapting the directional transmission of the millimeter wave narrow beam;
[0135] Specifically, in the NSA / NRDC networking scenario, when the base station receives a user report that the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave system is lower than the set value and the signal quality of the millimeter wave system beam is greater than the set value, it adapts a narrow beam to directional transmit the signal; for example, in some embodiments, in the case of weak sub6 coverage, a fixed millimeter wave beam can be used to improve the user experience. In other embodiments, when it is known before the system is deployed that a narrow beam needs to be fixed in a specific direction to cover a special user, a fixed narrow beam can be set in that direction for long-term coverage.
[0136] Subsequently, the base station determines whether the beam information detected and reported by the user is greater than a preset threshold. If it is greater than the preset threshold, step 605 is executed; otherwise, step 608 is executed.
[0137] Accordingly, in a standalone network scenario:
[0138] Step 606: Receive a millimeter wave beam measurement report;
[0139] Specifically, if it is an independent networking SA scenario, the user only detects and reports the beam information of the millimeter wave, and reports the signal status of the measured beam to the base station. When the base station receives no less than 2 beam information reported by the user, and both are lower than the set threshold (for example, using RSRP as the reference signal), it proceeds to step 603 and executes subsequent steps accordingly.
[0140] If in the independent networking SA scenario, when the beam information reported by the user detected and received by the base station is greater than the set threshold, the process proceeds to step 608.
[0141] The beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to all scenarios requiring coordinated coverage of wide and narrow beams, including those involving inter-band networking such as millimeter wave and sub-6. The beam adaptive adjustment method provided in the embodiments of the present application can address the shortcomings of using large-scale antennas for narrow beam long-distance transmission. By increasing capacity or coverage by adjusting the width of the beam in a fixed direction, the system's signal coverage and information transmission quality can be improved.
[0142] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 7 As shown, the base station device includes a memory 720, a transceiver 700, and a processor 710, wherein:
[0143] The memory 720 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 700 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 710; the processor 710 is used to read the computer program in the memory 720 and perform the following operations:
[0144] receiving a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes one or more first parameter values, where the first parameter values are used to indicate a signal quality of a millimeter wave beam measured by a user equipment;
[0145] Millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment is performed based on the first beam measurement report, where the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam.
[0146] Specifically, the transceiver 700 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 710 .
[0147] Among them, Figure 7 In the embodiment, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking together various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 710 and memory represented by memory 720. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are all well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 700 may be a plurality of components, i.e., a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium, such as a wireless channel, a wired channel, an optical cable, and the like. The processor 710 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 720 may store data used by the processor 710 when performing operations.
[0148] The processor 710 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.
[0149] Optionally, according to a base station device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0150] When the first beam measurement report includes first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0151] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0152] Optionally, according to the base station device of one embodiment of the present application, the first beam measurement report further includes:
[0153] A second parameter value used to indicate the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment.
[0154] Optionally, according to a base station device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0155] When the first parameter value is less than a first threshold value and the second parameter value is greater than a second threshold value, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0156] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0157] Optionally, according to a base station device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0158] When the first parameter value is greater than or equal to a first threshold and the second parameter value is less than or equal to a second threshold, adapt the second millimeter wave beam and fix the direction and width of the second millimeter wave beam; wherein the second millimeter wave beam is used to cover the user equipment.
[0159] Optionally, the base station device according to an embodiment of the present application further performs the following operations:
[0160] receiving a second beam measurement report, where the second beam measurement report includes a third parameter value indicating a signal quality measured by the user equipment;
[0161] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam are fixed.
[0162] Optionally, the base station device according to an embodiment of the present application further performs the following operations:
[0163] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a first threshold, the width of the millimeter wave beam is restored to an initial width.
[0164] Optionally, according to a base station device in one embodiment of the present application, the first parameter value, the second parameter value, and the third parameter value include at least one of the following:
[0165] Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
[0166] It should be noted here that the above-mentioned base station device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented by the above-mentioned method embodiment in which the execution subject is the base station device, and can achieve the same technical effect. The parts and beneficial effects of this embodiment that are the same as the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.
[0167] Figure 8 Schematic diagram of a beam adaptive adjustment device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 8 As shown, the device includes:
[0168] A receiving unit 810 is configured to receive a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes one or more first parameter values, where the first parameter values are used to indicate a signal quality of a millimeter wave beam measured by a user equipment;
[0169] The beam adjustment unit 820 is configured to perform millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report, where the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam.
[0170] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present application is schematic and is merely a logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present application may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into a single unit. The aforementioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.
[0171] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or a processor to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.
[0172] Optionally, according to the beam adaptive adjustment device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0173] When the first beam measurement report includes first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0174] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0175] Optionally, according to the beam adaptive adjustment device of one embodiment of the present application, the first beam measurement report further includes:
[0176] A second parameter value used to indicate the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment.
[0177] Optionally, according to the beam adaptive adjustment device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0178] When the first parameter value is less than a first threshold value and the second parameter value is greater than a second threshold value, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam;
[0179] The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
[0180] Optionally, according to the beam adaptive adjustment device of an embodiment of the present application, performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes:
[0181] When the first parameter value is greater than or equal to a first threshold and the second parameter value is less than or equal to a second threshold, adapt the second millimeter wave beam and fix the direction and width of the second millimeter wave beam; wherein the second millimeter wave beam is used to cover the user equipment.
[0182] Optionally, the beam adaptive adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present application further performs the following operations:
[0183] receiving a second beam measurement report, where the second beam measurement report includes a third parameter value indicating a signal quality measured by the user equipment;
[0184] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam are fixed.
[0185] Optionally, the beam adaptive adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present application further performs the following operations:
[0186] When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a first threshold, the width of the millimeter wave beam is restored to an initial width.
[0187] Optionally, according to the beam adaptive adjustment device of an embodiment of the present application, the first parameter value, the second parameter value, and the third parameter value include at least one of the following:
[0188] Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
[0189] It should be noted here that the above-mentioned device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the above-mentioned method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. The parts and beneficial effects that are the same as the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be described in detail here.
[0190] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application also provides a processor-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and the computer program is used to enable the processor to execute the methods provided by the above embodiments, including: receiving a first beam measurement report, the first beam measurement report including one or more first parameter values, and the first parameter value is used to indicate the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment; performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report, and the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam.
[0191] The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (such as floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO)), optical storage (such as CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor storage (such as ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memories (NANDFLASH), solid-state drives (SSDs)), etc.
[0192] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present application can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present application can adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment in combination with software and hardware. Moreover, the present application can adopt the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to magnetic disk storage and optical storage, etc.) that contain computer-usable program code.
[0193] The present application is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device generate instructions for implementing the steps in the process. Figure 1 a process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.
[0194] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising an instruction device that implements the process Figure 1 a process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1The function specified in one or more boxes.
[0195] These processor-executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions for executing on the computer or other programmable device to implement the process. Figure 1 a process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A step that specifies a function in one or more boxes.
[0196] Obviously, those skilled in the art may make various changes and modifications to this application without departing from the spirit and scope of this application. Thus, if these modifications and variations of this application fall within the scope of the claims of this application and their equivalents, this application is intended to include these modifications and variations.
Claims
1. A beam adaptive adjustment method, characterized in that: include: receiving a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes one or more first parameter values, where the first parameter values are used to indicate a signal quality of a millimeter wave beam measured by a user equipment; Performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report, wherein the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam; The performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes: When the first beam measurement report includes first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam; The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
2. The beam adaptive adjustment method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first beam measurement report also includes: A second parameter value used to indicate the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment.
3. The beam adaptive adjustment method according to claim 2, characterized in that: Performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes: When the first parameter value is less than a first threshold value and the second parameter value is greater than a second threshold value, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam; The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
4. The beam adaptive adjustment method according to claim 2, characterized in that: Performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes: When the first parameter value is greater than or equal to a first threshold and the second parameter value is less than or equal to a second threshold, adapt the second millimeter wave beam and fix the direction and width of the second millimeter wave beam; wherein the second millimeter wave beam is used to cover the user equipment.
5. The beam adaptive adjustment method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also includes: receiving a second beam measurement report, where the second beam measurement report includes a third parameter value indicating a signal quality measured by the user equipment; When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam are fixed.
6. The beam adaptive adjustment method according to claim 5, characterized in that: Also includes: When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a first threshold, the width of the millimeter wave beam is restored to an initial width.
7. The beam adaptive adjustment method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The first parameter value and the third parameter value include at least one of the following: Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
8. The beam adaptive adjustment method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The second parameter value includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
9. A base station device, characterized in that: Including memory, transceiver, processor; A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations: receiving a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes one or more first parameter values, where the first parameter values are used to indicate a signal quality of a millimeter wave beam measured by a user equipment; Performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report, wherein the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam; The performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes: When the first beam measurement report includes first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam; The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
10. The base station device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The first beam measurement report also includes: A second parameter value used to indicate the signal quality of the non-millimeter wave beam measured by the user equipment.
11. The base station device according to claim 10, characterized in that: Performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes: When the first parameter value is less than a first threshold value and the second parameter value is greater than a second threshold value, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam; The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
12. The base station device according to claim 10, characterized in that: Performing millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes: When the first parameter value is greater than or equal to a first threshold and the second parameter value is less than or equal to a second threshold, adapt the second millimeter wave beam and fix the direction and width of the second millimeter wave beam; wherein the second millimeter wave beam is used to cover the user equipment.
13. The base station device according to claim 9, characterized in that Also do the following: receiving a second beam measurement report, where the second beam measurement report includes a third parameter value indicating a signal quality measured by the user equipment; When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the width and direction of the millimeter wave beam are fixed.
14. The base station device according to claim 13, characterized in that: Also do the following: When the third parameter value indicates that the signal quality of the millimeter wave beam is less than a first threshold, the width of the millimeter wave beam is restored to an initial width.
15. The base station device according to claim 13, characterized in that: The first parameter value and the third parameter value include at least one of the following: Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
16. The base station device according to claim 10, characterized in that: The second parameter value includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.
17. A beam adaptive adjustment device, characterized in that: Applied to base stations, including: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first beam measurement report, where the first beam measurement report includes one or more first parameter values, where the first parameter values are used to indicate a signal quality of a millimeter wave beam measured by a user equipment; A beam adjustment unit is configured to perform millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report, where the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment includes adjusting the width of the millimeter wave beam; the millimeter wave beam adaptive adjustment based on the first beam measurement report includes: When the first beam measurement report includes first parameter values of two or more millimeter wave beams, and the first parameter values are all less than a first threshold, selecting the millimeter wave beam corresponding to the largest first parameter value among the first parameter values as the first millimeter wave beam; The width of the first millimeter-wave beam is adjusted from a first width to a second width; wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
18. A processor-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is configured to cause the processor to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
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