A communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium

Abstract

The application provides a communication method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium, relates to the technical field of communication, and solves the technical problem that some terminals cannot access the network due to the large number of terminals in the specified area, which affects the communication experience of users. The method comprises the following steps: sending a detection signal to a terminal; in the case that a to-be-identified signal sent by the terminal is received, performing analysis processing on the to-be-identified signal to obtain a signal identifier of the to-be-identified signal and position information of the terminal, the signal identifier of the to-be-identified signal being corresponding to the signal type of the to-be-identified signal; in the case that the signal type of the to-be-identified signal is a feedback signal, determining to provide a communication service to a target area, the target area being an area corresponding to the position information of the terminal.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, base stations can provide communication services to terminals within a designated area using beamforming.

[0003] However, the above method may result in some terminals not having network access due to the large number of terminals in the specified area, thus affecting the user's communication experience. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This application provides a communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium, which solves the technical problem that some terminals may not be able to access the network due to the potentially excessive number of terminals in a designated area, thus affecting the user's communication experience.

[0005] In a first aspect, this application provides a communication method, comprising: sending a detection signal to a terminal; upon receiving a signal to be identified sent by the terminal, parsing the signal to be identified to obtain a signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the location information of the terminal, wherein the signal identifier of the signal to be identified corresponds to the signal type of the signal to be identified, and the signal to be identified is a signal sent by the terminal to the network device after receiving the detection signal; and if the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, determining to provide communication services to a target area, wherein the target area is the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal.

[0006] Optionally, the above communication method further includes: if the signal type of the signal to be identified is another signal, determining whether the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold, wherein the other signal does not include the identifier of the feedback signal; if the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold, determining to provide communication services to the target area.

[0007] Optionally, the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency positions. The above-mentioned provision of communication services to the target area specifically includes: sending an access signal to the terminal based on the second time-frequency position. The access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal. The second time-frequency position is a time-frequency position other than the first time-frequency position among the multiple time-frequency positions.

[0008] Optionally, the network device stores a common signal, which includes one or more of a synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB), primary synchronization signals (PSS), and secondary synchronization signals (SSS). The communication method further includes generating the detection signal based on the common signal and a preset byte.

[0009] Secondly, this application provides a communication method, comprising: receiving a target signal sent by a network device; parsing the target signal to obtain a signal identifier of the target signal, wherein the signal identifier of the target signal corresponds to the signal type of the target signal; when the signal type of the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access, sending a feedback signal to the network device, wherein the feedback signal includes the location information of the terminal; and receiving an access signal sent by the network device, wherein the access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal.

[0010] Optionally, the above communication method further includes: when the signal type of the target signal is the access signal and the terminal has no network access, determining to access the communication service provided by the network device based on the access signal.

[0011] Optionally, sending a feedback signal to the network device specifically includes: sending the feedback signal to the network device based on a first time-frequency position, wherein the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among a plurality of time-frequency positions.

[0012] Thirdly, this application provides a communication device, comprising: a transmitting module, a processing module, and a determining module; the transmitting module is configured to transmit a detection signal to a terminal; the processing module is configured to, upon receiving a signal to be identified transmitted by the terminal, parse and process the signal to be identified to obtain a signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the location information of the terminal, wherein the signal identifier of the signal to be identified corresponds to the signal type of the signal to be identified, and the signal to be identified is a signal transmitted by the terminal to the network device after receiving the detection signal; the determining module is configured to, if the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, determine to provide communication services to a target area, wherein the target area is the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal.

[0013] Optionally, the determining module is further configured to determine whether the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold when the signal type of the signal to be identified is another signal, wherein the other signal does not include the identifier of the feedback signal; the determining module is further configured to determine to provide communication services to the target area when the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold.

[0014] Optionally, the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among a plurality of time-frequency positions. The transmitting module is further configured to transmit an access signal to the terminal based on the second time-frequency position. The access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal. The second time-frequency position is a time-frequency position other than the first time-frequency position among the plurality of time-frequency positions.

[0015] Optionally, the network device stores a common signal, which includes one or more of SSB, PSS, and SSS. The processing module is also used to generate the detection signal based on the common signal and preset bytes.

[0016] Fourthly, this application provides a communication device, comprising: a receiving module, a processing module, and a transmitting module; the receiving module is configured to receive a target signal transmitted by a network device; the processing module is configured to parse and process the target signal to obtain a signal identifier of the target signal, wherein the signal identifier of the target signal corresponds to the signal type of the target signal; the transmitting module is configured to transmit a feedback signal to the network device when the signal type of the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access, wherein the feedback signal includes the location information of the terminal; the receiving module is further configured to receive an access signal transmitted by the network device, wherein the access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal.

[0017] Optionally, the communication device further includes a determining module; the determining module is used to determine, when the signal type of the target signal is the access signal and the terminal has no network access, to access the communication service provided by the network device based on the access signal.

[0018] Optionally, the transmitting module is further configured to transmit the feedback signal to the network device based on a first time-frequency position, wherein the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among a plurality of time-frequency positions.

[0019] Fifthly, this application provides an electronic device, including: a processor and a memory configured to store processor-executable instructions; wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to implement any of the optional communication methods in the first aspect above, or to implement any of the optional communication methods in the second aspect above.

[0020] In a sixth aspect, this application provides a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by an electronic device, enable the electronic device to perform any of the optional communication methods described in the first aspect or any of the optional communication methods described in the second aspect.

[0021] The communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium provided in this application allow a network device to send a detection signal to a terminal, and the terminal to receive a target signal sent by the network device. When the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access, the terminal can send a feedback signal to the network device. This feedback signal includes the terminal's location information. After receiving the feedback signal, the network device can determine to provide communication services to the target area, and then the terminal can receive an access signal sent by the network device. In this application, because the feedback signal includes the terminal's location information, the network device can determine the target area based on the feedback signal. Furthermore, since the feedback signal is sent by the terminal after receiving the detection signal and when the terminal has no network access, the network device can determine that the terminal exists in the target area and that the terminal in the target area has no network service. The network device provides communication services to the target area when the terminal exists in the target area and the terminal in the target area has no network access, thus providing network services to terminals without network service, improving the user's communication experience, and increasing the flexibility of the access signal coverage. Attached Figure Description

[0022] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application or the prior art, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below.

[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the network architecture of the communication system provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0024] Figure 2 A hardware schematic diagram of a network device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0025] Figure 3 A flowchart illustrating a communication method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0026] Figure 4 A schematic diagram showing the coverage area of ​​the cell corresponding to the network device provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0027] Figure 5 A flowchart illustrating another communication method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0028] Figure 6A flowchart illustrating another communication method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0029] Figure 7 A flowchart illustrating another communication method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0030] Figure 8 A flowchart illustrating another communication method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0031] Figure 9 A flowchart illustrating another communication method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0032] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0033] Figure 11 This is a schematic diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0034] Figure 12 This is a schematic diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0035] Figure 13 This is a schematic diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0036] The communication methods, devices, electronic devices, and storage media provided in the embodiments of this application will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0037] The terms "first" and "second," etc., in the specification and drawings of this application are used to distinguish different objects, rather than to describe a specific order of objects. For example, "first time-frequency position" and "second time-frequency position," etc., are used to distinguish different signals, rather than to describe a specific order of signals.

[0038] Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having”, and any variations thereof, used in the description of this application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that includes a series of steps or units is not limited to the steps or units listed, but may optionally include other steps or units not listed, or may optionally include other steps or units inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0039] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this application, the words "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations, or explanations. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of this application should not be construed as being more preferred or advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Specifically, the use of the words "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a specific manner.

[0040] The term "and / or" as used in this application includes using either one of two methods or using both methods simultaneously.

[0041] In the description of this application, unless otherwise stated, "a plurality of" means two or more.

[0042] As described in the background art, in related technologies, the number of terminals within a designated area may be too large, resulting in some terminals within that area lacking network access, thus affecting the user's communication experience. Based on this, embodiments of this application provide a communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. Since the feedback signal includes the location information of the terminal, the network device can determine the target area based on the feedback signal. Furthermore, since the feedback signal is sent by the terminal upon receiving the detection signal and when the terminal has no network access, the network device can determine that the terminal exists in the target area and that the terminal in the target area has no network service. When a terminal exists in the target area and the terminal in the target area has no network access, the network device provides communication services to the target area, enabling network services to terminals without network service, improving the user's communication experience, and increasing the flexibility of the access signal coverage.

[0043] The communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium provided in this application can be applied to communication systems, such as... Figure 1 As shown, the communication system includes network device 101 and terminal 102. Typically, in practical applications, the connection between these devices can be wireless. To facilitate a clear and intuitive representation of the connection relationships between the devices, Figure 1 Solid lines are used to represent the meaning.

[0044] Among them, network device 101 can send a detection signal to terminal 102. When it receives the signal to be identified sent by the terminal, it analyzes the signal to be identified to obtain the signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the location information of the terminal. When the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, it determines to provide communication services to the target area.

[0045] In this embodiment of the application, terminal 102 can receive a target signal sent by network device 101, and perform parsing processing on the target signal to obtain the signal identifier of the target signal. When the signal type of the target signal is a detection signal and terminal 102 has no network access, it sends a feedback signal to network device 102.

[0046] For example, the network device that performs the communication method provided in the embodiments of this application can be a base station, which can be a commonly used base station, an evolved node base station (eNB), a next-generation node base station (gNB), a new radio eNB, a macro base station, a micro base station, a high-frequency base station, or a transmission and reception point (TRP), etc.

[0047] For example, terminal 102 can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, desktop computer, laptop computer, handheld computer, notebook computer, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), netbook, as well as cellular phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) device, etc. This disclosure does not impose any special restrictions on the specific form of the terminal. It can interact with the user through one or more methods such as keyboard, touchpad, touch screen, remote control, voice interaction or handwriting device.

[0048] For example, with Figure 1 Taking a commonly used base station as an example, the hardware structure of the network device 101 provided in this application embodiment is described. Figure 2 As shown, the base station provided in this application embodiment may include part 20 and part 21. Part 20 is mainly used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals and converting radio frequency signals to baseband signals; part 21 is mainly used for baseband processing and controlling the base station. Part 20 can generally be referred to as a transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, or transceiver, etc. Part 21 is usually the control center of the base station and can generally be referred to as a processing unit.

[0049] The 20-part transceiver unit, also known as a transceiver or transceiver, includes an antenna and a radio frequency (RF) unit, or only an RF unit or a portion thereof. The RF unit is primarily used for RF processing. Optionally, the devices in the 20-part unit that implement the receiving function can be considered as receiving units, and the devices that implement the transmitting function can be considered as transmitting units; that is, the 20-part unit includes both receiving and transmitting units. The receiving unit can also be called a receiver, receiver circuit, or receiving device, and the transmitting unit can be called a transmitter, transmitter, or transmitting circuit.

[0050] Part 21 may include one or more single boards or chips. Each single board or chip may include one or more processors and one or more memories. The processor is used to read and execute programs in the memory to implement baseband processing functions and control the base station. If multiple single boards exist, they can be interconnected to increase processing power. As an optional implementation, multiple single boards may share one or more processors, or multiple single boards may share one or more memories. The memory and processor may be integrated or independently configured. In some embodiments, parts 20 and 21 may be integrated or independently configured. In addition, all functions in part 21 may be integrated into one chip, or some functions may be integrated into one chip while other functions may be integrated into one or more other chips. This application embodiment does not limit this.

[0051] The communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium provided in this application are applied in terminal detection scenarios. The network device can send a detection signal to the terminal. After receiving the target signal, the terminal can send a feedback signal to the network device when the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access. After receiving the feedback signal, the network device can determine to provide communication services to the target area, which is the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal. Then, the terminal can receive the access signal sent by the network device.

[0052] In combination with the above Figure 1 The communication system shown below will be described in its entirety from the perspective of the interaction between various devices in the communication system. This will illustrate the process by which the network device sends a detection signal to the terminal, and the terminal sends a feedback signal to the network device after receiving the detection signal.

[0053] like Figure 3 As shown, the communication method provided in this application embodiment may include S101-S107.

[0054] S101, The network device sends a detection signal to the terminal.

[0055] It is understandable that this detection signal is used to detect whether a terminal exists within the coverage area of ​​the detection signal.

[0056] In this embodiment of the application, the detection signal is a common signal. The network device can select an existing common signal or design a new common signal, and then determine the existing common signal or the new common signal as the detection signal.

[0057] It should be understood that the detection signal includes an identifier for the detection signal, which is used to characterize the signal type of the detection signal. The terminal can determine the signal type of the detection signal based on the identifier of the detection signal.

[0058] Optionally, the network device may send the detection signal once at preset intervals.

[0059] Optionally, the preset duration can be 30 milliseconds.

[0060] Optionally, the detection signal can be one or more.

[0061] S102, The terminal receives the target signal sent by the network device.

[0062] It is understandable that when the terminal is within the coverage area of ​​the target signal sent by the network device, the terminal can receive the target signal sent by the network device.

[0063] It should be noted that this target signal is a public signal.

[0064] It should be understood that the target signal can be either a public signal or an access signal.

[0065] In one implementation of this application, the terminal can perform a scan at target time intervals to detect whether there are public signals sent by network devices.

[0066] Optionally, the target duration can be 25 milliseconds.

[0067] S103. The terminal analyzes and processes the target signal to obtain the signal identifier of the target signal.

[0068] The signal identifier of the target signal corresponds to the signal type of the target signal.

[0069] It should be understood that after the terminal receives the target signal, it can parse and process the target signal to obtain the signal identifier of the target signal, and then determine the signal type of the target signal according to the correspondence.

[0070] In one alternative implementation, after receiving the target signal, the terminal can determine whether the target signal can be accessed. If the target signal cannot be accessed, the terminal can parse the target signal to obtain the signal identifier of the target signal.

[0071] S104. When the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access, the terminal sends a feedback signal to the network device.

[0072] The feedback signal includes the terminal's location information.

[0073] It should be understood that the network device may not provide communication services to the area where the terminal is located, or the communication service in the area where the terminal is located may be poor, resulting in the terminal having no network access. In the case that the terminal has no network access, the terminal can determine that it needs the network device to provide communication services.

[0074] It should be understood that when the target signal is a detection signal, it means that the detection signal is used to detect whether there is a terminal within the signal coverage area, and the detection signal cannot provide communication services to the terminal. In this case, the terminal can send a feedback signal to the network device.

[0075] Understandably, this feedback signal is used to notify the presence of a terminal in the area and that the terminal has no network access.

[0076] It should be understood that when the terminal determines that the signal type of the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access, it can send the feedback signal at the location where the terminal receives the target signal. Therefore, the feedback signal may include the location information of the terminal.

[0077] Optionally, the location information of the terminal can also be the direction in which the terminal is located, and the network device can determine the direction of the terminal based on the source of the feedback signal.

[0078] In one alternative implementation, the feedback signal can be the current uplink common signal, such as the physical random access channel (PRACH), or a newly designed common signal.

[0079] Optionally, the feedback signal may also include an identifier for the feedback signal, which may be a code identifier or a system message.

[0080] In one implementation of this application, since the network device sends the detection signal once every preset time interval, the terminal can determine the video position of the detection signal based on the time and frequency at which the terminal receives the detection signal, and send the feedback signal to the terminal based on the time-frequency position of the detection signal.

[0081] S105. When the network device receives the signal to be identified sent by the terminal, it parses and processes the signal to be identified to obtain the signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the location information of the terminal.

[0082] The signal identifier of the signal to be identified corresponds to the signal type of the signal to be identified. The identification signal is the signal sent by the terminal to the network device after receiving the detection signal.

[0083] It is understandable that when a network device receives a signal to be identified from a terminal, it means that the network device has received the signal sent by the terminal. At this time, the network device can determine the signal type of the signal to be identified.

[0084] In this embodiment of the application, the network device can receive the signal to be identified sent by the terminal at the time-frequency position of the detection signal, then parse the signal to be identified to obtain the signal identifier of the signal to be identified, and determine the signal type of the signal to be identified according to the correspondence between the signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the signal type of the signal to be identified.

[0085] Optionally, the network device may store the signal type of each of the multiple signals and the signal identifier corresponding to the signal type of each signal, and then determine the signal type of the signal to be identified based on the signal identifier of the signal to be identified.

[0086] Optionally, the network device can also analyze the signal to be identified to obtain time information, frequency information, base station service signal information, etc. If the time information of the signal to be identified is the same as the time information of the detected signal, and the frequency information of the signal to be identified is the same as the frequency information of the detected signal, the network device can analyze the signal to be identified to obtain the signal identifier of the signal to be identified, and then determine the signal type of the signal to be identified based on the signal identifier of the signal to be identified.

[0087] S106. When the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, the network device determines to improve communication services to the target area.

[0088] The target area is the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal.

[0089] It is understandable that when the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, it means that the signal to be identified is a signal sent by the terminal to the network device after receiving the detection signal sent by the network device. At this time, the network device can determine that the terminal exists in the area where the terminal's location information is located, and that the terminal has no network access.

[0090] It should be understood that, since the location information of the terminal exists on the terminal, the network device can determine to improve communication services to the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal.

[0091] Specifically, the network device can send an access signal to the target area so that the terminal can receive the access signal and then communicate based on the access signal.

[0092] Optionally, the network device can also direct the service beam to the target area, thereby providing communication services to the target area.

[0093] In one alternative implementation, the network device may pre-agree with the terminal on the identifier of the feedback signal, and then the network device stores the correspondence between the identifier of the feedback signal and the identifier of the detection signal. If the identifier of the target signal is the same as the identifier of the detection signal stored in the network device, the network device can determine that the signal type of the target signal is the feedback signal.

[0094] Optionally, after receiving the feedback signal sent by the terminal, the network device can determine the direction of the feedback signal's origin, and then, based on the direction of the feedback signal's origin, determine to improve communication services in that direction.

[0095] S107. The terminal receives the access signal sent by the network device.

[0096] The access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal.

[0097] It is understandable that after receiving the access signal sent by the network device, the terminal can access the network and then communicate based on the access signal.

[0098] In one implementation of this application, the network device can send the detection signal to an area outside the coverage area of ​​the cell corresponding to the network device based on a beam outside the cell coverage area, to detect whether there is a terminal in the area outside the coverage area of ​​the multiple cells, and after the network device receives the feedback signal sent by the terminal outside the cell coverage area, it improves communication services to the area outside the cell coverage area.

[0099] For example, such as Figure 4As shown, area 301 is the coverage area of ​​the cell corresponding to network device 303. Terminal 304 is located in area 302, which is outside of area 301. Network device 303 can send a detection signal to area 302. After receiving the detection signal, terminal 304 can send a feedback signal to network device 303. After receiving the feedback signal sent by terminal 304, network device 303 can determine that there is a terminal in area 303 and that the terminal in area 303 has no network access. At this time, network device 303 can send an access signal 305 to area 302, and terminal 304 can receive the access signal 305 sent by network device 303.

[0100] The technical solution provided by the above embodiments can bring at least the following beneficial effects: As shown in S101-S107, the network device can send a detection signal to the terminal, and the terminal can receive the target signal sent by the network device. When the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access, the terminal can send a feedback signal to the network device. The feedback signal includes the location information of the terminal. After receiving the feedback signal, the network device can determine to provide communication services to the target area, and then the terminal can receive the access signal sent by the network device. In this application, since the feedback signal includes the location information of the terminal, the network device can determine the target area based on the feedback signal. And since the feedback signal is sent by the terminal when it receives the detection signal and the terminal has no network access, the network device can determine that the terminal exists in the target area and that the terminal in the target area has no network service. When the terminal exists in the target area and the terminal in the target area has no network access, the network device provides communication services to the target area, which can provide network services to terminals without network service, improves the user's communication experience, and improves the flexibility of the access signal coverage.

[0101] Combination Figure 3 ,like Figure 5 As shown, the communication method provided in this application embodiment also includes S108-S109.

[0102] S108. When the signal type of the signal to be identified is other signals, the network device determines whether the signal strength of other signals is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold.

[0103] The other signals do not include the identifier of the feedback signal.

[0104] It should be understood that if the signal type of the signal to be identified is other than a signal, the network device can determine the signal strength of the signal to be identified.

[0105] It is understandable that when the identifier of the feedback signal is not included in the signal to be identified, the network device can determine that the signal to be identified is another signal.

[0106] It is understandable that the communication environment in which the network device operates stores basic noise, and the signal strength threshold can be understood as the signal strength of this basic noise.

[0107] S109. When the signal strength of the signal to be identified is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold, the network device determines to improve communication services to the target area.

[0108] It should be understood that if the signal strength of the signal to be identified is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold, it indicates that the signal strength in the direction corresponding to the signal to be identified is abnormal, and there may be a terminal in the direction corresponding to the signal to be identified. In this case, the network device can also determine that it provides communication services to the target area.

[0109] Optionally, if the signal strength of the signal to be identified is less than the signal strength threshold, it indicates that the signal strength of the signal to be identified is weak. It is possible that the signal to be identified is some kind of noise interference, or that the terminal is far away from the network device. In this case, the terminal cannot receive the access signal sent by the network device, and the network device can determine that it will not provide communication services to the target area.

[0110] In one alternative implementation, after receiving the signal to be identified, the network device may be unable to parse the signal due to its weak signal strength. In this case, the network device may not parse the signal but directly determine whether the signal strength of the signal to be identified is greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold. If the signal strength of the signal to be identified is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold, the network device may provide communication services to the target area.

[0111] Alternatively, if the network device does not perform parsing processing on the signal to be identified, the network device can determine the target area based on the direction of the source of the signal to be identified.

[0112] Combination Figure 3 ,like Figure 6 As shown, the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency positions. The network device provides communication services to the target area, which may specifically include S1061.

[0113] S1061. The network device sends an access signal to the terminal based on the second time-frequency location.

[0114] The access signal is used to provide communication services for the terminal, and the second time-frequency position is a time-frequency position other than the first time-frequency position among the plurality of time-frequency positions.

[0115] It should be understood that each public signal corresponds to a time-frequency location, and the network device can choose an unoccupied time-frequency location to send the detection signal.

[0116] It is understandable that, since the first time-frequency location is the time-frequency location corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency locations, the network device can send the access signal to the target area from other time-frequency locations besides the first time-frequency location, i.e., the second time-frequency location.

[0117] In one alternative implementation, the network device may determine the first time-frequency position or the second time-frequency position by delaying the time-frequency position of the occupied public signal by a first duration.

[0118] In another alternative implementation, the network device may involve a new common signal and identify it as the detection signal, then represent different time-frequency domain positions through different cyclic shifts.

[0119] Combination Figure 3 ,like Figure 7 As shown, the network device stores a common signal, which includes one or more of SSB, PSS and SSS, and the communication method also includes S110.

[0120] S110, network devices generate detection signals based on common signals and preset bytes.

[0121] It should be understood that SSB is a signal composed of three parts: PSS, SSS, and PBCH. The network device can determine one of the SSB, PSS, and SSS as the common signal, or it can combine one or more of the SSB, PSS, and SSS to generate the common signal.

[0122] Understandably, this preset byte serves as an identifier for the detection signal.

[0123] Optionally, the preset byte can be some system message.

[0124] Optionally, the common signal is a special PSS sequence generated by the network device using a special initial value and multiplexing the access sequence generation method. The network device can then generate the detection signal based on the special PSS sequence and the preset bytes.

[0125] In one alternative implementation, the common signal can also be a new ZC sequence, and the network device can then generate the detection signal based on the new ZC sequence and the preset bytes.

[0126] Combination Figure 3 ,like Figure 8 As shown, the communication method provided in this application embodiment also includes S111.

[0127] S111. When the target signal is an access signal and the terminal has no network access, the terminal determines to access the communication service provided by the network device based on the access signal.

[0128] It is understandable that this access signal is used to access communication services. If the terminal has no network access, it means that the terminal has not accessed communication services. In this case, if the signal type of the target signal is an access signal, the terminal can access the communication services provided by the network device based on the access signal.

[0129] It should be understood that since the terminal accesses the communication service, the terminal does not need to send the feedback signal to the network device.

[0130] Combination Figure 3 ,like Figure 9 As shown, the terminal sends a feedback signal to the network device, which may specifically include S1041.

[0131] S1041. The terminal sends a feedback signal to the network device based on the first time-frequency location.

[0132] The first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency positions.

[0133] Based on the description of the above embodiments, it should be understood that the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency positions. After receiving the detection signal sent by the network device, the terminal parses the detection signal to obtain the time-frequency position of the detection signal. Then, the terminal can send a feedback signal to the network device based on the first time-frequency position.

[0134] In this embodiment, the terminal sends the feedback signal to the network device based on the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal, which can ensure that the network device can receive the feedback signal and improve the effectiveness of the feedback signal transmission. After the network device receives the feedback signal based on the first time-frequency position, the network device can determine that the feedback signal is the signal sent by the terminal after receiving the detection signal, which can effectively realize the signal interaction between the network device and the terminal.

[0135] This application embodiment can divide electronic devices and the like into functional modules according to the above method examples. For example, each function can be divided into its own functional module, or two or more functions can be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be implemented in hardware or as a software functional module. It should be noted that the module division in this application embodiment is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division; other division methods may be used in actual implementation.

[0136] When dividing each function into modules according to its corresponding function. Figure 10 A possible structural schematic diagram of the communication device involved in the above embodiments is shown, such as... Figure 10 As shown, the communication device 40 may include: a transmitting module 401, a processing module 402, and a determining module 403.

[0137] The transmitting module 401 is used to send detection signals to the terminal.

[0138] The processing module 402 is used to parse the signal to be identified when it receives the signal to be identified sent by the terminal, and obtain the signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the location information of the terminal. The signal identifier of the signal to be identified has a corresponding relationship with the signal type of the signal to be identified. The signal to be identified is the signal sent by the terminal to the network device after receiving the detection signal.

[0139] The determination module 403 is used to determine, when the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, to provide communication services to a target area, where the target area is the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal.

[0140] Optionally, the determining module 403 is further configured to determine whether the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold when the signal type of the signal to be identified is another signal, wherein the other signal does not include the identifier of the feedback signal.

[0141] The determination module 403 is further configured to determine, when the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold, to provide communication services to the target area.

[0142] Optionally, the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency positions.

[0143] The transmitting module 401 is further configured to transmit an access signal to the terminal based on a second time-frequency location. The access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal. The second time-frequency location is a time-frequency location other than the first time-frequency location among the plurality of time-frequency locations.

[0144] Optionally, the network device stores a common signal, which includes one or more of SSB, PSS, and SSS.

[0145] The processing module 402 is also used to generate the detection signal based on the common signal and the preset bytes.

[0146] When using integrated units, Figure 11 A possible structural schematic diagram of another communication device involved in the above embodiments is shown. For example... Figure 11 As shown, the communication device 50 may include a processing module 501 and a communication module 502. The processing module 501 can be used to control and manage the operation of the communication device 50. The communication module 502 can be used to support communication between the communication device 50 and other entities. Optionally, as... Figure 11 As shown, the communication device 50 may also include a storage module 503 for storing the program code and data of the communication device 50.

[0147] The processing module 501 can be a processor or a controller. The communication module 502 can be a transceiver, transceiver circuit, or communication interface, etc. The storage module 503 can be a memory.

[0148] In this configuration, when the processing module 501 is a processor, the communication module 502 is a transceiver, and the storage module 503 is a memory, the processor, transceiver, and memory can be connected via a bus. The bus can be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus or an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, etc. Buses can be categorized as address buses, data buses, control buses, etc.

[0149] When dividing each function into modules according to its corresponding function. Figure 12 A possible structural schematic diagram of another communication device involved in the above embodiments is shown, such as... Figure 12 As shown, the communication device 60 may include a receiving module 601, a processing module 602, and a sending module 603.

[0150] The receiving module 601 is used to receive target signals sent by network devices.

[0151] The processing module 602 is used to parse and process the target signal to obtain the signal identifier of the target signal, and the signal identifier of the target signal has a corresponding relationship with the signal type of the target signal.

[0152] The sending module 603 is used to send a feedback signal to the network device when the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access. The feedback signal includes the location information of the terminal.

[0153] The receiving module 601 is also used to receive the access signal sent by the network device, which is used to provide communication services for the terminal.

[0154] Optionally, the communication device further includes a determination module 604.

[0155] The determination module 604 is used to determine, when the signal type of the target signal is the access signal and the terminal has no network access, to access the communication service provided by the network device based on the access signal.

[0156] Optionally, the sending module 603 is further configured to send the feedback signal to the network device based on a first time-frequency position, wherein the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among a plurality of time-frequency positions.

[0157] When using integrated units, Figure 13 A possible structural schematic diagram of another communication device involved in the above embodiments is shown. For example... Figure 13 As shown, the communication device 70 may include a processing module 701 and a communication module 702. The processing module 701 can be used to control and manage the operation of the communication device 70. The communication module 702 can be used to support communication between the communication device 70 and other entities. Optionally, as... Figure 13 As shown, the communication device 70 may also include a storage module 703 for storing the program code and data of the communication device 70.

[0158] The processing module 701 can be a processor or a controller. The communication module 702 can be a transceiver, transceiver circuit, or communication interface, etc. The storage module 703 can be a memory.

[0159] In this configuration, when the processing module 701 is a processor, the communication module 702 is a transceiver, and the storage module 703 is a memory, the processor, transceiver, and memory can be connected via a bus. The bus can be a PCI bus or an EISA bus, etc. The bus can be categorized as an address bus, data bus, control bus, etc.

[0160] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of this application, the order of the above-mentioned processes does not imply the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of this application.

[0161] Those skilled in the art will recognize that the units and algorithm steps of the various examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

[0162] Those skilled in the art will understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity, the specific working processes of the systems, devices, and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0163] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units; that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of the units can be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0164] In the above embodiments, implementation can be achieved, in whole or in part, through software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using software programs, implementation can be, in whole or in part, in the form of a computer program product. This computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of this application are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium accessible to a computer or a data storage device containing one or more servers, data centers, etc., that can be integrated with the medium. The available media can be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (e.g., DVDs), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid-state drives (SSDs)).

[0165] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed in this application should be included within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that, Applied to network devices, the method includes: Send a detection signal within the signal coverage area of ​​the network device; Upon receiving a signal to be identified from a terminal, the signal to be identified is parsed to obtain the signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the location information of the terminal. The signal identifier of the signal to be identified corresponds to the signal type of the signal to be identified. The signal to be identified is the signal sent by the terminal to the network device after receiving the detection signal. The terminal sends the signal to be identified to the network device when it is not connected to the network. If the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, or if the signal type of the signal to be identified is a signal other than the feedback signal and the signal strength of the signal to be identified is greater than or equal to the signal strength threshold, then it is determined that communication services will be provided to the target area, where the target area is the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency positions, and it provides communication services to the target area, including: An access signal is sent to the terminal based on a second time-frequency location. The access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal. The second time-frequency location is a time-frequency location other than the first time-frequency location among the plurality of time-frequency locations.

3. The communication method according to any one of claims 1-2, characterized in that, The network device stores a common signal, which includes one or more of a synchronization signal block SSB, a primary synchronization signal PSS, and a secondary synchronization signal SSS. The method further includes: The detection signal is generated based on the common signal and the preset bytes.

4. A communication method, characterized in that, Applied to a terminal, the method includes: Receive target signals sent by network devices; The target signal is parsed to obtain the signal identifier of the target signal, and the signal identifier of the target signal has a corresponding relationship with the signal type of the target signal. If the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access, a feedback signal or other signal besides the feedback signal is sent to the network device. The feedback signal and the other signal include the location information of the terminal. The network device receives an access signal sent by the network device, the access signal being used to provide communication services to the terminal. The network device sends the access signal to the terminal when it receives the feedback signal or receives the other signal and the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold.

5. The communication method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The method further includes: Access to the communication services provided by the network device is based on the access signal.

6. The communication method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that, Sending a feedback signal to the network device includes: The feedback signal is sent to the network device based on a first time-frequency position, where the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among a plurality of time-frequency positions.

7. A communication device, characterized in that, Applied to network devices, including: a transmitting module, a processing module, and a determining module; The transmitting module is used to transmit a detection signal within the signal coverage area of ​​the network device; The processing module is configured to parse the signal to be identified when it receives the signal to be identified sent by the terminal, and obtain the signal identifier of the signal to be identified and the location information of the terminal. The signal identifier of the signal to be identified has a corresponding relationship with the signal type of the signal to be identified. The signal to be identified is the signal sent by the terminal to the network device after receiving the detection signal. The terminal sends the signal to be identified to the network device when it is not connected to the network. The determining module is configured to determine to provide communication services to a target area when the signal type of the signal to be identified is a feedback signal, or the signal type of the signal to be identified is a signal other than the feedback signal and the signal strength of the signal to be identified is greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold, wherein the target area is the area corresponding to the location information of the terminal.

8. The communication device according to claim 7, characterized in that, The first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among multiple time-frequency positions. The sending module is further configured to send an access signal to the terminal based on a second time-frequency position. The access signal is used to provide communication services to the terminal. The second time-frequency position is a time-frequency position other than the first time-frequency position among the plurality of time-frequency positions.

9. The communication device according to any one of claims 7-8, characterized in that, The network device stores common signals, which include one or more of the following: a synchronization signal block (SSB), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), and a primary and secondary synchronization signals (SSS). The processing module is also used to generate the detection signal based on the common signal and the preset bytes.

10. A communication device, characterized in that, Applied to terminals, it includes: a receiving module, a processing module, and a transmitting module; The receiving module is used to receive target signals sent by network devices; The processing module is used to parse the target signal to obtain the signal identifier of the target signal, and the signal identifier of the target signal has a corresponding relationship with the signal type of the target signal. The sending module is configured to send a feedback signal or other signals besides the feedback signal to the network device when the signal type of the target signal is a detection signal and the terminal has no network access. The feedback signal and the other signals include the location information of the terminal. The receiving module is further configured to receive an access signal sent by the network device, the access signal being used to provide communication services to the terminal, wherein the network device sends the access signal to the terminal when it receives the feedback signal or receives the other signal and the signal strength of the other signal is greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold.

11. The communication device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The communication device further includes a determination module; The determining module is used to access the communication services provided by the network device based on the access signal.

12. The communication device according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that, The sending module is further configured to send the feedback signal to the network device based on a first time-frequency position, wherein the first time-frequency position is the time-frequency position corresponding to the detection signal among a plurality of time-frequency positions.

13. An electronic device, characterized in that, The electronic device includes: processor; A memory configured to store processor-executable instructions; The processor is configured to execute the instructions to implement the communication method as described in any one of claims 1-3, or to implement the communication method as described in any one of claims 4-6.

14. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, characterized in that, When the instructions in the computer-readable storage medium are executed by an electronic device, the electronic device is able to perform the communication method as described in any one of claims 1-3, or the communication method as described in any one of claims 4-6.

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