Measurement reporting method and communication device

Abstract

Provided are a measurement reporting method and a communication device, the measurement reporting method comprising: receiving R reference signals from a network device, at least one of the R reference signals being used for communication measurement and sensing measurement; and sending a measurement report, wherein the measurement report comprises a communication measurement result and a sensing measurement result. By adopting the method and the device, at least one reference signal in the R reference signals can be used for both communication measurement and sensing measurement, and the communication measurement result and the sensing measurement result are jointly reported, so that the configuration overhead of the reference signals can be saved, and reporting signaling can be saved.

Description

Technical Field

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

[0002] In the field of communications, communication measurement and perception measurement are usually required. Communication measurement means that before the terminal device and the network device communicate, the network device and the terminal device can measure the reference signal to determine the optimal transmit and receive beam, so as to improve the transmission reliability of the uplink and downlink signals by using the optimal transmit and receive beam. Perception measurement means that the communication device can perform perception measurement on the received reference signal to estimate the motion form, position and other information of the perceived target. At present, how to achieve low-overhead measurement is a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently. Summary of the invention

[0003] The embodiments of the present application provide a measurement reporting method and a communication device, which can save reference signal configuration overhead and save reporting signaling.

[0004] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement reporting method, the method comprising:

[0005] Receiving R reference signals from a network device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement;

[0006] A measurement report is sent, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

[0007] Based on the description of the first aspect, the terminal device receives R reference signals, at least one of the R reference signals can be used for both communication measurement and perception measurement. Compared with separately configuring reference signals for communication measurement and reference signals for perception measurement, the reference signal configuration overhead can be saved, and the communication measurement results and the perception measurement results are jointly reported, which can save reporting signaling.

[0008] In an optional implementation, any two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to different beams.

[0009] By implementing this method, the beams of each reference signal in the R reference signals are different, thereby facilitating improving the beam coverage in communication measurement and perceiving more perception targets in perception measurement.

[0010] In an optional implementation, at least two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to the same beam.

[0011] By implementing this method, at least two reference signals correspond to the same beam, and the same beam is measured multiple times, which can improve the accuracy of the measurement.

[0012] In an optional implementation, the communication measurement result includes M reference signal resource indexes and / or reference signal received powers RSRP corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes respectively;

[0013] The R reference signals include M reference signals corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is less than or equal to R.

[0014] When this method is implemented, the communication measurement result includes M reference signal resource indices and / or RSRPs corresponding to the M reference signal resource indices, thereby indicating the corresponding beam to the network device.

[0015] In an optional implementation, the value of M is preconfigured.

[0016] By implementing this method, the number of reference signal resource indexes to be reported is preconfigured, which facilitates determining the reporting format of the communication measurement results without requiring additional information to notify the number of reference signal resource indexes, thus saving overhead.

[0017] In an optional implementation, the perception measurement result includes N reference signal resource indexes;

[0018] The R reference signals include N reference signals corresponding to the N reference signal resource indexes, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is less than or equal to the R.

[0019] In this implementation, the perception measurement result includes N reference signal resource indexes, thereby facilitating determination of beam information of the perception target.

[0020] In an optional implementation, the perception measurement result also includes a perception measurement value of at least one reference signal among the N reference signals, and the perception measurement value includes at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, receiving power, receiving phase, and Doppler shift.

[0021] By implementing this approach, the perception measurement result may further include a perception measurement value of at least one reference signal, thereby facilitating determination of information of the perception target.

[0022] In an optional implementation, the value of N is preconfigured;

[0023] Or the value of N is predefined;

[0024] Or the value of N is determined by the terminal device.

[0025] By implementing this method, the number of reference signal resource indexes in the perception measurement result can be flexibly determined.

[0026] In an optional implementation, the value of N is preconfigured or predefined, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in the same coded bit sequence; or,

[0027] The value of N is determined by the terminal device, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in different coded bit sequences.

[0028] By implementing this method, in different scenarios, the communication measurement results and the perception measurement results can be located in the same coded bit sequence or different coded bit sequences, meeting the needs of various scenarios.

[0029] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement reporting method, the method comprising:

[0030] Sending R reference signals to a terminal device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement;

[0031] A measurement report is received from the terminal device, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

[0032] In an optional implementation, any two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to different beams.

[0033] In an optional implementation, at least two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to the same beam.

[0034] In an optional implementation, the communication measurement result includes M reference signal resource indexes and / or reference signal received powers RSRP corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes respectively;

[0035] The R reference signals include M reference signals corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is less than or equal to R.

[0036] In an optional implementation, the value of M is preconfigured.

[0037] In an optional implementation, the perception measurement result includes N reference signal resource indexes;

[0038] The R reference signals include N reference signals corresponding to the N reference signal resource indexes, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is less than or equal to the R.

[0039] In an optional implementation, the perception measurement result also includes a perception measurement value of at least one reference signal among the N reference signals, and the perception measurement value includes at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, receiving power, receiving phase, and Doppler shift.

[0040] In an optional implementation, the value of N is preconfigured;

[0041] Or the value of N is predefined;

[0042] Or the value of N is determined by the terminal device.

[0043] In an optional implementation, the value of N is preconfigured or predefined, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in the same coded bit sequence; or,

[0044] The value of N is determined by the terminal device, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in different coded bit sequences.

[0045] The beneficial effects of the second aspect and various optional implementations of the second aspect can refer to the beneficial effects of the first aspect and various optional implementations of the first aspect, and will not be repeated here.

[0046] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which includes a unit for implementing the method in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect above.

[0047] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which includes a unit for implementing the method in any possible implementation manner of the second aspect above.

[0048] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which includes a processor and a memory, the processor and the memory are interconnected, the memory is used to store a computer program, the computer program includes program instructions, and the processor is configured to call the program instructions to execute the method described in the first aspect or any optional embodiment of the first aspect, or to execute the method described in the second aspect or any optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0049] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, comprising a processor and an interface, wherein the processor and the interface are coupled; the interface is used to receive and / or output signals, and the processor is used to execute code instructions to execute a method as described in the first aspect or any optional embodiment of the first aspect, or to execute a method as described in the second aspect or any optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0050] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a module device, which includes a communication module, a power module, a storage module and a chip module, wherein: the power module is used to provide power to the module device; the storage module is used to store data and / or instructions; the communication module communicates with an external device; the chip module is used to call the data and / or instructions stored in the storage module, and in combination with the communication module, execute the method described in the first aspect or any optional implementation of the first aspect, or execute the method described in the second aspect or any optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0051] In the eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and the computer program includes program instructions. When the computer executes the program instructions, it implements the method described in the first aspect or any optional embodiment of the first aspect, or implements the method described in the second aspect or any optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0052] In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program or a computer code, and when the computer program product is run on a computer, it is used to implement the method described in the first aspect or any optional embodiment of the first aspect, and to implement the method described in the second aspect or any optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0053] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, which includes a terminal device and a network device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0054] Figure 1 It is a structural diagram of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0055] Figure 2 It is a flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0056] Figure 3 is a structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0057] Figure 4 is a structural diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0058] Figure 5 is a structural diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0059] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic diagram of a module device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0060] In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, the character " / " indicates that the objects before and after the association are in an or relationship. For example, A / B can represent A or B. "And / or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone.

[0061] It should be pointed out that the words "first", "second", etc. involved in the embodiments of the present application are only used to distinguish the description purpose, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, nor can they be understood as indicating or implying order.

[0062] In the embodiments of the present application, "at least one" refers to one or more, and "plurality" refers to two or more. In addition, "at least one of the following" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, which may include any combination of single items or plural items. For example, at least one of A, B, or C may represent: A, B, C, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A, B and C. Among them, each of A, B, and C may be an element itself, or a set containing one or more elements.

[0063] In the embodiments of the present application, "exemplary", "in some embodiments", "in another embodiment", etc. are used to indicate examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" in the present application should not be interpreted as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of the word "exemplary" is intended to present concepts in a concrete way.

[0064] In the embodiments of the present application, "of", "corresponding", and "corresponding" can sometimes be used interchangeably. It should be noted that when the distinction between them is not emphasized, the meanings to be expressed are consistent. In the embodiments of the present application, communication and transmission can sometimes be used interchangeably. It should be noted that when the distinction between them is not emphasized, the meanings to be expressed are consistent. For example, transmission can include sending and / or receiving, which can be a noun or a verb.

[0065] The equal to involved in the embodiments of the present application can be used in conjunction with greater than, and is applicable to the technical solution adopted when greater than, and can also be used in conjunction with less than, and is applicable to the technical solution adopted when less than. It should be noted that when equal to is used in conjunction with greater than, it cannot be used in conjunction with less than; when equal to is used in conjunction with less than, it cannot be used in conjunction with greater than.

[0066] See also Figure 1 , Figure 1is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application. The communication system may include but is not limited to one or more network devices, one or more terminal devices, such as Figure 1 Take a network device 101 and a terminal device 102 as an example, where: Figure 1 The network device 101 in the figure takes a base station as an example, and the terminal device 102 takes a mobile phone as an example. The terminal device 102 can establish a wireless link with the network device 101 to communicate. Figure 1 The communication system shown includes but is not limited to network equipment and terminal equipment, and may also include other communication equipment. Figure 1 The number and form of the devices shown are for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of the present application.

[0067] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device is a device with wireless transceiver functions, which can be referred to as a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), access terminal equipment, vehicle-mounted terminal equipment, industrial control terminal equipment, UE unit, UE station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal equipment, mobile equipment, UE terminal equipment, wireless communication equipment, UE agent or UE device, etc. The terminal device can be fixed or mobile. It should be noted that the terminal device can support at least one wireless communication technology, such as long term evolution (LTE), new radio (NR), etc. For example, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (pad), a desktop computer, a laptop computer, an all-in-one computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future mobile communication network, or a terminal device in a future evolved public mobile land network (PLMN), etc. In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a device with transceiver functions, such as a chip system, wherein the chip system may include a chip and may also include other discrete devices.

[0068] In the embodiment of the present application, the network device is a device that provides wireless communication functions for the terminal device, and can also be referred to as an access network device, a radio access network (RAN) device, etc. Among them, the network device can support at least one wireless communication technology, such as LTE, NR, etc. For example, the network device includes but is not limited to: the next generation base station (generation nodeB, gNB) in the fifth generation mobile communication system (5th-generation, 5G), the base station in the sixth generation mobile communication system (6th-generation, 6G), the evolved node B (evolved node B, eNB), the radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), the node B (node ​​B, NB), the base station controller (base station controller, BSC), the base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), the home base station (for example, home evolved node B, or home node B, HNB), the baseband unit (baseband unit, BBU), the transmitting and receiving point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), the transmitting point (transmitting point, TP), the mobile switching center, etc. The network device may also be a wireless controller, a centralized unit (CU), and / or a distributed unit (DU) in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario, or the network device may be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a terminal device, a wearable device, and a network device in future mobile communications or a network device in a future evolving PLMN. In some embodiments, the network device may also be a device having a wireless communication function for a terminal device, such as a chip system. For example, the chip system may include a chip and may also include other discrete devices.

[0069] Some terms involved in the embodiments of the present application are explained below to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.

[0070] 1. Beam

[0071] The embodiment of the beam in the new radio (NR) protocol can be a spatial domain filter parameter, also known as a spatial filter or a spatial parameter. The beam used to send a signal can be called a transmit beam, or a spatial transmit filter parameter or a spatial transmit parameter. The beam used to receive a signal can be called a receive beam, or a spatial receive filter parameter or a spatial receive parameter. Different beams are determined by different spatial filter parameters.

[0072] The transmit beam may refer to the direction in which the signal energy is concentrated in space after the signal is transmitted by the antenna, and the receive beam may refer to the direction in which the energy of the wireless signal received from the antenna is concentrated in space. The beam may be a wide beam, a narrow beam, or other types of beams. The technology for forming the beam may be beamforming technology or other technologies. The beamforming technology may specifically be digital beamforming technology or analog beamforming. In other words, a specific beam corresponds to a specific spatial filtering parameter or beamforming parameter (such as a beamforming vector / parameter). In the following, any two of the beam, spatial filtering parameter and beamforming parameter may be considered to be one-to-one corresponding.

[0073] In beam measurement, different reference signals generally correspond to different beam ends, that is, the transmitter uses different beams to send different reference signals on different reference signal resources. Therefore, the reference signal resource index can be used to identify the beam corresponding to the reference signal resource.

[0074] A beam generally corresponds to a reference signal resource. For example, when performing beam measurement, the network device measures different beams through different reference signal resources. The terminal device feeds back the reference signal quality on the measured reference signal resource, and the network device knows the quality of the corresponding beam.

[0075] 2. Reference signal resources

[0076] In beam measurement, the transmitter can send reference signals on different reference signal resources (different reference signals are beamformed by different spatial filtering parameters), and the receiver measures different reference signals on different reference signal resources to determine the quality of the beam. Reference signals include but are not limited to sounding reference signals (SRS), channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS), and synchronization signals / physical broadcast channel blocks (SSIPBCH blocks). Among them, SSIPBCH blocks can be referred to as synchronization signal blocks (SSBs).

[0077] 3. Communication measurement

[0078] Network equipment and terminal equipment can determine the optimal transmit and receive beams through the beam training process, so as to use the optimal transmit and receive beams to improve the transmission reliability of uplink and downlink signals. Communication measurements are required during the beam training process. Among them, each transmit beam corresponds to a reference signal resource. The terminal device measures the reference signals on multiple reference signal resources and obtains the RSRP of the reference signal on each reference signal resource. When reporting, the terminal selects the N maximum RSRPs for reporting, and the reporting content includes the reference signal resource index and RSRP value corresponding to each RSRP in the N maximum RSRPs.

[0079] 4. Perceptual Measurement

[0080] Sensing technology can be applied to many fields such as industry and daily civilian life. The sensing measurement process can be that the communication device estimates the motion form, position and other information of the sensing target based on the received signal. Among them, the received signal can be an echo signal (echo) of the signal sent by the communication device itself, or it can be a signal actively sent by other devices. In an embodiment of the present application, the network device can send a reference signal, and the terminal device measures the reference signal to obtain a sensing measurement result, for example, the distance between the sensing target and the terminal device can be known.

[0081] Specifically, the terminal device needs to measure the reference signal used for perception and report the perception measurement result to the network side. Each reference signal used for perception also corresponds to a reference signal resource. The terminal measures the reference signals on multiple reference signal resources and determines the reference signal resource index corresponding to at least one optimal reference signal used for perception for reporting.

[0082] At present, network equipment needs to configure reference signals for communication measurement and perception measurement, and the perception measurement results and communication measurement results are reported independently through different measurement reports. In the embodiment of the present application, at least one of the R reference signals sent by the network device can be used for both perception measurement and communication measurement, without the need to configure reference signals for communication measurement and perception measurement respectively, which can save reference signal configuration overhead. In addition, in the embodiment of the present application, the perception measurement results and communication measurement results are reported through one measurement report, which can save signaling compared to reporting through different measurement reports.

[0083] It should be noted that the various technical solutions (or embodiments) of the present application can be implemented independently or in combination based on certain internal connections. The present application is not limited thereto. In addition, the various terms and definitions between the various embodiments can be referenced to each other. In each embodiment of the present application, different implementations can also be implemented in combination or independently.

[0084] Please refer to Figure 2 , is a flow chart of a measurement reporting method provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 2 As shown, the measurement reporting method of this embodiment includes but is not limited to the following steps:

[0085] 101. A network device sends R reference signals to a terminal device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal among the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the reference signal.

[0086] Exemplarily, the reference signal may be an SSB, a CSI-RS, an SRS, a positioning reference signal (PRS, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. At least one of the R reference signals can be used for both communication measurement and perception measurement. For the specific description of the perception measurement and the communication measurement, please refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment, which will not be repeated here. In some embodiments, each of the R reference signals can be used for both communication measurement and perception measurement. In some embodiments, some of the R reference signals can be used for both communication measurement and perception measurement. For example, the R reference signals include reference signal 1, reference signal 2, and reference signal 3, reference signal 1 and reference signal 2 can be used for both communication measurement and perception measurement, and reference signal 3 can be used only for perception measurement or communication measurement.

[0087] In some embodiments, the R reference signals correspond to R beams, one reference signal corresponds to one beam, and the reference signal is sent through the corresponding beam. As an example, any two reference signals in the R reference signals correspond to different beams, for example, the beams corresponding to each reference signal in the R reference signals are different. For example, the R reference signals include reference signal 1, reference signal 2, and reference signal 3, reference signal 1 corresponds to beam 1, reference signal 2 corresponds to beam 2, and reference signal 3 corresponds to beam 3. As another example, at least two reference signals in the R reference signals correspond to the same beam, for example, there are at least two reference signals in the R reference signals corresponding to the same beam, for example, the R reference signals include reference signals 1 to 5, reference signal 1 and reference signal 2 correspond to beam 1, and reference signal 3, reference signal 4, and reference signal 5 correspond to beam 2. If the number of reference signals corresponding to the same beam is R, it indicates that the R reference signals correspond to the same beam.

[0088] The beam of the reference signal can be represented by TCI-state. For example, the network device can configure the TCI-state corresponding to each reference signal, thereby determining the beam corresponding to each reference signal.

[0089] In some embodiments, a beam generally corresponds to a reference signal resource. For example, when performing beam measurement, the network device measures different beams by measuring reference signals on different reference signal resources. The terminal device feeds back the reference signal quality on the measured reference signal resource, and the network device knows the quality of the corresponding beam.

[0090] Exemplarily, for a reference signal that can be used for both communication measurement and perception measurement, the terminal device can perform communication measurement and perception measurement respectively. The communication measurement can be the RSRP measurement of the reference signal, and the perception measurement can be the measurement of at least one of the following: the arrival time, arrival angle, received power, received phase, Doppler shift, etc. of the reference signal. The perception measurement is used to determine the perception target.

[0091] 102. The terminal device sends a measurement report to the network device, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result. Correspondingly, the network device receives the measurement report.

[0092] The reference signal resource index in the embodiment of the present application can be used to uniquely identify the reference signal resource, the reference signal resource can be used to send a reference signal, there is a corresponding relationship between the reference signal resource and the beam, and the reference signal on the reference signal resource is the reference signal sent or received using the corresponding beam.

[0093] In some embodiments, the communication measurement result may include M reference signal resource indexes and / or RSRPs corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, respectively, wherein the M reference signal resource indexes correspond to M reference signals, one reference signal resource index corresponds to one reference signal, and the correspondence between the reference signal resource index and the reference signal can be understood as the reference signal transmitted on the corresponding reference signal resource. The R reference signals sent by the above-mentioned network device include the M reference signals. In other words, the terminal device feeds back M reference signal resource indexes among the R reference signal resource indexes. M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is less than or equal to R. The RSRP measured on any reference signal resource among the M reference signal resources is greater than or equal to the RSRP measured on any other reference signal resource among the R reference signal resources, that is, the M reference signal resource indexes with the best RSRP measured among the R reference signal resources are reported.

[0094] Exemplarily, the communication measurement result may include M reference signal resource indexes, for example, the terminal device reports the measured RSRP of the M reference signal resource indexes with the best RSRP. Exemplarily, the communication measurement result may include M reference signal resource indexes and the RSRPs corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, for example, the terminal device reports the measured RSRP of the M best reference signal resource indexes and the corresponding RSRPs. Exemplarily, the communication measurement result may include the RSRPs corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, for example, the terminal device reports the measured best M RSRPs.

[0095] Exemplarily, the value of M may be preconfigured. For example, it may be configured by the network device through signaling. The value of M may also be predefined, for example, it may be a value defined by a protocol, etc., which is not limited in this application.

[0096] In some embodiments, the perception measurement result may include N reference signal resource indexes, wherein the N reference signal resource indexes correspond to N reference signals, one reference signal resource index corresponds to one reference signal, and the correspondence between the reference signal resource index and the reference signal can be understood as the reference signal transmitted on the corresponding reference signal resource. The R reference signals sent by the above-mentioned network device include the N reference signals. In other words, the terminal device feeds back N reference signal resource indexes among the R reference signal resource indexes. N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is less than or equal to R. Exemplarily, the N reference signal resource indexes may be reference signal resource indexes among the R reference signal resource indexes whose perception measurement values ​​meet predetermined conditions, and the perception measurement values ​​may include at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, received power, received phase, Doppler shift, etc. For example, the N reference signal resource indexes may be reference signal resource indexes whose measured arrival angles meet certain conditions.

[0097] Exemplarily, the perception measurement result may also include a perception measurement value of at least one of the N reference signals, and the perception measurement value may include at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, received power, received phase, and Doppler shift. For example, if the value of N is 3, the perception measurement values ​​of the three reference signals are the same, and the perception measurement value of one reference signal may be reported. For another example, if the value of N is 3, there are differences in the perception measurement values ​​of the three reference signals, and the perception measurement values ​​of one or two of the reference signals may also be reported.

[0098] Exemplarily, the value of N mentioned above can be preconfigured, for example, it can be preconfigured by the network device through signaling, or the value of N mentioned above can also be predefined, for example, a value defined by the protocol, or the value of N mentioned above can also be determined by the terminal device, for example, the terminal device can determine the value of N based on specific rules, which is not limited in this application.

[0099] In some embodiments, the same reference signal resource index may exist in the N reference signal resource indexes and the M reference signal resource indexes. For example, the N reference signal resource indexes include the reference signal resource index of reference signal 1, the reference signal resource index of reference signal 3, and the reference signal resource index of reference signal 5, and the M reference signal resource indexes may include the reference signal resource index of reference signal 3, the reference signal resource index of reference signal 4, and the reference signal resource index of reference signal 5.

[0100] In some embodiments, if the value of N is preconfigured or predefined, and the value of M is preconfigured or predefined, the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result may be located in the same coded bit sequence. Since the proportion of the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result is fixed, the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result may be placed in the same coded bit sequence for encoding.

[0101] In some embodiments, if the value of N is determined by the terminal device, for example, the value of N is a flexibly determined value, and the value of M is a preconfigured or predefined value, then the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result may be located in different coded bit sequences. Exemplarily, the value of N may be reported to the network device so that the network device can determine the number of bits occupied by the perception measurement result. For example, the value of N determined by the terminal device may be indicated by a fixed number of bits, such as indicating the value of N by 2 bits, and then the fixed number of bits and the communication measurement result are placed in a first coded bit sequence, and the perception measurement result is located in a second coded bit sequence. The network device may obtain the value of N by decoding the first coded bit sequence, and further decode the second coded bit sequence according to the value of N.

[0102] In an embodiment of the present application, a terminal device receives R reference signals, at least one of the R reference signals can be used for both communication measurement and perception measurement. Compared with separately configuring reference signals for communication measurement and reference signals for perception measurement, reference signal configuration overhead can be saved, and the communication measurement results and the perception measurement results are jointly reported, which can save reporting signaling.

[0103] See also Figure 3 , Figure 3 It is a structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device is applied to a terminal device. Exemplarily, the communication device can be a terminal device or a device in a terminal device, for example, it can be a chip or chip module in the terminal device, or a device that can be used in combination with the terminal device. Figure 3 The communication device 100 shown may include a receiving unit 110 and a sending unit 120, wherein:

[0104] A receiving unit 110, configured to receive R reference signals from a network device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement;

[0105] The sending unit 120 is configured to send a measurement report, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

[0106] In a possible implementation manner, any two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to different beams.

[0107] In a possible implementation manner, at least two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to the same beam.

[0108] In a possible implementation manner, the communication measurement result includes M reference signal resource indexes and / or reference signal received powers RSRP corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes respectively;

[0109] The R reference signals include M reference signals corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is less than or equal to R.

[0110] In a possible implementation manner, the value of M is preconfigured.

[0111] In a possible implementation manner, the perception measurement result includes N reference signal resource indexes;

[0112] The R reference signals include N reference signals corresponding to the N reference signal resource indexes, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is less than or equal to the R.

[0113] In a possible implementation, the perception measurement result also includes a perception measurement value of at least one reference signal among the N reference signals, and the perception measurement value includes at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, received power, received phase, or Doppler shift.

[0114] In a possible implementation, the value of N is preconfigured;

[0115] Or the value of N is predefined;

[0116] Or the value of N is determined by the terminal device.

[0117] In a possible implementation manner, the value of N is preconfigured or predefined, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in the same coded bit sequence; or,

[0118] The value of N is determined by the terminal device, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in different coded bit sequences.

[0119] about Figure 3 The specific embodiment description can refer to Figure 2 The description of the embodiments will not be repeated here.

[0120] See also Figure 4 , Figure 4 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device is applied to a network device. Exemplarily, the communication device may be a network device or a device in a network device, for example, a chip or chip module in the network device, or a device that can be used in conjunction with the network device. Figure 4 The communication device 200 shown may include a sending unit 210 and a receiving unit 220, wherein:

[0121] A sending unit 210 is configured to send R reference signals to a terminal device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement;

[0122] The receiving unit 220 is used to receive a measurement report from the terminal device, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

[0123] In a possible implementation manner, any two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to different beams.

[0124] In a possible implementation manner, at least two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to the same beam.

[0125] In a possible implementation manner, the communication measurement result includes M reference signal resource indexes and / or reference signal received powers RSRP corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes respectively;

[0126] The R reference signals include M reference signals corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is less than or equal to R.

[0127] In a possible implementation manner, the value of M is preconfigured.

[0128] In a possible implementation manner, the perception measurement result includes N reference signal resource indexes;

[0129] The R reference signals include N reference signals corresponding to the N reference signal resource indexes, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is less than or equal to the R.

[0130] In a possible implementation, the perception measurement result also includes a perception measurement value of at least one reference signal among the N reference signals, and the perception measurement value includes at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, received power, received phase, or Doppler shift.

[0131] In a possible implementation, the value of N is preconfigured;

[0132] Or the value of N is predefined;

[0133] Or the value of N is determined by the terminal device.

[0134] In a possible implementation manner, the value of N is preconfigured or predefined, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in the same coded bit sequence; or,

[0135] The value of N is determined by the terminal device, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in different coded bit sequences.

[0136] about Figure 4 The specific embodiment description can refer to Figure 2 The description of the embodiments will not be repeated here.

[0137] See also Figure 5 , Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application, which is used to implement the above Figure 2 The functions of the terminal device, or used to achieve the above Figure 2The communication device 300 may be a terminal device or a device for a terminal device. The device for a terminal device may be a chip system or a chip in a terminal device. The communication device may also be a network device or a device for a network device. The device for a network device may be a chip system or a chip in a network device. Among them, the chip system may be composed of a chip, or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0138] The communication device 300 includes at least one processor 320, which is used to implement the data processing function of the terminal device in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application. The communication device 300 may also include a communication interface 310, which is used to implement the transceiver operation of the terminal device in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application. In the embodiment of the present application, the processor 320 may be a central processing unit (CPU), and the processor may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor, etc. In the embodiment of the present application, the communication interface 310 may be a transceiver, circuit, bus, module or other type of communication interface, which is used to communicate with other devices through a transmission medium. For example, the communication interface 310 is used for the communication device 300 to communicate with other devices. The processor 320 uses the communication interface 310 to send and receive data, and is used to implement the above method embodiment. Figure 2 The method described.

[0139] The communication device 300 may also include at least one memory 330 for storing program instructions and / or data. The memory 330 is coupled to the processor 320. The coupling in the embodiment of the present application is an indirect coupling or communication connection between devices, units or modules, which may be electrical, mechanical or other forms, and is used for information exchange between devices, units or modules. The processor 320 may operate in conjunction with the memory 330. The processor 320 may execute program instructions stored in the memory 330. At least one of the at least one memory may be included in the processor.

[0140] When the communication device 300 is turned on, the processor 320 can read the software program in the memory 330, interpret and execute the instructions of the software program, and process the data of the software program. When data needs to be sent wirelessly, the processor 320 performs baseband processing on the data to be sent and outputs the baseband signal to the RF circuit ( Figure 5 The RF circuit processes the baseband signal and then transmits the RF signal to the outside in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the communication device 300, the RF circuit receives the RF signal through the antenna, converts the RF signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 320, which converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data.

[0141] In another implementation, the RF circuit and antenna may be arranged independently from the processor 320 that performs baseband processing. For example, in a distributed scenario, the RF circuit and antenna may be arranged independently from the device in a remote manner.

[0142] The specific connection medium between the communication interface 310, the processor 320 and the memory 330 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. Figure 5 In the embodiment, the memory 330, the processor 320 and the communication interface 310 are connected via a bus 340. Figure 5 The connections between the other components are shown in bold lines, which are only for illustration and are not intended to be limiting. The bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of representation, Figure 5 Only one thick line is used in the diagram, but this does not mean that there is only one bus or only one type of bus.

[0143] When the communication device 300 is specifically used in a terminal device, for example, when the communication device 300 is specifically a chip or a chip system, the communication interface 310 may output or receive a baseband signal. When the communication device 300 is specifically a terminal device, the communication interface 310 may output or receive a radio frequency signal.

[0144] It should be noted that the device can execute the relevant steps of the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment. For details, please refer to the implementation methods provided in the above steps, which will not be repeated here.

[0145] For each device or product applied to or integrated in the device, each module contained therein can be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits, and different modules can be located in the same component (for example, a chip, circuit module, etc.) or different components in the terminal, or at least some of the modules can be implemented in the form of a software program that runs on a processor integrated inside the terminal, and the remaining (if any) modules can be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits.

[0146] The above-mentioned memory may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable ROM (PROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, many forms of random access memory (RAM) are available, such as static ram (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM).

[0147] The present application provides a chip. The chip includes: a processor and a memory. The number of the processors can be one or more, and the number of the memories can be one or more. The processor can execute the above instructions and data stored in the memory by reading the instructions and data stored in the memory. Figure 2 The method shown in and the steps performed by the relevant implementation methods.

[0148] like Figure 6 As shown, Figure 6 400 can execute the steps of the terminal device in the above method embodiment, or the module device 400 can execute the steps of the network device in the above method embodiment.

[0149] The module device 400 includes: a communication module 410, a power module 420, a storage module 430 and a chip module 440. The power module 420 is used to provide power to the module device; the storage module 430 is used to store data and / or instructions; the communication module 410 is used to communicate with external devices; the chip module 440 is used to call the data and / or instructions stored in the storage module 430, and in combination with the communication module 410, the above-mentioned Figure 2 The method shown, and the steps performed by the relevant implementation method.

[0150] The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program includes program instructions. When the electronic device executes the program instructions, the above Figure 2 The steps performed by the terminal device in the method shown, or the implementation of the above Figure 2 The steps performed by the network device in the method shown.

[0151] The computer-readable storage medium may be an internal storage unit of the terminal device or network device described in any of the foregoing embodiments, such as a hard disk or memory of the device. The computer-readable storage medium may also be an external storage device of the terminal device or network device, such as a plug-in hard disk, a smart media card (SMC), a secure digital (SD) card, a flash card, etc. equipped on the device. Further, the computer-readable storage medium may also include both an internal storage unit of the terminal device or network device and an external storage device. The computer-readable storage medium is used to store the computer program and other programs and data required by the terminal device or network device. The computer-readable storage medium may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media sets. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a tape), an optical medium (e.g., a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid-state hard disk.

[0152] Regarding the various modules / units included in the various devices and products described in the above embodiments, they can be software modules / units, or hardware modules / units, or they can be partially software modules / units and partially hardware modules / units. For example, for various devices and products applied to or integrated in a chip, the various modules / units included therein can all be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits, or at least some of the modules / units can be implemented in the form of software programs, which run on a processor integrated inside the chip, and the remaining (if any) modules / units can be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits; for various devices and products applied to or integrated in a chip module, the various modules / units included therein can all be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits, and different modules / units can be located in the same component of the chip module (such as a chip, circuit module, etc.) or in different components, or at least some of the modules / units can be implemented in the form of software programs. It is implemented in the form of a software program, which runs on a processor integrated inside the chip module, and the remaining (if any) modules / units can be implemented in hardware such as circuits; for each device or product applied to or integrated in the data acquisition node, each module / unit contained therein can be implemented in hardware such as circuits, and different modules / units can be located in the same component (for example, chip, circuit module, etc.) or in different components in the terminal, or, at least some modules / units can be implemented in the form of a software program, which runs on a processor integrated inside the data acquisition node, and the remaining (if any) modules / units can be implemented in hardware such as circuits.

[0153] The above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any other combination thereof. When implemented using software, the above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions or computer programs. When the computer instructions or computer programs are loaded or executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website site, computer, server or data center to another website site, computer, server or data center by wired or wireless means.

[0154] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0155] In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed methods, devices and systems can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely schematic; for example, the division of the units is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation; for example, multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0156] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0157] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be physically included separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

[0158] The above-mentioned integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The above-mentioned software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a gateway node, etc.) to perform some steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present invention.

[0159] A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the above-mentioned embodiments can be implemented by instructing the relevant hardware through a computer program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when the program is executed, it can include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. The storage medium can be a disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM) or a random access memory (RAM), etc.

[0160] What is disclosed above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and it certainly cannot be used to limit the scope of rights of the present application. Ordinary technicians in this field can understand that all or part of the processes of implementing the above embodiment and equivalent changes made according to the claims of the present application are still within the scope covered by the application.

Claims

1. A measurement reporting method, It is characterized in that include: Receiving R reference signals from a network device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement; A measurement report is sent, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

2. The method according to claim 1, It is characterized in that Any two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to different beams.

3. The method according to claim 1, It is characterized in that At least two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to the same beam.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, It is characterized in that The communication measurement result includes M reference signal resource indexes and / or reference signal received powers RSRP respectively corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes; The R reference signals include M reference signals corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is less than or equal to R.

5. The method according to claim 4, It is characterized in that The value of M is preconfigured.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, It is characterized in that The perception measurement result includes N reference signal resource indexes; The R reference signals include N reference signals corresponding to the N reference signal resource indexes, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is less than or equal to the R.

7. The method according to claim 6, It is characterized in that The perception measurement result also includes a perception measurement value of at least one reference signal among the N reference signals, and the perception measurement value includes at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, reception power, reception phase, and Doppler shift.

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, It is characterized in that The value of N is preconfigured; Or the value of N is predefined; Or the value of N is determined by the terminal device.

9. The method according to claim 8, It is characterized in that The value of N is preconfigured or predefined, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in the same coded bit sequence; or, The value of N is determined by the terminal device, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in different coded bit sequences.

10. A measurement reporting method, It is characterized in that include: Sending R reference signals to a terminal device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement; A measurement report is received from the terminal device, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

11. The method according to claim 10, It is characterized in that Any two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to different beams.

12. The method according to claim 10, It is characterized in that At least two reference signals among the R reference signals correspond to the same beam.

13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, It is characterized in that The communication measurement result includes M reference signal resource indexes and / or reference signal received powers RSRP respectively corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes; The R reference signals include M reference signals corresponding to the M reference signal resource indexes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is less than or equal to R.

14. The method according to claim 13, It is characterized in that The value of M is preconfigured.

15. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 14, It is characterized in that The perception measurement result includes N reference signal resource indexes; The R reference signals include N reference signals corresponding to the N reference signal resource indexes, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is less than or equal to the R.

16. The method of claim 15, It is characterized in that The perception measurement result also includes a perception measurement value of at least one reference signal among the N reference signals, and the perception measurement value includes at least one of the following: arrival time, arrival angle, reception power, reception phase, and Doppler shift.

17. The method according to claim 15 or 16, It is characterized in that The value of N is preconfigured; Or the value of N is predefined; Or the value of N is determined by the terminal device.

18. The method of claim 17, It is characterized in that The value of N is preconfigured or predefined, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in the same coded bit sequence; or, The value of N is determined by the terminal device, and the communication measurement result and the perception measurement result are located in different coded bit sequences.

19. A communication device, It is characterized in that include: A receiving unit, configured to receive R reference signals from a network device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement; The sending unit is used to send a measurement report, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

20. A communication device, It is characterized in that include: A sending unit, configured to send R reference signals to a terminal device, where R is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and at least one reference signal of the R reference signals is used for communication measurement and perception measurement; A receiving unit is used to receive a measurement report from the terminal device, where the measurement report includes a communication measurement result and a perception measurement result.

21. A communication device, It is characterized in that The communication device includes a processor and a memory, and the processor and the memory are connected to each other, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, and the computer program includes program instructions. The processor calls the program instructions to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, or executes the method according to any one of claims 10 to 18.

22. A chip, It is characterized in that The chip includes a processor and an interface, and the processor is coupled to the interface; the interface is used to receive or output signals, and the processor is used to execute code instructions, execute the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 9, or execute the method as described in any one of claims 10 to 18.

23. A module device, It is characterized in that The module device includes a communication module, a power module, a storage module and a chip module, wherein: The power module is used to provide electrical energy to the module device; The storage module is used to store data and / or instructions; The communication module is used to communicate with external devices; The chip module is used to call the data and / or instructions stored in the storage module, and in combination with the communication module, execute the method described in any one of claims 1 to 9, or execute the method described in any one of claims 10 to 18.

24. A computer-readable storage medium, It is characterized in that The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, which includes program instructions. When a computer executes the program instructions, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 or the method according to any one of claims 10 to 18 is implemented.

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