Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an information processing method and device, communication equipment and a storage medium. The information processing method executed by a terminal device with a plurality of antenna panels may comprise: reporting related capability information to a base station, the related capability information indicating whether the terminal device supports multi-antenna panel uplink simultaneous transmission STxMP and transmission characteristic reporting of each antenna panel.

Description

Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technologies but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular to an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] The Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) is transmitted toward the Transmission and Reception Point (TRP) of multiple base stations.

[0003] For example, in the time-division multiplexing (TDM) transmission mode, different repetitions of the same information on the PUSCH are sent to different TRPs of the base station at different transmission opportunities (TO) in the time domain. This method has relatively low requirements on the terminal capabilities and does not require the terminal to have the ability to simultaneously send beams with multiple antenna panels. Relatively speaking, the transmission delay is relatively large.

[0004] For the uplink, the spatial characteristics of the channels actually passed by PUSCHs of different TRPs may be very different. Therefore, it is considered that the spatial parameter characteristics of PUSCH channels in different sending directions, namely, the spatial relationship information (Spatial Relation Info), are different.

[0005] If the terminal device (also known as user equipment (UE)) has multiple antenna panels, simultaneous collaborative transmission can be achieved from multiple antenna panels to multiple TRP directions of the base station to increase transmission reliability and throughput. At the same time, it can effectively reduce the transmission delay of PUSCH under multiple TRPs, but the terminal is required to have the ability to send multiple beams simultaneously with multiple antenna panels.

[0006] Summary of the Invention

[0007] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0008] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, which is performed by a terminal device having multiple antenna panels. The method includes:

[0009] Report relevant capability information to the base station, where the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission via multi-antenna panels (STxMP).

[0010] A second aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a base station. The method includes:

[0011] Receiving relevant capability information reported by a terminal device; the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports STxMP;

[0012] The terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

[0013] According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, an information processing device is provided, the device comprising:

[0014] The sending module is configured to report relevant capability information to the base station, where the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device with multiple antenna panels supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

[0015] A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, the apparatus comprising:

[0016] The receiving module is configured to receive relevant capability information reported by the terminal device; the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

[0017] A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein when the processor runs the executable program, it executes the information processing method provided in the first or second aspect above.

[0018] A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium, which stores an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the information processing method provided in the first or second aspect above.

[0019] According to the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device will report the relevant capability information of the antenna panel, and this relevant capability information will indicate whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels. After receiving the relevant capability information, network devices such as base stations can determine whether the terminal supports simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels, so as to schedule the terminal device to use multiple antenna panels for simultaneous uplink transmission under suitable channel, corresponding interference and sending service (such as URLLC service) conditions.

[0020] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0022] FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0023] FIG2 is a schematic diagram showing uplink transmission of a multi-antenna panel according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0024] FIG3 is a schematic diagram showing uplink transmission of a multi-antenna panel according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0025] FIG4 is a flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0026] FIG5 is a flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0027] FIG6 is a flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0028] FIG7 is a flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0029] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0030] FIG9 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0031] FIG10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0032] Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram showing a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] Exemplary embodiments are described in detail herein, with examples illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, when referring to the drawings, identical numerals in different figures represent identical or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments are not intended to represent all possible implementations consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present invention.

[0034] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "the," and "the" used in the present disclosure are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0035] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0036] Please refer to Figure 1, which shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: a plurality of UEs 11 and a plurality of access devices 12.

[0037] UE 11 may refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. UE 11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). UE 11 may be an IoT UE, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone), and a computer with an IoT UE. For example, it may be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment (UE). Alternatively, UE 11 may be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, UE 11 may be a vehicle-mounted device, such as a driving computer with wireless communication capabilities, or a wireless communication device connected to an external driving computer. Alternatively, the UE 11 may also be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a traffic light, or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

[0038] The access device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network). Alternatively, an MTC system.

[0039] Among them, the access device 12 can be an evolved access device (eNB) adopted in a 4G system. Alternatively, the access device 12 can also be an access device (gNB) that adopts a centralized distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access device 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually includes a centralized unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DU). The centralized unit is provided with a protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (RLC) layer, and a media access control (MAC) layer; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (PHY) layer protocol stack. The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation method of the access device 12.

[0040] A wireless connection can be established between the access device 12 and the UE 11 via a wireless air interface. In different implementations, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface can also be a wireless air interface based on the next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0041] As shown in Figure 2, PUSCH transmission can be based on a single physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), that is, a single downlink control information (S-DCI), which schedules the terminal to send PUSCH transmissions from a multi-antenna panel (PANEL) to different TRPs of the base station.

[0042] As shown in FIG3 , the terminal can also be scheduled based on different PDCCHs, i.e., multi-downlink control information (M-DCI) to send PUSCH transmissions from a multi-antenna panel (PANEL) to different TRPs of the base station.

[0043] One or more data layers (one or more Layers) of the PUSCH in Figures 2 and 3 are sent by different PUSCH antenna ports corresponding to different panels of the terminal device.

[0044] Exemplarily, in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the terminal device has two antenna panels for simultaneous transmission, namely antenna panel 1 and antenna panel 2 .

[0045] In FIG3 , TRP1 and TRP2 schedule PUSCH1 and PUSCH2 respectively through physical downlink control channels PDCCH1 and PDCCH2.

[0046] As shown in FIG4 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a terminal device having multiple antenna panels. The method includes:

[0047] S1110: Report relevant capability information to the base station, where the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels.

[0048] The terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be various types of electronic devices, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted device, a smart office device and / or a smart home device.

[0049] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports relevant capability information to the base station. In this way, the base station will know through the capability reporting whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP, how many antenna panels support simultaneous uplink transmission, and the transmission direction of these antenna panels that support uplink transmission and other transmission characteristics.

[0050] Exemplarily, the terminal device may have multiple physical antenna panels. Furthermore, exemplary embodiments include multiple virtual antenna panels. The capability information may indicate that the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels, including coherent joint transmission (C-JT) and / or non-coherent joint transmission (NC-JT).

[0051] In some embodiments, the relevant capability information includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0052] The power level of the terminal device;

[0053] The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device;

[0054] Transmission direction information supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0055] a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0056] the maximum number of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers supported by each antenna panel;

[0057] Related characteristic information, used to indicate the correlation between antenna ports included in the antenna panel;

[0058] Switching delay information between different antenna panels;

[0059] Related information on whether the terminal device supports uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

[0060] The power level of the terminal device may reflect the overall power level of the terminal device, or may be the power level of each antenna panel included in the terminal device.

[0061] The power level may reflect the transmit power of the terminal device as a whole and / or a single antenna panel.

[0062] Table 1 is a mapping table between power levels and terminal device types.

[0063]

[0064] Table 1

[0065] The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device may specifically be at least one of the following:

[0066] The total number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device;

[0067] The total number of available physical antenna panels included in the terminal device. For example, some antenna panels of the terminal device are faulty or the antenna panels are used for other communications (for example, non-New Radio (NR) communications), for example, the antenna panels are used for WIFI communications. The information of such antenna panels is reported to the base station and cannot be used. Therefore, it does not need to be counted in the available physical antenna panels reported to the base station.

[0068] In some embodiments, some antenna panels only support unidirectional transmission. For example, some antenna panels support both uplink and downlink transmission, while others only support downlink transmission. In this case, the transmission direction information can be used by the terminal device to indicate the transmission directions supported by all antenna panels it contains.

[0069] An antenna panel can support the transmission of one SRS antenna port, but can also have the transmission capability of multiple SRS antenna ports. When transmitting information, one antenna port can correspond to the transmission capability of one data stream.

[0070] The number of MIMO layers supported by an antenna panel also determines the number of data streams it can simultaneously transmit. Typically, the maximum number of MIMO layers is equal to the maximum SRS port data.

[0071] If an antenna panel has multiple antenna ports, whether there is correlation between the multiple antenna ports can be indicated by the correlation characteristic information. The correlation between the antenna ports may include: full correlation, partial correlation, or no correlation.

[0072] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the correlation between antenna ports of a single antenna panel and / or multiple antenna panels is considered, different antenna ports can be scheduled for correlated transmission and / or non-correlated transmission as required.

[0073] In some cases, a terminal device may open multiple antenna panels at the same time, which may also be limited by the hardware and software capabilities of the terminal device and / or in consideration of saving power consumption of the terminal device.

[0074] In one embodiment, the power levels include:

[0075] The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device;

[0076] or,

[0077] the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0078] or,

[0079] The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

[0080] For example, a terminal device may determine a maximum transmit power or a maximum transmit power level based on its own hardware capabilities. The maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level of the terminal device may be reported to the base station, and the base station may determine the maximum transmit power used for configuring the terminal transmission based on needs and / or the transmit capabilities of each antenna panel.

[0081] The terminal device determines the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level specifically supported by the PUSCH sent on each antenna panel according to the maximum transmit power configured for the terminal by the network.

[0082] In another embodiment, the power level (i.e., power level information) carries the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level of each antenna panel. In this way, the network device receives the allocation coefficient and determines the transmit power or emissivity level that can be allocated to each antenna panel. The transmit power that can be allocated to each antenna panel determined here includes: one or more transmit powers supported by each antenna panel. The transmit power level that can be allocated to each antenna panel determined here includes: one or more transmit power levels supported by each antenna panel.

[0083] Exemplarily, after receiving the allocation coefficient, the network device determines the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level that can be allocated to each antenna panel according to the allocation coefficient.

[0084] In another embodiment, the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device is reported to the base station, and the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each antenna panel is reported to the base station or other network equipment. In this way, the base station can determine the maximum transmit power configured for terminal transmission based on the maximum transmit power level or maximum transmit power supported by the terminal device and the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each antenna panel.

[0085] In some embodiments, the terminal device may determine the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level based on its own hardware capabilities. The maximum transmit power level or maximum transmit power of the terminal device is reported to the base station, and the base station may determine the maximum transmit power configured for the terminal for transmission based on needs and / or the transmit capabilities of each antenna panel.

[0086] In one embodiment, the relevant capability information further includes: power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

[0087] The power allocation information may be used by network equipment such as a base station to determine power allocation for simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels of a terminal.

[0088] The power allocation information may contain various specific information contents, and the following options are provided:

[0089] The power allocation information includes but is not limited to one of the following:

[0090] Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station;

[0091] The allocation coefficient indicates the power allocation ratio among the multiple antenna panels in the terminal device.

[0092] Exemplarily, when the power level includes the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device, the relevant capability information further includes: the power allocation information.

[0093] If the power allocation information includes: allocation method information, the allocation method may indicate one of the predefined allocation methods as a method for allocating power among the multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

[0094] The predefined allocation method includes but is not limited to: average allocation, allocation according to a predetermined coefficient, or allocation by a network device on the network side dynamically determining an allocation coefficient according to a current wireless environment.

[0095] In another embodiment, the terminal device directly reports the allocation coefficient, which directly indicates the allocation ratio expected by the terminal device. In this way, after receiving the allocation coefficient, the network device such as the base station determines the maximum transmission power used for the terminal transmission.

[0096] In some embodiments, the transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes:

[0097] Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception;

[0098] and / or,

[0099] Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

[0100] In the disclosed embodiment, the transmission direction supported by the antenna panel information can facilitate network equipment to schedule antenna panels that support uplink transmission to complete uplink transmission as needed. The antenna panel information here may include: antenna panel identification and / or whether the antenna panel has uplink transmission capability and other antenna panel information.

[0101] In some embodiments, the relevant characteristic information includes:

[0102] Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel;

[0103] and / or,

[0104] Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

[0105] In some embodiments, when an antenna panel (eg, a physical antenna panel) has multiple antenna ports, these antenna ports may be correlated or may not be correlated.

[0106] For example, the correlation characteristic information indicates that different antenna ports in the same antenna panel are correlated, and the antenna ports with correlation in the antenna panel can perform correlated transmission.

[0107] For another example, if the correlation characteristic information indicates that different antenna ports in the same antenna panel have no correlation, then multiple antenna ports in the antenna panel can perform non-correlated simultaneous transmission.

[0108] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the related characteristic information not only involves the correlation between antenna ports of a single antenna panel, but also involves the description of the related characteristics between multiple antenna ports included in multiple antenna panels.

[0109] In this way, the network device can schedule the terminal device to use the antenna ports of multiple antenna panels for correlated transmission or non-correlated transmission of uplink synchronous transmission, or the terminal device can schedule multiple antenna ports of multiple antenna panels for uplink synchronous transmission.

[0110] In one embodiment, the related characteristic information indicates a related type; different related types have different mapped related characteristics;

[0111] The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following:

[0112] Fully relevant;

[0113] Partially related;

[0114] Not relevant.

[0115] In some embodiments, the relevant characteristic information may be used to indicate various relevant characteristic types.

[0116] Exemplarily, the correlation type between antenna ports on the same antenna panel may include at least one of the following:

[0117] Type 1: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve three types of correlation characteristics: full correlation, partial correlation, and non-correlation;

[0118] Type 2: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve both partially correlated and non-correlated characteristics;

[0119] Type 3: Antenna ports on the same antenna panel indicate only non-correlation.

[0120] Exemplarily, the related characteristic types between antenna ports of different antenna panels include at least one of the following:

[0121] Type 1: all antenna ports on different antenna panels are fully correlated;

[0122] Type 2: Some antenna ports on different antenna panels are partially correlated;

[0123] Type 3: Antenna ports on different antenna panels are unrelated.

[0124] As another example, the type of correlation characteristics between antenna ports of different antenna panels includes at least one of the following:

[0125] Type 1: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve three types of correlation characteristics: full correlation, partial correlation, and non-correlation;

[0126] Type 2: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve both partially correlated and non-correlated characteristics;

[0127] Type 3: Antenna ports on the same antenna panel indicate only non-correlation.

[0128] In some embodiments, the switching delay information indicates the switching delay or switching delay level between the activated antenna panels.

[0129] The antenna panel has multiple states, one is an inactive state, one is an activated state, and the other is a working state.

[0130] Both the inactive and activated states are inactive. An activation operation can activate an inactive antenna panel, thereby switching it to the active state. For example, initializing the antenna panel or configuring antenna parameters can switch the antenna panel from the inactive state to the active state.

[0131] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the switching delay information indicates: the switching delay or switching delay level between activated antenna panels, which can facilitate the network side equipment to determine whether it is necessary to indicate the switching between activated antenna panels in the terminal device at an appropriate time according to transmission requirements.

[0132] In other embodiments, the switching delay information may also indicate the switching delay or switching delay level between inactive antenna panels.

[0133] In some other embodiments, the switching delay information may further indicate the switching delay or switching delay level between an inactivated antenna panel and an activated antenna panel.

[0134] The switching of antenna panels in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be considered as the switching of antenna panels in a working state within the terminal device.

[0135] In some embodiments, the capability information of the antenna panel in the terminal device is reported by at least one of the following signalings:

[0136] Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0137] Media Access Control-Control Element (MAC-CE);

[0138] Uplink Control Information (UCI)

[0139] The above-mentioned relevant capability information can be carried in the RRC signaling, MAC-CE or UCI of the terminal device and reported to the network device such as the base station. In specific implementation, the signaling carrying the relevant capability information is not limited to the above-mentioned signaling.

[0140] As shown in FIG5 and FIG4 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a terminal device having multiple antenna panels. The method includes:

[0141] S1210: Report relevant capability information to the base station, where the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels.

[0142] S1220: Receive a scheduling instruction determined according to the relevant capability information;

[0143] S1230: When the scheduling instruction instructs the terminal device to transmit uplink simultaneously on multiple antenna panels, multiple antenna panels are used to perform uplink related transmission or non-related transmission simultaneously.

[0144] It should be noted that the aforementioned multiple embodiments of the present disclosure executed by the UE can be implemented separately or in combination, and the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

[0145] As shown in FIG6 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a base station. The method includes:

[0146] S2110: Receive relevant capability information reported by a terminal device; the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

[0147] The base station will receive relevant capability information sent by the terminal device; the relevant capability information can be used by the base station to determine whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple panels. If the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels, the base station can schedule the terminal device that supports simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels to perform simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels when there is demand when scheduling the transmission of the terminal device.

[0148] In some embodiments, the relevant capability information includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0149] The power level of the terminal device may reflect the overall power level of the terminal device, or may be the power level of each antenna panel included in the terminal device.

[0150] The power level may reflect the transmit power of the terminal device as a whole and / or a single antenna panel.

[0151] The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device may specifically be at least one of the following:

[0152] The total number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device;

[0153] The total number of available physical antenna panels included in the terminal device.

[0154] Among them, the total number of available physical antenna panels contained in the terminal device means: some antenna panels of the terminal device are faulty, some antenna panels are unavailable, or the antenna panels are used for other communications. For example, the antenna panel is used for WIFI communication (for example, non-NR communication). The information of this antenna panel is reported to the base station and cannot be used. Therefore, it does not need to be counted in the available physical antenna panels and reported to the base station.

[0155] In some embodiments, some antenna panels only support unidirectional transmission. For example, some antenna panels support both uplink and downlink transmission, while others only support downlink transmission. In this case, the transmission direction information can be used by the terminal device to indicate the transmission directions supported by all antenna panels it contains.

[0156] An antenna panel can support the transmission of one SRS antenna port, but can also have the transmission capability of multiple SRS antenna ports. When transmitting information, one antenna port can correspond to the transmission capability of one data stream.

[0157] The number of MIMO layers supported by an antenna panel also determines the number of data streams it can simultaneously transmit. Typically, the maximum number of MIMO layers is equal to the maximum SRS port data.

[0158] If an antenna panel has multiple antenna ports, whether there is correlation between the multiple antenna ports can be indicated by the correlation characteristic information. The correlation between the antenna ports may include: full correlation, partial correlation, or no correlation.

[0159] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the correlation between antenna ports of a single antenna panel and / or multiple antenna panels is considered, different antenna ports can be scheduled for correlated transmission and / or non-correlated transmission as required.

[0160] In some cases, a terminal device may open multiple antenna panels at the same time, which may also be limited by the hardware and software capabilities of the terminal device and / or in consideration of saving power consumption of the terminal device.

[0161] In one embodiment, the power levels include:

[0162] The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device;

[0163] or,

[0164] the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0165] or,

[0166] The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

[0167] In some embodiments, the terminal device may determine a maximum transmit power or a maximum transmit power level based on its own hardware capabilities. The maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level of the terminal device may be reported to the base station, and the base station may determine the maximum transmit power used for configuring the terminal transmission based on needs and / or the transmit capabilities of each antenna panel.

[0168] The terminal device determines the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level specifically supported by the PUSCH sent on each antenna panel according to the maximum transmit power configured for the terminal by the network.

[0169] In another embodiment, the power level (i.e., power level information) carries the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level of each antenna panel. In this way, the network device receives the allocation coefficient and determines the transmit power or emissivity level that can be allocated to each antenna panel. The transmit power that can be allocated to each antenna panel determined here includes: one or more transmit powers supported by each antenna panel. The maximum transmit power that can be allocated to each antenna panel determined here includes: one or more transmit power levels supported by each antenna panel.

[0170] Exemplarily, after receiving the allocation coefficient, the network device determines the maximum transmission power that can be allocated to each antenna panel, or the maximum transmission power level, according to the allocation coefficient.

[0171] In another embodiment, the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device is reported to the base station, and the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each antenna panel is reported to the base station or other network equipment. In this way, the base station can determine the maximum transmit power configured for terminal transmission based on the maximum transmit power level or maximum transmit power supported by the terminal device and the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each antenna panel.

[0172] In some embodiments, the terminal device may determine the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level based on its own hardware capabilities. The maximum transmit power level or maximum transmit power of the terminal device is reported to the base station, and the base station may determine the maximum transmit power configured for the terminal for transmission based on needs and / or the transmit capabilities of each antenna panel.

[0173] In one embodiment, the relevant capability information further includes: power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

[0174] The power allocation information may be used by network equipment such as a base station to determine power allocation for simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels of a terminal.

[0175] The power allocation information may contain various specific information contents, and the following options are provided:

[0176] The power allocation information includes but is not limited to one of the following:

[0177] Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station;

[0178] The allocation coefficient indicates the power allocation ratio among the multiple antenna panels in the terminal device.

[0179] Exemplarily, when the power level includes: the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device, the relevant capability information also includes: the power allocation information.

[0180] If the power allocation information includes: allocation method information, the allocation method may indicate one of the predefined allocation methods as a method for allocating power among the multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

[0181] The predefined allocation method includes but is not limited to: average allocation, allocation according to a predetermined coefficient, or allocation by a network device on the network side dynamically determining an allocation coefficient according to a current wireless environment.

[0182] In another embodiment, the terminal device directly reports the allocation coefficient, which directly indicates the allocation ratio expected by the terminal device. In this way, after receiving the allocation coefficient, the base station and other network devices directly allocate the transmission power among multiple antenna panels according to the ratio corresponding to the allocation coefficient within the transmission power range corresponding to the maximum transmission power supported by the terminal device or the maximum transmission power level.

[0183] In some embodiments, the transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes:

[0184] Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception;

[0185] and / or,

[0186] Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

[0187] In the disclosed embodiments, the transmission directions supported by the antenna panel information can facilitate network equipment to schedule antenna panels that support uplink transmission to complete uplink transmission as needed. The antenna panel information here may include information about the antenna panel, such as the antenna panel identifier and / or whether the antenna panel has uplink transmission capability.

[0188] In some embodiments, the relevant characteristic information includes:

[0189] Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel;

[0190] and / or,

[0191] Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

[0192] In some embodiments, when an antenna panel (eg, a physical antenna panel) has multiple antenna ports, these antenna ports may be correlated or may not be correlated.

[0193] For example, the correlation characteristic information indicates that different antenna ports in the same antenna panel are correlated, and the antenna ports with correlation in the antenna panel can perform correlated transmission.

[0194] For another example, if the correlation characteristic information indicates that different antenna ports in the same antenna panel have no correlation, then multiple antenna ports in the antenna panel can perform non-correlated simultaneous transmission.

[0195] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the related characteristic information not only involves the correlation between antenna ports of a single antenna panel, but also involves the description of the related characteristics between multiple antenna ports included in multiple antenna panels.

[0196] In this way, the network device can schedule the terminal device to use the antenna ports of multiple antenna panels for correlated transmission or non-correlated transmission of uplink synchronous transmission, or the terminal device can schedule multiple antenna ports of multiple antenna panels for uplink synchronous transmission.

[0197] In one embodiment, the related characteristic information indicates a related type; different related types have different mapped related characteristics;

[0198] The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following:

[0199] Fully relevant;

[0200] Partially related;

[0201] Not relevant.

[0202] In some embodiments, the relevant characteristic information may be used to indicate various relevant characteristic types.

[0203] Exemplarily, the correlation type between antenna ports on the same antenna panel may include at least one of the following:

[0204] Type 1: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve three types of correlation characteristics: full correlation, partial correlation, and non-correlation;

[0205] Type 2: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve both partially correlated and non-correlated characteristics;

[0206] Type 3: Antenna ports on the same antenna panel indicate only non-correlation.

[0207] Exemplarily, the related characteristic types between antenna ports of different antenna panels include at least one of the following:

[0208] Type 1: all antenna ports on different antenna panels are fully correlated;

[0209] Type 2: Some antenna ports on different antenna panels are partially correlated;

[0210] Type 3: Antenna ports on different antenna panels are unrelated.

[0211] As another example, the type of correlation characteristics between antenna ports of different antenna panels includes at least one of the following:

[0212] Type 1: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve three types of correlation characteristics: full correlation, partial correlation, and non-correlation;

[0213] Type 2: The antenna ports of the same antenna panel can achieve both partially correlated and non-correlated characteristics;

[0214] Type 3: Antenna ports on the same antenna panel indicate only non-correlation.

[0215] In some embodiments, the switching delay information indicates the switching delay or switching delay level between the activated antenna panels.

[0216] The antenna panel has multiple states, one is an inactive state, one is an activated state, and the other is a working state.

[0217] Both the inactive and activated states are inactive. An activation operation can activate an inactive antenna panel, thereby switching it to the active state. For example, initializing the antenna panel or configuring antenna parameters can switch the antenna panel from the inactive state to the active state.

[0218] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the switching delay information indicates: the switching delay or switching delay level between activated antenna panels, which can facilitate the network side equipment to determine whether it is necessary to indicate the switching between activated antenna panels in the terminal device at an appropriate time according to transmission requirements.

[0219] In other embodiments, the switching delay information may also indicate the switching delay or switching delay level between inactive antenna panels.

[0220] In some other embodiments, the switching delay information may further indicate the switching delay or switching delay level between an inactivated antenna panel and an activated antenna panel.

[0221] The switching of antenna panels in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be considered as the switching of antenna panels in a working state within the terminal device.

[0222] In some embodiments, the capability information related to the antenna panel in the terminal device is received through at least one of the following signalings;

[0223] RRC signaling;

[0224] MAC-CE;

[0225] Uplink control information UCI.

[0226] The above-mentioned relevant capability information can be carried in the RRC signaling, MAC-CE or UCI of the terminal device and reported to the network device such as the base station. In specific implementation, the signaling carrying the relevant capability information is not limited to the above-mentioned signaling.

[0227] As shown in FIG7 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a network device such as a base station. The method includes:

[0228] S2210: Receive relevant capability information reported by a terminal device; the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

[0229] S2220: Determine, based on the relevant capability information, that the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels, and send an instruction to the terminal device to perform simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

[0230] Consider using multi-antenna panel terminal equipment to achieve simultaneous uplink transmission for multiple TRPs to further improve the uplink system transmission throughput and transmission reliability.

[0231] Before the network configures a terminal device to transmit multiple antenna panels simultaneously, the terminal device needs to report its ability to support simultaneous uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels. Therefore, it is necessary to define the relevant capabilities reported by the terminal device and the reporting method.

[0232] In order to support the network side scheduling of terminal devices to achieve simultaneous uplink multi-panel transmission, the embodiment of the present disclosure considers the terminal devices reporting multi-panel related capability information. The reporting method is as follows:

[0233] The reported parameters may include at least one or more of the following reporting combinations:

[0234] Terminal device capability level, for example, an enhanced definition of a terminal device power level that includes at least a single antenna configuration, including at least one or more of the following:

[0235] The total transmit power or power level of the terminal device. By default, the power is evenly distributed among the different multi-antenna panels that support simultaneous uplink transmission.

[0236] The total transmit power or power level of the terminal device, supporting dynamic allocation of power among multiple antenna panels that support simultaneous uplink transmission.

[0237] It can also report the power allocation coefficient between multiple antenna panels, the maximum transmit power or power level of different panels of the terminal device, and specifically report the maximum transmit power value or power level corresponding to each independent pair of panels;

[0238] The total transmit power or power level of the terminal device and the maximum transmit power or power level of different antenna panels of the terminal device

[0239] The number of physical antenna panels on the terminal device. The physical antenna panel data here only includes antenna panels that support downlink reception.

[0240] The number of antenna panels that can be used for uplink independent transmission, that is, the number of antenna panels that support independent power amplifiers (PA).

[0241] Maximum number of SRS ports and maximum number of MIMO layers supported on each antenna panel.

[0242] Antenna port related characteristics on each antenna panel. The reported related characteristics of each antenna panel are one of the following types:

[0243] Type 1: supports fully correlated FC, partially correlated PC and non-correlated NC;

[0244] Type 2: supports partially related PCs and non-related NCs;

[0245] Type 3: Non-correlated NC.

[0246] Antenna port related characteristics between different antenna panels. The reported antenna panel related characteristics type is one of the following:

[0247] Method 1:

[0248] Type 1: Full correlation FC;

[0249] Type 2: Partially correlated PC;

[0250] Type 3: Non-correlated NC.

[0251] Method 2:

[0252] Type 1: supports fully correlated FC, partially correlated PC, and non-correlated NC.

[0253] Type 2: Partially correlated PC and non-correlated NC.

[0254] Type 3: Non-correlated NC.

[0255] The switching delay between activated antenna panels. This parameter is mainly used for scheduling transmission schemes between antenna panels.

[0256] Whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink multi-antenna panel transmission.

[0257] The reporting method of the terminal device can be as follows:

[0258] Report and update all or part of the information through RRC signaling

[0259] Report and update all or part of the information through MAC-CE signaling

[0260] Report and update all or part of the information through DCI signaling

[0261] For terminal devices that support simultaneous uplink multi-panel transmission, at least one of the above information can be reported to the network together with other UE capabilities, so that the network can be aware of the terminal device's multi-antenna panel support capability to achieve more accurate scheduling of simultaneous uplink transmission.

[0262] Through enhanced terminal device capability reporting, the terminal device can inform the network of information about multi-panel support features, allowing the network to accurately schedule more appropriate transmission solutions.

[0263] It should be noted that the aforementioned multiple embodiments of the present disclosure executed by the base station device can be implemented separately or in combination, and the present disclosure does not limit this. It should be noted that the explanations of the terms in the aforementioned multiple embodiments of the present disclosure executed by the base station device are the same as the explanations of the same terms in the aforementioned multiple embodiments executed by the UE, and will not be repeated here.

[0264] As shown in FIG8 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device comprising:

[0265] The sending module 110 is configured to report relevant capability information to the base station, where the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device with multiple antenna panels supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

[0266] The information processing device may be included in a terminal device having a plurality of antenna panels.

[0267] In some embodiments, the sending module 110 may be a program module, which can implement the above operations after being executed by a processor.

[0268] In other embodiments, the sending module 110 may be a soft-hard combination module; the soft-hard combination module includes but is not limited to various programmable arrays; the programmable arrays include but are not limited to: field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0269] In some other embodiments, the sending module 110 may include but is not limited to a pure hardware module; the pure hardware module may include but is not limited to a dedicated integrated circuit.

[0270] In some embodiments, the relevant capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0271] The power level of the terminal device;

[0272] The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device;

[0273] Transmission direction information supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0274] The maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported by each antenna panel;

[0275] the maximum number of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers supported by each antenna panel;

[0276] Related characteristic information, used to indicate the correlation between antenna ports included in the antenna panel;

[0277] Switching delay information between different antenna panels;

[0278] Related information on whether the terminal device supports uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

[0279] In some embodiments, the power levels include:

[0280] The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device;

[0281] or,

[0282] the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0283] or,

[0284] The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

[0285] In some embodiments, the relevant capability information further includes:

[0286] Power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

[0287] In some embodiments, the power allocation information includes:

[0288] Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station;

[0289] The allocation coefficient indicates the power allocation ratio among the multiple antenna panels in the terminal device.

[0290] In some embodiments, the transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes:

[0291] Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception;

[0292] and / or,

[0293] Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

[0294] In some embodiments, the relevant characteristic information includes:

[0295] Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel;

[0296] and / or,

[0297] Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

[0298] In some embodiments, the related characteristic information indicates a related type; different related types have different mapped related characteristics;

[0299] The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following:

[0300] Fully relevant;

[0301] Partially related;

[0302] Not relevant.

[0303] In some embodiments, the switching delay information indicates the switching delay or switching delay level between the activated antenna panels.

[0304] In some embodiments, the capability information of the antenna panel in the terminal device is reported by at least one of the following signalings:

[0305] Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0306] Media Access Control Element MAC-CE;

[0307] Uplink control information UCI.

[0308] As shown in FIG9 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device comprising:

[0309] The receiving module 210 is configured to receive relevant capability information reported by a terminal device; the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

[0310] The information processing device may be included in a network device such as a base station.

[0311] In some embodiments, the receiving module 210 may be a program module, which can implement the above operations after being executed by a processor.

[0312] In other embodiments, the receiving module 210 may be a soft-hard combination module; the soft-hard combination module includes but is not limited to various programmable arrays; the programmable arrays include but are not limited to: field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0313] In some other embodiments, the receiving module 210 may include but is not limited to a pure hardware module; the pure hardware module may include but is not limited to a dedicated integrated circuit.

[0314] In some embodiments, the relevant capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0315] The power level of the terminal device;

[0316] The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device;

[0317] Transmission direction information supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0318] The maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported by each antenna panel;

[0319] the maximum number of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers supported by each antenna panel;

[0320] Related characteristic information, used to indicate the correlation between antenna ports included in the antenna panel;

[0321] Switching delay information between different antenna panels;

[0322] Related information on whether the terminal device supports uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

[0323] In some embodiments, the power levels include:

[0324] The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device;

[0325] or,

[0326] the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels;

[0327] or,

[0328] The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

[0329] In some embodiments, the relevant capability information further includes:

[0330] Power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

[0331] In some embodiments, the power allocation information includes:

[0332] Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station;

[0333] The distribution coefficient indicates the power distribution ratio between the multiple antenna panels in the terminal device.

[0334] In some embodiments, the transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes:

[0335] Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception;

[0336] and / or,

[0337] Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

[0338] In some embodiments, the relevant characteristic information includes:

[0339] Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel;

[0340] and / or,

[0341] Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

[0342] In some embodiments, the related characteristic information indicates a related type; different related types have different mapped related characteristics;

[0343] The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following:

[0344] Fully relevant;

[0345] Partially related;

[0346] Not relevant.

[0347] In some embodiments, the switching delay information has at least activated the switching delay between the antenna panels.

[0348] In some embodiments, the capability information related to the antenna panel in the terminal device is received through at least one of the following signalings;

[0349] Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0350] Media Access Control Element MAC-CE;

[0351] Uplink control information UCI.

[0352] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

[0353] a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0354] Processor, respectively memory connected;

[0355] The processor is configured to execute the information processing method provided by any of the aforementioned technical solutions.

[0356] The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media that can continue to store information after the communication device loses power.

[0357] Here, the communication equipment includes: terminal equipment or base station and other network equipment.

[0358] The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like, and may be configured to read an executable program stored in the memory, for example, at least one of the methods shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 9 .

[0359] Figure 10 is a block diagram of a terminal device 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the terminal device 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user device, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0360] 10 , the terminal device 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802 , a memory 804 , a power component 806 , a multimedia component 808 , an audio component 810 , an input / output (I / O) interface 812 , a sensor component 814 , and a communication component 816 .

[0361] The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operation of the terminal device 800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operation, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the above-described method. In addition, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0362] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the terminal device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the terminal device 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0363] The power supply component 806 provides power to various components of the terminal device 800. The power supply component 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to the terminal device 800.

[0364] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the terminal device 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen can be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor can not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the terminal device 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0365] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC). When the terminal device 800 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive external audio signals. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0366] I / O interface 812 provides an interface between processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, such as a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: a home button, volume buttons, a start button, and a lock button.

[0367] The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the terminal device 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 can detect the open / closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the terminal device 800. The sensor assembly 814 can also detect changes in the position of the terminal device 800 or a component of the terminal device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the terminal device 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the terminal device 800, and temperature changes of the terminal device 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0368] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the terminal device 800 and other devices. The terminal device 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

[0369] In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal device 800 can be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the above method.

[0370] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 804 including instructions, which can be executed by the processor 820 of the terminal device 800 to generate the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

[0371] As shown in FIG11 , an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of an access device. For example, a communication device 900 can be provided as a network side device. The communication device can be the aforementioned terminal device or base station, etc.

[0372] 11 , communication device 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and memory resources represented by memory 932 for storing instructions, such as applications, that can be executed by processing component 922. The applications stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. Furthermore, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the aforementioned methods applied to the access device, such as the methods shown in any of Figures 4 to 7 .

[0373] The communication device 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the communication device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the communication device 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. The communication device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

[0374] Other embodiments of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention that follow from the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The description and examples are to be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0375] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method, performed by a terminal device having multiple antenna panels, comprising: Report relevant capability information to the base station, where the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The relevant capability information includes at least one of the following: The power level of the terminal device; The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device; Transmission direction information supported by each of the antenna panels; The maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported by each antenna panel; the maximum number of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers supported by each antenna panel; Related characteristic information, used to indicate the correlation between antenna ports included in the antenna panel; Switching delay information between different antenna panels; Related information on whether the terminal device supports uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The power levels include: The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device; or the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels; or, The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The relevant capability information also includes: Power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device; The power allocation information includes: Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station; The allocation coefficient is used to determine the distribution ratio of the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level of the terminal device among the multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein: The transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes: Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception; and / or, Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

6. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein: The relevant characteristic information includes: Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel; and / or, Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: The relevant characteristic information indicates the relevant type; different relevant types have different mapped relevant characteristics; The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following: Fully relevant; Partially related; Not relevant.

8. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein: The switching delay information indicates the switching delay or switching delay level between the activated antenna panels.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: Reporting relevant capability information of the antenna panel in the terminal device through at least one of the following signaling; Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; Media Access Control Element MAC-CE; Uplink control information UCI.

10. An information processing method, performed by a base station, the method comprising: Receive relevant capability information reported by terminal devices; The relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; The terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein: The relevant capability information includes at least one of the following: The power level of the terminal device; The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device; Transmission direction information supported by each of the antenna panels; The maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported by each antenna panel; the maximum number of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers supported by each antenna panel; Related characteristic information, used to indicate the correlation between antenna ports included in the antenna panel; Switching delay information between different antenna panels; Related information on whether the terminal device supports uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein The power levels include: The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device; or, the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels; or, The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The relevant capability information also includes: Power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device; The power allocation information includes: Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station; The allocation coefficient is used to determine the distribution ratio of the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level of the terminal device among the multiple antenna panels of the terminal device.

14. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein: The transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes: Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception; and / or, Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

15. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein: The relevant characteristic information includes: Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel; and / or, Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein The relevant characteristic information indicates the relevant type; different relevant types have different mapped relevant characteristics; The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following: Fully relevant; Partially related; Not relevant.

17. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein: The switching delay information has at least activated the switching delay between the antenna panels.

18. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein: Receiving relevant capability information of the antenna panel in the terminal device through at least one of the following signaling; Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; Media Access Control Element MAC-CE; Uplink control information UCI.

19. An information processing device, comprising: The sending module is configured to report relevant capability information to the base station, where the relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device with multiple antenna panels supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein The relevant capability information includes at least one of the following: The power level of the terminal device; The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device; Transmission direction information supported by each of the antenna panels; The maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported by each antenna panel; the maximum number of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers supported by each antenna panel; Related characteristic information, used to indicate the correlation between antenna ports included in the antenna panel; Switching delay information between different antenna panels; Related information on whether the terminal device supports uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

21. The device according to claim 20, wherein The power levels include: The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device; or, the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels; or, The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

22. The device according to claim 21, wherein The relevant capability information also includes: Power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device; The power allocation information includes: Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station; The allocation coefficient indicates the power allocation ratio among the multiple antenna panels in the terminal device.

23. The device according to any one of claims 20 to 22, wherein The transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes: Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception; and / or, Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

24. The device according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein The relevant characteristic information includes: Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel; and / or, Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

25. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein The relevant characteristic information indicates the relevant type; different relevant types have different mapped relevant characteristics; The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following: Fully relevant; Partially related; Not relevant.

26. The device according to any one of claims 20 to 25, wherein The switching delay information indicates the switching delay or switching delay level between the activated antenna panels.

27. The device according to any one of claims 19 to 26, wherein Reporting relevant capability information of the antenna panel in the terminal device through at least one of the following signaling; Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; Media Access Control Element MAC-CE; Uplink control information UCI.

28. An information processing device, comprising: A receiving module configured to receive relevant capability information reported by a terminal device; The relevant capability information indicates whether the terminal device supports simultaneous uplink transmission of STxMP by multiple antenna panels; the terminal device is a terminal device with multiple antenna panels.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein The relevant capability information includes at least one of the following: The power level of the terminal device; The number of physical antenna panels included in the terminal device; Transmission direction information supported by each of the antenna panels; The maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported by each antenna panel; the maximum number of uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers supported by each antenna panel; Related characteristic information, used to indicate the correlation between antenna ports included in the antenna panel; Switching delay information between different antenna panels; Related information on whether the terminal device supports uplink transmission of multiple antenna panels.

30. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein The power levels include: The maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device; or, the maximum transmit power or maximum transmit power level supported by each of the antenna panels; or, The maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by the terminal device, and the maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power level supported by each antenna panel.

31. The device according to claim 30, wherein The relevant capability information also includes: Power allocation information, wherein the power allocation information is used for power allocation among multiple antenna panels of the terminal device; The power allocation information includes: Allocation mode information, used to determine whether to allocate the maximum transmit power or the maximum transmit power level supported by the terminal device to the multiple antenna panels according to a predefined allocation mode or an instruction from a base station; The allocation coefficient indicates the power allocation ratio among the multiple antenna panels in the terminal device.

32. The device according to any one of claims 28 to 31, wherein The transmission direction information supported by the antenna panel includes: Antenna panel information supporting downlink reception; and / or, Antenna panel information that supports uplink transmission and downlink reception.

33. The device according to any one of claims 28 to 32, wherein The relevant characteristic information includes: Related characteristic information of different antenna ports within a single antenna panel; and / or, Related characteristic information between antenna ports included in different antenna panels.

34. The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein The relevant characteristic information indicates the relevant type; different relevant types have different mapped relevant characteristics; The relevant characteristics include at least one of the following: Fully relevant; Partially related; Not relevant.

35. The apparatus according to any one of claims 28 to 34, wherein The switching delay information has at least activated the switching delay between the antenna panels.

36. The apparatus according to any one of claims 28 to 35, wherein Receiving relevant capability information of the antenna panel in the terminal device through at least one of the following signaling; Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; Media Access Control Element MAC-CE; Uplink control information UCI.

37. A communication device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein: When the processor runs the executable program, the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 9 or 10 to 18 is performed.

38. A computer storage medium storing an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 9 or 10 to 18.

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