Beam report transmission method, device, storage medium and program product

Abstract

The method, device, storage medium and program product for transmitting a beam report provided by the embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of communication. By adding, by a terminal device, quantity information of candidate beams exceeding a quality index of a target beam in a beam report and ordering information of beams corresponding to an activated TCI state set according to the quality index, the network device can clearly trigger the candidate beams of event 7 and the to-be-replaced beams in the activated TCI state set, and then the TCI state can be more accurately updated, so that the subsequent activated TCI state has higher reliability.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular to a method for sending a beam report, a device, a storage medium and a program product. BACKGROUND

[0002] In a conventional beam management process, a network device (NW) can configure / activate frequent periodic or semi-persistent beam reporting (e.g., N best beams and their corresponding L1-RSRP) or trigger frequent aperiodic beam reporting in order to obtain the best / preferred beam for data / control transmission in a timely manner. However, this will obviously result in a large uplink reporting overhead and control signaling overhead. Since the user equipment (UE) knows more about the beam quality change, the NW may not be able to determine when to trigger the aperiodic beam reporting. With the help of the UE-initiated / event-driven (UEI / ED) beam reporting, the NW can update the link / beam quality for inter-UE communication in a timely manner without consuming excessive resources and power consumption, and thus the UEI / ED beam reporting method is proposed. The beam reporting process initiated by the UE can provide beam reporting in a more timely manner while reducing the reporting overhead. Therefore, how to reasonably define the event and efficiently send the beam report is crucial in the UEI / ED beam management.

[0003] In one related technology, the UEI / ED beam management has introduced Event-7 for updating the activated TCI state. The triggering feature of Event-7 is that the quality of at least one new beam reaches a threshold (better than the Qth best quality reference signal RS derived from the activated transmission configuration indication TCI state), and the UE will initiate the Event-7 beam report to indicate that there is a better TCI state in the new beam, and the currently activated TCI state needs to be updated. In the current discussion, it has been agreed that Event-7 does not have special requirements and should reuse the reporting format of Event-2 as much as possible to reduce complexity.

[0004] However, the network device cannot determine the difference in the validity of the activated TCI state through the report when the related technology reuses the reporting format of Event-2, and cannot perform scheduling according to the difference in the TCI state. SUMMARY

[0005] Embodiments of the present application provide a method for sending a beam report, a device, a storage medium and a program product, which are applied to the technical field of communication.

[0006] In a first aspect, the embodiments of the present application provide a method for sending a beam report, which is applied to a terminal device, and the method comprises:

[0007] detect quality indicators of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, and compare the quality indicators with a quality indicator of a target beam, wherein the target beam is a beam corresponding to a Q-th activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state in an activated TCI state set;

[0008] if it is detected that a quality indicator of at least one candidate beam in the candidate beam set exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, determine quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, and ordering information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to quality indicators;

[0009] generate a beam report, wherein the beam report includes the quantity information and the ordering information, and identifiers and quality indicators of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set;

[0010] send the beam report to a network device.

[0011] The method for sending a beam report provided in the present application enables the network device to determine candidate beams triggering Event-7 and beams to be replaced in the activated TCI state set, so that the TCI state can be updated more accurately, and the reliability of the activated TCI state is improved.

[0012] In a possible implementation, the quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam is determined by:

[0013] determining a target bit length of the quantity information according to a quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report;

[0014] converting the quantity of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam into an encoding of the target bit length as the quantity information.

[0015] That is, the target bit length of the quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam (a beam corresponding to a Q-th activated TCI state in the activated TCI state set) is determined by the terminal device according to the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report, that is, the quantity information is encoded into the target bit length, and the network device can determine candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam according to the encoding of the quantity information of the target bit length, in combination with the identifiers and quality indicators of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set included in the beam report, that is, candidate beams triggering Event-7, which reduces the data quantity compared with the prior art in which 1 bit is added to indicate each beam.

[0016] In a possible implementation, before determining the target bit length of the quantity information according to the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report, the method further includes:

[0017] receiving a first configuration instruction of the network device, and configuring the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report according to the first configuration instruction.

[0018] In a possible implementation, determining the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states according to the quality indicators includes:

[0019] encoding the index numbers of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states;

[0020] ordering the encoding of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states, to obtain the ordering information.

[0021] That is, the terminal device can encode the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states according to the quality indicators to reduce the data quantity.

[0022] In a possible implementation, the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states is obtained by ordering the encoding of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states, including:

[0023] ordering the encoding of all the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states, to obtain the ordering information.

[0024] That is, the terminal device adds the ordering information of all the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states to the beam report, so that the network device can learn the quality conditions of all the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states, facilitating subsequent scheduling.

[0025] In a possible implementation, the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states is obtained by ordering the encoding of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states, including:

[0026] ordering the encoding of a preset quantity of beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states with the worst quality indicators according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the set of activated TCI states, to obtain the ordering information.

[0027] That is, the terminal device does not need to report all the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, but only reports the sorting information of a preset number of beams with the worst quality indicators in the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in the beam report, which can reduce the data amount of the sorting information.

[0028] In a possible implementation, the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set is sorted according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, to obtain the sorting information, including:

[0029] The encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states after the Rth in the quality indicator ranking in the activated TCI state set is sorted according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, to obtain the sorting information.

[0030] That is, the terminal device does not need to report all the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, but only reports the sorting information of the beams after the Rth in the quality indicator ranking in the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in the beam report, which can reduce the data amount of the sorting information.

[0031] In a possible implementation, the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set is sorted according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, to obtain the sorting information, including:

[0032] The target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams with quality indicators exceeding that of the target beam.

[0033] The encoding of the beams corresponding to the target number of activated TCI states with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set is sorted according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, to obtain the sorting information.

[0034] That is, the number of beams included in the sorting information adopts a dynamic number, the target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams with quality indicators exceeding that of the target beam, and only the sorting information of the target number of beams with the worst quality indicators in the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set is reported in the beam report, which has higher flexibility and practicability.

[0035] In a possible implementation, the target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams with quality indicators exceeding that of the target beam, including:

[0036] The number of candidate beams with quality indicators exceeding that of the target beam is determined as the target number.

[0037] That is, the terminal device determines the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam as the target number, that is, the target number of beams included in the sorting information is equal to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, so that in a relatively ideal state, the network device can replace the target number of beams with the worst quality indicators in the corresponding beams in the activated TCI state set with the candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, to accurately update the TCI state.

[0038] In a possible implementation, the target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, including:

[0039] If the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is greater than or equal to M-Q, the target number is determined as M-Q, where M is the number of beams corresponding to all activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set; or

[0040] If the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is less than M-Q, the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is determined as the target number.

[0041] That is, in the case where the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam has exceeded the number of beams ranked after the Qth in the activated TCI state set, only the sorting information of the beams ranked after the Qth in the activated TCI state set needs to be reported, that is, the target number is equal to M-Q; if the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is less than M-Q, the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam can be determined as the target number, that is, the target number of beams included in the sorting information is equal to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, so that in a relatively ideal state, the network device can replace the target number of beams with the worst quality indicators in the corresponding beams in the activated TCI state set with the candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, to accurately update the TCI state.

[0042] In a possible implementation, after the beam report is sent to the network device, the method further includes:

[0043] receiving a TCI state set update instruction sent by the network device according to the beam report, where the TCI state set update instruction includes an updated activated TCI state set determined by the network device according to the beam report;

[0044] replacing the activated TCI state set with the updated activated TCI state set.

[0045] That is, after receiving the beam report, the network device can make more accurate TCI activation and scheduling update according to the beam report.

[0046] In a third aspect, the embodiments of the present application provide a beam switching method based on a beam report, applied to a network device, the method comprising:

[0047] receiving a beam report sent by a terminal device, wherein the beam report comprises: an identifier and a quality indicator of each candidate beam in a candidate beam set, quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of a target beam, and sorting information of beams corresponding to an activated TCI state set according to quality indicators, the target beam being a beam corresponding to a Qth activated TCI state in an activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state set in terms of quality indicator ranking;

[0048] determining, according to the beam report, candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam and beams in the activated TCI state set to be replaced.

[0049] The beam switching method based on a beam report provided by the embodiments of the present application can determine, by a network device parsing a beam report, candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of a target beam and beams in an activated TCI state set to be replaced, for subsequent accurate TCI activation and scheduling update.

[0050] In a possible implementation, the method further comprises:

[0051] determining an updated activated TCI state set according to the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam and the beams in the activated TCI state set to be replaced;

[0052] sending a TCI state set update instruction to the terminal device, the TCI state set update instruction comprising the updated activated TCI state set.

[0053] That is, the network device can update the activated TCI state set and send it to the terminal device for subsequent beam management; after receiving the TCI state set update instruction, the terminal device can determine a target candidate beam of a to-be-activated TCI state and a beam in the activated TCI state set to be replaced, activate the TCI state of the target candidate beam of the to-be-activated TCI state, and deactivate the TCI state of the beam in the activated TCI state set to be replaced.

[0054] In a possible implementation, determining the updated activated TCI state set according to the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam and the beams in the activated TCI state set to be replaced comprises:

[0055] replace the TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set with the TCI state of the candidate beam whose quality index exceeds that of the target beam.

[0056] That is, the network device replaces the TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set with the TCI state of the candidate beam whose quality index exceeds that of the target beam, and obtains the updated activated TCI state set through the predetermined replacement rule.

[0057] In a possible implementation, the updated activated TCI state set is determined according to the candidate beam whose quality index exceeds that of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set, and includes:

[0058] determining one or more target candidate beams of the to-be-activated TCI state from the candidate beams whose quality indexes exceed that of the target beam according to the beam scheduling situation between the terminal device and other terminal devices;

[0059] replacing the TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set with the TCI state of the target candidate beam.

[0060] That is, the network device determines the number of replacement beams from the candidate beams whose quality indexes exceed that of the target beam according to the beam scheduling situation between the terminal device and other terminal devices, which can avoid beam conflict and interference between the terminal device and other terminal devices, and achieve optimal allocation of network resources and solve the problem of beam resource competition.

[0061] In a possible implementation, the method further includes:

[0062] sending a first configuration instruction to the terminal device, the first configuration instruction including the number of candidate beams included in the beam report.

[0063] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a beam report sending device for executing the above-mentioned terminal device-side beam report sending method, and the beam report sending device includes a detection module, a processing module, a generation module, and a sending module.

[0064] The detection module is configured to detect the quality index of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set and compare the quality index with that of the target beam, wherein the target beam is a beam corresponding to an activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state ranked Qth in quality index in an activated TCI state set.

[0065] The first processing module is configured to determine, if it is detected that the quality indicator of at least one candidate beam in the candidate beam set exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, quantity information of the candidate beam whose quality indicator exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, and ordering information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicator.

[0066] The generating module is configured to generate a beam report, wherein the beam report comprises the identification and the quality indicator of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, the quantity information, and the ordering information.

[0067] The first communication module is configured to send the beam report to the network device.

[0068] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a beam switching device based on a beam report, configured to execute the network device side beam switching method based on the beam report. The beam switching device based on the beam report comprises a communication module and a processing module.

[0069] The second communication module is configured to receive the beam report sent by the terminal device, wherein the beam report comprises the identification and the quality indicator of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, the quantity information of the candidate beam whose quality indicator exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, and the ordering information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicator, and the target beam is a beam corresponding to the Qth activated TCI state in the activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state set according to the quality indicator.

[0070] The second processing module is configured to determine, according to the beam report, the candidate beam whose quality indicator exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set.

[0071] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, comprising a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer execution instructions. The processor is configured to execute the computer execution instructions stored in the memory to execute the method described in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the method described in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0072] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores a computer program or instructions. When the computer program or instructions run on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method described in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the method described in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0073] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product including a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the method described in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0074] In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a chip or a chip system, which includes at least one processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the at least one processor are interconnected through a line, and the at least one processor is configured to execute a computer program or instructions to perform the method described in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the method described in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect. The communication interface in the chip can be an input / output interface, a pin or a circuit, or the method described in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0075] In a possible implementation, the chip or the chip system described in the present application further includes at least one memory in which instructions are stored. The memory can be a storage unit inside the chip, for example, a register, a cache or the like, or a storage unit of the chip (for example, a read-only memory, a random access memory or the like).

[0076] It should be understood that the second aspect to the eighth aspect of the present application correspond to the technical solution of the first aspect of the present application, and the beneficial effects obtained by each aspect and the corresponding possible implementation manner are similar, which will not be described herein again. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0077] Figure 1 A scenario schematic diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0078] Figure 2 A flowchart schematic diagram of a beam reporting sending method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0079] Figure 3 An index number mapping schematic diagram of a set of activated TCI states corresponding to beams provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0080] Figure 4 A flowchart schematic diagram of a beam switching method based on beam reporting provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0081] Figure 5 A structure schematic diagram of a beam reporting sending device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0082] Figure 6 A structure schematic diagram of a beam switching device based on beam reporting provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0083] Figure 7 A structural schematic diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0084] In order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following briefly introduces some terms and technologies involved in the embodiments of the present application:

[0085] 1. Terminal device

[0086] The terminal device of the embodiments of the present application can include handheld devices, vehicle-mounted devices, etc. with beam management, transmission beam heightening functions. For example, some terminal devices are: mobile phones, tablet computers, palm computers, notebook computers, mobile internet devices (MID), virtual reality (VR) devices, augmented reality (AR) devices, wireless terminals in industrial control, wireless terminals in self driving, wireless terminals in remote medical surgery, wireless terminals in smart grid, wireless terminals in transportation safety, wireless terminals in smart city, wireless terminals in smart home, cellular phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDA), handheld devices with wireless communication functions, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, vehicle-mounted devices, terminal devices in 5G networks or terminal devices in future evolved public land mobile networks (PLMN), etc. The embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

[0087] As an example but not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can also be a wearable device. The wearable device can also be referred to as a wearable smart device, which is a general term for devices that are designed and developed by applying wearable technology to daily wear, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. The wearable device is a portable device that is directly worn on the body or integrated into the clothes or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also has powerful functions through software support and data interaction and cloud interaction. The general wearable smart device includes devices with full functions and large sizes, which can realize complete or partial functions without relying on a smart phone, such as smart watches or smart glasses, and devices that focus on a certain application function and need to be used in cooperation with other devices, such as smart phones, such as various smart wristbands and smart jewelry for monitoring vital signs.

[0088] In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can also be a terminal device in an Internet of Things (IoT) system. The IoT is an important part of the future development of information technology, and its main technical feature is to connect objects through communication technology and network to realize the intelligent network of man-machine interconnection and object-object interconnection.

[0089] The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (MT), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile terminal, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user device, etc.

[0090] 2. Network device:

[0091] In the embodiments of the present application, the network device (Network, NW) can be any kind of device with wireless transceiving function. The device includes but is not limited to: evolved Node B (eNB), radio network controller (RNC), Node B (NB), base station controller (BSC), base transceiver station (BTS), home base station (for example, Home evolved NodeB, or Home Node B, HNB), baseband unit (BBU), access point (AP) in a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) system, wireless relay node, wireless backhaul node, transmission point (TP) or transmission and reception point (TRP), etc., and can also be a gNB or a transmission point (TRP or TP) in a 5G, such as an NR, system, one or a group (including multiple antenna panels) of antenna panels of a base station in a 5G system, or a network node constituting a gNB or a transmission point, such as a baseband unit (BBU) or a distributed unit (DU), etc.

[0092] In some deployments, a gNB can include a centralized unit (CU) and a DU. The gNB can also include an active antenna unit (AAU). The CU implements part of the functions of the gNB, and the DU implements part of the functions of the gNB, for example, the CU is responsible for processing non-real-time protocols and services, implementing radio resource control (RRC), functions of the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer. The DU is responsible for processing the physical layer protocol and real-time services, implementing the functions of the radio link control (RLC) layer, the media access control (MAC) layer and the physical (PHY) layer. The AAU implements part of the physical layer processing function, radio frequency processing and related functions of the active antenna. Since the information of the RRC layer will eventually become the information of the PHY layer, or be transformed from the information of the PHY layer, therefore, under this architecture, high layer signaling, such as RRC layer signaling, can also be considered as being sent by the DU, or by the DU+AAU. It can be understood that the network device can be a device including one or more of the CU node, the DU node, and the AAU node. In addition, the CU can be divided into a network device in the radio access network (RAN), or can be divided into a network device in the core network (CN), which is not limited in the present application.

[0093] The network device provides services for a cell, and the terminal device communicates with the cell through the transmission resource (for example, frequency domain resource, or spectrum resource) allocated by the network device. The cell can belong to a macro base station (for example, a macro eNB or a macro gNB, etc.), or a base station corresponding to a small cell. The small cell here can include a metro cell, a micro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, etc., which have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmit power, and are suitable for providing high-speed data transmission services.

[0094] 3. TCI state:

[0095] TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) state is a key technology in 5G NR (New Radio), used to indicate how user equipment (UE) receives downlink reference signal (such as CSI-RS, SSB) or data transmission beam configuration information. Its core role is to optimize beam management and transmission efficiency by dynamically or semi-statically configuring UE's reception parameters. TCI state informs UE through RRC signaling (Radio Resource Control) or MAC-CE (Medium Access Control - Control Element) to explicitly indicate the quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between downlink channel / signal and specific reference signal (such as CSI-RS or SSB); help UE use the beam characteristics (such as time-frequency offset, spatial parameters) of known reference signal to receive data or control channel, reduce measurement complexity.

[0096] 4. Beam report:

[0097] Beam report is the process of UE feeding back optimal beam information to network device, used to support beamforming and beam management. Its core purpose is to help network device select the best transmission / reception beam to improve signal quality, reduce interference, and optimize network performance.

[0098] UE-initiated / Event-driven (UEI / ED) beam report is a beam report sent by UE to network device according to specific events or conditions, used to optimize beam management and improve network performance, reduce air interface signaling overhead.

[0099] 5. Event-7 (Event-7) is an event where the strongest cell on non-serving frequency becomes better than the threshold (StrongestCell on Non-Serving Frequency becomes Better than Threshold). The triggering feature of Event-7 is that the quality of at least one new beam reaches the threshold (better than the Qth best quality reference signal RS derived from the activated transmission configuration indicator TCI state). Event-2 (Event-2) is an event where the serving cell signal becomes worse than the threshold (ServingCell becomes Worse than Threshold). The triggering feature of Event-2 is that the signal quality (RSRP / RSRQ) of the current serving cell is lower than the threshold configured by the network device.

[0100] 6. RSRP (Reference Signal Receiving Power) is a key parameter for measuring wireless signal strength.

[0101] 7. CRI is a CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal) resource indicator, used to identify the optimal CSI-RS beam selected by the UE; SSBRI is a SSB (Synchronization Signal Block, i.e., SS / PBCH Block) resource indicator, used to identify the optimal SSB beam selected by the UE.

[0102] 8. Other terms

[0103] In the embodiments of the present application, the same items or similar items with basically the same functions and effects are distinguished by using "first", "second", and the like. For example, the first chip and the second chip are only used to distinguish different chips, and do not limit the sequence. Those skilled in the art can understand that "first", "second", and the like do not limit the quantity and execution sequence, and "first", "second", and the like do not necessarily mean different.

[0104] It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, "exemplary" or "for example" is used to represent an example, illustration or description. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the present application should not be interpreted as more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, "exemplary" or "for example" is used to present the relevant concept in a specific manner.

[0105] In the embodiments of the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "multiple" means two or more. "And / or" describes the association between the associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B, which can represent the following three cases: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. The character " / " generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects. "At least one of the following" or similar expressions means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item or multiple items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c, can represent a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, where a, b, and c can be single or multiple.

[0106] It should be noted that the "at" in the embodiments of the present application can be the moment when a certain condition occurs, or a period of time after a certain condition occurs, and the embodiments of the present application do not make specific limitations. In addition, the display interface provided by the embodiments of the present application is only an example, and the display interface can also include more or less content.

[0107] It should be noted that the module names involved in the embodiments of the present application can be defined as other names, as long as the functions of the modules can be realized, and the names of the modules are not specifically limited.

[0108] It should be noted that the user information (including but not limited to user equipment information, user personal information, etc.) and data (including but not limited to data for analysis, stored data, displayed data, etc.) involved in the embodiments of the present application are all information and data authorized by the user or authorized by all parties, and the collection, use and processing of related data need to comply with relevant laws, regulations and standards of relevant countries and regions, and provide corresponding operation portal for user to choose authorization or refusal.

[0109] The use scenarios of the sending method of the beam report will be described below. Figure 1 As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system includes a terminal device 110 and a network device 120, and the network device 120 can send beams to the terminal device 110, the terminal device 110 can perform beam management, and send beam reports to the network device 120. Figure 1

[0110] In the traditional beam management process, the network device (NW) can configure / activate frequent periodic or semi-persistent beam reports (for example, N best beams and their corresponding L1-RSRP), or trigger frequent aperiodic beam reports, in order to obtain the best / preferred beam for data / control transmission in time. However, this will obviously cause large uplink report overhead and control signaling overhead. Since the user equipment (UE) knows more about the beam quality change, the NW may not be able to determine when to trigger the aperiodic beam report, and with the help of the UE-initiated / event-driven (UEI / ED) beam report, the NW can update the link / beam quality for inter-UE communication in time without consuming too much resource and power consumption, so the UEI / ED beam report mode is proposed. The beam report process initiated by the UE can provide beam report more timely, while reducing the report overhead. Therefore, how to reasonably define the event and efficiently send the beam report is crucial in the UEI / ED beam management.

[0111] ​In a related technology, the beam management of UE I / ED has introduced Event-7 for updating the activated TCI state. The triggering feature of Event-7 is that the quality of at least one new beam reaches a threshold (better than the Q-th best quality reference signal RS derived from the activated transmission configuration indication TCI state), and the UE initiates a beam report of Event-7 to indicate that there is a better TCI state in the new beam, and the currently activated TCI state needs to be updated. In the current discussion, it has been agreed that Event-7 does not have special requirements and should reuse the reporting format of Event-2 as much as possible to reduce complexity. Therefore, the existing Event-7 beam report is based on the reporting purpose of Event-2, and there are deficiencies in the application of Event-7. Therefore, the reporting format of Event-2 is optimized for Event-7. First, the "current beam" option in Event-2 is replaced by the RSRP value of the RS corresponding to the Q-th activated TCI state in the report of Event-7, which can be used to indicate which reporting beam triggered the instance of Event-7. Secondly, a 1-bit indication can be added to the reporting beam in the report of Event-7 to indicate whether the beam triggered the event. On the other hand, the state code point corresponding to the Q-th activated TCI state can be reported to specify the specific index of the "current beam" reported by Event-7.

[0112] In the beam management of UE I / ED, the feature of Event-7 triggering is that once the quality of at least one new beam reaches a threshold (better than the Q-th best quality RS derived from the activated TCI state), the UE initiates a beam report of Event-7, and the network device can update the TCI state of the UE according to the beam report. The existing Event-7 beam report format description (from 3GPP RAN1) is shown in Table 1 as follows:

[0113] Table 1:

[0114]

[0115] Where CRI or SSBRI is the top N beam index in the new beam set, N is configured by the RRC parameter, and the beam set is configured by "CSI reporting configuration". Differential L1-RSRP represents the difference between L1-RSRP #1. It can be seen that "current beam" in the Event-7 report content contains part of the beam information of the activated TCI state and the beam information corresponding to the potential activated TCI state.

[0116] If the RRC enables the "current beam", the UE multiplexes the "current beam" as the RSRP of the RS corresponding to the Q-th TCI in the beam report of Event-7, and the network device can implicitly infer the beam index of the triggering event in the reported beam according to the RSRP, thereby mapping to the TCI state of the candidate triggering beam; if the Event-7 beam report multiplexes the 1-bit indication about the triggering beam event in the Event-2 report, that is, each beam will increase a 1-bit indication bit, the network device can determine the beam index of the triggering event in the reported beam through the indication, thereby mapping to the TCI state of the candidate triggering beam.

[0117] However, the above scheme has problems in the face of the goal of updating the activated TCI state: multiplexing the beam report format of Event-2, the UE reports the beams in the new beam set, which is relatively independent of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state, and the report can only determine which beams corresponding to the TCI state can be activated, and there is no indication of the validity of the activated TCI state in the consensus report structure, that is, the network device cannot determine the validity difference of the activated TCI state through the report, and cannot perform scheduling according to the TCI state difference.

[0118] In view of this, the embodiment of the present application provides a beam report sending method, and proposes the following scheme: adding quality ordering information of TCI code points in the Event-7 beam report, reporting the activated TCI state with poor quality and its order, so that the network device can determine the beam triggering Event-7 after receiving the beam report of Event-7, and can perform TCI scheduling update according to the quality order of the activated TCI.

[0119] The method provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0120] It should be understood that the following is only for the convenience of understanding and description, and the method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail taking the interaction between the terminal device and the network device as an example. However, this should not constitute any limitation on the execution subject of the method provided by the present application. For example, the terminal device shown in the following embodiments can be replaced by a component (such as a chip or circuit) configured in the terminal device. The network device shown in the following embodiments can also be replaced by a component (such as a chip or circuit) configured in the network device.

[0121] The embodiments shown below do not particularly limit the specific structure of the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiments of the present application, as long as the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiments of the present application can communicate according to the method provided by the embodiments of the present application by running a program in which the code of the method provided by the embodiments of the present application is recorded. For example, the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be a terminal device, or a functional module in the terminal device that can invoke and execute a program.

[0122] Figure 2 FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for transmitting a beam report provided by the embodiments of the present application, which is shown from the perspective of device interaction. As shown in FIG. 1, the method for transmitting a beam report can include the following steps. Figure 2

[0123] S201, the terminal device detects the quality indicators of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, and compares the quality indicators with the quality indicator of the target beam, wherein the target beam is the beam corresponding to the Q-th activated TCI state in the activated TCI state set.

[0124] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device detects the quality indicators of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set (i.e., the new beam set), and compares the quality indicators with the quality indicator of the target beam corresponding to the Q-th activated TCI state in the activated TCI state set, so as to determine whether each candidate beam triggers Event-7.

[0125] S202, if the terminal device detects that the quality indicator of at least one candidate beam in the candidate beam set exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, the terminal device determines the quantity information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, and the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators.

[0126] In the embodiments of the present application, if at least one candidate beam in the candidate beam set exceeds the beam corresponding to the Q-th activated TCI state, it is determined that the at least one candidate beam triggers Event-7. The quantity information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, i.e., the quantity information of the candidate beams triggering Event-7, can be determined, and the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators also needs to be determined.

[0127] S203, the terminal device generates a beam report; wherein the beam report includes the identifiers and quality indicators of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, the quantity information, and the ordering information.

[0128] ​In the embodiments of the present application, when the terminal device generates the beam report of Event-7, the terminal device can include the identification and quality indicators of each candidate beam in the beam report (the same as the Event-7 beam report in the prior art), and further include the number information of the candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, and the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators. As an example, the beam report format of the embodiments of the present application is described as shown in Table 2.

[0129] Table 2:

[0130]

[0131] In the table, CRI or SSBRI #1~ CRI or SSBRI #N are the identifications of each candidate beam, L1-RSRP #1, Differential L1-RSRP #2~ Differential L1-RSRP #N represent the quality indicators of each candidate beam, the number information of the beams exceeding the Q-th activated TCI corresponding to the quality indicators is the number information of the beams exceeding the Q-th activated TCI corresponding to the quality indicators in CRI or SSBRI #1~ CRI or SSBRI #N, and the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators can be the sorting information of all beams or part of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators. If it is the sorting information of part of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators, it can be specifically the sorting information of the worst part of beams according to the quality indicators.

[0132] It should be noted that the number information of the candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam and the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators can be encoded in any feasible manner, and the information obtained after encoding is added to the beam report of Event-7.

[0133] In S204, the terminal device sends the beam report to the network device.

[0134] In the embodiments of the present application, after the terminal device generates the beam report of Event-7, the terminal device sends the beam report to the network device.

[0135] Further, the network device can determine the candidate beams (candidate beams triggering Event-7) whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam according to the identifiers and quality indicators of the candidate beams in the candidate beam set included in the beam report and the number information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, wherein the identifiers and quality indicators of the candidate beams can be sorted according to the quality indicators, and the candidate beams corresponding to the number information of the candidate beams with the highest quality indicators in the sorting are determined as the candidate beams (candidate beams triggering Event-7) whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam; in addition, the network device can determine one or more beams with poor quality in the activated TCI state set as the to-be-replaced beams according to the sorting information of the beams in the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators, and can make more accurate TCI activation and scheduling update according to the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beams in the activated TCI state set.

[0136] In some embodiments, the network device can send a TCI state set update instruction generated according to the beam report to the terminal device, wherein the TCI state set update instruction includes the updated activated TCI state set determined by the network device according to the beam report; the terminal device can replace the activated TCI state set with the updated activated TCI state set to update the TCI state set, and then can perform beam management based on the updated activated TCI state set, such as beam switching and other operations.

[0137] Specifically, after receiving the TCI state set update instruction, the terminal device can cover the updated activated TCI state set with the activated TCI state set, and can determine the target candidate beam of the to-be-activated TCI state and the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set, activate the TCI state of the target candidate beam of the to-be-activated TCI state, and deactivate the TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set to update the activated TCI state set.

[0138] The method for sending a beam report provided in the embodiments of the present application comprises the following steps: a terminal device detects the quality indicators of each candidate beam in a candidate beam set, and compares the quality indicators with a target beam, wherein the target beam is a beam corresponding to a Qth activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state in an activated TCI state set in terms of quality indicator ranking; if it is detected that the quality indicator of at least one candidate beam in the candidate beam set exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, the terminal device determines the quantity information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, and the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in terms of quality indicator; generates a beam report; wherein the beam report comprises the identifiers and quality indicators of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, the quantity information, and the ordering information; and sends the beam report to a network device. In the embodiments of the present application, the quantity information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, and the ordering information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in terms of quality indicator are added in the beam report by the terminal device, so that the network device can clearly determine the candidate beams triggering Event-7 and the beams to be replaced in the activated TCI state set, and thus the TCI state can be updated more accurately, and the reliability of the subsequent activated TCI state can be ensured.

[0139] In some embodiments, when the terminal device determines the quantity information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, S202 can specifically comprise the following steps:

[0140] determining the target bit length of the quantity information according to the quantity of the candidate beams included in the beam report;

[0141] converting the quantity of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam into the encoding of the target bit length as the quantity information.

[0142] In the embodiments of the present application, the quantity of the candidate beams included in the beam report is N, for example, in the beam report format shown in Table 2, CRI or SSBRI #1~CRI or SSBRI #N, a total of N candidate beams are included. The quantity N of the candidate beams included in the beam report can be configured by the network device, for example, the network device sends a first configuration instruction to the terminal device, wherein the first configuration instruction comprises the quantity of the candidate beams included in the beam report, so as to realize the configuration of the quantity N of the candidate beams included in the beam report by the network device, wherein the first configuration instruction can be an RRC instruction or any other feasible instruction; of course, the configuration can also be realized by any other feasible means.

[0143] The terminal device can determine a target bit length of quantity information of candidate beams for representing a quality index of a target beam (a beam corresponding to a Q-th activated TCI state in the activated TCI state set) according to a quantity N of candidate beams included in the beam report, that is, how many bits are used to represent the quantity information, and then encode the quantity information into the target bit length.

[0144] For example, when N = 1, no consideration is needed, that is, the candidate beam included in the beam report is the beam triggering Event-7, and the quantity information can not be added in the beam report; when N = 2, 1 bit can be used to represent the quantity information, 0 represents 1, and 1 represents 2; when N = 3-4, 2 bits can be used to represent the quantity information, "00" represents 1, "01" represents 2, and so on to "11" representing 4; when N = 5-8, similarly, 3 bits can be used to represent, "000" represents 1, and so on to "111" representing 8. Through this scheme, only the target bit length is needed, and the network device can determine the candidate beam for representing the quality index of the target beam according to the encoding of the quantity information of the target bit length, in combination with the identification and quality index of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set included in the beam report, that is, the candidate beam triggering Event-7, which reduces the data quantity compared with the prior art of adding 1 bit indication bit for each beam.

[0145] In some embodiments, when the terminal device determines the ordering information of the activated TCI state set corresponding beams according to the quality index in S202, the specific operations can include:

[0146] encoding the index number of the activated TCI state set corresponding beams;

[0147] ordering the encoding of the activated TCI state set corresponding beams according to the order of the quality index of the activated TCI state set corresponding beams to obtain the ordering information.

[0148] In the embodiment of the present application, the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set can be directly sorted according to the quality indicators, but considering that the index numbers of the beams can be long, resulting in a large amount of data of the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators, therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators can be encoded to reduce the amount of data. Specifically, the index numbers of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set can be encoded, and the encoding rule is known to the terminal device and the network device, that is, the terminal device can encode the index numbers of the beams according to the encoding rule, and the network device can also decode the index numbers of the beams based on the encoding rule after obtaining the encoding of the index numbers of the beams, so that only the sorting information of the encoding of the index numbers of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set needs to be added in the beam report, and the network device can obtain the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators. The encoding rule can adopt any feasible manner as long as it can reduce the amount of data of the sorting information.

[0149] In an optional manner, a specific length of binary encoding manner can be adopted, wherein the length of the binary encoding can be determined by the number of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, for example, if the number of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set is 8, a 3-bit binary encoding manner can be adopted to represent the 8 beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set by 000-111, the index numbers of the 8 beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set can be mapped to 000-111, and the mapping manner can be to map the index numbers of the 8 beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set from small to large to 000-111. As an example shown in FIG. 8, the network device can configure the index numbers of the TCI states as 0-127, and the index numbers of the 8 beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set are 9-16, the smallest index number 9 can be mapped to 000, the index number 10 can be mapped to 001, and so on until the index number 16 is mapped to 111. Of course, the index numbers of the 8 beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set can not necessarily be continuous, but the mapping manner from small to large can still be followed, and the network device knows the index numbers of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, and also follows the mapping manner from small to large, and can be mapped back to the index numbers from the binary encoding. Figure 3

[0150] ​Further, the terminal device can sort the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the size of the quality indicators as the sorting information. For example, the indexes of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states with poor quality determined to be reported in a certain measurement are sorted as 16 > 14 > 15, where the index 14 corresponds to “101”, the index 15 corresponds to “110”, and the index 16 corresponds to “111”. Therefore, the sorting information is (111 101 110), which is added to the beam report. The network device can determine the index of the beam corresponding to the activated TCI state as 16 > 14 > 15 by decoding the sorting information.

[0151] It should be noted that the mapping manner described above can also use other mapping manners, for example, the index number is mapped to the binary code from large to small, or other feasible mapping manners can be used, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0152] In some embodiments, the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators can be the sorting information of all beams or part of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators. If it is the sorting information of part of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators, it can be specifically the sorting information of the part of beams with the worst quality according to the quality indicators. Several different ways are provided as follows:

[0153] Way one: the encoding of all beams corresponding to the activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set is sorted according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, to obtain the sorting information.

[0154] In way one, the sorting information of all beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set is added to the beam report. In the case of encoding the index of the beam corresponding to the activated TCI state, the sorting of the encoding of all beams corresponding to the activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set is added to the beam report. In this way, the network device can obtain the quality condition of all beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, which is convenient for subsequent scheduling.

[0155] Way two: the encoding of the pre-set number of beams corresponding to the activated TCI states with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set is sorted according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, to obtain the sorting information.

[0156] In the second mode, a preset number L can be pre-configured, L is a fixed number, and only the ranking information of L beams with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set corresponding to the beams is reported in the beam report, that is, the ranking information of the L beams with the worst quality indicators. In the case of encoding the index numbers of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states, the encoding of the L beams corresponding to the activated TCI states with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set can be sorted and added to the beam report. The preset number L can be configured by the network device through a specific instruction, and the latter can be configured through other modes, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The preset number L needs to be less than the number of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set. Through the second mode, all the ranking information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set does not need to be reported, and the data amount of the ranking information can be reduced.

[0157] The third mode: according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states after the Rth in the ranking of the quality indicators in the activated TCI state set is sorted to obtain the ranking information.

[0158] In the third mode, similar to the second mode, a parameter also needs to be pre-configured, that is, a preset ranking R, and only the ranking information of the beams after the Rth in the ranking of the quality indicators in the activated TCI state set corresponding to the beams in the activated TCI state set is reported in the beam report. In the case of encoding the index numbers of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states, the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states after the Rth in the ranking of the quality indicators in the activated TCI state set can be sorted and added to the beam report. The preset ranking R can be configured by the network device through a specific instruction, and the latter can be configured through other modes, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. R also needs to be less than the number of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set. Optionally, the preset ranking R can be reused Q, that is, R can be equal to Q. Through the third mode, all the ranking information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set does not need to be reported, and the data amount of the ranking information can be reduced.

[0159] The fourth mode: according to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicators of the target beams, the target number of beams included in the ranking information is determined; according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, the encoding of the target number of beams corresponding to the activated TCI states with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set is sorted to obtain the ranking information.

[0160] In the fourth mode, a dynamic number can be used, the target number K of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, and then the sorting information of the K beams with the worst quality indicators in the corresponding beams in the activated TCI state set is reported in the beam report, that is, the sorting information of the K beams with the worst quality indicators in the corresponding beams in the activated TCI state set is reported in the beam report, and in the case of encoding the index number of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state, the encoding of the K beams corresponding to the activated TCI state with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set is sorted and added to the beam report, which has high flexibility and practicability.

[0161] Optionally, the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam can be determined as the target number, that is, the target number of beams included in the sorting information is equal to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, so that in an ideal state, the network device can replace the K beams with the worst quality indicators in the corresponding beams in the activated TCI state set with the candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, and accurately update the TCI state.

[0162] Optionally, when the target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, if the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is greater than or equal to M-Q, the target number is determined as M-Q, where M is the number of beams corresponding to all activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set; if the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is less than M-Q, the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is determined as the target number.

[0163] In this embodiment, if the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is greater than or equal to M-Q, it means that the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam has exceeded the number of beams ranked after the Qth in the activated TCI state set, that is, even if all the beams ranked after the Qth in the activated TCI state set are replaced, there are still candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, so only the ranking information of the beams ranked after the Qth in the activated TCI state set needs to be reported, that is, the target number is equal to M-Q; if the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is less than M-Q, the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam can be determined as the target number, that is, the target number of beams included in the ranking information is equal to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, so in an ideal state, the network device can replace the K beams with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set with the candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, to achieve accurate updating of the TCI state.

[0164] Of course, the number of beams included in the ranking information is not limited to being determined by the above-mentioned various manners, but can also be determined by any other feasible manner, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0165] Figure 4 The schematic flowchart of the beam switching method based on the beam report provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown from the perspective of device interaction. As shown in Figure 4 , on the basis of Figure 2 , after the terminal device sends the beam report to the network device, the beam switching method based on the beam report can include:

[0166] S301, the network device receives the beam report sent by the terminal device, wherein the beam report includes: the identification and quality indicator of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, the number information of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, and the ranking information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicator, the target beam is the beam corresponding to the activated TCI state ranked Qth in the activated transmission configuration indication TCI state set according to the quality indicator;

[0167] S302, the network device determines the candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam and the beams to be replaced in the activated TCI state set according to the beam report.

[0168] In the embodiments of the present application, the network device can determine the candidate beams (candidate beams triggering Event-7) whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam according to the identifiers and quality indicators of the candidate beams in the candidate beam set included in the beam report and the number information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, wherein the identifiers and quality indicators of the candidate beams can be sorted according to the quality indicators, and the candidate beams corresponding to the number information of the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam in the sorting are determined as the candidate beams (candidate beams triggering Event-7) whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam. In addition, the network device can determine one or more beams with poor quality in the activated TCI state set as the to-be-replaced beams according to the sorting information of the beams in the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators, and can determine the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beams in the activated TCI state set.

[0169] Further, the network device can perform TCI activation and scheduling update according to the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beams in the activated TCI state set.

[0170] In some embodiments, the network device can perform the following process:

[0171] S303, the network device determines an updated activated TCI state set according to the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beams in the activated TCI state set.

[0172] In the embodiments of the present application, the network device can replace at least one candidate beam whose quality indicator exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam with at least one to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set, thereby determining an updated activated TCI state set.

[0173] Optionally, when the network device replaces the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam with the to-be-replaced beams in the activated TCI state set, the replacement rule can be any feasible rule, for example, replacing the best candidate beam whose quality indicator exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam with the worst to-be-replaced beam, replacing the second best candidate beam with the second worst to-be-replaced beam, and so on. Of course, other replacement rules can also be used, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard.

[0174] The specific replacement process can be that the network device replaces the TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set with the TCI state of the candidate beam whose quality indicator exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, thereby obtaining an updated activated TCI state set.

[0175] S304. The network device sends a TCI state set update instruction to the terminal device, where the TCI state set update instruction includes the updated active TCI state set.

[0176] In the embodiment of the present application, the network device can send the updated active TCI state set to the terminal device, which can be sent by any feasible instruction, denoted as a TCI state set update instruction. Optionally, the TCI state set update instruction can use MAC-CE signaling, or RRC signaling or other signaling, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0177] It should be noted that in the network device, steps S303-S304 can be executed or not executed, which needs to be determined in combination with the beam scheduling situation between the terminal device and other terminal devices, to achieve optimal allocation of network resources, reduce beam conflict and interference. In addition, if S303-S304 is executed, the number of replacement beams also needs to be determined in combination with the beam scheduling situation between the terminal device and other terminal devices, which can be as follows:

[0178] According to the beam scheduling situation between the terminal device and other terminal devices, one or more target candidate beams of the TCI state to be activated are determined from the candidate beams exceeding the quality index of the target beam.

[0179] The TCI state of the target candidate beam is used to replace the TCI state of the beam to be replaced in the active TCI state set.

[0180] In the embodiment of the present application, in order to avoid beam conflict and interference between the terminal device and other terminal devices, and to achieve optimal allocation of network resources and solve the problem of beam resource competition, the network device can determine the number of replacement beams from the candidate beams exceeding the quality index of the target beam according to the beam scheduling situation between the terminal device and other terminal devices, that is, one or more target candidate beams of the TCI state to be activated are determined from the candidate beams exceeding the quality index of the target beam, and the TCI state of the target candidate beam is used to replace the TCI state of the beam to be replaced in the active TCI state set, to achieve the update of the TCI state set by the network device.

[0181] Figure 5 is a schematic block diagram of a beam report sending device 500 provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the beam report sending device 500 is used to execute the beam report sending method of the terminal device side, and the beam report sending device 500 can include a detection module 501, a first processing module 502, a generation module 503, and a first communication module 504. Figure 5

[0182] ​The detection module 501 is configured to detect a quality indicator of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, and compare the quality indicator with a quality indicator of a target beam, where the target beam is a beam corresponding to an activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state ranked as the Qth in the activated TCI state set in terms of the quality indicator;

[0183] The first processing module 502 is configured to, if the quality indicator of at least one candidate beam in the candidate beam set is detected to exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, determine quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, and ranking information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in terms of the quality indicator;

[0184] The generation module 503 is configured to generate a beam report, where the beam report includes the identification and the quality indicator of each candidate beam in the candidate beam set, the quantity information, and the ranking information.

[0185] The first communication module 504 is configured to send the beam report to a network device.

[0186] In some embodiments, when the first processing module 502 determines the quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam, the first processing module 502 is configured to:

[0187] determine a target bit length of the quantity information according to the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report;

[0188] convert the quantity of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam into a code of the target bit length as the quantity information.

[0189] In some embodiments, before the first processing module 502 determines the target bit length of the quantity information according to the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report, the first processing module 502 is further configured to:

[0190] receive a first configuration instruction of the network device through the first communication module 504, and configure the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report according to the first configuration instruction.

[0191] In some embodiments, when the first processing module 502 determines the ranking information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in terms of the quality indicator, the first processing module 502 is configured to:

[0192] encode index numbers of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set;

[0193] sort the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, to obtain the ranking information.

[0194] In some embodiments, the first processing module 502, when obtaining the sorting information by sorting the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, is configured to:

[0195] sort the encoding of the beams corresponding to all activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set.

[0196] In some embodiments, the first processing module 502, when obtaining the sorting information by sorting the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, is configured to:

[0197] sort the encoding of the beams corresponding to the worst quality indicators of a preset number of activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set.

[0198] In some embodiments, the first processing module 502, when obtaining the sorting information by sorting the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, is configured to:

[0199] sort the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states ranked after the Rth in the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set.

[0200] In some embodiments, the first processing module 502, when obtaining the sorting information by sorting the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, is configured to:

[0201] determine the target number of beams included in the sorting information according to the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam;

[0202] sort the encoding of the beams corresponding to the worst quality indicators of the target number of activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set.

[0203] In some embodiments, the first processing module 502, when determining the target number of beams included in the sorting information according to the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam, is configured to:

[0204] The number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is determined as the target number.

[0205] In some embodiments, the first processing module 502 is configured to determine the target number of beams included in the ranking information according to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam when the target number of beams included in the ranking information is determined according to the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam.

[0206] If the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is greater than or equal to M-Q, the target number is determined as M-Q, where M is the number of beams corresponding to all activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set; or

[0207] If the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is less than M-Q, the number of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam is determined as the target number.

[0208] In some embodiments, the first communication module 504 is further configured to, after sending the beam report to the network device:

[0209] receive a TCI state set update instruction sent by the network device according to the beam report, wherein the TCI state set update instruction includes an updated activated TCI state set determined by the network device according to the beam report;

[0210] replace the activated TCI state set with the updated activated TCI state set.

[0211] It should be understood that the specific processes of each module performing the corresponding steps described above have been described in detail in the method embodiments described above, and for the sake of brevity, will not be described here.

[0212] Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram of a beam switching apparatus 600 based on a beam report provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the beam switching apparatus 600 based on a beam report is configured to perform the beam switching method based on a beam report on the network device side described above, and the beam switching apparatus 600 based on a beam report can include a second communication module 601 and a second processing module 602. Figure 6

[0213] The second communication module 601 is configured to receive a beam report sent by a terminal device, wherein the beam report includes: the identification and quality indicator of each candidate beam in a candidate beam set, the number information of candidate beams exceeding the quality indicator of the target beam, and the ranking information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicator, the target beam being a beam corresponding to an activated transmission configuration indication TCI state ranked Qth in quality indicator in the activated TCI state set;

[0214] ​The second processing module 602 is configured to determine, according to the beam report, a candidate beam exceeding the quality index of the target beam and a to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set.

[0215] In some embodiments, the second processing module 602 is further configured to determine an updated activated TCI state set according to the candidate beam exceeding the quality index of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set.

[0216] The second communication module 601 is further configured to send a TCI state set update instruction to the terminal device, where the TCI state set update instruction includes the updated activated TCI state set.

[0217] In some embodiments, when the second processing module 602 determines the updated activated TCI state set according to the candidate beam exceeding the quality index of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set, the second processing module 602 is configured to:

[0218] Replace the TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set with the TCI state of the candidate beam exceeding the quality index of the target beam.

[0219] In some embodiments, when the second processing module 602 determines the updated activated TCI state set according to the candidate beam exceeding the quality index of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set, the second processing module 602 is configured to:

[0220] Determine one or more target candidate beams of the to-be-activated TCI state from the candidate beam exceeding the quality index of the target beam according to the beam scheduling between the terminal device and other terminal devices;

[0221] Replace the TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the activated TCI state set with the TCI state of the target candidate beam.

[0222] In some embodiments, the second communication module 601 is further configured to send a first configuration instruction to the terminal device, where the first configuration instruction includes the number of candidate beams included in the beam report.

[0223] It should be understood that the specific processes in which each module performs the corresponding steps described above have been described in detail in the method embodiments described above, and thus will not be described again here for the sake of brevity.

[0224] It should be noted that the names of the modules involved in the embodiments of the present application can be defined as other names, as long as the functions of the modules can be realized, and the names of the modules are not limited specifically.

[0225] The sending method of the beam report of the embodiments of the present application has been described above, and the device for executing the above method provided by the embodiments of the present application is described below. Those skilled in the art can understand that the method and the device can be combined and referenced with each other, and the related device provided by the embodiments of the present application can execute the steps in the above method.

[0226] Figure 7 is a possible structural schematic diagram of the electronic device 7000 provided by the embodiments of the present application. The electronic device 7000 can be applied to a system as shown in Figure 1 , to execute the sending method of the beam report of the terminal device side in the above method embodiment. As shown in Figure 7 , the electronic device 7000 includes a processor 7010 and a transceiver 7020. Optionally, the electronic device 7000 further includes a memory 7030. Wherein, the processor 7010, the transceiver 7020 and the memory 7030 can communicate with each other through internal connection channels, transfer control and / or data signals, the memory 7030 is used to store a computer program, the processor 7010 is used to call and run the computer program from the memory 7030 to control the transceiver 7020 to transceive signals. Optionally, the electronic device 7000 can further include an antenna 7040, used to send the uplink data or uplink control signaling output by the transceiver 7020 through wireless signals.

[0227] The above processor 7010 and the memory 7030 can be combined into one processing device, and the processor 7010 is used to execute the program code stored in the memory 7030 to realize the above functions. Specifically, the memory 7030 can also be integrated in the processor 7010 or independent of the processor 7010.

[0228] The above transceiver 7020 can include a receiver (or receiver, receiving circuit) and a transmitter (or transmitter, transmitting circuit). Wherein, the receiver is used to receive signals, and the transmitter is used to transmit signals.

[0229] It should be understood that Figure 7 , the electronic device 7000 shown in the above method embodiment can realize each process related to the terminal device. The operation and / or function of each module in the electronic device 7000 are respectively used to realize the corresponding process in the above method embodiment. For details, please refer to the description in the above method embodiment, and the detailed description is appropriately omitted here.

[0230] The above processor 7010 can be used to execute the actions implemented internally by the terminal device described in the above method embodiment, and the transceiver 7020 can be used to execute the actions of sending or receiving by the terminal device to or from the network device described in the above method embodiment. For details, please refer to the description in the above method embodiment, which will not be described here.

[0231] Optionally, the electronic device 7000 can further include a power supply 7050 for providing power to various devices or circuits in the terminal device.

[0232] In addition, in order to make the function of the terminal device more perfect, the electronic device 7000 can further include one or more of an input unit 7060, a display unit 7070, an audio circuit 7080, a camera 7090 and a sensor 7100, and the audio circuit can further include a speaker 7110 and a microphone 7120.

[0233] In another embodiment, an electronic device is also provided, including a processor and a memory, the memory is used to store computer execution instructions, and the processor is used to run the computer execution instructions stored in the memory to execute the beam switching method based on the beam report on the network device side in the above-mentioned method embodiment, which will not be described here.

[0234] In the embodiments of the present application, a computer readable storage medium is also provided, which stores a computer program, and the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the technical solutions executed by the terminal device or the network device in the above-mentioned communication method embodiments, and the implementation principle and technical effects are similar, which will not be described here.

[0235] In a possible implementation manner, the computer readable storage medium can include a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical memory, a magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that is targeted to carrying or storing desired program codes in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer. Moreover, any connection is appropriately referred to as a computer readable medium. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) or wireless technology (such as infrared, radio and microwave), the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL or wireless technology (such as infrared, radio and microwave) is included in the definition of the medium. As used herein, a disk and a disc include a compact disc, a laser disc, an optical disc, a digital versatile disc (DVD), a floppy disk and a Blu-ray disc, in which a disk usually magnetically reproduces data, and a disc optically reproduces data with a laser. The combination of the above should also be included in the scope of the computer readable medium.

[0236] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the technical solutions executed by the terminal device or the network device in the communication method embodiments described above, and has similar implementation principles and technical effects, which will not be repeated here.

[0237] The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip or a chip system, which comprises at least one processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the at least one processor are interconnected through a line, and the at least one processor is configured to run a computer program or instructions to execute the technical solutions executed by the terminal device or the network device in the communication method embodiments described above. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar, which will not be repeated here. The communication interface in the chip can be an input / output interface, a pin or a circuit, etc.

[0238] In a possible implementation, the chip or the chip system described above in the present application further comprises at least one memory, and the at least one memory stores instructions. The memory can be a storage unit inside the chip, for example, a register, a cache, etc., or a storage unit of the chip (for example, a read-only memory, a random access memory, etc.).

[0239] In the specific implementation of the terminal device or the network device described above, it should be understood that the processor can be a central processing unit (CPU), and can also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), etc. The general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can also be any conventional processor, etc. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application can be directly embodied as the execution of the hardware processor, or executed by the combination of hardware and software modules in the processor.

[0240] Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of any of the method embodiments described above can be completed by hardware related to program instructions. The aforementioned program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the program is executed, all or part of the steps of the method embodiments described above are executed.

[0241] If the technical solutions of the present application are realized in the form of software and sold or used as products, they can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, all or part of the technical solutions of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions or a computer program. The computer software product enables a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, a network device or similar electronic equipment) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application.

[0242] It should be noted that, for the foregoing method embodiments, in order to simply describe, they are all described as a combination of a series of actions, but those skilled in the art should know that the present application is not limited to the order of the actions described, because according to the present application, certain steps can be performed in other orders or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should know that the embodiments described in the specification are all optional embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by the present application.

[0243] It should be further noted that, although each step in the flowchart is displayed in sequence according to the arrow, these steps are not necessarily executed in sequence according to the arrow. Unless otherwise stated in this document, the execution of these steps is not strictly limited in sequence, and these steps can be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least part of the steps in the flowchart can include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages, which are not necessarily executed at the same time, but can be executed at different times, and the execution order of these sub-steps or stages is not necessarily sequential, but can be executed in rotation or alternation with other steps or sub-steps or stages of other steps.

[0244] It should be understood that the above-mentioned device embodiments are only schematic, and the device of the present application can also be realized by other ways. For example, the division of units / modules in the above-mentioned embodiments is only a logical function division, and actual implementation can have another division way. For example, multiple units, modules or components can be combined, or can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed.

[0245] In addition, each functional unit / module in each embodiment of the present application can be integrated in one unit / module, or each unit / module can exist physically, or two or more units / modules can be integrated together. The integrated unit / module can be realized in the form of hardware or in the form of software program module.

[0246] If the integrated units / modules are implemented in the form of hardware, the hardware can be a digital circuit, an analog circuit, etc. The physical implementation of the hardware structure includes, but is not limited to, transistors, memristors, etc. Unless otherwise specified, the processor can be any appropriate hardware processor, such as a CPU, a GPU, an FPGA, a DSP, an ASIC, etc. Unless otherwise specified, the storage unit can be any appropriate magnetic storage medium or magneto-optical storage medium, such as resistive random access memory (RRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), enhanced dynamic random access memory (EDRAM), high-bandwidth memory (HBM), hybrid memory cube (HMC), etc.

[0247] If the integrated units / modules are implemented in the form of software program modules and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present application or the essential part of the contribution to the prior art or the whole or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes a plurality of instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a mobile hard disk, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and various media that can store program codes.

[0248] In the above embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own focus, and the parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment can be referred to the related description of other embodiments. The technical features of the above embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. In order to make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are described, but as long as the combination of the technical features does not exist contradictory, it should be considered as the scope of the present application.

[0249] The above detailed description of the specific embodiments of the present application is provided for the purpose of further explaining the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application, and it should be understood that the above is only a specific embodiment of the present application and is not used to limit the protection scope of the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made on the basis of the technical solutions of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting beam reports, characterized in that, The method is applied to a terminal device and comprises the following steps: Detecting quality indicators of candidate beams in a candidate beam set and comparing the quality indicators with a quality indicator of a target beam, wherein the target beam is a beam corresponding to a Qth activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state in an activated TCI state set in terms of quality indicator ranking; If it is detected that a quality indicator of at least one candidate beam in the candidate beam set exceeds the quality indicator of the target beam, determining quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam and ordering information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in terms of quality indicator; Generating a beam report, wherein the beam report comprises identifications and quality indicators of candidate beams in the candidate beam set, the quantity information and the ordering information; Sending the beam report to a network device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The determination of the quantity information of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam comprises: Determining a target bit length of the quantity information according to a quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report; Converting the quantity of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed the quality indicator of the target beam into encoding of the target bit length as the quantity information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, Before the determination of the target bit length of the quantity information according to the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report, the method further comprises: Receiving a first configuration instruction of the network device and configuring the quantity of candidate beams included in the beam report according to the first configuration instruction.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, The determination of the ordering information of beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set in terms of quality indicator comprises: Encoding index numbers of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set; Ordering the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to an order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set to obtain the ordering information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, The ordering of the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set to obtain the ordering information comprises: Ordering the encoding of all beams corresponding to activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set to obtain the ordering information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein, The ordering of the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set to obtain the ordering information comprises: Ordering the encoding of a preset quantity of beams corresponding to activated TCI states with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set to obtain the ordering information.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein, The ordering of the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set to obtain the ordering information comprises: According to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI states ranked after the Rth in the quality indicators in the activated TCI state set is sorted, to obtain the sorting information.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein, The sorting information is obtained by sorting the encoding of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, including: According to the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam, the target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined; According to the order of the quality indicators of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set, the encoding of the beams corresponding to the target number of activated TCI states with the worst quality indicators in the activated TCI state set is sorted, to obtain the sorting information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, The target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam, including: The number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam is determined as the target number.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein, The target number of beams included in the sorting information is determined according to the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam, including: If the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam is greater than or equal to M-Q, the target number is determined as M-Q, where M is the number of beams corresponding to all activated TCI states in the activated TCI state set; or If the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam is less than M-Q, the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam is determined as the target number.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein, After the beam report is sent to the network device, the method further includes: receiving a TCI state set update instruction sent by the network device according to the beam report, wherein the TCI state set update instruction includes an updated activated TCI state set determined by the network device according to the beam report; replacing the activated TCI state set with the updated activated TCI state set. 12.A method for beam switching based on a beam report, the method comprising: The method applied to a network device includes: receiving a beam report sent by a terminal device, wherein the beam report includes: the identification and quality indicators of each candidate beam in a candidate beam set, the number of candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of a target beam, and the sorting information of the beams corresponding to the activated TCI state set according to the quality indicators, the target beam being the beam corresponding to the activated TCI state ranked Qth in the quality indicators in the activated transmission configuration indication (TCI) state set; determining the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam and the beams to be replaced in the activated TCI state set according to the beam report.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, The method includes: determining an updated activated TCI state set according to the candidate beams whose quality indicators exceed that of the target beam and the beams to be replaced in the activated TCI state set; and The terminal device is sent a TCI state set update instruction, and the TCI state set update instruction includes the updated active TCI state set.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, The updated active TCI state set is determined according to the candidate beam whose quality index exceeds that of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beam in the active TCI state set, and the method includes: The TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the active TCI state set is replaced by the TCI state of the candidate beam whose quality index exceeds that of the target beam.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein, The updated active TCI state set is determined according to the candidate beam whose quality index exceeds that of the target beam and the to-be-replaced beam in the active TCI state set, and the method includes: A target candidate beam of one or more to-be-activated TCI states is determined from the candidate beam whose quality index exceeds that of the target beam according to a beam scheduling condition between the terminal device and other terminal devices. The TCI state of the to-be-replaced beam in the active TCI state set is replaced by the TCI state of the target candidate beam.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein, The method further includes: A first configuration instruction is sent to the terminal device, and the first configuration instruction includes the number of candidate beams included in the beam report.

17. An electronic device, comprising: It includes: A processor and a memory; The memory stores computer execution instructions; The processor executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that the electronic device executes the method in any one of claims 1-11.

18. An electronic device, comprising: It includes: A processor and a memory; The memory stores computer execution instructions; The processor executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that the electronic device executes the method in any one of claims 12-16.

19. A computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that, The computer program is executed by the processor to implement the method in any one of claims 1-16.

20. A computer program product, characterised in that, It includes a computer program, which, when executed, causes a computer to execute the method in any one of claims 1-16. It includes a computer program, which, when executed, causes a computer to execute the method in any one of claims 1-16.

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