Beam measurement result reporting method and device and storage medium

Abstract

The invention provides a beam measurement result reporting method and device and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method is applied to a terminal, and comprises: sending uplink control information UCI to a network device, the UCI being used for notifying the network device that the terminal reports a target beam measurement result based on a predetermined target reserved resource, or requesting the network device for the target reserved resource to report the target beam measurement result; receiving response information sent by the network equipment, wherein the response information is used for indicating whether the network equipment receives the UCI; and when it is determined that the network device receives the UCI, sending a target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resource. According to the scheme of the invention, the uplink transmission of the terminal on the uplink resource in the beam measurement reporting process can be prevented from generating conflicts.

Description

[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202410578076.6, filed on May 10, 2024, entitled “Method, Apparatus and Storage Medium for Reporting Beam Measurement Results”, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0002] This application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a method, apparatus and storage medium for reporting beam measurement results. Background Technology

[0003] During beam management triggered by a terminal or event, the terminal sends uplink control information (UCI) to the network device to notify or request the reporting of beam measurement results on the corresponding uplink resources.

[0004] In the above process, if the UCI sent by the terminal on the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) is lost, that is, the network device does not receive the UCI sent by the terminal, the network device will allocate the uplink resource to other terminals for uplink transmission, thereby causing a conflict between the uplink transmission of other terminals and the terminal on the uplink resource. Summary of the Invention

[0005] This application provides a method, apparatus, and storage medium for reporting beam measurement results, which solves the technical problem of uplink transmission conflicts on uplink resources of the terminal in the beam measurement reporting process.

[0006] Firstly, this application provides a method for reporting beam measurement results, applied to a terminal, the method comprising:

[0007] Send uplink control information (UCI) to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-defined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0008] Receive response information sent by network devices, which indicates whether the network devices have received UCI;

[0009] Once it is confirmed that the network device has received the UCI, the target beam measurement results are sent to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0010] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in downlink control information (DCI) or in media access control layer control element (MAC CE).

[0011] In one possible implementation,

[0012] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0013] or,

[0014] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0015] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0016] Frequency domain resource allocation FDRA domain;

[0017] Modulation and coding strategy (MCS domain);

[0018] Physical uplink control channel resource indicator (PRI) field.

[0019] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0020] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0021] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0022] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0023] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0024] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0025] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0026] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0027] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0028] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0029] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0030] In one possible implementation,

[0031] The target reserved resource is the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0032] or,

[0033] The target reserved resource is the configured authorized physical uplink shared channel (CG PUSCH) resource. The time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI.

[0034] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0035] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0036] Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages;

[0037] The UCI;

[0038] The response information.

[0039] Secondly, this application provides a method for reporting beam measurement results, applied to network equipment, the method comprising:

[0040] The terminal receives a UCI sent by the terminal. The UCI is used to notify the network device to report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the network to report the target beam measurement results.

[0041] Send a response message to the terminal; the response message is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0042] Based on the target reserved resources, the receiving terminal sends the target beam measurement results.

[0043] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0044] In one possible implementation,

[0045] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0046] or,

[0047] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0048] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0049] FDRA domain;

[0050] MCS domain;

[0051] PRI domain.

[0052] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0053] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0054] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0055] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0056] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0057] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0058] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0059] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0060] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0061] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0062] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0063] In one possible implementation,

[0064] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0065] or,

[0066] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0067] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0068] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0069] RRC message;

[0070] The UCI;

[0071] The response information.

[0072] Thirdly, this application provides a beam measurement result reporting device, applied to a terminal, the device comprising:

[0073] The first transmitting module is used to send a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0074] The first receiving module is used to receive response information sent by the network device, and the response information is used to indicate whether the network device has received UCI;

[0075] The second transmitting module is used to transmit the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources, after determining that the network device has received the UCI.

[0076] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0077] In one possible implementation,

[0078] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0079] or,

[0080] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0081] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0082] FDRA domain;

[0083] MCS domain;

[0084] PRI domain.

[0085] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0086] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0087] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0088] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0089] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0090] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0091] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0092] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0093] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0094] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0095] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0096] In one possible implementation,

[0097] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0098] or,

[0099] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0100] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0101] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0102] RRC message;

[0103] The UCI;

[0104] The response information.

[0105] Fourthly, this application provides a beam measurement result reporting device, applied to network equipment, the device comprising:

[0106] The second receiving module is used to receive the UCI sent by the terminal. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network to report the target beam measurement results.

[0107] The third sending module is used to send response information to the terminal, and the response information is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0108] The third receiving module is used to receive the target beam measurement results sent by the terminal based on the target reserved resources.

[0109] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0110] In one possible implementation,

[0111] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0112] or,

[0113] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0114] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0115] FDRA domain;

[0116] MCS domain;

[0117] PRI domain.

[0118] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0119] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0120] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0121] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0122] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0123] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0124] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0125] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0126] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0127] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0128] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0129] In one possible implementation,

[0130] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0131] or,

[0132] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0133] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0134] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0135] RRC message;

[0136] The UCI;

[0137] The response information.

[0138] Fifthly, this application provides a beam measurement result reporting device for a terminal, comprising: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0139] Memory is used to store computer programs; transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer program from memory and perform the following operations:

[0140] Send a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-defined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0141] Receive response information sent by network devices, which indicates whether the network devices have received UCI;

[0142] Once it is confirmed that the network device has received the UCI, the target beam measurement results are sent to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0143] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0144] In one possible implementation,

[0145] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0146] or,

[0147] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0148] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0149] FDRA domain;

[0150] MCS domain;

[0151] PRI domain.

[0152] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0153] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0154] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0155] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0156] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0157] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0158] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0159] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0160] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0161] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0162] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0163] In one possible implementation,

[0164] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0165] or,

[0166] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0167] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0168] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0169] RRC message;

[0170] The UCI;

[0171] The response information.

[0172] Sixthly, this application provides a beam measurement result reporting device, applied to network equipment, the device comprising: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0173] Memory is used to store computer programs; transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer program from memory and perform the following operations:

[0174] The terminal receives a UCI sent by the terminal. The UCI is used to notify the network device to report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the network to report the target beam measurement results.

[0175] Send a response message to the terminal; the response message is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0176] Based on the target reserved resources, the receiving terminal sends the target beam measurement results.

[0177] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0178] In one possible implementation,

[0179] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0180] or,

[0181] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0182] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0183] FDRA domain;

[0184] MCS domain;

[0185] PRI domain.

[0186] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0187] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0188] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0189] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0190] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0191] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0192] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0193] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0194] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0195] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0196] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0197] In one possible implementation,

[0198] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0199] or,

[0200] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0201] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0202] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0203] RRC message;

[0204] The UCI;

[0205] The response information.

[0206] In a seventh aspect, this application provides a non-transitory readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a processor to perform the method of any one of the first aspects or the method of any one of the second aspects.

[0207] The beam measurement result reporting method, apparatus, and storage medium provided in this application embodiment, during the beam measurement reporting management process, involve a terminal sending a UCI to a network device to notify the network device to report target beam measurement results based on pre-defined target reserved resources, or to request target reserved resources from the network device for target beam measurement result reporting. The network device sends a response message to the terminal to indicate whether it has received the UCI. Through this response message, the terminal can determine whether the network device has successfully received the UCI. If it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, it indicates that the network device is aware that the terminal will report target beam measurement results on the target reserved resources. The network device will not allocate the target reserved resources to other terminals. Therefore, when the terminal determines that the network device has received the UCI, sending the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources will not cause uplink transmission conflicts with other terminals on the target reserved resources.

[0208] It should be understood that the content described in the foregoing summary section is not intended to limit the key or essential features of the embodiments of this application, nor is it intended to limit the scope of this application. Other features of this application will become readily apparent from the following description. Attached Figure Description

[0209] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in this application or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0210] Figure 1 A flowchart of the beam measurement result reporting method provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0211] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device provided in the embodiments of this application Figure 1 ;

[0212] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device provided in the embodiments of this application Figure 2 ;

[0213] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device 40 provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0214] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device 50 provided in the embodiments of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0215] In the embodiments of this application, the term "and / or" describes the relationship between associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three cases: A alone, A and B simultaneously, and B alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following associated objects have an "or" relationship.

[0216] In the embodiments of this application, the term "at least one" refers to one or more, "multiple" refers to two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0217] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in the embodiments of this application are for illustrative purposes and to distinguish the objects being described. They do not indicate any order and do not imply any special limitation on the number of objects in the embodiments of this application. They do not constitute any limitation on the embodiments of this application.

[0218] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of this application, and not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0219] This application provides a method, apparatus, and storage medium for reporting beam measurement results, which can avoid uplink transmission conflicts on uplink resources of the terminal by responding to UCI.

[0220] The method and apparatus are based on the same concept of the application. Since the methods and apparatus solve problems in similar ways, the implementation of the apparatus and methods can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0221] The technical solutions provided in this application can be applied to various systems, especially 5G systems. For example, applicable systems include Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD), LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), and 5G New Radio (NR). All of these systems include terminal equipment and network equipment. The systems may also include a core network component, such as Evolved Packet System (EPS) and 5G systems (5GS). These systems can use NTN technology to provide cellular coverage, but this application does not limit this.

[0222] The terminal devices involved in the embodiments of this application can be devices that provide voice and / or data connectivity to users, handheld devices with wireless connectivity, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The names of the terminal devices may differ in different systems; for example, in a 5G system, a terminal device can be called User Equipment (UE). Wireless terminal devices can communicate with one or more core networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). Wireless terminal devices can be mobile terminal devices, such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminal devices, for example, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and / or data with the RAN. Examples include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Wireless terminal equipment can also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, or user device, but is not limited to these terms in the embodiments of this application.

[0223] The network device involved in this application embodiment can be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application, a base station may also be called an access point, or a device in an access network that communicates with a wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The network device can be used to exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device can also coordinate the attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network equipment involved in the embodiments of this application can be a base transceiver station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a NodeB in a Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next generation system, a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc., and is not limited in the embodiments of this application. In some network structures, the network equipment may include centralized unit (CU) nodes and distributed unit (DU) nodes, and the centralized unit and distributed unit may be geographically separated.

[0224] Network devices and terminal devices can each use one or more antennas for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission can be single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) or multiple-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the configuration and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO, or massive-MIMO, and can also be diversity transmission, precoding transmission, or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0225] Currently, for beam reporting triggered by terminals or events, the following two modes are supported:

[0226] Mode A (Dynamic Network Device Scheduling, UCI):

[0227] Step 1: The terminal sends a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) (single-bit / multi-bit) request for a second uplink channel resource to transmit beam measurement results.

[0228] Step 2: The terminal detects a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format that indicates the second uplink channel resource for reporting beam measurement results.

[0229] Step 3: The terminal transmits the beam measurement results on the second uplink channel resource.

[0230] Mode B (UCI sends on pre-configured resources):

[0231] Step 1: The terminal sends a PUCCH (single-bit / multi-bit) notification to the network device to send beam measurement results on the second uplink channel resource.

[0232] Step 2: The terminal transmits the beam measurement results on the second uplink channel resource.

[0233] During the aforementioned beam reporting process, when beam measurement results are transmitted using pre-configured resources, if the UCI sent by the terminal on the PUCCH is lost, resulting in the network device not receiving the UCI sent by the terminal, the network device will allocate the pre-configured resources to other terminals for their uplink transmission, thereby causing a conflict between the uplink transmission of other terminals and the uplink transmission of this terminal on that uplink resource.

[0234] Based on this, this application provides a method for reporting beam measurement results. After the terminal sends a UCI, the network device feeds back to the terminal whether the UCI has been received, thereby avoiding uplink transmission collisions caused by inconsistent behavior between the terminal and the network device due to UCI discarding.

[0235] Figure 1 A flowchart of the beam measurement result reporting method provided in the embodiments of this application is shown below. Figure 1 As shown, the method includes:

[0236] S11, send a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0237] In the beam management process, when the triggering conditions for reporting beam measurement results are met, the terminal sends a UCI to the network device, which is then transmitted on the PUCCH. The UCI is used to notify or request the network device to report the target beam measurement results based on the target reserved resources.

[0238] When the target reserved resource is a pre-configured resource, UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the target reserved resource. When no target reserved resource is allocated, UCI is used to request the network device to allocate or indicate the target reserved resource for the terminal, and the terminal reports the target beam measurement results based on the target reserved resource.

[0239] Optionally, the size of the UCI can be 1 bit or multiple bits.

[0240] Optionally, when the size of the UCI is multiple bits, in addition to notifying the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the target reserved resources, or requesting the network device to report the target beam measurement results, the UCI can also be used to indicate the data size of the target beam measurement results and to trigger the target event for reporting the target beam measurement results.

[0241] Optionally, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results and / or an index of the target event. The payload information of the target beam measurement results indicates the magnitude of the target beam measurement results, and the index of the target event indicates the target event, which is the event that triggers the reporting of the target beam measurement results.

[0242] S12, Receive response information sent by the network device, the response information is used to indicate whether the network device has received UCI.

[0243] After a terminal sends a UCI to a network device, the UCI may be lost, causing the network device to fail to receive it; alternatively, the UCI may not be lost, and the network device will successfully receive it. The network device then sends a response message to the terminal, indicating whether it successfully received the UCI sent by the terminal.

[0244] S13, if it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, the target beam measurement results are sent to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0245] If the response information indicates that the network device has not received the UCI, the network device may allocate the target reserved resources to other terminals. Therefore, if the network device has not received the UCI, the terminal will not send the target beam measurement results to the network device to avoid uplink transmission conflicts with other terminals on the target reserved resources.

[0246] When a network device receives a UCI, it indicates that the network device is aware that the terminal will report the target beam measurement results on the target reserved resources. Therefore, the network device will not allocate the target reserved resources to other terminals. In this case, the terminal sends the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0247] The beam measurement result reporting method provided in this application involves a terminal sending a UCI (Unique Interpretation Query) to a network device during the beam measurement reporting management process. This UCI notifies the network device that the terminal will report target beam measurement results based on pre-defined target reserved resources, or requests target reserved resources from the network device for target beam measurement result reporting. The network device sends a response message to the terminal, indicating whether it has received the UCI. Through this response message, the terminal can determine whether the network device has successfully received the UCI. If the network device has received the UCI, it indicates that the network device is aware that the terminal will report target beam measurement results on the target reserved resources. The network device will not allocate the target reserved resources to other terminals. Therefore, when the terminal determines that the network device has received the UCI, sending the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources will not cause uplink transmission conflicts with other terminals on the target reserved resources.

[0248] Optionally, the response information can be carried in the DCI, or in a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (CE). These two implementation methods will be described below.

[0249] First, we will introduce how response information is carried in DCI.

[0250] In one possible implementation, the response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0251] Specifically, a new indication field can be added to the DCI, and the size of the new indication field can be, for example, 1 bit. In the embodiments of this application, the new indication field is an indication field that was not originally in the DCI. It is a newly added indication field used to respond to the UCI with an acknowledgment (ACK) response or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) response. The ACK response indicates that the network device has received the UCI, and the NACK response indicates that the network device has not received the UCI.

[0252] In this implementation, the DCI format can be, for example, DCI format 0_1, DCI format0_2, etc. The value of the new indicator field in the DCI can indicate whether the network device has received a UCI. For example, a new indicator field value of "1" indicates that the network device has received a UCI, and a new indicator field value of "0" indicates that the network device has not received a UCI; or, a new indicator field value of "0" indicates that the network device has received a UCI, and a new indicator field value of "1" indicates that the network device has not received a UCI, and so on.

[0253] In one possible implementation, the response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, the at least one first indication field being used together to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0254] In this implementation, the DCI format can be, for example, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 0_2, DCI format 1_0, DCI format 1_1, etc. In this embodiment, the first indication field is a field that already exists in the DCI. When there is only one first indication field, it is used to indicate whether the network device has received a UCI; for example, the value of the first indication field can be used to determine whether the network device has received a UCI. When there are multiple first indication fields, these multiple first indication fields collectively indicate whether the network device has received a UCI.

[0255] Optionally, at least one of the following first indication fields includes at least one of a Frequency Domain Resource Allocation (FDRA) field, a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field, and a Physical Uplink Control Channel Resource Indicator (PUCCH Resource Indicator (PRI) field. The value of at least one of the FDRA, MCS, and PRI fields indicates whether the network device has received a UCI.

[0256] Taking at least one first indication field including an FDRA field and an MCS field as an example, it can be pre-set that when the FDRA field is all "1"s and the MCS field is 31, the FDRA field and the MCS field jointly indicate that the network device has received a UCI. Then, when the FDRA field is not all "1"s and / or the MCS field is not equal to 31, the FDRA field and the MCS field jointly indicate that the network device has not received a UCI. Alternatively, it can be pre-set that when the FDRA field is all "1"s and the MCS field is 31, the FDRA field and the MCS field jointly indicate that the network device has not received a UCI. Then, when the FDRA field is not all "1"s and / or the MCS field is not equal to 31, the FDRA field and the MCS field jointly indicate that the network device has received a UCI.

[0257] Taking DCI format 1_0 or DCI format 1_1 as an example, where at least one first indication field includes a PRI field, it can be pre-configured that when the PRI field in DCI format 1_0 or DCI format 1_1 is the same as the Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) of the UCI transmitter, the PRI field indicates that the network device has received the UCI; and when the PRI field is different from the PCI of the UCI transmitter, the PRI field indicates that the network device has not received the UCI. Alternatively, it can be pre-configured that when the PRI field in DCI format 1_0 or DCI format 1_1 is the same as the Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) of the UCI transmitter, the PRI field indicates that the network device has not received the UCI; and when the PRI field is different from the PCI of the UCI transmitter, the PRI field indicates that the network device has received the UCI.

[0258] When the DCI includes a PRI field, the DCI can also be DCI format 0_1 ​​or DCI format 0_2. Simply add a new PRI field in DCI format 0_1 ​​or DCI format 0_2.

[0259] It should be noted that the above-mentioned first indication field, combination of first indication fields, and value of the first indication field are merely examples. In practice, the first indication field, combination of first indication fields, and value of the first indication field can be determined as needed. This application embodiment does not limit this.

[0260] In one possible implementation, there is a preset association between the DCI carrying the response information and the UCI. This preset association is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units.

[0261] Where N can be a preset value or a value configured by a higher layer. N time units can be, for example, N time slots or N orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, etc.

[0262] For example, DCI format 0_1 ​​or DCI format 0_2 can be pre-configured to be associated with UCI. The first DCI format 0_1 ​​or DCI format 0_2 received by the terminal task after sending UCI in N time slots or N OFDM symbols is the DCI carrying response information, and the network device can determine whether it has received UCI through the response information.

[0263] If the network device receives the UCI based on the response information carried in the DCI, the terminal sends the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0264] Optionally, the UCI includes resource indication information to indicate target reserved resources. That is, the terminal notifies the network device via the UCI that it will transmit target beam measurement results on the target reserved resources. The network device can send response information to the terminal, which can also be used to indicate target reserved resources, confirming that the terminal can report target beam measurement results on the target reserved resources.

[0265] Optionally, the Mth reserved resource after the terminal receives the response information can be predefined as the target reserved resource, or a reserved resource that meets the preset conditions can be used as the target reserved resource, and the target beam measurement results can be reported.

[0266] In the above embodiments, the implementation scheme of carrying response information in DCI was introduced. The following is a specific example to illustrate the above implementation method.

[0267] Example 1: Taking the response information carried in the DCI as a new indication field in the DCI to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI as an example, the steps 11 to 16 are as follows:

[0268] Step 11: The network device configures the corresponding reserved resources for the terminal through Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages for reporting beam measurement results.

[0269] The target reserved resources are a subset of the reserved resources configured by the network device for the terminal via RRC. In Example 1, taking three reserved resources configured by the network device as an example, they are resource 1 (represented by T1 / F1), resource 2 (represented by T2 / F2), and resource 3 (represented by T3 / F3). For T1 / F1, T1 represents resource 1 in the time domain, and F1 represents resource 1 in the frequency domain. The same applies to T2 / F2 and T3 / F3, which will not be elaborated further here.

[0270] Step 12: The terminal reports its capabilities, notifying the network device that it has the capability to report beam measurements triggered by the terminal or an event. The network device configures the terminal to report beam measurements based on the terminal or an event via higher-layer signaling.

[0271] For example, the network device configures 128 Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states for the terminal. In various embodiments of this application, the TCI state can be used to indicate beam information, and different TCI states indicate different beams. Three of them are activated via MAC-CE, namely TCI state3, TCI state5, and TCI state7. In the nth time slot, the network device indicates TCI state 1 to the terminal, instructing the terminal to use the beam indicated by TCI state 1 in channel or signal transmission (including uplink or downlink) after the nth time slot. In the (n+k)th time slot, TCI state 1 takes effect.

[0272] Step 13: The terminal performs beam measurement to determine whether the conditions for beam measurement reporting are met.

[0273] The terminal measures the reference signal in the indicated TCI state1 and obtains the measurement result L1-RSRP1. Further, the terminal measures the reference signals in the MAC-CE activated TCI states3, 5, and 7, obtaining L1-RSRP3, L1-RSRP5, and L1-RSRP7 respectively.

[0274] In Example 1, taking event-triggered beam measurement reporting as an example, the triggering condition is that the RSRP of the reference signal in the TCI state is greater than L1-RSRP1. The terminal compares L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP3, L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP5, and L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP7, and finds that L1-RSRP3 > L1-RSRP1, or L1-RSRP3 > L1-RSRP1 within n time slots, thus satisfying the triggering condition and triggering beam measurement reporting.

[0275] Step 14: The terminal sends a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0276] The terminal sends a PUCCH to the network device, and the PUCCH carries a UCI. Taking the case where the UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal will report the target beam measurement results based on a pre-defined target reserved resource as an example, the UCI contains information about the third reserved resource. The third reserved resource information indicates the third reserved resource. Accordingly, the UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal will send the target beam measurement results on the third reserved resource.

[0277] Step 15: The terminal receives the response information sent by the network device. The response information is carried in the DCI, which is either DCIformat 0-1 or DCIformat 0-2.

[0278] The DCI carries response information, which is a new indication field included in the DCI. The new indication field can be 1 bit, for example, '1' represents ACK and '0' represents NACK. Optionally, the DCI may also include indication information for the target reserved resource (e.g., the third reserved resource) to indicate the target reserved resource.

[0279] Step 16: If it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, the terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0280] After receiving the response information sent by the network device, the terminal determines that the network device has successfully received the UCI, and then sends the target beam measurement results on the third reserved resource (i.e. the target reserved resource).

[0281] The solution in this application embodiment carries response information on the DCI and responds to the terminal via the response information to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI. If the network device receives the UCI, the terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resources. This avoids uplink transmission collisions between the terminal reporting the target beam measurement result based on the target reserved resources and other terminals uplinking based on the target reserved resources when the UCI is lost, ensuring that the terminal can report the target beam measurement result according to the instructions of the network device.

[0282] The above embodiments introduced the implementation method of carrying response information in DCI. The following will introduce the implementation method of carrying response information in MAC CE.

[0283] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the MAC CE, which is used to implement the ACK / NACK response to the UCI. After the terminal sends the UCI to the network device, the network device sends the MAC CE to the terminal. Upon receiving the MAC CE, the terminal can obtain the response information and determine whether the network device has received the UCI. After determining that the network device has received the UCI, the terminal sends the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0284] Optionally, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which indicates the target reserved resources, i.e., the resources used by the terminal to report the target beam measurement results. The terminal reports the target beam measurement results on the target reserved resources n time slots after receiving the MAC CE (when the activated MAC CE takes effect).

[0285] In the above embodiments, the implementation scheme of carrying response information in MAC CE was introduced. The following is a specific example to illustrate the above implementation method.

[0286] Example 2: Taking the response information carried in the MAC CE, which also includes resource indication information to indicate the target's reserved resources, as an example, the steps 21 to 26 are as follows:

[0287] Step 21: The network device configures the corresponding reserved resources for the terminal via RRC messages for reporting beam measurement results.

[0288] The target reserved resources are a subset of the reserved resources configured by the network device for the terminal via RRC. In Example 2, taking three reserved resources configured by the network device as an example, they are resource 1 (represented by T1 / F1), resource 2 (represented by T2 / F2), and resource 3 (represented by T3 / F3). For T1 / F1, T1 represents resource 1 in the time domain, and F1 represents resource 1 in the frequency domain. The same applies to T2 / F2 and T3 / F3, which will not be elaborated further here.

[0289] Step 22: The terminal reports its capabilities, notifying the network device that it has the capability to report beam measurements triggered by the terminal or an event. The network device configures the terminal to report beam measurements based on the terminal or an event via higher-layer signaling.

[0290] For example, a network device configures 128 TCI states for a terminal, activating three of them via MAC-CE: TCI state3, TCI state5, and TCI state7. In the nth time slot, the network device instructs the terminal to use TCI state1, indicating that the terminal will use the beam indicated by TCI state1 in channel or signal transmission (including uplink or downlink) after the nth time slot. In the (n+k)th time slot, TCI state1 becomes active.

[0291] Step 23: The terminal performs beam measurement to determine whether the conditions for beam measurement reporting are met.

[0292] The terminal measures the reference signal (current beam) in the indicated TCI state1, obtaining the measurement result L1-RSRP1. Further, the terminal measures the reference signals (new beams) in the reference signal resources CSI-resource set1 and CSI-resource set2 configured by the network device through CSI-report config (an RRC layer signaling), obtaining L1-RSRP3, L1-RSRP5, and L1-RSRP7 respectively.

[0293] In Example 2, taking event-triggered beam measurement reporting as an example, the triggering condition is that there is an RSRP of another reference signal greater than L1-RSRP1. The terminal compares L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP3, L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP5, and L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP7, and finds that L1-RSRP3 > L1-RSRP1, or L1-RSRP3 > L1-RSRP1 within n time slots, thus satisfying the triggering condition and triggering beam measurement reporting.

[0294] Step 24: The terminal sends a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device to report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0295] The terminal sends a PUCCH to the network device, and the PUCCH carries a UCI. Taking the case where the UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal will report the target beam measurement results based on a pre-defined target reserved resource as an example, the UCI contains information about the third reserved resource. The third reserved resource information indicates the third reserved resource. Accordingly, the UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal will send the target beam measurement results on the third reserved resource.

[0296] Step 25: The terminal receives the response information sent by the network device, and the response information is carried in the MAC CE.

[0297] The MAC CE carries response information to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI. Optionally, the response information may be, for example, a 1-bit message in the MAC CE indicating ACK or NACK. The MAC CE may also include indication information for the target reserved resource (e.g., the third reserved resource), indicating the target reserved resource. Optionally, the indication information for the target reserved resource may be, for example, an indication field similar to Time Domain Resource Allocation (TDRA) or FDRA, such as index information of the target reserved resource, etc.

[0298] Step 26: If it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, the terminal sends the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0299] After receiving the MAC CE sent by the network device, the terminal determines that the network device has successfully received the UCI. Then, after n time slots following the sending of the MAC CE (when the activated MAC CE takes effect), it sends the target beam measurement results on the 3rd reserved resource (i.e., the target reserved resource) and reports L1-RSRP3.

[0300] The solution in this application embodiment carries response information on the MAC CE and responds to the terminal via the response information to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI. If the network device receives the UCI, the terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resources. This avoids uplink transmission collisions between the terminal reporting the target beam measurement result based on the target reserved resources and other terminals uplinking based on the target reserved resources when the UCI is lost, ensuring that the terminal can report the target beam measurement result according to the instructions of the network device.

[0301] In the above embodiments, the implementation methods of carrying response information in DCI or MAC CE have been introduced. Based on any of the above embodiments, the response method of the network device to UCI is described below when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission.

[0302] When the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, in response to the UCI sent by the terminal, the network device sends a response message to the terminal, indicating whether the network device has received the UCI. If it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, the terminal reports the target beam measurement result based on the target reserved resources. The target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, and the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0303] At least one carrier can be pre-configured for beam measurement, with different carriers corresponding to different beams. For any beam, the terminal performs measurements on the carrier corresponding to that beam to obtain the beam measurement result. In the case of multi-carrier transmission, when reporting beam measurement results, the terminal needs to indicate which carrier the reported target beam measurement result corresponds to.

[0304] Optionally, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0305] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate a target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier.

[0306] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier.

[0307] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0308] For example, when the triggering conditions are met, the terminal sends a UCI to the network device. The UCI includes first carrier indication information, which indicates the target carrier. Upon receiving the UCI, the network device knows that subsequent beam measurement reports are for the target carrier. The network device sends a response message to the terminal, indicating that it has received the UCI. The terminal then sends the target beam measurement results, i.e., the beam measurement results corresponding to the target carrier, to the network device.

[0309] For example, when the triggering conditions are met, the terminal sends a UCI to the network device. The UCI includes first carrier indication information, which indicates at least one carrier. Upon receiving the UCI, the network device sends a response message to the terminal, indicating that the network device has received the UCI. This response message includes second carrier indication information, which indicates the target carrier among the at least one carrier. After receiving the response message, the terminal can determine, based on the second carrier indication information, the beam measurement results corresponding to the target carrier that need to be reported, and then send the target beam measurement results, i.e., the beam measurement results corresponding to the target carrier, to the network device.

[0310] For example, when the triggering conditions are met, the terminal sends a UCI to the network device. After receiving the UCI, the network device sends a response message to the terminal, indicating that the network device has received the UCI. The terminal then sends the target beam measurement result to the network device. This target beam measurement result includes third carrier indication information, which indicates the target carrier. Through this third carrier indication information, the network device can determine that the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier.

[0311] In the above embodiments, the response scheme under the multi-carrier transmission mode was introduced. The following is a specific example to illustrate the above implementation method.

[0312] Example 3: Taking the UCI carrying the first carrier indication information, indicating that the triggered beam measurement reporting is for the target carrier, as an example, the steps 31 to 36 are as follows:

[0313] Step 31: The network device configures the reserved resource T1 / F1 on CC1 for the terminal via RRC message for reporting beam measurement results.

[0314] In Example 3, the reserved resources T1 / F1 on CC1 are the target reserved resources. T1 represents the resources in the time domain and F1 represents the resources in the frequency domain.

[0315] Step 32: The terminal reports its capabilities, notifying the network device that it has the capability to report beam measurements triggered by the terminal or an event. The network device configures the terminal to report beam measurements based on the terminal or an event via higher-layer signaling.

[0316] For example, the network device configures 128 TCI states for the terminal on CC2, activating three of them via MAC-CE: TCI state3, TCI state5, and TCI state7. In the nth time slot, the network device instructs the terminal to use TCI state 1, indicating that the terminal will use the beam indicated by TCI state 1 in channel or signal transmission (including uplink or downlink) after the nth time slot. In the (n+k)th time slot, TCI state 1 takes effect.

[0317] Step 33: The terminal performs beam measurement to determine whether the conditions for beam measurement reporting are met.

[0318] The terminal measures the reference signal (current beam) in the indicated TCI state1, obtaining the measurement result L1-RSRP1. Further, the terminal measures the reference signals (new beams) in the reference signal resources CSI-resource set1 and CSI-resource set2 configured by the network device through CSI-report config (an RRC layer signaling), obtaining L1-RSRP3, L1-RSRP5, and L1-RSRP7 respectively.

[0319] In Example 1, taking event-triggered beam measurement reporting as an example, the triggering condition is that there is another reference signal whose RSRP is greater than L1-RSRP1. The terminal compares L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP3, L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP5, and L1-RSRP1 with L1-RSRP7, and finds that L1-RSRP3 > L1-RSRP1, or L1-RSRP3 > L1-RSRP1 within n time slots, thus satisfying the triggering condition and triggering beam measurement reporting.

[0320] Step 34: The terminal sends a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device to report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0321] The terminal sends a PUCCH to the network device, and the PUCCH carries a UCI. Taking the case where the UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal is reporting the target beam measurement results based on pre-determined target reserved resources as an example, the UCI contains first carrier indication information, indicating CC2. The first carrier indication information may include the index of CC2, or it may include the indication field of CC2's TDRA, FDRA, etc.

[0322] After the network device obtains the first carrier indication information, it can know that the triggered beam measurement report is the beam measurement report on CC2, that is, the reported target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to CC2.

[0323] Step 35: The terminal receives the response information sent by the network device. The response information is carried in the DCI, which is either DCIformat 0-1 or DCIformat 0-2.

[0324] The DCI carries response information, which is a new indication field included in the DCI. This new indication field can be 1 bit; for example, '1' represents ACK, and '0' represents NACK. Optionally, the response information may also include second indication information to indicate CC2. Using this second indication information, the network device instructs the terminal to report beam measurements on CC2.

[0325] Step 36: If it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, the terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0326] After receiving the response information sent by the network device, the terminal determines that the network device has successfully received the UCI. Then, according to the instructions of the network device, it reports the target beam measurement results on the reserved resource T1 / F1 on CC1 (for example, the first reserved Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource of CC1), i.e., L1-RSRP3 on CC2.

[0327] The solution in this application embodiment addresses the case where the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission. It uses carrier indication information to instruct the reporting of beam measurement on the target carrier, thereby enabling the network device to know that the reported target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier.

[0328] In the above embodiments, the network device's response to UCI was described when the transmission mode between the terminal and the network device was multi-carrier transmission. The following will introduce the relationship between the time slot where the target reserved resource is located and the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI.

[0329] Optionally, the target reserved resource can be a PUCCH resource or a Configured Grant-Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH) resource. The terminal can determine the time slot where the target reserved resource is located based on the time domain resource indication parameters and the time slot where the terminal transmits UCI, and then transmit PUCCH or CG PUSCH in the time slot where the target reserved resource is located. The target beam measurement results are carried on the PUCCH or CG PUSCH.

[0330] In one possible implementation, the target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource. The terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resource, which means that the terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device on the PUCCH.

[0331] Before transmitting the PUCCH, the terminal must first determine in which time slot the PUCCH will be transmitted. Further, it needs to determine which OFDM symbols in that time slot, and on which Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) or Resource Blocks (RBs), the PUCCH will be transmitted. These OFDM symbols in that time slot represent the target reserved resources in the time domain, and these PRBs or RBs represent the target reserved resources in the frequency domain.

[0332] The terminal can determine the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located based on the time domain resource indication parameter and the time slot in which the terminal transmits the UCI. The time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal transmits the UCI, where R is the time domain resource indication parameter and is a positive integer. Once the time slot for transmitting the UCI is determined, the terminal can determine the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located.

[0333] For example, if the target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot in which the terminal transmits the UCI is the i-th time slot (where i is a positive integer), then the time slot containing the PUCCH resource is the (i+R)-th time slot. The terminal transmits the PUCCH on OFDM symbol 1 and PRB 2 within the (i+R)-th time slot. OFDM symbol 1 represents the target reserved resource in the time domain, and PRB 2 represents the target reserved resource in the frequency domain. The terminal transmits the PUCCH to the network device in the (i+R)-th time slot. The PUCCH carries the target beam measurement results, where the time domain of the PUCCH transmitted by the terminal is OFDM symbol 1, and the frequency domain is PRB 2. Correspondingly, the network device obtains the target beam measurement results transmitted by the terminal by receiving the PUCCH.

[0334] In one possible implementation, the target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource. The terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resource, which means that the terminal sends the target beam measurement result to the network device on the CG PUSCH.

[0335] Before transmitting a CG PUSCH, the terminal must first determine in which time slot the CG PUSCH will be transmitted. Further, it needs to determine which OFDM symbols, and which PRBs or RBs, will transmit the CG PUSCH in that time slot. These OFDM symbols in that time slot represent the target reserved resources in the time domain, and these PRBs or RBs represent the target reserved resources in the frequency domain.

[0336] The terminal can determine the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located based on the time domain resource indication parameter and the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI. Specifically, the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot of the first CGPUSCH starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI, where R is the time domain resource indication parameter and is a positive integer.

[0337] For example, if the target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot for the terminal to send the UCI is the i-th time slot (where i is a positive integer), then the time slot containing the CG PUSCH resource is the first CG PUSCH time slot starting from the (i+R)-th time slot. Once the terminal determines the time slot for sending the UCI, it can determine the time slot containing the CG PUSCH resource.

[0338] Optionally, the time-domain resource indication parameter may be carried in any of the following messages: RRC message; UCI; response information.

[0339] For example, time-domain resource indication parameters are carried in RRC messages. When a network device sends an RRC message to a terminal, the RRC message includes time-domain resource indication parameters. After receiving the RRC message, the terminal obtains the time-domain resource indication parameters from the RRC message.

[0340] For example, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in the UCI. The terminal sends the UCI to the network device, and after receiving the UCI, the network device obtains the time-domain resource indication parameter in the UCI.

[0341] For example, in the response information carried by the time domain resource indication parameter, the network device sends response information to the terminal, which includes the time domain resource indication parameter. After receiving the response information, the terminal obtains the time domain resource indication parameter from the response information.

[0342] Then, the terminal determines the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located based on the time domain resource indication parameters and the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI. Based on the time slot of the PUCCH resource, the terminal sends the target beam measurement results to the network device via the PUCCH. Correspondingly, the network device receives the target beam measurement results sent by the terminal via the PUCCH based on the time slot of the PUCCH resource (for the case where the target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource). Alternatively, the terminal determines the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located based on the time domain resource indication parameters and the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI. Based on the time slot of the CG PUSCH resource, the terminal sends the target beam measurement results to the network device via the CG PUSCH. Correspondingly, the network device receives the target beam measurement results sent by the terminal via the CGPUSCH based on the time slot of the CG PUSCH resource (for the case where the target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource).

[0343] In summary, the solution of this application embodiment enables the network device to respond to the UCI sent by the terminal through response information, thereby avoiding uplink transmission collision problems caused by the inconsistency between the behavior of the network device and the terminal due to the loss of the UCI sent by the terminal, and ensuring that the terminal can report the beam measurement results according to the instructions of the network device.

[0344] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device provided in the embodiments of this application Figure 1 ,like Figure 2 As shown, the device includes: a memory 220, a transceiver 200, and a processor 210.

[0345] The memory 220 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 200 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 210; the processor 210 is used to read the computer program stored in the memory 220 and perform the following operations:

[0346] Send a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-defined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0347] Receive response information sent by network devices, which indicates whether the network devices have received UCI;

[0348] Once it is confirmed that the network device has received the UCI, the target beam measurement results are sent to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

[0349] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0350] In one possible implementation,

[0351] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0352] or,

[0353] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0354] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0355] FDRA domain;

[0356] MCS domain;

[0357] PRI domain.

[0358] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0359] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0360] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0361] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0362] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0363] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0364] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0365] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0366] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0367] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0368] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0369] In one possible implementation,

[0370] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0371] or,

[0372] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0373] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0374] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0375] RRC message;

[0376] The UCI;

[0377] The response information.

[0378] Among them, Figure 2 In this context, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 210 and memory represented by memory 220 together. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 200 can be multiple components, including transmitters and receivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. For different user equipment, user interface 230 can also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0379] The processor 210 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 220 can store the data used by the processor 210 when performing operations.

[0380] Optionally, the processor 210 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0381] The processor executes any of the methods provided in the embodiments of this application by calling a computer program stored in memory, according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0382] It should be noted that the beam measurement result reporting device provided in this application embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment with the terminal as the execution subject, and can achieve the same technical effect. Here, the parts that are the same as those in the method embodiment and the beneficial effects will not be described in detail.

[0383] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device provided in the embodiments of this application Figure 2 ,like Figure 3 As shown, it includes a memory 320, a transceiver 300, and a processor 310, wherein:

[0384] The memory 320 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 300 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 310; the processor 310 is used to read the computer program in the memory 320 and perform the following operations:

[0385] The terminal receives a UCI sent by the terminal. The UCI is used to notify the network device to report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the network to report the target beam measurement results.

[0386] Send a response message to the terminal; the response message is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0387] Based on the target reserved resources, the receiving terminal sends the target beam measurement results.

[0388] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0389] In one possible implementation,

[0390] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0391] or,

[0392] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0393] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0394] FDRA domain;

[0395] MCS domain;

[0396] PRI domain.

[0397] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0398] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0399] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0400] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0401] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0402] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0403] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0404] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0405] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0406] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0407] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0408] In one possible implementation,

[0409] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0410] or,

[0411] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0412] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0413] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0414] RRC message;

[0415] The UCI;

[0416] The response information.

[0417] Among them, Figure 3 In this context, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits together, represented by one or more processors (processor 310) and memory (memory 320). The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 300 can be multiple elements, including transmitters and receivers, providing units for communicating with various other devices over transmission media, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. The processor 310 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 320 can store data used by the processor 310 during operation.

[0418] The processor 310 can be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA or CPLD, and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0419] The processor executes any of the methods provided in the embodiments of this application by calling a computer program stored in memory, according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0420] It should be noted that the beam measurement result reporting device provided in this application embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment with the network device as the execution subject, and can achieve the same technical effect. Here, the parts that are the same as those in the method embodiment and the beneficial effects will not be described in detail.

[0421] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device 40 provided in an embodiment of this application. Figure 4 As shown, the beam measurement result reporting device 40 includes:

[0422] The first sending module 41 is used to send a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results.

[0423] The first receiving module 42 is used to receive response information sent by the network device, and the response information is used to indicate whether the network device has received UCI;

[0424] The second transmitting module 43 is used to transmit the target beam measurement results to the network device based on the target reserved resources, when it is determined that the network device has received the UCI.

[0425] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0426] In one possible implementation,

[0427] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0428] or,

[0429] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0430] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0431] FDRA domain;

[0432] MCS domain;

[0433] PRI domain.

[0434] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0435] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0436] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0437] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0438] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0439] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0440] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0441] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0442] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0443] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0444] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0445] In one possible implementation,

[0446] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0447] or,

[0448] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0449] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0450] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0451] RRC message;

[0452] The UCI;

[0453] The response information.

[0454] It should be noted that the beam measurement result reporting device 40 provided in this application can implement all the method steps implemented by the terminal in the above method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Here, the parts that are the same as those in the method embodiment and the beneficial effects will not be described in detail.

[0455] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the beam measurement result reporting device 50 provided in an embodiment of this application. Figure 5 As shown, the beam measurement result reporting device 50 includes:

[0456] The second receiving module 51 is used to receive the UCI sent by the terminal. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network to report the target beam measurement results.

[0457] The third sending module 52 is used to send response information to the terminal, and the response information is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0458] The third receiving module 53 is used to receive the target beam measurement results sent by the terminal based on the target reserved resources.

[0459] In one possible implementation, the response information is carried in the DCI, or in the MAC CE.

[0460] In one possible implementation,

[0461] The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0462] or,

[0463] The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field together are used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

[0464] In one possible implementation, at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following:

[0465] FDRA domain;

[0466] MCS domain;

[0467] PRI domain.

[0468] In one possible implementation, DCI and UCI have a pre-defined association, wherein:

[0469] The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units;

[0470] N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

[0471] In one possible implementation, the MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

[0472] In one possible implementation, when the transmission method between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

[0473] In one possible implementation, the carrier indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0474] First carrier indication information, carried in UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier;

[0475] The second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in at least one carrier;

[0476] The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement results and is used to indicate the target carrier.

[0477] In one possible implementation, the UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results, and / or an index of the target event;

[0478] Among them, the target event is the event that triggers the reporting of target beam measurement results.

[0479] In one possible implementation,

[0480] The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI;

[0481] or,

[0482] The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI;

[0483] Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

[0484] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages:

[0485] RRC message;

[0486] The UCI;

[0487] The response information.

[0488] It should be noted that the beam measurement result reporting device 50 provided in this application can implement all the method steps implemented by the network device in the above method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Here, the parts that are the same as those in the method embodiment and the beneficial effects will not be described in detail.

[0489] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of this application is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of this application can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit. The integrated units described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional units.

[0490] If the integrated unit is implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods of the various embodiments of this application. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0491] This application also provides a non-transitory readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a processor to execute all the method steps of the terminal in the above method embodiments.

[0492] This application also provides a non-transitory readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a processor to execute all the method steps of the network device in the above method embodiments.

[0493] Non-transiently readable storage media can be any available medium or data storage device that the processor can access, including but not limited to magnetic storage (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MOs), etc.), optical storage (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor storage (e.g., ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memory (NAND flash), solid-state drives (SSDs)).

[0494] This application also provides a computer program product, including a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements any of the methods described in the above-described method embodiments.

[0495] Those skilled in the art will understand that embodiments of this application can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, this application can take the form of a completely hardware embodiment, a completely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, this application can take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage and optical storage) containing computer-usable program code.

[0496] This application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this application. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, generate instructions for implementing the flowchart... Figure 1 One or more processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in one or more boxes.

[0497] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means, which are implemented in a process Figure 1 One or more processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The function specified in one or more boxes.

[0498] These processors can execute instructions that can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device, causing a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions that execute on the computer or other programmable device for implementing the process. Figure 1 One or more processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The steps of the function specified in one or more boxes.

[0499] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this application without departing from the spirit and scope of this application. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this application and their equivalents, this application also intends to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for reporting beam measurement results, characterized in that, Applied to a terminal, the method includes: Sending uplink control information (UCI) to the network device, wherein the UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on a pre-determined target reserved resource, or to request the target reserved resource from the network device to report the target beam measurement results; Receive response information sent by the network device, the response information being used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI; If it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, the target beam measurement result is sent to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The response information is carried in the downlink control information (DCI) or in the media access control layer control element (MAC CE).

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI. or, The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field is used together to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following: Frequency domain resource allocation FDRA domain; Modulation and coding strategy (MCS domain); Physical uplink control channel resource indicator (PRI) field.

5. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The DCI and the UCI have a preset association relationship, wherein: The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units; N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

6. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that, When the transmission mode between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The carrier indication information includes at least one of the following: First carrier indication information, carried in the UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier; Second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in the at least one carrier; The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement result and is used to indicate the target carrier.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that, The UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results and / or an index of the target event; The target event is the event that triggers the reporting of the target beam measurement results.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that, The target reserved resource is the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI; or, The target reserved resource is the configured authorized physical uplink shared channel (CG PUSCH) resource. The time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI. Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages: Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages; The UCI; The response information.

12. A method for reporting beam measurement results, characterized in that, Applied to network devices, the method includes: The terminal receives a UCI sent by the network device, which is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network to report the target beam measurement results. Send response information to the terminal, the response information being used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI; Based on the reserved resources for the target, the target beam measurement results sent by the terminal are received.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The response information is carried in DCI or in MAC CE.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI. or, The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field is used together to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that, The at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following: FDRA domain; MCS domain; PRI domain.

16. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The DCI and the UCI have a preset association relationship, wherein: The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units; N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

17. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

18. The method according to any one of claims 12-17, characterized in that, When the transmission mode between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that, The carrier indication information includes at least one of the following: First carrier indication information, carried in the UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier; Second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in the at least one carrier; The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement result and is used to indicate the target carrier.

20. The method according to any one of claims 12-17, characterized in that, The UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results and / or an index of the target event; The target event is the event that triggers the reporting of the target beam measurement results.

21. The method according to any one of claims 12-20, characterized in that, The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI; or, The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI; Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

22. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that, The time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages: RRC message; The UCI; The response information.

23. A beam measurement result reporting device, characterized in that, Applied to a terminal, the device includes: The first sending module is used to send a UCI to the network device. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network device to report the target beam measurement results. The first receiving module is configured to receive response information sent by the network device, the response information being used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI; The second transmitting module is used to transmit the target beam measurement result to the network device based on the target reserved resources, when it is determined that the network device has received the UCI.

24. A beam measurement result reporting device, characterized in that, Applied to network devices, the device includes: The second receiving module is used to receive a UCI sent by the terminal. The UCI is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on a pre-determined target reserved resource, or to request the target reserved resource from the network to report the target beam measurement results. The third sending module is used to send response information to the terminal, the response information being used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI; The third receiving module is used to receive the target beam measurement results sent by the terminal based on the target reserved resources.

25. A beam measurement result reporting device, characterized in that, Applied to a terminal, the device includes: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor. The memory is used to store computer programs; the transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer programs in the memory and perform the following operations: Send a UCI to the network device, the UCI being used to notify the network device that the terminal is reporting the target beam measurement results based on a pre-determined target reserved resource, or to request the target reserved resource from the network device to report the target beam measurement results; Receive response information sent by the network device, the response information being used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI; If it is determined that the network device has received the UCI, the target beam measurement result is sent to the network device based on the target reserved resources.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, characterized in that, The response information is carried in DCI or in MAC CE.

27. The apparatus according to claim 26, characterized in that, The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI. or, The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field is used together to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

28. The apparatus according to claim 27, characterized in that, The at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following: FDRA domain; MCS domain; PRI domain.

29. The apparatus according to claim 26, characterized in that, The DCI and the UCI have a preset association relationship, wherein: The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units; N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

30. The apparatus according to claim 26, characterized in that, The MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

31. The apparatus according to any one of claims 25-30, characterized in that, When the transmission mode between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

32. The apparatus according to claim 31, characterized in that, The carrier indication information includes at least one of the following: First carrier indication information, carried in the UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier; Second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in the at least one carrier; The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement result and is used to indicate the target carrier.

33. The apparatus according to any one of claims 25-30, characterized in that, The UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results and / or an index of the target event; The target event is the event that triggers the reporting of the target beam measurement results.

34. The apparatus according to any one of claims 25-33, characterized in that, The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI; or, The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI; Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

35. The apparatus according to claim 34, characterized in that, The time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages: RRC message; The UCI; The response information.

36. A beam measurement result reporting device, characterized in that, Applied to network devices, the device includes: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor. The memory is used to store computer programs; the transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer programs in the memory and perform the following operations: The terminal receives a UCI sent by the network device, which is used to notify the network device that the terminal should report the target beam measurement results based on the pre-determined target reserved resources, or to request the target reserved resources from the network to report the target beam measurement results. Send response information to the terminal, the response information being used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI; Based on the reserved resources for the target, the target beam measurement results sent by the terminal are received.

37. The apparatus according to claim 36, characterized in that, The response information is carried in DCI or in MAC CE.

38. The apparatus according to claim 37, characterized in that, The response information is a new indication field in the DCI, which is used to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI. or, The response information includes at least one first indication field in the DCI, and the at least one first indication field is used together to indicate whether the network device has received the UCI.

39. The apparatus according to claim 38, characterized in that, The at least one first indication field includes at least one of the following: FDRA domain; MCS domain; PRI domain.

40. The apparatus according to claim 37, characterized in that, The DCI and the UCI have a preset association relationship, wherein: The preset association relationship is used to indicate that the DCI is the first DCI received after the terminal sends the UCI N time units; N is a preset value, or a value configured by a higher level.

41. The apparatus according to claim 37, characterized in that, The MAC CE also includes resource indication information, which is used to indicate the target reserved resources.

42. The apparatus according to any one of claims 36-41, characterized in that, When the transmission mode between the terminal and the network device is multi-carrier transmission, the target beam measurement result is the beam measurement result corresponding to the target carrier, wherein the target carrier is the carrier indicated by the carrier indication information.

43. The apparatus according to claim 42, characterized in that, The carrier indication information includes at least one of the following: First carrier indication information, carried in the UCI, is used to indicate the target carrier, or to indicate at least one carrier, wherein the at least one carrier is a pre-configured carrier for beam measurement, and the target beam measurement result is a subset of the beam measurement results corresponding to each of the at least one carrier; Second carrier indication information, carried in the response information, is used to indicate the target carrier in the at least one carrier; The third carrier indication information is carried in the target beam measurement result and is used to indicate the target carrier.

44. The apparatus according to any one of claims 36-41, characterized in that, The UCI includes payload information of the target beam measurement results and / or an index of the target event; The target event is the event that triggers the reporting of the target beam measurement results.

45. The apparatus according to any one of claims 36-44, characterized in that, The target reserved resource is a PUCCH resource, and the time slot where the PUCCH resource is located is the Rth time slot after the time slot in which the terminal sends the UCI; or, The target reserved resource is a CG PUSCH resource, and the time slot where the CG PUSCH resource is located is the time slot where the first CG PUSCH is located, starting from the Rth time slot after the time slot where the terminal sends the UCI; Wherein, R is a time-domain resource indication parameter, and R is a positive integer.

46. ​​The apparatus according to claim 45, characterized in that, The time-domain resource indication parameter is carried in any of the following messages: RRC message; The UCI; The response information.

47. A non-transiently readable storage medium, characterized in that, The non-transiently readable storage medium stores a computer program that causes a processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 1-11, or the method according to any one of claims 12-22.

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