Period acquisition method, electronic equipment, program product and medium

Abstract

Provided in an embodiment of the present application are a period acquisition method, an electronic device, a program product and a medium for avoiding a conflict between first channel indication information and a second channel beam report, the specific solution comprising: receiving first configuration information sent by a network device; the first configuration information is used for indicating the period and the offset of first channel indication information and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used for indicating the period and the offset of the second channel beam reports, and the second channel beam reports the period of the associated first channel indication information; m is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and determining periods of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information and a period setting rule.

Description

Technical Field

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

[0002] In existing technologies, the period and offset of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report are configured independently in the beam report transmission process. This can lead to situations where the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report are transmitted at the same time, resulting in a conflict between their transmission timings. Therefore, avoiding conflicts between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, reducing the complexity of uplink signaling conflict handling in terminal equipment, and enabling efficient transmission of both have become the current technical problems that need to be solved. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This application provides a period acquisition method, electronic device, program product, and medium, with the aim of solving the problem of how to avoid conflicts between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report.

[0004] To achieve the above objectives, this application provides the following technical solution:

[0005] A first aspect of this application provides a period acquisition method, applied to a terminal device, the period acquisition method comprising:

[0006] The system receives first configuration information sent by a network device; the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0007] Based on the first configuration information and the period setting rules, the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report is determined.

[0008] This method determines the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report based on period configuration rules, so as to reconfigure the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report to avoid conflicts between the transmission timing of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report.

[0009] In some possible implementations, the first configuration information carries M first IDs; the first ID is the ID of the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information.

[0010] This method carries a first ID in the first configuration information, so that after receiving the first configuration information, the terminal device can determine the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information based on the first ID.

[0011] In some possible implementations, the first ID is a channel state information report configuration ID; the channel state information report configuration ID is used in the beam management process.

[0012] This method uses the Channel State Information Report Configuration ID as the first ID. Since the Channel State Information Report Configuration ID is used in the beam management process, and the beam management process includes sending the corresponding second channel beam report, the Channel State Information Report Configuration ID corresponds to the unique second channel beam report. This allows the first ID to correspond to the unique second channel beam report, enabling the terminal device to accurately determine the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information based on the first ID.

[0013] In some possible implementations, the first configuration information includes a first field; the first field is used to indicate whether the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report.

[0014] This method carries a first field in the first configuration information so that the terminal device can determine whether to apply the period of the first channel indication information to the associated second channel beam report based on the content indicated by the first field.

[0015] In some possible implementations, the period setting rule includes: when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the first channel indication information satisfies a first constraint condition, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy a second constraint condition, then the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the period of the first channel indication information.

[0016] This method sets a first constraint and a second constraint to configure the period of the second channel beam report based on the period of the first channel indication information, provided that the first channel indication information meets the constraint.

[0017] In some possible implementations, the period setting rule includes: when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the period of the first channel indication information does not meet the first constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition, then the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0018] This method configures the period of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information when the first constraint condition and the second constraint condition are not met simultaneously, thereby avoiding the terminal device being unable to determine the period of the second channel beam report due to the first channel indication information not meeting the first constraint condition and the second constraint condition.

[0019] In some possible implementations, the first constraint is that the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report.

[0020] This method sets a first constraint condition that the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, so as to avoid the second channel beam report being unable to be sent after X symbols when the period of the first channel indication information is less than X symbols.

[0021] In some possible implementations, the second channel beam report is activated and periodically transmitted during the first available transmission opportunity when the inactivation timer of the associated first channel indication information is enabled and the maximum number of transmissions has not been reached.

[0022] Since the period of the second channel beam report changes after the period of the first channel indication information is set to the period of the second channel beam report, it is uncertain at what moment the period of the second channel beam report is activated. Therefore, this method uses the first available transmission opportunity when the inactivation timer of the associated first channel indication information is enabled and the maximum number of transmissions has not been reached as the activation condition for the period of the second channel beam report, so that the second channel beam report can be sent according to the changed periodicity.

[0023] In some possible implementations, the second channel beam report deactivates and stops transmitting when the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum number of transmissions and / or reaches the prohibition timer threshold, X symbols after the last symbol has been transmitted, or when the prohibition timer is reset or the maximum number of transmissions is reset.

[0024] Since the period of the second channel beam report changes after the period of the first channel indication information is set to the period of the second channel beam report, it is uncertain at what moment the period of the second channel beam report will be activated. Therefore, this method uses the condition that the period of the second channel beam report is activated when the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum number of transmissions and / or reaches the prohibition timer threshold, after X symbols of the last symbol has been transmitted, or when the prohibition timer is reset, or when the maximum number of transmissions is reset, so that the second channel beam report can be transmitted according to the changed periodicity.

[0025] In some possible implementations, the first configuration information carries an ID of a first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report.

[0026] This method enables the terminal device to determine the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report after receiving the first configuration information by carrying the ID of the first channel indication information in the first configuration information.

[0027] In some possible implementations, the first configuration information includes a second field; the second field is used to indicate whether the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information.

[0028] This method carries a second field in the first configuration information so that the terminal device can determine whether to apply the period of the second channel beam report to the associated first channel indication information based on the content indicated by the second field.

[0029] In some possible implementations, the period setting rule includes: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report satisfies a third constraint, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy a second constraint, then the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the period of the second channel beam report.

[0030] By setting second and third constraints to consider the correlation between the associated first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, the period of the first channel indication information is configured to avoid conflicts between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report.

[0031] In some possible implementations, the period setting rule includes: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report does not meet the third constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition, then the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0032] By setting second and third constraints to consider the correlation between the associated first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, the period of the first channel indication information is configured to avoid conflicts between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report.

[0033] In some possible implementations, the second constraint is that the absolute value of the difference between the offset reported by the second channel beam and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols.

[0034] In some possible implementations, the third constraint is that the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols; where X is the number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report.

[0035] This method sets the period of the second channel beam report to be greater than or equal to X symbols as the first constraint condition, so as to avoid the second channel beam report being unable to be sent after X symbols after the first channel indication information is sent because the period of the second channel beam report is less than X symbols.

[0036] In some possible implementations, the period setting rule includes: when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a common period set, the period of the second channel beam report is set to the period of the first channel indication information; the periods in the common period set are allowed to be set to both the period of the first channel indication information and the period of the second channel beam report simultaneously.

[0037] This method sets the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information when the period of the first channel indication information is within a common period set. This ensures that the transmission timing of the first configuration information in each period is X symbols away from the transmission timing of the associated second channel beam report, thus avoiding conflicts between the transmission timing of subsequent first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the associated second channel beam report.

[0038] In some possible implementations, the period setting rule includes: when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a first preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is N times the period of the first channel indication information. p Times; the N p It is a positive integer.

[0039] Since the transmission timing of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report are X symbols apart, this method sets the period of the second channel beam report to N times the period of the first channel indication information. p This ensures that the transmission timing of the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information is always X symbols apart, thus avoiding a conflict between the transmission timing of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the associated second channel beam report.

[0040] In some possible implementations, based on the first configuration information and X1, the system frame number and the number of time slots within the frame when the terminal device sends the second channel beam report are determined; X1 = X + A, or X1 = X; where A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and X is the number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the timing of sending the second channel beam report.

[0041] This allows us to determine the frame number corresponding to the timing of sending the second channel beam report when X symbols of the first channel indication information are sent.

[0042] In some possible implementations, the period setting rule includes: when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a second preset set, configuring the period of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information.

[0043] In some possible implementations, the offset of the second channel beam report in the physical uplink control channel is determined based on the first configuration information and X1, as well as the start sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured by radio resource control.

[0044] Configure the offset of the second channel beam report based on the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel.

[0045] In some possible implementations, the above-described period acquisition method further includes: the first channel indication information is applicable to mode B and / or mode A of the beam reporting process transmitted / triggered by the terminal device. In mode B, the second channel beam report is transmitted X symbols after the last symbol of the first channel indication information is transmitted, based on the period of the second channel beam report; X is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0046] This method sends the second channel beam report at least X symbols after the first channel indication information has been sent, ensuring that there is at least a X-symbol gap between the timing of sending the first channel indication information and the timing of sending the second channel beam report. This allows the network device sufficient preparation and processing time to receive the second channel beam report on the pre-configured resources after receiving the notification of the first channel indication information.

[0047] A second aspect of this application provides a period acquisition method, applied to a network device, the period acquisition method comprising:

[0048] Send first configuration information to the terminal device; the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0049] In some possible implementations, the period acquisition method further includes:

[0050] Based on the resource information or sequence information of the first uplink physical control channel sent by the terminal device, the offset of the second channel beam report is obtained.

[0051] A third aspect of this application provides a communication device, comprising: a memory and at least one processor. The memory is used to store a program, and the at least one processor is used to run the program, such that the communication device implements the cycle acquisition method provided in the first or second aspect of this application.

[0052] The fourth aspect of this application provides a computer storage medium for storing a computer program, which, when executed, implements the cycle acquisition method provided in the first or second aspect of this application. Attached Figure Description

[0053] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the communication system provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0054] Figure 2A flowchart illustrating a period acquisition method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0055] Figure 3 A flowchart illustrating the period for configuring the first channel indication information provided in this application;

[0056] Figure 4 A schematic diagram showing that the period of the first channel indication information provided in this application is greater than or equal to X symbols;

[0057] Figure 5 A schematic diagram showing that the period of the first instruction information provided in this application is less than X symbols;

[0058] Figure 6 A flowchart illustrating the configuration of the second channel beam report period provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0059] Figure 7 A flowchart illustrating another period acquisition method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0060] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0061] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0062] Figure 10 This application provides a schematic diagram of the structure of another electronic device. Detailed Implementation

[0063] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The terminology used in the following embodiments is for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and is not intended to be a limitation of this application. As used in the specification and appended claims of this application, the singular expressions "a," "an," "the," "the," "the," and "this" are intended to also include expressions such as "one or more," unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that in the embodiments of this application, "one or more" refers to one, two, or more; "and / or" describes the relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships may exist; for example, A and / or B can represent: A alone, A and B simultaneously, or B alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0064] References to "one embodiment" or "some embodiments" as described in this specification mean that one or more embodiments of this application include a specific feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with that embodiment. Therefore, the phrases "in one embodiment," "in some embodiments," "in other embodiments," "in still other embodiments," etc., appearing in different parts of this specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, but rather mean "one or more, but not all, embodiments," unless otherwise specifically emphasized. The terms "comprising," "including," "having," and variations thereof mean "including but not limited to," unless otherwise specifically emphasized.

[0065] The "multiple" mentioned in the embodiments of this application refers to two or more. It should be noted that in the description of the embodiments of this application, terms such as "first" and "second" are used only for the purpose of distinguishing descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance, nor should they be construed as indicating or implying order.

[0066] The embodiments of this application are applied to communication systems, which can be second-generation (2G) communication systems, third-generation (3G) communication systems, LTE systems, fifth-generation (5G) communication systems, LTE and 5G hybrid architectures, 5G New Radio (5G NR) systems, and new communication systems that will emerge in the future development of communication.

[0067] A communication system includes network equipment. Network equipment can be an entity on the network side used to transmit or receive signals, exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, act as a router between terminal devices and the rest of the access network, which may include IP networks, etc. Network equipment can also coordinate the management of air interface attributes. For example, network equipment can be an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE, a new radio controller (NR controller), a gNodeB (gNB) in a 5G system, a centralized unit, a new radio base station, a remote radio module, a micro base station, a relay, a distributed unit, a transmission reception point (TRP) or transmission point (TP), or any other wireless access device. A communication system includes network equipment and at least one terminal device, and may also include multiple network devices and multiple terminal devices. An example of a communication system is as follows: Figure 1 As shown, Figure 1 It includes base station 1, terminal 2 and terminal 3.

[0068] In the embodiments provided in this application, the base station can be any device with wireless transceiver capabilities, including but not limited to: evolved base stations (NodeB, eNB, or e-NodeB) in Long Term Evolution (LTE), base stations (gNodeB or gNB) or transmission receiving points / transmission reception points (TRPs) in New Radio (NR), base stations in subsequent 3GPP evolutions, access nodes in Wi-Fi systems, wireless relay nodes, wireless backhaul nodes, etc. The base station can be: macro base station, micro base station, pico base station, small cell, relay station, or balloon station, etc. The base station can include one or more co-located or non-co-located Transmission Reception Points (TRPs). The base station can also be a radio controller, centralized unit (CU), and / or distributed unit (DU) in a cloud radioaccess network (CRAN) scenario. The base station can communicate with the terminal, or it can communicate with the terminal through a relay station. The terminal can communicate with multiple base stations using different technologies. For example, the terminal can communicate with base stations that support LTE networks, base stations that support 5G networks, and can also establish dual connections with both LTE and 5G base stations.

[0069] In the embodiments provided in this application, a terminal device is an entity on the user side used to receive or transmit signals. A terminal device can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, such as a handheld device with wireless connectivity, an in-vehicle device, etc. A terminal device can also be other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The terminal device can communicate with a radio access network (RAN). A terminal device can also be referred to as a wireless terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, user device, or user equipment (UE), etc. A terminal device can be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal, for example, a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or in-vehicle mobile device that exchanges voice and / or data with the radio access network. For example, terminal devices can also be personal communication service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other similar devices. Common terminal devices include: mobile phones, tablets, laptops, PDAs, mobile internet devices (MIDs), wearable devices such as smartwatches, smart bracelets, pedometers, in-vehicle communication devices, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

[0070] To make the technical solution of this application clearer and easier to understand, the method for obtaining the period of the embodiments of this application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0071] See Figure 2 The flowchart shown illustrates a period acquisition method applied to a terminal device, comprising:

[0072] S201: Receive first configuration information sent by the network device; the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0073] The first channel indication information is an uplink control information (UCI) signaling that is different from the dedicated scheduling request (SR), hybrid automatic repeat reQuest Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), and channel state information report (CSI report). It occupies a bit width of 1 bit and is used at least in the on beam report transmission procedure for UE-initiated / event-driven beam reporting in New Radio (NR) version 19.

[0074] In some embodiments, the first channel indication information is applicable to Mode-B and / or Mode-A.

[0075] In some embodiments, the first channel indication information may be in the form of an SR, occupying a bit width of 1 bit.

[0076] In some embodiments, the first channel indication information is associated with one or more pre-configured resources for transmitting the second channel beam report.

[0077] Specifically, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, the first configuration information carries M first IDs, where each first ID is the ID of the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information. This allows the terminal device, upon receiving the first configuration information, to determine the second beam report associated with the first channel indication information based on the first IDs in the first configuration information.

[0078] The first ID is an ID that can indicate a unique second channel beam report, such as the Channel State Information-ReportConfigID (CSI-ReportConfigID). Since the Channel State Information-ReportConfigID is used in the beam management process, and the beam management process includes sending the second channel beam report, the Channel State Information-ReportConfigID can indicate a unique second channel beam report.

[0079] Taking CSI-ReportConfigID as the first ID as an example, the first configuration information contains multiple CSI-ReportConfigIDs:

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[0081] Each beam report transmission procedure request resource configuration (UEIRequestResourceConfig) optionally includes the UEI Request Resource ID (UEIRequestResourceId) and the UEI Request ID (UEIRequestId). csi-ReportConfigToAddModList represents the list of Channel State Information Report Configurations (CSI ReportConfig) associated with UEIRequestResourceId, and csi-ReportConfigToReleaseList represents the list of CSI ReportConfigs released from the above associated list. The maximum size of both lists is M.

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[0084] The configuration of the first channel indication and the second channel beam report has a one-to-M relationship, and it still supports the second channel beam report configuration being shared by multiple first channel indication information. Therefore, for each second channel beam report configuration, a corresponding UEIRequestId can be optionally added for periodic, semi-persistent reporting on the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), semi-persistent reporting on the PUSCH, and non-periodic reporting. (It can also be UEIRequestResourceId.)

[0085] When the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information, the first configuration information carries the ID of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report. This allows the terminal device, upon receiving the first configuration information, to determine the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report based on the ID of the first channel indication information in the first configuration information.

[0086] It should be noted that when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, the offset of the second channel beam reports is determined based on the period of the second channel beam reports indicated by the first configuration information. Similarly, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports, the offset of the first channel indication information is determined based on the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information.

[0087] For example, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, if M=1, the period of the second channel beam reports is 5 slots, and the offset corresponding to 5 slots is 1 slot, then 1 slot is used as the offset of the second channel beam reports. Similarly, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports, if the period of the first channel indication information is 5 slots, and the offset corresponding to 5 slots is 1 slot, then 1 slot is used as the offset of the first channel indication information.

[0088] S202: Based on the first configuration information and the period setting rules, determine the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report.

[0089] Specifically, a periodic setting rule is pre-built based on the correlation between the first channel indication information and the associated second channel beam report. Based on the period of the first channel indication information and the associated second channel beam report configured by the network device, and the periodic setting rule, a period is configured for the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report. The first field is configured by the network device through Radio Resource Control (RRC), or dynamically indicated by signaling such as Downlink Control Information (DCI) / Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC-CE).

[0090] Furthermore, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, the first configuration information includes a first field. The first field is used to indicate whether the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated M second channel beam reports.

[0091] Since M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the indication of whether to apply the period of the first channel indication information to the associated second channel beam report can be divided into the following three cases:

[0092] 1. The first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is not applied to the associated second channel beam report.

[0093] When M equals 1 or M is greater than 1, the period setting rule includes that if the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is not applied to the associated second channel beam report, the terminal device configures the period of the first channel indication information and the period of the second channel beam report according to the first configuration information.

[0094] 2. The first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated M second channel beam reports.

[0095] When M equals 1 or M is greater than 1, the period setting rule includes determining the period of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information based on the first constraint and the second constraint if the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam reports.

[0096] 3. The first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated N second channel beam reports, where N is a positive integer less than M.

[0097] When M is greater than 1, the period setting rule includes determining the period of the N associated second channel beam reports based on the first constraint and the second constraint if the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the N associated second channel beam reports. Then, the period of the remaining second channel beam reports is configured according to the period indicated in the first configuration information. That is, the period of the MN second channel beam reports.

[0098] Specifically, taking any one of the M second channel beam reports as an example, the period setting rule includes that when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the first channel indication information meets the first constraint condition, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report meet the second constraint condition, then the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the period of the first channel indication information.

[0099] It should be noted that the period of the second channel beam report can be configured based on the period of the first channel indication information, either by configuring the period of the second channel beam report to be the same as the period of the first channel indication information, or by configuring the period of the second channel beam report to be n times the period of the first channel indication information.

[0100] When the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the period of the first channel indication information does not meet the first constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition, then the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0101] In one specific embodiment, the first constraint is that the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, and the second constraint is that the absolute value of the difference between the offset reported by the second channel beam and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols.

[0102] To make it easier to understand, the following example is provided:

[0103] like Figure 3 As shown, when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, it can be first determined whether the first channel indication information meets the first constraint condition. For example... Figure 4 As shown, if the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, then the period of the second channel beam report is set to the period of the first channel indication information.

[0104] like Figure 5As shown, if the period of the first indication information is less than X symbols, then the first channel indication information does not satisfy the first constraint condition. Further, it is determined whether the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy the second constraint condition. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, then the period of the second channel beam report is set to the period of the first channel indication information. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is less than X symbols, then the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition. Since the first channel indication information does not satisfy the first constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0105] It should be noted that the embodiments of this application do not limit the order in which the first constraint and the second constraint are judged. For example, it is possible to first verify whether the first constraint is met, and then verify whether the second constraint is met if the first constraint is not met. Alternatively, it is possible to first verify whether the second constraint is met, and then verify whether the first constraint is met if the second constraint is not met.

[0106] Furthermore, after setting the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information, it is necessary to configure the start and end times of the second channel beam report period so that the terminal device can determine when to activate and deactivate the second channel beam report period. For example, the start and end times of the second channel beam report period can be set based on the maximum number of transmissions of the disable timer, whether the first channel indication information is enabled, and the disable timer threshold.

[0107] In one specific embodiment, after setting the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information, the second channel beam report is activated and periodically transmitted during the first available transmission opportunity when the inactivation timer of the associated first channel indication information is enabled and the maximum number of transmissions has not been reached. Furthermore, after configuring the period of the second channel beam report, the start time of the period of the second channel beam report can be configured.

[0108] Furthermore, after setting the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information, the second channel beam report is deactivated and stops transmitting after X symbols following the transmission of the last symbol when the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum number of transmissions and / or reaches the prohibition timer threshold, or the prohibition timer is reset, or the maximum number of transmissions is reset. This allows for further configuration of the end time of the second channel beam report period after configuring the period itself. The prohibition timer is specifically a ProhibitTimer.

[0109] Furthermore, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report, the first configuration information includes a second field. The second field is used to indicate whether the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the managed first channel indication information.

[0110] The period setting rules include that if the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is not applied to the managed first channel indication information, the terminal device sends the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report according to the period indicated by the first configuration information, respectively.

[0111] If the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the managed first channel indication information, then the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report is determined based on the third constraint and the second constraint.

[0112] Specifically, when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report satisfies the third constraint condition, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy the second constraint condition, then the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the period of the second channel beam report. If the period of the second channel beam report does not satisfy the third constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, then the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0113] In one specific embodiment, the third constraint is that the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols.

[0114] To make it easier to understand, the following example is provided:

[0115] like Figure 6As shown, when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, it can first be determined whether the second channel beam report meets the third constraint condition. If the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols, then the period of the first channel indication information is set to the period of the second channel beam report. If the period of the second channel beam report is less than X symbols, then the second channel beam report does not meet the third constraint condition. Further, it is determined whether the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report meet the second constraint condition. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, then the period of the first channel indication information is set to the period of the second channel beam report. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is less than X symbols, then the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition. Since the second channel beam report does not meet the third constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition, the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0116] It should be noted that the embodiments of this application do not limit the order of judgment for the third constraint and the second constraint. For example, it is possible to first verify whether the third constraint is satisfied, and then verify whether the second constraint is satisfied if the third constraint is not satisfied. Alternatively, it is possible to first verify whether the second constraint is satisfied, and then verify whether the third constraint is satisfied if the second constraint is not satisfied.

[0117] In addition to determining whether to apply the period of the first channel indication information to the associated M second channel beam reports or apply the period of the second channel beam reports to the associated first channel indication information based on the first and second fields included in the first configuration information, the embodiments of this application may also configure the period of the second channel beam reports based on the period of the first channel indication information in the first configuration information.

[0118] Specifically, the period setting rules include setting the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within the common period set; the period in the common period set can be set to the period of the first channel indication information and the period of the second channel beam report at the same time.

[0119] The allowed period range of the first channel indication information and the allowed period range of the second channel beam report are obtained in advance. The overlapping part of the allowed period range of the first channel indication information and the allowed period range of the second channel beam report is taken as the period included in the common period set.

[0120] For example, if the period allowed to be set as the first channel indication information includes a period of length A and a period of length B, and the period allowed to be set as the second channel beam reporting includes a period of length A and a period of length C, then the common period set includes a period of length A.

[0121] Specifically, the common period set includes periods with a length of 4 time slots, periods with a length of 5 time slots, periods with a length of 8 time slots, periods with a length of 10 time slots, periods with a length of 16 time slots, periods with a length of 20 time slots, periods with a length of 40 time slots, periods with a length of 80 time slots, periods with a length of 160 time slots, and periods with a length of 320 time slots. When the period of the first channel indication information indicated in the first configuration information is the same as the length of any period in the common period set, then the period of the first channel indication information is set as the period of the second channel beam reporting.

[0122] In another optional embodiment, the period setting rule includes that when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a first preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is Np times the period of the first channel indication information; N p It is a positive integer. That is, N p *UEI PERIODICITY mod T CSI =0. UEI PERIODICITY T is the period of the first channel indication information. CSI The reporting period for the second channel beam.

[0123] The first preset set includes periods with a length of 1 time slot, periods with a length of 2 time slots, periods with a length of 2 symbols, periods with a length of 6 symbols, and periods with a length of 7 symbols.

[0124] After determining that the period of the first channel indication information is located in the common period set or the first preset set, based on the first configuration information and X1, the system frame number when the terminal device sends the second channel beam report is determined, as well as the number of time slots in the frame; X1 = X + A, or X1 = X; A is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0125] Specifically, in one embodiment, when the period of the first channel indication information is within a common period set or a first preset set, based on the first configuration information and X1, the value of the system frame number of the terminal device and the number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame are determined, including:

[0126] based on X1 and UEI PERIODICITY Determine n f and in, This is the system frame number used to transmit the second channel beam report. This is the intra-frame slot number used for transmitting the second channel beam report. UEI PERIODICITY n is the period of the first channel indication information. f The value of the system frame number for the terminal device. The number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame. When the subcarrier spacing is configured as mu, it represents the number of time slots per frame, where mu is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0127] Furthermore, X1 and UEI PERIODICITY Enter to In order to determine n f and

[0128] exist and Send a second channel beam report, and the second channel beam report satisfies

[0129] Specifically, in another specific embodiment, the period setting rule includes determining the value of the system frame number of the terminal device and the number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame, based on the first configuration information and X1, when the period of the first channel indication information is within a common period set, including:

[0130] based on UEI OFFSET X1 and UEI PERIODICITY Determine n f and Among them, UEI PERIODICITY The period for the first channel indication information; UEI OFFSET The offset of the first channel indication information; X1 = X + A, or X1 = X; A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; n f The value of the system frame number for the terminal device; The number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame; The number of time slots per frame when the subcarrier spacing is configured as mu; mu is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0131] Furthermore, UEI OFFSET X1 and UEI PERIODICITY Enter to In order to determine n f and

[0132] exist and Send a second channel beam report, and the second channel beam report satisfies

[0133] In another optional embodiment, the period setting rule includes configuring the period of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a second preset set.

[0134] Specifically, the second preset set includes a period of 2 symbols, a period of 6 symbols, and a period of 7 symbols.

[0135] After determining that the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within the second preset set, based on the first configuration information and X1, and the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured by radio resource control, the offset of the second channel beam report is determined to be within the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel.

[0136] Configure the offset of the second channel beam report based on the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel.

[0137] In one specific embodiment, based on the first configuration information and X1, and the start sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured by radio resource control, determining the offset of the second channel beam report in the start sequence number of the physical uplink control channel includes:

[0138] Will UEI PERIODICITY X1 and l0 are input to (l-(l0+X1)mod UEI PERIODICITY )mod UEI PERIODICITY =0, to determine l. UEI PERIODICITY The period configured for the first channel indication information; l0 is the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured for radio resource control; l is the starting sequence number of the offset of the second channel beam report in the physical uplink control channel.

[0139] Furthermore, the offset reported by the configured second channel beam satisfies (l-(l0+X1)modUEI) PERIODICITY )mod UEI PERIODICITY =0.

[0140] By setting the period according to the rules, the first channel indication information that meets the constraints or has a specific period length and the associated second channel beam report are set to the same period, or the period of the second channel beam report is set to an integer multiple of the associated first channel indication information. This ensures that the transmission timing of the first channel indication information does not overlap with the transmission timing of the associated second channel beam report during the periodic cycle, reducing the possibility of conflicts between the two. This avoids conflicts between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, reduces the complexity of uplink signaling conflict handling in the terminal equipment, and enables both to be transmitted efficiently.

[0141] In an optional embodiment, the above-described period acquisition method further includes:

[0142] After determining the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, the first channel indication information is sent based on the period of the first channel indication information, and the second channel beam report is sent based on the period of the second channel beam report.

[0143] Specifically, after X symbols following the transmission of the last symbol of the first channel indication information, the second channel beam report is transmitted based on the period of the second channel beam report; X is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0144] At the first available transmission opportunity after X symbols following the last symbol of the first channel indication information, the second channel beam report is sent so that there is a distance of X symbols between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, thereby reserving preparation and processing time for the network device to receive the second channel beam report on the pre-configured resources after receiving the notification of the first channel indication information.

[0145] In an optional embodiment, the first configuration information further includes a third field, which indicates whether the terminal device needs to always report the beam quality of the current beam. The current beam refers to the beam that indicates the reference signal associated with the indicated Transmission Configuration Indication State (indicated TCI State).

[0146] When the third field indicates the beam quality of the current beam reported by the terminal device, the terminal device sends a second-channel beam report to the network device. The second-channel beam report contains t reference signals, including beams whose beam quality meets the event conditions and beams whose beam quality does not meet the event conditions. Upon receiving the second-channel beam report, the network device automatically distinguishes between the beams whose beam quality meets the event conditions and those whose beam quality does not meet the event conditions reported by the terminal device. t is configured by the network device and may include, but is not limited to, 1, 2, 3, and 4.

[0147] When the third field indicates that the terminal device does not report the beam quality of the current beam, the second-channel beam report sent by the terminal device to the network device must satisfy a constraint rule. Specifically, the constraint rule is that the beam quality of the reference signals included in the second-channel beam report satisfies an event condition. That is, the quality of all t reference signals reported in the second-channel beam report satisfies the event condition. Alternatively, the reference signals included in the second-channel beam report can be less than or equal to t, and the beam quality of each reference signal in the second-channel beam report must satisfy the event condition. This allows the network device to determine which beams in the second-channel beam report satisfy the event condition and which do not.

[0148] For example, when t=3, if the beam quality of reference signal 1 and reference signal 2 meets the event condition, but the beam quality of reference signal 3 does not meet the event condition, then if the third field indicates that the beam quality of the current signal should be reported, the second channel beam report will include reference signal 1, reference signal 2, and reference signal 3. If the third field indicates that the beam quality of the current signal should not be reported, then the second channel beam report will include reference signal 1 and reference signal 2.

[0149] Furthermore, in the embodiments of this application, different event types have different event conditions.

[0150] For example, when the event type is the first event type (Event-1), the event condition is that the quality of the current beam is lower than the first threshold value, which represents the threshold value at which the quality of the current beam begins to decrease.

[0151] When the event type is the second event type (Event-2), the event condition is a new beam whose beam quality is greater than the sum of the current beam quality and the second threshold value. The second threshold value can be set based on actual needs.

[0152] When the event type is the third event type (Event-7), the event condition is a new beam whose beam quality is greater than the sum of the beam quality of the lowest quality beam in the beam set and the third threshold value. The beam set consists of the beams with the highest signal quality (ranked zth) in the currently active transmission configuration indication state. The value of z can be set based on actual needs.

[0153] It should be noted that when the third field indicates the beam quality of the current beam reported by the terminal device, the network device determines whether the beam meets the event conditions based on the difference between the beam quality of the current beam and the reported beam.

[0154] The third field indicates the configuration via RRC.

[0155] In an optional embodiment, when the terminal device needs to transmit the bits contained in the first channel indication information through any one of the PUCCH resources in Physical Uplink Control Channel format (PUCCH format) 2 / 3 / 4, the terminal device transmits the combined O through one of the required PUCCH resources in PUCCH format 2 / 3 / 4. UCI 1 bit.

[0156] Specifically, O UCI The 1 bit is the sum of the bits contained in the first channel indication information transmitted by the PUCCH resource, the bits contained in the HARQ-ACK information, the bits contained in the SR information, the bits contained in the CSI report information, and the bits contained in the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). That is, O UCI =O ACK +O SR +O UEI +O CSI +O CRC Among them, O UEI For the bits contained in the first channel indication information, O ACK For the bits contained in the HARQ-ACK message, O SR For the bits contained in the SR information, O CSI For the bits contained in the CSI report information, O CRC These are the bits included in the CRC. Among them, O UCI The bits are sorted in the order of HARQ-ACK, SR, UEI, and CSI report.

[0157] It should be noted that when the PUCCH resource does not transmit any one or more of the following information: HARQ-ACK information, SR information, and / or CSIreport information, then O UCI The number of bits does not include the bits corresponding to untransmitted information.

[0158] For example, when a terminal device needs to transmit first channel indication information and HARQ-ACK information through any PUCCH resource in PUCCH format 2 / 3 / 4, but does not transmit SR information and CSI report information, then the O transmitted through the PUCCH resource... UCI =O ACK +O UEI +O CRC 1 bit.

[0159] Furthermore, the terminal device transmits O data via any of the PUCCH resources in PUCCH format 2 / 3 / 4. UCI When there are 1 bit, the terminal device selects the one that can carry 0 bits. UCI The minimum number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) that meet the preset conditions, given a certain number of bits. The preset conditions are as follows:

[0160]

[0161] in, The minimum number of PRBs for PUCCH resource transmission. It is the number of controllable subcarriers for each RB in different PUCCH formats. Q represents the OFDM symbol length corresponding to different PUCCH formats. m is the modulation order, and r is the code rate. If Then UE uses Each PRB transmits the PUCCH. The uplink transmission scheduling bandwidth of the determined PUCCH resource is represented in terms of the number of resource blocks (RBs).

[0162] Furthermore, in O UCI When the data includes the bits corresponding to the CSI report, if the UE is configured with multi-CSI-PUCCH-ResourceList, the PUCCH resources are arranged in ascending order according to the number of bits they can carry, resulting in a resource arrangement set.

[0163] If the first PUCCH resource in the resource permutation set can carry fewer bits than 0... UCI If there are 1 bit, then the second PUCCH resource in the resource permutation set will be used to carry O. UCI 1 bit. When the number of bits that the second PUCCH resource cannot carry is less than 0. UCIWhen there are only one bit, the bits required for the second PUCCH resource are selected according to the priority of each component in the CSI report, from highest to lowest. This ensures that the bits selected according to priority do not exceed the carrying capacity of the second PUCCH resource.

[0164] In one specific embodiment, the PUCCH in this application embodiment can discard all CSI reports.

[0165] If the UE is not configured with multi-CSI-PUCCH-ResourceList, and the PUCCH resources cannot carry O UCI When there are only one bit, the bits required for the second PUCCH resource are selected according to the priority of each component in the CSI report, from highest to lowest. This ensures that the bits selected according to priority do not exceed the carrying capacity of the second PUCCH resource.

[0166] In one specific embodiment, the PUCCH in this application embodiment can discard all CSI reports.

[0167] In an optional embodiment, for mode A, when a first channel indicates that a PUCCH resource is associated with multiple CSI report configurations, if the first PUCCH resource is associated with a specific CSI report configuration, then the trigger state corresponding to the DCI format indication issued by the network device is associated with at least all or part of the CSI RS resource sets / resources in the CSI report configurations associated with the first PUCCH resource, or the first PUCCH resource is associated with one or more specific trigger states.

[0168] For example, when a terminal device sends a first channel indication to a network device to request resources for sending a second channel beam report, if the CSI report configuration associated with the first PUCCH resource includes configuration a and configuration b, the network device instructs the corresponding triggerstate via DCI format to associate the CSI RS resource set / resource in configuration a, or the CSI RS resource set / resource in configuration b, or the CSI RS resource set / resource in both configuration a and configuration b, so that the network device sends an indication of the resources for sending the beam report via DCI format. The terminal device then sends the second channel beam report based on the received resources.

[0169] like Figure 7 As shown in the embodiments of this application, a period acquisition method is also provided, applied to a network device. The period acquisition method includes:

[0170] S701: Send first configuration information to the terminal device; the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0171] Furthermore, the above-mentioned methods for obtaining the cycle also include:

[0172] The offset of the second channel beam report is obtained based on the resource information or sequence information of the first uplink physical control channel sent by the terminal device. For example, the offset of the second channel beam report can be obtained by using the first indication of the uplink physical control channel format or by associating the MCS value with a typical value.

[0173] like Figure 8 As shown in the illustration, this application also provides a communication device, which includes:

[0174] Memory 801 is used to store computer programs or computer instructions;

[0175] The processor 802 is configured to execute a computer program or computer instructions stored in the memory, causing the communication device to perform any of the above-described cycle acquisition methods.

[0176] This application also provides a computer storage medium for storing a computer program, which, when executed, is used to implement any of the above-described periodic acquisition methods.

[0177] Figure 9 This application provides an example of the composition of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a first device, including but not limited to a base station and a core network unit. Figure 9A simplified schematic diagram of a base station structure is shown. The base station includes sections 910, 920, and 930. Section 910 is mainly used for baseband processing and base station control; section 910 is typically the control center of the base station, often referred to as a processor, used to control the base station to perform the processing operations on the first device side in the above method embodiments. Section 920 is mainly used to store computer program code and data. Section 930 is mainly used for the transmission and reception of radio frequency signals and the conversion between radio frequency signals and baseband signals; section 930 is often referred to as a transceiver module, transceiver, transceiver circuit, or transceiver unit. The transceiver module of section 930, also referred to as a transceiver or transceiver unit, includes an antenna 933 and a radio frequency circuit (not shown in the figure), wherein the radio frequency circuit is mainly used for radio frequency processing. Optionally, the device in section 930 used to implement the receiving function can be regarded as a receiver, and the device used to implement the transmitting function can be regarded as a transmitter; that is, section 930 includes a receiver 932 and a transmitter 931. A receiver can also be called a receiving module, receiver, or receiving circuit, while a transmitter can be called a transmitting module, transmitter, or transmitting circuit.

[0178] Sections 910 and 920 may include one or more circuit boards, each of which may include one or more processors and one or more memories. The processors are used to read and execute programs from the memories to implement baseband processing functions and control the base station. If multiple circuit boards exist, they can be interconnected to enhance processing capabilities. As an alternative implementation, multiple circuit boards may share one or more processors, multiple circuit boards may share one or more memories, or multiple circuit boards may simultaneously share one or more processors.

[0179] For example, in one implementation, the transceiver module in section 930 is used to execute the transceiver-related processes performed by the base station (first device) in the aforementioned method embodiments. The processor in section 910 is used to execute the processing-related processes performed by the base station in the aforementioned method embodiments.

[0180] It should be understood that Figure 9 This is for illustrative purposes only and not as a limitation. The network devices mentioned above, including processors, memory, and transceivers, may be independent of... Figure 9 The structure shown.

[0181] Figure 10This application provides another example of the composition of an electronic device. The electronic device can be a second device, which can be a terminal, including but not limited to mobile phones, smart wearable devices (such as smartwatches), and other electronic devices. Taking a mobile phone as an example, the electronic device may include a processor 1010, an external memory interface 1020, an internal memory 1021, a display screen 1030, a camera 1040, antenna 1, antenna 2, a mobile communication module 1050, and a wireless communication module 1060, etc.

[0182] It is understood that the structure illustrated in this embodiment does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device. In other embodiments, the electronic device may include more or fewer components than illustrated, or combine some components, or split some components, or have different component arrangements. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

[0183] The processor 1010 may include one or more processing units, such as an application processor (AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), an image signal processor (ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and / or a neural network processing unit (NPU). These different processing units may be independent devices or integrated into one or more processors.

[0184] It is understood that the interface connection relationships between the modules illustrated in this embodiment are merely illustrative and do not constitute a limitation on the structure of the electronic device. In other embodiments of this application, the electronic device may also employ different interface connection methods or combinations of multiple interface connection methods as described in the above embodiments.

[0185] The external storage interface 1020 can be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to expand the storage capacity of the electronic device. The external memory card communicates with the processor 1010 through the external storage interface 1020 to perform data storage functions. For example, music, video, and other files can be saved on the external memory card.

[0186] Internal memory 1021 can be used to store executable program code, including instructions. Processor 1010 executes various functional applications and data processing of the electronic device by running the instructions stored in internal memory 1021. Internal memory 1021 may include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store the operating system, at least one application program required for a function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.), etc. The data storage area may store data created during the use of the electronic device (such as audio data, phonebook, etc.). Furthermore, internal memory 1021 may include high-speed random access memory and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, universal flash storage (UFS), etc. Processor 1010 executes various functional applications and data processing of the electronic device by running instructions stored in internal memory 1021 and / or instructions stored in memory located within the processor.

[0187] The wireless communication function of electronic devices can be implemented through antenna 1, antenna 2, mobile communication module 1050, wireless communication module 1060, modem processor, and baseband processor.

[0188] Antenna 1 and antenna 2 are used to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device can be used to cover one or more communication frequency bands. Different antennas can also be reused to improve antenna utilization. For example, antenna 1 can be reused as a diversity antenna for a wireless local area network. In some other embodiments, the antennas can be used in conjunction with a tuning switch.

[0189] The mobile communication module 1050 can provide solutions for wireless communication applications including 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G in electronic devices. The mobile communication module 1050 may include at least one filter, switch, power amplifier, low noise amplifier (LNA), etc. The mobile communication module 1050 can receive electromagnetic waves via antenna 1, and perform filtering, amplification, and other processing on the received electromagnetic waves before transmitting them to a modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 1050 can also amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor and convert it into electromagnetic waves for radiation via antenna 1. In some embodiments, at least some functional modules of the mobile communication module 1050 may be housed in the processor 1010. In some embodiments, at least some functional modules of the mobile communication module 1050 and at least some modules of the processor 1010 may be housed in the same device.

[0190] In some embodiments, the electronic device initiates or receives call requests via the mobile communication module 1050 and the antenna 1.

[0191] Furthermore, an operating system runs on top of the aforementioned components. Examples include iOS, Android, and Windows operating systems. Applications can be installed and run on this operating system. Those skilled in the art will understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity, explanations and beneficial effects of the relevant content in any of the above-described electronic devices can be found in the corresponding method embodiments provided above, and will not be repeated here.

[0192] This application also provides a communication system, which may include, for example, Figure 9 The first device shown (e.g., a network device such as a base station) and such as Figure 10 The second device shown is (e.g., a mobile phone or other terminal).

[0193] In this application, the terminal or network device may include a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on top of the hardware layer, and an application layer running on top of the operating system layer. The hardware layer may include hardware such as a central processing unit (CPU), a memory management unit (MMU), and memory (also known as main memory). The operating system layer may be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes, such as Linux, Unix, Android, iOS, or Windows. The application layer may include applications such as browsers, address books, word processing software, and instant messaging software.

[0194] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity, the specific working processes of the systems, devices, and modules described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0195] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative; for instance, the division of modules is only a logical functional division, and in actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple modules or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not executed. Furthermore, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, or indirect coupling or communication connection between devices or modules, and may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

[0196] The modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. The components shown as modules may or may not be physical modules; that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules can be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0197] Furthermore, the functional modules in the various embodiments of this application can be integrated into one processing module, or each module can exist physically separately, or two or more modules can be integrated into one module. The integrated modules described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional modules.

[0198] If the integrated module is implemented as a software functional module and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the essential contribution of the technical solution of this application, 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.) to execute all or part of the processes of the methods described in 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, random access memory, magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0199] The above-described embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this application, and are not intended to limit it. Although this application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features. Such modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining a period, characterized in that, The period acquisition method, applied to terminal devices, includes: The system receives first configuration information sent by a network device; the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. Based on the first configuration information and the period setting rules, the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report is determined.

2. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first configuration information carries M first IDs; the first ID is the ID of the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information.

3. The period acquisition method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The first ID is the channel state information report configuration ID; the channel state information report configuration ID is used in the beam management process.

4. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first configuration information includes a first field; the first field is used to indicate whether the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report.

5. The period acquisition method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The period setting rule includes: when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the first channel indication information meets the first constraint condition, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report meet the second constraint condition, then the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the period of the first channel indication information.

6. The period acquisition method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The period setting rule includes: when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the period of the first channel indication information does not meet the first constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition, then the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

7. The period acquisition method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that, The first constraint is that the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report.

8. The period acquisition method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The second channel beam report is activated and periodically transmitted during the first available transmission opportunity when the inactivation timer of the associated first channel indication information is enabled and the maximum number of transmissions has not been reached.

9. The period acquisition method according to claim 5, characterized in that, When the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum number of transmissions and / or reaches the prohibition timer threshold, the second channel beam report is deactivated and stops transmitting after X symbols after the last symbol is transmitted, or the prohibition timer is reset, or the maximum number of transmissions is reset; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report.

10. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first configuration information carries the ID of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report.

11. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first configuration information includes a second field; the second field is used to indicate whether the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information.

12. The period acquisition method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The period setting rule includes: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report satisfies a third constraint condition, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy a second constraint condition, then the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the period of the second channel beam report.

13. The period acquisition method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The period setting rule includes: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report does not meet the third constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition, then the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

14. The period acquisition method according to any one of claims 5-6 or 12-13, characterized in that, The second constraint is that the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of sending the second channel beam report.

15. The period acquisition method according to any one of claims 12-13, characterized in that, The third constraint is that the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report.

16. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The period setting rules include: When the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a common period set, the period of the second channel beam report is set to the period of the first channel indication information; the period in the common period set can be set to both the period of the first channel indication information and the period of the second channel beam report at the same time.

17. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The period setting rules include: When the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a first preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is N times the period of the first channel indication information. p Times; the N p It is a positive integer.

18. The period acquisition method according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that, The method further includes: Based on the first configuration information and X1, determine the system frame number when the terminal device sends the second channel beam report, and the number of time slots within the frame; X1 = X + A, or X1 = X; where A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the timing of sending the second channel beam report.

19. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The period setting rules include: When the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within the second preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

20. The period acquisition method according to claim 19, characterized in that, The method further includes: Based on the first configuration information and X1, and the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured by radio resource control, the offset of the second channel beam report is determined in the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel; X1 = X + A, or X1 = X; where A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission timing of the second channel beam report. Configure the offset of the second channel beam report based on the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel.

21. The period acquisition method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The period acquisition method further includes: X symbols after the last symbol of the first channel indication information is sent, sending the second channel beam report based on the period of the second channel beam report; where X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the time of sending the second channel beam report.

22. A method for obtaining a period, characterized in that, Applied to network devices, the period acquisition method includes: Send first configuration information to the terminal device; the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam reports, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

23. The period acquisition method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The period acquisition method further includes: Based on the resource information or sequence information of the first uplink physical control channel sent by the terminal device, the offset of the second channel beam report is obtained.

24. A communication device, characterized in that, The communication device includes: Memory is used to store computer programs or computer instructions; A processor for executing a computer program or computer instructions stored in the memory, causing the communication device to perform the cycle acquisition method as described in any one of claims 1 to 21 or 22 to 23.

25. A computer storage medium for storing a computer program, which, when executed, implements the period acquisition method according to any one of claims 1 to 21 or 22 to 23.

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